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1. Jesus the Author & Finisher of Our Faith
Beyond the Veil Prophetic Ministries
Pastor Craig Keating Volume 35
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8. Jesus the Author & Finisher of Our Faith
Beyond the Veil Prophetic Ministries
Pastor Craig Keating Volume 35
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10. Table of Contents
Forward…..12
What is the Beginning of Faith?….13
Run With Patience….18
Examples of Finished Faith…24
Faith Brings Power & Anointing…30
Questions & Answers From our Listeners….36
Thirty-Six Years of Petite Grand Mall Seizures…42
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11. Forward
God gives His Love all around the world, and we just praise
Him for that. What God put on my heart speak about this
morning, is “Jesus the Author & Finisher of our Faith.” That
song just put more of the Spirit and the Anointing of God in me,
and I just pray that is going to reach the people that have the
needs, and that it will touch their hearts and take them closer to
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12. Jesus. Jesus is the One who makes a Way where there seems to
be no way.
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13. What is the Beginning Point of Faith?
I am going to read out of Hebrews 12:1, 2, out of the NIV.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of
witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin
that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the
race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the
author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before
him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the
right hand of the throne of God.”
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14. Faith is the little thing that makes a big difference in our lives. I
could say it another way, “Faith is the little thing that makes all
the difference in our lives.” Each one of us has faith, but the
difference comes “How and when we use our faith.” If we are
asked today, “What is faith?” I would probably hear many of us
quote Hebrews 1:11, “Faith is the substance of things hoped
for, and the evidence of the things not yet seen.”
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15. That is true, but it does not enough to convince the unbeliever
that they need a Savior, and that Savior is Jesus Christ. Or?
“Does this explain that faith to believers who are facing difficult
situations, such as: healing, finances, marriages, breaking up
family and crisis.” I believe for a miracle because the Jesus who
is in us can make the miracles and turn cursings into blessings.
We are on a journey learning who Jesus is, and learning what
faith is. Faith begins our journey, as it is the beginning point of
faith, which, believes God’s character, who is what He says He
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16. is. Jesus is Lord over all our situations; He is Savior over all our
situations.
Jesus is a Friend that will never fail you. We have to learn to
control our flesh because if we do not learn to make our spirits
greater then our flesh, we will all fail. The Old Testament
shows us that the great I AM and the New Testament shows us
the Alpha and the Omega—the First and the Last. Salvation
begins at the very point that you believe God’s character, not
when you repeat a prayer. The very instance you decide to give
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17. your heart and your life over to Christ, and let Christ and the
Holy Spirit, we just praise You for that time.
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18. Run with Patience
“Let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”
Patience, when we have all these things to look for, and to
worry about we have obstacles in our lives. Every one of us has
obstacles, and the obstacles are hurdles we are going to have to
overcome. We have detours, we may be driving and flat tire.
We may have someone be sick that we love and we may major
things happen. These are just detours, and these detours God
can turn them around and we can go back.
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19. Unfortunately, there are hazards that happen, like I can’t of
where (Lord help me) there was a flood that just happened and
there were deadly materials in the water and I think that was in
Russia. As well, we have hazards and there have been
earthquakes, but we have to go beyond those hazards and be the
over comer that Jesus wants in us. When we go through those
things, He becomes our Foundation.
Faith begins a journey, and that faith is a solid foundation to
build your life upon no matter what you are facing because
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20. Jesus is Lord. Faith builds your journey. Any good builder
begins with a solid foundation to build upon, and whatever is
built is only as good as the foundation. When we except Jesus
we have to keep that purity, and we have to keep that holiness in
our life. Honesty and integrity will help us build that foundation
and as over time we build that foundation the Person of the Holy
Spirit becomes greater in us. More people will be reached for
the Nation; more people get reached in our neighborhood and
where we live. When we get there, they no longer see us
anymore and they begin to see His Glory and His Love. That
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21. passion is what works because we want the Passion that Jesus
had such as: His healings, and His miracles, that is how we want
to walk.
A child of God begins in the firm foundation in the faith in our
Lord Jesus Christ. Let us lay aside every weight and sin, which
is so easily endured. The obstacles, the detours the hazards
along with the difficult times are in our lives to build up our
faith and for us to exercise our faith in order to grow in God’s
grace and mercy. It builds our faith through more difficult times
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22. ahead of us, and it builds our faith for our testimony; for our
time to witness. As well, it builds our faith so we may
encourage, help, and lift up others, and it gives us a heart when
we go through the hurt and the hard times, to give us a passion
for others. God will turn our curses into blessings, and we have
to do that no matter what we are faced with. Looking unto Jesus
the Author and Finisher of our faith; He is the all you need.
When we adjust our small simple little faith in Jesus Christ,
remember He always looks at our heart as He says, “Just come
to Me as a little child” because that is what makes faith work.
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23. Faith finishes our journey, as Jesus is our Perfecter of our
faith.
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24. Examples of Finished Faith
Each day everyone should encourage us to use our faith to
accomplish great things for God. Faith gives us the ability to do
extraordinary things for God; when we hit that point of
extraordinary faith using the Internet, there are many things can
do, as we have to have that faith to not be stuck in our rut, and
just thinking this is how it is. Even when we are depressed, or
sick we have to pray and use scriptures that apply in our lives, to
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25. carry through so that we can go Beyond the Veil and walk in
victory.
This chapter of Hebrews gives us examples of finished faith,
because it is by faith not of us. Abel was able to offer more
excellent sacrifices then Cain in his worship. As well, Enoch
was translated into deliverance; Noah was saved and his
household. Abraham received the Promised Land. “What
promise has God given to you that you have not seen and come
forth yet?” Sarah conceived, as nothing is impossible for God.
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26. It may look one way like it did with Sarah in the natural, but in
the supernatural God can make all things happen. Moses was
able to pass through the Red Sea on the dry ground as terrain
and passages were made possible for him. Joshua saw the walls
of Jericho fall, not by his hand, but by the Mighty hand. Just
like Joshua did they walked around and praised God in
everything they were facing; they had no wind in the natural.
Whatever we are facing like Joshua, we have to praise too.
When we do, the walls will fall and there is no going back
because we have to learn in different times in our lives that we
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27. might have to walk through hell, and we have to praise Him but
after we get done, there is going to be such a testimony that will
touch this world.
It is time for God’s children to be made known by their faith.
The end point is believing God’s presence and that He will do
what He says He will do. Hebrews 11:6, “Without faith it is
impossible to please Him for he who comes to God must believe
that He is, and He is a rewarder to those that diligently seek
Him.” He is the Author and we must diligently seek the
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28. Finisher and the Perfecter in us. What you are facing today in
your life, it is not big for God it is not too small for God!
Philippians 4:13, says, “I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me.” Let me bring together two statements I have
used in this study, if I could. The beginning point of faith is,
“Believing God’s character.” He is who He says He is, and the
end point is believing God’s promises. He will do what He says
He will do, when we believe. God will fulfill His promises even
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29. though we do not see His promises materializing yet. That is
when we demonstrate our true faith, and we thank You Lord.
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30. Faith Brings Power and Anointing
I am going to read, John chapter 20:24-31. “But Thomas, one
of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus
came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, we have
seen the Lord. But he said unto them, except I shall see in his
hands the print of the nails, put my finger into the print of the
nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And
after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas
with them: [then] came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood
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31. in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you. Then saith he to
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and
reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not
faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto
him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed [are]
they that have not seen, and [yet] have believed. And many
other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book: But these are written, that
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32. ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and
that believing ye might have life through his name.”
It will be that we are going through hard times, because when
we except Jesus in our heart Jesus went through hard times,
such as His crucifixion. The advantage to us is, that we have the
Holy Spirit to help us walk it all out. Faith, is what it is about.
Faith will give us the power and the anointing of the Holy Spirit
and we can reach the world and there is no stopping us. We just
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33. thank You and praise You for that Father. I pray that everyone
who receives this word will be blessed Lord, in Jesus name.
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34. Questions and Answers From our Listeners:
Prophet Ronald: “Let me ask you a question as you said, Even
when we go through worries that faith can bring us through?”
Brother Craig: “Yes, when are told that someone we love is sick
we cry in the natural but we have to learn to praise Him in the
Spirit and praise and call upon the promises of healing;
promises to the situation we are dealing with.”
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35. Prophet Ronald: “We have many people that are worried and
upset over the economic conditions and stuff. So, you are
saying that if we use that name, the name of Jesus it is greater
then our situation we are in.”
Brother Craig: “Yes.”
Prophet Ronald: “I am sorry there is a person just asked why is
praise so important?”
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36. Brother Craig: “Well, we as the people that we are we have a
choice. We can sit there and whatever the situation we are in
we can pity ourselves, but by pitying ourselves we give the devil
greater authority and power over us. But, when Jesus is in us
we can have victory, just like Joshua. When we praise our way
out we can turn a curse into a blessing, or we can become a
victim. We must remember that Jesus is in the heart, and not
allow the sin of worry by letting that sin become of fear. God is
not a God of fear but of power, Love and a sound mind. We
need to praise our Way where we need to go.”
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37. Prophet Ronald: “You mean to tell me I cannot have my pity
party?”
Brother Craig: “I think it is ok that we have a pity party, but we
not stay there. We must get up in our journey of faith and praise
our way through it. That is how we overcome as a Christian is
praise our way through it.”
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38. Prophet Ronald: “So many people stay in the place of pity. Oh
me! Oh my! I don’t know what I am going to do. Poor me.
Why do I have to go through all this? What happens when we
really change our attitude?”
Brother Craig: “I can give you an example I have been through
some very hard things. One day I was at Pizza Hut and the
person looked at me a few months later like nothing ever
happened. I just sat there in the Spirit of God and I was praising
God and the Spirit of God came over me, and I started speaking
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39. in tongues and I went into the bathroom. I was thinking one
thing in my mind, which was the victim way and the Spirit of
God came through and came out of my mouth. Still today, it
blows me away. I said, God forgive him for he knows not what
he does. God have mercy on him because Your Word says
don’t touch My anointed, revenge is Mine sayeth the Lord.
Next thing I knew I started praising God and I went out with a
smile on my face, and that was God. That was a choice.”
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40. Prophet Ronald: “We choose. You know that is so right. We
choose either to praise God, or we choose to live—you know,
under the circumstances. I had one preacher tell me, who gives
you permission to live under the circumstances when God calls
you to be victorious in everything. I can give you so many
testimonies of learning to change my circumstances by the
words of my mouth. I look at Joshua, I am not going to preach
the message again as you did a great job preaching already. He
was outnumbered four to one, and most of us would have gave
up and hiding up under rocks and everything. This man did the
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41. most unusual thing, as he put the praises in front of the warriors
and they began to praise God. That story excites me every time
I think about it. The scriptures say he brought ambushment and
confusion and the enemies begin to kill one another. We don’t
know about that power of praise. Ok. I got to stop.”
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42. Thirty-Six Years of Petite Grand Mall Seizures
Brother Craig: “I can tell you another story in my life, and
someone might laugh at this one. I was always a pastor and a
fine example that for 36 years in my life, I had petite grand mall
seizures; I chose to not let it roll me. I praised God and I quoted
those scriptures that ‘By His stripes I am healed. Healing is
now mine’ There is a time I had a privilege of opening an inner
city church and put it together, and when I went up there I said
the opening prayer and I ended up having what is called a little
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43. petite grand mall seizure, and I raised my hands and my fingers
went up and began to fold together. Well the audience didn’t
know it as they got all excited. One of the pastors by the pulpit
picked me and sat me down, and they thought I was slain in the
Spirit. They got up with handkerchiefs in speaking in tongues.
That is a perfect example of God turning a curse into a
blessing.”
Prophet Ronald: “Wow”
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44. Brother Craig: “And we never told them.”
Prophet Ronald: “Awesome. Awesome. You know, you dealt
with grand mall seizures that is a testimony within itself. You
were determined no matter what was going on, you believed that
God was going to heal you.”
Brother Craig: “Yes, I did. I had seizures until I was 36 years
old. At 36 I went down and had brain surgery at UCLA to have
it done. All those years I believed that when I first got saved
and filled with the Holy Spirit at 20 years of age, those
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45. scriptures got a hold of me. Even though, I would get up and
fall down I didn’t pity myself. I started speaking in tongues, got
back up, and did what I had to do.”
Prophet Ronald: “Some in those conditions, they say Woe is
me. I have this condition and people do not understand what I
am going through. What made you determined not to be like
that?”
Brother Craig: “Because of the teachers I had. I was blessed to
have a pastor in North Carolina, he believed me when no body
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46. else would not. He gave me love and told me that you may have
seizures, but you think about it if God could use a jack ass He
can use anybody. I felt like that and I had a very low self-
esttem. I do not have that in me anymore because I have seen
God do many things to touch many lives.”
Prophet Ronald: “That is a subject we can talk about because we
have so many people who have low self esteem. They are born
again and filled with the Holy Ghost, but that is a whole another
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47. subject and I don’t want to get into that. You said you had low
self esteem and how did you turn that around.”
Brother Craig: “Over the time there were people in my life who
had a the gift of prophecy and they told me I had to forgive.
Also, I was in a church where people gave me love no matter
what. That love gave me confidence and faith, and I learned to
love unconditional. We have to realize when we minister to
people we do not look at people we look at the heart because
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48. God looks at the heart. When we look at the heart and we see
them how God sees them we can over come.”
Prophet Ronald: “Last year, amen, was the most trying time in
my life. I had three heart attacks and I was completely
paralyzed from my left side. I had extensive surgery done on
my small and large intestines. I was diagnosed with Khron’es
disease and I had it in the worst way. You know, for a while, I
will be honest I started pitying myself. I thought poor me, I will
just go home and be with the Lord. You know, some how, some
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49. way when you teach people to stand on the Word of God,
someone asked me, “Brother Flowers all these years that you
laid hands on people and they got healed and delivered you
going to quit now, and die like this? Then I just woke up. I
began to declare the Word of the Lord despite all the negative
things, and I can testify today that I am completely healed,
completely delivered. Amen. You can’t even tell I was
paralyzed on my right side, and I have totally recovered. I had
to change my thinking and quit looking at the circumstances and
look to Jesus. It is not always easy and I am not going to say it
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50. happened over night. As I began to change my way of thinking,
and talking and fix my focus on Jesus, amen, it changed the
circumstance. Praise God. Any last words there?”
Brother Craig; “How true to what you said. I believe that life is
a choice but the cool thing is when we accept Jesus that is the
first choice we make in the Holy Spirit.
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51. Everything can change no matter what we have been through. I
praise Him for it and I have been blessed to see it in my lives. I
praise God I will see many more.”
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