Several years ago I had the privilege of speaking in a camp meeting for R. W. Schambach, on the ministry grounds located on the banks of Lake Tyler in East Texas. We had the occasion to spend time with him before he spoke on the final night. For an hour he shared with us some incredible events in his life. He had joined the ministry of A. A. Allen, serving as his platform man and associate evangelist. Brother Schambach spoke to us from these experiences. He told us of a morning meeting where a demon-possessed man had come into the service and could not be stopped from disturbing the meeting. Brother Allen never came to the morning meetings, but on this particular morning he showed up. He entered from the side of the tent and Schambach immediately went to him and said, "Ace, Ace! We cannot do anything to silence this man and he is totally distracting the attention from our speaker. Allen went to the man and whispered in his ear and the devil was cast out. After the incident Schambach said, "I asked Allen, ‘Ace, Ace, what formula did you use?' To which he replied, ‘Formula, Formula; I didn't use any Formula, I did not use any Formula. I just said, this is A. A. Allen.'"
A month later, I was preaching for Peter Morris, Nathan Morris's father in Wath, England and an unusual thing happened. A man possessed with a devil came out of the crowd and as I was praying for him, he grabbed me by the throat and he tore the buttons off my shirt. I thought, oh my! This looks like a scene out of the Bible and I am not one of the seven sons of Sceva. It dawned on me there was glass on the entry way into the sanctuary and the devil may try to throw him through the glass to harm him, so I tripped him on his back and lay on top of him to prevent him from hurting himself. In a matter of a few minutes I had used every formula I had ever heard of in casting out devils. I probably even came up with a few of my own. Nothing was working. All of a sudden a spirit of love came upon me, I cannot explain it, but I can only say Christ's love and compassion overwhelmed me and I began to feel a rush from my toes to my vocal chords and without in hesitation I said with authority, "THIS IS CLEDDIE KEITH!" Suddenly the devil released the man and he was delivered. Let me say, you may not believe in impartation, but I can tell you that had I not had that Providential Faith Talk with Brother Schambach, things may have had a different outcome. I am convinced that we do not fully know how much "greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world." I often say that we are just one revelation away from a break through and this is the kind of thing I am making reference to.
I knew a preacher that ‘Godcidently' was on a flight to Mexico to minister. His seat assignment was beside a veteran missionary who was well known for his work South of the border. In conversation he told the veteran about his call to Mexico and how he did not know what he should do about it. The veteran missionary told him if he had that strong of a call, he needed to get his feet on Mexican soil as soon as he could. So he went to Mexico and lived in a sod house without running water for one year. He lived like the people he was serving. I know the family and the children of this man became wonderful and powerful representatives of the Gospel. Sacrifice demands a reward. Back in the early 70's I was speaking in Monterey, Mexico and God showed up and dozens came to be prayed for. I found out later that people went into the surrounding neighborhood and brought the sick from their homes to be prayed for late into the night. Then they took me into the dark streets and into homes to pray for those who were too sick to bring into the church house.
In that service there was the largest Mexican man that I had ever seen, who was totally demonized. They had brought him in for prayer and deliverance. It was as though the finger of God was at work that night and with a simple prayer the demon was driven out. There was a little boy who came and stood beside me as I was ministering. He was watching everything I did.
When the demon was cast out of the large man, I turned to the child who was about 6 years old at that time and prophesied over him. These are the words that I spoke over him: "Son, you have just seen the demonstration of the power of the Kingdom of God and of this Kingdom there shall never be an end. Nations and Civilizations will rise and fall, but of this Kingdom there will never be an end and you are going to be a builder in this Kingdom. Fast forward 46 years, I was in Leon, Mexico and preaching a national conference of the Assemblies of God. There was a preacher in the meeting who did not like anything that I was doing. A friend was with me who was a great drummer, who years before had been a drummer at the world famous Apollo Club in the Bronx, New York. I would have him play to stir up the religious spirits that take hold of people and keep them from the best that God has for them. Remember that good can become an enemy of the best. This preacher had made a real show of himself for his displeasure with the way the meeting was being conducted. His attitude was exactly what I wanted exposed in this meeting. Right in the middle of my message, I told about being in a meeting in Monterey, Mexico years before. Now grant you, I had probably gained forty or fifty pounds and lost most of my hair at that time. I stopped to sing a song I had written in Spanish all those years before, it went like this:
The next morning our Spanish pastor and my interpreter met me in the lobby. He said, "Pastor, that preacher wants to talk with you, the one who has been unhappy with the meetings." I thought, Oh No, the other foot is getting ready to fall. The preacher then came to speak to me and Renee our Pastor of our Hispanic Church interpreted what he wanted to tell me. He began by saying, "I was in that meeting, but I did not know who you were until you began to sing that song. I stopped him and said, (God gave the word back to me word for word just like it had been spoken over the boy when he was six years old) "Yes and you were six years old and this is what I told you when the devil was cast out of a man. "Son you have just seen the demonstration of the POWER OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND OF THIS KINGDOM THERE WILL NEVER BE AN END. NATIONS AND CIVILIZATIONS WILL RISE AND FALL, BUT THIS KINGDOM WILL NEVER FALL AND YOU ARE TO BE A BUILDER IN THIS KINGDOM. He then said, "Yes,
and I have built my life on that word you gave me." I told him at that point, "Sir, you are speaking this afternoon." He got up that afternoon and wept until he had no more power to weep. He had just been removed from the office of the Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in all Mexico. In 1994 I had seen this man in a vision, he had come into the back of the church on a Wednesday night but that is a story for another time. God records what He has to say to us and it might be well if we take words to heart. For remember, "We are just one revelation away from a breakthrough."
The brother who had been such a wet blanket on the conference, did speak. His clothes were soaked in his own tears and he would have had to meeting that had become and God had been saving a song to be sung at the right moment to change and challenge a new generation of pastors and teachers in the heart of Mexico.
I love Mexico and the people of Mexico. I had told the Lord years ago, if He did not want me to go to Mexico full-time, any time He needed me to be there, just call me. This is one of the times He called me.
Here I am, fully available,
Pastor Cleddie Keith
A month later, I was preaching for Peter Morris, Nathan Morris's father in Wath, England and an unusual thing happened. A man possessed with a devil came out of the crowd and as I was praying for him, he grabbed me by the throat and he tore the buttons off my shirt. I thought, oh my! This looks like a scene out of the Bible and I am not one of the seven sons of Sceva. It dawned on me there was glass on the entry way into the sanctuary and the devil may try to throw him through the glass to harm him, so I tripped him on his back and lay on top of him to prevent him from hurting himself. In a matter of a few minutes I had used every formula I had ever heard of in casting out devils. I probably even came up with a few of my own. Nothing was working. All of a sudden a spirit of love came upon me, I cannot explain it, but I can only say Christ's love and compassion overwhelmed me and I began to feel a rush from my toes to my vocal chords and without in hesitation I said with authority, "THIS IS CLEDDIE KEITH!" Suddenly the devil released the man and he was delivered. Let me say, you may not believe in impartation, but I can tell you that had I not had that Providential Faith Talk with Brother Schambach, things may have had a different outcome. I am convinced that we do not fully know how much "greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world." I often say that we are just one revelation away from a break through and this is the kind of thing I am making reference to.
I knew a preacher that ‘Godcidently' was on a flight to Mexico to minister. His seat assignment was beside a veteran missionary who was well known for his work South of the border. In conversation he told the veteran about his call to Mexico and how he did not know what he should do about it. The veteran missionary told him if he had that strong of a call, he needed to get his feet on Mexican soil as soon as he could. So he went to Mexico and lived in a sod house without running water for one year. He lived like the people he was serving. I know the family and the children of this man became wonderful and powerful representatives of the Gospel. Sacrifice demands a reward. Back in the early 70's I was speaking in Monterey, Mexico and God showed up and dozens came to be prayed for. I found out later that people went into the surrounding neighborhood and brought the sick from their homes to be prayed for late into the night. Then they took me into the dark streets and into homes to pray for those who were too sick to bring into the church house.
In that service there was the largest Mexican man that I had ever seen, who was totally demonized. They had brought him in for prayer and deliverance. It was as though the finger of God was at work that night and with a simple prayer the demon was driven out. There was a little boy who came and stood beside me as I was ministering. He was watching everything I did.
When the demon was cast out of the large man, I turned to the child who was about 6 years old at that time and prophesied over him. These are the words that I spoke over him: "Son, you have just seen the demonstration of the power of the Kingdom of God and of this Kingdom there shall never be an end. Nations and Civilizations will rise and fall, but of this Kingdom there will never be an end and you are going to be a builder in this Kingdom. Fast forward 46 years, I was in Leon, Mexico and preaching a national conference of the Assemblies of God. There was a preacher in the meeting who did not like anything that I was doing. A friend was with me who was a great drummer, who years before had been a drummer at the world famous Apollo Club in the Bronx, New York. I would have him play to stir up the religious spirits that take hold of people and keep them from the best that God has for them. Remember that good can become an enemy of the best. This preacher had made a real show of himself for his displeasure with the way the meeting was being conducted. His attitude was exactly what I wanted exposed in this meeting. Right in the middle of my message, I told about being in a meeting in Monterey, Mexico years before. Now grant you, I had probably gained forty or fifty pounds and lost most of my hair at that time. I stopped to sing a song I had written in Spanish all those years before, it went like this:
¡Fuego, fuego, fuego. Fuego, cae sobre mí! Fire, fire, fire. Fire fall on me! On the day of Pentecost Fire fell on me!
The next morning our Spanish pastor and my interpreter met me in the lobby. He said, "Pastor, that preacher wants to talk with you, the one who has been unhappy with the meetings." I thought, Oh No, the other foot is getting ready to fall. The preacher then came to speak to me and Renee our Pastor of our Hispanic Church interpreted what he wanted to tell me. He began by saying, "I was in that meeting, but I did not know who you were until you began to sing that song. I stopped him and said, (God gave the word back to me word for word just like it had been spoken over the boy when he was six years old) "Yes and you were six years old and this is what I told you when the devil was cast out of a man. "Son you have just seen the demonstration of the POWER OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND OF THIS KINGDOM THERE WILL NEVER BE AN END. NATIONS AND CIVILIZATIONS WILL RISE AND FALL, BUT THIS KINGDOM WILL NEVER FALL AND YOU ARE TO BE A BUILDER IN THIS KINGDOM. He then said, "Yes,
and I have built my life on that word you gave me." I told him at that point, "Sir, you are speaking this afternoon." He got up that afternoon and wept until he had no more power to weep. He had just been removed from the office of the Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in all Mexico. In 1994 I had seen this man in a vision, he had come into the back of the church on a Wednesday night but that is a story for another time. God records what He has to say to us and it might be well if we take words to heart. For remember, "We are just one revelation away from a breakthrough."
The brother who had been such a wet blanket on the conference, did speak. His clothes were soaked in his own tears and he would have had to meeting that had become and God had been saving a song to be sung at the right moment to change and challenge a new generation of pastors and teachers in the heart of Mexico.
I love Mexico and the people of Mexico. I had told the Lord years ago, if He did not want me to go to Mexico full-time, any time He needed me to be there, just call me. This is one of the times He called me.
Here I am, fully available,
Pastor Cleddie Keith