As some of you may have noticed, there is a video going around of a man rapping about religion. Many have “liked” the video and “shared” it with there friends. I ask, how naive has the Church truly become? Is this what we are…def and dumb? Did you not listen to what the man said within the video? I mean, sure, if you’re an atheist…I can completely understand as to why you would love this song, but even I expected more from my fellow RELIGIOUS brothers and sisters.

Please allow me to explain myself. Throughout the centuries, the Church has permitted certain words to be redefined. Words like: passion, judgment, peacemaker, hate, love, etc. OUR generation was not yet born when this occurred, and for some strange reason the generation before us sat carelessly by whilst the WOLVES and the WORLD took these words and redefined what they meant. And do you know what’s funny; the new definitions were accepted whilst the old definitions (which were created from the Bible) were thrown out! Why would the Church do such a thing? The answer is pure and simple. To reach more people you must alter that which is keeping them away.

If the Bible says to HATE sin, then we must take that out and say “All hatred is sin.” If the Bible says that sometimes LOVE will be offensive, then we must redefine it so that LOVE is always gentle and never ever unpleasant. So they altered our very foundation, leaving us in a state of constant corrosion, which will cause more casualties then rescues.

My fellow RELIGIOUS brothers and sisters. We are now faced with another WORD which the WOLVES/WORLD seeks to redefine…and that word is RELIGION.

For some reason, this rapper believes that man created RELIGION. It would be just as foolish to say that man created the TRINITY  and the RAPTURE. These words are not found in the Bible, but their meaning is evident. If you were to go back in time and ask the Apostles if they believed in the Trinity, they wouldn't know what the heck you were talking about. Upon explaining that it’s the belief in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as both one in substance and purpose, they would then say yes.

If you were to ask the Apostles if they were religious, they would have no idea what you were saying, but once you explained that religion is " the service and worship of God or the supernatural and commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance" they would say yes.

Here is the Definition of RELIGION

Webster’s Dictionary (1913)

          “The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.”

Webster’s Dictionary (Today)

• the service and worship of God or the supernatural

• commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance

• a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

• a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith 

According to the definition of Religion….Adam and Eve were religious because what they did indicated “their recognition of the existence of a god” (the GOD to be more precise). They worshiped Him. They were devoted to Him. They had certain beliefs and practices.

Lets go a step further. Jesus was RELIGIOUS. He was a practicing Jew. That is why at age 12 He was at the temple, and at age 30 He became a Rabbi. According to this definition, Jesus indicated his recognition of the existence of God (He taught the disciples how to pray and how to worship).

 

Again, Paul was RELIGIOUS. He never stopped being a Pharisee even after he was converted. As a matter of fact, Paul had practiced what is known as the Nazarite Vow (Acts 15:26-27 and Numbers 6:1-21)

So now we must ask ourselves, what is to happen if we give the World “RELIGION?” Well, lets look at the song and see what the WORD becomes:

1. Something that causes WAR                                            
2. Fails to feed the poor
3. Hates single moms who have had a divorce
4. Ridicules God’s people
5. Can’t fix its problems
6. Never gets to the core
7. Foolish
8. A bunch of rules
9. Self-righteous
10. Has nothing to do with Jesus
11. Created by man
12. An infection
13. Enslavement
14. Makes you blind
15. Searching for God
16. It is not Christianity
17. Doesn’t believe Jesus was the END

This is the world’s definition of religion.

We know that religion doesn’t cause Wars…it’s the people. You might as well say spoons make people fat.

We know that you will have the poor with you always and just because they are there doesn’t mean we are failing to help them.

Religion doesn’t hate the single moms. The PEOPLE do.  

Religion doesn’t ridicule, but the people might. And it sounds as though this man has been getting some heat/ridicule for the blasphemies he has been spreading.

We must know our problems and admit them before we can fix’em. And yet, instead of fixing them, this rapper wants to simply attack the intangible.

And you are darn right we have a bunch of rules, or else we would try to govern ourselves but we’re no better then fools. Rules set by the Word of God

And last but not least, there is something you should know. This video is not only being spread by the ignorant Christians, but also by the Atheists and Homosexuals. They love it. They don’t want rules or guidelines. They already blame religion for war. The World thinks that we are self-righteous and another form of slavery.

Paul called himself a Christian. He didn’t deny that. Christianity is a religion. So what are you going to do? Just hand over “RELIGION?” Or are you going to take a stand and do what our ancestral Christians should have done in the past…and fight. Let’s take back our vocabulary and stop the infection from spreading.

Now I would have totally agreed with this Song if he was talking about the Christian Church and its failures, but he’s not.

I challenge you to listen to the song again, but when he says religion, remember what it really means: “the belief and faith in God”

If you think that I have been too harsh. I apologize, not because I think I am wrong but because your ears are too sensitive towards chastisement. If you are going to talk about Christ…then you better damn well have your facts straight.