Spoken: Washer] I am not given to I believe flattering is a sin A dark sin does no help to the hero But I have met with men in the last two days that 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 here would be vanity, and foolish, and But the fact of the matter is, some of the words I heard spoken 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 here thinking that I would hear hip hop I came here thinking I would hear rappers I heard 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 come into a place like this - I appreciated the words put on the screen then even I could understand
I would call what's going on here something that I use quite the Gideon's call It seems that God will take the expected thing and use it for a mighty thing My whole life has been based on that: God taking the of the litter God that which 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 was found by God to be vile And our best 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 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 vile and to cause 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, made in new, and filled it life But let me give you a warning that's important As a preacher I know this: whenever eloquence is more important than the words there is no power And whenever a music medium becomes more than the truth it seeks to communicate, it's useless Now I didn't see here, I- I stayed up last night 'til almost three in the morning with a group of men And I was amazed I couldn't even this morning because I was saying, " Lord what a privilege it was for me to be in the midst of a group of young men You're raising up, that believe the ancient ways They're saying the exact same and they're speaking to a people that Spurgeon could not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield could not reach."
I applaud what's being done I came only to be a spectator to see, " God, are You in any of this?" But in the hearts of the men, and the of the music, I am greatly, greatly encouraged I'll only warn you: it is so hard to be a true 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 stewardship from you must be holy You must follow Him- don't you know that 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 that this was not a medium chosen by God