THE KEY: UNLOCKING BIBLICAL TRUTH FOR SPIRITUAL CONQUEST

Key ideas:

• THE KEY is a biblical theology that sets forth the key idea of the Bible and shows how all the parts of the Bible build this theme.

• Eleven passages in the epistles show faith, hope, and love as expressions of spiritual development in relation to each other.

• The lust of the flesh (sensualism) is perverted love.
  The lust of the eyes (materialism) is perverted hope. And the pride of life (humanism) is perverted faith.

• Sanctification takes us from the lust of the flesh to love, from the lust of the eyes to hope, and from the pride of  life to faith.

• The need for faith, love, and hope is systematically reflected in the three bad soils of the sower, the three types of conviction, Jesus’ three temptations, the nine beatitudes, and the nine manifestations of the fruit of the Spirit. Each nine reflect three expressions of faith, three of love, and three of hope.

• The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a baptism of love, which love incorporates faith and hope.

• Basic Christian exercise is faith prevailing in hope through the power of love.

• “Faith working through love” (Gal 5:6) brings hope to change the world and have revival.

• John Wesley emphasized the love element in entire sanctification. The Key expanses on this idea by stressing that love incorporates faith and hope because love “believes all things, hopes all things” (1Cor 13:7). This aggressive faith and hope was present in early Methodism and was the key to the momentum of the Wesleyan revival. This book is a triumph book of optimistic Christianity.

 THINGS COME TOGETHER: THE AFRICAN CARRIES THE TORCH(The Ministry of Education of Cross River State, Nigeria, Africa recommends this book for use by all secondary schools in their state.)           

Things that come together:
  
The courageous Ekpe finds himself passionatelyin love with the charming Ebitmi but cannot afford the bride price. The dilema is only one of many troublesome tribal costumes in the land.
 
Ekpe and several other young, spiritual entrepreneurs light the way to better things by carrying the torch of integrity, courage, and faith in God. This channels God’s love and hope to despairing hearts. Christian revival prevails, and sound business principles bring financial prosperity.
 
Ebitimi’s father drastically reduces the bride price and God sends in the remainder. The triumphant marriage that follows is indicative of more victories to come.

The famous African novel, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, is a picture of African society falling apart during the colonial times. This book is taught in many African countries as literature. Everyone knows about Things Fall Apart so they recognize the significance of Things Come Together. This opens their hearts to hear the book’s message of the torch that lights the way to a genuine life-giving relationship with God and a restored society.
 
This book portrays Yoruba culture, Ibo culture, and other African cultures in the process of showing the path to Christian revival. People of all cultures who love the study of culture will find this Nigeria book fascinatinating especially it's picture of African marriage.