Spoken: Paul I am not to flattery I believe that is a sin A dark sin that does no to the hero But I have met with men in the last two days that were men who did not so have a passion for a style of music as they had a passion for God and the truth of God And everything, that, absolutely everything 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 spoken here in the were truth The type of truth that this country needs, the type of truth this world needs, the type of truth the church needs I came here thinking that I would hip hop I came here that I would hear rappers I preaching I preaching And I a respect for the truth, and a desire to communicate it I especially appreciated - for those of my generation who might wander off the street unknowingly and into a place like this - I appreciated the words being put on the screen Because then even I could
I would call what's on here something that I use quite frequently: the Gideon's call It seems that God will take the least thing and use it for a mighty thing My whole life has been based on that: God taking the runt of the God taking that which is not, that which is despised, that which is unable, and it and filling it with the power of God Let's look at this for a Every one of us who is Christian was found by God to be And our best works was not- 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 long to trade places with us The art form you're doing here: what is it known for, in the It is for sin and immorality It is known to be vile and to destruction But yesterday and today, I saw the same thing happen to a music form has happened to my life God has taken it, it off, made in new, and filled it with life But let me give you a warning very 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 didn't see that here, I- I stayed up last night 'til three in the morning with a group of men And I was amazed I couldn't even sleep this morning I was saying, " Lord what a it was for me to be in the midst of a group of young men that You're raising up, that believe the ancient ways They're saying the exact same truth and they're speaking to a that Spurgeon could not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield could not reach."
I applaud being done here I here 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, greatly only warn you: it is so hard to be a true preacher of the gospel And it is so hard, to live out the truth that we proclaim to But that is the task for one of you who rap, for every one of you involved in this You a special stewardship from God: you must be holy You must follow don't you know that because of what you're doing, people, even good Christians, are waiting and looking for you to fall? They're looking for you to do something that will prove that this was not a chosen by God