Getting published & the whole binding and loosing thing

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And on a more spiritual note, here's the reference we discussed heavily last night:

"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."
Matthew 16:19 (NIV)

I looked up my bible commentary this morning (which, by the way, is super helpful at times like this, and you can get your own here), and John MacArthur writes this about the passage we discussed:

"the keys of the kingdom of heaven" - these represent authority, and here Christ gives Peter (and by extension all other believers) authority to declare what is bound or loosed in heaven ... Christ's actions mean that any duly constituted body of believers, acting in accord with God's Word, has the authority to declare if someone is forgiven or not ... When churches make such judgments on the basis of God's Word, they can be sure heaven is in accord. In other words, whatever they "bind" or "loose" on earth is already "bound" or "loosed" in heaven...
The Macarthur Bible Commentary, p.1155

Please jump on the comments below and continue the conversation. Pose your questions and I'm sure you'll find Pastor Ralph joins in on the comments to help us out. Let's not leave this topic in the "too-hard" basket!