I'm a missionary along with my family in Mexico because one day as a teenager I read a pamphlet that Keith Green wrote entitled "Why You Should Go To The Mission Field." His music motivated me to go anywhere anytime at any cost as I attended HiBA Bible clubs in Queens NY.
@@LilCraftyNook: Amen!! A TRUE follower of JESUS CHRIST!! It was Kieth's anointed song (they were ALL anointed!) "Your Love Broke Through" that was sang the night the Lord reached down and SAVED this lonely, devestated, heartbroken drug addicted abused and VERY LOST in the dark young girl at a little rescue mission in the heart of York PA in August 1980!!! The Lord literally scooped me up off the streets and carried me to that rescue mission and rescued my dying soul from hell!! I am, have always been and always WILL BE forever, eternally grateful for HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND NEVER-ENDING GRACE in my life. To this very day, i am moved each time i hear a song from Kieth Green and a message dear to my heart in each and every song! His wife, Melody has and continues to be an inspiration as she is used of God to continue the work HE began in Kieth Green many years ago! I recommend her book "No Compromise" as it is powerfully written, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and a message we ALL SO DESPERATELY NEED!! Blessings to each of you as you continue pressing on with Jesus and spreading His Good News to a lost and dying world WITHOUT COMPROMISE!! 😇........
1Pe 1:15 But according to the Holy One who has called you, you also become Holy in all conduct; 1Pe 1:16 because it has been written, "Be Holy," "because I am Holy." Lev. 19:2 1Pe 1:17 And if you call on the Father, the One judging according to the work of each one without respect of faces, pass the time of your sojourning in fear
So it's 2021 and this was served up to me via UA-cam algorithms. In 1978, the Lord saved me. A Kieth Green LP was the first Christian music I purchased. The music he sang and the songs he and his wife wrote remain as relevant today as when I was a new believer. Looking forward to meeting him. Maranotha
I had no idea he started out this way. A friend ( who no longer considers himself a Christian) introduced me to Keith's music in the mid-80s. I was raised Christian, but went way off course during my late teens/20s and into my early 30s. During that season, I would still listen to Keith's music on occasion (mixed in with Punk music) and it helped keep me someone grounded. I now only listen to Christian music and still occasionally pull out my old Keith Green CDs ( I think I had all of them). What an impact he made on not only my life, but the lives of so many. Praise God!
Another prayer for your friend! I got "saved" when I was very very young but that old lying serpent got a hold of me and kept me in a headlock for years. God won out though!! Never stop praying!! I am praying that your friend comes to the realization that he needs Jesus like he needs the air he breathes!
I’ve been playing O Lord you’re Beautiful (my song to him) and When I hear the praises Start(His song to me) back to back in early morning hours for 2-3 years now . Love both
I had the privilege of seeing him in concert in Waterloo, Iowa one week before he was killed in a plane wreck. He was truly an amazing brother in Christ.
Along with eleven others, Green died on July 28, 1982, when the Robertson STOL-modified Cessna 414 leased by Last Days Ministries crashed after takeoff from the private airstrip located on the LDM property. The small two-engine plane was carrying eleven passengers and the pilot, Don Burmeister, for an aerial tour[19] of the LDM property and the surrounding area. Green and two of his children, three-year-old Josiah and two-year-old Bethany, were on board the plane, along with visiting church planters, John and Dede Smalley and their six children. Green's wife Melody was at home with one-year-old Rebekah and six weeks pregnant with their fourth child, Rachel, born in March 1983.
Keith died one day before our rehearsal dinner and the entire wedding party was stunned. As a Christian, I followed Keith and Melody's ministry and music. His music STILL inspires and ministers to people today. Go listen to "Easter song" or "So you wanna go back to Egypt" Album.
@@afaceinthecrowd1983 Ok name the great songs and hits he wrote, that everyone will recognize, before he became a Christian and started writing religious songs and producing his material in1977.
@@dr.krinkleweldon5934 Hr has albums , I’m not gonna to waste time listing. The point being discounting someone’s talents and body or work bc you don’t dig it or get it doesn’t detract from their talents and devotion. He wasn’t trying to achieve the world’s status quo’s but rather implementing his works in faith. He wasn’t even selling them at one point bc he didn’t think there should be a charge. The “hits” you’re wrapped up about, when the charts are burned and trophy’s are corrupted, his works are laid up for his eternal life and for the glory of the kingdom. Just watch Bob Dylan and see how much joy the so called charts and hits have brought him. He’d trade it all to undone that deal. I hope he along with others realize they the adversary doesn’t own souls and they can renounce it and repent. I heard he did and I hope so.
He passed before I was even born but his music was such a strong part of my Christian upbringing and I'm so glad to be part of another generation to cherish his work
I was just seventeen the summer that Keith died. About two months later, I accepted the Lord through a Christian retreat sponsored by CCF at the local university I attended; but never actually heard of Keith until the following spring. I had borrowed some magazines and tracts from my church, which were published by Last Days Ministries. The tract I most distinctly remember was, "Children: Things We Throw Away?" authored by Keith and his wife, Melody. I never even knew what abortion was, at that time; but I was horrified that people could actually _do_ this to unborn children: and so I adopted the pro-life worldview from that moment on. I didn't know that Keith had actually passed on until some time later, along with becoming acquainted with his music. Later my husband and I chose his _Song To My Parents_ as our wedding recessional; since my mother had declined to attend. It was in reading Keith Green's biography, _No Compromise_ that I first learned he'd had a secular music career before surrendering his life to Christ. Although his life's trajectory (up to that point) was significantly different from mine, I praise God that He intervenes in miraculous ways no matter where we might be, to redeem each of us for His eternal glory! 😇🥰 📖 🙏✝
Wow! He was born awesome ✨If you ever want to read about his life, cut tragically short, go read "No Compromise" by his widow, Melody Green. One of the most life-changing books I've ever read! Keith Green was beyond passionate for changing lives with the love of Jesus! One day, I know we'll all be worshipping our Father together!
Keith led an extraordinary and very remarkable life. When he gave his life and his considerable talents to Christ he began to impact millions and millions of souls for eternity.
Bernard Popp Are you joking? I thought it pretty impressive that he was able to start the Last Days Ministries, and charge whatever people could afford. If they could not afford it, they could get his tapes or pamphlets free. We were blessed to see the faith of this believer played out in his music.
He sure was. A true example of someone completely sold out for the Lord. It always cracks me up how everyone thought he was nuts to give his records away!
a God given talent. Who would've thought back then Keith would grow up to touch millions of lives for the sake of The Lord. We all need to follow the footsteps of Jesus as Keith Green did.
This is such a rare video, and thanks for posting! Now I know what Keith meant when he wrote: "Well I had my chance to gain the world, and to live just like a king/But without Your love it doesn't mean a thing."
I just came across this video of the late Keith Green. I first purchased his music over 40 years ago and fall in love with his style of worship. Today I still listen to his songs on my iPad.
I was a new convert but I remember the days when it seemed like he set the whole Christian Community in motion....Thank you , Last Days ...and ...Thank you , Lord JESUS...
I just came across this. Its so hard to believe that this 11 yr old had no idea that he would go on to impact so many peoples lives. That he would touch the world with his love for Jesus. God love him and bless him. The blonde hair looks like Josiahs. His son that was on the plane with him when it went down. They are buried side by side with his daughter. Gone way too soon! Heaven must have needed some more angels. There is no doubt in my mind that Keith is sitting near the throne. There are many Christians in this world but he was one that I call a TRUE Christian.
Rj Kimmel, I couldn't agree with you more! I had the privilege to see Keith perform in two concerts and the emphasis was on Jesus and NOT on himself. He stepped on a lot of people's toes but it was a toe-stepping that many people needed! His song "No Compromise says it all!! THAT was Keith Green and he had LOTS of problems with people who pushed the "Prosperity Gospel" and he was right-on!! A true committed child of God indeed!! RIP Keith!
+Rj Kimmel I was doing maintenance on a 1974 Norton Commando motorcycle on my driveway when on the radio I learned of the results of Keith's plane "going down". Were he I talking now maybe he would tell you to SHINE YOUR LIGHT. No matter where you are in the world; your intelligence, your charisma, your resources... JESUS can still use YOU and be just as pleased with YOU as he is with Keith. The good Lord bless YOU Rj.
@@beasleymckenzie1753 All children make heaven,You are right. But that. stops at 13 yrs The Jewish age of Adulthood. When children know the difference between right and wrong. And begin to take responsibility for there life's. Many culture's have this and a coming of age ceremony.
What an amazing young boy....LIfe cut short, but oh what a life it was....touched millions with his Worship music....music that he no doubt is singing on the other side! God bless his wife, Melody and their family! Still touching hearts and lives today!
I was born on 1977.I found kieth green music on 2021, i was so inspired by his Gospel music and his lovely face and kind words. I may say! this world is not our home, GOD JESUS i trust in you AMEN 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️♥️♥️♥️!
I'm 68 and still play records , what lifelines his songs were ,There Is A REDEEMER , ! How wonderful it is for me to be included into Gods own family , ani angela nz messenger AROHA NUI Endsoftheearth
I've always loved Keith Green's music. I had no idea this part of his life existed. I only knew of him back in the early 80's. I think I still have some of his newsletters. I was a broke student - and send him a few dollars and he sent me his album. I'm sure it cost him more than my few dollars could cover. He was a great example to look up to.
pdchr He didnt have a plane, he rented a plane to survey land that they were purchasing for his ministry. He moved to Texas from CA to get more land for him to provide more space to reach out to those who needed it like he was doing in CA.
hisdeathmygain Well actually, he didn't own the plane, but he did more than survey land to purchase for his ministry with that plane. He used it to fly around the country for concerts. In fact, he built a dirt runway on his property in Texas to make his travels easier. The day that he died, his plane crashed taking off from that runway. He was taking a visiting family on a site seeing tour of the area, but the plane was overloaded (mostly with young children) and crashed about a mile after takeoff.
Him and melody (his wife) used all their money to help people ; they took in pregnant girls, drug addicts, alcoholics etc, and showed them the way of Jesus to get them back onto the right path. As Keith had a bad drug experience aged 19, and gave his life to Jesus . They bought the house next door also, so they could take more people in to help them . If you google Keith Green , it's on Wikipedia x
@R Diaz I remember all the details and my dad was a pilot that had a grass runway that I used to mow with about 13 mowers pulled by a large old tractor. Anyway I still do not understand why they overloaded so much. I think they had musical instruments on board also. Sometimes things just go wrong due to human error. Father God just took their spirits home after they lost their bodies.
Wow - I remember driving out one snowy day in Surrey BC (1977 or 78) to see a Keith Green concert at an old Church. Almost no one showed up but Keith greeted every one of us at the door. Amazing man!
Ron Wiebe Hi Ron, this video came up on my feed today. Never saw it before. After listening to it I started reading the comments. The reason I stopped at yours is I live in Vancouver B.C. Canada 🇨🇦 I used to work at Tree Island Steal with a man call Peter wiebe. Just thought you might be related. I listened to Keith Green all the time when I got saved 29 years ago. Even if your not related. God bless you and your family mightily today. Just was sharing.🙏🙏🙏
I love this glimpse into Keith's youth. I love his music to this day, and never knew of his earlier career. God gave him a lot of talent, and he used it to God's glory. I cried in my bedroom for 3 days when he died. Thank you for sharing this!
I saw this episode on TV when I was a kid, first run. I was amazed that a kid my age could do that so well. So cool to see it again as an "old" person.
I can remember when he and Melody had pot lucks at their house in valley and Keith would teach .We would take ice cream.What a blessing to be in their home around young Christian plus his beautiful family. Miss them dearly.
From his biography, I learned that Keith's path to childhood stardom was eclipsed by Donny Osmond. He turned to drugs, Eastern Religions, and a variety of escapes before becoming a Christian and a dynamite musician. His songs inspired me and encouraged me as a youth and his death touched me deeply as a college student.
@@jonrosenlof4805 They're about 4 years apart in age. But Donny popped onto the radar at a younger age because his older brothers sang on the Andy Williams show. This TV show would've been in '64. Donny had already made his first appearance on the Andy Williams show in '63. I'm just glad God saw fit to use Keith's talents in the way he did. His legacy is still ringing through the generations.
Understand, Dave!! Keith Green profoundly touched my early Christian life!! Later when he was killed, oh how I wept!! Still miss him, his music, and his GODly spark!! Looking forward to standing with him in Heaven and worshipping our Savior!!
I didn't learn of Keith Green until 1986. I loved his music the very first time I heard him. Keith was the first Christian Contemporary music I had ever heard. I've listened to it ever since
I love his Prodigal Son suite. and the Songs of the Shepherd album. Keith was truly gifted to be an influencer in the world, what a blessing he turned his life over to the Lord,, being mightily used to reach ppl with the Gospel. Keith had a sold out mindset that we all who know the Lord should be inspired by.
I've been listening to his worship music for 40+ years! Last two days I was playing "Easter Song." My favorites are "He'll take care of the rest." " Make my life a prayer to you. " So you wanna go back to Egypt." And " "No one believes in me any more." I really mss ya Keith, I'll see ya there!
I love his version of Easter Song! We use to open our prayer meetings with this song when I was in college...1982. Those meetings would sometimes go on for hours...it felt like minutes!
I still listen to him, will always cherish Keith, Melody and his family as it all contributed. Most of all our Glorious Lord who allowed us to praise Him with Keith. Funny how darkened his hair became as he got older.
Amazing. I love seeing his beginnings because all I saw before was his passionate recordings of his songs as an adult. Always talented. Still drawing others to Christ even today.
We found Keith Greens music two days ago, after a friend suggested it and said he helped her find her faith .we play no compromise every day as my husband and I are going through a test of faith, and are going to be born again Christians , so we've been listening to Keith ever since ; Remarkable voice , such a sad loss , RIP Keith xxxx
Hi, I know this was posted a year ago...but when you said you were "going to become born again Christians..." did you? I am interested in your story...
Watching him play on the piano this early brought a smile to my face! You can actually see his wonderful, yet quirky style of playing was so evident! even back then. Love where God brought his music! Such an inspiration!
Hi Rebecca, Keith Green was used by The Lord to bring many to Him...I encourage you get a free set of the Christian books and study Bible from bfa.org I got mine and are very helped in my walk with The Lord. I know Keith Green would say a big Amen to that!!!
Love seeing how he started out. God gave him the talent in the first place, he just didn't know it yet. And I disagree... not a terrible song considering the era in which it was written. It was very relevant for the time.
By the time I became a Christian, Keith had already gone to be with the Lord, but I didn't know it for about a year or more afterwards. I still have his "cassettes". Yes, I still have my cassettes. His songs mean a great deal to me, and I'm sure we all have our favorites. I think mine is "I Can't Wait to Get to Heaven", but they all minister to me. Thank you for posting this!
KEITH GREEN, I MISS YOU HERE ON EARTH! YOUR JESUS-ANNOINTED MUSIC WILL LIVE ON FOREVER SAVING LOST, LONELY & HURTING SOULS, REACHING THEM TO OUR SAVIOR, LORD JESUS. I am so thankful my mother took me to your concert not long before Jesus took you to your eternal home with him. Your music makes me a better person.
His devoted music always convicted me at several points in my life when I strayed. His ministry of hard truth, no compromising remains active. His life and death produced many folds...a man who dared to speak and act against evils of our world and got taken out for it.
I saw Keith Green at the Jesus and Fishnet festivals. He offered his music at whatever someone could afford, and they lived in community with other believers. I had wanted to visit, but wasn’t able to. His uncompromising message continues to be a gift to a broken world.
Achieved more for God in his short life than many of us do in a lifetime. Keith was the real deal loved by many and still bringing folks closer to Jesus in 2022 .
Most people remember where they were when they found out people like JFK was killed, but I remember where I was when I found out about Keith. His music was such a fabric of my life when I was young. I had no idea he was so talented when he was young, though. He owned that piano even at that age, just like he did when he was older. He's definitely on my list of people I want to meet in heaven.
I was in our college church service, the Sunday after it happened. We were all stunned. His music had been such a part of our worship times and the singing groups we had forming out of our fellowship. It hit us all hard. Thanks for sharing this video with us. I'm still amazed at his talent.
I'm another one that remembers where I was when I found out about Keith Green't death. I was in my parents bedroom as a young teenager and picked up a copy of the local Christian newspaper in New Zealand, Challenge Weekly, that was lying on the bed. In that copy was the breaking story of Keith Green's death. Such was his impact on the Christian world because of his Holy Spirit-soaked music, he was known right across the world. I was certainly shocked at the time, but I also knew that he had reached the end of what he could do with music. He had already written and recorded his best songs, and was dedicating his life to global mission. But that was not to be. In a sense though, he had already done what he could for global mission by recording those songs. Think about it, anybody in the world can now listen to that anointed music on UA-cam and be touched in a profound way with the gospel.
Wow, I didn't know that at age 11 he was already writing songs... Keith Green has impact me as a teenager before, during the 80s upto know his songs I still Listen, every once in awhile...just to lift up my down spirit...my favourite are:until that final day. And Oh Lord our God.(negro spiriitual music)
Brian, Jesus taught what happens pretty clearly in the Rich Man and Lazarus, and also what He said to the thief on the cross "today you'll be with Me in paradise". Study more about why the early Christians used the term "sleep" instead of died. There's both a good short answer on UA-cam and a longer study if you google Our Souls Sleep until the Resurrection - Challenge Response. It's important to study the Bible in context.
maybe death,hell and heaven are outside time. I think in quantum physics multiple things can be happening at the same time. eternity is impossible for people on this earth and this world because GOD has set time limits here, but eternity is possible in New Heaven, hell/lake of fire and new earth because time doesn't exist there. the linear time line works here in this world but it doesn't apply to GOD.
Brian The LORD Jesus Christ doesn't lie and when HE told the thief he would be with HIM in Paradise HE wasn't lying. Here is an explanation about the difference between the resurrection of the body verses the soul. The Body Sleeps, Not the Soul Here is a fact that must be underscored. When the term “sleep” is used to depict the death of a person, the allusion is always to the disposition of the body, not the soul. There is no passage in the Scriptures that reflects the notion that one’s soul sleeps (i.e., is unconscious) in death. The case to the contrary may be argued briefly in the following fashion. The prophet Daniel affirmed that those who “sleep [katheudonton] in the dust of the earth shall awake” (Dan. 12:2). Note that the part of man that “sleeps” is that which is deposited in the “dust of the earth.” This obviously is a reference to the physical body. The awakening, then, is a reference to the bodily resurrection. Jesus once said to his disciples: “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep (kekoimetai - the perfect, passive of koimao); but I go that I may awake him out of sleep” (Jn. 11:11). In view of the subsequent context, the “awakening” clearly refers to the resurrection of Lazarus’ body (vv. 43-44). The verb koimao derives from the root keimai, “to lie down.” In death, it is only the “body” that lies down (not the soul); hence, it is the body that sleeps. W. E. Vine notes that keimai, “to lie down,” stands as an antonym to “resurrection” (anastasis - from ana, “up,” and histemi, “to cause to stand” - see: Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words under “Asleep”). Since that which will “stand up” is the body; it follows that the element of man that “lies down” or “sleeps” likewise is the body. The early Christians even called their burial grounds koimeteria, “sleeping places,” and from this term derives our modern word, “cemetery,” a place to which we transport the bodies of our loved ones. ➡️ The term sleep says absolutely nothing about the state of the soul after death.
j sclar The LORD Jesus Christ doesn't lie. like the article excerptt I posted above, the body and soul are separate. The body can sleep and remain on the earth. The Soul is separated from the body. Before the resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ there was a paradise and lake of fire. The dead seen walking in the street after the resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ came up from the Paradise side. The LORD Jesus Christ took the keys of hell and Freed the people who were separated from GOD (because they lived and died before the LORD Jesus Christ paid the price for their sins, their sins were covered by sacrifices of animal blood but only the Holy Blood of the LORD Jesus Christ could remove their sins so they could be with GOD for eternity.) Even in the Parable of Lazarus and the rich man the LORD Jesus Christ explained there used to be two separate areas for the souls of the dead. one was fire and the other was paradise. Luke 23: 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
I knew of his songs when I was a little boy in Africa. Each time I think of the fact that he went home to be with the Lord at a young age, I always feel like crying. See you soon in heaven Green
I bought No Compromise at a used book fundraiser. I read it to the 2rd to last chapter when my puppy shredded it. Some day I will buy another one. What a blessing to find his story here! Praise God!
His music is so anointed. There is a redeemer, holy, holy, holy,rushing wind...these songs are packed with the fire of the Holy Ghost.To God be the glory..🙏🏼🙏🏼
He doesn’t look at all like his adult self. He had dark, curly hair when I knew him. Several close friends of mine moved out to live with him at the Last Day’s community, from Michigan, but moved back home after a few years of helping run things. We had Keith come and perform a couple times before his tragic plane crash, with his children and friends and their children. I kept in touch with his widow, the community for about a decade and after Melody had remarried but have lost touch with the ministry. I will have to see if it’s still in existence. God bless!
Just "discovered" this. Can't believe it! Soooo glad he "found"' Jesus and did gospel music the rest of his short life. :) I still remember where I was when the news came that he died in a plane crash, still miss him.
G Smith I remember back when I first heard of Keith Green. It was the summer of 1984, and I was reading some pro-life tracts (can't remember the titles) from Last Days Ministries. They mentioned in a postscript briefly about his passing two years prior; and I remember being so confused and disappointed... I'd just recently gotten acquainted with his ministry, having read many of his writings; and was really looking forward to meeting him. :\ RIP, Keith ... until we meet on that other shore.
Reading all these comments giving glory to God for Keith's music and ministry just makes me cry with gratitude for Christ's love and sacrifice. I too am a sinner saved by grace and my heart will always praise Him.
Abiding in Christ is a fairly new reality for me (after so many years of being a carnal believer) and Kieth Green's music is an invaluable tool that without fail has helped me to break through the flesh and inter in to God's Heavenly courts (in times of prayer). The epidamy of anointed music in my book.. Honestly, if I never saw this particular video I would have been just fine tho 😲
So UA-cam dropped in Keiths O Lord your Beautiful and I was curious and watched more of his videos.. how sad to know that this great gifted child would touch so many lives and lead many to our saviour and pass away😔😔
I loved him! He led so many to the Lord later in life. Died way too young. I have one of his Christian piano music books on my piano at this moment. I knew he sang rock n roll at first but never knew he got a contract at only 11 yrs old. 🥰
Keith Green I knew of his songs when I was a little boy in Africa. Each time I think of the fact that he went home to be with the Lord at a young age, I always feel like crying. See you soon in heaven Green
Thank God the Lord didn't allowed him to have success. Although it must have been very hard because he already was very talented but His plans are higher than ours. And later he wrote the most Scriptures inspired songs. They were very important to me and through them God brought me to be His daughter, almost 4 years ago now. What is amazing is that Keith and Melody ministry were in the late 70's and I am in my late thirties.. Their songs are transversal and will continue, thanks to the Lord. Help us all to trust in Your plans and not our own. Amen.
@belinda hawkins in the documentary about his adult life, he actually struggled a lot to get a record deal later. That's typical of tiny artists with huge success, it's easy to sign them as kiddos but difficult to maintain. The bottom line is God didn't want him to sign cause He had greater things for him, and us..
I always thought Keith died before I came to this earth.. I’ve just realised I shared it with him for a mere matter of weeks, albeit in my mother’s Womb 😉🙏🏻✝️❤️
I'd heard of Keith Green, since I grew up around Christianity, but never cared to learn more about him until now. I wasn't genuinely saved until 37 years old. I just read a bio on him, and wow, God used him mightily, he was a humble vessel for the Lord. He wasn't saved until 21 years old. He didn't have success with his secular abilities, but God gave him much success after he'd given his life to Him and used his abilities for God's Kingdom! Praise God for Keith's ministry! 🙌
Wow learn something everyday I never knew Keith was a rock n role singer.I thought he started in christian music.I was influenced by his music and because of it took interest in the Lord.I can actually say this Man led me to the Lord and my salvation through his Music.I got an address to send for 3 lp's thinking no way would they send them free.1 week later they arived.I was blown away by the generosity of his Church and Ministry.Thanks Keith you Changed my life through your music.God Bless,RIP
This is so cute and endearing. I'm so grateful for what the Lord did with his talent to end up blessing millions and now, millions more, as they discover him through digital platforms like this one. Can't wait to see my brother Keith and worship the Lord together with him!
Thanks showed this video to my grandpa he passed away last year felt like it’s been a long time now though he is now in heaven, he is now in the next life
I recommend all God's people to get a free set of the Christian books and study Bible from bfa.org I got mine and are very helped in my walk with The Lord. I know Keith Green would say a big Amen to that!!!
Keith I can’t wait to meet you in heaven! Your music changed my relationship with Jesus Christ! Baruch Ha Shem Adonai
Same here 👍❤️❤️❤️!
Amen same here
Mine too
You mean in the kingdom, of course. Jesus promises resurrection and to rule the earth.
yes🌹🌹🕎🌹🌹🔥💕🇸🇻😂🎇🙋🙋🙋
I'm a missionary along with my family in Mexico because one day as a teenager I read a pamphlet that Keith Green wrote entitled "Why You Should Go To The Mission Field." His music motivated me to go anywhere anytime at any cost as I attended HiBA Bible clubs in Queens NY.
Had Keith read Moby Dick, he may have thought twice before penning such a pamphlet…
I love Keith Greens Christian music. I had no idea he started this way. He has been such a blessing for so many yrs.
I became a follower of Jesus at one of his FREE concerts in 1977. God's use of his gift still touches my heart. Thank you.
Genevia Della, Amen Sister! I was just testifying how he led many of his old fans out of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" life pursuits.
Genevia Baer I went to see him in LA with Dallas Holmes around them!!
when where and how exactly was the curse of sin from you lifted?
@@mark621000 when he repented and asked Jesus Christ to save him. Jesus Christ is resident in ones heart by Faith. 🕇🕇🕇
@@LilCraftyNook: Amen!! A TRUE follower of JESUS CHRIST!! It was Kieth's anointed song (they were ALL anointed!) "Your Love Broke Through" that was sang the night the Lord reached down and SAVED this lonely, devestated, heartbroken drug addicted abused and VERY LOST in the dark young girl at a little rescue mission in the heart of York PA in August 1980!!! The Lord literally scooped me up off the streets and carried me to that rescue mission and rescued my dying soul from hell!! I am, have always been and always WILL BE forever, eternally grateful for HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND NEVER-ENDING GRACE in my life. To this very day, i am moved each time i hear a song from Kieth Green and a message dear to my heart in each and every song! His wife, Melody has and continues to be an inspiration as she is used of God to continue the work HE began in Kieth Green many years ago! I recommend her book "No Compromise" as it is powerfully written, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and a message we ALL SO DESPERATELY NEED!! Blessings to each of you as you continue pressing on with Jesus and spreading His Good News to a lost and dying world WITHOUT COMPROMISE!! 😇........
Keith Green's music is amazing and and still touches the hearts of many... To God be the Glory always and forever!
We will see him in heaven
Praise the lord for keith
God proides the back-up, no doubt.
1Pe 1:15 But according to the Holy One who has called you, you also become Holy in all conduct;
1Pe 1:16 because it has been written, "Be Holy," "because I am Holy." Lev. 19:2
1Pe 1:17 And if you call on the Father, the One judging according to the work of each one without respect of faces, pass the time of your sojourning in fear
Amen.
So it's 2021 and this was served up to me via UA-cam algorithms. In 1978, the Lord saved me. A Kieth Green LP was the first Christian music I purchased. The music he sang and the songs he and his wife wrote remain as relevant today as when I was a new believer. Looking forward to meeting him. Maranotha
AMEN 💞💞💞
I had no idea he started out this way. A friend ( who no longer considers himself a Christian) introduced me to Keith's music in the mid-80s. I was raised Christian, but went way off course during my late teens/20s and into my early 30s. During that season, I would still listen to Keith's music on occasion (mixed in with Punk music) and it helped keep me someone grounded. I now only listen to Christian music and still occasionally pull out my old Keith Green CDs ( I think I had all of them). What an impact he made on not only my life, but the lives of so many. Praise God!
What a testimony. I have stopped to pray for your friend you mention.
@@glee_again2594 thank you! I pray he finds his way back!
Another prayer for your friend! I got "saved" when I was very very young but that old lying serpent got a hold of me and kept me in a headlock for years. God won out though!! Never stop praying!! I am praying that your friend comes to the realization that he needs Jesus like he needs the air he breathes!
I had no idea either ! He seems so different here. Obviously very young but still. I don't even see resemblance lol.
@@robintreadwell3758 Great prayer. I second that in agreement for his salvation in this timeline in the name of JESUS 💥💞✝️💥
Lord You’re beautiful is my go to worship song. It brings me to repentant tears every time.
I’ve been playing O Lord you’re Beautiful (my song to him) and When I hear the praises Start(His song to me) back to back in early morning hours for 2-3 years now . Love both
A friend gave me a cassette tape of Keith's music in 1983. Loved it ,sang it, cried with it, worshiped God with it. None better.
I had the privilege of seeing him in concert in Waterloo, Iowa one week before he was killed in a plane wreck. He was truly an amazing brother in Christ.
Along with eleven others, Green died on July 28, 1982, when the Robertson STOL-modified Cessna 414 leased by Last Days Ministries crashed after takeoff from the private airstrip located on the LDM property. The small two-engine plane was carrying eleven passengers and the pilot, Don Burmeister, for an aerial tour[19] of the LDM property and the surrounding area. Green and two of his children, three-year-old Josiah and two-year-old Bethany, were on board the plane, along with visiting church planters, John and Dede Smalley and their six children. Green's wife Melody was at home with one-year-old Rebekah and six weeks pregnant with their fourth child, Rachel, born in March 1983.
Must have felt that much more shocking having literally just seen him.
@@wlsantn - Gone too soon, from an Earthly perspective.❤✝️
Perhaps we’ll get to hear him sing one day in Heaven.😮
TOMMY RULES
Keith died one day before our rehearsal dinner and the entire wedding party was stunned. As a Christian, I followed Keith and Melody's ministry and music. His music STILL inspires and ministers to people today. Go listen to "Easter song" or "So you wanna go back to Egypt" Album.
Keith was a child prodigy. What a musical legacy he left!
He didn't write anything remarkable. Not a genius. But talented. Until he became a Christian.
@@dr.krinkleweldon5934SMH
@@afaceinthecrowd1983 Ok name the great songs and hits he wrote, that everyone will recognize, before he became a Christian and started writing religious songs and producing his material in1977.
@@dr.krinkleweldon5934 Hr has albums , I’m not gonna to waste time listing. The point being discounting someone’s talents and body or work bc you don’t dig it or get it doesn’t detract from their talents and devotion. He wasn’t trying to achieve the world’s status quo’s but rather implementing his works in faith. He wasn’t even selling them at one point bc he didn’t think there should be a charge.
The “hits” you’re wrapped up about, when the charts are burned and trophy’s are corrupted, his works are laid up for his eternal life and for the glory of the kingdom.
Just watch Bob Dylan and see how much joy the so called charts and hits have brought him. He’d trade it all to undone that deal. I hope he along with others realize they the adversary doesn’t own souls and they can renounce it and repent. I heard he did and I hope so.
@@afaceinthecrowd1983 Are you drunk? I said before his Christian ministry he didn't have a notable tune. Are you some kind of idiot? Or just stupid?
His song "To obey is better than sacrifice" changed my life
LUV RULES
Same with me bro.
Mine was So you want to go back to Egypt. Fun but conviction (manna soufflé, manna burger)but To obey is more important
Thank you Lord Yeshua for bringing Keith Green into your Kingdom.
He passed before I was even born but his music was such a strong part of my Christian upbringing and I'm so glad to be part of another generation to cherish his work
KAITS RULES
I was just seventeen the summer that Keith died. About two months later, I accepted the Lord through a Christian retreat sponsored by CCF at the local university I attended; but never actually heard of Keith until the following spring. I had borrowed some magazines and tracts from my church, which were published by Last Days Ministries. The tract I most distinctly remember was, "Children: Things We Throw Away?" authored by Keith and his wife, Melody. I never even knew what abortion was, at that time; but I was horrified that people could actually _do_ this to unborn children: and so I adopted the pro-life worldview from that moment on.
I didn't know that Keith had actually passed on until some time later, along with becoming acquainted with his music. Later my husband and I chose his _Song To My Parents_ as our wedding recessional; since my mother had declined to attend.
It was in reading Keith Green's biography, _No Compromise_ that I first learned he'd had a secular music career before surrendering his life to Christ. Although his life's trajectory (up to that point) was significantly different from mine, I praise God that He intervenes in miraculous ways no matter where we might be, to redeem each of us for His eternal glory! 😇🥰
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His music has always spoken to me. Just an amazing talent ❤
Wow! He was born awesome ✨If you ever want to read about his life, cut tragically short, go read "No Compromise" by his widow, Melody Green. One of the most life-changing books I've ever read! Keith Green was beyond passionate for changing lives with the love of Jesus! One day, I know we'll all be worshipping our Father together!
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Keith led an extraordinary and very remarkable life. When he gave his life and his considerable talents to Christ he began to impact millions and millions of souls for eternity.
Adelia Kimsey, a great testimonial!!!
+Len Hummel
but did he make millions of $$$$$ ???
Bernard Popp Are you joking? I thought it pretty impressive that he was able to start the Last Days Ministries, and charge whatever people could afford. If they could not afford it, they could get his tapes or pamphlets free. We were blessed to see the faith of this believer played out in his music.
I fell in love with Jesus in the early 80s and Keith Greens worship songs are still a strong way to praise and enter Gods love. RIP
He's famous in heaven. He made a big impact on my life. He was never a "sell out" to the music industry and was totally devoted to the Lord Jesus.
I dont think he cares to be famous in heaven.
Jesus is the wheel and the hub in the Kingdom..
He sure was. A true example of someone completely sold out for the Lord. It always cracks me up how everyone thought he was nuts to give his records away!
@@matthatter2849 put out the fire
Heaven is a pretty easy crowd
a God given talent. Who would've thought back then Keith would grow up to touch millions of lives for the sake of The Lord. We all need to follow the footsteps of Jesus as Keith Green did.
Amen
This is such a rare video, and thanks for posting! Now I know what Keith meant when he wrote: "Well I had my chance to gain the world, and to live just like a king/But without Your love it doesn't mean a thing."
Amen! I never connected those lyrics to his potential rise to rock and roll fame. Thanks for making it so clear to me now! ❤
I just came across this video of the late Keith Green. I first purchased his music over 40 years ago and fall in love with his style of worship. Today I still listen to his songs on my iPad.
Bless the name of Jesus that I found this today. A real treat.
Wow such acute kid! He used to sing for my former pastor David Wilkerson. Pastor Dave sang his songs acapella in worship it was so anointed!
Your pastor was David Wilkerson!! I’ve read all his books! Amazing! Didn’t he start teen challenge?
I didn’t know those two embraced; wow!!
Such a talent. He helped revolutionize Christian music. We will never forget you
The gifting is so evident. God made him to be a psalmist.❤️🎶
Some of my favorite worship songs were done by Keith Green. GOD blessed him at such a young age.
Hello Mimi. How are you doing?
The Easter song is one of my favorites but they're all my favorites I love Keith Green I can't wait to meet him in heaven
I was a new convert but I remember the days when it seemed like he set the whole Christian Community in motion....Thank you , Last Days ...and ...Thank you , Lord JESUS...
We used to get the Last Days Newsletter.
I just came across this. Its so hard to believe that this 11 yr old had no idea that he would go on to impact so many peoples lives. That he would touch the world with his love for Jesus. God love him and bless him. The blonde hair looks like Josiahs. His son that was on the plane with him when it went down. They are buried side by side with his daughter. Gone way too soon! Heaven must have needed some more angels. There is no doubt in my mind that Keith is sitting near the throne. There are many Christians in this world but he was one that I call a TRUE Christian.
One of the greatest Christian singers! Wholly sold to Jesus.
Rj Kimmel, I couldn't agree with you more! I had the privilege to see Keith perform in two concerts and the emphasis was on Jesus and NOT on himself. He stepped on a lot of people's toes but it was a toe-stepping that many people needed! His song "No Compromise says it all!! THAT was Keith Green and he had LOTS of problems with people who pushed the "Prosperity Gospel" and he was right-on!! A true committed child of God indeed!! RIP Keith!
+Rj Kimmel I was doing maintenance on a 1974 Norton Commando motorcycle on my driveway when on the radio I learned of the results of Keith's plane "going down". Were he I talking now maybe he would tell you to SHINE YOUR LIGHT. No matter where you are in the world; your intelligence, your charisma, your resources... JESUS can still use YOU and be just as pleased with YOU as he is with Keith. The good Lord bless YOU Rj.
Sweetheart, we humans do not become angels when we die. We become like Christ in a perfect body.
@@beasleymckenzie1753 All children make heaven,You are right. But that. stops at 13 yrs The Jewish age of Adulthood. When children know the difference between right and wrong. And begin to take responsibility for there life's. Many culture's have this and a coming of age ceremony.
I absolutely love Keith Green! What a wonderful Brother in the Body of Christ.
What an amazing young boy....LIfe cut short, but oh what a life it was....touched millions with his Worship music....music that he no doubt is singing on the other side! God bless his wife, Melody and their family! Still touching hearts and lives today!
I was born on 1977.I found kieth green music on 2021, i was so inspired by his Gospel music and his lovely face and kind words. I may say! this world is not our home, GOD JESUS i trust in you AMEN 🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️♥️♥️♥️!
I'm 68 and still play records , what lifelines his songs were ,There Is A REDEEMER , ! How wonderful it is for me to be included into Gods own family , ani angela nz messenger AROHA NUI Endsoftheearth
ANGIE RULES
I've always loved Keith Green's music. I had no idea this part of his life existed. I only knew of him back in the early 80's. I think I still have some of his newsletters. I was a broke student - and send him a few dollars and he sent me his album. I'm sure it cost him more than my few dollars could cover. He was a great example to look up to.
He had a plane... I don't think he was broke. I just think he could have had much more.. but chose not to.
pdchr He didnt have a plane, he rented a plane to survey land that they were purchasing for his ministry. He moved to Texas from CA to get more land for him to provide more space to reach out to those who needed it like he was doing in CA.
hisdeathmygain Well actually, he didn't own the plane, but he did more than survey land to purchase for his ministry with that plane. He used it to fly around the country for concerts. In fact, he built a dirt runway on his property in Texas to make his travels easier. The day that he died, his plane crashed taking off from that runway. He was taking a visiting family on a site seeing tour of the area, but the plane was overloaded (mostly with young children) and crashed about a mile after takeoff.
Him and melody (his wife) used all their money to help people ; they took in pregnant girls, drug addicts, alcoholics etc, and showed them the way of Jesus to get them back onto the right path. As Keith had a bad drug experience aged 19, and gave his life to Jesus . They bought the house next door also, so they could take more people in to help them .
If you google Keith Green , it's on Wikipedia x
@R Diaz I remember all the details and my dad was a pilot that had a grass runway that I used to mow with about 13 mowers pulled by a large old tractor.
Anyway I still do not understand why they overloaded so much. I think they had musical instruments on board also. Sometimes things just go wrong due to human error. Father God just took their spirits home after they lost their bodies.
Wow - I remember driving out one snowy day in Surrey BC (1977 or 78) to see a Keith Green concert at an old Church. Almost no one showed up but Keith greeted every one of us at the door. Amazing man!
Ron Wiebe Hi Ron, this video came up on my feed today. Never saw it before. After listening to it I started reading the comments. The reason I stopped at yours is I live in Vancouver B.C. Canada 🇨🇦 I used to work at Tree Island Steal with a man call Peter wiebe. Just thought you might be related. I listened to Keith Green all the time when I got saved 29 years ago. Even if your not related. God bless you and your family mightily today. Just was sharing.🙏🙏🙏
I love this glimpse into Keith's youth. I love his music to this day, and never knew of his earlier career. God gave him a lot of talent, and he used it to God's glory. I cried in my bedroom for 3 days when he died. Thank you for sharing this!
I saw this episode on TV when I was a kid, first run. I was amazed that a kid my age could do that so well. So cool to see it again as an "old" person.
I can remember when he and Melody had pot lucks at their house in valley and Keith would teach .We would take ice cream.What a blessing to be in their home around young Christian plus his beautiful family. Miss them dearly.
Amazing talent at such a young age.He made the right choice later,singing & playing Christian music.
I can't wait to meet you in heaven, Keith Green!! You have inspired me to be the very best I can be! God bless you! Amen 🙌 ♥️ 🙌
I had no idea this existed. My favorite song is Prodigal Son. RIP Keith. 🙏🏻💜
From his biography, I learned that Keith's path to childhood stardom was eclipsed by Donny Osmond. He turned to drugs, Eastern Religions, and a variety of escapes before becoming a Christian and a dynamite musician. His songs inspired me and encouraged me as a youth and his death touched me deeply as a college student.
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He was significantly older than Osmond. I don't see how Osmond had anything to do with it.
@@jonrosenlof4805 They're about 4 years apart in age. But Donny popped onto the radar at a younger age because his older brothers sang on the Andy Williams show. This TV show would've been in '64. Donny had already made his first appearance on the Andy Williams show in '63.
I'm just glad God saw fit to use Keith's talents in the way he did. His legacy is still ringing through the generations.
Understand, Dave!! Keith Green profoundly touched my early Christian life!! Later when he was killed, oh how I wept!! Still miss him, his music, and his GODly spark!! Looking forward to standing with him in Heaven and worshipping our Savior!!
I didn't learn of Keith Green until 1986. I loved his music the very first time I heard him. Keith was the first Christian Contemporary music I had ever heard.
I've listened to it ever since
I love his Prodigal Son suite. and the Songs of the Shepherd album. Keith was truly gifted to be an influencer in the world, what a blessing he turned his life over to the Lord,, being mightily used to reach ppl with the Gospel. Keith had a sold out mindset that we all who know the Lord should be inspired by.
ANNIE RULES
I've been listening to his worship music for 40+ years! Last two days I was playing "Easter Song." My favorites are "He'll take care of the rest." " Make my life a prayer to you. " So you wanna go back to Egypt." And " "No one believes in me any more." I really mss ya Keith, I'll see ya there!
I love his version of Easter Song! We use to open our prayer meetings with this song when I was in college...1982. Those meetings would sometimes go on for hours...it felt like minutes!
@@gospeltruthtv "Easter Song" so powerful! 💖😇Without *Thee Resurrection* , Christianity would be another dead religion just like the rest of them.
An amazing and real warrior for Jesus, thanks Keith, please say hi to Jesus for me.
I had no idea he started so young. I went to many of his concerts. Still listen to him.
WOW! he was just born with those gifts! You can see that even as a child he was so humble! Wow! God rest your soul Keith! Love you in Christ Jesus!
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That song was actually awesome!! What a gift keith green is. Thank god!!
I still listen to him, will always cherish Keith, Melody and his family as it all contributed. Most of all our Glorious Lord who allowed us to praise Him with Keith. Funny how darkened his hair became as he got older.
I do treasure memories of Keith's concerts! I'm so blessed he came to Christ!
Amazing. I love seeing his beginnings because all I saw before was his passionate recordings of his songs as an adult. Always talented. Still drawing others to Christ even today.
We found Keith Greens music two days ago, after a friend suggested it and said he helped her find her faith .we play no compromise every day as my husband and I are going through a test of faith, and are going to be born again Christians , so we've been listening to Keith ever since ;
Remarkable voice , such a sad loss , RIP Keith xxxx
Hi, I know this was posted a year ago...but when you said you were "going to become born again Christians..." did you? I am interested in your story...
God bless you and your husband.
Christ will call his name when he comes with all GLORY in the clouds
How did everything turn out
Watching him play on the piano this early brought a smile to my face!
You can actually see his wonderful, yet quirky style of playing was so evident! even back then. Love where God brought his music!
Such an inspiration!
Hello Tonya. How are you doing?
Wow, he has such a good voice and great control of his vocals for being so young! Plus, I love his piano playing!!
KARY RULES
This is so adorable!!! It's little helium voiced Keith! Lol!! Such a loss for us still here... RIP...
Hi Rebecca, Keith Green was used by The Lord to bring many to Him...I encourage you get a free set of the Christian books and study Bible from bfa.org I got mine and are very helped in my walk with The Lord. I know Keith Green would say a big Amen to that!!!
God worked through Keith and touched me also in the 70s and his songs are still reaching out in a beautiful way today!!
Love seeing how he started out. God gave him the talent in the first place, he just didn't know it yet. And I disagree... not a terrible song considering the era in which it was written. It was very relevant for the time.
Hello Cyndi, How are you doing?
By the time I became a Christian, Keith had already gone to be with the Lord, but I didn't know it for about a year or more afterwards. I still have his "cassettes". Yes, I still have my cassettes. His songs mean a great deal to me, and I'm sure we all have our favorites. I think mine is "I Can't Wait to Get to Heaven", but they all minister to me. Thank you for posting this!
KEITH GREEN, I MISS YOU HERE ON EARTH! YOUR JESUS-ANNOINTED MUSIC WILL LIVE ON FOREVER SAVING LOST, LONELY & HURTING SOULS, REACHING THEM TO OUR SAVIOR, LORD JESUS. I am so thankful my mother took me to your concert not long before Jesus took you to your eternal home with him. Your music makes me a better person.
His devoted music always convicted me at several points in my life when I strayed. His ministry of hard truth, no compromising remains active. His life and death produced many folds...a man who dared to speak and act against evils of our world and got taken out for it.
He kept that baby face hidden into adulthood. Love you Keith, thanks for sharing and using him Jesus!
You can still hear, and see, the same style of playing here that he exhibited in his Christian life.
I saw Keith Green at the Jesus and Fishnet festivals. He offered his music at whatever someone could afford, and they lived in community with other believers. I had wanted to visit, but wasn’t able to. His uncompromising message continues to be a gift to a broken world.
Just wow! What an anointed singer/song writer! Jesus took Keith to His kingdom because He loved his music so much!
Achieved more for God in his short life than many of us do in a lifetime. Keith was the real deal loved by many and still bringing folks closer to Jesus in 2022 .
Most people remember where they were when they found out people like JFK was killed, but I remember where I was when I found out about Keith. His music was such a fabric of my life when I was young. I had no idea he was so talented when he was young, though. He owned that piano even at that age, just like he did when he was older. He's definitely on my list of people I want to meet in heaven.
Garden Devotions yep I remember when I was told of the plane crash. Horrible end for such talent. No Compromise album is still a favorite of mine
I was in our college church service, the Sunday after it happened. We were all stunned. His music had been such a part of our worship times and the singing groups we had forming out of our fellowship. It hit us all hard. Thanks for sharing this video with us. I'm still amazed at his talent.
I'm another one that remembers where I was when I found out about Keith Green't death. I was in my parents bedroom as a young teenager and picked up a copy of the local Christian newspaper in New Zealand, Challenge Weekly, that was lying on the bed. In that copy was the breaking story of Keith Green's death. Such was his impact on the Christian world because of his Holy Spirit-soaked music, he was known right across the world. I was certainly shocked at the time, but I also knew that he had reached the end of what he could do with music. He had already written and recorded his best songs, and was dedicating his life to global mission. But that was not to be. In a sense though, he had already done what he could for global mission by recording those songs. Think about it, anybody in the world can now listen to that anointed music on UA-cam and be touched in a profound way with the gospel.
I don't think he owned that piano, it belonged to the studio.
On "mine too!"
I discovered Keith music after I got saved and it blessed me so much. Will see him one day in heaven🎉
I guess he never went back to Egypt. Thank God.
Notta lackey- great comment! Thank the lord he never did go back to egypt.
Wow, I didn't know that at age 11 he was already writing songs... Keith Green has impact me as a teenager before, during the 80s upto know his songs I still Listen, every once in awhile...just to lift up my down spirit...my favourite are:until that final day. And Oh Lord our God.(negro spiriitual music)
Bamamma bread!!
What a precious soul. I listen to him daily. He loved Jesus
Gone to soon
A true prophet and Holy Spirit driven. KG was never a sellout totally devoted to the cause of Christ! ❤
I'm so glad his music resonates to this day.
ANNIE RULES
He didn't know that he would die in an airplane crash 17 years later. Praise God Prsise God he was Born Again when he died. He is in Heaven.
Brian, Jesus taught what happens pretty clearly in the Rich Man and Lazarus, and also what He said to the thief on the cross "today you'll be with Me in paradise". Study more about why the early Christians used the term "sleep" instead of died. There's both a good short answer on UA-cam and a longer study if you google Our Souls Sleep until the Resurrection - Challenge Response. It's important to study the Bible in context.
maybe death,hell and heaven are outside time. I think in quantum physics multiple things can be happening at the same time. eternity is impossible for people on this earth and this world because GOD has set time limits here, but eternity is possible in New Heaven, hell/lake of fire and new earth because time doesn't exist there. the linear time line works here in this world but it doesn't apply to GOD.
Brian
The LORD Jesus Christ doesn't lie and when HE told the thief he would be with HIM in Paradise HE wasn't lying. Here is an explanation about the difference between the resurrection of the body verses the soul.
The Body Sleeps, Not the Soul
Here is a fact that must be underscored. When the term “sleep” is used to depict the death of a person, the allusion is always to the disposition of the body, not the soul. There is no passage in the Scriptures that reflects the notion that one’s soul sleeps (i.e., is unconscious) in death. The case to the contrary may be argued briefly in the following fashion.
The prophet Daniel affirmed that those who “sleep [katheudonton] in the dust of the earth shall awake” (Dan. 12:2). Note that the part of man that “sleeps” is that which is deposited in the “dust of the earth.” This obviously is a reference to the physical body. The awakening, then, is a reference to the bodily resurrection.
Jesus once said to his disciples: “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep (kekoimetai - the perfect, passive of koimao); but I go that I may awake him out of sleep” (Jn. 11:11). In view of the subsequent context, the “awakening” clearly refers to the resurrection of Lazarus’ body (vv. 43-44). The verb koimao derives from the root keimai, “to lie down.” In death, it is only the “body” that lies down (not the soul); hence, it is the body that sleeps.
W. E. Vine notes that keimai, “to lie down,” stands as an antonym to “resurrection” (anastasis - from ana, “up,” and histemi, “to cause to stand” - see: Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words under “Asleep”).
Since that which will “stand up” is the body; it follows that the element of man that “lies down” or “sleeps” likewise is the body. The early Christians even called their burial grounds koimeteria, “sleeping places,” and from this term derives our modern word, “cemetery,” a place to which we transport the bodies of our loved ones.
➡️ The term sleep says absolutely nothing about the state of the soul after death.
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The LORD Jesus Christ doesn't lie. like the article excerptt I posted above, the body and soul are separate. The body can sleep and remain on the earth. The Soul is separated from the body. Before the resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ there was a paradise and lake of fire. The dead seen walking in the street after the resurrection of the LORD Jesus Christ came up from the Paradise side. The LORD Jesus Christ took the keys of hell and Freed the people who were separated from GOD (because they lived and died before the LORD Jesus Christ paid the price for their sins, their sins were covered by sacrifices of animal blood but only the Holy Blood of the LORD Jesus Christ could remove their sins so they could be with GOD for eternity.)
Even in the Parable of Lazarus and the rich man the LORD Jesus Christ explained there used to be two separate areas for the souls of the dead. one was fire and the other was paradise.
Luke 23:
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
And to have four kids aswell❤️
I knew of his songs when I was a little boy in Africa. Each time I think of the fact that he went home to be with the Lord at a young age, I always feel like crying. See you soon in heaven Green
What a prodigy Keith was. His music had a little soul then too. I can't wait to get to heaven and see Keith perform again.
I bought No Compromise at a used book fundraiser. I read it to the 2rd to last chapter when my puppy shredded it. Some day I will buy another one.
What a blessing to find his story here! Praise God!
Television show "I've Got a Secret" on May 3 1965 .
His music is so anointed. There is a redeemer, holy, holy, holy,rushing wind...these songs are packed with the fire of the Holy Ghost.To God be the glory..🙏🏼🙏🏼
His wife continues the ministry of his words and music
I am so GLAD he went to the Christian genre!!!! Just sayin'!!!
God blessed you have a blessed day
baby jesus hates people who say Just sayin'!!!
@@ramonmoreno8014 ludicrous
Uniquely and powerfully gifted to the body of Christ. Thank You Father for his life and influence.
Hello Lisa. How are you doing?
Saw him much later in his life and was amazed by his lyrical turn of a phrase and musical talent.
He doesn’t look at all like his adult self. He had dark, curly hair when I knew him. Several close friends of mine moved out to live with him at the Last Day’s community, from Michigan, but moved back home after a few years of helping run things. We had Keith come and perform a couple times before his tragic plane crash, with his children and friends and their children. I kept in touch with his widow, the community for about a decade and after Melody had remarried but have lost touch with the ministry. I will have to see if it’s still in existence. God bless!
Just "discovered" this. Can't believe it! Soooo glad he "found"' Jesus and did gospel music the rest of his short life. :) I still remember where I was when the news came that he died in a plane crash, still miss him.
G Smith I remember back when I first heard of Keith Green. It was the summer of 1984, and I was reading some pro-life tracts (can't remember the titles) from Last Days Ministries. They mentioned in a postscript briefly about his passing two years prior; and I remember being so confused and disappointed... I'd just recently gotten acquainted with his ministry, having read many of his writings; and was really looking forward to meeting him. :\
RIP, Keith ... until we meet on that other shore.
Reading all these comments giving glory to God for Keith's music and ministry just makes me cry with gratitude for Christ's love and sacrifice. I too am a sinner saved by grace and my heart will always praise Him.
Abiding in Christ is a fairly new reality for me (after so many years of being a carnal believer) and Kieth Green's music is an invaluable tool that without fail has helped me to break through the flesh and inter in to God's Heavenly courts (in times of prayer). The epidamy of anointed music in my book.. Honestly, if I never saw this particular video I would have been just fine tho 😲
So UA-cam dropped in Keiths O Lord your Beautiful and I was curious and watched more of his videos.. how sad to know that this great gifted child would touch so many lives and lead many to our saviour and pass away😔😔
I loved him! He led so many to the Lord later in life. Died way too young. I have one of his Christian piano music books on my piano at this moment. I knew he sang rock n roll at first but never knew he got a contract at only 11 yrs old. 🥰
I was Blessed to see him in person in Seattle many years ago. Comedy and music that uplifted Jesus. 🤗🙏🏻❤️
God had other plans for Keith. Praise God, our Heavenly Father pursues us, like the hound of heaven💖
Keith Green I knew of his songs when I was a little boy in Africa. Each time I think of the fact that he went home to be with the Lord at a young age, I always feel like crying. See you soon in heaven Green
Thank God the Lord didn't allowed him to have success. Although it must have been very hard because he already was very talented but His plans are higher than ours. And later he wrote the most Scriptures inspired songs. They were very important to me and through them God brought me to be His daughter, almost 4 years ago now. What is amazing is that Keith and Melody ministry were in the late 70's and I am in my late thirties.. Their songs are transversal and will continue, thanks to the Lord. Help us all to trust in Your plans and not our own. Amen.
@belinda hawkins in the documentary about his adult life, he actually struggled a lot to get a record deal later. That's typical of tiny artists with huge success, it's easy to sign them as kiddos but difficult to maintain. The bottom line is God didn't want him to sign cause He had greater things for him, and us..
I always thought Keith died before I came to this earth.. I’ve just realised I shared it with him for a mere matter of weeks, albeit in my mother’s Womb 😉🙏🏻✝️❤️
I'd heard of Keith Green, since I grew up around Christianity, but never cared to learn more about him until now. I wasn't genuinely saved until 37 years old. I just read a bio on him, and wow, God used him mightily, he was a humble vessel for the Lord. He wasn't saved until 21 years old. He didn't have success with his secular abilities, but God gave him much success after he'd given his life to Him and used his abilities for God's Kingdom! Praise God for Keith's ministry! 🙌
He is now singing for his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! ❤️😇
He was BEFORE ALSO. BUT NOW in GREENER Pastures. Amen
Wow learn something everyday I never knew Keith was a rock n role singer.I thought he started in christian music.I was influenced by his music and because of it took interest in the Lord.I can actually say this Man led me to the Lord and my salvation through his Music.I got an address to send for 3 lp's thinking no way would they send them free.1 week later they arived.I was blown away by the generosity of his Church and Ministry.Thanks Keith you Changed my life through your music.God Bless,RIP
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It is odd to know that he only lived 17 years after this point.
He used this time in a way that time remembers.
This is so cute and endearing. I'm so grateful for what the Lord did with his talent to end up blessing millions and now, millions more, as they discover him through digital platforms like this one. Can't wait to see my brother Keith and worship the Lord together with him!
Wow!!! I never knew. I learned his music while in a Christian school in middle and high school. Still love his music to this day. R.I.P
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Thanks showed this video to my grandpa he passed away last year felt like it’s been a long time now though he is now in heaven, he is now in the next life
Very similar to Pat Boone, starting out as a popular artist. Glad he went into Christian music from there!
While Pat Boone went the heavy metal route.
His ministry impacted my life greatly. I learned to worship in music,songs and prayer.
child prodigy gifted by God!
Wow! What an amazing accomplishment from a very young age. Then the lord took this young man and used him for His purpose to bless others!
Wow! This is a side of Keith that I never knew :)
I recommend all God's people to get a free set of the Christian books and study Bible from bfa.org I got mine and are very helped in my walk with The Lord. I know Keith Green would say a big Amen to that!!!
This is so awesome ❤ I absolutely love this kind of music. Keith has so much God-given talent