Psalms by Jim

God Gives Us Keys

Inspired by: Pastor Mike Stoltz

We are tested in the same way as
Jesus
when he was here on earth.

By being faithful and following
his Father's every command to
his death on the cross of Calvary.
Jesus was raised in the full glory
of his Father.
And given the keys of his Father's
eternal kingdom.

Greater is he that is in us than he
that is in this world.

Trying the spirits
1 John 4:1-6
"Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are
of God: because many false prophets
are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that confesseth that
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
And every spirit that confesseth not
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is
not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist,
whereof ye have heard that it should
come; and even now already is it in
the world.
Ye are of God, little children, and
have overcome them: because greater
is he that is in you, than he that is in
the world.
They are of the world: therefore speak
they of the world, and the world heareth
them.
We are of God: he that knoweth God
heareth us; he that is not of God
heareth not us. Hereby know we
the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
By seeking first his kingdom and
putting Jesus first;
all things that we will ever need,
God provides.

Matthew 6:24-34 Trusting one master
"No man can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will
hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and the
body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air:
for they sow not, neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they?
Which of you by taking thought can
add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither
do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass
of the field, which today is, and
tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall
he not much more clothe you, O ye
of little faith?
Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall
we drink? or wherewithal shall we
be clothed?
(For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
Take therefore no thought for the
morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof."

By being faithful, as Jesus;
living in prayer, praising and worshiping
our Creator, we are blessed with:
supernatural strength.
supernatural strength righteously flows
through the workings of the cross of
Calvary.

Yes! godly strength, strength to
overcome all temptation, as Jesus.
The more we overcome, the more
we are like Jesus.

Revelation 2:6-7
"But this thou hast, that thou hatest
the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which
I also hate.
He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the churches;
To him that overcometh will I give to
eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God."

In every test that we pass, we are
given a key to unlock a door,
drawing us into a more intimate relationship
with our heavenly Father.

With each test that we pass, we are
given another.
We are being trained in God's ways
To be like Christ Jesus.

God gives us the keys to unlock
spiritual doors in our Christian lives.

Once through each door;
the door is locked. Keeping Satan out,
and keeping our way clear.

We have victory in our Lord
Jesus Christ.
By following and believing in our
Master Jesus Christ;
we have the keys to our heavenly
Father's kingdom.

1 John 5:1-5
"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is
the Christ is born of God: and
everyone that loveth him that begat
loveth him also that is begotten of
him.
By this we know that we love
the children of God, when we love
God, and keep his commandments.
For this is the love of God, that
we keep his commandments:
and his commandments are not
grievous.
For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this
is the victory that overcometh the
world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the
world, but he that believeth that
Jesus is the Son of God?"

Peter's Confession of Christ
Matthew 16:13-19
"When Jesus came to the region of
Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, 'Who do people say the
Son of man is?' They replied,
'Some say John the Baptist;
others say Elijah; and still
others, Jeremiah or one of the
prophets.'

'But what about you?' he asked.
'Who do you say I am?'

Simon Peter answered, 'You
are the Christ, the Son of the
living God.'

Jesus replied, 'Blessed are you Simon,
son of Jonah, for this was not
revealed to you by man, but by my
Father in heaven. And I tell you that
you are Peter, and on this rock
I will build my church, and the gates of
Hades will not overcome it. I will
give you the keys of the kingdom of
heaven; whatever you bind on earth
will be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth will be
loosed in heaven.'"

We can do all things, through him
who gives us the strength.

Philippians 4:13
"I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me."

By being faithful to our Creator's
ways; and by believing in Jesus Christ
the Son of the living God; and following
his righteous ways:
We are given the keys to unlock the doors
that Satan has slammed, and locked on us.

© Jim Smart

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