I know it has been a few days since I wrote last time, I hope everyone can remember what I was teaching on. I have been talking about our, that is humankind's, godly place on this earth. Last time I started to explain that God created everything with His word, and we are created in His likeness. We are the only created beings on this planet that can speak. And we are to use our words to have dominion over our lives.
So, I would like to start with a scripture that I believe I have already used to help us further understand the importance of Jesus, and what He has accomplished, and how we need Him in our daily lives.
18 And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead). Rev 1:18 (AMP)Jesus existed before time.
Through Him all things were made. He saw what a mess humans made of this world. His love was so great that He became a man. He loved us so much that He delivered us the only way that was possible. Authority over all creation was given to man, so a man was the only one qualified to take the authority back. And only God was perfect enough to keep the law, which was what was required to take back the authority that Adam lost. So here in Revelation Jesus is explaining He has accomplished this. He is God, so He kept the law. And He was fully man here on earth, which qualified Him to take the authority back from Satan.Let's look at another passage to confirm this.
18 Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matt 28:18 (AMP)
This is Jesus speaking after He died and rose again, before He retured to heaven. Here again we can see that Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth. "How does that help me?", someone might ask. Let's look at the gosple of Mark for the answer.
17 And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; 18 They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and He sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen (so be it). Mark 16:17-20 (AMP)
The answer is in verse 17. Jesus has the authority. And in that authority He has given it to us. He said He has the keys. He love us so much that He has taken back the keys that were lost. He now says to use them. You have the keys. The keys of authority, but if you don't use them what good are they? If I gave you a brand new car and the keys to drive it. And everyday you went out and sat in the car. 
You washed the car. You even read the owners manual, over and over again. You might have even memorized some of the pages. What if you had to go to work or run to the store, but refused to use the keys I gave to you? Then you came to me and said. Oh, Caroline you are so generous to have given me that car and those keys. I know you love me. But, I really need to get to work today. If it be your will, can you help me, please? How could I answer that? Didn't I already give you everything?? In Mark 16:17 Jesus said that we will have signs follow us, because we believe. Believe what? We believe that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. He is our righteousness and we believe that He has conquored sin, all the manefestations of sin and death itself. And in doing this, Jesus has given us His name. What does that mean? It means that the keys are in His name. And to use these keys we must speak the word of God over our lives in the name of Jesus. Let's look at the Word to further this piont.
16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. John 15:16 (NKJV)
So here Jesus is teaching how we are to walk in authority, how to bear fruit, how to use His keys. He says to use His name, so that God can give the things that you speak to. Does He say to pray to God and ask Him to bear fruit for you? No, when you use the name of Jesus, God will cause you to bear friut. If you look back at Mark 16:20 it says that God worked with them, atesting to their message (or their words) with signs and miricles. They are God's keys, He has given them to us, to use them. And when we do, He shows Himself strong with signs and miricles.But, when we don't use the Word of God, and don't understand the power and authority of the name of Jesus, there will be no signs and miricles. When we don't take His keys and use them to run our lives, and instead let our lives run us, we shouldn't wonder why we don't hear anything from God when we pray. The bible says.
9 Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, 10 That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 And every tongue [ frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phil 2:9-11 (AMP)
Every sickness has a name. Every attack from the enemy has a name. And those names are below the name of Jesus. We have come to understand that we are supposed to speak to things, like God does. And now we are understanding that the keys are in the name of Jesus. So let's say you have a pain in your body, you need to walk in the authority Jesus gave you. Say, "Pain, I command you to leave me in the name of Jesus Christ!" If you have lack in your finances. Say, "Lack, I command you to flee from me in the name of Jesus." And now start to speak blessings over your life, over your body. Start to use the keys.
