âWhy I Hate Religion, But Love Jesusâ by spoken-word artist Jefferson Bethke has received more than 10.2 million YouTube views as of Saturday night since it was posted just four days ago, eliciting more than 100,000 YouTube comments and plenty of debate elsewhere on the Internet.
From his YouTube page we read: “In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At itâs core Jesusâ gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you canât do your own list of rules and feel ânot good enoughâ for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you donât represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God!”
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