In the Reformation Study Bible, the heading assigned to Luke 9:49-50 is "Jesus Forbids Sectarianism." The passage reads: "Now John answered and said, 'Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.' But Jesus said to him, 'Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is on our side.'" Then a cross reference to Luke 11:23 reads: "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters."
The comment provided for both texts in the study Bible is that there is no neutrality with Jesus, we are either for Him and gathering with Him, or we are against Him and scattering.
I think it is interesting in light of recent discussions regarding the Church, that Jesus had to deal early on with some struggling to identify who is on the right side or the wrong side of things. Today, we struggle to identify who belongs in the Church and who doesn't; we fail often in the pursuit of catholicity. A person holds to an erroneous or harmful doctrine and we immediately peg them as being against Christ. In reality, some among the Church, with Christ, while fighting for the same cause simply do not fight according to the prescribed manner. They may need correction and exhortation, a call to repentance may be in order, but it is not the teaching of Jesus that all who are in some error or another be treated as reprobate. (And to be clear, treating brethren as reprobate may not always involve referring to them in such a manner, but rather acting toward them as if they are not true brethren.)
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