Pastor Jeremy | BFBC-Glendive | Sunday

Keys are designed to grant you access to something or

someplace valuable.

● Keys are not utilized to withhold something from

you...they are designed to hold something for you.

● If you have a key, you can access the thing or place

that holds value.

● Matt 16:17 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. 18 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.

19 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.”

● God is not withholding something from you...He is

holding something FOR you.

The Key ofSalvation

John 3:1-3 then skip to verses 16 & 17

Rom 10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you,

in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of

faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your

mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God

has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For

with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and

with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will

not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction

between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is

rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on

the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

Col 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of

darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son

of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through

His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

● Paul told Agrippa his assignment from God was to

turn people from darkness to light...from the

power of satan to the power of God.

After Salvation we are “In Christ”

● Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through

faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of

God,

● We WERE: dead, children of wrath, led by our

flesh, without Christ, strangers, aliens, without

God, without hope, afar off, & foreigners.

● We ARE: alive, together, raised up, saved, His

handiwork, near, at peace, new, reconciled,

citizens, members, & stable.

● NOW: have access to God, He shows us His

exceeding riches of His grace and kindness, do

good works, have access to the Father, growing

into a holy temple in the Lord, & we are a dwelling

place for God.

● Verse 13 - But now in Christ Jesus you who once

were far off have been brought near by the blood

of Christ.

● Eph 2 mentions nothing about your feelings

granting you access to the things of God.

● Eph 2 mentions nothing about your opinion

granting you access to the things of God.

● Eph 2 mentions nothing about your intellect

granting you access to the things of God.

● Eph 2 mentions nothing about your career

granting you access to the things of God.

● Eph 2 mentions nothing about your role in the

home granting you access to the things of God.

● Eph 2 mentions nothing about your race, gender,

economic status, social status, political party

preference, or church affiliation granting you

access to the things of God.