Grammy-winning Christian rapper Lecrae shared his thoughts on gay rapper Lil NasSatanic shoes” who gave Satan a lap dance in a music video – faced down after announcing he was entering a “Christian era.”
On his podcast last weekthe 44-year-old rapper urged Christians to be more loving, show grace and pray for “sinners” instead of tearing others down with comments on social media.
Lecrae also said that too often in the Church, Christians are quick to “condemn” those who are attracted to the same sex by telling them they are “going to hell” instead of pointing LGBT people to Jesus Christ .
“I firmly believe that, you know, same-sex attraction is not a choice for everyone. And if you’re born with a same-sex propensity or attraction, that in itself is not doomed,” Lecrae said. said.
“It’s not something you condemn someone for. And I think that’s what happens in churches all the time. People have said, ‘Hey, I’m same-sex attracted. (And Often people in the Church say, ‘Oh, I’m attracted to the same sex.’ , you are going to hell.’ It’s not right,” the rapper added.
“On top of that, people outside the Church have said, ‘Hey, not only am I attracted to the same sex, but I act like it.’ And the Christian community is pointing the finger again. But what about all the people outside the Church who are doing all sorts of things that we would consider sinful? Like, where is the uproar for, I don’t know, gluttony? You know what I’m saying?” He continued.
Lecrae said his “biggest problem” when it comes to the uproar over Lil Nas X is that the uproar isn’t “even about his sexuality.”
“It’s about his life choices in general,” Lecrea said. “People are upset about his life choices. People are upset about rappers’ life choices in general. People are upset about non-Christian life choices in general. What do we expect? Why don’t we expect “We don’t want sinners to sin? I don’t understand that.”
Lecrae’s comment comes just over two weeks after Lil Nas X, a 24-year-old widely known for his hit song “Old Town Road,” posted on Instagram a teaser for his new music with the caption: “Do you mind if I go into my Christian era?”
Lil Nas God doesn’t exist, so who’s kidding us?
In the clip, the rapper sang the following words:
“Father, hold out your hands to me. The lonely road seems to last the longest. Help me in my plans. Everything seems to lead nowhere. Free me from worry and the desire for pity. Free me from all this urge in me. I don’t. “I want these feelings. I call the angels. I’m trying to deal with my pain. Give me hope when I feel less. Angels, I’m trying to keep my faith.”
Following his post, the openly gay rapper said on social media that his involvement in Christian music would not impact his life. sexuality.
In his podcast, Lecrae said he wondered if Lil Nas historically” by the Church.
“I can only imagine what his experience was like as a purely gay man growing up in a religious environment,” Lecrae said, adding that he had heard that Lil Nas Christian who listened to Lecrea’s Christian rap music.
“(It’s) no secret that the Christian community does not treat the gay community well – (and) it hasn’t historically. It’s because there are varying degrees of perspectives and goals regarding the engagement of Christians in culture.”
After summarizing the parable of the prodigal son, Lecrae said it was time for Christians to stop being the first to cast stones and start showing love to “sinners.” He said Christians should be willing to disciple them in the truth and with the fruit of the Spirit.
“It’s our job to show them where forgiveness and love … permeate and transform everything. It’s almost like people forget that they’ve always made bad choices,” Lecrae said.
“If someone had approached me when I didn’t know Jesus with the attitude of ‘what a stupid, ignorant sinner you are…God is going to get you,'” the rapper said, he might not have never be believed.
Lecrae believes that too many people have “a problem with grace.” He recalled receiving backlash from the public for collaborating with secular rappers like Big KRIT on the song “Help“.
“My heart’s desire was to build relationships and connect with them to show them the love of Jesus. I’m not a pastor in the pulpit, raising someone up to preach a sermon to them and they don’t even know not Jesus. I’ “I say, ‘Hey, let’s have a conversation on a beat. And let’s record it. And let the world listen to our conversation,’” he said.
In the song “Mayday”, Big KRIT talks about how he struggled with his faith, and Lecrae responds to these words throughout the rap song.
“It was a great conversation around music. (But), man, the Pharisees came out and ate that man alive,” he said, adding that Big KRIT “deserved to be shown some music.” “love and kiss it”, but that it was instead “impacted negatively”. “by Christians.
Lecrae said that Big KRIT took the backlash against Lecrae for this collaboration as a personal offense, because it seemed like Christians were “inadvertently speaking to him about his worth.”
“I’ve seen God work through me to meet certain people where they are,” Lecrae said. This is why God “put us on Earth, to be salt, to be light. … I can sit in my chair and throw stones at someone and it costs me nothing. But love is expensive because love equals sacrifice,” Lecrae said. said.
“Love means you absorb everything that comes with it, and if you choose to put yourself at risk for someone, to say, ‘Hey, man, I don’t care if I’m associated with this person, if It shows that I have love for them, so I’ll take it.'”
At the end of the podcast, Lecrae spoke directly to Lil Nas
“I don’t know you…but I’m willing to get to know you. I’d love to know you. I don’t know your motivations. I don’t suppose I know your burdens, your desires, or your history, but I’m here if you want share it,” Lecrae said.
If Lil Nas it be.
“So, man, I’m here. I’m not going to be one of those people who exists to condemn you and criticize you because I know what grace tastes like. I know what forgiveness tastes like.”
Nicole Alcindor is a journalist for The Christian Post.
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