express those moments of doubt and those moments of
uncertainty on this record because I think in doing that,
number one, with this particular generation especially,
this is not the generation that is necessarily belief-oriented. They are belief-oriented, but what I mean is that
they don’t like to feel like you are imposing your belief on
them. Everybody likes to arrive at their own conclusion,
right?
seneca: Don’t tell me what to do. I can figure it out myself.
Da’ Truth:
Absolutely. In a climate like this, it’s
wise to ask questions because people are more open to
hearing your answer when they know that you’re asking
the same questions. One of the things that is interesting
to me is that I wonder, as I have been working on this
album, even as I have watched some of the comments
in response to the song that I just put out, I wonder if the
church is a safe place for people to ask questions.
Da’ Truth:
Yeah, absolutely, but he didn’t condemn
him. That wasn’t a condemnation. That’s what I’m saying. I’m saying even if you maintain ... obviously, blessed is those who can believe without seeing, but for those
who need something measurable, tangible ...
seneca: I need to touch this. Let me feel that hole, Jesus.
Da’ Truth:
You feel me? There’s no condemnation for those individuals. All throughout the Scriptures,
the prophets went through moments of doubt. You’d
see them really wrestling. Asaph wrestled. There are
so many people that we admire today, and so many of
our forefathers and patriarchs, matriarchs have gone
through doubt.
On this record, I take people on that journey
where I’m just talking out loud. I remember, I was in Tacoma, Washington, one time and I was on tour and I
looked to my left and the grass was literally as green as
you can imagine. It rains a lot out there.
seneca: Okay.
Da’ Truth:
On the lawn was the checkered thing
with the basket filled with fruit and sandwiches, and on
the bench was a mother gingerly brushing through her
daughter’s hair, talking to her. A little farther over, a father was throwing a Frisbee to the dog.
seneca: You’re talking about paradise over here!
Da’ Truth:
You feel me? The sun was shining.
Nothing could go wrong. Everybody was kind and I literally had a moment, even with my understanding of depravity, my understanding of how the Bible diagnoses
human nature, even with all of those categories, I had
a moment where I said, “Why do these people need Jesus?”
seneca: You’re going deep on me right here. You have
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me scratching my head.
Da’ Truth:
Now, watch this. That question would
make sense for people if what you believe about salvation is that Jesus came to make bad people good.
seneca: Okay.
Da’ Truth:
Right? If you believe Jesus came to
make bad people good, then it would make sense when
you see a culture filled with what we would deem as
good people. It would make sense to ask that question,
but it’s not until you come to understand that Jesus didn’t
just come to make bad people good, but that He came
to bring dead people to life. That’s a different category,
so now that answers my question. My point is this: I still
went through - and I don’t want to hide the fact that I
went through that moment of “Why do these people need
Jesus?” Because if I wouldn’t have asked that question, I
would have never landed on “because He came to bring
dead people to life, not make bad people nice.”
seneca: He just broke it down. Wait, do I got money?
I need to collect some ... everybody give me $10 real
quick. We need to raise up funds right quick.
Da’ Truth:
I think it’s important that we have an understanding of what they believe and the source from
which they draw their belief systems because I’d love to
be able to say in Surah 3 X and X, the Quran says that
the honorable Elijah Mohammed is X X X. These were
the final words of the honorable Elijah Mohammed and