Peter is shown this key of faith by Jesus as they walked outside of Jerusalem. It is Faith in Jesus., which is Faith in God. The Key to opening The Jesus Gate, is Faith. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. John 10:7-9 New King James Version (NKJV)ħ Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. He is the ultimate gate, or the door by which a human being can enter into to the kingdom of God. So there is only one way to enter into God’s house, and that is through Jesus. John 14:5-6 New King James Version (NKJV)ĥ Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”Ħ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Let’s hear Jesus as he explains further. These Mansions have their own doors which are locked and unlocked. But before you can get into the mansions, you must get into the house first and there is only one entrance to the house. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.” 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself that where I am, there you may be also. John 14:2-4 New King James Version (NKJV)Ģ In My Father’s house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. However As Jesus is talking to the disciples, he reveals that God’s house has many mansions inside. The Kingdom of God is sometimes referred to as God’s house. Since we understand that the kingdom of God is contained in the Holy Spirit, we can know that those things that carry the Holy Spirit, those things by which the Holy Spirit manifests heavenly life onto the earth, serve as gates of heaven. The gates that we shall look at are things on earth, that serve as doorways by which heavenly things can manifest on earth, and earthly things can be translated into heaven. These keys are for opening and shutting the gates of heaven. So Peter is told that he will be given keys to the kingdom of heaven. But before we look at the gates of hell, that would fight against the church, let us first understand the gates of heaven. Just as there are gates of hell, there are also gates of heaven. Jesus told Peter that he was going to build his church on the rock, and the gates of hell would not overcome it. We are going to follow the ministry of Peter and the apostles, to see when and where they received these keys. Jesus is promising to give Peter keys of the kingdom of heaven, such that whatever he binds on earth becomes bound in heaven and whatever he looses on earth becomes loosed in heaven. In this teaching, we will look primarily at verse 19. The Keys of the Kingdom Matthew 16:16-19 New King James Version (NKJV)ġ6 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”ġ7 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.ġ9 And I will 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 loosed in heaven.” In this teaching we will look at three gates of heaven that The Lord later reveals to Peter, and the three keys of the kingdom that unlock those gates. When Peter received the revelation that Jesus is Christ – the Son of God, the Lord promises to give him keys of the kingdom of heaven, which would allow him to bind and loose heavenly things on earth.
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