A Cryptic Warning to the Saints in Mark 9?

Mark 9 is full of amazing, in-depth teaching from Jesus. So much that your head could explode. It took me reading it 3 times until something interesting popped out. Jesus was warning disciples/followers/the church of bickering and fighting for status. Look how the last 12 verses play out:

As Jesus was teaching he has a child with him as an example in two different instances. Beginning at vs 38 the disciples complain that a man was doing miracles in Jesus name, but was not an “officially” licensed disciple. Jesus tells them,

“Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me.”

Then he goes immediately to warning them about causing a little one (he had the child in his arms) to stumble,

42 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.

After that he continues in a long warning of what will happen if you do stumble. He finishes up with a bit of a cryptic verse talking about being salted with fire (BTW I did some research on vs 49 and there are up to 15 possible meanings, but that’s not my point). He ends with this:

“Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Be at peace with one another! Do you see the 3 main points of what he is doing here? Here it is:

1. Don’t bicker with people doing good stuff in my name just because they don’t do it like you!
2. When you do, you may cause a new or young believer in the faith to stumble resulting in really bad things!
3. So…..be at peace with one another!

There it is, sort of hidden in some really deep stuff Jesus is warning us to not argue or bicker or pick a part each others style or way in which they follow Jesus because it will result in a stumbling. Be at peace!

Is it possible? With God, all things are.