Some Songs By Keith Green

Keith Green

Keith Green was primarily known as a Christian singer & songwriter. He was one of my favorites ‘back in the day’. So I thought it would be fun to share a Youtube playlist of some of his songs with you, enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14CA66EBC8ECF411

 

 

What’s Wrong With The Gospel? By Keith Green – 21 – Conclusion 21 of 21

Keith Green

This is the final post of this article written by Keith Green. I hope and pray you enjoyed reading it as much as I did posting it.  Someone said  ‘If your favorite author isn’t dead, try picking someone else’. I have found that most of the currant Christian authors are shallow and unscriptural.  They seem convinced that for some reason that the Gospel needs to be recreated to make it more meaningful and in the process less demanding. A gospel devoid of repentance and lacking the Cross, is no gospel at all. Consequently their followers exchange any hope of eternal glory with Jesus Christ for a shallow worldly ‘best life now’.  So I offered this series to you as an example of what the true Gospel of Jesus Christ is compared with what is being taught in our churches today. My prayer is that as we ‘meet God in the closet’ that we will be emboldened to stand up and proclaim the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. — D.J.H.

And now we come to the end of this “Bible study.” Yes, that’s just what it has turned out to be. I hope you will take the time to look up each of the Scriptures given, and see for yourself what God has said in His Word about all these things. I realize that these articles will step on many toes, and some might even be deeply offended, but that is not my intention at all. My only prayer is that through this little effort, many will begin to take up the cross and preach the good news of our salvation with the same power and anointing that Jesus promised and gave to the early Church, and that when we ministers stand before Him on that great day, we will be able to say with Paul, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith . . . I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ” (2Ti 4:7; Rom 15:19), so that we may hear those sweet words from our King’s lips, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” (Mat 25:21)

Beloved family, the world around us is going to hell. Not because of communism, not because of television, not because of drugs, or sex, or alcohol, or the devil himself. It is because of the Church! We are to blame! We alone have the commission, the power, and the truth of God at our constant disposal to deliver sinner after sinner from eternal death. And even though some are willing to go… into the streets, the prisons, foreign lands, or even next door, they are taking a watered-down, distorted version of God’s message which He has not promised to anoint. That is why we are failing. And unless we admit that we are failing, then I’m afraid there is no hope for us or the world around us. We have the choice between causing eternal tragedy for our whole generation, or bringing our beloved God a whole family full of “good and faithful servants.”

Please pray over all of this. God is waiting to meet you in the closet. (Mat 6:6)

The following list is a list of books for further in-depth study on evangelism and the content of the Gospel:
Today’s Gospel by Walter Chantry – The Banner Of Truth Trust
Finney On Revival by Charles G. Finney – Fleming H. Revell Co.
Gems from Tozer by A. W. Tozer – Christian Publications, Inc.
That Incredible Christian by A. W. Tozer – Christin Publications, Inc.

What’s Wrong With The Gospel? By Keith Green – 20 – “The Follow-Up Program” 20 of 21

Keith Green

There is one last great mistake being committed in the name of evangelism. It is rightly called “follow-up.” I say “rightly called” because it is following up the same miserable and incomplete gospel with a miserable, incomplete, and false replacement for what the Bible calls “discipleship.”

Our “follow-up” usually consists of a “packet of literature,” which almost always includes a complete list of all church services and functions. This “packet” also may include many “essential” items like a complete Bible study on “tithing.” Also enclosed is usually at least one tithe envelope. (It’s amazing that this is one “principle” that nearly every new believer learns right away!)

In my studies of the life of Jesus, it has amazed me that He never had “a follow-up program.” It was usually His habit to let people “follow Him up.” He never had to go door to door, looking for that fellow who He healed last week, wanting to share another parable or two. He always seemed to have the attitude of, “If they want life, then they’ll have to come and follow Me.”

Can’t you see what fools we are? We preach a man-made, plastic gospel. We get people to come forward to “the altar” by bringing psychological pressures that have nothing to do with God. We “lead them” in a prayer that they are not yet convinced they need to say. And then to top it all off, we give them “counseling,” telling them it is a sin to doubt that they’re really saved!

(Tomorrow I’ll post the conclusion to the series.)

What’s Wrong With The Gospel? By Keith Green – 19 – Bumper Stickers, and “Christian” Slogans 19 of 21

Keith Green

It pains me to see the beautiful truths of Scripture being plastered about like beer advertisements. Many think it is wise to “get the word out” in this way but, believe that we are really just inoculating the world with bits and pieces of truth – giving them their “gospel shots.” (And we’re making it hard for them to “catch” the real thing!) People become numb to the truth when we splash our gaudy sayings in their eyes at every opportunity. Do you really think this is “opening them up to the Gospel”? Or is it really just another way for us to get smiles, waves, and approval from others in the “born-again club” out in the supermarket parking lot, who blow their horns with glee when they see your “Honk if you love Jesus!” bumper sticker?

What about those “other sayings”? You know, the quasi-biblical ones, like “Please be patient, God isn’t finished with me yet,” which can really be a horrible replacement for “I’m sorry.” (And besides, it puts the blame on the wrong person – “The reason I’m such a creep is because God isn’t finished with me yet.”)

And if you really want to play “Stretch the Bible” there is that other fabulous excuse that absolutely ends all quests or expectations for holiness: “Christians aren’t perfect… just forgiven!” Ah, how convenient. You might just as well say, “Christians aren’t moral, just forgiven!” or what about “Christians aren’t nice, just forgiven!” How about the ultimate? “Christians aren’t saved . . . just forgiven!” (That might be a little too deep.) What we’re saying by this glorious piece of prose is, “Madam, you cannot trust your teenage daughter with my Christian son, you’d better keep your eye on him . . . he’s not safe . . . he’s just forgiven!”

Maybe I’ve gone a little too far to make a point, but I think the world is completely sick to its stomach with our sayings and “witnessing tools.” It’s time for us to be expressing the truth with our lives, and then the whole truth of God with our lips!

(Tomorrow I’ll post the 20’th section)