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John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
on the Whole Bible :
Verse 18. Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth - By excommunication, pronounced
in the spirit and power of Christ. Whatsoever ye shall loose - By absolution
from that sentence. In the primitive Church, absolution meant no more than a
discharge from Church censure
People's New Testament :
18. What things soever ye shall bind. What was said to Peter (Matt. 16:19)
is addressed to all the apostles. It is spoken to all a second time (John
20:23). All had the keys as well as Peter. The apostles were, under the
direction of the Holy Spirit, to establish the rules of the church
discipline, as well as to announce the conditions of salvation by the
gospel. These rules and conditions, found in Acts and the Epistles, bind and
loose men. As they were to speak and write as moved by the Holy Spirit, what
they announced would be ratified in heaven.
Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament :
Verse 18
Verily I say unto you, What things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be
bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven.
All of the apostles, not merely Peter alone, were included in this promise.
See under Matthew 16:19. Its mention in this context appears to make the
action of a church in the rejection of an offending member a matter of the
utmost consequences, now and eternally. See under Matt. 16:19.
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mvh. jørgen.
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Reinhard Bonnke :
http://www.cfan.org/uk/