In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus,... And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican. Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Peter has the additional gift of holding the key of the office of the vice-regent of the eternal House of David (which is Christ's Kingdom).
Isaiah 22And I will thrust thee from thine office; and from thy station shalt thou be pulled down. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: and I will cloth him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Matthew 16
And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Rev 3
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth:
There, fixed it for you. That would be the assembly of local believers that regularly met together not some conglomerate falsely claiming to be some overseer. Then may I once again remind you that no distinction was made between the apostles and other believers as to binding and loosing.
Acts 15:8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as he did us. 9 He made no distinction between us and them, for by faith he purified their hearts.
>>And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth:<<
That sir is referring to Jesus NOT Peter.
1 Samuel 2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
The blasphemy of the Catholic Church and it’s followers is astounding.
“15 “If your brother sins against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back. 16 But if he will not listen to you, take one or two other persons with you, so that ‘every accusation may be upheld by the testimony of two or more witnesses,’ as the scripture says. 17 And if he will not listen to them, then tell the whole thing to the church. Finally, if he will not listen to the church, treat him as though he were a pagan or a tax collector.
18 “And so I tell all of you: what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
19 “And I tell you more: whenever two of you on earth agree about anything you pray for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them.” - Matt 18
To repeat: “18 “And so I tell all of you: what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”
Please note this was directed at the disciples, not just the Apostles.
Since God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34), it would seem this is a problematic statement. There is NOT a pecking order in the Body of Christ. Jesus is the HEAD and only HEAD, Believers are the body. There is no middle management. There is neither Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female, but all are one Body in Christ. (Galatians 3:28) All BELIEVERS have been blessed with ALL spiritual blessings in Heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:3)
And since I know many folks in Christ through the years who have successfully bound and loosed things per Scripture and by faith, I will confidently say this gift belongs to ALL BELIEVERS.