9:38-41 What lesson do we learn from what Jesus says here?
9:38-41 What lesson do we learn from what Jesus says here?
This is a lesson for divided Christendom today.
Jesus is rebuking sectarianism here, which Moses also had to do in the Old Testament (cp Nu 11:26-29).
There is no place for narrow exclusivism among God's children in any age. Everyone who works for God's glory are God's children, and our brothers and sisters in Christ (cp Ac 10:13-15, 34-35).
This does not mean that we have to compromise our biblical beliefs or doctrines to accommodate them, but we are to love and honour them in spite of our differences (cp Ro 12:10; Php 2:1-4).
Everyone who performs even the smallest act of hospitality in Jesus' name will certainly be recompensed by becoming a part of God's eternal kingdom (cp Mk 9:41).
They are not recompensed on the basis of their good deed, but because it originated in faith (cp Josh 2:1-24; 6:16-25; He 11:30-31; Jas 2:25-26).
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Mt 18:6.
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Mt 5:29.
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Mt 19:13-15.
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