PROCLAMATION
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door
will be opened to you. For everyone who
asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door
will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These words are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, which were spoken by Christ according to the Apostle Matthew. As Jesus continued to preach His Sermon on The Mount, He told them if you ask you will receive, if you seek you will find, and if you knock the door will be opened for you. He went on to say that an earthly father would do this much for his child, think of how much more your heavenly Father would do. (Matthew 7:7-12) He said wide and well-travelled is the road which leads to destruction, but narrow is the road which leads to life and only a few go that way. (Matthew 7:13-14) Then Jesus went on to compare and contrast the true and false prophets and disciples. (Matthew 7:15-23) He ended His Sermon on the Mount with a discussion on the wise versus foolish builders. When He finished speaking, the people were amazed at the things He said and the authority with which He spoke. (Matthew 7:28-29)
APPLICATION
EXPLANATION
These words are from the gospel, the good news regarding Jesus, The Christ, which were spoken by Christ according to the Apostle Matthew. As Jesus continued to preach His Sermon on The Mount, He told them if you ask you will receive, if you seek you will find, and if you knock the door will be opened for you. He went on to say that an earthly father would do this much for his child, think of how much more your heavenly Father would do. (Matthew 7:7-12) He said wide and well-travelled is the road which leads to destruction, but narrow is the road which leads to life and only a few go that way. (Matthew 7:13-14) Then Jesus went on to compare and contrast the true and false prophets and disciples. (Matthew 7:15-23) He ended His Sermon on the Mount with a discussion on the wise versus foolish builders. When He finished speaking, the people were amazed at the things He said and the authority with which He spoke. (Matthew 7:28-29)
APPLICATION
The only way that we can ask our heavenly Father for
anything is through prayer. Believers
will receive that which they pray and ask our heavenly Father for, as long as
they ask for it in the name of Jesus, and as long as it is according to the
will of God. (John 15:16) We know that
all things that we ask for in prayer, believing, we will receive. (Matthew
21:22) If we keep His commandments and
do those things which are pleasing in His sight, then whatever we ask of Him we
will receive. (1 John 3:22) In order to
be granted whatever we ask for, in the name of Jesus, must glorify God, The
Father. (John 14:13) The Lord God wants
us to seek after Him, He wants us to seek His face. (1 Chronicles 16:11) He knows us, and He has great things in store
for us which we cannot imagine. (1 Corinthians 2:9) There are some doors which only The Lord God
can open, and which no man can shut. (Revelation 3:8)
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