Date: Saturday, 6th September, 2025
Text: Matthew 18:18-20
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation
The believer’s authority is so powerful that when you decree a thing on earth, the God of Heaven will back it up. This authority becomes even stronger when exercised corporately. The Word of God assures us that when two or three believers pray in agreement, asking according to His will, it shall be done for them.
In today’s passage, the Lord said: “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. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” — Matthew 18:18–20
To “bind” means to forbid, disallow, or declare unlawful. To “loose” means to permit, allow, or declare lawful. In other words, Jesus was teaching that unity in prayer releases Heaven’s power to establish God’s will—to bring good and to overturn evil.
A striking example is seen in Acts 12:1–18. When Peter was arrested by Herod and faced execution (just as James had been killed), the church gathered in one accord through the night. They prayerfully bound the death sentence planned by Herod, and they prayerfully loosed Peter to continue preaching the gospel boldly. God answered exactly as they prayed—Peter was miraculously released.
Therefore, binding and loosing does not mean tying demons or untying angels (for angels were never in bondage to begin with). Rather, it is the exercise of spiritual authority through unified prayer, aligning earth with Heaven.
When you and other believers pray in unity, whatever negative situations—sickness, poverty, failure, disappointment—you reject on earth will be rejected in Heaven. And whatever good things you declare—health, provision, breakthrough, open doors—will be established by the God of Heaven.
Key Nugget: Binding and loosing is not about tying demons or untying angels, but about exercising spiritual authority in unity, enforcing God’s will on earth as it is in Heaven.
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