Four Keys to Moving Forward – Minister Ryon Everidge

Sunday, January 27, 2019

A. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A KEY?

1. We need to understand that keys give you access to something you want/need or a place you want/need to go.

Keys come with responsibility and power.

Keys to the house comes with the responsibility of not losing them and being

cautious of who you invite into your home.

a. Keys represent access and authority.

b. Keys represent security and safety.

c. Keys allow you to enter and keeps another person out.

2. Revelations 1:18 (NKJV) “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.”

3. Matthew 16:19 (NLT) “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.”

B. FOUR KEYS:

1. Belief and Action

a. Matthew 16:7-11 (NLT) At this they began to argue with each other

because they hadn’t brought any bread. 8 Jesus knew what they were

saying, so he said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with

each other about having no bread? 9 Don’t you understand even yet?

Don’t you remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of

leftovers you picked up?10 Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves, and the

large baskets of leftovers you picked up? 11 Why can’t you understand

that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of

the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”

b. Matthew 16:16-19 (NLT) Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,

the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of

John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not

learn this from any human being. 18 Now I say to you that you are Peter

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(which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the

powers of hell will not conquer it. 19 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.”

c. Peter given the keys to THE KINGDOM. Why?

Acts 2:14-41 (preached to Jews) First sermon of Jesus being the Christ

Acts 10-11 (preached to gentiles) First sermon of Jesus being the Christ

Matthew 18:18 - God gave access to the other disciples. d. Peter given access to set people free from Satan.

Ephesians 2:11-19 - We have all been given access to The KINGDOM of God.

Psalms 14:2 (NLT) The LORD looks down from heaven on the entire human race; He looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.

2. Faith

a. Matthew 17:17-20 (NLT) Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people!

How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the

boy here to me.”18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left

him. From that moment the boy was well. 19 Afterward the disciples asked

Jesus privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?” 20 “You don’t

have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith

even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move

from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.

b. Luke 7:1-10 (NLT) When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people,

he returned to Capernaum. 2 At that time the highly valued slave of a

Roman officer was sick and near death. 3 When the officer heard about

Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal

his slave.4 So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. “If anyone

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deserves your help, he does,” they said, 5 “for he loves the Jewish people

and even built a synagogue for us.” 6 So Jesus went with them. But just

before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to say,

“Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy

of such an honor. 7 I am not even worthy to come and meet you. Just say

the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed. 8 I know this

because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have

authority over my soldiers. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or

‘Come,’ and they come. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.” 9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. Turning to the crowd that was

following him, he said, “I tell you, I haven’t seen faith like this in all

Israel!” 10 And when the officer’s friends returned to his house, they found

the slave completely healed.

3. Prayer

a. Mark 9:29 (NLT) Jesus replied, “This kind can be cast out only by prayer.”

b. Ask

o Luke 11: 9-10 (NLT) “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will

receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

o John 15:7 (NLT) But if you remain in me and my words remain in you,

you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!

c. Pray for each other o James 5:16 (NLT) Confess your sins to each other and pray for each

other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

o Philippians 4:6 (NLT) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray

about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

o Ephesians 6:18 (NLT) Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every

occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers.

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d. Missing the point

o Prayer is power. o If your prayers are not being answered it could be because the

timing is not right but it could also be because your faith is not strong.

o Prayer is not about what you can get but about relationship with

God.

4. Living Connected in The Word of God

a. Genesis 11:1-9 (NLT) At one time all the people of the world spoke the

same language and used the same words. 2 As the people migrated to the

east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there. 3 They

began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with

fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used

for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves

with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep

us from being scattered all over the world.” 5 But the LORD came down to

look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said.

“The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this,

nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go

down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t

be able to understand each other.” 8 In that way, the LORD scattered them

all over the world, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why the

city was called Babel, because that is where the LORD confused the people

with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.

b. Romans 12- One Body

o It is time we work together in the gifts God has given us.