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EPHESIANS 4:11 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; The Lord clearly declared that He Himself would give apostles, evangelists, prophets, pastors, and teachers. Yet, it is people who appoint or elect them, rather than God...

OLD TESTAMENT: ECCLESIASTES 1:9 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. NEW TESTAMENT: MATTHEW 24:35 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. MALACHI 3:6 6...

I do not reject Ephesians 4:11, because those words come from God. What I reject is the human interpretation and understanding of Ephesians 4:11. The problem is not with God’s Word, but with the way people understand and interpret it. When that understanding is wrong, it can lead people toward...

I am sharing the truth that salvation is not easy for God’s lost sheep. MATTHEW 7:13-14 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which...

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. When we ask the Lord who He is referring to as the one who “saw and believed,” here is an example: a person who experienced the Lord’s power when...

God is just, so He treats all people equally. He is consistent. Whatever command He gives to one person is also a command for all people. From a human perspective, it may be understandable why different commandments are given to different people. But with God, His commands are given equally to all.

No, that is not what Jesus was saying to James and John. They hadn't asked Him how they could be saved. They asked up for special positions in heaven. Nowhere in the Bible are we told that in order to be saved, we must drink the same cup Christ drank. Certainly we are told that once sinners...

Your use of causal relationships between ideas is strange. Your rejection of Bible truth is sad. What good is the teaching of someone who has not received wisdom from God? They will only lead you into the pit. MATTHEW 15:14 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind...

Let me repeat this to you. We who have come to know the one true God have only one Teacher, the Lord Jesus. No human being can teach us about the things of heaven, because all people are from the earth, not from heaven. The Lord Jesus alone came from heaven and descended to earth; therefore...

Huh? Who says "I believe that simply being here means I am already saved"? I certainly didn't. I think you're putting words in my mouth so you have an excuse to criticize me. The point is simply that you said you are 100% sure that you are saved. Whether you are here or not has nothing to do...

So do I, but it has no bearing on anyone's salvation. You said that you are 100% certain that you are already saved. Now you are saying that you are also asking God for mercy so that you may be saved. You seem to be neither hot nor cold. You are lukewarm before God, and therefore He will...

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...