Jesus taught us to declare in prayer,

“Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10)

The Passion Translation: “Manifest Your Kingdom Realm and cause Your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth.”

Jesus is clearly letting us know that God’s Kingdom is not just in heaven, but ready to invade the earth realm, and this is God’s will.

Then He taught us,

“God’s Kingdom does not come simply by obeying principles or waiting for signs. The Kingdom is not discovered in one place or another, for God’s Kingdom Realm is already expanding within some of you.” (Luke 17:20-21 TPT)

The Kingdom has come. And it is up to the believer to seek it and receive it. God has released His Kingdom, through His Son Jesus, to us.

Jesus tells us this, regarding the heart of the Father,

“As you passionately seek His Kingdom, above all else, He will supply your needs. So don’t ever be afraid, dearest friends!

Your loving Father joyously gives you His Kingdom with all its promises.” (Luke 12:31-32 TPT)

And the Holy Spirit teaches us this,

“Now the promise of entering into God’s rest [His Kingdom Realm with all its promises] is… for us today.

So we must be extremely careful to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and not fail to experience it.” (Hebrews 4:1 TPT)

Experience it, here on earth. Today.

With the privilege of knowing there is more to experience comes an obligation to pursue it.

If you were given entrance to a theme park like Disneyland and stayed the entire day on Main St. but never explored and experienced the many different lands within the park, you would be free to do that. But you would have failed to experience all that was available to see and enjoy. The same applies to God’s kingdom Realm on earth.

Remember, we studied Matthew 11:12 and Jesus tells us that passionate people are the ones who take hold of Kingdom power. Will you take hold?

Our teacher, Paul the apostle, says it like this, “I have heard of your devoted lives of faith in Christ Jesus and your tender love toward all His holy believers. Your faith and love rise within you as you access all the treasures of your inheritance stored up in the heavenly realm” (Colossians 1:4-5 TPT). Access is given, it is our choice to walk into it.

Remember, you were translated (Colossians 1:12-13) from a shakable kingdom of darkness; one that shutters in darkness waiting to be destroyed by God’s Light.

From that kingdom you were translated into the Kingdom of God’s Son, Jesus. This Kingdom is unshakable. This Kingdom holds no uncertainty.

“Everything we could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by His divine power.

For all of this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing Him who has called us by name and invited us to come to Him through a glorious manifestation of His goodness (Kingdom of God manifested).

As a result of this, He has given you magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through the power of these tremendous promises we can experience partnership with the divine nature, by which you have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.” (2 Peter 1:3-4 TPT)

You can experience partnership…you can partake…How? Access.

In the natural realm AND in the spirit realm keys give you access. Let’s look together at the keys that unlock God’s Kingdom Realm here on earth.

#1 Key

This is the master key to God’s Kingdom Realm: Jesus Christ. Jesus is the center of God’s Kingdom. Without Jesus there is no access.

“I stand at the door of your heart and knock. If you unlock the door, I will come in and sit with you at the table of your heart. I will eat with you and you with Me.”

-Jesus, Revelations 3:20.

The amazing mystery is that when God gave you human life, He gave you a key. It is our choice to use this key. It is the key of faith in the Word of God. If you accepted the invitation to let Jesus into your heart, you had to unlock the door of your own heart to let Him in. That door was unlocked by faith.

When you did, the Master Key of Abundant Life walked in. The Gateway to Life and Truth walked through the door of your heart!

“I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)

When Jesus sits at the table of your heart, you have full access to experience the Father’s Kingdom Realm here on earth.

“Our faith in Jesus transfers God’s righteousness to us and He now declares us flawless in His eyes. (wow!) This means we can enjoy true and lasting peace with God, all because of what our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, has done for us.

Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us perfect relationship with God.” (Romans 5:1-2 TPT)

Permanent access…Jesus Christ within.

While seated in the center of your heart, Jesus holds a ring of keys to release to you one at a time. These keys will take you deeper into His Kingdom Realm. Embrace each one.

Key #2

The Key of David.

“These are the Words of the Holy One, the true one, who has David’s key, who opens the doors that none can shut and who closes doors that none can open…”.

(Revelations 3:7).

In the Passion Translation notes regarding this scripture it reveals the meaning of the Key of David: “The key of David unlocks intimacy and prayer. David was a man who lived in grace centuries before the gospel of God’s grace was unveiled.”

Intimacy and prayer. This opens wide a door to come into God’s fullness, where there is joy and power in the Holy Spirit.

It is a key to unlock God’s Personal Realm.

It is a key to unlock understanding of His character and His will.

This key is not necessary to be “saved”, but is essential for you to ascend into God’s Realm. It is a key to experiential and relational intimacy with your Creator. When you access this place, you enter deeper knowledge of who Jesus is, understanding of the heart of the Father, and a place where you are known by the Father and the Son as family.

David didn’t defeat the giant because of a supernatural influx of courage and ability. He defeated the giant before he even met him… in the secret place of intimate prayer. This is not a place of religious prayers of repetition but rather, access to divine friendship with God.

When Jesus sealed His believers with the Holy Spirit in John 20:21, He released this access to friendship with God.

Important: To receive this key gives you the responsibility to use it daily.

Key #3

Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

When Jesus sealed you with the Holy Spirit, He said to intimately pray and wait to receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit…power from heaven to move you to be His messenger (Acts 1:8, Acts 2:1-4). Each key leads to an experience, which leads to access to another key. Intimacy and prayer lead to the baptism (infilling) of the Holy Spirit.

This key gives you access to the power of the heavenly realm.

“We are not living by the standards of the world, but by the Spirit’s wisdom and power.

For though we are walking by the flesh, we are not waging war in the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare have divine power to destroy strongholds.” (2 Corinthians 10:2-5)

This key gives us access to the armory of God.

This key gives us access to perfect spiritual sight.

This key unlocks ALL Truth.

This key is a personal key to unlock our own heart and reveal why we do what we do.

This key unlocks our mind of personal strongholds (and opinions that hurt us)… (Please read 1 Corinthians 2:10-12).

The Key of the Infilling of the Holy Spirit will give you access to this revelation: The weight of this world is nothing in the light of His glory!

Key #4

Revelation from the Words of the Bible.

This key unlocks the scriptures so that we can read and understand the deeper.. and progressively deeper meaning of God’s Word. The scriptures are breathed by the Spirit of God. The baptism of the Holy Spirit gives us access to being able to experience the Bible as a Person.

This key takes us into an experience with deeper understanding and a more intense light of revelation. You do not need a person to interpret God’s Word for you. You have the key. Jesus is releasing it to you.

This key gives you the ability to eat more complex meanings in scripture. With it we can advance into the rich soil of God’s Word.

“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, flooding you with all wisdom.” (Colossians 3:16 TPT)

This key gives you access to ALL Wisdom. Embrace wisdom and it will visibly be seen in your life (Matthew 11:19).

“What is stored in your heart will be heard in the overflow of your words.” (Matthew 12:34)

This key allows you to store up the treasure of God’s Word in your heart and produce the fruit that gives God pleasure… in your own words.

Key #5

This Key unlocks God’s authority and power to flow in your own words.

The keys that Jesus gives us are offered sequentially to lead you into deeper experiences in God’s Kingdom Realm on earth. Each one makes you ready for the next. Remember, “ Your Father joyously gives you the Kingdom and all of its promises” so this access gives God great pleasure.

When the Word of God becomes a part of you, it transforms your thoughts and perspectives. When this happens you begin to speak differently.

If you have been around the believers who believe in the power of our words, you have heard, “You need to be better about what you say! Your words have creative power!” This can become annoying! lol.

The truth is, if you have explored where the previous keys have taken you, it isn’t your self discipline that will change your words. Your words will begin to transform under the influence of God’s Kingdom within.

This key gives you access to authority. Jesus hands you it.

In the secret place of prayer, under the loving influence of the Holy Spirit, soaked in the living Word of God, we are learning what is possible from our Master Key, Jesus.

“If you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!‘ And do not doubt in your heart, but you believe that what you say will be done, you will have whatever you say!” (Mark 11:23)

Jesus, on the cross, released His voice and then released His Spirit to the Father. Our experience is to receive the Spirit from Jesus and then release our voice filled with the Spirit’s power!

Our words unlock God’s possible on the earth. His authority is activated by our words. Look at Peter and John at the Gate of Beautiful in the book of Acts when they saw the crippled man. If they had not spoken these words, “ Silver and gold we do not have. But, in The Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise and walk!” (Acts 3:6) the crippled man would not have received his miracle.

“Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 18:18)

We are those who are citizens of God’s Kingdom Realm on earth, and we bring what is a reality in heaven to the earth. We do this through access given to us by Jesus and the gift of His GREAT name. We drive out darkness with the power and authority of His name.

“They [those who believe in Jesus and have invited Him to sit at the table of their heart] will drive out demons in the power of My name. They will speak in tongues.” (Mark 16:17)

You will speak in tongues. The words will flow from the Holy Spirit who fills you. A perfect spiritual language. Do not let the enemy rob this from you because men who fear an unknown language. Jesus said if you ask for all the gifts of the Holy Spirit your Father will give you them all! (Please read Luke 11:12-13). When you pray in your God-given spiritual language you pray the perfect will of God for your life and for those you love.

This key unlocks the authority of God’s Kingdom on the earth through your words.

“The Spirit of God hovered over the waters and spoke…”LIGHT BE!”… and light was.” (Genesis 1:2-3)

You are made in God’s image and that means you can speak light over the darkness!

That is all for today. There will be more keys in the next session.

Thank you for listening. Praying for each of you to receive all the keys that unlock the adventure of God’s Kingdom Realm here on earth!

Pastor Teresa

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