Keith Green The Live Experience DVD - Estes Park '78

Rest in eternal peace Keith Green
Tracks
“He’ll Take Care Of The Rest,” “
To Obey Is Better Than Sacrifice,”
an early version of “The Sheep And The Goats,”
“Asleep in the Light,”
“The Victor,” and
“Make My Life A Prayer To You“
Make My Life A Prayer To You.”
"Are you following the true gospel — the one Jesus preached? The one Paul and the other apostles preached? How do you know? What are the consequences if you are not following the right gospel?

The word gospel means "good news," Even in Paul's day, other preachers had different types of "good news" for their listeners. Some preached that salvation could be obtained through eating the right foods. Others said you had to join the Jewish religion or practice strict personal disciplines in order to be saved. There was the Gnostic gospel, which was a type of early mysticism, and the reformed Jewish gospel and all kinds of other gospels. There were even other so-called "messiahs" around at the time of Christ.

In the end times we're going to experience false teachings that are doctrines of demons, and smooth-sounding teachings that are really antichrist. There will be people close to becoming Christians, but who nevertheless are deceived. Do we have a safeguard? Yes, by listening only to teachers in whose lives we can see the fruit of the Spirit — those who do what they preach.

Finally, we know we're following the right gospel if we learn to endure and overcome the lusts of the flesh — and by that, I mean, we re learning to live free from all the things that seek to bind us to this world. John warned us against "the lust of the eyes and the pride of life" (1 John 2:16). And Paul warned us to flee from immorality (1 Corinthians 6:18), and to pursue righteousness (2 Timothy 2:22). A lot of Christians know how to flee — they get out of the world — but they don't know how to pursue righteousness — that is, they don't know how to get the world out of them.

Paul told us to "set our affections on things above" (Colossians 3:2). Not only are we supposed to be turning away from something, we're supposed to be turning ourselves — heart, soul, body and mind — toward something. Toward the "prize of the high calling" to be like Jesus in this world (Philippians 3:14). What is that high calling? Like Paul, I want to be found growing in the image and likeness of Jesus Christ when God calls me home or when Jesus comes back, whichever comes first. I want to be a true disciple —one who has set his affections on the wonderful things that are above. That means letting go of all that this world offers by way of security and honor and pleasure.

That's how we'll know if we are following the true gospel. The true gospel challenges us at every turn. It unsettles us. It requires things of us that hurt. Our flesh will squirm. The devil will attack us in our weakest areas. Other Christians will offer us less radical ways to follow Christ. But in the end, we'll be transformed from the inside out. We'll be clean. We'll be shining lights.

Then everything we say will be light and grace to people lost in this dark wilderness in which we live. Then we'll know by the fruit of the Spirit in our lives that we are His disciples."