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B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

Matthew 7:7

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 the Father with an assurance that he will hear them. The terms are here used with reference to prayer, and these constitute. climax. Ask implies. simple petition, the want of an object that can only be obtained by. free gift. Seek indicates earnest desire, and. search for something that may have been lost. Knock shows earnest perseverance in spite of hindrances, and supplication for that which has been shut up, and can only be obtained by the opening of the doors. Prayer that pushes its petitions through all its stages is earnest, persevering and effectual. It is. proof of spiritual life, and the means by which. fuller, more vigorous life is secured.

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