Faith is key that unlocks the door.

Faith is key that unlocks the door.  Click here: Confronting Closed Doors Dr. Charles Stanley  Faith is the victory that overcomes the world. You are that key! Their is a mystery on earth that can be unlocked. Further, it only can by be unlocked by you. Perhaps , you have been  vulnerable to the myriad of prophets , soothe Sayers, and predictors. You have preached, sung, testified, prayed in a predictable manner. But, their is no predictable door or key for you mystery. Simply, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the mystery. God rewards you for diligence in the seeking. Seek you will find. Knock , and the door will be opened to you.  Behold, the thousands of cars in the parking lot. Only one person has the key to start this concept car. Don't be deceived. A lot of people have the same car, model, color. But their keys don't fit the ignition. They can't start this car. You are the key that unlocks the mystery. A Door Lock "And they waited till they were utterly at a loss; but when he still did not open the doors of the roof chamber, they took the key and opened them." (Judges 3:25 RSV) A Symbol Of Power "And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open." (Isaiah 22:22 RSV) "Keys Of The Kingdom" "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." (Matthew 16:19 RSV) The End-Time Power Of Angels "And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the bottomless pit" (Revelation 9:1 RSV) Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament The Keys of the kingdom (taß kleidaß thß basileiaß). Here again we have the figure of a building with keys to open from the outside. The question is raised at once if Jesus does not here mean the same thing by "kingdom" that he did by "church" in verse Matthew 18. In Revelation 1:18; Revelation 3:7 Christ the Risen Lord has "the keys of death and of Hades." He has also "the keys of the kingdom of heaven" which he here hands over to Peter as "gatekeeper" or "steward" (oikonomoß) provided we do not understand it as a special and peculiar prerogative belonging to Peter. The same power here given to Peter belongs to every disciple of Jesus in all the ages. Advocates of papal supremacy insist on the primacy of Peter here and the power of Peter to pass on this supposed sovereignty to others. But this is all quite beside the mark. We shall soon see the disciples actually disputing again (Matthew 18:1) as to which of them is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven as they will again (Matthew 20:21) and even on the night before Christ's death. Clearly neither Peter nor the rest understood Jesus to say here that Peter was to have supreme authority. What is added shows that Peter held the keys precisely as every preacher and teacher does. To "bind" (dhshß) in rabbinical language is to forbid, to "loose" (lushß) is to permit. Peter would be like a rabbi who passes on many points. Rabbis of the school of Hillel "loosed" many things that the school of Schammai "bound." The teaching of Jesus is the standard for Peter and for all preachers of Christ. Note the future perfect indicative (estai dedemenon, estai lelumenon), a state of completion. All this assumes, of course, that Peter's use of the keys will be in accord with the teaching and mind of Christ. The binding and loosing is repeated by Jesus to all the disciples (Matthew 18:18). Later after the Resurrection Christ will usethis same language to all the disciples (John 20:23), showing that itwas not a special prerogative of Peter. He is simply first among equals, primus inter pares, because on this occasion he was spokesman for the faith of all. It is a violent leap in logic to claim power to forgive sins, to pronounce absolution, by reason of the technical rabbinical language that Jesus employed about binding and loosing. Every preacher uses the keys of the kingdom when he proclaims the terms of salvation in Christ. The proclamation of these terms when accepted by faith in Christ has the sanction and approval of God the Father. The more personal we make these great words the nearer we come to the mind of Christ. The more ecclesiastical we make them the further we drift away from him.   Smith's Bible Dictionary Key. [N] [E] The key of a native Oriental lock is a piece of wood, from seven inches to two feet in length, fitted with the wires or short nails, which, being inserted laterally into the hollow bolt which serves as a lock, raises other pins within the staple so as to allow the bolt to be drawn back. (Keys were sometimes of bronze or iron, and so large that one was as much as a man could carry. They are used in Scripture as a symbol of authority and power. Giving keys to a person signifies the intrusting of him with an important charge. (Matthew 16:19) In England in modern times certain officers of the government receive, at their induction into office, a golden key. --ED.) Easton's Bible Dictionary Key [N] [S] frequently mentioned in Scripture. It is called in Hebrew maphteah , i.e., the opener (Judges 3:25); and in the Greek New Testament kleis , from its use in shutting (Matthew 16:19; Luke 11:52; Revelation 1:18, etc.). Figures of ancient Egyptian keys are frequently found on the monuments, also of Assyrian locks and keys of wood, and of a large size (Compare Isaiah 22:22). The word is used figuratively of power or authority or office (Isaiah 22:22; Revelation 3:7; Revelation 1:8; comp 9:1; 20:1; Compare also Matthew 16:19; 18:18). The "key of knowledge" (Luke 11:52; Compare Matthew 23:13) is the means of attaining the knowledge regarding the kingdom of God. The "power of the keys" is a phrase in general use to denote the extent of ecclesiastical authority.