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Text: Luke 9: 49-50

AN UNCALLED-FOR APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY

1. There were times when the Disciples were on their own.

2. The Lord Jesus had much work to do on His own.

3. The Apostle John approached the Lord Jesus and gave a brief report of what they did.

MEETING A MAN ON THE ROAD

1. They had come across a man.

a. He was casting out demons.

b. He was doing this in the name of the Lord Jesus.

c. He was not one of the known Disciples.

2. What they said to the man.

a. They forbade the man:

i. From using the Lord’s name.

ii. From his ministry of casting out demons.

b. The Disciples expected the Lord Jesus:

i. To approve of what they did.

ii. Perhaps even to praise them.

THE RESPONSE OF THE LORD JESUS

1. The Lord Jesus did not praise them.

2. They had to learn a deep lesson.

a. They were not to forbid the man from serving the Lord effectively.

b. He was able to cast out demons and thus must have been empowered by God.

3. An important principle learned

“He who is not against us, is on our side.”

Luke 9:50

a. The man may not be one of the known Disciples.

b. But the Apostles did not know all of the Disciples of the Lord Jesus.

i. The man had not spoken against the Lord.

ii. He was doing a good thing, casting out demons.

iii. He was on the side of the Lord.

c. A wrong application of authority.

i. The Apostles had not consulted with the Lord.

ii. They had acted on their own understanding.

iii. They had to realise that they had been wrong.

经文：路加福音 9:49-50

错误使用权力

1. 门徒们有时候会独立行事

2. 主耶稣有祂自己繁忙的事功

3. 使徒约翰向耶稣汇报他们所行的

路上看见一个人

1. 他们看见一个人

a. 他在赶鬼

b. 他是奉主耶稣的名赶鬼

c. 他不是与耶稣同行的门徒

2. 他们对那人说的话

a. 他们禁止他：

i. 不许奉主耶稣的名

ii. 不许赶鬼的事功

b. 门徒以为主耶稣会：

i. 认同他们的做法

ii. 甚至表彰他们

主耶稣的反应

1. 主耶稣没有表扬他们

2. 他们必须学习深奥的教训

a. 他们不该禁止他侍奉上帝

b. 他若能赶鬼，是通过神的能力

3. 重要的原则

“因为不敌挡你们的，就是帮助你们的”

《路加福音9:50》

a. 这人虽然不是门徒认识的徒弟

b. 但使徒们并不认识主耶稣所有徒弟

i. 这人并没有反对主耶稣

ii. 他行的是好事，赶鬼

iii. 他是站在上帝这一方

c. 错误地运用权力

i. 使徒们没有先向主耶稣咨询

ii. 他们按自己的理解而行

iii. 他们得认识自己的错误