Message by Dr. David Drake
Series: “Inside / Out”
Living Today The Life Of Jesus
A study through The Sermon On The Mount
Matthew 5-7
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Matthew 7:7-8
Matthew 7:7-8 (NASB)
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 he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Hebrews 4:16 (NASB)
16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Philippians 4:19 (NASB)
19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
I. A BELIEVER’S RESPONSIBILITY … vs. 7
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
1. Ask … (Lit. Keep on Asking …)
Jeremiah 33:3 (NASB)
3 ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
Asking expects an answer.
2. Seek … (Lit. Keep on Seeking …)
Seeking is asking plus acting.
Seeking implies an earnest desire to find.
3. Knock … (Lit. Keep on Knocking ..)
Luke 11:5-8 (NASB)
5 Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
7 and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.‘
8 “I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Knocking is asking plus acting plus persevering.
Knocking gives us the privilege to persist until the door is opened.
II. A DIVINE RESPONSE … vs. 8
8 “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
1. A Divine response is Personal
2. A Divine response is Exclusive
3. A Divine response can be Expected