Jesus was not finished making His point. Read in Mark 10:40-43 He continues unfolding truth to James and John. “But to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared.” Even though they agreed to pay the price for it, Jesus tells them it is not His to give. How do we get in trouble in God’s Family? This is one classic way. Just bring previous negative experiences into our heavenly Family and watch the crucifixion begin. Now I am sure from this vantage point we could look at James and John and say, their motivation of heart is skewed, but they did not see it that way. To them it was an opportunity for advancement. How do we get into a place that we do not want to be? It is by not accepting, understanding and embracing what God says about who we are. There is more involved here than what we see on the surface.
- Christians are people who should operate more in the realm of the spirit rather than in the flesh and thereby silence God’s enemies who have taken control of times and seasons in many nations, but we don’t seem to get it.
- Once some Christians cannot use their brains to calculate some things, they throw it away and it is unfortunate if such are leaders in God’s house. 2 Cor. 4:17-18 directs that we focus on things that are not seen, because things that are seen are temporal and subject to change but the things that are not seen are eternal. Eternal things are the raw materials of the things we want to see!!
- If therefore we know how to order and control things in the realm of the Spirit, then we will be able to control them in the realm of the physical. Job 38:33.
- Every novice prophetic needs an induction and later ratified through training which confirms the calling and mantle. Many times, we need a prophetic covenant to obtain divine license and authority to invoke proto-cratic forces of creation to compel the heavenlies to obey prophetic orders.