Keys to the Kingom
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18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
God is dealing with me about authority, power, purpose.
Here we have one of the greatest moments in biblical history dealing with power and authority.
It is time that we stop fearing the authority that we have in God!
I may be crazy but I believe EVERYTHING in the bible!
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Sign: that what set one thing apart from another, an indication or proof
Follow: to be closely associated with
So what is closely associated with, a sign that one is a believer?
By the authority of the Name of Jesus a true believer will...
cast out devils
speak with tongues
unhurt by poison
heal the sick
3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Why don’t we see this any more?
Why aren’t ppl healed any more?
Why don’t we see devils cast out any more?
Why don’t we see miracles and signs any more?
Why don’t we see angels any more?
I’m convienced that it is because we don’t realize we can do it!
Truly that simple!
It is easier to make new rules like; “that was just for the Book of Acts…” and justify what we are NOT seeing than figure out what we are doing wrong!
Here is what is going to happen - God is going to begin increasing your faith.
Little by little.
Circumstance by circumstance.
Prayer by prayer.
God wants to teach us to advance His Kingdom!
Our text:
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
We have taught this wrong all my life!
Said that the attack of the enemy will not prevail against the church!
Not what the scripture says!
Gates are defensive!
They attack no one and nothing!
The protect from the attack!
This passage tell us that the gates of hell shall not repel the attack of the enemy!
18 And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.
We have to have a paradigm shift!
We are not some intimidated group, hidden behind walls and gates while the enemy is trying to break through our defenses...
We are are the church triumphant!
God shift our paradigm of the church!
We come and hide behind walls every Sunday morning and wonder why the church is shrinking...
It must be the great falling away...
NO! It’s its the church has believed the lie that the church is hidden behind walls!
IF we ever figure out that we are the church verses we go to church then we will crash through the gates of hell and saturate this city with the Gospel!
Conclusion:
Go be the church!
Go preach!
Go pray for the sick!
Go Advance the Kingdom!
Interesting! Same verses that tell us that we are warring against a gate tells us that we are given Keys!
What do keys do?
Unlock gates and doors!