{"id":10594,"date":"2024-02-20T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/lecrae-says-lil-nas-x-is-playing-with-fire-mocking-jesus\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T01:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:27:00","slug":"lecrae-says-lil-nas-x-is-playing-with-fire-mocking-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/lecrae-says-lil-nas-x-is-playing-with-fire-mocking-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecrae says Lil Nas X is ‘playing with fire mocking Jesus’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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By Nicole VanDyke<\/a>, CP Reporter
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Christian rapper Lecrae speaks in a Dec. 12, 2023 podcast. <\/span> | YouTube\/Lecrae <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the list of those criticizing Lil Nas X’s “J Christ” music video continues to grow, Christian rapper Lecrae took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to warn that the openly gay rapper is not only “playing with fire” but also “mocking Jesus.”<\/p>\n

“OK, I gotta admit, Lil Nas is playing with fire mocking Jesus,” Lecrae wrote on X post<\/a> last Friday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“[H] e’s getting the attention he wants from folks at the risk of searing his [conscience]. Still, if God can transform King Neb, [murderers], slave masters, sex workers, etc., he can add another blasphemer to the list.”<\/p>\n

In a follow-up post, Lecrae stated that Lil Nas X, a 24-year-old whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, is “buggin.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“[P]raying for him,” Lecrae wrote. “I’ve definitely mocked God in my pre-Christian days, and I’m grateful He ain’t give me what I deserved.”<\/p>\n

Hill has made several headlines in the last two months for actions some Christian rappers believe have made a mockery of Jesus and Christianity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In late November,\u00a0 Lil Nas X claimed on social media to be entering his “Christian era<\/a>” to promote a new song. He later clarified that entering his “Christian era” didn’t mean that he was leaving behind his sexuality. In an Instagram post, the artist was seen wearing a long denim skirt and a T-shirt that reads: “If God doesn’t exist, then who’s laughing at us?”<\/p>\n

This week, Lil Nas X\u00a0apologized<\/a>\u00a0on the heels of last Friday’s release of his new single “J Christ.” The music video appeared to suggest that his career comeback is similar to Jesus rising from the dead. The video depicts Hill being raised on a cross and evokes biblical imagery. The video also closed by quoting 2 Corinthians 5:17<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hill’s social media activity has drawn immense backlash from Christian rappers like Bryson Gray<\/a> and Korey Yeshua, as well as singer and actor Tyrese Gibson<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lecrae reacted to the initial backlash<\/a> to Lil Nas X’s “Christian era” comment in a December podcast. The 44-year-old rapper shared the value of showing grace and praying for “sinners.” He urged Christians not to “condemn” sinners by telling them about “going to Hell.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m a firm believer that, you know, same-sex attraction is not a choice for everybody. And if you are born with a propensity or an attraction toward the same sex, that in and of itself is not condemned,” Lecrae said in the podcast episode.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That’s not something you condemn someone for. And I think that’s what’s consistently happened in the churches. People have said, ‘Hey, I’m attracted to the same sex. [And often, people in the Church will say]: ‘Oh, you’re going to Hell.’ That’s not OK,” the rapper added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“On top of that, people outside the Church have said, ‘Hey, not only am I same-sex attracted, I’m acting on it.’ And the Christian community is pointing fingers again. But what about all the people outside the Church who do all kinds of things that we would consider sin? Like, where’s the uproar for, I don’t know, gluttony? You know what I’m saying?” he continued.<\/p>\n