"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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Prayer for Those in Authority

There are biblical and unbiblical versions of “binding and loosing”. As you see, none of it has anything to do with what most Pentecostal churches are teaching today. The preaching of the Gospel will always come first. (Paul preached the Gospel.) Prayer and fasting come next. (What did Esther and Daniel do?) And third comes intercession and prayer for those in authority, for the political leaders who have authority over God's people.

First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Ti. 2:1-4).

You may not like politics or politicians, but if they are not influenced by our prayers, they will be influenced by some-thing else.

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