The Importance Of Protocol In Heaven

God has established certain protocol in heaven to approach Him and to defeat our enemies. Protocol in the dictionary is defines as “the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.” We are to approach God’s heavenly courts with a certain “etiquette” when we pray. We already discussed coming into the presence of the Lord with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise. This causes the courts to be begin its session. It gets the attention of God and causes the heavenly host to be seated to hear our case. In a natural court here on the earth, we have a certain respect for the court system, for the judge and for the jury. If we are disrespectful in any way, we can be held in contempt of court. It is similar in the courts of heaven. If we approach God with our requests, engage in binding and loosing without respect to the protocol of heaven 's court system, it will have negative consequences. We are held in spiritual contempt of court and bound by the laws of the courts of heaven because disrespect and ignorance leads to further attack.

There are key elements found in Matthew 18:18 in using proper protocols on binding and loosing things on earth as they are in heaven. The first step in "binding" is revealed where this scripture says, “whatever you bind [forbid, …show more content…
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