[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] The keys of the kingdom by Larry Ollison

Tue Aug 23 22:29:03 UTC 2011

Wow!
This is the 4th forward, you've sent, today!
What's going on?
Blessings, Joshua

On 8/23/11, Eric Calhoun <eric at pmpmail.com> wrote:
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> *The Keys of the Kingdom*
>
> *by Dr. Larry Ollison*
>
> There are laws that you live by. There are laws that say you can only go
> 55
> mph on certain roads. These laws are good and can save your life if you
> obey
> them. However, if you are driving 80 mph in a 55 mph zone, a patrolman
> will
> expose your sin and you will have to pay a fine! No fine is required for
> those obeying the law.
>
> There are natural laws and there are spiritual laws that God has put into
> motion. One of the natural laws is the law of gravity. When I drop a book,
> it falls to the floor. Why? Because of gravity. Gravity is a good thing.
> If
> you were on Apollo 13 and circling around the moon, the last thing in the
> world you want to happen is for gravity to quit working. If gravity quit
> working, you would no longer be circling around the moon. You would be
> shooting off into outer space.
>
> Gravity is the thing that keeps me on the floor and enables me to walk.
> Without gravity I would float around like a helium balloon. I would not be
> able to get traction. Gravity is a good thing. It's a law of God. God
> instituted all the natural laws and He instituted all the spiritual laws.
> These laws can work for you or these laws can work against you.
>
> For a guy working on a construction crew on the 42nd floor who loses his
> footing and falls, gravity is not a good thing. However, when that man
> hits
> the ground and dies, his wife cannot say, "I am so mad at gravity.
> Gravity
> killed my husband." No, gravity didn't do it. Gravity is a law and it
> works
> the same for sinners as it works for people who are saved. Laws can work
> for
> you or they can work against you.
>
> In the spirit realm, there are laws also. These laws can work for you or
> these laws can work against you. In Hosea 4:6 the Word of God says, *"My
> people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." *
>
> God's people, not the heathen people, are destroyed for lack of
> knowledge.
> But for lack of knowledge of what? For lack of knowledge of knowing the
> spiritual laws and how to move within those laws correctly.
>
> Jesus said in John 8:31-32, *"If you abide in My word, you are My
> disciples
> indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
> *The
> truth that you will know is the truth about how God's kingdom operates -
> how
> God's laws operate. In the spirit realm these laws can work for you or
> they
> can work against you. If you operate properly in the spirit realm, they
> will
> work for you. If you operate improperly in the spirit realm, they will
> work
> against you.
>
> In Matthew 16:18-19, Jesus was talking with Peter. Peter was Jesus' close
> friend. Here's what Jesus said to him. *"And I also say to you that you
> are
> Peter . . ."* In the Greek language the word *Peter* is *petros*, which
> means a small rock, a pebble. Jesus said, "I say to you, you are a small
> rock." Then I can picture Jesus pointing toward Himself and saying, *"On
> this Rock...."* The word He used there was *petra*, which means a large
> boulder; a solid unshakable foundation type rock. *". . .and on this Rock
> I
> will build My church, and the gates of Hades . . ." *(that means the
> power
> of death)* ". . . shall not prevail against it." *
>
> Here Jesus gives Peter one of the spiritual laws. Actually this is the
> key
> ring that all spiritual laws are hung on. *"And I will give you the keys
> of
> the kingdom of heaven . . ." *Many times in the New Testament when Jesus
> was
> talking about heaven, He did not necessarily mean heaven as a place. He
> was
> referring to the spirit realm. So what He said to Peter was, "I am going
> to
> give you the keys to the spirit realm."* ". . . and whatever you bind . .
> ."
> * (which can be translated forbid) *". . . on earth . . ." *(the physical
> realm) *". . . will be bound . . ." *(or forbidden) *". . . in heaven. .
> ."
> *(the spiritual realm) *". . . and whatever you loose . . ."* (whatever
> you
> permit because you have the keys) *". . . on earth . . ." *(in the
> physical
> realm) *". . . will be loosed . . ." *(or permitted) *". . . in heaven .
> .
> ." *(the spiritual realm).
>
> In other words, "I am going to give you the keys to the spirit realm, and
> whatever you forbid in the physical realm will be forbidden in the
> spiritual
> realm, and whatever you permit (because you have the keys) in the
> physical
> realm will be permitted in the spiritual realm."
>
> Sometimes we try to complicate this, but the Word of God is so simple.
> People have been confused on this for years because of the lack of good
> teaching and the abundance of bad teaching. Here's what Jesus said to
> Peter.
> "Peter, I am going to build this church upon Me, the Rock. And because I
> am
> leaving, I'm going to leave you with the keys of the Kingdom. Whatever
> you
> lock in the physical realm will be locked in the spiritual realm.
> Whatever
> you unlock in the physical realm will be unlocked in the spiritual
> realm."
>
> When you give somebody the keys to your car, you are giving them
> temporary
> authority over your car. Let's say, for example, that I gave my son the
> keys
> to my car. While he has the keys, I am giving him authority to lock that
> car, to unlock that car, to start that car, to stop that car. With the
> keys
> my son has a choice. He can either get in it and drive it and use the
> power,
> or he can lock it up and let it sit. He has a choice because he has the
> keys.
>
> Jesus said, "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of the spirit realm.
> Whatever you bind, whatever you forbid, whatever you lock up in the
> physical, it will be locked up, it will be forbidden in the spiritual."
> You
> may say, "What does that mean?"
>
> Here is what it means. It means you can lock up the enemy or you can lock
> up
> yourself. The choice is yours. If you want to unlock something in the
> spirit
> realm, you have to have access to the spirit realm. How do you get access
> into the spirit realm? We are told over and over again in the Word of God
> that there is one way that we access the spirit realm and that is with our
> words. The scriptures tell us that life and death are in the power of the
> tongue. The words of your mouth, spoken from the heart with corresponding
> actions, are the keys you use. That's faith!
>
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> good. Romans 12:21*
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