The Meaning of "Where Two or Three are Gathered" (Matthew
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2023
- “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.“ (Matthew 18:20)
In this often quoted passage, Jesus tells his disciples to gather together in prayer. When two or more of us gather together in the name of the Lord, he will be with us. We gather together in church or we gather together outside of churches and join in prayer.
In Matthew 18:19 he said that “if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.”
Why will God the Father hear our prayers? Because when two or three are gathered in his name, Jesus is present among us.
St. Paul describes the Church as the Body of Christ (1 Cor 12) to express this same point. Jesus is present within the gathering of the Church.
From a practical standpoint, this means that prayers you pray in a community of people have great power because God listens to them!
The Meaning of “When Two or Three Are Gathered in My Name”
1) Don’t be a lone Christian. Be a church-going Christian to join in a community of prayer. When you listen to prayers at Church, make those prayers your own. Agree about the importance of those prayers.
2) When you need God’s help, turn to fellow Christians for help. Ask for prayers!
3) When you turn to other Christians for help, actually sit down and pray together because Christ’s presence will be there.
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as someone who is disabled and unable to attend church, and has no friends, please pray for me and with me in spirit.
I was taught it is for praying over the sick for healing!
I have been delving into this scripture. And I believe we have to read it in context. The few verses prior to matthew 18:20 Is speaking of church discipline and conflict resolution. It doesn't have a whole lot to do with A prayer setting. Jesus is teaching how to resolve and deal with stuff like this in the church and I am sure another areas of our lives.
You're exactly right. He isn't teaching the true meaning of this scripture.
2 or 3? I have to read this section as a refresher, but "2 or 3" immediately brings to mind the Mosaic requirement for 2 or 3 witnesses to testify or a matter is not able to be established. Jesus also had three witnesses. 1 John 5 talks about 3 earthly and 3 heavenly witnesses. Paul or Peter said "let every matter be established in the mouths of two or three witnesses".
They even taught that if one needed to confront someone on a matter to BRING one or two others with you so you have enough witnesses. God said in the Torah that a lone witness was invalid even if they were telling the truth.
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2 or 3? I have to read this section as a refresher, but "2 or 3" immediately brings to mind the Mosaic requirement for 2 or 3 witnesses to testify or a matter is not able to be established. Jesus also had three witnesses. 1 John 5 talks about 3 earthly and 3 heavenly witnesses. Paul or Peter said "let every matter be established in the mouths of two or three witnesses".
This is such great advice and life application. However I’d urge you to study this text a bit more. This is not the meaning of this scripture in context. If you read just a few verses before (Matt 18:15-17) you’ll see the context is correction. It’s not about church, but about agreement on how to win someone over from sin. But again I don’t want to seem divided as fellow brother in Christ and only pray you can consider. This is still general good biblical truth you’re teaching.
Nice video 👍🏼👍🏼🫶🏻
So if your by yourself he is not there?