Ekklesia, Part 2 (Notes)
When Jesus came to Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples this question: “What are the people saying about me, the Son of Man? Who do they believe I am?”
14 They answered, “Some are convinced you are John the Baptizer, others say you are Elijah reincarnated, or Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”
15 “But you—who do you say that I am?” Jesus asked.
16 Simon Peter spoke up and said, “You are the Anointed One, the Son of the living God!”
17 Jesus replied, “You are favored and privileged Simeon, son of Jonah! For you didn’t discover this on your own, but my Father in heaven has supernaturally revealed it to you.
18 I give you the name Peter, a stone. And this truth of who I am will be the bedrock foundation on which I will build my church—my legislative assembly, and the power of death will not be able to overpower it!
19 I will give you the keys of heaven’s kingdom realm to forbid on earth that which is forbidden in heaven, and to release on earth that which is released in heaven.”
Matthew 16:13-19 (TPT)
- DIVINITY
- EKKLESIA
- Government
- Idolatry
- The devil
“rulers . . . powers . . . world forces of this darkness” and “spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
- Ethnic divisions
- Religious disunity
- Ministerial competition
- Discord between genders
- Family strife
- Marketplace injustice
“For yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever, Amen.”
“And he [Satan] led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to Him, ‘I will give you all this domain [power] and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.’”
Luke 4:5-6
“Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is (already done) in heaven.”
All the devil has been left with are gates for which he no longer has the keys, because Jesus took them away.
“I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.”
Revelation 1:18
“I will build My church [Ekklesia], 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.”
Matthew 16:18-19 (NKJV)
