Mark 9:38-41
38 Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is not against us is on our side. 41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assuredly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.
If someone is following Christ truly, they do not have to be following you also; we each live and die to Him. When others do not speak evil of Christ and walk in another church, meeting needs of people as His children, we must rejoice and encourage our brothers and sisters as they run the race to that goal in eternity. It is not about miracles, but about true faith acting in obedience out of love.
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