The Power of Binding
and Loosening
I have taught about binding and
loosening several times. However I have not taught on just how important
binding and loosening is to your walk with the Lord.
Matthew 16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Jesus said to Peter, I am giving you the keys to the kingdom
of Heaven and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven… whatever you
loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven.
By these words Jesus conferred on peter the most tremendous
authority. Authority that is to be exercised on earth, but effective in Heaven.
The reason Jesus conferred this authority on peter is because
Jesus knew it would be needed.
This encourages me to believe that if someone like Peter
needed this knowledge, certainly the rest of us will need it too. Especially in
this twisted world that we live in today.
Guess what? Jesus
conferred the same power on us.
Matthew 18:18-20 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
He is saying, I can guarantee
this truth, what ever you imprison God will imprison. Whatever you set free,
God will set free.
I can guarantee again that if two
of you agree on anything here on earth my father will accept it.
Where two of three have come
together in my name, I am there among them.
The word agree in Greek is subpoena
which gives us the English word symphony.
It doesn’t mean a mere
intellectual agreement, it means musical harmony.
If two of you can harmonize in touching
anything that you ask, it will be done.
This is a harmony in the spirit,
not just a mental decision about an item on a prayer list.
Then Jesus goes on to say, where
two or three are gathered together in my name.
I use the Word led together
instead of gathered together because this action of coming together demands a
leader, and the leader is the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:14 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Jesus is speaking about believers brought together by the
Holy Spirit around the focus of the person of Jesus Christ, represented by his
name.
He is saying when you led together by my spirit in my name
and you can harmonize, count on my presence.
There is where the authority is, the exercising of the
authority depends upon the leading of the Holy Spirit and being so related to
our fellow believers that we can harmonize with them.
You can only bind on earth what has already been bound in
heaven, but it still places the responsibility upon us.
Why? Because until we pray the binding is not effective. It
requires earth action to make Heavens decree effective.
We are given the responsibility for what goes on in Heaven. It is absolutely staggering that we so easily adopt the
attitude that we are waiting for God to act. The truth is, God is waiting for us to act. In fact He has
been waiting a very long time.
We say Lord show me what you want done and I will go along
with it… but the Lord is saying, on the contrary you tell me what you intend to
do and I will go along with that.
You can see that it is… what so ever you bind on earth that
word ye is We… he is talking about us.
He is saying you make the decision and I will go along with
it. This authority is only given to those who are in right fellowship with God. God has built a fence around his delegated authority, as long
as you are not right in your personal relationship with God, there is no way
in…
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