Thursday, February 24, 2011

Our Gospel for Feb 23. Another Exorcist.

Mark 9:38-40

John said to Jesus,
“Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name,
and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.”
Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him.
There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
who can at the same time speak ill of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us.”

Sinumang Hindi Laban sa Atin ay Panig sa Atin
Marcos 9:38-40
38Sumagot sa kaniya si Juan: Guro, nakita namin ang isang taong nagpapalayas ng mga demonyo sa pamamagitan ng pangalan mo. Ngunit hindi siya sumusunod sa atin. Pinagbawalan namin siya sapagkat hindi siya sumusunod sa atin.    
 39Ngunit sinabi ni Jesus: Huwag ninyo siyang pagbawalan sapagkat walang taong gumagawa ng himala sa pangalan ko at makakapagsalita agad ng masama laban sa akin. 40Ito ay sapagkat ang hindi laban sa inyo ay panig sa inyo.

1 comment:

Ed Lucena said...

MARK 9:40-41

For whoever is not against us is for us.

Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.

This is very clear. Jesus said that you are either out or in. There is no in between.

In Matthew 6:24 Jesus said,

"No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Webster's dictionary defines "Mammon" or "Mann" as: 1) the false god of riches and avarice. 2) riches regarded as an object of worship and greedy pursuit; wealth as an evil, more or less personified.

[1] Winston defines it to mean: 1) wealth, worldly gain; 2) greed for riches; cupidity.

[2] Oxford defines: god of wealth, regarded as evil or immoral; 'those who worship mammon' are equivalent to greedy people who value money too highly.[3]

In other words having money is not bad. But when you start loving money, material possessions, fame, popularity, authority, etc,etc, that is when things really go bad!

God bless us all forever!

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