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Verse Matthew 7:11. _IF YE, THEN, BEING EVIL_] πονηροι
οντες, who are radically and diabolically depraved, yet feel
yourselves led, by natural affection, to give those things to your
children which a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL.
Men, who have the natural affection of parents, even though sinful
men, will not do such things. If men, belonging to. sinful race, will
hear and kindly answer their children'...
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THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
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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...
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EVIL. grudging, or harmful. See App-128. Scripture thus challenges
man, that is why man challenges it.
HEAVEN. the heavens. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
GOOD THINGS. Compare Psalms 34:8;...
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_good things_ For this St Luke (Luke 11:13) has "the Holy Spirit,"
shewing that spiritual rather than temporal "good things" are
intended....
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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...
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ΠΟΝΗΡΟΊ. ‘Evil’ as compared with the perfect righteousness
of God.
ἈΓΑΘΆ. For this St Luke (Luke 11:13) has ‘the Holy Spirit,’
shewing that spiritual rather than temporal ‘good things’ are
intended....
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VER 9. "OR WHAT MAN IS THERE OF YOU, WHOM IF HIS SON ASK BREAD, WILL
HE GIVE HIM A STONE? 10. OR IF HE ASK A FISH, WILL HE GIVE HIM A
SERPENT? 11. IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS U...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 1329
GOD’S READINESS TO GIVE HIS HOLY SPIRIT
Matthew 7:9. _Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread,
will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a
serpent...
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IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL— The words Τις εξ υμων, _which of
you,_ in the 9th verse, are well explained by this: "If," says our
Lord, "you, imperfect and evil as you are, and some of you perhaps
tenacious...
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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...
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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?
IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BEING EVIL] Christ took no roseate view of the characters of men, even
after their profession of faith in Him....
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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...
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IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL. — The words at once recognise the fact of
man’s depravity, and assert that it is not total. In the midst of
all our evil there is still that element of natural and pure affecti...
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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...
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_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...
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Matthew 7:11, πονηροὶ, morally evil, a strong word, the worst
fathers being taken to represent the class, the point being that
hardly the worst will treat their children as described. There is no
inte...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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11._Your Father will give good things _This is expressly mentioned by
Christ, that believers may not give way to foolish and improper
desires in prayer. We know how great influence, in this respect, i...
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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...
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IF YE THEN BEING EVIL,.... As all mankind in general are, both by
nature and practice: they are conceived in sin, shapen in iniquity;
are evil from their youth, and transgressors from the womb; are
co...
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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?
Ver. 11. _If ye then being evil_] Eve...
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_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...
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GOOD GIFTS; things which are needed and truly beneficial. The
readiness of a kind, affectionate parent to give necessary food to a
famishing child, is but a faint emblem of the readiness of God to giv...
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A parable to bring home this truth:...
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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?
He appeals to their love as parents. I...
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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...
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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...
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Ver. 9-11. Asking is but a verbal expression of an inward desire; no
man desireth that which is evil, but that which he at least apprehends
to be good, that is, suitable unto his wants. As earthly par...
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Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V
If, however, he may not happen upon this doctrine, neither will he
understand the necessity of generation, just as an abortion born at
night will perish a...
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If you then, being evil,
Know how to give good gifts to your children,
How much more will your Father who is in heaven,
Give good things to those who ask him?
And thus they are to recognise that if...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 7:11. IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL. An argument from the less to the
greater; ‘if,' equivalent to ‘since.' An incidental proof of
hereditary sin and general depravity. Yet some elements of good
rema...
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HOW MUCH MORE
(ποσω μαλλον). Jesus is fond of the _a fortiori_ argument....
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Matthew 7:11
In our text Christ tells us what we are to expect of God, in His
treatment of us. There is mystery about God's nature; we cannot fathom
it, and as God is thus mysterious, our kind Redeeme...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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As BAD AS YOU ARE. Even criminals love their children, and treat them
kindly. If you believe that God is your "Father," you will believe in
the power of prayer. GOOD THINGS. Luke 11:13. the parallel a...
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_How much more shall your Father._
THE HEAVENLY AND THE EARTHLY PARENT
I. The facts which our text recognizes.
1. The moral condition of earthly parents-“evil.”
2. The natural affection of earthly...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:11 YOU... WHO ARE EVIL is an example of
the “how much more” arguments frequently used in Matthew 1:1 and
Luke (e.g.,...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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1 John 3:1; 1 John 4:10; 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Samuel 7:19; Ephesia
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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...
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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 a...