The sermon contrasts imitation with plagiarism to illustrate how religious leaders of Jesus’ day had corrupted God’s truth, offering a counterfeit faith while rejecting Christ’s true authority. Drawing from Luke 20, Pastor McKinley shows that Jesus speaks with ultimate authority, demands integrity in every part of life (“render to Caesar…and to God”), and exposes religious hypocrisy that substitutes ritual for genuine faith. The message closes by urging listeners to acknowledge Jesus as the only true authority and to live in authentic submission to Him rather than clinging to pretense or self-rule.
