Luke 11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathers not with me scatters. "You don't mean to call me an enemy of religion, do you?" said a farmer to a gentleman who was urging him to become a friend of Christ. "'He that is not for Me is against Me,' are Christ's words. Are they not decisive of your question?" replied the gentleman. "But I am friendly to religion," rejoined the farmer. "Friendly! How? You do not revile Christ, I know; but do you serve Him? Do you avow yourself His disciple? Are you His disciple? Do you by your life and speech declare that faith in Christ is necessary to salvation?" "I do not profess faith in Christ, sir," said the farmer; "and, of course, I cannot consistently urge that faith on others." "Then, you see," replied the gentleman, "that your influence is against the acceptance of Christ by others. Its voice is: 'Personal faith in Christ is not a very important matter; if it were, I should seek it.'" The farmer was silenced. He felt that his friend was right. He saw that not to be on Christ's side was to be against Him; not to be marching with His pilgrims to heaven was to be marching with His enemies to hell. He was right. There was no middle course. Parallel Verses KJV: He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.WEB: "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters. |
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