For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
Christ presents His Father's grace to those who pray, showing us that God stands ready to listen and pour out His riches, provided we ask. Those who remain destitute yet never resort to prayer are justly punished for their slothfulness. Though God gives all things freely and often anticipates our wishes, He commands us to pray so that we exercise our faith and receive His undeserved goodness through the discipline of asking.
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Verse 8. (w) "asketh receiveth" . (x) "and he that seeketh"
Ask like a beggar; seek like one hunting for treasure; knock like a stranger at the door. Those who would grow rich in grace must take up the poor trade of begging, and it shall thrive. Yet prayer alone is not enough, second your prayers with earnest effort in the appointed means, else you tempt God.
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Commenting on Matthew 7:7-11