Whose Side Are You On?
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Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40 For the one who is not against us is for us. 41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
Mark 9:38-41 ESV
Philippians 1:27 ESV - 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
1. A Question of Our Association
Mark 9:38 ESV - 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”
Mark 5:20 ESV - 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
2. A Comment Concerning Our Ability
Mark 9:39 ESV - 39 But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.
Luke 9:54 ESV - 54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”
John 14:12 ESV - 12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
3. A Principle for Us to Understand
Mark 9:40 ESV - 40 For the one who is not against us is for us.
Matthew 12:30 ESV - 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
Romans 15:7 ESV - 7 Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
4. An Application to Remember
Mark 9:41 ESV - 41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.