Sometimes church people can be like the Apostle John.
Lord, we stopped this guy because he was not one of us. (my paraphrase of Mark 9:38). I hear so many people say to others ‘STOP‘, you can’t do that…you’re not a Christian, part of our church, mature enough…or other words very similar. Or they tell me as the pastor….so and so shouldn’t do this or that because they aren’t ….fill in the blank with the above phrases.
Jesus said “Do not stop him.”
“No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us.”
So, if I am following my leader Jesus then I have to say the same thing to the “churched” people.
I’m not stopping them….because whoever is not against us….is for us.
Now this doesn’t mean put them in positions of leadership or to teach…but if they want to go out and do good things for the kingdom….
Don’t stop them!!!
