Thursday
Read Mark 9:38-50
38 John said to him, “Teacher, we
saw a man who was driving out demons in your name, and we told him to stop,
because he doesn’t belong to our group.”
39 “Do not try to stop him,” Jesus
told them, “because no one who performs a miracle in my name will be able soon
afterwards to say evil things about me. 40For whoever is not against
us is for us. 41I assure you that anyone who gives you a drink of
water because you belong to me will certainly receive his reward.
42 “If anyone should cause one of
these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person
to have a large millstone tied round his neck and be thrown into the sea. 43So
if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off! It is better for you to enter
life without a hand than to keep both hands and go off to hell, to the fire
that never goes out.o 45And if your foot makes you lose
your faith, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a foot than
to keep both feet and be thrown into hell.p 47And if your
eye makes you lose your faith, take it out! It is better for you to enter the
Kingdom of God with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into
hell. 48There ‘the worms that eat them never die, and the fire that
burns them is never put out.’
49 “Everyone will be purified by
fire as a sacrifice is purified by salt.
50 “Salt is good; but if it loses
its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?
“Have the salt of friendship among
yourselves, and live in peace with one another.”
Think
Already in the time of Jesus there seem to have been some 'denominational'
differences - people were casting out demons; but they weren't part of the
group of disciples. Jesus' accepts the
work they are doing and encourages the disciples to appreciate all work done
for the sake of the Kingdom.
In verse 50 Jesus reminds his disciples: "Have salt in yourselves,
and be at peace with one another."
Pray
Lord, salt cleanses wounds and cleans things. May your salt cleanse my wounds and heal my
heart so that I may go out and heal others in your name.
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