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Date Posted: 08:36:51 07/18/06 Tue
Author: Gary Larrabee (Submitted by Apostle Genesis A. Dawuda)
Subject: Using the Keys To The Kingdom

We have the power to change things around us by binding the forces of evil and releasing the forces of reighteousness.

Now is the time to take the keys to the kingdom and enter the kingdom of God. We are the chosen generation.

Matthew 11:12

12. And from the days of John the Baptist until the new kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

As the children of Israel fought their way into the promised land. We of this generation are to battle our way spiritually into the kingdom of God.

Jesus spoke unto Peter. Matthew 16:15-19.

15. He said unto him, But whom say, ye that I am?
16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God.
17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, Simon Bar Jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my father which is in heaven.
18. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

The church is the body of Christ, and Jesus is speaking to the body of Christ today as an individual body all of one mind and accord. The body built upon the knowledge revealed to Peter. Peter said Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God.

The weapons to bring forth the Kind are the power and authority given to the body of Christ that abides in Christ, by submitting to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

We have three weapons that may be used as we are being led by the spirit of the Lord.

1. We have the power and the authority of the name of Jesus Christ.
2. We have the power and the authority of the blood of Jesus Christ.
3. We have the power and the authority of the word of God.

We have the power to bind specific events from happening, specific circumstances from happening, or we may change the results. We may speak and pronounce miracles and healing without any limits. All according to the will of God. The limit of the area an magnitude will be expanded according to the total power of all those praying of one accord in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 16:19

19. And I will give unto thee [the body of Christ] the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

After Jesus was tempted by the devil, He returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee. In Nazareth He went into the synagogue and began reading from the book of Isaiah.

Jesus preached good tidings and proclaimed liberty to the captives and opened the prison to them that are bound by passing all the power amd authority given to him by the father on to his body. The Branch that can do nothing without abiding in the vine.

JOHN 15:5

5. I am the vine, ye are the branches; He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

But on the other hand being fully submitted to the Lord is power.

John 15:7

7. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you.

Now we will have a better understanding of the significance of what Jesus read in the 61st chapter of Isaiah and why he quit where he did.

Isaiah 61: The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of prison to them that are bound;

2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

Jesus then quit reading.

Luke 4:20,21

20. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21. And he began to say unto them, this day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

Jesus fulfilled the scripture that He read. Notice that Jesus quit reading in the middle of a sentence. The reason Jesus stopped where He did was because the rest of Isaiah chapter 61 will be fulfilled by the body of Jesus Christ empowered with the spirit of Jesus Christ. The spirit of Christ and the keys to the kingdom.

Isaiah 61 continues by describing the mission of the Branch in bringing forth the Kingdom of God. This will not be done personally by our efforts. But will be done as we allow Christ to operate through us as empty vessels, fully submitted to the Lord.

Now we will read the rest of the sentence in Isaiah 61:2.
2. ...the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn.

We as the body of Christ, His Branch, are to bring forth the Kingdom of God through the anointing given to us as we become fully submitted and led by the spirit.

Isaiah 10:27

27. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 11:1

And there shall come forth [Jesus] a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch, [believers with the keys to the kingdom] shall grow out of his [Jesus's} roots.

The power and the authority given by the anointing and the keys to the kingdom are described in Isaiah 11:2-5.

2. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon [the body, the branch] him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counse and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
3. And shall make him [Branch, body in one accord] of quick understanding, in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes neither reprove after the hearing of his ears.
4. But with righteousness shall he [Branch]judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he [Branch] shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
5. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

The Lord gave the power and authority to the body of Christ to Peter as the keys to the kingdom of heaven in Luke 16:18,19. He gave the anointing and power to his body, the Branch in Isaiah 10:27 and Isaiah 11:1-5. He confirmed it again in John 15:1-16. And he commissioned us for this work in John 17:18.

Before we can do this work the body of Christ must come into unity behind Jesus Christ. We all must be fully submitted. We must wait upon the Lord, and move only when and where he directs us to move. The power and authority are moving and acting under the direction, power, and authority of the one sending us. Then we all may say with authority, We come in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This work is the work of an army, the army of God. Each one of us need to be properly equipped under the anointing.

Ephesians 6:10-18

10. Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11. Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all stand.
14. Stand therefore, having your loins gird about with truth, and having on the breast plate of righteousness.
15. And your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace.
16. Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God.

We have the keys to the kingdom of heaven. We have the keys to bring forth the Kingdom of God upon the earth. The Lord is now revealing the mystery.

Ephesians 1:9,10.

9. Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself.
10. That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth; even in him.

We as the body of Christ have power of the stone. To build the house of God stone by stone. As individual stones we are responsible, each one of us, to use the key God has given each one of us.

As you now read this next verse take this as a personal message and a calling to you giving you all the power and authority in heaven.

Matthew 16:19

19. Soon I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM REALLY ARE.

The Lord says I will give you the keys to the kingdom. Now the Lord explains the key and the power of the keys. The key is the power and the anointing given to each member of the body. The power to bind and loosen the powers on earth and the power of the principalities and the powers of heaven.

We have the keys to the kingdom. The power to bind or release all the powers of heaven or earth. This is not an individual power to bind all the powers upon earth or in heaven. This is power given to each person to bind or release the powers of his life and purpose in taking upon himself the anointing given to carry out his individual purpose, or calling, of God.

Believers all over the earth have these powers. This power is increased as people join together as groups pray and agree together.

The problem today is there are many individual groups separating themselves because of some label or specific doctrine that is emphasized. These divisions leave a lot of room for dissension and disputes that take away our prayer power because of disunity.

By coming together stone upon stone the spiritual temple is being structured and the corporate anointing to become God's Branch is taking place.
By Gary Larrabee,
International Branch of the Lion of Judah
Spokane, Washington USA
www.vinesbranch.com

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