GOD IS GOOD
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“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
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!
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Main Idea: God responds to the pursuit of His kids.
Main Idea: God responds to the pursuit of His kids.
Main Idea: God responds to the pursuit of His kids.
Main Idea: God responds to the pursuit of His kids.
Key Question: What good gifts have you not pursued God for?
Key Question: What good gifts have you not pursued God for?
1. God’s goodness calls us to pray. (v. 7-10)
1. God’s goodness calls us to pray. (v. 7-10)
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Persistence = shamelessness –
And behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”
But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and urged Him, saying, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.”
But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Then she came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”
But He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Ask, Seek, knock – (Asking > Seeking > Knocking) – Maybe someone missing?
so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;
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But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
2. God’s goodness answers every time. (v. 7-11)
2. God’s goodness answers every time. (v. 7-11)
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
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!
divine passive (“it will be given to you” means God will give it to you
“One is to ask with the expectation that God will respond. To put it another way, one is to ask with faith in God’s desire to respond appropriately” BENTC
c. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
3. God’s goodness leads us to live godly lives. (v. 12)
3. God’s goodness leads us to live godly lives. (v. 12)
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.