There has always been a contention on Matthew 16:19,
and I’m about to add to it. It is
important especially when praying for the sick. Through the Holy Spirit we have
the power to heal the sick and cast out devils.
Yet, many use this verse incorrectly, because of the way most Bible
translations have it. Common sense and
the Lord’s Prayer should be enough to convince people, yet it isn’t. Here is
the KJV:
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.
So I am to believe that here on earth I bind
disease, then disease is bound in heaven?
There is no disease in God’s Presence. Or that when I loose blessings,
that blessings are then loosed in Heaven? This does not even make sense and
that should be enough to convince anyone, but it isn’t. In fact, I’ve heard it
said that our words have such power that what we say affects the atmosphere in
Heaven (ie..we can loose diseases to Heaven!!) so very wrong! Here is the
Amplified and correct translation.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be
improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and
whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in
heaven.
If the King James version
is correct, then the very prayer Jesus taught is in direct contradiction to
this verse and there is no denying that. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven.
Matthew
6:910 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
So which is it, either
The Lord’s Prayer is wrong, which is heresy or the common translation of this
verse is incorrect. There are some that
will say that this verse has nothing to do with loosing healing/blessings or
binding demons. They will contend that it has to do with who can enter Heaven.
Judgment is left to Jesus, not to His disciples, so that point is completely
mute! When we are binding/loosing it is from Heaven to earth. It is Heaven
impacting earth and God’s Will, being done in earth. Jesus even made that point in these next two
verses!
and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come
nigh unto you.
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come
upon you.
Our Father in Heaven is a
Spirit, He spoke the physical world into existence. All things were created or
spoken from the spiritual world first, by God’s spoken Word, then it manifested
in the physical world. So how can anything be spoken from earth to Heaven and
it be manifest in Heaven? Heaven is where everything originated from, so it is
not possible!
In conclusion, we as Jesus’ Followers
must speak in harmony with what The Father is speaking and His Will. Therefore when loosing/binding, it has to
come from what is already loosed(lawful) in Heaven (healings, all spiritual
blessings, God’s Promises) or what is already bound (unlawful) in heaven
(curses, demons, diseases, death and all impure things). One last point, we weren’t given the
authority to bind satan or principalities and powers, that is reserved for
Jesus. To do so leaves us unprotected
from spiritual attacks, because we are no longer hidden In Christ. We can ask Our Father to remove principalities
and powers, but to do so ourselves is detrimental. We have gone against God’s
Will in doing so. We do have the
authority to cast out demons. Mark 16:17-18
shows us what we are to be doing, as does Acts 10:38, as does Matthew 10:1,8.
Nowhere does Jesus show us to bind the devil himself, principalities and
powers. The leader of evil is not the
one personally attacking us it is those under his authority, the demons.
