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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,...
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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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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...
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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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THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
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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...
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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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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....
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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7:7 Ask (c-1) _ Aiteo_ , used for supplication. see Note, John 14:16 ....
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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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(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....
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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...
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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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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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,...
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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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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...
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An admonition to prayer:...
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ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU; SEEK, AND YE SHALL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT
SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU....
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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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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 7:8"....
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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...
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Matthew 7:7 Ask G154 (G5720) and G2532 given G1325 (G5701) you G5213
seek G2212 (G5720) and...
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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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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...
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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....
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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 7:7
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...
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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...
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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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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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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 7:1. _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...
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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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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:...
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_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...
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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 3:22; 1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; 1 Kings 3:5; Amos 5:4;...
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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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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....
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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...