馬可福音9:38-50

9:38 約翰對耶穌說：「夫子，我們看見一個人奉你的名趕鬼，我們就禁止他，因為他不跟從我們。」
9:39 耶穌說：「不要禁止他；因為沒有人奉我名行異能，反倒輕易譭謗我。
9:40 不敵擋我們的，就是幫助我們的。
9:41 凡因你們是屬基督，給你們一杯水喝的，我實在告訴你們，他不能不得賞賜。」
9:42 「凡使這信我的一個小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，扔在海裡。
9:43 倘若你一隻手叫你跌倒，就把它砍下來；
9:44 你缺了肢體進入永生，強如有兩隻手落到地獄，入那不滅的火裡去。
9:45 倘若你一隻腳叫你跌倒，就把它砍下來；
9:46 你瘸腿進入永生，強如有兩隻腳被丟在地獄裡。
9:47 倘若你一隻眼叫你跌倒，就去掉它；你只有一隻眼進入上帝的國，強如有兩隻眼被丟在地獄裡。
9:48 在那裡，蟲是不死的，火是不滅的。
9:49 因為必用火當鹽醃各人。（有古卷加：凡祭物必用鹽醃。）
9:50 鹽本是好的，若失了味，可用甚麼叫它再鹹呢？你們裡頭應當有鹽，彼此和睦。」

³⁸ “Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.”
³⁹ “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, ⁴⁰ for whoever is not against us is for us. ⁴¹ Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to the Messiah will certainly not lose their reward.
⁴² “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. ⁴³ If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. ^{[44]  45} And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. ^{[46]  47} And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, ⁴⁸ where

“‘the worms that eat them do not die,
    and the fire is not quenched.’

⁴⁹ Everyone will be salted with fire.

⁵⁰ “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”

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    講道面對到這樣的經文，會讓人覺得不知如何是好，因為這好像有很多主題，該講哪一個主題呢？

    其實這還是一個主題貫穿著，就是要要靠「基督的名」！沒有靠基督的名是要面對地獄火湖的，那裡的可怕是「蟲是不死的，火是不滅的」！

    這也告訴我們，絕對不可離開基督的名！我們要靠基督的名，才能夠接納不同性質的基督徒，才能夠彼此和睦，興旺主的福音！