https://freerepublic.com/tag/commonality/ en-us Fri, 6 Sep 2013 07:33:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3063274/posts Immediately following the debate as to who would be the greatest in the kingdom of God, Luke tells us in Luke 9:49 that John replied, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” What’s going on here? Some say that John is only offering this comment as a diversion to deflect Jesus’ words of rebuke that He had just given to His disciples. Others say that no, it’s an earnest concern, and that John had seen somebody actually casting out demons using the name of Jesus, but he... Ligonier.org https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3063274/posts#comment Fri, 6 Sep 2013 07:33:55 GMT