Speaker 1: In the name of our Lord and Savior, jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: Today I bring us God's word titled keys of the kingdom, and these are keys of authority that every believer needs to know, needs to understand and needs to exercise.
Speaker 1: As I bring us that word, I'm inspired by a text in the Bible, in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 16, verse 18 and verse 19.
Speaker 1: And this is what the Bible says.
Speaker 1: And I tell you that you are Peter and on this rock I will build my church, and my prayer is that you would replace the name Peter with your name.
Speaker 1: You know, let me repeat again I tell you that you are Peter and on this rock I'll build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Speaker 1: Then listen to this I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
Speaker 1: Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you lose on earth will be lost in heaven.
Speaker 1: I bless the Lord for this amazing, amazing, amazing word.
Speaker 1: Let me say this that God desires that we do signs and wonders and we work the works of God here on planet earth, just like Jesus did, and that is why the keys of the kingdom have been passed on now to us, now that we are here on planet earth.
Speaker 1: Jesus rose from the dead.
Speaker 1: He is reigning, he's sitting on the right hand side of the father.
Speaker 1: The anointing is resting on every believer and God wants us to take these keys and to use them on a daily basis wherever God has put us, and I can assure you, as we use these keys, we shall see the mighty works of God happen.
Speaker 1: Now, key number one is the name of Jesus.
Speaker 1: This is an amazing key, the name of Jesus, and Peter used it in Acts, chapter 3, verse 6, when God used him to heal a cripple.
Speaker 1: And he came to this cripple and he said silver and gold I do not have, but that which I have I give to you in the name of Jesus of Nazareth walk.
Speaker 1: He stretches hand towards a man, lifted him up and strength came back into the life of this man and he was able to walk and even jump and praise the Lord.
Speaker 1: There are many crippled situations that are surrounding us and I declare that, in the name of Jesus, you have a key that is able to bind and loose and free people you know who have been in prisons, to begin to live their destiny in its fullness.
Speaker 1: Key number two is prayer, prayer.
Speaker 1: In Matthew, chapter 7, verse 7.
Speaker 1: What does it say?
Speaker 1: You know it Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find.
Speaker 1: No can.
Speaker 1: The door shall be open unto you, for whoever asks receives.
Speaker 1: Whoever seeks finds.
Speaker 1: Whoever knocks, the door shall be opened.
Speaker 1: What is it that is around you that will not be changed by prayer?
Speaker 1: All the works of Satan that have come around us can be reversed Just by prayer.
Speaker 1: If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, seek my face, turn from their wicked ways and pray, god says, I'll hear from heaven, I'll forgive their sins and I'll heal their land.
Speaker 1: Prayer.
Speaker 1: That is 2 Chronicles, chapter 7 and verse 14.
Speaker 1: Verse 15 says the prayers you pray in this place, my eyes and my ears shall be upon that prayer.
Speaker 1: Prayer is the second key, but thirdly, faith.
Speaker 1: You know, matthew 17, verse 20 says if you have faith, the size of a master, see, you can say to this mountain be removed from here to there, and it shall be removed.
Speaker 1: Nothing shall be impossible for you.
Speaker 1: That power to bind and to loose comes by faith, and faith is a very important key.
Speaker 1: And so when you have prayed in the name of Jesus, then believe and I tell you, you will see those mountains moving.
Speaker 1: The power, therefore, that Jesus tells Peter he has.
Speaker 1: I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven.
Speaker 1: That key is in your hand.
Speaker 1: Those keys are in your hands.
Speaker 1: You can now move forward from here.
Speaker 1: In the name of Jesus, pray and believe, and if you pray by faith in the name of Jesus, I tell you that that mountain will move.
Speaker 1: Those doors that need to be opened will open, but the ones that need to be shut will also shut.
Speaker 1: Take your mantle, take your authority and now go make a difference among the nations.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much, as you take the keys of the kingdom that Jesus has already released, amen.