It was to his disciples that the Lord said, “Cast not your pearls before swine;” and perhaps certain of them who were poor in spirit might turn round and say, “Lord, we have few pearls; we are too poor to have the treasures of thy grace so plentifully. [9], Glossa Ordinaria: We ask with faith, we seek with hope, we knock with love. Matt 2:11; 3:16; 5:2; 7:7f; 9:30; 13:35; 17:27; 20:33; 25:11; 27:52; Mark 7:35; Luke 1:64; 3:21; 11:9f; 12:36; 13:25; John 1:51; 9:10, 14, 17, 21, 26, 30, 32; 10:3, 21; 11:37; Acts 5:19, 23; 8:32, 35; 9:8, 40; 10:11, 34; 12:10, 14, 16; 14:27; 16:26f; 18:14; 26:18; Rom 3:13; 1 Cor 16:9; 2 Cor 2:12; 6:11; Col 4:3; Rev 3:7f, 20; 4:1; 5:2ff, 9; 6:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12; 8:1; 9:2; 10:2, 8; 11:19; 12:16; 13:6; 15:5; 19:11; 20:12. Reprinted by permission. "[4] Knocking, according to France, was also a metaphor for prayer in the Jewish literature of this period. פָּקַח pāqach, Qal: open (Gen 21:19, 2 Kgs 4:35, 6:20); niphal: be opened (Isa 35:5). Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. Prayer is perhaps the greatest manifestation of faith a child of God can demonstrate. Nevertheless, it is clear from the general tenor of scripture that every other legitimate means must be employed if we are to obtain the strength and help we so much need. He repeats it, not once or twice, but four times over. So too not literally all who seek find. This explanation addresses the more immediate context of necessary judging (but by no means excludes need for prayer brought out by interpreting it in the larger context discussed above)... (these) verses on prayer (cf. If your prayer-life is malfunctioning, make sure you're meeting the conditions. Far too often Christians do not have the marks of richly textured discipleship because they do not ask, or they ask with selfish motives (James 4:2-3). Each form of prayer is prescribed, accepted, and rewarded in a manner suitable to its character. KJV: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: NLT: "Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Moun ki chache va jwenn. The Lord taught that righteousness manifests itself in prayer. Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. Whether he lie down or rise up, God is in all his thoughts; he walks with God continually, having the loving eye of his mind still fixed upon Him, and everywhere “seeing Him that is invisible.” (Ed: like Moses - see note Hebrews 11:27) (John Wesley, Works. But these objections betray an utter ignorance of the intent of prayer. We do not indeed deny but that a prayer may be offered by one who speedily turns back again from God; but it is not accepted; and it is of acceptable prayer that we speak; for nothing else deserves the name of prayer. Beneath the wing of night; Some ask ignorantly for things which would not be blessings if they were granted. If we need bread, He will not give us a stone instead. Who always spoke to us of You; Did you pray till the answer came, 27 When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. They know the power of prayer, so let them tell you whether they have been deceived or not. Matthew 27:52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; It may be that there is an even wider range of thought. 2 Kings 6:20 When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." How can we live up to such a high standard? Puritan Thomas Manton wrote that "If we don’t receive by asking, then let us seek; if we don’t receive by seeking, then let us knock.". Matthew 3:16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, Seeking is asking plus acting, implying earnest petitioning coupled with an active endeavoring to fulfill needs. Prayer is not intended to give information to God, but to impress our own minds with a sense of our dependence upon him, and to give him glory as the only fountain of all our benefits.  12  I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; The Directory of the Devout Life), J R Miller (Who Is He?) Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brothers …. The Divine assistance is to be sought prayerfully, believingly, diligently and persistently, and if it be thus sought it will not be sought in vain. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Gaebelein, F, Editor: Expositor's Bible Commentary 6-Volume New Testament. It placed us in darkness so that we did not know where we were going even though we thought we knew. To him who knocks (and keeps on knocking) the door will be opened. He possesses all who knows the Creator of all. To men you may not always speak of heavenly things, but to God you may. Assured us of their constant prayer. “Heaven and earth shall pass away” (Matt. Do you want to realize and demonstrate the righteousness acceptable to God? Bread and fish were the simple fare of the Galilean peasants whom our Lord addressed on the shores of their own beautiful lake, the bread as the necessary staff of life; the fish as an appetizing addition. My heart went out to him as he spoke. 1 Kings 8:29 that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. There is an eye that never sleeps Better yet do I really believe what Jesus promises to those who ask, seek and knock? If the doors of hell might be opened for their escape, would they neglect to “knock?” If all the blessings of grace and glory might be obtained by them, would they neglect to “ask?” O then, let us “seek the Lord whilst he is near; let us call upon him, whilst he may be found.” Think what a bitter reflection it will be in the eternal world, that we might have escaped the miseries of hell, and obtained the glory of heaven, by the exercise of humble and believing prayer, and we would not: we did not regard either the one or the other, as worth asking for. When a man approaches God in prayer, he must approach with a settled conviction that he believes God actually lives. O that we may now be convinced of our folly, and not be left to bewail it to all eternity!]. 14 When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate. Joshua 8:17 So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel. Yet we realize how impossible this is given our weaknesses, our propensity for sin, and our lack of power to obey (we have not forgotten the first Beatitude – “blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”). 2 Chronicles 7:15 "Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. Everyone who seeks, finds. The stacking of these words is extremely forceful, but the fact that they are present imperatives gives them even more punch... Jesus is driving his point home, and the point is this: We are to passionately persist in prayer. Our lives must be judged by their fruits, by the way we live, by our character and disposition. He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house. We are also influenced by what we see and hear in the world to be selfish. Several days later, a reply came from his mother: "My dear son, you must have accepted Jesus Christ at the same hour your father went home to heaven. We need the gifts of God, and are thankful for the treasures which are to be obtained by earnest, prayerful search; but we should desire, above all, to have face-to-face friendship with Himself. Since God has put them there, and He is good, you will find them in the highest degree nutritious. Revelation 9:2 He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. The caveat is that the must come to the Father through the Son! Psalm 51:15 O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise. Then he opened the door and fled. However, this practical guide should improve the quality of the analysis and subsequent interpretation of systematic reviews and meta-analyses that include time-to-e … Trials . 8 Everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened. Leave not the throne of grace till all thy wants have been spread before the Lord, and until by faith thou hast a comfortable prospect that they shall be all supplied. Surely prayer must have become such a joy to you, such a necessity of your being, such an element of your life, that I hardly need press it upon you as a duty, or invite you to it as a privilege. Matthew 7:7-11. I cannot give it you." Let me urge you to repeated, varied, ever intensifying prayer: ask! But there are conditions. The command to pray in verse 7 has everything to do with fulfilling kingdom demands.... (Jesus) is calling for a lifestyle of persistent prayer. Lk 11:9-13) answer the believer’s problems arising from the instructions on judging. We must not judge rashly, nor pass judgment upon our brother without any ground. After the service, the minister talked with the man and led him to faith in Jesus. seek! There will always be twelve basketsful of fragments left for your personal need. [1] Morris notes that idea of seeking does not completely mesh with the prayer metaphor. Prayer knocks till the door opens. Seek with all diligence, adding to the earnestness of the beggar the careful watchfulness of the jeweler who is seeking for a gem. If you TRY to keep the commands in your natural strength, you will fall into the subtle snare of legalism. In retirement or company, in leisure, business, or conversation, his heart is ever with the Lord. Very much of the validity of a charter depends on the signature and the seal, and, my friends, how sure is the charter of covenant grace! Though he were to suffer the extremities of starvation, he would cheerfully endure them rather than respond thus to his child's artless faith., We therefore may go with large requests to our God, asking for what we need, and asking in the certain faith that He will only give us good things. We know the confessions, creeds, and hymns that affirm that God is our Father. Are you not children of rebellion, Offspring of deceit, Isaiah 45:1  Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

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