1. What Made the Disciples Uncomfortable?
They thought they had some sort of COPYRIGHT of the name of Jesus. Before claiming the copyright of Jesus’ name, they should have LISTENED to Jesus first.
“WELCOME people in My name (v.48).”
Copyrights are interesting things. Every time I hear the word I think of those EULA (End User Licence Agreement) screens you see every time you install a piece of software. Does anyone ever read the whole thing, or any of it for that matter? Let’s face it we simply check “I agree” and hope for the best.
I imagine the apostles did the same thing, they checked the “I agree” box without reading all the fine print. If they had read it closely, or at all, they would have seen little things like “You don’t have to be with me 24/7 to be one of mine. You don’t have to be a Jew. You don’t even have to have ever met the person before.”
When we become Christians and have the Holy Spirit installed in us I wonder what is in the EULA. Are we trying to run software on a different OS (calling yourself a Christian but having no change)? Do we resent the different ways people can tweak the software and believe ours is the only way to use the program (think denominations, differing spiritual gifts)? What did we check “I agree” to that would would honestly make us cringe if we are honest with ourselves.
For that matter, what about the EULA of church membership? Not going to touch that one right now but it is something to think about.
