Word of Truth / Matthew 18:18

The scripture is very clear when it was written by the Apostle Paul in 

2Ti 2:15, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

We have been given a precious gift, the Word of God. It is our spiritual responsibility as believers to read it as well as study it.

We are to find out what the Word really says.

One role of the Five-Fold ministry is to PROPERLY instruct and teach the saints the Word, not from man's opinion, but by proper interpretation of the Word. I would like to share a teaching to one scripture that so many have taught to the Body of Christ in error.

Let us read Matthew 18:18, "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

Many today are being taught that this is a warfare scripture when it is not. In fact, when we study, we find no reference to warfare at all. The truth be told, this is about rendering a verdict and teaching. Let us read the whole verse in context.

Mt 18:15 ¶ "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.

16 "But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.'

17 "And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.

18 "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

19 "Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20 "For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."

Firstly, what Christ is teaching starts with "If your brother SINS against you", and gives instruction on how to bring that person into correction and accountability.

It involves a threefold process of trying to correct the sinner:

This is an important place to properly interpret what Christ is teaching the Apostles here.

 What is He saying? He is saying if the person will not repent of their sins, then let them go.

This right refers to EXCOMMUNICATION and shows that when they agreed on a matter pertaining the actions of a person it would be received in Heaven.

Once we come to verse 18, we now see a clearer picture of what Christ is doing here. He is preparing His disciples to run the Church. The terminology of BIND and to LOOSE literally means to REMIT and PERMIT and they had to teach what is and what is not permitted by God. 

Also in Jewish custom, these words were spoken at the commissioning of a preacher by the ordaining rabbi. What we see is a picture of the RABBI commissioning His preachers.

'Binding and loosing' means the power of deciding questions of faith and morals in the visible church. The words, derived from the Aramaic, meant in that dialect the power of deciding what was lawful or unlawful to be done according to Jewish law, and what was right or not right to be believed. This power was conferred upon a rabbi or scribe at his ordination ceremony. To bind was to prohibit; to loose was to permit.

Also to note:

 "The phrases to bind and to loose were Jewish, and most frequent in their writers. It belonged only to the teachers among the Jews to bind and to loose. When the Jews set any apart to be a preacher, they used these words, 'Take thou liberty to teach what is BOUND and what is LOOSE.'" Strype's preface to the 

Posthumous Remains

 of Dr. Lightfoot, p. 38.

Initially, Christ had spoken this first to the Apostle Peter in 

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."

Now here He is confirming this authority to all of the Apostles. 

The scripture then goes into teaching us that the 2 or 3 agreeing on a matter means what they were to render in teaching and in decision-making for the Church would be heard by the Father and done for them for the CHURCH.

Nowhere does this refer to spiritual warfare. If you have been taught this and believed as so, do not feel bad. Many have been taught this concept using this passage of scripture. But now that you know what it really says, ask the Lord how to apply it and ask him to uproot any other lies or spirit of error from you so that you may know the whole TRUTH of the WORD.

Lord, help us to get back to what You really said and what You meant so we can apply it properly today.

STUDY TO SHOW YOURSELF APPROVED!

In His Service,

Jesse Griffin

Vessels of Honor

Whatever happened to:

Sanctification

Consecration

Separation

Purification

Before releasing people into ministry?

Many in this wave of Apostolic and Prophetic reformation have become unbiblical and unbalanced in their approach to restore offices and gifts.

Authenticity is not just found in the FUNCTIONALITY but it is in the PERSONALITY of those exhibiting and manifesting offices, gifts, anointings, revelation etc ...

2 Chronicles 29:24 NLT

But there were too few priests to prepare all the burnt offerings. So their relatives the Levites helped them until the work was finished and more priests had been purified, for the Levites had been more conscientious about purifying themselves than the priests had been.

THERE IS A GENUINE REFORMATION HAPPENING!

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TOO FEW WHO ARE GENUINELY REPRESENTING IT.

Authenticity to represent the Holy One is only as authentic as the one who has allowed sanctification and purification to enter in. Be holy as I am Holy. One of the clearest signs of direct relationship and intimacy with the Lord is purification with humility. 

Not haughtiness and arrogance being puffed up with knowledge in Revelation.

The Revelation can be true but if it is not mixed with a Sanctified and Holy vessel, it makes the vessel false because they release a false representation.

Romans 2:24

For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

One element of the word blaspeme means to cause to come to no effect. That even though you mentioned the name of the Lord and how great he is a life that is not transformed and bear fruit does not create a genuine Witness. Therefore it causes individuals to believe that the God you are mentioning does not have power because it is not evident in the life of the one who is mentioning his name. 

Let all of those who mention the name of the Lord depart from iniquity 

2 Timothy 2:19

While Christ walked the Earth, He dealt with those who sat in the seat of Moses who had right revelation but they had wrong character.

They did not display the nature of God.

 Yeshua said this

Matthew 23:3

So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don't follow their example. For they don't practice what they teach.

We can have the right revelation in a person with the wrong motive and character.

We must get back to seeing people wait to be launched in ministry. 

Even the Apostle Paul was an estimated 10 years before he was commissioned into his Apostolic office.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

In His Service,

Apostle Jesse

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Kingdom Architecture

When it comes to Kingdom Architecture, there is a lot of Illegal Apostolic and Prophetic operation.

This post is not going to gain me points with some people.

That is okay though as I am on a mission to 

1. Get in order with the Lord

2. Share true Kingdom insights and principles regardless of who likes it.

Let me start by saying if we want true reformation then we must be willing to root up, pluck up, tear down, and destroy before we can build and plant.

Jeremiah 1:10

When we read about Gideon in Judges 6 we find out Israel had been under the oppression of Midian for 7 years.

The Word says Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. Judges 6:1

The Israelites had to hide from the Midianites and the land is stripped bare and Israel is left impoverished.

Judges 6:2- 6

The people cried out because of the oppression.

The Lord sends a prophet to tell them the error of their ways.

Judges 6: 7-10

Then after this an Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon

He is given a word.

Judges 6:12

  And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

 13  And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Take note of something.

In verse 12 the Angel says to Gideon "the LORD is with you"

Gideon responds in verse 13 "if the LORD be with us, WHY?"

See God was for Israel but had withdrawn Himself to teach them a lesson.

The LORD was with Gideon.

Gideon becomes favored, called, anointed and then commissioned to do something that would allow God to answer the cry of the people and the plea of His own heart.

When will the LORD be with Israel again?

In verse 25 Gideon is commanded to tear down the altar of Baal

Gideon had to go against his own family and the order of the city in order to serve the Lord.

He had grown up in a place where his own father had groves and idols.

The people of the region became accustomed to the groves of Joash. These places were set as places of sexual immorality.

We see a rise of the flesh once Gideon obeyed the Lord from those who were affected by Gideons obedience.

Joash was guilty as a father for setting up idolatry and immorality before the LORD.

Gideon had to break through fear to tear down that thing that stood before the LORD and Israels restoration.

He had to love and fear the LORD more than fear man.

Many people are bound because they do what was the custom of those preceding them.

They become bound to something that they were fed that now feeds their pride and the carnal man.

This happens everywhere including family, school, business and ministry.

My focus is on ministry and the approach of modern day apostolic and prophetic models.

When we study out the first century Apostles and how they operated it looks nothing like today.

Even some of the protocols of modern prophetic movements carry little weight compared to the 1st century fathers and the order of Old Covenant prophets.

Did you know that in order to get Apostolic insights in the 1st century a person had to be CALLED UP into the mysteries?

That means starting with the original apostles of the Lamb they personally called their disciples to follow them.

A lot of people do not know the Apostle John had a disciple who became an Apostle named Polycarp.

Why am I saying this? Because when we study out the order of the original 12 and then those following we see deep personal relationships when it came to training, activating, imparting, developing and accountability.

The Apostles understood spheres, metrons, bishoprick when it came to who they preached to and then those who were to be discipled by them.

They made DISCIPLES and abive that, they made SONS and DAUGHTERS in the GOSPEL.

This modern fan club and groupie following of Apostles and Prophets is way out of order.

See the seed of the Gospel of Good News is to be SCATTERED EVERYWHERE!

Yet, the mysteries of the KINGDOM are to be STEWARDED and COMMITTED to the FAITHFUL!

Creating followings by trying to out do each other on Social Media with the latest revelation is completely out of order.

Revelation, Mysteries, Inigmas and the like are to be entrusted to those that fall under covenant of their leadership.

2 Timothy  2:2  And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same you should commit  to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

I know that this is going to upset people, but many of these Schools of the Prophets and Apostolic Companies are way out of order.

Individuals are supposed to be able to come into a place of Covenant Connection for development.

Not merchandised and get imparted to like Simon the Sorcerer wanted.

If leaders will not train and raise up people because they cannot pay, then we still have a god called Mammon in operation. A person is better off not being imparted to by Leviathan. It is better to wait for a humble leader to invest into them.

This is still a hireling spirit in operation. 

It needs addressed.

Sons and daughters cannot be raised while trying to merchandise them.

Now I do believe honor should be sown as the ox is not to be muzzled while treading the grain.

We should see heart that desires spirit connection before a financial tie is in operation.

Is it about them or about what they are bringing financially?

Is it about what they can bring the teacher or about what the teacher can impart into the people?

When was the last time we saw an Apostle or Prophet say they prayed in the mountain and then go and call the ones they were to lay mantles on?

We say we want to see Elijah to Elisha, Paul to Timothy type relationship and training.

This is something that has to be completely sincere and organic by the Holy Spirit.

What needs thrown out and cut down is the calculating of the amount of revenue a person needs to bring in to be discipled.

The sons of the prophets under Elijah was a community that operated as a college.

They were FAMILY!

The Spirit of the Lord and the Glory of God is working to lay true Kingdom Structure back into the Saints.

Who can hear the Spirit of the Lord?

Show me scripturally where we are to  CHARGE to discple people.

Mantles are not for sale.

Anointing is not for sale.

Revelation is not for sale.

Salvation is not for sale.

Who has the guts to trust the Lord to lay a pure foundation in ministry and cut down Mammon?

That is a place that will be full of love, life, gifts, fellowship, covenant and the Glory of the Lord.

In His Love,

 Jesse Griffin 

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