Luke 11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathers not with me scatters. What can the words mean for us? Not actual, personal, visible fellowship with Him. That is impossible now, or so long as we are in the flesh. Yet do we say, at times, to any teacher or leader who may have won our confidence, "I am with you in that," meaning that we accept the same doctrine, cherish the same convictions, have the same practical aims as he holds and is trying to reach. And that is substantially what is meant, I take it, by being "with" Christ: we are with Him, that is, if at all, in sympathy, in affection, and in active endeavour. Faith, love, obedience, in other words, constitute the triple cord which binds men to Christ. (J. H. Rylance, D. D.) 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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