Shared with us… Is Your God Too Big? At the risk of sounding like a heretic, I believe one of the biggest deceptions in the world of Christianity is the concept of God controlling all things. It seems to be the default response for anything in life that we don’t understand. For every sickness, natural disaster and political upheaval, there is a religious cliché ready to go. “God moves in mysterious ways.” “There is a purpose in everything.” “God is testing us.” “God is judging us.” “I’m like Job.” “This is my thorn in the flesh.” And the list goes…

We may bind the power of Satan over a community, making it easy for men to accept Christ. “Whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Whatever in Jesus’ name we set free, God in Heaven will make good. What power we have! Let’s use it! Will we arise to our mighty, heaven-given privileges? Look at the bound men and women everywhere, and the Word challenges us to go out and set the prisoner free. What does this mean? All that it says, thank God. You can set diseased men free. Kenyon

Matthew Henry: Authority and The Keys It is the power of the keys that is given, alluding to the custom of investing men with authority in such a place, by delivering to them the keys of the place. Or as the master of the house gives the keys to the steward, the keys of the stores where the provisions are kept, that he may give to every one in the house his portion of meat in due season (Luk_12:42), and deny it as there is occasion, according to the rules of the family. Ministers are stewards, 1Co_4:1; Tit_1:7. Eliakim, who…