For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.” These verses come from a larger passage which addresses the procedures to be followed in the case of church discipline of a sinning member. To interpret them as promising believers a blank check for anything they might agree to ask God for, no matter how sinful or foolish, not only does not fit the context of church discipline, but it denies the rest of Scripture, especially the sovereignty of God.
Kwa kuwa walipo wawili watatu wamekusanyika kwa jina langu, nami nipo papo hapo kakati yao.” Aya hizi zinatoka katika ufahamu mkubwa ambao wazungumzia mpangilio utakaofuatwa katika kesi ya kumwadhibu mshirika wa kanisa. Kuzifasiri kama kuahidi Wakristo cheki tupu kwa kitu chochote watakacho kubaliana kumwomba Mungu, haijalishi kama ni cha dhambi au upumbavu, sio eti hakiingiliani na masingara ya adhabu ya kanisa, bali yakataa maandiko mengine yote hasa ukuu wa Mungu.