JESUS HAS THE KEY

Rev 1:18

I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!  And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

    Jesus has the key which unlocks every door needing to be opened, and which closes those which need closing.  He has the keys of the Kingdom.  He shares them with us.  These keys are our faith in him and his word, and our love for him and others.  These are the keys against which all hell cannot prevail.  He has the keys of hell and death.  The key of hell is used to bind the power of darkness.  The key of death is used to set free the captives who are held in bondage by the fear of death.  Jesus has loosed our chains, and given us life eternal.  He opened the prison doors, and brought us out of the kingdom of darkness, and into the Kingdom of his marvelous light.  He opened wide the gates of Heaven.  He has also given us the key of his name.  His name represents all that he is, all that he will ever be, all that he has done, and all that he will ever do.  His presence and power dwell within his name, when his name is wielded by a believer in whom he dwells.  His name is a powerful key.
    He gave the keys to us.  Jesus doesn't need the keys any more.  He's up in Heaven, waiting to come back.  After he took the keys, he gave them to us.  He wants us to use them to continue the work of God's Kingdom.  A key is no good unless it is used.  A key normally exists, because there is something which needs to be opened or closed.  So as we go on our way throughout our life, we need to loose and bind in the name of Jesus and walk in faith and love, seizing every opportunity we have to advance his Kingdom.  We are his ambassadors, his representatives on the earth.  He expects us to take what he has given us, and use it to do his work.
Mark 11:22-23
"Have faith in God," Jesus answered.  "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him."
    Satan never rests from doing evil.  He is the one who steals the seed of the word of God out of men's hearts, and he is the one who blinds them to the truth of the good news.  Let us never give satan any rest.  We have the keys which can undo and destroy his work.  Let us put on the whole armor of God; the word, the Spirit, prayer, the message of salvation, the name of Jesus, and work to destroy and overthrow the kingdom of darkness.  If we use the keys God has given to us, nothing shall be impossible unto us!  Have faith in the infinite power of God, and speak his word with authority and faith, and creative power shall be loosed.  When the worlds were made, God spoke and it was done.  Now he has spoken this promise to us, showing us that if we speak, it shall be done.  What are we waiting for?  Speak to the mountain.  Tell it to go.  Speak against the fear, doubt, disease, weakness, and lack in your life, and watch them disappear.  Words filled with faith are the keys to the future.  Doors will open, doors will close, and in the end we shall receive whatever we say and believe.  So shall satan be put to shame, and our God shall be exalted.  Glory to his name forever!