1. Expanding Our Spiritual Authority

2. “And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, ‘Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.”
Matthew 17:14-15

3. “’So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him
“’So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.’ Then Jesus answered and said, ‘O faithless and perverse generation...’”
Matthew 17:16-17a

4. “‘. how long shall I be with you. How long shall I bear with you
“‘... how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.’ And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.”
Mathew 17:17b-18 

5. “Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
Matthew 17:19 

6. “‘Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will
say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for
you.’”
Matthew 17:20

7. “However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
Matthew 17:21

8. We Must Keep Growing

9. We Must Keep Growing
“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all.”
1 Timothy 4:12-15

10. We Must Develop a Sturdy Faith

11. We Must Develop a Sturdy Faith
“‘... I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.’”
Matthew 17:20

12. We Must Understand the Keys of the Kingdom

13. We Must Understand the Keys of the Kingdom
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Mat.16:16

14. We Must Understand the Keys of the Kingdom
“Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”
Matthew 16:17

15. We Must Understand the Keys of the Kingdom
“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of
Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 16:18-19