Restoration of Authority
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🗓️ 27 August 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
As we near the end of our week looking at Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, we’re going to look today the restoration of authority the father gave to the son. And we’re going to create space today to look at what it means be granted the authority of the Father in our own lives.
May we be positioned to work with God in bringing his powerful love to earth all around us as the result of our time in his presence today.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 16:19, and today's worship is Same Power by Bridgetown Church.
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| 0:00.0 | As we near the end of our week, looking at Jesus' parable, the prodigal son, we're going |
| 0:09.4 | to look today at the restoration of authority that the Father gave to the Son. |
| 0:13.6 | And we're going to create space today to look at what it means to be granted the authority |
| 0:18.3 | of the Father in our own lives. |
| 0:20.5 | May we be positioned to work with God in bringing His powerful love to Earth all around |
| 0:25.9 | us, as a result of our time in His presence today. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the 1st of Teen Podcast. |
| 0:44.4 | Our verse of today comes from Matthew 16, verse 19. |
| 0:48.4 | Scripture says, I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whenever you bind |
| 0:53.7 | on Earth shall be bound in heaven, and whenever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. |
| 1:02.2 | One day, as I spent time with the Lord, I felt Him speak to me, come follow me, and |
| 1:07.7 | I'll give you the keys to my kingdom. |
| 1:10.9 | I stood still in awe and wonder, and a God who would break through the natural and |
| 1:16.6 | speak straight to my heart. |
| 1:19.4 | At this point, I'd get to re-descripture that I believe was meant to define the lives |
| 1:24.1 | of all believers. |
| 1:26.0 | And once I came across this verse, I felt the purpose for my life was change forever. |
| 1:31.8 | In Matthew 16, 19, Jesus tells Peter, I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, |
| 1:37.8 | and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth |
| 1:42.4 | shall be loosed in heaven. |
| 1:44.7 | And later in Matthew 18, 18, he tells the rest of the disciples, truly, I say to you, |
| 1:51.0 | whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall |
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