The phrase
to
bind and
to
loose
was often used
by the Jews.
to
bind
meant
to
Prohibit
and
to
loose
meant
to
Permit.
To
bind a thing was
to
forbid it;
to
loose a thing was
to
allow it to be done.
It does
not imply the authority to
change God's Law.
◯
God's Law
does Not Change ◯
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{Matthew 16:13}
When
Jesus came into
the coasts of
Caesarea Philippi,
he asked
his disciples,
saying,
Whom do men say that
I
the
Son of man am?
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 16:14}
And
they said,
Some
[say that
thou art]
John the Baptist:
some,
Elias; and
others,
Jeremias, or
one of the prophets.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 16:15}
He saith unto
them,
But whom say
ye that
I am?
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 16:16}
And
Simon Peter answered and
said,
Thou art the
Christ,
the Son of the living
God.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 16:17}
And
Jesus answered and
said unto
him,
Blessed art
thou,
Simon Barjona:
for flesh and blood
hath
not revealed [it] unto
thee,
but
my Father which is in heaven.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 16:18}
And
I say also unto
thee,
That
thou art
Peter, and
upon this rock
I will build my church; and
the gates of hell
shall
not prevail against it.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{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.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 16:20}
Then
charged
he
his disciples
that
they should tell
no man
that
he was
Jesus the
Christ.
{Isaiah 22:22}
And
the
key of the house of David
will
I lay upon
his shoulder;
so
he shall
open, and
none shall
shut;
and
he shall
shut, and
none shall
open.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Revelation 3:7}
And
to the angel of
the church in Philadelphia write;
These things saith
he that is holy,
he that is true,
he that hath
the
key of David,
he that
openeth, and
no man
shutteth;
and
shutteth, and
no man
openeth;
{Acts 14:27}
And
when
they were come, and
had
gathered the
church together,
they rehearsed
all
that
God had done with
them, and
how
he had
opened
the
door of faith unto the Gentiles.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Acts 15:7}
And
when there had been
much
disputing,
Peter rose up, and
said unto
them,
Men [and] brethren,
ye know how that
a good while ago
God made choice among
us,
that
the Gentiles
by
my mouth
should hear the word of
the
gospel,
and
believe.
{Luke 11:52}
Woe unto
you,
lawyers!
for
ye have
taken away
the
key of knowledge:
ye entered not in
yourselves, and
them that were
entering in
ye hindered.
{Matthew 18:18}
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.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 18:19}
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.
⠀⠀⠀⠀
{Matthew 18:20}
For
where
two or three
are gathered together
in
my name,
there am
I
in the midst of
them.
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