Ask, Seek, and Knock. And Here's More! pptx

In Matthew 7:7-11 Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 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!

Often believers wonder why they don't get what they thought they deserved. To ask is to come to God in humility. To seek is to pursue the will of God, and to knock is to persist in prayer until you get the Father's best for you.

1. Keep Asking, Seeking, and Knocking. Matthew 7:7-11

2. Matthew 7:7  “Ask , and it will be given to you; seek , and you will find; knock , and it will be opened to you. 8  For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.  9  Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  10  Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?  11  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!

3. 1) signifies to ask for something to be given not done (giving prominence to the thing asked for rather than the person) 2) denotes the request of the will,  3) the asking of need, 4) ask, beg, call for, crave, desire. (Strong’s) Ask - α ἰτέω (Greek)

4. Seek - ζητεῖτε   zéteó - I seek, search for, desire, require, demand. -  to seek by  inquiring ; to investigate to reach a  binding  ( terminal ) resolution; to search, "getting to the bottom of a matter.“ - made efforts, kept trying to obtain a)   to seek in order to find b)   to seek  ( i . e.  in order to find out )  by thinking, meditating, reasoning; to inquire into :

5. knock κρούετε   κρούω -   I knock, beat a door with a stick, to gain admittance.

6. Ask- disciples should come to God in humility and awareness of need. Seek – connects one’s prayer with responsible action in pursuing the will of God. Knocks- suggests perseverance. Disciples are to persist in prayer, confident that their Father will provide whatever is best to them, according to His sovereign gracious, will.

7. Romans 3:11 11  there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God . The natural man never seeks God, but that those with a new nature (from the new birth)

8. 8  For everyone who asks receives , and he who seeks finds , and to him who knocks it will be opened .   9  Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  10  Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?  11  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! 1 2 3

9. Challenge 1) We want to raise not only sheep, but shepherds 2) Qualifying?

10. "Guard the truth which has been entrusted to you.” 2 Timothy 1:14 : Background: The 1st century: distorted values, misleading commitments, confused thinking, and dangerous misconceptions. As a result: - the Jewish revolt, Titus besieging Jerusalem for a couple of years Finally, the Temple would be destroyed, the Jews slaughtered, and other carried away into captivity among the nations. . Today, "What you see is not what you get,“ - ours is a deceitful age. - the mounting rate of teenage suicide, young people are losing hope for the future. They see no reason why they should struggle with life, so they are taking their own lives. - manifestations of unrest and evil in our day too: child abuse, widespread public pornography, muggings and rapes, students who cannot seem to learn to even read or write in our school systems.

11. "How can you guard the truth? How do you preserve sanity in an insane world?“ 1) "You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim 2:1) . That is, in order to keep the faith and guard the truth, you yourself must be strong; and that is achieved by learning to rely on the only reliable source in a day of declension -- "The grace that is in Christ Jesus."

12. 2) "What you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also" ( 2 Tim 2:2) - Jesus’ command (Matthew 28:19-20 There is a tremendous responsibility to communicate truth to your children, to your friends, and to your neighbors.

13. Step 3 & 4 Take your share of [or, Share in] suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to satisfy the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. (2 Timothy 2:3-6 RSV)

14. 3 Mag-ambit ka sa mga pag-antos bilang maayo nga soldado ni Cristo Jesus .  4 Kag dapat   pareho   ka   sa soldado nga sa serbisyo ; wala siya nagaobra sang iban pa nga mga obra agod mapalipay (satisfy) niya ang iya opisyal .  5 Dapat   pareho   ka man   sa manugdalagan ; indi siya makakuha sang premyo kon wala siya nagasunod sa mga pagsulundan sa palumba . 6 Kag dapat   pareho   ka man   sa mangunguma nga nagapangabudlay . Kay indi bala ang mangunguma ang una nga makaambit sang iya patubas ?  7 Hunahunaa sing maayo ining akon mga ginasiling , kag buligan ka gid sang Ginoo agod mahangpan mo ini tanan .