04/25/2018
Pastor Pen. April 29, 2018
Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.
And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.β
After the creation of the heavens, the earth and the separation of the water from the water everything else came from the ground and sea. The vegetation, the birds of the air, the animals and the fish all came from the ground and the sea. All will go back where they came from. When God created man, God didnβt go back to the ground, instead He acknowledged himself by saying: βLet Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.β God gave to man the administration of the earth and all that is in it. God also gave man the ability to rule his creation without His help. God gave the rulership to mankind when he was without a physical body. Gen 1: 26-28. Afterward, God gave to man a physical body made from the dust of the ground to denote the superiority of the man in Godβs creation. God didnβt give authority to the visible man of the flesh, but to the invisible man of the spirit not of the physical flesh. In Chapter 3 man lost his rulership over the earth.
Four thousand years later the Lord Jesus came saying: βYou must change your hearts for the Kingdom of Heaven has arrived. Mt 4: 17. One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, βWhen will the Kingdom of God come?β Jesus replied, βThe Kingdom of God canβt be detected by visible signs. 21 You wonβt be able to say, βHere it is!β or βItβs over there!β For the Kingdom of God is already among you. Luke 17: 20-21. The Kingdom of God like all other kingdoms is established by laws. Adam and Eve violated one law and lost the rulership of the earth. Violation of the laws of God means destruction for the human race. All the problems of life are directly connected with the violation of these laws. The keys that I mentioned in the beginning of my conversation are spiritual laws. If we practice them we will receive all the promises of God in the Bible.
Pastor Leo Schifano.