Spoken: Paul I am not given to I believe that is a sin A dark sin that does no help to the But I have met with men in the two days 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, without that, absolutely everything that 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 songs 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 preaching 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 then I could understand
I would call what's going on here something that I use quite frequently: the Gideon's It seems that God will take the least expected thing and use it for a mighty My whole life has been based on that: God the runt of the litter God taking that which is not, that which is despised, that which is unable, and using it and filling it the power of God Let's at this for a moment one of us who is Christian was found by God to be vile And our best works was not- were nothing more than 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: 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 that has happened to my life God has taken it, cleaned it off, made in new, and it with life But let me give you a warning very important As a preacher I know this: whenever eloquence is more important than the spoken there is no power And a music medium becomes 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 three in the morning with a group of men And I was absolutely I even sleep this morning because 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 people that Spurgeon not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield could not reach."
I applaud what's 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, encouraged I'll only warn 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 involved in You have a special stewardship 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 prove that this was not a medium chosen by God