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The Mark verses are the response of Jesus to James and John request a more privileged place in heaven than the other apostles. John and James asked that one of them sit at the Lord’s right hand and the other at His left. Even if they could drink what the Lord drank in order to be saved, it...

Mark 10:38-39 is not about being saved. We are told what Jesus said about being saved in John 3:16, which says that it is by believeing in Him: Everyone who believes in and reads the Holy Scriptures claims to believe in the Lord Jesus, because it is easy for anyone to say so. However, true...

Of course, I am not yet certain of my salvation. That is why I continue to ask the Lord God for mercy, because I believe in Mark 10:38–39. And your belief that simply being here means you are already saved is a deception from the enemy of God, which you have chosen to believe instead of...

John and James believed that they were already saved because they were among the apostles. However, the truth is that salvation was not easy, according to what the Lord Jesus told them. Even though they were among the apostles, since salvation was not something easily attained, they still had to...

Because a person’s clear understanding of God’s Word is based on its literal, physical sense, what is understood in John 20:29 regarding those who “have seen and believed” refers to those who physically saw the Lord Jesus while He was still physically present in the world, and therefore...

That is why they were asking for a position because, for the brothers James and John, they believed that they were already saved. But how could you ask for a position immediately if you had not yet made sure that you were saved? It is truly difficult to understand the Word of God if the...

So that passage is not about assurance of salvation, but about Jesus responding to James and John's request to sit on either side of Jesus in glory. Not the same thing at all. Is it still not clear to you that James and John believed they were already saved, which is why they were asking for a...

I don't see my understanding of John's words as contradicting what Mark wrote in Mark 10:38-39. The context of the Mark passage is provided by the 3 previous verses: You were the one who said that it was based only on your own understanding.

What is more dangerous and frightening is teaching the Word of God based only on human teachings or on your own understanding. NKJV 1Jn 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to...

The scribes and Pharisees never admitted before the Lord Jesus that they were lying. They never openly acknowledged that they were in the wrong, even when Jesus confronted them.

You may not say it, but your actions show it. Actions speak louder than words.

That just is not so. John wrote: NKJV 1Jn 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. Have you asked the Lord what this means? Or did you...

JOHN 20:29 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. The understanding that people have regarding what we are discussing is limited to the literal and physical sense. However, what God is saying is...

We who have come to know the one true God do not force anyone to believe. All we can do is share the truth found in God’s Word. If you believe that what we are saying is wrong, that is your choice, and I respect that. Anyway, my only purpose is to reach God’s lost sheep. As for those who are...

Instead of sharing the truth, you are defending yourself. That is why that is all you can say.

I don't. This from the person who continually says, "We who have come to know the one true God..." and says that I and others don't know Him. Classic hypocrisy. Even from your own words, you are already doing it, yet afterward you deny it. We who have come to know the one true God avoid...

100% No one can be certain that they are already saved, because salvation is not easy. If you say that you are already saved at this point, that is spiritual pride. In physical life, it is called arrogance. If James and John, who were undoubtedly true apostles and therefore belonged to God...

This from the person who continually says, "We who have come to know the one true God..." and says that I and others don't know Him. Classic hypocrisy. Are you trying to gain sympathy from those who visit and read your posts so that they will oppose what I am sharing? Thanks be to God. There...

Human understanding of the words of God is merely literal and physical. However, that is not the truth. The truth is God’s revelation of the meaning contained in His words, which is rightly called the truth. Didn’t the Lord God say that we should not rely on our own understanding of His...

That is not an assumption; it is the truth. We are Christians who have been enlightened by the word of God. Ever since we learned to humble ourselves before Him, God Himself revealed Himself to us and made it known that we are among those whom you call “special.” For it was only when we came...