Benjamin Franklin is credited with having said “Three men can keep a secret if two of them are dead.” Two men may keep one, but the third might not. The old saying, “Two’s company but three’s a crowd” is also true. And have you noticed that public speakers and preachers almost always use three examples in a sort of rolling cadence?
But three believers praying together are better than two, Jesus said, “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” The Lord is present in their agreement and the authority of his Name.
This is the theme of Matthew, chapter 18, and it goes all the way back to Deuteronomy, where three witnesses were required for a person to be stoned to death. The combined witness of two was good but that of three was better, and the same applies when we pray to God in the name of Jesus Christ, since it guarantees the presence of The Fourth Man.
Note: Not just any two who pray — the word “any” is not in Matthew 18:19; but “if two of you shall pray”. The third witness to the prayer needs to be in agreement, not a Christian who happens to be nearby and is added to make up the number. (Example: Mark 14:52.)
There’s nothing that cannot be done when three meet to pray together to God in agreement for a person or about a problem or a need. So, invite two who are of like mind and the same spirit of faith to pray with you in agreement. It is a biblical way that works — Jesus said it would. (2 Corinthians 13:1) God’s three-fold witness on earth is “the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and these three agree in one.” (1 John 5:8)
Scripturally speaking, “Two’s company” but three praying together in agreement attracts the presence of the Lord Jesus — and what had been possible or probable then becomes absolutely certain!