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NASB | Matthew 18:18 "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:18 "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth shall have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth shall have [already] been loosed in heaven. [Matt 16:19] |
Subject: Tell me who unties them? |
Bible Note: Appleseed I'm sorry for any perceived sarcasm, I was simply trying to show how wrong the statement was that we have the same authority as Jesus. I am trying to be helpful you are living where I once walked and by the grace of God I had my eyes opened before it destroyed me. I believed similar to you, that all I had to do was ask anything and God would run over and do it. God is not a car hop, God is not at our beck and call, God is sovereign, majestic, and supreme and until you get a grip on that concept you are open for deception. I deal with people after the they come crashing down and I try to pick them up and show them God didn’t fail, what failed was what they were told. I have seen people as they get hit between the eyes when they get the call that their son or daughter is in jail accused of shooting a drug dealer and their lives crumple. Or worst yet their son or daughter is lying in the ER and they might just get there before they die. The first question out of their mouths is, ”How can this be happening, I thought… where is God in all of this …” Don’t tell me we have the same authority as Jesus until you have held the bloody head of a dead nine year old and tried to explain to her mother God is still the throne. Or sit in the living room with the parents of a SID baby who is lying there between you, and can’t be moved until the coroner arrives. Trying to explain to them why they couldn’t bind Satan from touching their child, why what they heard on TV didn’t work. That God loves them and that God cares. God is sovereign, He is not ordered by anything or anyone. He does what He desires, and He brings things into our lives and takes things out of our lives as He sees fit. Always for our good but not always to our liking. You said let’s agree to disagree and if that is how you want it I will more than comply. However I will not stand idly by if you make statements that might mislead others. I don’t enjoy picking up broken pieces. I only wish I could help you see God for how wondrous He really is, how marvelous and how sovereign. Your in my prayers Ed |