Most christians would say Christ and rap music just don’t go together. But after watching Lecrae’s testimony on youtube, my stand about this has just been reaffirmed:

Jesus came to save mankind. Just as much as Jesus came to save me, He came to save him. He came to save rappers as much as he came to save puritans. This is the Jesus of the Bible. He came to save sinners.

1 Cor 1: 10 says ‘Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment‘

But today, the church, the body of Christ, is divided on pointless issues such as whether a certain genre of music is wrong or not glorifying to God. They condemn the music of certain groups of people, claiming that it is improper to be used to worship God. Who decides what kinds of music is right or wrong, if the heart is right before God? Is this just an extension of prejudice towards people of different cultural backgrounds, which is improper in the church?

Didn’t Paul say in Galatians 3: 28, 29, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus, And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise“?

There are no divisions in Christ. No divisions in terms of culture.

This makes Christ look so beautiful!

Lecrae’s testimony makes Jesus look so beautiful!

Prayerfully listen to this rap by Lecrae:

I’m not a fan of raps. Neither do I listen to raps. But when I listened to this, I must confess that there isn’t any song of repentance that touched me as much as this rap itself. I was so able to identify with the helplessness of Lecrae against sin and the crying out to God to “Take me as I am”, a broken sinner, wretched and stained with sin.

From my observation, church has many divisions that exist, perhaps not racially, but certainly in terms of class and age. People are divided and unable to truly communicate because of these differences. A university student can’t communicate with a polytechnic student, and vice versa. Then again, in the larger picture, a student finds it difficult to communicate with an adult and vice versa. The church then becomes divided into youth groups and young adult groups and adult groups. Why can’t it be united as a church?

This is an appeal for us to really make an effort to reach out within our church community, to those whom we find difficult to be with and communicate with due to social barriers. In Christ, no such barriers should exist. We are the body of Christ. Let not His body be divided internally.

Jesus took Lecrae as he was. Can we do the same to these “unreachable” people too?

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