Spoken: Paul I am not given to I believe that is a sin A dark sin that does no help to the But I met with men in the last 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, 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 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 came here thinking I would hear rappers I preaching I heard And I a respect for the truth, and a desire to communicate it I appreciated - for those 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 then even I 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 and use it for a mighty thing My whole life has been based on that: God taking the runt of the God taking which is not, that which is despised, that which is unable, and using it and filling it with the power of God Let's look at this for a one of us who is Christian was found by God to be vile 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 you're doing here: 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 thing happen to a music form that has happened to my life God has taken it, cleaned it off, made in new, and filled it life But let me give you a that's very important As a preacher I know this: whenever eloquence is more important than the words there is no power And whenever a music 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 almost three in the 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 young men that You're raising up, that believe the ancient They're saying the exact same truth and they're speaking to a people that Spurgeon could not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield not reach."
I applaud being done here I came only to be a spectator to see, " God, are You in any of this?" But in the of the men, and the words of the music, I am greatly, greatly encouraged I'll 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 is the task for every one of you who rap, for every one of you involved in this You have a special from God: you must be holy You must follow Him- don't you know that because of you're doing, people, even good Christians, are waiting and looking for you to fall? They're looking for you to do something that prove that this was not a medium chosen by God