Spoken: Paul I am not to flattery I believe that is a sin A dark sin that does no help to the But I have met with men in the last two days 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, without that, absolutely everything that would be done 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 country needs, the type of truth this world needs, the type of truth that the church needs I came thinking that I would hear hip hop I came here that I would hear rappers I heard I heard And I heard a respect for the truth, and a to communicate it I especially appreciated - for those of my generation who might wander off the street 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 that I use quite frequently: the call It seems that God will take the least expected and use it for a mighty thing My whole life has been on that: God taking 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 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 for, in the world? It is for sin and immorality It is to be vile and to cause destruction But and today, I saw the same thing happen to a music form that has happened to my life God has taken it, cleaned it off, in new, and filled it with life But let me give you a warning that's very As a preacher I know this: whenever eloquence is 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 up last night 'til almost three in the morning with a group of men And I was amazed I couldn't even sleep morning because I was saying, " Lord what a privilege it was for me to be in the midst of a group of men that You're raising up, that believe the ancient ways They're saying the exact same truth and they're to a people that Spurgeon could not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield could not reach."
I applaud being 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, encouraged I'll only warn you: it is so to be a true preacher of the gospel And it is so hard, to out the truth that we proclaim to others But that is the task for every one of you who rap, for every one of you involved in You have a special stewardship from God: you be holy You follow Him- 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 will prove that this was not a medium chosen by God