Who has the keys in the heavens and on this earth? The answer is Christians. Christians have the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. But what does this mean?
The kingdoms of this universe
В духовной сфере, there are two kingdoms:
- Царство Божие
- Царство дьявола (kingdom of darkness)
There are no more kingdoms, than these two. You belong to the Kingdom of God or you belong to the kingdom of the devil.
Between these kingdoms is a war raging. This war will continue until the day comes that one of these kingdoms will be completely destroyed by the other Kingdom.
Вы могли бы сказать: «yes, but wait a minute, Jesus has already conquered the devil, He has taken the keys and has all authority in heaven and on earth, so the devil is already defeated. We can rest in Jesus, and sit at His feet in His presence. We mustn’t pay too much attention to the devil, yak, that gives me bad vibes. and by the way you mustn’t scare people”
Хорошо, yes, you are right… Jesus has defeated the devil and Jesus has legally taken the keys of authority, но… the war is not over.
The devil still has the ability to fight and attack Christians, because the devil has not been cast into the eternal lake of fire, еще (Откровение 20:7-10).
Until the devil is cast into the lake of fire, the devil still has the ability to attack Christians and destroy them.
Where do the attacks of the devil take place?
The attacks of the devil take mainly place in the flesh (тело и душа (разум); болезнь, (умственный) болезнь, боится, тревоги, weakness, destructive and negative thoughts that don’t line up with the Word of God, и т. д..
The devil tries to tempt believers in the flesh, so that they will step into his trap and cause them to sin. This is the way the devil captivates Christians.
The devil knows his time is short. Therefore the devil goes around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he can devour. His mission is to bring as many people as possible with him to hell (1 Питер 5:8).
The devil is a murderer, a slaughtered, and he lies and deceives people, and tempts the people to sin, because sin leads to death.
Whosoever walks in sin, walks in the death. The Word of God says that sin leads to death and not to eternal life and the devil knows this as well.
God gave the keys to mankind
Let us go back to the garden of Eden. The devil tempted Eve, she began to doubt God’s words, стал disobedient to His words, and she and Adam sinned.
When Eve began to doubt, she hadn’t sinned yet. But Eve let that doubt enter her mind and began to reason.
She could have stayed obedient to the words of God and could have said to the serpent: «Nо, I will not eat of these fruits, because God has commanded us, to not eat from this tree. I will obey God, because I believe in what He says, and not what you say.” Но вместо, Eve believed the words of the serpent, and therefore she took the forbidden fruit and ate from the forbidden fruit.
Adam didn’t stop Eve, while he was with her, but Adam also took the forbidden fruit and ate from the forbidden fruit.
When Adam and Eve took the fruit and ate the fruit, they became непослушный Богу and obeyed the devil instead.
The devil took the keys
When they obeyed the devil, they handed over their keys of authority to the devil. And so the devil had taken the keys of authority on earth, which God originally had given to mankind and became the ruler of the world.
From the moment man sinned, the spirit of man died and came under the authority of death, and the law of sin and death entered and man fell from his appointed position.
Adam and Eve were no longer spiritual but became carnal and as a result the flesh became visible to them and saw that they were naked.
God wasn’t walking with a spiritual man, but with a carnal man. Through the fall the law of sin and death came into being and reigned in the flesh.
Каждый человек, who would be born on from the seed of man, would be born as a sinner and live under the authority of the devil and death.
After the fall, God walked with several people and eventually God chose a people and made a covenant with Abraham and his Seed. God was with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Израиль). ANd everyone, who would be born of the seed of Jacob (Израиль) belonged to God’s covenant people.
The law of sin and death
God made this invisible law that reigned in the flesh and His will known to His people by giving the law of Moses. Through the law God made His will and the works of the devil known to the people and warned the people.
As long as the people kept God’s commandments, they had nothing to worry about. God was with them and they were protected and blessed. But as soon as they deviated from the commandments of God and His precepts, they would be cursed and live in bondage.
God gave them a choice, to chose life through obedience to the law or to chose death, through disobedience to the law (Читайте также: Do the mountains of blessing and curse still exist in the New Covenant?).
Keeping God’s commandments
The only way for the people of Israel to stay free from bondage of the devil was by keeping the law of Moses. By keeping God’s commandments, заповеди, ритуалы, food laws, жертвенные законы. и праздники, they would be walk in His will and be blessed and not cursed. Because God would be with them and go before them, fight for them and protect them.
When the blood of animals was brought to the altar, and once every year to the mercy seat, the sins and iniquities of His people would be covered and forgiven and (temporary) reconciliation took place between God and His people, so that God could have communion with His people.
The coming of Jesus; Сын Божий
Then Jesus came into the flesh, рожденный от Духа Божьего. Because of that Jesus was not born as a sinner; His seed was not affected by evil. Jesus was fully Human and could have sinned, but Jesus loved His Father and lived a life of obedience without sin. Jesus walked according to the воля Его Отца.
Even in the wilderness, when the devil tried to tempt Jesus with the words of God. Jesus corrected him and defeated him with the true words of God.
Jesus knew His Father and kept His commandments. When the devil tried to tempt Him, by proving Himself that He was the Son of God and by giving Him all the kingdoms of the earth, Jesus didn’t fall into his trap (Читайте также: ‘Я подарю тебе богатства мира').
Jesus knew that the devil was a liar and He had come to the earth for a greater purpose.
The earthly riches and kingdoms were only temporary, but Jesus came to free humanity from the captivity of the devil. Jesus came to free mankind from the power of the devil. He came to deliver them from the darkness and transfer them to the Kingdom of God and reconcile them with God and give them eternal life.
Jesus didn’t give into the desires and lusts of the flesh (жадность, love of money, блуд, идолопоклонство, эгоизм, и т. д.) NO! The Spirit ruled in Jesus’ life and therefore Jesus walked after the Spirit and not after His flesh.
Did Jesus have the ability to take what the devil offered Him in the wilderness? Абсолютно, but Jesus didn’t. His priority was to do the will of His Father.
Jesus legally took the keys back
Когда Иисуса распяли, He died, entered Hades, and stayed there for three days. During these three days, Jesus preached the Gospel and conquered hell and death and legally took back the keys, which the devil had taken from Adam.
On the third day, the Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead. Jesus came back with the keys. And so Jesus had legally taken the keys of authority back from the devil.
С этого момента, the devil had no right anymore to possess and captivate man. But the devil still had the ability.
The devil still works according to the law of sin and death. But anyone who believes in Jesus Christ, and becomes новое творение, is seated in Him.
Когда новое творение walks after the Spirit and not after the flesh, (с)he is redeemed from the law of the sin of death and the curse.
Итак, нет теперь никакого осуждения тем, кто во Христе Иисусе., которые ходят не по плоти, но после Духа. Ибо закон духа жизни во Христе Иисусе освободил меня от закона греха и смерти. За то, что закон не мог сделать, в том, что он был слаб плотью, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, и за грех, осудил грех во плоти: Чтобы праведность закона исполнилась в нас, who walk not after the fles, но после Духа.Ибо живущие по плоти о плотском помышляют; а ищущие по Духу — то, что от Духа. Ибо плотские помышления – смерть; но быть духовно мыслящим – это жизнь и мир (римляне 8:1-6).
What happens, if you don’t speak the Word of God?
But… if Christians don’t take the Word of God in their mouth and don’t begin to speak the Word of God, and remain carnal and are led by the flesh; их чувства, мысли, эмоции, чувства, воля, вожделения, желания, и т. д., тогда это ненадолго, before the enemy leads them back into captivity (Читайте также: ‘Причина, по которой вы не испытываете победы в своей жизни?)
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, тo redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Галатам 4:1-5)
У христиан есть ключи
Christians are theсыновья Божьи and they must realize, that in Jesus Christ, they have все authority in heaven and on earth.
Jesus has the keys to set people free from every oppression of the devil. If you are born again in Christ and are seated in Christ, you have in Him all that He has. Так, другими словами, you have the keys; the authority to set people free from the oppression of the devil.
К faith in the name of Jesus, you have the keys. You have the keys; the authority to free people from bondage, to forgive their sins and iniquities, and give them eternal life (Ой. Джон 20:23).
The devil still operates in the flesh; тело и душа. He still works according to the law of sin and death.
But as a born again Christian, как сын Божий (это касается как мужчин, так и женщин), you operate in the law of the Spirit of life and not in the law of sin and death (римляне 8:2).
You are crucified with Christ, which means that you no longer live, but that Christ lives in you.
You’ve laid down your carnality, which led you to sin and death. Therefore the law of sin and death has no hold on you.
You will not look at the cause and effect. But you will look at one thing: the blood of Jesus, and faith in His name, that brings freedom to everyone.
The devil hates God and knows how much God loves people. Therefore the devil wants to destroy people, in order to hurt God. The devil knows his destination, which is the eternal lake of fire. He wants to take as many people as possible, with him. This is his revenge on God.
Let Christians arise!
Therefore arise! Read and study the Word of God. Take the Word in your mouth, so that you no longer be a slave of sin, but become spiritually mature. Know the Word and speak the words of God and live after His will.
Walk in Him and bring life and freedom to people. Free people from their prison of depression, беспокойство, болезнь, болезнь, mental disorders, страх, смерть, полномочия, и т. д..
You are seated in Him and He has the keys; He has all authority. If you are seated in Him, you also have the keys; you have all authority in Him.
Сейчас, your job is not to relax, stay carnal and live after the flesh. But your job is to bring the Kingdom of God to the earth and walk after the Spirit. You ought to be doing God’s will and not your will.
Put on the spiritual armour of God
Jesus has set the example and showed us how to walk as a son of God. Therefore begin to walk after the Spirit, put on the spiritual armor and walk in the Word of God.
Окончательно, мои братья, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, но против княжеств, against powers, против правителей тьмы этого мира, против духов злобы поднебесной. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Поэтому стойте, препоясав чресла истиной, и имея нагрудник праведности; И ноги ваши обуты в готовность благовествовать мир;
Превыше всего, взяв щит веры, которым вы сможете угасить все раскаленные стрелы нечестивых.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Всегда молитесь всякой молитвой и прошением в Духе., and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak (Ефесянам 6:10-20)
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