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0:00Jesus placed two keys in your hand. Not
0:03metaphorical keys, not symbolic keys,
0:06real functional keys to his authority.
0:09Given to you for the express purpose of
0:12exercising dominion over the
0:14circumstances of your life and the
0:16powers of darkness that oppose you.
0:18He named them specifically. He described
0:21exactly what they do, and he gave them
0:23not to a select group of apostles, but
0:26to every believer who would follow him.
0:29And yet, the vast majority of Christians
0:32go their entire lives without ever
0:34finding these keys, without ever
0:36understanding what they are,
0:38and without ever using them.
0:41They have the keys in their possession.
0:43The keys are in their hand,
0:45but they have never looked down to see
0:47what they are holding.
0:48And so, they live locked out of the very
0:51authority that Jesus delegated to them.
0:54Standing before doors they have the keys
0:56to open, facing bondages they have the
0:59keys to loose, confronting obstacles
1:02they have the keys to remove,
1:04all while the keys hang unused,
1:07unrecognized, and unemployed.
1:10This teaching is going to show you the
1:12two keys Jesus gave you, explain exactly
1:15what they are, and teach you how to use
1:17them.
1:19This teaching is going to take you to
1:20the moment Jesus handed his followers
1:22the keys to his authority, and unpack
1:25exactly what those keys are and how they
1:28operate.
1:29E.W. Kenyon understood the keys of the
1:32kingdom not as a mysterious spiritual
1:34concept, but as a practical grant of
1:36authority to every believer.
1:39He wrote,
1:40"Jesus did not give the keys of the
1:42kingdom to a privileged few.
1:44He gave them to the church, to every
1:47believer who would stand in his name.
1:49The keys represent delegated authority,
1:52the authority to open and close, to bind
1:56and loose, to permit and forbid in the
1:58spiritual realm.
2:00And the tragedy of the church is that
2:02most believers hold this authority in
2:04their hands without ever recognizing it,
2:07exercising it, or benefiting from it.
2:10They possess the keys of the kingdom and
2:12live as though the doors were
2:14permanently locked against them.
2:16They possess the keys and live as though
2:19the doors were locked.
2:21That is the condition this teaching is
2:23designed to reverse
2:25because the keys are real, the authority
2:28is genuine, and the power to use them
2:30belongs to every believer who will learn
2:32what they are and how they operate.
2:35Stay with me through this entire
2:37teaching because what you discover about
2:39the two keys in your hand will transform
2:42the way you exercise authority over
2:44every situation you face.
2:47Let us first understand why so many
2:49believers never find the keys even
2:51though the keys are in their possession.
2:54The reason is that they have been taught
2:55to think of authority as something that
2:57belongs exclusively to God, something
3:00they can request but never wield,
3:03something they can pray about but never
3:05exercise.
3:07Under this understanding, the believer
3:09is always asking God to do things,
3:12always petitioning him to act, always
3:15waiting for him to intervene.
3:17And while there is a place for petition,
3:20this posture misses the entire point of
3:22the keys
3:23because a key is not given to someone so
3:25they can ask the owner to open the door.
3:28A key is given so the holder can open
3:31the door themselves.
3:33The very act of giving someone a key is
3:35a transfer of authority, a delegation of
3:38access, a granting of the power to do
3:41what the key enables.
3:43When Jesus gave his followers the keys
3:45of the kingdom, he was not giving them a
3:47more efficient way to ask God to act. He
3:51was delegating to them the authority to
3:53act in his name. He was transferring
3:56access.
3:57He was granting the power to open and
3:59close, to bind and loose in the
4:02spiritual realm.
4:04And the believer who continues to merely
4:06ask God to do what the keys empower them
4:08to do
4:09is like a person who has been given the
4:11keys to a building, but stands outside
4:14knocking, asking the owner to come let
4:16them in
4:17when the keys to open every door are
4:20hanging in their own hand.
4:22E.W. Kenyon identified this failure to
4:24recognize delegated authority as one of
4:27the great weaknesses of the praying
4:29church.
4:30He wrote, "The church has become expert
4:33at asking and ignorant of acting.
4:36Believers pray and plead and petition
4:39for God to do what he has already given
4:41them the authority to do.
4:43They ask him to bind what he has
4:45authorized them to bind.
4:47They ask him to loose what he has
4:49empowered them to loose.
4:52They stand before locked doors begging
4:54the owner to open them while the keys to
4:57every door hang unused at their side.
5:00The keys were given so that the believer
5:02could act, not merely ask.
5:05And until the believer understands this,
5:08the keys will remain unused and the
5:10authority will remain unexercised.
5:14The keys were given so the believer
5:16could act, not merely ask.
5:19That is the shift this teaching
5:21requires.
5:22From a posture of constant petition to a
5:25posture of authorized action using the
5:28keys that Jesus placed in your hand.
5:31There is an important truth about these
5:33keys that protects the believer from
5:35misusing them.
5:36The keys operate according to the will
5:38of God, not according to the believer's
5:41selfish desires.
5:43Binding and loosing are not magic
5:45formulas for getting whatever you want.
5:48They are instruments of delegated
5:50authority for enforcing the will of
5:52heaven on the earth.
5:54Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:10,
5:58"Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
6:01heaven."
6:02The keys are the means by which the
6:03believer enforces that prayer.
6:06Binding on earth what is already
6:08forbidden in heaven and loosing on earth
6:10what is already permitted in heaven.
6:13The believer does not bind and loose
6:15according to his own whims.
6:17He binds what God forbids and looses
6:20what God permits.
6:21And because he is operating in alignment
6:23with the will of heaven, heaven backs
6:26his decrees.
6:28The keys are not a tool for imposing the
6:30believer's will on God.
6:32They are a tool for enforcing God's will
6:34on the earth.
6:36And used that way, in alignment
6:37[clears throat] with the revealed will
6:39of God in his word, they carry the full
6:41backing of heaven.
6:43Imagine a person who has been given the
6:45keys to a mansion filled with everything
6:47they could ever need. [clears throat]
6:49Food in the pantry, treasure in the
6:51vault, comfort in every room.
6:54But this person, not understanding
6:55[clears throat]
6:56that the keys grant them access, stands
6:59outside the locked doors, hungry, poor,
7:02and cold. Crying out to the owner,
7:05"Please, would you open the door and
7:07give me some food?
7:09Please, would you unlock the vault and
7:11share some treasure?
7:13Please, would you let me into a warm
7:15room?"
7:16And the owner, who already gave them the
7:19keys, watches in sorrow as they suffer
7:22outside doors they have the full
7:24authority to open.
7:26The tragedy is not that the provision is
7:28unavailable. The provision is fully
7:30available.
7:32The tragedy is that the one who holds
7:34the keys does not know what they hold.
7:37And so they beg for what they could
7:38simply unlock.
7:40That is the picture of the believer who
7:43has not found the keys Jesus gave them.
7:46So, let us go to the moment Jesus gave
7:48the keys and discover exactly what they
7:51are.
7:52Matthew 16:19 records the words of Jesus
7:55to Peter, representing the church.
7:58"And I will give unto thee the keys of
8:00the kingdom of heaven.
8:02And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
8:04shall be bound in heaven.
8:06And whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
8:08shall be loosed in heaven.
8:11Here, Jesus names the two keys
8:13explicitly.
8:14The first key is the key of binding.
8:17The second key is the key of loosing.
8:20And he defines exactly how they work.
8:23Whatever you bind on earth shall be
8:25bound in heaven. And whatever you loose
8:28on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
8:31The authority operates from earth,
8:33exercised by the believer. And it is
8:35backed by heaven, which honors and
8:37enforces what the believer binds and
8:40looses in the name of Jesus.
8:42Let us understand the first key, the key
8:45of binding.
8:46To bind in the original language means
8:49to tie up, to restrain, to forbid, to
8:52declare unlawful, to prohibit.
8:55The key of binding is the authority to
8:58restrain and forbid the works of the
9:00enemy.
9:01When you encounter the operation of
9:03darkness, whether it is a spirit of
9:05fear, a spirit of infirmity, a spirit of
9:08confusion, or any work of the enemy,
9:11you have the authority to bind it, to
9:13restrain it, to forbid it from
9:15operating.
9:17You do not ask God to bind it. You
9:20exercise the key he gave you and bind it
9:22yourself in the name of Jesus.
9:25You say, "I bind this spirit of fear in
9:28the name of Jesus. I forbid it to
9:30operate in my life, in my home, or in my
9:33family.
9:34I restrain it by the authority Jesus
9:37delegated to me."
9:38And heaven backs that binding because
9:41you are using the key Jesus placed in
9:43your hand.
9:45E.W. Kenyon described the key of binding
9:47as the believer's authority to stop the
9:50works of darkness.
9:51He wrote, "The key of binding gives the
9:54believer the power to restrain the
9:56enemy.
9:57He does not have to tolerate the works
9:58of darkness. He does not have to endure
10:01the attacks of the adversary. He has
10:03been given the authority to bind, to
10:06forbid, to restrain, and to prohibit the
10:09operation of every evil force that comes
10:11against him. And when he exercises this
10:14key in the name of Jesus, heaven
10:17enforces his decree, and the bound enemy
10:19is restrained from operating.
10:22The believer is not a victim of the
10:24enemy's works. He is an authorized agent
10:27with the power to bind them. An
10:29authorized agent with the power to bind.
10:33That is the first key. Not a request for
10:36God to restrain the enemy, but the
10:39exercise of the believer's own delegated
10:41authority to bind the works of darkness
10:44in the name of Jesus.
10:46Now, let us understand the second key,
10:49the key of loosing.
10:51To loose in the original language means
10:54to untie, to release, to set free, to
10:58permit, to declare lawful.
11:01The key of loosing is the authority to
11:03release the blessings, the provisions,
11:05and the purposes of heaven into your
11:07circumstances.
11:09When you need healing, you loose it.
11:12When you need provision, you
11:14[clears throat] loose it. When you need
11:15peace, deliverance, breakthrough, or any
11:18blessing that heaven has provided, you
11:20have the authority to loose it, to
11:22release it from the spiritual realm into
11:25your situation.
11:26You do not merely beg God to release it.
11:29You exercise the key he gave you and
11:32loose it yourself in the name of Jesus.
11:34You say, "I loose healing into my body
11:37in the name of Jesus. I release the
11:40provision of heaven into my
11:41circumstances. I loose the peace of God
11:44into my home by the authority Jesus
11:47delegated to me."
11:48And heaven backs that loosing because
11:51you are using the second key Jesus
11:53placed in your hand.
11:55E.W. Kenyon described the key of loosing
11:57as the believer's authority to release
11:59the resources of heaven. He wrote, "The
12:02key of loosing gives the believer the
12:04power to release what heaven has
12:06provided. Healing has been provided.
12:09Provision has been provided. Peace,
12:12deliverance, and every blessing have
12:14been provided through the finished work
12:16of Christ.
12:18But, these provisions must be loosed,
12:20released, brought from the spiritual
12:23realm into the natural realm by the
12:25believer who holds the key.
12:28The believer is not waiting for heaven
12:29to release these things at some random
12:32time of God's choosing.
12:34He has been given the key to loose them
12:35himself by faith in the name of Jesus.
12:39And when he uses this key, heaven
12:41releases what he looses because the
12:44authority is genuine and the backing is
12:46sure.
12:48The believer holds the key to loose what
12:50heaven has provided.
12:52That is the second key.
12:54Not a hopeful request, but the
12:56authorized release of heaven's provision
12:59into the believer's circumstances.
13:02Let me give you a practical
13:03demonstration of how these keys operate
13:05in real situations because the principle
13:08becomes powerful when you see it
13:09applied.
13:11Suppose someone in your family is under
13:13a relentless attack of fear and anxiety.
13:16The untrained believer prays, "Lord,
13:19please take away their fear. Please give
13:22them peace."
13:23And while that prayer is sincere, it
13:26does not use the keys.
13:28The believer who understands the keys
13:30responds differently.
13:32They use the key of binding.
13:35"I bind the spirit of fear that is
13:37tormenting my loved one. In the name of
13:39Jesus, I forbid it to operate. I
13:42restrain it by the authority Jesus
13:44delegated to me."
13:46And then, they use the key of loosing.
13:49"I loose the peace of God that passes
13:51all understanding into their heart and
13:53mind. I release the spirit of power,
13:56love, and a sound mind that 2 Timothy
13:591:7 declares is theirs in Christ."
14:02The believer has not merely asked, they
14:05have bound and loosed, exercising the
14:07keys.
14:08And heaven backs the decree.
14:11Suppose you are facing a financial
14:13crisis that threatens to overwhelm you.
14:16The untrained believer prays, "Lord,
14:18please help with the money. Please
14:20provide."
14:22The believer who holds the keys binds
14:24and looses.
14:26They bind first.
14:28"I bind every spirit of lack and
14:30financial bondage operating against me
14:32in the name of Jesus.
14:34I forbid it to prosper. I restrain its
14:37work."
14:39Then, they loose.
14:40"I loose the provision of heaven into my
14:43circumstances.
14:44I release the abundance that Philippians
14:464:19 declares is mine, that my God shall
14:50supply all my need according to his
14:52riches and glory by Christ Jesus."
14:56The crisis has not changed yet, but the
14:58believer has exercised authority over
15:01it, binding the work of the enemy and
15:03loosing the provision of heaven.
15:06And the keys have been turned.
15:09Suppose sickness has invaded your body.
15:12The untrained believer prays,
15:14"Lord, please heal me if it is your
15:16will."
15:18The believer who holds the keys knows
15:20that healing is already the will of God,
15:23already provided through the stripes of
15:25Jesus, and waiting to be loosed.
15:28So, they bind.
15:29"I bind this spirit of infirmity in the
15:32name of Jesus.
15:34I forbid it to remain in this body,
15:36which is the temple of the Holy Spirit."
15:39Then, they loose. "I loose the healing
15:42power of God into my body.
15:45I release the health that 1 Peter 2:24
15:48declares is mine, for by his stripes I
15:51was healed."
15:53The keys are turned. The authority is
15:55exercised, and heaven enforces the
15:58decree of the believer who has learned
16:00to use what Jesus gave him.
16:03E.W. Kenyon emphasized that the keys
16:05must be used with the consciousness of
16:07genuine authority, not with the
16:10uncertainty of a hopeful request.
16:13He wrote, "When the believer uses the
16:15keys, he must use them as one who has
16:17authority, not as one who is hoping for
16:20permission.
16:21He does not say, "Lord, would you please
16:24bind this for me?"
16:25He says, "I bind this in the name of
16:28Jesus." With the full confidence that
16:31the authority is his and the backing of
16:33heaven is sure.
16:35The keys do not respond to timid
16:38suggestions.
16:39They respond to authoritative decrees
16:41made by a believer who knows that the
16:43keys are genuinely in his hand and that
16:46heaven genuinely backs his use of them.
16:49The keys respond to authoritative
16:51decrees, not timid suggestions.
16:54That is the posture required.
16:57Not hoping, knowing.
16:59Not asking permission to use the keys,
17:02using them with the confidence of one
17:04who knows they were given.
17:06Now, here is a crucial point that most
17:09believers miss about these two keys.
17:12The keys operate together and they must
17:15be used in coordination.
17:17In many situations, you must first bind
17:20before you can loose.
17:22You must first restrain the work of the
17:24enemy before you can release the
17:26blessing of heaven.
17:27If there is a spirit of infirmity
17:29operating, you bind it first,
17:32restraining its work, and then you loose
17:35healing into the body.
17:37If there is a spirit of lack or
17:39financial bondage, you bind it first,
17:41forbidding its operation, and then you
17:44loose the provision of heaven into your
17:46circumstances.
17:48The binding clears the way and the
17:50loosing brings the blessing.
17:52And the believer who understands how to
17:54use both keys in coordination, binding
17:57the enemy's work and loosing heaven's
17:59provision,
18:00operates with a completeness of
18:02authority that the believer who knows
18:04only one key or neither can never
18:06access.
18:08E.W. Kenyon explained the coordinated
18:10use of the keys with practical clarity.
18:13He wrote,
18:14"The two keys work together.
18:17The believer binds is of the enemy and
18:19looses the work of heaven.
18:21He forbids what God forbids, and permits
18:24what God permits.
18:26He restrains the darkness, and releases
18:28the light.
18:29And when both keys are used in
18:31coordination, in the name of Jesus, and
18:33according to the will of God,
18:35the believer exercises a complete
18:37authority over his circumstances.
18:40He is not merely defending against the
18:42enemy.
18:43He is not merely petitioning for
18:45blessing.
18:46He is governing his situation with the
18:48full authority that Jesus delegated,
18:51binding what should be bound, and
18:53loosing what should be loosed.
18:55Binding what should be bound, and
18:57loosing what should be loosed.
19:00That is the complete exercise of the
19:02keys,
19:03and it transforms the believer from a
19:05passive petitioner into an active
19:07governor of their circumstances,
19:10operating with the delegated authority
19:12of the king who gave them the keys.
19:15And here is the climactic truth that
19:17should send you reaching for the keys
19:19today.
19:20The keys were given to you, and the
19:23authority they represent has been backed
19:25by heaven since the moment Jesus spoke
19:27the words,
19:29"Whatever you bind on earth shall be
19:30bound in heaven.
19:32Whatever you loose on earth shall be
19:34loosed in heaven."
19:36This is not a future promise. It is a
19:39present reality.
19:40The heavenly backing is already in
19:42place. The authority is already
19:45delegated. The keys are already in your
19:48hand.
19:50The only thing that has been missing is
19:52your recognition of what you hold, and
19:54your willingness to use it.
19:56And the moment you begin to use the
19:58keys, the moment you start binding the
20:01works of darkness, and loosing the
20:03provisions of heaven in the name of
20:05Jesus, you will discover that the
20:07authority is genuine. The backing is
20:10real, and the doors that have been
20:12locked against you swing open at the
20:14turn of the keys you have held all
20:16along.
20:18Kenyon expressed this with words that
20:19should provoke every believer to action.
20:22He wrote, "Use the keys. They were given
20:26to you to use.
20:27Do not let them hang unused while you
20:29suffer behind doors you have the
20:31authority to open.
20:33Bind the enemy that has been tormenting
20:35you. Loose the blessing that has been
20:37provided for you.
20:39Exercise the authority that Jesus
20:41delegated to you and watch heaven
20:43enforce your decrees
20:45because the keys are real, the backing
20:48is sure, and the believer who uses what
20:51Jesus gave him will walk in a dominion
20:53that the keyless believer can only dream
20:56of.
20:57Use the keys. They were given to you to
21:00use. That is the charge.
21:03The keys are not decorations. They are
21:05not symbols. They are functional
21:07instruments of delegated authority and
21:10they were given to be used.
21:12And the believer who finds them,
21:14recognizes them, and begins to use them
21:17will exercise an authority over their
21:19circumstances that they never knew was
21:21available.
21:23So, let this truth send you reaching for
21:25the keys that Jesus placed in your hand.
21:28He gave you two keys to his authority.
21:31The key of binding and the key of
21:33loosing.
21:34The key of binding empowers you to
21:36restrain, forbid, and prohibit the works
21:39of darkness.
21:40The key of loosing empowers you to
21:43release the blessings, provisions, and
21:45purposes of heaven into your
21:47circumstances.
21:49The two keys work together,
21:51the binding clearing the way and the
21:53loosing bringing the blessing.
21:55And whatever you bind or loose on earth
21:58in the name of Jesus and according to
22:00the will of God is backed and enforced
22:03by heaven itself.
22:05The keys are real. The authority is
22:08genuine. The backing is sure. And the
22:11keys have been in your hand since the
22:13moment you came into the kingdom.
22:16Stop standing before locked doors
22:18begging the owner to open them.
22:20Reach for the keys you hold, turn them
22:23in the locks, and walk into the
22:25authority that Jesus delegated to you.
22:28E.W. Kenyon left the church with a
22:30charge that should govern the exercise
22:32of authority for every believer.
22:35He wrote,
22:36"You hold the keys. Use them. Bind the
22:39works of the enemy in the name of Jesus.
22:42Loose the provision of heaven by the
22:44same authority and refuse to live as a
22:47victim when you have been made a victor
22:50with the keys of the kingdom in your
22:52hand."
22:53The keys were given to be used.
22:56The authority was delegated to be
22:58exercised.
23:00And the believer who uses what Jesus
23:02gave him will discover that the kingdom
23:04of heaven responds to the turn of the
23:06keys held by a son who finally knows
23:09what he possesses.
23:11The kingdom responds to the turn of the
23:13keys held by a son who knows what he
23:16possesses.
23:18And now that you know what you hold, the
23:20doors that have stood locked against you
23:23are about to open.
23:25If this truth has revealed the two keys
23:27Jesus placed in your hand, and you are
23:29ready to stop begging and start
23:31exercising the authority he delegated to
23:34you, then declare it.
23:36In the comment section below, type these
23:38words,
23:40"Jesus gave me the keys of the kingdom.
23:43I hold the key of binding and the key of
23:46loosing. I bind the works of darkness in
23:49the name of Jesus, and I loose the
23:52provisions of heaven by the authority he
23:54delegated to me.
23:56I no longer stand before locked doors
23:58begging. I turn the keys I hold, and
24:02whatever I bind or loose on earth in the
24:04name of Jesus is backed by heaven
24:06itself.
24:08I am not a victim. I am a key holder in
24:11the kingdom of God."
24:13That is not a formula.
24:15That is a believer recognizing and
24:18exercising the delegated authority that
24:21Jesus placed in their hand.
24:23Leave it in the comments now.
24:26And as you begin to use the keys of
24:28binding and loosing, there is a related
24:30truth about your authority that most
24:32believers have completely misunderstood.
24:35And the misunderstanding has stripped
24:37their words of power.
24:39It concerns the blood of Jesus.
24:43You have heard believers plead the
24:44blood.
24:45You may have pleaded it yourself,
24:47repeating the phrase over and over like
24:50a chant, hoping that the repetition
24:52would produce a result.
24:54But the blood of Jesus was never meant
24:56to be a chant.
24:57It is something far more powerful, far
25:00more legal, and far more authoritative
25:03than a phrase to be repeated.
25:05The blood is a verdict, a legal
25:08declaration that has already been handed
25:10down in the highest court of the
25:12universe.
25:13And when you understand the difference
25:15between pleading the blood like a chant
25:17and enforcing the blood like a legal
25:19verdict, your authority will operate at
25:22a level you have never experienced.
25:25In the next teaching, we're going to
25:27expose this misunderstanding and show
25:29you how to stop pleading and start
25:31enforcing the verdict the blood has
25:33already secured.
25:35If what you heard today gave you the
25:37keys, what comes next will show you the
25:39verdict that backs them.

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