ASK, SEEK, KNOCK (11 OF 11)
Scripture: Matthew 7:7-11
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Ask, Seek, Knock (11 of 11)
Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 7:7-11
We've been taking this year to walk through the Sermon on the Mount, which is Jesus' vision of human life as it was meant to be lived. It was the first official sermon that Jesus ever gave, and probably the most well-known. Some of the things in the sermon are well-known because they're controversial and they sort of shock us: If your right-hand causes you to sin, cut it off. Anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has committed adultery with her in his heart. Those are pretty hard to forget. But other things in the sermon are memorable because they capture our imagination in a positive way. And today we come to one of those things: Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened. Man, if that's true, that would be amazing!
I can remember one of my teachers in high school he was actually the varsity basketball coach, and in his office, he had those words written on a card and tacked to his bulletin board: Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened. I was in his office one day and I said to him, ''Do you actually believe that?'' He said, ''I do.'' So I said, ''Then I would like to ask that you make me the starting point guard in Friday's basketball game.'' He said, ''It doesn't work like that.'' Actually that conversation never happened. But he did have that verse on his bulletin board. I never heard him refer to the Bible in any other way, but those words were obviously meaningful to him. And to a lot of other people.
So...what did Jesus mean? Should we just take his words at face value? And if so, what about all those times when I've asked for things, and I didn't receive them? You've had some of those times, right? So was Jesus exaggerating? Or being poetic? And if so, what good is this, anyway? Let's talk about that today. Because when we really understand what Jesus is say ...
Series: Kingdom Come: Sermon on the Mount
Dave Gustavsen
Matthew 7:7-11
We've been taking this year to walk through the Sermon on the Mount, which is Jesus' vision of human life as it was meant to be lived. It was the first official sermon that Jesus ever gave, and probably the most well-known. Some of the things in the sermon are well-known because they're controversial and they sort of shock us: If your right-hand causes you to sin, cut it off. Anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has committed adultery with her in his heart. Those are pretty hard to forget. But other things in the sermon are memorable because they capture our imagination in a positive way. And today we come to one of those things: Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened. Man, if that's true, that would be amazing!
I can remember one of my teachers in high school he was actually the varsity basketball coach, and in his office, he had those words written on a card and tacked to his bulletin board: Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened. I was in his office one day and I said to him, ''Do you actually believe that?'' He said, ''I do.'' So I said, ''Then I would like to ask that you make me the starting point guard in Friday's basketball game.'' He said, ''It doesn't work like that.'' Actually that conversation never happened. But he did have that verse on his bulletin board. I never heard him refer to the Bible in any other way, but those words were obviously meaningful to him. And to a lot of other people.
So...what did Jesus mean? Should we just take his words at face value? And if so, what about all those times when I've asked for things, and I didn't receive them? You've had some of those times, right? So was Jesus exaggerating? Or being poetic? And if so, what good is this, anyway? Let's talk about that today. Because when we really understand what Jesus is say ...
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