On the testimony that Jesus is the Christ, сина Бога живога, Jesus builds His Church. As long as the Church of Christ stays in Him, the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church. У Маттхеву 16:19, Jesus promised to give the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Стога, the Church possesses the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. But what do the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven mean and represent according to the Bible? What are the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven?
What do keys represent?
Keys represent access and authority. When you buy a house and receive the keys, you become the owner of the house. The keys give you access to your house and show that you are the owner. Међутим, the keys also bring a responsibility.
If you are not careful with your keys and lose your keys or if you don’t use the keys the right way, you cannot enter your house or something bad can happen to your house.
The keys give access to the Kingdom of Heaven
And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven (Маттхев 16:19)
The same principle applies to the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Кроз регенерација, постајеш син Божији (ово важи и за мушкарце и за жене) and belong to the Body of Christ. You’ve been transferred from the kingdom of darkness (свет) у краљевство Божје. Иако живиш у овом свету, you don’t belong to this world and the ruler of this world anymore. You belong to Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of Heaven. Кроз ново рођење, you decided to follow, послушати, and serve Jesus Christ.
Као син Божији, you have been made righteous by the blood of Jesus and received the Holy Spirit, and have been given access to the Kingdom of Heaven, које је Царство Божије.
Исус је одговорио, Веома, веома, Кажем теби, Осим што се човек роди од воде и духа, не може ући у Царство Божије (Јохн 3:5)
The Kingdom of God is a spiritual Kingdom and not a visible Kingdom, that you can perceive with your natural eyes.
When you are born again in the spirit and have gained access to the Kingdom of Heaven, this Kingdom becomes visible to you.
Исус му је одговорио и рекао му, Веома, веома, Кажем теби, Осим што се човек поново роди, не може видети царство Божије (Јохн 3:3)
У Исусу Христу, you have been given the keys; access to the Kingdom of Heaven, које је Царство Божије. But you’ve not only gained access to the Kingdom, but you have also been given power over the kingdom of darkness.
The keys represent the authority in Jesus Christ
Now that you have been given access to the Kingdom of Heaven, you’ve also been given a new position. You became a new creation, who is seated in Jesus Christ in the heavenly places.
Као нова креација, seated in Jesus Christ in the heavenly places, you no longer war against flesh and blood, like you did before you became born again when your spirit was dead and your sinful flesh reigned as king in your life. But now you war against principalities, powers and the rulers of darkness. You will no longer be led by what your senses perceive and what your feelings, емоције, пожуде, and desires tell you and dictate you to do, but you will be led by the Word and the Spirit.
Jesus has the keys! This means that Jesus has all authority in the heavens and on earth.
Every enemy of Jesus, every power, Кнежевина, ruler of the kingdom of darkness is under Jesus His feet. Сада, јер седиш у Њему, every power, Кнежевина, and ruler of the kingdom of darkness is also under your feet.
Thou madest Him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet: (Псалми 8:6)
И ставио је све ствари испод ногу, и дао Га да буде глава над свим стварима у цркви, Које је Његово тело, пуноћа Онога који испуњава све у свему (Ефесцима 1:22-23)
У Христу, you have been given the keys, which means that you have been given all power, to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Луке 10:19). Pa, све док останеш у Њему, послушај Га, и ходите за Духом. Because as soon as you leave the Word and trust and rely upon your own abilities, моћ, и интелект, then you won’t have any spiritual authority and power, and it won’t be long before you will be overwhelmed by the powers of darkness.
Благословен Бог и Отац Господа нашег Исуса Христа, који нас је благословио свим духовним благословима на небесима у Христу (Ефесцима 1:3)
Све док останеш у Христу и ходиш по Духу, you have all authority in the heavens and on earth. You have been appointed to reign with Him and establish His Kingdom on earth.
God didn’t give you this power for your own glory, корист, и царство, but for His honor, слава, and Kingdom.
When you have been given access to the Kingdom of Heaven and have been given all power and authority in Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit lives inside of you, you have also a responsibility.
What is the responsibility of the church?
The responsibility of the Church is to represent, проповедати, and bring the Kingdom of God to the people on earth and use the keys of the Kingdom of heaven wisely through везивање и губљење.
We often hear that church leaders (Pastiri, богослужења вође, Proroci, апостоли, итд.) fall into sin. Због тога, they not only deny the power of God over sin and death, but they also defile the Name of Jesus and damage God’s Kingdom.
When you have разапео тело твоје у Христу, then your flesh isn’t alive anymore but dead. Стога, you shall not be led by your flesh, your carnal emotions, осећања, пожуде, жеље, and what your senses perceive.
Међутим, since many Christians refuse to lay down their flesh, they have adjusted the gospel. They have adjusted the gospel and twisted and changed the words in the Bible in such a way, that they can keep walking after the flesh in sin.
There are hardly any sermons about spiritual discipline, кажњавање, moral responsibility, and dying to self. Зашто? Because the flesh doesn’t like these sermons (Прочитајте такође: Порука коју нико не жели да чује)
The sermons have changed in such a way that the enrichment and prosperity of people have become the center. Because of these carnal sermons, the flesh is continuously fed.
Ако сејеш у месо, you shall reap corruption. And that’s what is happening.
Many church leaders stay carnal and walk after the flesh. Као резултат, church leaders fall into sin, и управо то враг жели!
Ђаво зна, the bigger and the more famous a church leader, who falls into sin, the greater the damage to the church, име Исусово, и Царство Божије.
нажалост, the devil is still able to seduce many Christians. The devil uses many lives to damage the Kingdom of God, because many Christians are stubborn and want to keep living after the flesh.
A spiritually disciplined and righteous life is therefore essential as born-again Christians. Because you are a representative of the Kingdom of God and represent Him.
Sons of God represent the Kingdom of Heaven
Као син Божији (ово важи и за мушкарце и за жене), you represent the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Стога, you should have knowledge about the Kingdom of Heaven. You should know what the Kingdom of Heaven is about and Who you represent.
You should know the King of the Kingdom of Heaven and His will because otherwise, you will not be able to represent Him and execute His will. His law and His commandments represent His will. Therefore if you know these, then you know His will. If you know His will, you know exactly what you should and shouldn’t do. You know what pleases Him and what does not.
Стога, you’ve got to know God’s Word to find out His will, закон, и заповести. Because only in the Word of God, will you get to know His will.
Jesus is the King of the Kingdom of Heaven. That’s why we should know and keep His will, закон (закон духа), и заповести.
Важно је renew your old way of thinking, that thinks like the kingdom of this world, са Божјом речју, so that your mind will be renewed and will line up with God’s Word and His will. Осим тога, it is essential to чувај свој ум, so that your mind won’t be polluted and defiled by the things of this world.
The will of Jesus corresponds to the will of God. Because God has given His rulership (привремено) to His Son and Jesus represents the will of His Father (Прочитајте такође: ‘Заповести Божије и заповести Исусове‘)
I can of mine own self do nothing: Док чујем, Судим: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me (Јохн 5:30)
All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him (Маттхев 11:27)
Then cometh the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, чак и Отац; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. Јер Он мора да влада, док не стави све непријатеље под своје ноге. Последњи непријатељ који ће бити уништен је смрт. Јер је све ставио под ноге своје. Али када Он каже све је подређено Њему, очигледно је да је Он изузет, који је све ставио под Њега. И када ће све ствари бити потчињене Њему, тада ће се и сам Син покорити Ономе који Му је све подложио, да Бог буде све у свему (1 Коринћанима 15 24-28)
Through the knowledge of God’s Word and by living according to His Word, you shall not only get to know Him and His will, and be able to represent Him, but you shall also be able to expose the hidden lies of the devil. You shall be able to refute them. Because the devil also uses the word of God. He only twists and changes the word for people’s pleasures so that they can keep walking after their flesh.
Много пута, Christians say they believe. But when someone asks them a question about the Kingdom of God, they are not able to answer the question. То је веома тужно! Because a representative of a kingdom should have knowledge about the kingdom. Because how else will (с)he be able to represent the kingdom correctly?
Jesus commissioned His church to bring God’s Kingdom on earth.
How to bring the Kingdom of Heaven on earth?
You bring the Kindom of heaven on earth through obedience to the Word and doing the will of Jesus and go into the world, проповедати јеванђеље, изгони демоне, лечи болесне, and make disciples of all the nations. (Маттхев 28:19, Марк 16:15-18).
Where darkness is present, there is chaos. Ако постоји хаос, you have a responsibility as Christians (who are together the church) to create spiritual peace and order. How do you know where chaos is? Look at the lives of people. Look at what takes place in their lives and in the areas people live.
There can be areas where many people are seriously ill. The world thinks that it has to do with the pollution of the environment. But the spiritual new man knows that in those areas the death reigns through sin (непослушност Богу) и (смртоносан) powers of darkness are operating.
The more the areas are possessed by demonic forces, the higher the rates of (Seksualno) злоупотреба, насиља, сиромаштво, болест, епидемије, сексуална нечистоћа, развода, итд.
Why are these areas dominated by demonic forces? Because of the lives of people.
The people deviated from God and His Word. They have gone their own way; the way of the darkness, which eventually leads to eternal death. Because of the fact that people have rejected Jesus and His Kingdom, they have automatically chosen to live in the darkness.
They have given access to these evil forces of darkness to enter their lives. Since these evil powers of darkness rule in the lives of the people, they rule and have dominion in (the spiritual) области.
Сада, only someone with a higher authority can cause a change, and that is Jesus Christ and His church.
The church of Jesus Christ has a responsibility to preach, represent and bring the Kingdom of God to these areas. Through the lives of man, the evil powers of darkness access. Стога, a change in the spiritual atmosphere begins in the lives of the people. The more people repent to Jesus, the stronger the light will become and the darkness shall flee.
When the seventy went out to preach the gospel, heal the sick and cast out demons and returned to Jesus, they were enthusiastic about the fact that the demons obeyed them. Jesus said to them that He saw satan as lightning falling from heaven.
И седамдесет се вратило поново са радошћу, говорећи, Господе, Чак су и ђаволи нас подложни кроз ваше име. И рече им, Видела сам сотону док муње пада са неба (Луке 10:17-18)
The people were delivered, and the devil lost his rulership over those areas
Sons of God pray and have a prayerlife
Every son of God prays. Prayer is a responsibility in the lives of the born-again Christians, Ко је Црква. Everything revolves around prayer. Because a praying church is a militant and victorious church. Кроз молитву, you have communion with the Father and make intercession for people and areas, to claim them for the Kingdom of God.
Jesus spent many nights in prayer with the Father, and during the day, Исус је донео Божје Краљевство Божјем народу.
Пре Исуса’ распеће, before Jesus was taken captive, Jesus spent hours in prayer to prepare Himself and to overcome the spiritual battle against His flesh. When Jesus won the spiritual battle, Jesus was ready to fulfill Божји рад искупљења.
Everything revolves around prayer. That’s why prayer and prayer meetings are being attacked by the devil.
Many Christians don’t see the importance of prayer, or they pray a short prayer for their own prosperity and wealth. Instead of praying that His Kingdom shall come and that God’s will shall be done on earth as it is in heaven, that’s what Jesus has commanded us to pray.
The purpose of every believer is to establish the Kingdom of God on this earth. За ову сврху, Jesus has given the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to His church.
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