Day 82
Love is the
Key
Matthew 16:15–19 (NKJV) He said to
them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon
Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus
answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon
Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My
Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you
that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of
Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose
on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
From
this scripture, it is easily understood that Jesus was going to build His
church upon the revelation that He is the Son of the living God. The rock is
figurative of the solid unchanging, undefeatable, characteristics that make
God, God. Which when we follow this line of thought brings us to 1 John 4:8 (NKJV) …for God
is love.” From this view light is beginning to shine on the keys of the
kingdom.
When we study Ephesians 2:8 (KJV) For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: in combination with Galatians 5:6 (AMP) which states, faith is
activated, energized, and expressed by love the keys of the kingdom come into
full view.
To unlock the promises of the kingdom
we must have faith and love. You can have faith but without love it is not
activated it is not energized and it is not being expressed.
The fuel that lifts faith of the
launching pad is love and therefore a major key to the kingdom.
Ending
Thought
Purse love for when you purse love you
are pursuing God!