Spoken: Paul I am not given to 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 that were men who did not so much 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 spoken here in the songs were truth The type of truth that this needs, the type of truth this world needs, the type of truth that the church needs I here thinking that I would hear hip hop I came thinking that I would hear rappers I heard I heard And I heard a for the truth, and a desire to communicate it I especially appreciated - for those of my who might wander off the street unknowingly and come into a place like this - I appreciated the words being put on the screen Because then I could understand
I would what's going on here something that I use quite frequently: the Gideon's call It seems that God will take the least expected thing and use it for a thing My life has been based on that: God taking the runt of the litter God taking that which is not, that which is despised, that which is unable, and using it and it with the power of God look at this for a moment Every one of us who is was found by God to be vile And our best works was not- were nothing 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 you're doing here: what is it known for, in the world? It is known for sin and It is known to be and to cause destruction But yesterday and today, I saw the same thing happen to a music form that has to my life God has it, cleaned it off, made in new, and filled it with life But let me give you a that's very important As a preacher I know this: eloquence is more important than the words spoken there is no power And whenever a music medium more important than the truth it seeks to communicate, it's useless Now I didn't see that here, I- I stayed up last night 'til almost three in the with a group of men And I was amazed I couldn't sleep this morning because I was saying, " Lord what a privilege it was for me to be in the midst of a 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 people that Spurgeon not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield could not reach."
I applaud what's done here I came here 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 I'll only 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 every one of you who rap, for every one of you in this You a special stewardship from God: you must 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 something that will prove that this was not a chosen by God