Participants: Dwayne Lemon, Lance Wilbur
Series Code: TKS
Program Code: TKS000048A
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00:28 Hello. I'm Lance.
00:29 And I'm Dwayne and welcome to another episode of TKS, 00:33 "A True Knowledge of Self," where we get to know ourselves 00:36 from biblical perspective. 00:38 We have been going through 00:39 so much over these past few episodes, 00:42 really looking into the question 00:44 of Hip-hop culture, Christian culture, 00:47 can they mix or can they not. 00:49 And we've discovered from the word of God 00:51 that they cannot mix. 00:53 We have looked carefully at the Bible. 00:55 And just to imagine our programs 00:57 are approximately 30 minutes, 00:58 but there's hours and hours of more study, 01:01 deep study that as we go through this, 01:03 we would see these points even with the greater clarity 01:05 than what we've already seen. 01:07 But even in these short period of time, 01:09 the Lord has blessed us and saturated us with His word 01:12 and with the power of His Spirit 01:13 that we're able to see, 01:15 what He requires of His people and what we have, 01:19 the privilege of serving in honoring and doing unto Him 01:22 and giving glory to His name. 01:24 It is because of this, Lance, that you know, 01:27 the question sooner or later has to come in why, 01:29 I mean, we we've been talking 01:31 so much as it relates to hip hop culture 01:34 and we've talked about it from so many angles, 01:37 from the music to the lifestyle, 01:39 various points of expression, looking into its origins, 01:42 its history and how it's being played out today. 01:46 We looked at of course, many of the major artists, 01:48 the thought leaders, and what they are sharing, 01:50 we've played clips and videos 01:52 and, you know, all of this incredible, 01:55 massive amount of effort has been put forth 01:57 simply to make people aware 02:00 of the truth of what's going on behind hip hop culture 02:03 and comparing that with biblical culture, 02:06 and seeing that God is calling us into this light, 02:08 into this marvelous light 02:10 and He wants us to walk in His path of righteousness. 02:12 Sooner or later the question has to come, why. 02:15 Why do we dedicate so much time to this? 02:17 Why do we-- are we trying to make hip hop 02:20 the public enemy number one 02:22 and the greatest enemy in the world or something? 02:25 Why has there been so much focus on hip hop 02:28 and looking back at all of these biblical principles? 02:32 What's the reason? 02:33 I mean, the reason is simple. 02:36 There's a war going on. 02:38 And God has a plan for this world. 02:43 When we looked a while back 02:45 at the original creation of man in Genesis Chapter 1 02:49 and we're going to consider verses 26 and 27, 02:53 we understand that God created man. 02:55 And it says specifically that He created man in His image 02:59 after his likeness. 03:01 So God created man perfect. 03:04 There was no sin. 03:05 There was no death. There was no sickness. 03:07 There was no heartache. 03:08 There was no controversy of any kind on the earth. 03:12 Man was made perfect. 03:14 But something happened. 03:16 In Genesis Chapter three, 03:17 we're introduced to the serpent. 03:19 And we see that the serpent was able to deceive Eve 03:23 into indulging in the lust of the flesh, 03:26 the lust of the eyes and the pride of life and eat, 03:29 she ate the fruit from the tree that God commanded not to-- 03:32 for man not to eat. 03:34 When she did that she committed sin. 03:37 We know in 1 John 3:4, there it says, 03:38 "sin is the transgression of the law." 03:40 God commanded that it should not be eaten. 03:42 They broke God's law, God's command if you will. 03:46 When this took place, she then went, 03:48 the Bible says that she gave to Adam 03:51 and he took and ate. 03:53 Adam at this point had not sinned. 03:55 Adam was the, although God created male and female, 03:59 God created man first 04:01 and so man essentially was 04:03 and as the Bible puts it in the Gospel of John I believe, 04:09 oh, no, excuse me, in the Gospel of Luke, 04:12 when he goes through the lineage of Christ. 04:14 It show-- it calls Adam the son of God. 04:16 That's right. 04:18 So Adam was the Son of God and from Adam God made Eve. 04:23 Yeah. 04:24 And so when Eve sinned, 04:26 Adam still had a decision to make, 04:28 whether or not he was going to go 04:30 against the explicit word of God 04:33 for the sake of the love that he had for his-- 04:35 and the devotion that he had to his wife 04:37 and eat the fruit that God committed not to eat, 04:40 or take a stand on principle and obey the word of God 04:44 and let God judge and determine 04:47 what's going to happen to his dear wife. 04:49 We know the story, we know that Adam took, 04:51 and the Bible says, "And he did eat." 04:53 When he ate, sin came upon this world. 04:57 Sin came upon every aspect of this world, 04:59 whether it be the environment or the animal creation, 05:02 or the human species. 05:04 Everything was tainted now by sin and as God said, 05:09 "In the day that thou eatest thereof, 05:10 thou shall surely die." 05:12 The lie I was given that Satan said that, 05:14 "Thou shall not surely die, for God doth know 05:17 that when you eat thereof, you shall be as gods, 05:19 knowing good and evil." 05:20 And so there was some idea that was injected by Satan. 05:23 Number one, a lie 05:25 and number two, he gave the impression 05:28 that if men were to sin, 05:30 they would somehow be better off. 05:32 They would somehow achieve a higher plane of existence 05:35 by going against the express command of God. 05:38 So we know that according to the Bible that 05:40 "All have sinned," Romans 3:23, 05:42 "and fall short of the glory of God." 05:44 We know in Roman 6 that "The wages of sin is death." 05:48 But then it says, "But" in Roman 6:23. 05:50 It says, "But the gift of God is eternal life 05:54 through Jesus Christ our Lord." 05:56 So when we go back to Genesis 3, 05:57 we see almost immediately in verse 15, 06:00 when God comes to investigate what has taken place 06:03 and He's calling and looking for Adam, 06:05 Adam has to admit that he was afraid. 06:07 He was afraid of his creator now. 06:09 There had been a separation. 06:10 When we looked at Isaiah 59:1-2, 06:12 we saw that sin created separation 06:15 between man and his Creator. 06:17 So now because Adam sinned, he was separated from God 06:20 and so when God comes to visit, 06:22 as they had become acquainted to visit 06:24 and spend this time together, 06:25 now Adam was running. 06:27 Eve was running. They were hiding themselves. 06:29 And the answer that Adam gave to God 06:32 when, "Why were you hiding? 06:35 Where are you?" 06:36 He said I was hiding because I was naked and afraid. 06:42 And for some reason, and we know the reason, 06:44 we've articulated this, 06:46 we discussed this in a previous episode, 06:47 when man sinned, 06:49 he lost the covering that God gave him. 06:51 That's right. He found himself to be naked. 06:52 The Bible talks about the shame of nakedness, 06:54 for example, in and of Revelation Chapter 3. 06:57 So man sinned and there was an immediate consequence, 07:02 an immediate, immediate evidence was presented 07:04 that man had sinned. 07:06 He was stripped of that 07:07 which God originally created in him and with him. 07:12 The-- that association of the presence of God 07:16 and the perfection that God had made 07:18 this image of God in man had now been disrupted by sin. 07:22 But only--so immediately 07:24 when judgments begin to fall on Adam and Eve 07:25 and the serpent for that matter, 07:27 God gives the invitation as I said in 3, Genesis 3:15, 07:31 the promise of a Redeemer, the promise of a Savior, 07:35 the promise that God had a solution 07:36 for the sin or problem, 07:38 and although man now that he sinned, 07:39 will begin to degrade environment, 07:41 the whole entire earth is going-- beginning to fall 07:44 under the pressure of sin, man will die. 07:46 But God has made provision 07:49 so that man might live 07:50 if he chooses to do so by faith. 07:52 And we know that famous verse in John 3:16 07:56 that highlights the fact that God sent His son, 08:00 because "He's so loved the world 08:02 that He sent His only begotten Son 08:04 that whosoever believeth in Him 08:06 might not perish but have everlasting life." 08:09 And Jesus now is the word made flesh. 08:12 Jesus is the monogenes, as I said the only begotten, 08:15 one of the same kind, 08:17 He now is the Son of God 08:19 that is coming and putting on human flesh 08:21 to live a life of overcoming 08:24 versus a life of sin and failure, 08:26 as Adam and every human being 08:28 and every man did from that point forward. 08:31 Man was in need of a Savior and God made provision 08:34 for that through the sending of His Son, 08:36 the life, the death, the resurrection 08:39 in the ministry of Jesus Christ. 08:41 So the question that comes now, 08:43 because this took place, 08:45 we were introduced to the serpent in Genesis 3. 08:48 that deceived the woman, who then gave to... Adam. 08:51 And he ate. Sin comes into the world. 08:53 God makes provision by the Redeemer 08:56 which is Jesus Christ 08:58 and yet, the question still-- it still begs the question why. 09:02 In other words, 09:03 I made the statement at the beginning 09:05 that we're in a war. 09:06 Why are we even talking about hip hop culture 09:08 in this and that? 09:09 Because we are engaged in a warfare. 09:12 There is a battle going on over every individual human mind. 09:16 And the question is worship. 09:17 Who are you going to worship? 09:19 Are you going to accept the invitation 09:20 that God is giving 09:22 or you going to reject it and choose to follow Satan? 09:24 Are you going to become a servant of God 09:26 or a servant of the enemy? 09:28 Are you going to live according to the hope that is within us 09:33 or you going to live a life 09:34 that is reflective of the God that you serve 09:36 or are you going to suffer the consequences 09:39 of living a life of the God who, 09:43 you know, "God of this world," 09:47 in Satan and suffer the results and the consequences of that. 09:51 So the question that I asked you is why? 09:54 What happened? 09:55 How did-- where did this begin 09:56 and how did the earth get involved, 09:58 aside from the things that we've read thus far, 10:01 what are we dealing with? 10:02 What are we living-- 10:04 at what situation are we living in right now 10:05 if we call it a war? 10:06 How does that all work and what is that-- 10:08 what decisions is that leave us to make? 10:10 Well, I think if anybody is sensible, 10:14 it leaves one decision, which is to survive, 10:16 which is to pass, you know. 10:18 If you know you're in a war, you don't plan to lose, 10:20 you plan to win. 10:21 So the question would be like you said how. 10:23 Well, in Revelation 12 the Bible shows us. 10:26 It was in Revelation the 12th Chapter, 10:27 that it kind of speaks to several points 10:29 that you made. 10:31 And a little bit more in fact, 10:32 and in Revelation the 12th Chapter 10:34 here's what the Bible says. 10:35 And this is important because we're going to take a look now 10:38 at Bible prophecy and kind of tie everything back in together 10:42 to give strong foundation, 10:45 we've already set the foundation earlier, 10:47 but to just continue to strengthen their foundation 10:50 through these prophetic utterances. 10:51 The Bible says in Revelation 12:7, 10:54 "And there was war in heaven. 10:56 Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. 10:58 And the dragon fought 10:59 and his angels and prevailed not. 11:01 Neither was their place found any more in heaven. 11:04 And the great dragon was cast out 11:06 that old serpent called The Devil and Satan 11:08 which deceived the whole world. 11:09 He was cast out into the earth. 11:11 And his angels were cast out with him." 11:14 So the Bible makes it clear that there was a war 11:16 between Michael and the dragon. 11:19 where the Bible tells us clearly 11:20 that the dragon is none other than Satan. 11:22 But when you look at you know, verse 7 when it says, Michael, 11:26 sometimes people think well, that's just another angel 11:28 because of other texts of Scripture 11:30 you read in the book of Judah. 11:31 It talks about Michael the archangel. 11:33 And when you think of an archangel, 11:36 a lot of times what people don't know is that 11:38 arch means ruler in the Greeks or arch ruler, angel. 11:42 So he's-- Michael is actually the ruler of the angels. 11:45 He's not just another angel. 11:47 He's the one that rules over the angels. 11:49 When you think about that connecting it with Hebrews 1:6, 11:53 speaking of Jesus, it says, 11:55 let all the angels bow down and worship him. 11:57 So the angels was bowing down to their ruler, 12:00 which was none other than Jesus. 12:02 In fact, the word Michael, 12:03 Mike in the Hebrew means one who is like El, means God. 12:06 So when you think of Michael, 12:08 you're thinking one who is just like God. 12:09 And as you stated in monogenes in John 3:16 the word begotten, 12:14 it actually mean is the only one like me. 12:17 So Christ is that one that is like God. 12:20 So this is none other than a war 12:21 that was between Christ and Satan. 12:24 Satan lost this battle. He was kicked out. 12:26 But the Bible says that he landed somewhere in verse 12. 12:29 In verse 12 it says, "Therefore rejoice ye heavens, 12:32 and ye that dwell in them. 12:34 Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea. 12:37 For the devil is come down into you, having great wrath, 12:40 because he knows that he has but a short time." 12:43 It is one thing to be in a fight. 12:45 It is another thing to be in a fight 12:47 and your really wondering why am I in this fight. 12:49 You know, I remember going to school 12:51 and there would be times that a fight would get started. 12:53 And I'm thinking to myself, 12:55 "Why did you hit me" Why did you fight me? 12:56 I didn't even do anything to you." 12:58 You know, you feel innocent. 13:00 You feel like "Why are you coming after me? 13:02 Well, here it is, the Bible's talking about a real story, 13:04 a story that is still being played out today. 13:07 The dragon was cast out from heaven. 13:09 He lost that battle. 13:11 But the war continues now on earth. 13:14 And the war is still between Christ and Satan. 13:16 But you and I and humanity has fallen in the middle, 13:20 because God has made a decision to do something special. 13:23 He wanted to save us, as you stated in Genesis 3. 13:26 So when you think about Satan attacking God's people, 13:29 the question really is why. 13:31 We didn't go around one day saying I want to fight Satan. 13:34 Nobody said that. 13:35 But yet, he's still attacking us. 13:37 And the question is why. 13:38 And the answer is very simple. 13:40 In Revelation 12, the war was between Christ and Satan. 13:44 That's who the war was against. 13:46 So Satan wanted to hurt God. 13:49 He couldn't any further 13:50 once he got removed from heaven directly. 13:52 So now he does something else. 13:54 In the book of Isaiah, 13:56 I want us to see something in Chapter 63. 13:58 It's very powerful. All right. 14:00 In Isaiah the 63 Chapter, 14:02 I want you to notice what the Bible says is, 14:04 we're going to consider verses 8-9. 14:07 Isaiah 63:8-9. 14:10 Why does Satan make such pain staking effort 14:15 to try to attack the people of God? 14:18 It says. 14:19 "For he said, surely they are my people, 14:22 children that will not lie. 14:23 So He was their Savior. 14:26 In all their affliction, He was afflicted. 14:32 And the angel of His presence saved them. 14:34 In His love and in His pity He redeemed them 14:36 and He bare them and carried them all the days of old." 14:39 Notice this. 14:40 It says that in verse 8, it says, "For he says, 14:42 surely they are my people, children that will not lie. 14:45 So He was their Savior 14:47 and then in all their affliction." 14:49 The "Their" is referring to the people. 14:51 "In all their affliction," it says, "He was afflicted." 14:55 That's talking about God. 14:56 Every time Satan hurts us, it hurts Christ. 15:01 Yes. 15:02 He knows that the problem is humanity doesn't, 15:04 when we think of sin, 15:06 we think about the pain we're suffering with. 15:08 We think about the problems we're suffering from. 15:11 But very rarely does one consider 15:13 how does sin hurt God. 15:16 How did it affect him? 15:17 Were we the only ones who lost something 15:19 when we sinned against God and He turned His face from us? 15:22 Or did it break God's heart 15:24 that He had to turn His face from us. 15:26 And this is what the Bible is showing us 15:27 is that the war is still between Christ and Satan. 15:30 But the reason Satan comes after us 15:32 is because he knows when he hurts us, he hurts God. 15:36 I remember I was reading 15:38 in a little book called "Counsels on Stewardship." 15:40 Page 136 and it stated the only satisfaction 15:44 that Satan takes in playing the game of life 15:48 over human souls is the satisfaction 15:51 that comes when he hurts the heart of Christ. 15:54 All that Satan wants to do is bring pain to the heart of God. 15:58 But he knows he can't get God directly. 16:01 So he functions kind of like the mafia, 16:03 when the mafia cannot get you, they get those whom you love. 16:06 And God so loved us that he gave the best of Himself. 16:09 He gave the best. He gave His Son. 16:11 So that testifies of God's love. 16:13 So Satan knows whenever he hurts us, he's hurting God. 16:16 So victory over sin becomes absolutely the mandatory 16:20 for the people of God, 16:21 not just for our own sake but for Christ's sake. 16:25 So the question again is, how, what's God's plan. 16:29 And the plan is found Back in Revelation. 16:33 I deliberately skipped over Revelation 12:11, 16:35 but now it's time to look at it. 16:37 In Revelation 12th chapter, you'll see in the 11th verse, 16:40 that here's what the Bible says. 16:42 It says, "And they overcame him 16:47 by the blood of the Lamb 16:49 and by the word of their testimony 16:52 and they love not their lives unto the death." 16:56 So God says I have a plan. 16:58 This plan is a plan to help bring man into an experience 17:02 with himself that we can have victory over sin, 17:06 complete total victory over sin. 17:09 Not this concept that the world teaches 17:11 that you do most right in a little wrong 17:13 and you're still all right. 17:14 God says no. 17:16 My plan is I want to clean man up from all sin. 17:18 It can only happen through the blood. 17:19 In 1 John 1:7, the Bible says 17:22 "The blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin." 17:25 So God wants to bring us into an experience 17:27 that is not natural. 17:29 It's supernatural. 17:30 It's something that only He can accomplish. 17:32 But He requires our cooperation. 17:34 But what does this mean. 17:35 This means then that if God is gonna work through a people 17:39 that He wants to bring in harmony, 17:42 and in union with Himself, 17:44 then that means 17:46 that it is going to invoke the wrath of Satan, 17:49 to the point that is spelled out clearly 17:52 in Revelation 12 still, verse 17. 17:55 The Bible says in Revelation 12:17 17:57 "And the dragon was wroth with the woman." 18:01 A woman in Bible prophecy 18:03 often is referred to as a church, 18:05 a body of people. 18:06 It says, "And Dragon was wroth with the woman 18:08 and went to make war with the remnant of her seed 18:11 which keep the commandments of God 18:14 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 18:17 Satan is not angry with every religious body. 18:19 He's not angry with a lot of these religious bodies 18:22 in our world today because many of the religious bodies 18:24 in our world today 18:26 are actually teaching the tactics 18:27 in the areas of Satan. 18:29 And one of these movements in this world, 18:32 one of them is hip hop culture. 18:35 Hip hop culture is something that is designed, 18:37 as we have studied all throughout these sessions, 18:39 it is designed to keep people in a state of sin, 18:43 in a state of self righteousness 18:45 rather than true biblical righteousness. 18:48 It's for this reason 18:49 that we had to address the culture of hip hop, 18:51 and we had to really to let our viewers get a chance to see 18:55 what it really is because it's part of Satan's plan 19:00 to keep us from keeping the commandments of God. 19:02 It's part of Satan's plan to keep us distracted 19:05 and in a state of sin, so that when Christ comes, 19:09 we will not be saved. 19:10 How do I know that? 19:12 Matthew 1:21. 19:13 The Bible says in Matthew 1:21. 19:15 "And they shall call His name Jesus. 19:18 For He shall save His people from their sins." 19:22 Not in their sins. 19:23 So Satan is deceiving people. 19:25 You can still have a lot of sin in your life. 19:27 I mean, again, I got to be honest with you. 19:29 Like I said I'm offended as a son of God, 19:32 as a child of God, 19:33 I'm offended that ministers can know this is evil, 19:37 this is wrong, this is your B.C., 19:39 this is before, you were converted. 19:41 And you were listening to this worldly stuff 19:43 and here it is 19:44 that now I'm going to let you play it in the sanctuary. 19:47 I'm going to let you dance and have your party 19:49 like the Israelites in Exodus 32 19:52 and bring in Egyptian worship. 19:54 We're going to let you do that 19:55 and if anybody speaks against it, 19:57 he says, "Oh, they are just deep people 20:00 and you can get so deep you can drown." 20:02 I mean, this is-- it is a horrific thing to think 20:05 that this is how intelligent ministers 20:08 can actually speak to the congregations 20:09 and what's even more frightening 20:11 is that the congregation keeps saying "amen, 20:13 " when they should be saying, "oh, no." 20:14 So God really needs to have a people 20:17 that's going to sound the alarm and say, "Folks, wake up. 20:20 There's a plan that Satan has to keep you down. 20:23 But thank God there's a plan 20:24 where the Lord wants to lift you up, 20:25 ultimately high enough that you can go home with him. 20:27 So Satan started a war and that war began in heaven. 20:32 Satan was now cast out to the earth 20:34 and he's now engaging in that warfare. 20:37 And his focus and attention is based-- 20:40 is focused on God's people, 20:41 those who keep the commandments of God 20:43 and have the faith of Jesus, the testimony of Jesus 20:45 or the spirit that gives prophecy 20:47 as a says later on in Revelation 19:10. 20:51 Yeah. 20:52 And we know that he's doing this 20:54 because as we looked at in Isaiah 63, 20:57 that by hurting God's people, he hurts God 21:00 and that's really what he's trying to do. 21:01 That's what he's doing. 21:02 And so when we look at these things 21:04 and we see that this, this effort 21:06 to constantly lower the standard 21:09 and force God to accept things that we dictate to him, 21:14 that we say well, it makes us feel good, 21:17 it's fun for us, 21:18 we want it, so therefore, God you have to accept it. 21:21 This is a little misguided. 21:22 The fact that the ministers are leading out 21:24 in this is even more alarming. 21:26 And then, even though we can make a statement, 21:29 and we can all agree 21:30 that we cannot sit there and endorse a musical genre 21:33 and say well, this music is wrong 21:36 and if you listen to this genre, 21:38 this is the only good and right music. 21:41 We're not saying that. 21:42 However, I think it is very clear 21:44 and you can draw very intelligent 21:46 and logical conclusions 21:48 by seeing that there are certain genres 21:51 that are built and premised on going against God, 21:56 exhortation of self, 21:57 the same principles of Satan's government. 21:59 The antithesis of love, anti-Christ. 22:02 And if that culture in that whole entire genre 22:05 is dedicated to that, 22:07 it's very difficult to all of a sudden baptize it 22:11 and make it okay just by changing the words 22:14 or just by changing the venue 22:16 or just by changing the packaging. 22:17 The message is important. 22:19 The method is equally important. 22:22 So it's very disturbing to say the least 22:26 when we have modern schools of interpretation and thought 22:30 that begin to teach human beings 22:33 that they are free now to just-- 22:35 and choose any musical genre that they like 22:39 as long as the words are appropriate, 22:41 because they're dismissing the efficacy of the music 22:44 and the impact that it has 22:45 psychologically, physiologically 22:48 and they're disregarding its origins. 22:51 I do believe that just because something is from somewhere 22:55 doesn't mean that it's innately evil. 22:57 Jesus came from Nazareth 22:58 and the statement was made there 23:00 and I believe John Chapter 1 that 23:04 "Can any good thing come from Nazareth?" 23:07 And the answer is yes. 23:09 Jesus came from Nazareth. 23:12 So there is a idea out there, you know, 23:15 and philosophy called a genetic fallacy, 23:17 meaning of came from somewhere doesn't mean that it's evil. 23:20 That's okay. That's fine. 23:22 But we not-- we're only not just looking at origins, 23:24 we're also looking at the fruit. 23:26 We're also looking at the ideology 23:28 and when you take those two things, 23:30 when you take the fruit and the origins 23:32 and put them together to analyze 23:34 and draw a conclusion and make a determination, 23:36 you have to be able to make a sound judgment there 23:39 that's rooted in the Bible and guided by the Bible 23:41 because what's the worst thing that can happen? 23:43 If I choose to refrain from hip hop music or rap music 23:48 or any other form of RnB or jazz or what have you, 23:51 if I choose to not listen through it 23:53 because I see that the guidelines and Scripture 23:56 are governing me and telling me that I need to be cautious, 24:00 and I need to-- that is a hazard, 24:02 what's the worst that can happen if I refrain? 24:04 Nothing, I mean, in no way am I going to be injured. 24:07 However, if I disregard the caution by God 24:11 and I disregard some of the principles 24:13 that He outlines and I indulge in these things, 24:15 then I am, there's a dramatic risk. 24:18 I am risking the fact that I am absolutely positively wrong. 24:22 And that I allowed my feelings or sentiments 24:24 or the false teachings of others 24:25 to consume form of culture and music and expression 24:30 that is drawing me and pulling me away from God 24:33 because it's rooted in sin verses being safe. 24:37 Erring on the side of caution as I said 24:39 and using the word of God to give me guidance, 24:43 so that I don't find myself making that risk. 24:47 So then when we look at hip hop culture, 24:50 if we were to take those three points you just made, 24:52 you know, origin ideology and fruit, 24:54 when we look at the origin, you know, 24:56 when you think of hip hop music, 24:58 it is an amalgamation of several forms of music 25:01 that the -- some of the highest thought leaders 25:04 on Blues, jazz and etc. 25:07 are making it clear that 25:09 these songs were birthed out of things 25:11 that were a mixture of Satan or the devil 25:15 and also things of God or angels. 25:18 I mean, they're admitting this. 25:20 These are the great leaders today in these forms of music. 25:23 And here it is when you think of hip hop music 25:25 and hip hop culture, it is, when you connect the origins, 25:29 from an origin standpoint, we can see error. 25:32 Then from an ideology standpoint, 25:34 well, we looked at it. 25:36 We looked at the pillars, we looked at you know, 25:38 love, unity, peace, safely having fun. 25:42 We looked at those. We analyzed them. 25:44 We see again, they're open ended. 25:46 They're left for private interpretation. 25:48 It allows you to make the ultimate decision. 25:50 Some of the greatest thought leaders are making it clear. 25:52 We are metaphysical beings 25:55 and we can ascend to other existences 25:57 and it's not that there's a God in the sky, 26:00 but this more so that He's in you. 26:02 So again, that's era from an ideology. 26:04 And then fruit. 26:06 When you look at fruit, it's pulling, 26:08 pulling people away from Christ, 26:10 away from the Bible 26:12 and there are some who are even in, 26:13 even though they're still a minority, 26:15 there are some even in hip hop culture. 26:17 But what they're doing 26:18 is they're like the mix multitude. 26:19 They're actually instruments creating more confusion 26:23 than making the truth more straight, 26:25 because now people like the Kanye West 26:27 and the Ja Rule and the many others, 26:29 they're making it seem as if it's okay to cuss, swear 26:34 and to do a lot of these things that I'm doing 26:36 and I know God is still with me, He's still, you know, 26:40 all right with me and He can even bless what I'm doing. 26:43 And these are deceptions. 26:44 And that is the fruit of their work. 26:47 So when you look at hip hop culture in a whole 26:48 from origin to ideology to fruit, 26:50 we can see in consistency on every level. 26:53 It's for this reason that there has to be a body of Christians, 26:57 a body of believers that has to rise up 26:59 and speak against this to say, 27:01 "Brethren, this is part of Satan's plan to deceive us, 27:03 distract us 27:05 and to take our minds off of Christ 27:06 and away from God's heart. 27:08 And this is not what the Lord wants." 27:10 Friends, we've been looking at some really powerful points 27:14 and we're going to entertain, 27:16 you know, a powerful solution 27:18 that God has given in up and coming episodes. 27:21 And I want you to pay attention to the things 27:22 that the Lord is going to teach us from His word. 27:24 And I hope you take heed 27:26 to the things that Christ has already shared with us 27:28 from His word. 27:30 God loves us. 27:31 His desire is to save us. 27:34 And it's not enough to say I'm saved, 27:35 sanctified and filled with the Holy Ghost and fire baptize 27:38 and use all these phraseologies 27:40 and yet, we do not have its experience 27:43 in our day to day living. 27:45 And God wants to let us be Christians in our hearts. 27:48 So we're gonna talk about that in up and coming episodes 27:51 and we just want you to stay tuned to that 27:53 and tell a friend always to join in. 27:55 And until the next time, we are privileged to meet. 27:58 Remember those wonderful words of Proverbs 2:6, 28:01 which tells us, "It is the Lord that gives wisdom 28:03 and out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding." 28:07 God bless you. |
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