2 Keys to Operating in Jesus' Authority (E.W. Kenyon)

Summary

The teaching presents Jesus’ “keys of the kingdom” in Matthew 16:19 as two forms of delegated authority available to believers: binding and loosing. It argues that many Christians fail to use this authority because they treat authority as something only God can exercise and limit prayer to asking God to act.

The speaker’s key analogy is that a person given keys should use them to open doors rather than stand outside asking the owner to unlock them.

The Two Keys

• Binding — restraining what is forbidden

  • Binding is defined as tying up, restraining, forbidding, or prohibiting.
  • The teaching describes this key as a believer’s authority, in Jesus’ name, to resist and forbid the works of darkness.
  • Examples include binding fear, sickness or “a spirit of infirmity,” and financial lack.

• Loosing — releasing what is permitted

  • Loosing is defined as untying, releasing, setting free, or permitting.
  • The teaching describes this key as the authority to release into one’s circumstances blessings and provisions that heaven has provided.
  • Examples include loosing healing, peace, deliverance, and provision.

How the Teaching Says to Use the Keys

1. Act rather than only petition. Instead of asking God to bind or release something, believers are encouraged to declare that they bind or loose it in Jesus’ name.
2. Align declarations with God’s will. The keys are presented not as magic formulas or a way to impose personal desires on God, but as a means of enforcing what God permits or forbids in accordance with Scripture.
3. Use both keys together when appropriate. The suggested sequence is to bind the opposing work first, then loose the corresponding blessing—restraining darkness and releasing what the teaching identifies as heaven’s provision.
4. Speak with confidence in delegated authority. The teaching contrasts an authoritative declaration with a hesitant request, asserting that heaven backs a believer’s use of the keys when it aligns with God’s will.
5. Apply the approach to practical situations:
   • Fear or anxiety: Bind fear, then loose peace and a sound mind.
   • Financial difficulty: Bind lack or financial bondage, then loose provision.
   • Sickness: Bind infirmity, then loose healing.

The central message is that believers should recognize and exercise the authority the teaching says Jesus delegated to them, rather than regard themselves as powerless or passive petitioners. The teaching concludes by inviting viewers to post a declaration affirming that they hold and will use the keys. It describes this declaration as recognition of authority, not a formula.

Speakers and Sources Featured

• Unnamed narrator/presenter: Delivers the teaching and practical examples.
• E. W. Kenyon: Quoted and repeatedly cited by the narrator; the subtitles do not establish whether the quoted passages are direct excerpts or paraphrases.
• Jesus and the biblical text: Cited through Matthew 16:19 and Matthew 6:10.
• Other biblical references: 2 Timothy 1:7, Philippians 4:19, and 1 Peter 2:24 are invoked in the examples.