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"Asking, Seeking, Knocking"
Pastor Alex Sands, Kingdom Life Church
Series: The King and His Kingdom (Gospel of Matthew)
Lesson Text: Matthew 7:7–12
May 16, 2021
Asking, Seeking, and Knocking
Matthew 7:7–8 ESV
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Definitions:
1. Ask - to humbly petition God to grant a request. It’s an acknowledgment of .
2. Seek - to strive for and pursue something.
3. Knock – to knock, rap, or even pound on a door, knowing there is someone on the other side that can the need.
Observations:
1. The commands increase in .
2. The commands are present tense, meaning it’s a of .
3. We receive the answer to our prayers, but it may be .
Clarification:
God will not give us everything we ask for, which is another we should be more in our prayers!
James 4:3 ESV
3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Matthew 6:14 ESV
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
Application:
Pray without ceasing (1 Th 5:17). Living the Kingdom Life Jesus outlined in the Sermon on the Mount requires sincere and diligent prayer that’s a way of , not a to be .
James 1:5 ESV
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Jeremiah 29:13 ESV
13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Good Gifts:
Matthew 7:9–10 ESV
9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
Luke 11:11–12 ESV
11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Matthew 7:11 ESV
11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Jesus’ point:
A responsible earthly father, although sinful, would not and deceptively something their child needed with something useless, harmful, or that would lead to spiritual failure. How much less our heavenly Father!
Our Motivation to ASK:
A and relationship with the Father is the driving force behind an ongoing, persevering prayer life.
“The power of our prayers, then, lies not primarily in our effort and striving, or in any technique, but rather in our knowledge of God.” - Tim Keller
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"Asking, Seeking, Knocking"
Pastor Alex Sands, Kingdom Life Church
Series: The King and His Kingdom (Gospel of Matthew)
Lesson Text: Matthew 7:7–12
May 16, 2021
Asking, Seeking, and Knocking
Matthew 7:7–8 ESV
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Definitions:
1. Ask - to humbly petition God to grant a request. It’s an acknowledgment of .
2. Seek - to strive for and pursue something.
3. Knock – to knock, rap, or even pound on a door, knowing there is someone on the other side that can the need.
Observations:
1. The commands increase in .
2. The commands are present tense, meaning it’s a of .
3. We receive the answer to our prayers, but it may be .
Clarification:
God will not give us everything we ask for, which is another we should be more in our prayers!
James 4:3 ESV
3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Matthew 6:14 ESV
14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,
Application:
Pray without ceasing (1 Th 5:17). Living the Kingdom Life Jesus outlined in the Sermon on the Mount requires sincere and diligent prayer that’s a way of , not a to be .
James 1:5 ESV
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Jeremiah 29:13 ESV
13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Good Gifts:
Matthew 7:9–10 ESV
9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
Luke 11:11–12 ESV
11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Matthew 7:11 ESV
11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Jesus’ point:
A responsible earthly father, although sinful, would not and deceptively something their child needed with something useless, harmful, or that would lead to spiritual failure. How much less our heavenly Father!
Our Motivation to ASK:
A and relationship with the Father is the driving force behind an ongoing, persevering prayer life.
“The power of our prayers, then, lies not primarily in our effort and striving, or in any technique, but rather in our knowledge of God.” - Tim Keller