The Power of Binding and Loosening
By the Grace of God
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 what was 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. Confer means to give or bestow…
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 repeats the same promise and extends it to all believers who meet the conditions by agreement and believing.
He is saying, I can guarantee this truth, whatever you imprison bind or allow, whatever you set free, or loose, God will set free or loose.
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 spirit of truth…
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, agree together in one accord, 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. When two or more are gathered in Jesus’ name it always magnifies the divine power of God according to the things given to us that pertain to life and godliness.
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’re 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 or agree.
When you pray, be sure you are praying your prayer with biblical knowledge as to what you want to be manifested.
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. For this to work we must have a good relationship with God.
Ephesian 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
We must be full of Gods grace because his grace is sufficient for our lives. God’s grace has already provided salvation that was manifested through faith.
The gospel of grace makes everything available to those whosoever will believe. Healing, prosperity, deliverance, salvation and Born again, only manifested through faith that grace provided.
Something awesome happened the day we were born again. The day we were born again, Jesus took away the old man, and gave us a new creation.
This new creation He gave us is fully equipped with everything that was finished at the cross. When God created us, he invested everything you would ever need, for life and godliness.
Eph 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Every spiritual blessing is already inside you, most of the things you pray for you already have. At this time when you made Jesus Lord of your life, your life was transformed from natural to divine or supernatural.
Supernatural wisdom and knowledge were invested in you by discerning of the word by the Holy Spirit. Everything God has being a child of God through Christ Jesus belongs to you.
Grace through the cross made this available. Now we have the keys of heaven to unlock all these privileges.
Withdrawing is something that most Christians have a problem with, even though everything has been made available through grace and the cross. We tend to withdraw or not accept the power and authority we have been given.
Your healing is already in you, prosperity, deliverance, salvation is already in you. This is part of the finish work of Jesus Christ, and through this great grace, this awesome love and his unmerited favor, he released through His grace, this power and his authority for your salvation through his shed blood.
We need to get our faith to grab ahold of what God has already done. Instead of using our faith to try to get God to do something He has already done.
It’s just a matter of bringing into manifestation what has already been done.
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
His divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and Godliness.
Through the knowledge of Him, that called us to glory
And are given to us exceeding, great and precious promises.
You need to change your thinking, if you’re going to change your life.
3rd John 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
As your soul prospers… above all things
Your soul is your thinking part, or your mind, that’s where the battle is. Right believing produces right living: Christianity is right believing when you believe right you will do right.
Right believing comes by faith in Christ Jesus, and the word of God… Faith is a gift of God, what grace provided can only be manifested through faith.
There is a door that divides the spiritual unseen world, from this seen physical world, the place of manifestation.
We are trying to get what is in the unseen world to manifest itself, or show up in this seen world, the natural physical world
Nothing shows up in this seen world without going through this door of faith.
It is through faith we get saved, through faith that salvation has already been made available through grace…
Everything that is going to manifest its self in this physical world has to go through the door of faith.
You have to work in agreement with what you say you believe
What you say and what you do must be in agreement with what grace has already provided for you.
Under pressure you will speak what you believe. When you get to the point that you’re not moved by what you see and don’t consider things by what you see then you know that you believe it.
2nd Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
When you consider the problem more than you consider the promise, you know you don’t believe it.
When you believe with your heart, you believe against your physical senses.
What you believe in, you will support and you will give to, the church.
God did not create you and put you here to worry how am I going to pay my rent, light bill, and how am I going to buy food.
We don’t have time to worry about the things that has already been done.
We need to lay hands on the sick, cast out devils and get ready for the revival that is coming to the Church.
Philemon 6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus
Christ in you, the hope of glory, he will meet your demands according to the deposit he has put in you. By the manifestation of His promise.
Question: How do I withdraw what is already been done?
The gospel of grace makes everything available to those whosoever will believe.
Grace is the power of God that creates blessings. Stop trying to earn what has already been provided.
Living in lack is not the will of God. You are walking around with an account that is a full deposit, everything you will ever need in life.
We have depended on the worlds way so long to take care of things in our lives Until we haven’t taken any time to understand how to tap into Gods way.
What happens when the worlds way doesn’t work anymore? We must learn how to manifest and to withdraw, what has been deposited inside of us.
Grace supplies the need; our need is manifested through faith. It is when we believe it is already been done that causes the door of blessings to manifest
The spiritual unseen world, to the physical seen world, this place of manifestation
When the devil tells you that you don’t have what is promised, remind him of Isaiah 53:5
If you go to Lowes to purchase a new refrigerator, the store will not sell you the display it has on the floor. You have to decide which one you want to buy.
They will then give you a receipt that says paid in full. You take this to the warehouse and the receipt will put a demand on the purchased refrigerator.
Once something is paid in full it belongs to you for the taking. Even though it has been paid for, if you don’t take it you won’t get it.
This is the way it is with Jesus and grace; we must walk through that door of faith and demand what we know has been paid in full.
until our next lesson
stay in the word
Brother Andy
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