what if i told you voting Republican

如果我告訴你投給共和黨

really wasn't his mission

不是他的主張

what if I told you republicans doesn't automatically mean Christian

如果我告訴你共和黨員不一定就是基督徒

And just because you call some people blind doesn't automatically give you this

因為你說別人是瞎眼時，並不意味著就他就是如此

I mean if religion is so great

如果宗教是那麼的好

why has it started so many wars?

為什麼它引起了那麼多戰爭？

Why does it build huge churches, but fails to feed the poor?

為什麼它蓋了宏偉的教堂，卻未能養活窮人？

Tells single moms God doesn’t love them if they’ve ever been divorced

還告訴那些單親媽媽，如果她們離過婚，神就不再愛她們

Yet God in the Old Testament actually calls the religious people whores

在舊約聖經中神卻稱那些信仰虔誠的人為娼妓

Religion might preach grace, but another thing they practice,

宗教一方面在講傳神的恩典，但另一方面他們

Tend to ridicule Gods people, they did it to John the Baptist,

卻又嘲諷神的子民，就像他們曾經對施洗約翰所做的

they can't fix their problems and so they just mask it,

他們無法解決他們的問題，所以他們只好遮掩它

Not realizing that religion is just like sprayin perfume on a casket

卻不明白宗教就像在珠寶盒上噴灑香水

See the problem with religion is that it never gets to the core,

宗教的問題就在於它一直沒有觸碰到核心

It’s just behavior modification, like a long list of chores.

它只是修正外在的行為，像是一長串的雜務

Let’s dress up the outside, make things look nice and neat,

裝飾我們的外在，讓事情看起來體面整齊

Its funny that’s what they do to mummies, while the corpse rots underneath,

這就像對木乃伊所做的事一樣可笑，儘管屍體在屍布下依舊腐爛

Now I ain’t judging I’m just saying be careful of putting on a fake look,

我並不是有意批評，我只是要各位留意不要戴上虛假的面具

Because there’s a problem if people only know that you’re a Christian by your Facebook.

因為這裡有個問題，如果大家透過臉書得知你是一位基督徒

I mean in every other aspect of life, you know that logics unworthy

但在生活各個方面，這其實並無實質意義

It's like saying you play for the lakers just because you bought a jersey

這就像是你買了一件湖人隊的運動衫，你就說你在湖人隊打球

See this was me, too. But no one seemed to be on to me,

我就是我，並沒有其它人冒充我

I was acting like church kid, while addicted to pornography.

我是個在教會長大的小孩，但我也看色情影片

See on Sunday I go to the church, but on Saturday getting faded,

我星期日會去教會，但是到了星期六就意志消褪

Acting as if I was simply created to have sex and get wasted.

好像上帝造我只是用來享受性行為、喝個爛醉

Spend my whole life putting on this façade of neatness,

將我全部的精力都耗在虛華的表面

But now that I know Jesus, I boast in my weakness.

但是我現在認識了耶穌，我可以誇口我的軟弱

Because of grace is water, then the church should be an ocean,

如果恩典像是水，那麼教會應該要像是海洋

It's not a museum for good people, it’s a hospital for the broken

它不是給一般人觀賞的博物館，它應該是一個照料傷患的醫院

Which means I don't need to to hide my failures, I don’t have to hide my sin,

因此我不用去掩飾我的失敗，不用去隱藏我心中的罪

Because it doesn’t depend on me, it depends on him.

因為救恩並不出於我，而是出於耶穌

See because when I was Gods enemy and certainly not a fan,

因為當我是神的敵人時，我就必然不是牠的粉絲

God looked down and said, “I want that man!”

但神卻向下俯視，說「他是我揀選的人」

Which is why Jesus hate religion and have already called them fools

這是為什麼耶穌討厭宗教，並且稱那些宗教老師為傻子

Don’t you see so much better than just following some rules?

你難道看不出來這個比墨守成規好得多嗎？

Now let me clarify, I love the church, I love the bible, and yes I believe in sin

我要澄清一下，我愛教會，我愛聖經，我相信原罪

But if Jesus came to the church, would they actually let Him in?

但如果耶穌來到教會，他們會讓耶穌進來嗎？

Remember He was called a drunkard and a glutton by “religious men”

還記得耶穌被那些信仰虔誠的人稱為「酒鬼」和「愛吃鬼」？

The Son of God not supported self-righteousness, not now, not then.

但上帝之子從來不自以為是，現在不是，從前也不是

Now back to the point, one thing I think is vital to mention,

回到一個重點，一個我覺得值得一提的事

How Jesus and religion are on opposite spectrums,

就是耶穌和宗教如何落在一個光譜的兩端

One is the work of God; one is a man made invention,

一個是上帝的創造，一個是人為的發明

One is the cure but the other one is the infection.

一個是解藥，另一個是病毒

Because Religion says do, Jesus says done.

因為宗教說「去做」，而耶穌說「事情已經成了」

Religion says slave, Jesus says son,

宗教談論「奴隸」，耶穌談論「兒子」

Religion puts you in bandages, but Jesus sets you free.

宗教綑綁了你，而耶穌釋放了你

Religion makes you blind, but Jesus makes you see.

宗教使你瞎眼，而耶穌使你重見光明

And that's why religion and Jesus are two different clans,

這是為什麼宗教和耶穌是兩個不同的派別

Religion is man searching for God but Christianity is God searching for man.

宗教是一個人來尋求神，但是基督教是神尋求人

Which is why salvation is freely mine and forgiveness is my own,

這也是為什麼救世權在我，而寬恕也是自己給的

Not based on my merits but Jesus’ obedience alone.

不是基於我的作為，而單單只是順服基督

Because he took the crown of thorns, and blood that dripped down his face

因為他戴著荊棘的冠冕，血從他的臉上流下

He took what we all deserved, that’s why we call it grace.

他承擔了我們的罪，這是為什麼我們稱之為「恩典」

While being murdered he yelled “father forgive them, they know not what they do”,

當耶穌被殺時，他大聲呼喊「父呀，寬恕他們，因為他們不知道他們在做什麼」

Because when he was dangling on that cross, he was thinking of you

當他掛在十字架時，他仍然掛念著你

He observed for all your sin, and he buried it in the tomb,

耶穌知道你所有的罪，並且將它葬在墳中。

Which is why I'm kneeling at the cross now saying come on there’s room

這是為什麼我在十字架前跪著說「你們也來吧，這裡還有位置」

So for religion, I hate it. In fact, I literally resent it.

所以對於宗教，我討厭它；說實在，我真的很反感

Because when Jesus said it is finished, I believe He meant it.

因為當耶穌說「事情成了」的時候，我知道他說的是真的