Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 7:7
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.
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 Matthew 7:7. _ASK - SEEK - KNOCK_] These three words include the ideas of _want, loss_, and _earnestness_. _Ask_: turn, beggar at, the door of mercy; thou art _destitute_ of all spiritual good,...
ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU ... - There are here three different forms presented of seeking the things which we need from God - asking, ‘seeking, and knocking. The latter is taken from the act of k...
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Judgment of Righteousness.(Matthew 7:1 .) 2. Warning against False Prophets.(Matthew 7:15 .) 3. Warning against False Professors. (Matthew 7:21 .)_ The chapter which follows contai...
THE VALUE OF PRAYER. An interpolation with no relation to the context. It is more suitably placed in Luke 11:9. The emphasis is on asking, seeking, knocking; no conditions or limitations are mentioned...
II. BREAD AND STONES. 7. ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU. The citizens of the kingdom of heaven are children of. Heavenly Father. One of the highest privileges of the kingdom is that they may go to th...
Keep on asking, and it will be given you; Keep on seeking, and you will find; Keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you. For everyone that asks receives; And he who seeks finds; And to him who kn...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
ASK. Greek. _aileo._ App-134. IT SHALL BE OPENED. This is never done in the East to this day. The one who knocks is always first questioned.. Tr. WH m. read "it is opened...
_Ask, and it shall be given_ The connection is again difficult. The verse may be the answer to the disciples" unspoken questions: (1) "How shall _we_discriminate?" or (2) "Who are fit to receive these...
C. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM, 1–27 After contrasting the New Law with the Mosaic Law and with Pharisaic rules and conduct, Jesus proceeds to lay down rules for the guidance of His disciples in th...
7, 8. Here each verse contains a triplet with ascending climax, αἰτεῖτε—ζητεῖτε—κρούετε. Each line of the one answers to the corresponding line of the other, with which it might be read continuously....
VER7. "ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU; SEEK, AND YE SHALL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU: 8. FOR EVERY ONE THAT ASKETH RECEIVETH; AND HE THAT SEEKETH FINDETH; AND TO HIM THAT KNOCKETH IT...
_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT PRAYING MATTHEW 7:7-12_ : Prayer is pictured in different ways in the Bible. In Matthew six prayer is pictured as our duty toward God. In Matthew seven prayer is pict...
ΑΙΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) просить. _Praes._ имеет оттенок постоянного действия: "сделайте просьбу своей привычкой" (VANT, 333). ΔΟΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать...
DISCOURSE: 1328 THE IMPORTANCE AND EFFICACY OF PRAYER Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receivet...
ASK, &C.— There is often a latent connection in the discourses of our Lord, which obviates difficulties and answers doubts that may arise from what has been said; as here, when he had taught how they...
F. THE DANGERS FACING THE WISE AND GODLY MAN (Matthew 7:1-27; Luke 6:37-49) 3. THE DANGER OF FAILING TO RECOGNIZE GOD'S PROVISION. TEXT: 7:7-11 7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall...
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU: SEEK, AND YE SHALL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU. Tho...
14-15 Compare Mar_11:25-26. 14 Forgiveness now is according to the riches of His grace (Eph_1:7), not according to our forgiveness of others. The believers in Israel failed at this point. Their forgi...
7:7 Ask (c-1) _ Aiteo_ , used for supplication. see Note, John 14:16 ....
ON URGENCY IN PRAYER, AND HOW GOD REWARDS IT (Luke 11:9). God always answers urgent prayer. Every asker receives, every seeker finds. Yet not every asker receives what he asks, nor every seeker finds...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONCLUDED) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance of an appendix of miscell...
ASK.. SEEK.. KNOCK] A climax of increasing urgency. We are to wrestle with God in prayer, as Jacob wrestled with the angel (perhaps with God Himself), and said, 'I will not let thee go, except thou bl...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 DO NOT BE JUDGES OF OTHER PEOPLE 7:1-6 V1 ‘Do not be judges of other people. If you do, God will be your judge. V2 In the same way...
ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN. — The transition is again abrupt, and suggests the idea that some links are missing. The latent sequence of thought would seem to be this, “If the work of reforming others...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
_Admonition to prayer_ : presupposes deferred answer to prayer, tempting to doubt as to its utility, and consequent discontinuance of the practice. A lesson more natural at a later stage, when the dis...
Αἰτεῖτε, ζητεῖτε, κρούετε, threefold exhortation with a view to impressiveness; first literally, then twice in figurative language: seek as for an object lost, knock as at a barred door, appropriate a...
JUDGING SELF; ASKING GOD; SERVING OTHERS Matthew 7:1-12 There is abundant need for a right and sound judgment, illumined by the Spirit of truth; but there is a world of difference between it and the...
After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's judg...
(3) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: (3) Prayers are a sure refuge in all miseries....
After having preached these great and wonderful truths, after having commanded his apostles to keep themselves free from the vices of mankind, and make themselves like not to angels or archangels only...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
I pass over the several most blessed things which the Lord Jesus here treats of, as being in themselves so plain, and by Him so beautifully expressed, as to render all explanation unnecessary. But I d...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_ASK AND RECEIVE_ ‘Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.’ Matthew 7:7 Three thoughts, similar, yet distinct, rolled up together here, make...
_SEEKING AND FINDING_ ‘Seek, and ye shall find.’ Matthew 7:7 Those who, in this world, seek for glory and honour and prosperity and a great name, are doomed to failure and disappointment; _ they se...
Matthew 7:7._Ask, and it shall be given you _It is an exhortation to prayer: and as in this exercise of religion, which ought to be our first concern, we are so careless and sluggish, Christ presses t...
There are two things connected with the presence of the multitude, Matthew 5:1. First, the time required that the Lord should give a true idea of the character of His kingdom, since already He drew th...
ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU,.... This is to be understood of asking of God in prayer, for such things as are wanting; whether of a temporal nature, as food and raiment, which Christ, in the former c...
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: Ver. 7. _Ask, and it shall be given you, &c._] Whereas it might be objected, -These are hard lessons,...
_Ask_, &c. The exhortation contained in these verses may be considered as connected with the caution given in those immediately preceding, and then the sense of it will be, If you be at a loss to know...
ASK; in every thing by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. SEEK; continue to ask of God the blessings which you need. KNOCK; at the door of his mercy...
ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU; SEEK, AND YE SHALL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU....
An admonition to prayer:...
Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says (1 Corinthians...
7-11 Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a business of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a beggar asks alms. Ask, as a traveller asks the...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:8"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II And by these human passions, drawing away their intelligence, while they describe the origin and production of the Word of God in the fifth place, they assert that t...
Matthew 7:7 Ask G154 (G5720) and G2532 given G1325 (G5701) you G5213 seek G2212 (G5720) and...
A Ask, and it will be given to you, B Seek, and you will find, C Knock, and it will be opened to you. As we have seen these words connect back to their dealings with ‘what is holy' (Matthew 7:6). Wh...
THE MEANS BY WHICH THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WILL BE FULFILLED IN THE COMING OF THE MESSIANIC AGE THROUGH THE PRAYERS OF HIS PEOPLE (7:7-12). Having outlined in some depths the Messianic interpretation...
Matthew 7:7. The thoughts of judgment and unworthiness (Matthew 7:1-6), might discourage; encouragement is given by showing God's willingness to give. The objection to connecting this verse with chap....
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
CONNECTION and CONTENTS. The connection is not obvious; no theory can be insisted upon. Various views: (1) No connection intended. (2) Matthew 7:7 is connected with the last chapter, while Matthew 7:1...
Matthew 7:7 God is not only a great Giver, but He is sometimes a great Hider of His gifts. The subject to which the text applies pre-eminently, as the context shows, is the matter of the soul's welfar...
Matthew 7:7 I. We have in these words, not a formal definition of prayer, but an incidental definition of prayer, and a most complete definition. We have it in the little word "ask." To pray to God i...
Matthew 7:7 I. Our Lord enjoins us here to pray; and He assures us that we shall not pray in vain. It does not indeed follow that God will grant any and every thing we may choose to ask; for there are...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again._ Use your judgment, of course: t...
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is much better wor...
Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you;_ He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever asked for it? If not, whose fault is it that you have it not? Matthew 7:7. _Seek,...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again._ Some people are of a censorious...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession without faith. The two foundations. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONC...
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, tha...
ASK... SEEK... KNOCK. These refer to prayer. They form a climax. God's people are to come to him in prayer. ASK implies a simple prayer. SEEK is stronger. KNOCK shows persistent action (_See_ Luke 18:...
_Ask, and it shall be given you._ I. We have in these words, not formal definition of prayer, but an incidental definition, and most complete. To pray is to “ask” of God; the more childlike the askin...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:7 ASK... SEEK... KNOCK. Disciples should come to God in humility and awareness of their need. They should actively pursue God’s will and persist in prayer. They can be confid...
CHAPTER 7 _Judge not_, rashly and malignantly, _that ye_, &c. Christ does not here prohibit the public judgments of magistrates, by which they condemn the guilty and absolve the innocent, for this is...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 7:3. MOTE.—The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one among the Jews, and a proverb all but verbally identical is...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 7:1 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards (Matthew 6:19), so does censoriousness manwards (Matthew 7:1), our Lord thus tacitly op
MATTHEW 7:1-29 I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his teaching habits. And He used the method of d...
1 John 3:22; 1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 1 Kings 3:5; Amos 5:4;...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED) Matthew 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we should not judge one another. There is probably no sin qui...
Observe here,. precept and. promise; the precept, or duty commanded, is importunity and constancy in prayer, we must ASK, SEEK, and KNOCK; the promise, or mercy indured,, is audience and acceptance wi...