Spoken: Paul I am not given to I that flattering 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 here would be vanity, and foolish, and useless But the of the matter is, some of the words that 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 truth that the needs I here thinking that I would hear hip hop I came here that 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 the words being put on the screen Because even I could understand
I call what's going on here something that I use quite frequently: the Gideon's call It that God will take the least expected thing and use it for a mighty thing My whole life has been based on that: God the runt of the litter God taking that which is not, that is despised, that which is unable, and using it and filling it with the power of God Let's 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 instruments for His glory in such a way that angels long to trade places with us The art form you're doing here: what is it known for, in the It is known for sin and It is known to be 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, made in new, and it with life But let me give you a warning that's very As a preacher I know whenever eloquence is more important than the words spoken there is no power And whenever a music medium becomes more important than the 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 of a group of young men that You're raising up, that believe the ancient ways They're saying the same truth and they're speaking to a people that Spurgeon could not reach, and Edwards could not reach, Whitfield could not reach."
I what's 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 only warn you: it is so hard to be a true preacher of the gospel And it is so hard, to live out the truth we proclaim to others But that is the task for every one of you who rap, for one of you involved 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 for you to fall? They're for you to do something that will prove that this was not a medium chosen by God