The disciples see someone who is casting out demons in Jesus' name, but who is not among the core 12 disciples. Interestingly, the disciples tried to stop this man.
Jesus tells them that they should let this man continue because "whoever is not against us is for us". Jesus also states that whoever kicks a demon out in Jesus' name will not say anything bad about Jesus, at least in the next moment.
This is an interesting, albeit very short, anecdote.
1. Jesus lets other groups of Christians (?) do their thing. We know very little about this man other than he is casting out demons in Jesus' name. We can reasonably presume that this man saw Jesus or his disciples do it at some point in the ministry. Other than that, we know nothing about this man.
2. We can compare this anecdote to a few other things. First, the time in Acts (19:13-16) when Jewish sorcerers were using the name of Jesus to kick out demons. Likewise, Jesus said that people will cal him Lord and say "didn't we cast out demons in your name?" but will not be part of the Kingdom of Heaven.
This anecdote gives some indication of how all these intertwine. Jesus explains that the man will not be saying bad things about Jesus immediately afterward. I think that demon exorcism - or any other miracle - acts as both a (1) demonstration of Jesus' spiritual power and authority and hence (2) an invitation for a person to come to know Jesus. However, these miracles alone are not enough to be part of the Kingdom of Heaven. But nevertheless, people who are not part of the Kingdom of Heaven will still have access to the power of Jesus. It just should not stop there.
Returning back to the present story, we have no idea where the man's faith was. But Jesus leaves him alone and lets him do his thing. Rather, Jesus includes it in the larger part of the work of the Gospel (he "is for us").
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