"Binding and Loosing"

by James Jacob Prasch

In many areas the church is trying to use biblical teaching about binding and loosing as an instrument to deal with something it was not designed to deal with.

  1. Wrong Weapons
  2. Charismtatic Failure
  3. Slain in the Spirit?
  4. Unbiblical Ideas
  5. Paul in Athens
  6. Not of This World
  7. Evangelism: The First Weapon
  8. Binding the Strong Man
  9. Taking Scriputre Out of Context
  10. Discernment of Spirits
  11. Jesus is the Rock
  12. Who Has the Keys?
  13. Spirit of Antichrist
  14. Praying to the Dead
  15. Only the Bible
  16. The Custody of the Vineyard
  17. First Church Council
  18. Defining Doctrine
  19. Apostolic Authority is Always about Doctrine
  20. Dealing with Persistent Sin in the Body
  21. The Gospel Looses
  22. "Penance"?
  23. Setting People Free
  24. The Power Was Present
  25. Lazarus Raised from the Dead
  26. Prayer for Those in Authority
  27. Loss of Christian Influence
  28. The One Who Restrains Evil
  29. The Spirit of Truth
  30. Restraining Wickendess
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First Church Council

And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for his name. And with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written.[and he quotes from Amos 9:11- 12] Therefore it is my judgment that. (Acts 15:13-15,19).

It was James speaking, not Peter, so how did the Catholic Church come up with their story that Peter was the leader? This is why the Catholic Church put the Bible on their Index of Forbidden Books.

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole Church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. and they sent this letter by them, "The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to the brethren in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia who are Gentiles." (Acts 15:22-23).

The apostolic brethren spoke corporately. Jesus gave the keys of knowledge to the apostles so that they would know what the Scriptures meant. Acts chapter 15 is apostolic binding and loosing in action. Acts chapter 15 is the apostles using those keys to interpret Amos 9:11-12.

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