MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER
Mark 9:38-41,50 Listen to this performance of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. Did you notice that not everyone is singing or playing the same notes? In some parts, all the members of the choir are not singing all the same words. Yet with this diversity of instrumental and vocal voices united by Handel's composition create a powerful harmony. You know, I think there's a lesson in that for us and for the church. Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah Previously in Mark 9, Jesus chastised the disciples for arguing among themselves about which of them was the greatest of all the disciples. It what seems like in an attempt to redeem himself and his fellow disciples, John spoke up, saying, "But we did a good thing the other day. We came across some guy who was casting out evil spirits in your name, and we tried to stop him because he wasn't following us!" He wasn't following them. He wasn't one of them. He wasn't ...