Te hoê o te (hape) e haapiihia ra i roto i te mau ekalesia e rave rahi, o te haapiiraa ïa no ni'a i te herepata i roto i te iritiraa. This doctrine of ‘binding and loosing’ is already discussed in the blogpost ‘Te auraa o te auraa o Iesu na roto i te taatiraa e te vavahiraa?hō'ē. Tera râ,, a part of the doctrine of binding and loosing is not discussed and that’s the part of binding the strong man before spoiling his goods. It is taught, that you first have to find out, who the strong man is in a person’s life and when you’ve found out, through means of prayer, te haapaeraa maa and the leading of the Holy Spirit, you must bind the strong man and then you can spoil his goods by setting the person free from demonic powers. But where do we read about this doctrine in the Bible that you have to bind the strong man? Where did Jesus teach His disciples about the hierarchical levels of demons and the levels of demonic power? Who were the strong demons and who were the weak demons? Where do we read that before Jesus sent His disciples to preach the gospel, they first had to pray and fast before they could go and enter a house? Where do we read anything about the disciples fasting in relation to cast out demons? And where do we read about the doctrine of binding the strong man, in the acts and lives of the apostles? Where did they bind the strong man? But if binding the strong man is not part of the gospel, what was Jesus referring to when Jesus spoke about binding the strong man and spoiling his goods? What does the Bible say about binding the strong man? Do you have to bind the strong man or has Jesus already bound the strong man?
God had given the enemy in the hands of His people
For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: Ia ite maitai outou e, eita te Fatu, to outou Atua, e tiavaru faahou i te hoê a'e o teie mau nunaa i mua ia outou; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, e te mau aiû i to outou mau pae, e te mau tataramoa i roto i to outou mata, e tae roa'tu i te taime ua pohe outou i teie fenua maitai ta Iehova, to outou Atua, i horo'a ia outou. E, fa'a'ōfa'i, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you (Joshua 23:9-16)
I roto i te fafauraa tahito, we see the relationship between God and His people. God protected His people and fought for His people as long as His people walked in the way of God.
God’s people were familiar with God’s ways, since God had made these known to His people through the law (A tai'o atoa: ‘Te vahi huna o te turehō'ē)
As long as the people stayed obedient to God and walked in His commandments, the people showed their love and fear for God and acknowledged Him as the one and only true living God in the heavens and earth.
Every time that God gave permission to His people to go to battle and they had to fight against the heathen nations, God had already given the heathen nations in the hands of His people; in the power of His people.
Because before the army of Israel went to battle in the natural realm, God had already bound and overcome the strong man in the spiritual realm. The only thing they had to do was to go, tūtau'iti'i, gain the victory, spoil their goods and divide them among the people and/or take possession of their land (Gen 14:20, I mua i 18:4-10, Num 21:3-34, Mai te mea 10:8-32; 11:8; 21:44; 24:11, Jud 1:2-4, e tē vai atura.).
The heathen nations saw their victories and therefore they had a great fear, not for the Israelites, but for the God of the Israelites. Because they knew that it was their God who had fought the fight and overcome the enemy.
The proof that God had overcome the enemy
How can we be certain that it was God, Who had bound the enemy and gained the victory, and that it was not due to the warrior skills and strength of His people? No te mea i te mau taime atoa, when the people of God became disobedient to Him and left Him and His commandments, e ua faaru'e te Atua i To'na nunaa, the people lost the battle. Although they went with the same amount of soldiers or sometimes, even more, they were defeated by their enemy, and instead of being victors, they became losers.
Therefore the victory over their enemies was not their own work, but it was God’s work.
No matter how powerful and mighty the armies of the Gentiles and their god(s) i teiei, they could not compete against God and His power.
The purpose of the coming of Jesus
The Spirit of the Lord is uponMme, no te mea ua faatahino Oia ia'u ia poro i te evanelia i te feia veve; Ua tono atu oia ia'u ia'u no te faaora i te feia pohe, te ti'aturiraa i te mau tao'a tahi, e te oraraa i te matapo, No te faaafaro i te mau fifi i te pae no te ture, e mea rahi râ te mau mea e ino roa ' tu â no te mea e nehenehe te mau mea e tupu mai., No te poro i te matahiti e fariihia e te Fatu (Luka 4:18-19)
Iesu Mesia; te parau, came to the earth in the Name of God; the highest authority in heavens and on earth and brought the Kingdom of God on earth. Jesus brought the Kingdom by preaching the gospel, setting the captives free and eventually by saving mankind from the rulership of the devil and the kingdom of darkness and reconciling man back to God.
Jesus would bind the strong man, who had the power over fallen man, I te tahi taime, by taking his armor (tā'atira'a) and dividing his spoils.
Jesus walked in the Name of God and the power of the Holy Spirit
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, ōtahi, Ma te hoê, Te parau atu nei au e, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what He seeth the Father do: for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, e faaite atu Ia'na i te mau mea atoa ta'na iho e rave ra: and He will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel (John 5:19-20)
I am come in My Father’s Name, and ye receive Me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive (John 5:43)
Na ô maira Iesu ia ratou, Ia faateitei ana'e outou i te Tamaiti a te taata, E ite ai outou e, o vau oia oia, e aita vau e rave ra i te hoê mea na ' u iho; mai ta to'u Metua i haapii mai ia'u, Te parau nei au i teie mau mea. E tei pihai iho vau ia'u na tei tono mai ia'u: Aita te Metua i faaru'e ia'u; for I do always those things that please him (ohJn 8:28-29)
E ua ho'i atura Iesu i Galilea ma te mana o te Varua (Luka 4:14)
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God (Luka 22:69)
Jesus was born of the Seed of God and consisted of a spirit, te. His spirit was not dead, like fallen man, but alive and connected with His Father
Ua haere mai au i raro mai te ra'i, e ere i te mea, tera râ, te hinaaro o'na o tei hapono mai ia'u (John 6:38)
Jesus walked by faith in obedience to His Father after His commandments, which represented His will.
As long as Jesus relied on His Father and walked and did the works in His authority and the power of the Holy Spirit, He walked after the Spirit and He stood above the ruler of the world; the devil and his kingdom.
The devil acknowledged His authority and power and therefore the devil tried everything to tempt Jesus to sin, just like he did with Adam.
Because the devil knew, that if Jesus would disobey the will of God and instead listen and obey the flesh, Jesus would walk after the flesh and would come under the power (tā'atira'a) o te diabolo.
But Jesus was not focused on the things of this world, but on the things of the Kingdom of God. Jesus didn’t listen to- and obey the lusts and desires of the flesh, but Jesus listened to the Spirit and obeyed the words of God.
Jesus didn’t rely on His flesh and didn’t do the works out of His flesh. Jesus wasn’t led by His carnal senses and therefore He didn’t rely on what He saw, heard, and felt, but He trusted His Father and was led by what the Holy Spirit and the Father revealed to Him and told Him (Isaiah 11:1-5).
Jesus spend much time in prayer and listened to His Father and stayed loyal to the words and instructions of His Father. Therefore Jesus was not intimidated by the people and the circumstances and was not tempted to sin, but Jesus stayed faithful to the will of HIs Father.
Jesus spoke the words of His Father and did the works in His power
Eita ta'u e nehenehe e rave i te hoê mea: mai ta'u e faaroo ra, Te haava nei au: e ua parau-ti'a to'u haavaraa; no te mea aita vau e imi nei i to'u iho hinaaro, te hinaaro râ o te Metua o tei tono mai ia'u (John 5:30)
Mai te mea e, aita vau e rave nei i te mau ohipa a To'u Metua, Te ti'aturi nei. E parau râ au, e mā'oe, Te ti'aturi nei: e nehenehe outou e ite, Ho'o, te vai ra te Metua, e te'u nei au (John 10:37-38)
Aita anei oe e tiaturi ra e tei roto vau i te Metua, e te Metua i roto ia'u? Te mau parau ta ' u e parau atu ia outou, aita vau e parau atu ia ' u iho: te Metua râ e parahi ra i roto ia ' u, Te rave nei oia i te mau ohipa. A tiaturi mai ia'u e, tei roto vau i te Metua, e te Metua i roto ia'u: or else believe Me for the very works’ noa (John 14:10-11)
Jesus didn’t belong to the kingdom of this world and therefore Jesus didn’t speak the words of the world and didn’t do the works of the world. Maoti râ, Jesus spoke the words of God and relied on Him and did all the works of the Kingdom of God in God’s authority and in His power.
Ua parau Iesu, what His Father said and did what He had seen His Father do (A tai'o atoa: ‘Did you know… The feeding of the multitudes‘)
E nehenehe ratou e; mai oe, Metua tāne, i roto ia'u, e vau i roto ia oe, ia riro atoa ratou ei hoê i roto ia tatou: ia ti'aturi te ao nei e, na oe i tono mai ia'u. E te hanahana ta oe i horo'a mai ia'u, ua horo'a vau ia ratou; Peneia'e e hoê taata ratou, mai ta tatou e hoê: au, e oe i roto ia'u, e nehenehe ratou e riro ei mea tia roa i roto i te hoê; e ia ite te ao nei e, na oe i tono mai ia'u, e ua here au ia ratou, mai to oe here ia'u (John 17:21-23)
God lived in Jesus and Jesus lived in the Father. Jesus trusted and obeyed His Father and walked after His will. His Father protected Him, provided His needs and listened to Him, and answered Him.
His Father gave Him everything He asked for and what He needed to represent, a'oraa, and bring the Kingdom of God to the people and fulfill His task on earth.
Taua parau, Te parau atu nei au, ua ite outou, tei neneihia na Iudea taatoa, e ua haamata i Galilea mai, i muri a'e i te bapetizoraa ta Ioane i poro; Mea nahea te Atua i faatahina ai ia Iesu no Nazareta i te Varua Mo'a e te mana: o tei haere e rave i te maitai, e te faaoraraa i te feia atoa tei hamani-ino-hia e te diabolo; no te mea tei pihai iho te Atua ia'na (Ā'ati'a 10:37-38)
E mea na reira ïa, Jesus walked in the Kingdom of God on earth and reigned over the devil and his kingdom. Jesus called the things which were not as though they were and brought the Kingdom to God’s people by preaching the gospel, casting out demons and healing the sick.
Just like in the Old Testament God had overcome the enemy and had given the enemy into the hands of His people, God also had overcome the strong man (the enemy); He had bind the strong man and had given him in the hands of Jesus; i roto i To'na mana.
Raising Lazarus from the death
We read about this in the Book of John when Lazarus was raised from the dead. Before Jesus arrived at Lazarus’ grave, God had already given Jesus Christ the victory over death. Because when Jesus arrived at the grave, where Lazarus had laid for four days and He commanded Martha to take away the stone, Jesus lifted up His eyes, Ua parau, “Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. E ua ite au e, te faaroo nei oe ia'u i te mau taime atoa: tera râ, ua parau vau i te reira no te feia e ti'a ra i piha'i iho, that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me”.
Then Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, haere mai!” ”. And death obeyed the words of Jesus, which He spoke in the authority of His Father and gave Lazarus back. What took place in the spiritual realm became visible in the natural realm, when Lazarus walked out of the grave (John 11:1-44)
Jesus delegated the authority of the Kingdom of God to His disciples
Then He called His twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, e no te faaora i te feia ma'i (Luka 9:1-2, Mataio 10:1, Mareko 3:14-15; 6:7)
Hi'o, Te horo'a nei au i te mana no te tape'a i te mau asini e te mau scorpils, e i nia i te mana atoa o te enemi: e aore roa e mea e haamauiui ia oe (Luka 10:19)
After Jesus had spent time with His disciples, Jesus called His twelve disciples and gave them power (tā'atira'a) over unclean spirits and instructed them to do the same as Jesus did, namely to preach and bring the gospel of the Kingdom of God to God’s people.
Since they knew Jesus personally and had spent time with Jesus and saw His works, they knew exactly what His words meant and what they had to do.
Jesus didn’t teach them about the types of demons and the levels of demonic powers, nor did He gave them a step-by-step plan, which they had to follow to deliver a person from the oppression of the devil. He didn’t instruct His disciples to bind the strong man first.
Jesus didn’t command them either to pray and fast, before they went or that they first had to wait for a revelation of leading before they could deliver a person.
Aita, Aita Iesu i rave i te reira. No te mea e, mai te tahi atu, te mana, which Jesus had given His disciples would be powerless and of no effect. Because they would have relied on their flesh and would have done the works in the power of their flesh (A tai'o atoa: ‘Te hoê faaroo aravihi no te mau rave'a aravihi apî).
But the authority, which Jesus had given them over unclean spirits and the faith of the disciples in Jesus and the authority which He had given to them, was sufficient to fulfill the commandment of Jesus and do the works of the Kingdom.
And so the disciples, who were not yet born again, but still belonged to the generation of the old creation, went in obedience in the power (tā'atira'a) o te Atua.
By their faith in Jesus Christ and the authority, which He had given them, the disciples brought the Kingdom of God to those, who belonged to God’s people and they did the same works as their Lord and Master Jesus Christ.
Jesus was accused of casting out devils in the name of Beelzebub
But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not with Me is against Me: and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth (Luka 11:20-23)
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, e e faaore i ta ' na mau tao'a, except he first bind the strong man? e i muri iho e haamou oia i to ' na fare. He that is not with me is against Me; and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad (Mataio 12:28-30)
And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. Aita e taata e nehenehe e tomo i roto i te fare o te hoê taata puai, e e faaore i ta ' na mau tao'a, E here na mua oia i te taata puai; e i muri iho e haamou oia i to ' na fare (Mareko 3:25-27)
The people were amazed by the works of Jesus. But because they were not familiar with the Kingdom of God, they didn’t recognize Jesus; te parau a te Atua, e te Basileia o te Atua, and therefore some of them accused Jesus of casting out devils in the name of Beelzebub.
But Jesus told them, that every kingdom or house that is divided against himself can’t stand. He asked them, if He cast out devils in the name of Beelzebub, in what name their sons were casting out devils.
Ua parau Iesu, that if He had cast out devils with the finger of God (by the Spirit of God), the Kingdom of God had come unto them. Because when a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace. This was also the case before Jesus came to the earth and the devil could continue his destructive work on earth without being disturbed, by a.o. misleading the leaders of the people with his lies, causing God’s people to be led astray.
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, he takes from him all his armor, wherein he trusted and divides his spoil. And that’s exactly what Jesus did, when He was sent by God to the earth and walked in the Name of God and in His power.
Because of the Name of God and His power, Jesus possessed a higher authority than the devil. Jesus exposed the lies of the devil by preaching the truth of God and taught the principles of the Kingdom of God to the people. Jesus delivered those, who belonged to God’s people from the power of the enemy by calling them to repentance, putting away sin, tiavaru i te mau demoni, and by healing the sick.
E taua mau mea atoa ra, who followed Jesus would gather with Him, just like the disciples, when they were sent by Jesus and had been given power over unclean spirits and they cast them out.
Jesus walked in the authority and power of God, but would eventually bind the strong man; te diabolo, and take from him all his armor and disarm his power.
Jesus has bound the strong man
Tera râ, ua oaoa roa te Fatu ia'na; Te faatura nei oia Ia'na no te oto: ia riro ana'e to oe varua ei ô no te hara, E ite oia i To'na huero, E mea maoro to'na mau mahana, e te oaoa o te Fatu i roto i to'na rima. E ite oia no ni'a i te tereraa o To'na varua, e e ti'a ia'na: by His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many; e mea ti'a ia'na ia tape'a i to ratou mau hoa. No reira, e faataa vau i te hoê tuhaa e te mea rahi, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; no te mea ua ninii Oia i te pohe i To'na varua ia pohe: e ua numera oia i te mau taata; and he bare the sin of many, e ua faatupu i te hoê taairaa no te mau melo o te fenua (Isaiah 53:10-12)
E te mau raatira haapiiraa e te mau mana, Ua hamani oia i te hoê ofa'i wehe i te, te upooti'a nei ratou i ni'a i te reira (Kolosa 2:15)
Jesus accomplished God’s redemptive work for (ōfa'i) tāne, through His death and resurrection. Jesus had overcome the devil and had spoiled the principalities and powers of the kingdom of darkness and made a shew of them openly, te upooti'a nei ratou i ni'a i te reira. Jesus rose from the dead with the tā'atira'a of hell and of death.
And so by His work, Jesus had bind the strong man by disarming him from his power (tā'atira'a).
Ua (te tahi; te taime) given His Kingship to His Son, until all His enemies are put under His feet (1 Corintians 15:25).
Te mau mana'o hape, together with the sons of God and fight together against the spiritual powers, tumu, e te mau arii o te basileia o te pouri.
Jesus has overcome and disarmed the principalities and powers and has given them into the hands of the sons of God.
No reira, you don’t have to look and search for the strong man in someone’s life and then apply all kinds of worldly formulas, technics and methods to bind the strong man. What a prideful thing to do!
There is only One, Who has bound the strong man and has disarmed his armour and that’s Jesus Christ!
Only through faith in Him and in His Name; His authority it is possible to spoil the goods and plunder the kingdom of darkness by saving souls and setting the captives free.
Jesus look for those in whom He can show Himself strong
All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Na reira, a haere outou, e te mau nunaa atoa, Ua haapa'o i te reira i roto i te i'oa o te Metua, e te tamaiti, e te Varua Mo'a: Te haapiiraa ia ratou ia hi'opo'a i te mau mea atoa ta'u i faaue ia outou: e, R, Tei pihai iho ia'u, Tae atu i te hopea o te ao nei. mā'ea'ea (Mataio 28:18-20)
Jesus still looks at those in whom He can reveal Himself and show Himself strong and manifest His authority and power.
Therefore He looks for people, who love Him and have faith in Him and te horo'araa i to ratou iho ora and submit themselves to Him and rely on Him and obey Him and walk in His authority and power.
Because Jesus can’t use someone, who loves himself and is full of himself and walks after the flesh and therefore relies on his own wisdom, ite, fa'atere, mārohirohi, fa'aherehere, e te ti'araa.
Such a person walks in pride and shall not listen to the Word, let alone submit to the Word and obey the Word. But such a person shall always know it better and shall go his own way. The person shall rely on his own insights, ha'amu, and experiences and shall do everything according to his own philosophy, ōfa'i, fa'a'ōfa'i, e te mau ravea apî, which derive from the wisdom and knowledge of this world and are based upon experiences.
As the Father has sent Me, so shall I send you
At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, e vau i roto ia outou. O Oia tei papa'i i to'u mau faaueraa, e te haapa'o nei ia ratou, O oia tei here ia'u: e o tei here ia'u, e herehia oia e to'u Metua, E here au ia'na, e faaite ia'na iho ia'na (John 14: 20-21)
Na ô faahou maira Iesu ia ratou, Ia hau ia outou: mai ta to'u Metua i tono mai ia'u, e tono atoa vau ia outou (John 10:21)
As Jesus was sent by His Father and given His Name and His Holy Spirit to Jesus, to preach and bring the Kingdom of God on earth, so Jesus has sent those, who are born again in Him and has given His Name and the Holy Spirit, to preach and bring the Kingdom on earth on earth.
Ei tamaiti na te Atua, follower of Jesus Christ and citizen of the Kingdom of God, you must know His job and place and your job and place.
Many times believers mess up the tasks and places and don’t know exactly who is responsible for what. This is mainly because they lack knowledge of the Word.
Many want to take the position of Jesus Christ, but that’s impossible. He is God and He shall always remain God. And although you are seated in Him and Jesus has promised that you will do the same works as He has done and even greater works, no te mea ua haere Oia i te Metua, you will never be greater than Him (John 14:12).
Jesus bound the strong man; He disarmed him from his power by His redemptive work at the cross. Therefore you don’t have to bind the strong man but you can enter His rest.
The responsibility of the Church is not to bind the strong man but to spoil his goods
The task of the Church is not to bind the strong man, but to spoil his goods and expose and destroy the works of darkness.
The Church is responsible for the souls of this age and no one else.
It is up to the Church; Atiʻi; Mana'o, who are born again in Jesus Christ to plunder the kingdom of darkness and to set the captives free. Not by relying on all kinds of complicated (ta'ata) Tō'o'a, ōfa'i, Te mau rave'a aravihi, e te mau rave'a, but by faith in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Only by living after To'na hinaaro and by walking in the authority of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit and preaching the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, te piiraa i te taata ia tatarahapa, casting out demons instead of ‘binding and loosing’, Te faaoraraa i te feia ma'i, and remitting and retaining sins, they shall establish the Kingdom of God on earth.
Let therefore the Church wake up and take her position in Jesus Christ, and despite the resistance and persecution, do what Jesus has commanded to do and possess the land for King Jesus.
'Ia riro ei miti no te fenua’
