What Jesus disputed in the religion and religious leaders of His day was when traditions and Customs became “Sacred Cows”.
As I explained in the first message in this series, a “sacred cow” is anything that becomes so important in religious tradition or custom that tampering with it is like taking a Bible and burning it. A common saying of religious people is, “This is the way it’s always been done - so this is the way it always should be done!”

In this message I talk about the first characteristic of Religion that Jesus revolted against. Jesus had much to say to the Jewish religious people and the religion in his day that revolved around rules, regulations, and routine providing the way to connect to God. What Jesus came against was the idea that being righteous is more important than being right.For religion and religious people, you are righteous when you do righteous things (follow rules and regulations) - with God you do righteous or right things when you are righteous. And therein lies an important distinction. One that I clarify in this message.

This message is an introduction to the series, “Revolt against Religion”. In it I present four characteristics of Religious people that Jesus was against.