We are to walk in the authority of Jesus Christ!
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 16:
15 Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in Heaven.
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church (ekklesia), and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
The gates of Hades represent authorities and powers. We are to be on the offensive against those gates. When Jesus said, “shall not prevail”, the is a promise you can count on. The authority that Christ has put in you is His authority.
His Word through your mouth is as powerful as His Word through His!
The power is in the Source and the Source is Jesus and He only said what THE FATHER is saying.
19 I will give you the keys of Heaven’s Kingdom realm to forbid on earth that which is forbidden in Heaven, and to release on earth that which is released in Heaven.”
Heaven is the model for us to follow when binding and loosing. There is no sickness or lack in Heaven. That should be the basis by which we bind and loose in the power and authority of Jesus Christ.
Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 1:
1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
Why did Jesus find it necessary to spend 40 days teaching on the things pertaining to the Kingdom of GOD? His death and resurrection provide us with a new relationship versus Old Testament Law. The disciples changed from walking in fear to that of walking in boldness. Jesus taught them of the power and authority of His Name to be used in confronting the adversary. He also prepared them for the Baptism of The Holy Spirit of power being in them. This would enable them to be witnesses to the end of the earth.
The one with an ascended lifestyle knows what is in Heaven that has no earthly parallel, thus he knows what to bind and what to loose.
The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 4:
1 Then suddenly, after I wrote down these messages, I saw a portal open into the Heavenly realm, and the same trumpet-voice I heard speaking with me at the beginning said, “Ascend into this realm! I want to reveal to you what must happen after this.”
We also have the ability to ascend to the Heavenly realm to see and hear. As we worship The Lord with no distractions, we set ourselves up to ascend. Your ascended lifestyle is not leaving the ground; it is more and more being wrapped up in the Spirit of GOD with what HE is saying and doing.
Back in the 1970s-80s, the phrase “You are so Heavenly-minded, you’re no earthly good” discouraged us from focusing on being Heavenly-minded. We should be saying “You’re Heavenly-minded, now you will be earthly-good and are able to provide something that the planet desperately needs.”
We know what to bind because we know that the adversary comes to kill, steal, and destroy. So, what do we loose? We pray to FATHER to reveal what to loose in a given, unique situation. If you bind the spirit of deception, we are to ask THE LORD what that particular person needs to open his or her eyes that will address the deception. Since we have the authority of Jesus Christ, we can loose whatever is needed to replace what we bound.