Jesus' disciple John told him that they found someone casting out demons in Jesus' name. John and the others told the man to stop because he was not one of them. Jesus said, do not stop him....for who ever is not against us is for us.
Wow. Jesus cast a pretty wide circle of acceptance. In a world where this denomination does not like another, where this group thinks they are the only ones, in a world where we hold ourselves up as the only collectors of the true way.... Jesus says, if they are not against us they are for us.
In other words, hey, we are all on the same team. Get off their backs. They may be doing it a little bit differently than you do, but they are still trying to do God's work.
God has a very big army working for him and not everyone goes about things in the same way, but every soldier, every squad, every battalion is important. We need to stop shooting each other and get on with the business of sharing God's love in this life.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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