9:41
The emphasis on a generous spirit continues. We should not look down on people, thinking that they are not doing much. If someone gives us “a cup of water”, i.e. a welcome, but not an enormous thing, because we belong to Christ “will certainly not lose their reward”. We should gratefully accept any help, however small. Note that the motivation for all this starts with the attitude that God has. He will reward the one who gives a cup of water, so we should have the same attitude of appreciation.
9:42
When we don’t have a generous spirit we can cause others to stumble, either by our words or by our actions. John had been worried about the man who was driving out demons in Jesus’ name. Jesus tells him that he should be more concerned about having an ill-effect on a man who was honestly seeking to follow Christ and do His work.
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