Spoken: Washer] I am not to flattery I believe that is a sin A dark sin does no help to the hero But I have met with men in the last two days that were men who did not so much have a for a style of music as they had a passion for God and the truth of God And everything, without that, absolutely that would be done here would be vanity, and foolish, and useless But the fact of the matter is, some of the words that I heard here in the songs were truth The type of truth that this country needs, the type of truth this world needs, the type of that the church needs I came here thinking that I would hip hop I here thinking that I would hear rappers I preaching I heard And I heard a respect for the truth, and a to communicate it I especially appreciated - for of my generation who might wander off the street unknowingly and come into a place like this - I appreciated the words being put on the screen Because even I could understand
I would call what's going on here something I use quite frequently: the Gideon's call It seems that God will take the expected thing and use it for a mighty thing My whole life has been based on that: God the runt of the litter God taking that is not, that which is despised, that which is unable, and using it and filling it with the power of God look at this for a moment Every one of us who is Christian was found by God to be And our best works was not- were nothing more than filthy rags; but He saved us, and He cleaned us, and He uses us as instruments for His glory in such a way that even angels to trade places with us The art form doing here: what is it known for, in the world? It is for sin and immorality It is known to be and to cause destruction But yesterday and today, I saw the same thing happen to a music form has happened to my life God has taken it, cleaned it off, made in new, and filled it with But let me give you a warning that's important As a preacher I know whenever eloquence is more important than the words spoken there is no power And whenever a music medium becomes more important than the truth it to communicate, it's useless Now I see that here, I- I stayed up last night 'til almost three in the morning with a group of men And I was absolutely I couldn't even sleep morning because I was saying, " Lord what a privilege it was for me to be in the of a group of young men that You're raising up, that believe the ancient ways They're saying the exact same truth and speaking to a people that Spurgeon could not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield could not reach."
I applaud what's being done I came only to be a spectator to see, " God, are You in any of this?" But in the hearts of the men, and the words of the music, I am greatly, encouraged I'll only warn you: it is so hard to be a true of the gospel And it is so hard, to live out the truth that we proclaim to But that is the task for every one of you who rap, for one of you involved in this You have a special stewardship from God: you be holy You must follow Him- don't you know that because of what you're doing, people, even good Christians, are waiting and looking for you to They're looking for you to do that will prove that this was not a medium chosen by God