Religion

In this message from the Killing It series, the focus is on “killing religion” by confronting the ways that empty tradition, legalism, and self-righteousness can slowly distort our faith. Using John 9 as a powerful illustration, the sermon compares the Pharisees’ blind devotion to rules with the formerly blind man’s life-changing relationship with Jesus. While the Pharisees clung to religious systems and missed a miracle, the healed man simply said, “I was blind, but now I see.” The message challenges listeners to examine whether their faith is based on cultural identity or true connection with Christ. It confronts spiritual pride, hypocrisy, and the temptation to elevate personal convictions as biblical truth. At its heart, this sermon reminds us that Christianity is not about religion—it’s about a relationship with Jesus that transforms everything.