The Prayer of Agreement
Kenneth E. Hagin, Sr.
Bible Texts:
Matthew 18:18-20,
Deuteronomy 32:30,
Romans 8:26
Central
Truth: There
is tremendous power as two or more agree in prayer concerning anything they may
need.
Of
the many prayer promises in the Bible, perhaps none is more significant than
Matthew 18:19.
Yet
many dedicated Christians go through life having a knowledge of the Word—having
read and even studied Matthew 18:19—without really appropriating it in their
own lives.
God
didn’t put all the promises about prayer in the Bible just to fill up space.
They are there for our benefit. They are there for us to act upon.
The
get the full impact of what Jesus is saying in Matthew 18:19, let’s look at the
verses preceding and following it.
Matthew
18:18-20
18
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.
19
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in
Heaven.
20
For where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the
midst of them.
Notice
the phrase in verse 19:
“It
shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven.”
The
strongest assertion one can make in the English language is to say, “I shall”.
In
this Scriptures Jesus promised, “It shall be done for them of my Father which
is in Heaven.” He also said, “If ye shall ask any thing in my Name, I will do
it” (John 14:14).
P.C.
Nelson was a Greek scholar who did all his personal Bible reading and private
devotions from the Greek New Testament.
He
said the Greek translation is more beautiful than the English, but it has a
number of idioms that cannot be translated into English and retain their full meaning.
Dr.
Nelson said the literal Greek rendering of Jesus’ statement is, “If you shall
ask anything in My Name and I don’t have it, I will make it for you.”
Authority to Bind and
Loose
Matthew
18:20 says, “For where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am
I in the midst of them.”
We
usually apply this Scripture to a church service. If course, it can refer to
this, but what Jesus was really saying here is wherever these two people are
who agree, He is right there with them to make their prayer good.
Jesus
was bringing out the fact that whatever we bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven,
and whatever we loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven. Heaven will back us
up in what we do on earth. We have the authority to loose and to bind.
