And I want to make a quick distinction between knowing Jesus Christ and being religious. There's a difference between having Jesus as Savior and Lord and being religious. Nothing starts a fight faster than when religious people get together. Religion will not bring you joy. And I can tell you that if you don't have joy, you're on the wrong road.
Religion is ritual without righteousness.
Religion is ceremony that does not demand a change in your conduct. Religion is rich with tradition, but it is starving for joy. Tradition is a rut. A rut is wonderful if all you want to do is to go somewhere someone else has already gone. But when the Lord starts to do a new thing, if you are in the rut of religion, you can't follow it and you can't go with it.