Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh receiveth — Provided he ask aright, and ask what is agreeable to God's will.
For every one that asketh receiveth — Provided he ask aright, and ask what is agreeable to God's will.
Verse Matthew 7:8. _FOR EVERY ONE THAT ASKETH RECEIVETH_] Prayer is always heard after one manner or other. No soul can pray in vain that prays as directed above. The truth and faithfulness of the Lo...
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...
FOR EVERY ONE THAT ASKETH, RECEIVETH, &C. Every one of the class concerning whom the Savior speaks. That class is those who can say, "Our Father in heaven; Hallowed be thy name; Thy will be done." Tho...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
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 triple formula covers every kind of want. The prayer shall be granted, the treasure found, the gate of heaven opened. St Luke 13:24-25. Observe the climax: ask seek knock; the fervour of the praye...
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...
ΑΙΤΏΝ _praes. act. part. пот. masc. sing. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) просить, ΖΗΤΏΝ _praes. act. part. пот. masc. sing._ ΚΡΟΎΟΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. dat. masc. sing._...
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...
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...
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. FOR EVERYONE THAT ASKETH RECEIVETH; AND HE THAT SEEKETH FINDETH; AND TO HIM THAT KNOCK...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew 7:8, teration in form of a general proposition: πᾶς γὰρ, for every one, etc....
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...
Whatever we ask necessary to salvation with humility, fervour, perseverance, and other due circumstances, we may be assured God will grant when it is best for us. If we do not obtain what we pray for,...
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...
_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...
8._For every one that asketh receiveth _Some think that this is a proverbial saying taken from common life: but I am more inclined to a different view. Christ presents the grace of his Father to those...
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...
FOR EVERYONE THAT ASKETH RECEIVETH,.... For God is no respecter of persons; whoever makes application, be he a Jew, or a Gentile, rich or poor, bond or free, a man of great gifts, or mean parts, provi...
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Ver. 8. _For every one that asketh receiveth, &c._] And he is worthily miserable that wi...
_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...
EVERY ONE; all who rightly ask, receive either what they ask or something better in its place....
An admonition to prayer:...
FOR EVERY ONE THAT ASKETH, RECEIVETH; AND HE THAT SEEKETH, FINDETH; AND TO HIM THAT KNOCKETH IT SHALL BE OPENED. The Lord's entire sermon had dealt with the righteousness of life as expected from men...
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...
Ver. 7,8. Here is a precept expressed by three words, ASK, SEEK, KNOCK; and a promise annexed in three distinct terms, IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU, YE SHALL FIND, IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU. The thing comm...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X and this-"Every one that seeketh findeth."[36]...
Matthew 7:8 For G1063 everyone G3956 asks G154 (G5723) receives G2983 (G5719) and G2532 seeks G2212 ...
A For every one who asks receives, B And he who seeks finds, C And to him who knocks it will be opened. And as they persevere in prayer for the coming of His Kingly Rule and the power of His Holy Sp...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew 7:8. FOR EVERY ONE THAT ASKETH, etc. An invariable rule; a plain promise, not for the future, but for the present, since our Lord says: RECEIVETH, FINDETH, IT IS OPENED. This promise, several...
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 7:7 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. _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...
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...
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. 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...
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:...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:1; 2 Chronicles 33:19; 2 Chronicles 33:2; Acts 9:11;...
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...