Jesus was well aware of how quickly divisions can form, and he was alert to the subtle way they can appear. At one point, a disciple told him, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us." Such a sentiment might seem logical – after all, these other people weren't getting as intense training as the disciples and yet were also healing people.
But Jesus responded differently. He told the disciple, "Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us" (Luke 9:49-50). Jesus knew that trying to establish formal criteria for one's suitability to worship God would simply set up the kind of walls that the scribes and Pharisees had already created. He and his followers would be just one more exclusive club.
Jesus' own actions – such as sending out 70 people to teach the Gospel in local communities – enabled him to get his ideas out to many others he couldn't have reached if he'd been working alone.
http://newageislam.com/united,-not-divided,-by-faith/islam-and-pluralism/d/421
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