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Rather, the law of the kingdom of the heavens – as outlined by the Lord in Matt. Praise the Lord, as we pursue Him and grow in Him, we are infused and filled with His word, and the divine truth is being constituted into us to the point that we want to overflow and share this with others.įurthermore, as we grow in life we have precious subjective experiences of Christ, and He becomes so real and personal to us our desire is to speak of this wonderful One to others.īut simply being excited about the truth in God’s word and being happy about the experiences of Christ we had doesn’t mean that we should share these things with everyone, no matter who they are and where they are. That which is holy refers to the objective truth belonging to God, and the pearls refer to the subjective experiences of Christ. Secondly, we need to be careful when sharing the truth in God’s word and our experiences of Christ to others, for some of them may not be in the right condition and situation and, instead of receiving them, they may trample them and turn and tear us (see v. Actually, the judgement with which we judge others we will also be judged, and the measure with which we measure others, we also will be measured. 7 we see the way for us as kingdom people – as citizens of the kingdom of the heavens – to care for others and to deal with others.įirst of all, we should not judge others, nor seek to find their faults and expose them, for we ourselves have faults, and no one asked us to judge. Expert Overview of Matthew Ch.As we are contacting people and in dealing with them, we must ask, seek, and knock in prayer for the proper way to contact them we must receive the divine supply and minister this supply to others. The invitation is to enter into the Kingdom of heaven where you can ask God for anything and he will provide it. Inside with God is the most precious place to be. Then he will open to you and invite you in. Knock and keep knocking until the one inside is roused. #3 “knock and the door will be opened to you.”Ĭhrist calls us to knock on the door. These will lead to more effective prayer as the relationship with the Father becomes more intimate. Jesus has said to seek the Kingdom of God and to seek his righteousness. Seeking answers to the questions of our hearts about who God is, and who we are in light of that. Perhaps instead of seeing seeking as synonymous with asking, consider that to seek him is to desire to know his will. If he can possibly give us the thing for which we ask, he will. You do have because you do not ask (Ja 4:2). Breaking Down the Key Parts of Matthew 7:7 He is a good Father who loves to give gifts to his children. But the application is clear, we will experience more of God’s blessings if we trust him more and ask him more. Jesus himself could not pray a prayer that God would answer against his own will (Mk 14:32-50).
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In this passage, his goal seems to be to build their faith, one of the key ingredients to answered prayer, and he bases it off of the character and nature of his Father in heaven. There are times where that is true, but Jesus also teaches about motives, about faith, about the will of God, and about praying in Jesus’ name. Taken alone, it seems to say you only have to want something, and then ask your Father in heaven, and it will be done. Jesus seems to put no qualifiers on this verse. James 4:2-3 says that we don’t have because we do not ask, or if we do ask, it is with wrong motives. He tells his disciples that just like a good father gives good things to his children, so will your Father when we sincerely ask, seek, and knock. Jesus explains that our Father in heaven loves to answer our prayers and give us that which we seek. “Ask and it will be given to you seek and you will find knock and the door will be opened to you.” Explanation and Commentary of Matthew 7:7