Quiz: Bible Catchphrases

He who is not with me is against me. He who is not with us is against us. "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad." (Matt. 12:30). Through these words, Jesus Christ emphasises that there is no middle way in the spiritual world. Popular wisdom says in this regard: "If you fall behind God, you have joined Satan."

We should remember that these words of the Saviour like a bright ray of light illuminate all the chaos of our present life. The Lord says precisely and succinctly: "He who is not with Me is against Me. A Christian cannot be indifferent to truth and non-truth, righteousness and unrighteousness. There are people who as they say, stand on the other side of good and evil, as they think of themselves. But this really shows that they are on the side of evil without realising it themselves. But he who is with the Saviour serves Him consciously. He takes His holy law as a guide for himself, and constantly tries to build his life in the way the Lord teaches, as the Gospel teaches us. The words of the Saviour are not in vain: "He who does not hear Me, he who does not do My words, shall have a judge for himself - the word which I have spoken shall judge him on the last day". Therefore, a Christian should keep the word of God as the apple of the eye and follow it in his life, so that it does not condemn him at the Last Judgement.

Archbishop Philaret (Voznesensky)