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The Seven Keys To Christian Living—Part 2 | Episode #344 | Encore Episode #015 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's Word with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: When Jesus came to the region of Cesarea Philippi, he
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  Speaker 2: asked his disciples, who do people say that the Son
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  Speaker 2: of Man is? And they said, some say John the Baptist,
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  Speaker 2: others Elijah still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.
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  Speaker 2: But you ask them, who do you say that I
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  Speaker 2: am Simon. Peter answered, you are the Messiah, the son
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  Speaker 2: of the Living God. And Jesus responded, Simon, son of Jonah,
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  Speaker 2: you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal
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  Speaker 2: this to you, but my father in Heaven. And I
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  Speaker 2: also say to you that you are Peter. And on
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  Speaker 2: this rock I will build my church, and the forces
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  Speaker 2: of Hades will not overpower it. I will give you
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  Speaker 2: the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatever you
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  Speaker 2: bind on earth is already bound in Heaven, and whatever
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  Speaker 2: you loose on earth is already loosed in Heaven. Matthew
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  Speaker 2: Chapter sixteen, Verses thirteen through nineteen. You know, we began
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  Speaker 2: a series called Seven Keys to Christian Living. We want
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  Speaker 2: to be able to continue that by discussing more in
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  Speaker 2: detail the keys which Jesus provided to his church. You know,
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  Speaker 2: as we look at the scripture, we see that Jesus
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  Speaker 2: asked the question who do you say that I am?
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  Speaker 2: When he asked that question, he already knew what their
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  Speaker 2: thoughts were, but he wanted to hear what their own
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  Speaker 2: determination was. Now, remember, these disciples followers of Jesus, had
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  Speaker 2: been with them for quite some time. They had watched
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  Speaker 2: him as he healed the sick, as he performed many
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  Speaker 2: miraculous works. They saw him as he walked on water.
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  Speaker 2: They visualized him as he commanded that the storm stopped,
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  Speaker 2: and it did so many things that they witnessed. And
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  Speaker 2: yet everyone, with the exception of Simon Peter did not
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  Speaker 2: truly recognize him. And so because of this, Peter had
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  Speaker 2: been selected. And I want to talk about this term
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  Speaker 2: that is used and on this rock, because what we're
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  Speaker 2: looking at is the established guide for expanding the Kingdom
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  Speaker 2: of God. That was the whole reason that Peter was
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  Speaker 2: given the keys. Now we talked about these keys and
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  Speaker 2: labeled them or described them as ex keys or x keys.
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  Speaker 2: The reason that we call them that is because of
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  Speaker 2: their extreme nature, because they come directly from God to
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  Speaker 2: empower each of his followers. When Jesus responded, and he said, Simon,
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  Speaker 2: son of Jonah. That was his given name, Jonah being
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  Speaker 2: his father, Simon being a fisherman there at the Sea
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  Speaker 2: of Galilee. But in this recognition, Jesus does something significant.
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  Speaker 2: He changes Peter's name. Listen to what he says. He says,
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  Speaker 2: and also I say to you that you are Peter,
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  Speaker 2: and on this rock I will build my church, and
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  Speaker 2: the forces of Hades will not overpower. Now, one of
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  Speaker 2: the things that he stated was that Peter, and using
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  Speaker 2: the term in the Greek as it's translated, is the
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  Speaker 2: word petros. Petros was a given name for a specific
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  Speaker 2: definition of a rock or a stone. That's what he
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  Speaker 2: called Peter. But then he added, he said, and on
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  Speaker 2: this rock, and the word used here is Petra. There's
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  Speaker 2: a very close similarity. Peter from Petros means that it's
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  Speaker 2: the personal name, but Petra means a craggy rock, or
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  Speaker 2: if you will, a bedrock, like a foundation rock, a bedrock.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the reason that he said, upon this rock,
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  Speaker 2: the rock of the knowledge of who Jesus is, he
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  Speaker 2: will build his church. And he says here that the
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  Speaker 2: gates of Haiti are the forces of Hades. Some translations
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  Speaker 2: even say that the gates of Hell will not overpower.
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  Speaker 2: And because of this he is establishing an order, not
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  Speaker 2: a hierarchy, but a principal order. Because he says to Peter,
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  Speaker 2: I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,
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  Speaker 2: and whatever you bind on earth is already bound in Heaven.
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  Speaker 2: And whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.
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  Speaker 2: How does Peter learn to use the keys, and more importantly,
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  Speaker 2: how does he learn to teach others the same usage.
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  Speaker 2: Remember that the seven keys that we define are perfect
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  Speaker 2: given by God for the ultimate purpose of expanding his
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  Speaker 2: kingdom here on earth. The seven keys were to exalt
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  Speaker 2: God's name, to expect God's grace, to express God's love,
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  Speaker 2: to extend God's forgiveness, experience God's provision, explode God's power,
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  Speaker 2: and ultimately expand God's kingdom. Remember, we are not self
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  Speaker 2: improved beings. We are transformed, empowered children of the Almighty God.
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  Speaker 2: And the scripture reminds us that it is the Father's
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  Speaker 2: good pleasure to give us the Kingdom. Now, he's not
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  Speaker 2: giving us the kingdom so that we can relish in it.
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  Speaker 2: He's giving us the kingdom so we can fill it
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  Speaker 2: with those who will come to know the Messiah, the
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  Speaker 2: Sun of the Living God.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers from Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: When he asked the question and Peter answer, he changed
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  Speaker 2: his name. He established the bedrock foundation for which the
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  Speaker 2: church would be developed, and he gave the keys of
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  Speaker 2: the Kingdom of Heaven. Remember, keys are used to lock
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  Speaker 2: and unlocked. The word that is used in the scripture
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  Speaker 2: is bind or loose. Notice the similarity, and he says
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  Speaker 2: in Matthew chapter sixteen and verse nineteen. I will give
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  Speaker 2: you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. And whatever
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  Speaker 2: you bind on earth is already bound in Heaven. And
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  Speaker 2: whatever you loose on earth is already loose in Heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Are the seven keys at work in your life? I
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  Speaker 2: pray they are. And that is today's Reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word.