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Scripture Text for Matthew 7:7 “Keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who keeps asking receives; he who keeps seeking finds; and to him who keeps knocking, the door will be opened. 9 Is there anyone here who, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone? 10 or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will your Father in heaven keep giving good things to those who keep asking him!
12 “Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.
-------John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for Matthew 7:7-12
Verse 7
[7] Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
But ask — Pray for them, as well as for yourselves: in this there can be no such danger.
Seek — Add your own diligent endeavours to your asking: and knock - Persevere importunately in that diligence. Luke 11:9.
Verse 8
[8] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
For every one that asketh receiveth — Provided he ask aright, and ask what is agreeable to God's will.
Verse 11
[11] If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
To them that ask him — But on this condition, that ye follow the example of his goodness, by doing to all as ye would they should do to you.
For this is the law and the prophets — This is the sum of all, exactly answering Matthew 5:17. The whole is comprised in one word, Imitate the God of love. Thus far proceeds the doctrinal part of the sermon. In the next verse begins the exhortation to practise it.
Verse 12
[12] Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Luke 6:31.
-------The Daily Devotionals
Monday, August 15, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 7:7-12
- Read the text for today.
- Rewrite the Golden Rule in your own words.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 7:7-12
- What assumption is built into the Golden Rule?
- How are you doing with that?
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 7:7-12
- What does this text tell you about the character of God?
- How have you seen this yourself?
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 7:7-12
- What do we learn about ourselves here?
- Why does that matter?
Friday, August 19, 2016
Sermon theme: "Light, Live, Love"
Text to read: Matthew 7:7-12
- What is the condition of a person asking, seeking or knocking?
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 7:7-12
- Who do you know that is asking, seeking and knocking?
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Text to read: Matthew 7:7-12
- Pray for agnostics and atheists and the questions they ask.
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San Diego, California 92108, United States
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