

THE POWER OF BIND & LOOSE!
MATTHEW 16:19 JESUS TOLD PETER, “I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN” IN OTHER WORDS ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY BY GOD, REPRESENTED BY THE “KEYS OF HEAVEN” CAN MAKE AUTHORITATIVE PRONOUNCEMENTS OR DECISIONS THAT HAVE SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCES, SUCH AS “BINDING” (FORBIDDING)AND “LOOSING” (PERMITTING) SOMETHING. AND ONLY THOSE WITH DIVINE AUTHORIZATION CAN EXERCISE SUCH POWER. BINDING AND LOOSING HAVE TO DO WITH CHURCH DISCIPLINE, AND IN THE SCRIPTURE CHRIST LAID OUT SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR DEALING WITH SIN IN THE CHURCH. JOHN 20:23 TELLS: IF YOU FORGIVE THE SINS OF ANYONE, THEY ARE FORGIVEN(LOOSED) IF YOU WITHHOLD FORGIVENESS FROM ANY, THEY ARE (BOUND) SCRIPTURE IS TALKING ABOUT A BROTHER WHO HAS BEEN WRONGED BY ANOTHER BROTHER, AND HERE JESUS IS GIVING THE RULES ABOUT HOW SUCH A PROBLEM SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN THE CHURCH. WE CANNOT BIND AND LOOSE SATAN BECAUSE IT IS NOT HIS TIME YET. WE CAN RESIST AND REBUKE THROUGH FAITH; WE DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO COMPLETELY RESTRAIN HIM IN THIS PRESENT DAY. AT THE END OF THE AGE, JESUS WILL BIND SATAN AND THROW HIM INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. WE CAN BIND PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS AND RULERS OF DARKNESS; WE CAN BIND SICKNESS AND DISEASE. WE BIND THE SPIRIT OF FEAR, DOUBT, UNBELIEF, ANXIETY, AND PANIC ATTACK. 9/22/26


















