“He That Is Not With Me Is Against Me” Luke 11 : Bible Study
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
Art as expression – NOT as market campaigns, will still capture our Imaginations
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
It is the “buy now, pay later” aspect of the penalty of sin which commends it as an attractive employment for many; but this verse is a warning that payment is certain, and that “death” is the quid pro quo of sin. “This for that!”
The name in view here “is Lord, [KURIOS], the Old Testament name for God.
Without the knowledge of God, man is but “a disease of the agglutinated dust.”
By any definition, salvation by “faith alone” means salvation without the church of Jesus Christ; and in such a view the crucifixion of our Lord is reduced to the status of a senseless murder.
On almost every page of the New Testament, the spiritual foe of Christians is identified, not as a mere principle, but as personal, intelligent, malignant and cunning. Yes, it’s Satan, the Devil, the great dragon, serpent and evil one!
It is, to be sure, a mystery how Christ can be present everywhere, and this mystery is set forth in Revelation 1:12,13, in which the Son of God is seen among the seven golden candlesticks (his churches, or congregations).