The 4 strategic keys of the Kingdom of God, at a Pastors’ meeting in Korce, Albania, July 12, 2024, by George E Markakis, at Pastor Marsel’s “Light of the nations” Church.The initiative was by Peter Ischka from Germany.
Pastor Arjan Larashi, host of the gathering, said the theme was:
The keys of the Church and how to prepare for the future.
How the church will adopt the challenges of the future.
My notes for my sharing:
In 1997 I was part of a Church in Athens. Our Pastor Ray told us how he was praying, Lord how can I, one man, reach out this huge city!
I asked the Lord about that, and He answered with a question (as Jesus did when they asked Him questions):
“Why can I not answer that question”?
I thought about it a lot but I could not find the answer. That was 27 years ago and I did not know the things which I know now.
So the Lord started explaining to me that the keys of understanding that we need before we can pray “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven”:
The 1st key is “Our Father in Heaven”.
to comprehend how the Lord has made us into a Body, how He called us to be members of that Body, how to learn to function as One Body on earth.
Unless we go to Him as members in unison with one another, we are not authorized to operate on His behalf.
As single persons we have authority over our lives, our families, and if we are Pastors, then we have authority over our sheep. But none of us individually have authority over the land.
A story from about 23 years ago, we used to have a Pastors’ Fellowship at that time, which I co-founded with another two Pastors.
We had rented a house in the country for 3 days to go there with fasting and prayer.
The Lord explained to me the difference between personal authority or the authority of one leader over family or ministry, versus corporate authority which releases keys from Heaven to unlock the stronghold over the land.
As we have authority to bind and lose, and to cast demons out of people, we need corporate authority to cast out demons in high places who keep the land bound.
2nd key:
To reach corporate authority we need covenant relationships.
Covenant relationships are established on the foundation of love for one another.
How is that love qualified as true, Godly love? When we are ready, as Jesus said and showed, to lay out lives for our brothers.
3rd key:
They shall know you by your love for one another.
Who? Who will know us? The world does not care. Even if the world sees that we have love for one another, why should they care?
What is important is that we are known as disciples of Jesus by the Powers and Principalities, the World-Rulers and the spirits of wickedness in the heavenly places.
That is when we are granted authority to bind and lose, and to cast out demons in high places, which is what is needed for the spiritual atmosphere to change over the land.
When we fulfill the above requirements and have the first 3 keys, we can then be given…
The 4th key:
“If two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask”
Matthew 18:18 “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
As long as we think of these words in the context of two people who agree about a topic related to a person, we fail to see the corporate nature of the words of Jesus,
which is related to how to cause the Kingdom of Heaven to manifest in the earth.
For which, it is first required that we first have the 4 keys.
1. We are not isolated single individuals but we are members of a Body which is the temple of God on earth. God works through His Body when it comes to changing this world.
2. Only covenant relationships validate corporate authority to release strategic plans from Heaven that can effect major changes to this world.
3. Love for one another hereby we are ready to lay down our lives for our brothers with whom the Lord has made us one Body.
4. When we agree on what the Lord from Heaven is saying and doing, and we ask Him, then it is already done.