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Matthew 7:7-12
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7“Ask and it will be given to
you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8For everyone who asks
receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be
opened.
9“Which of
you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10Or if he asks for a fish,
will give him a snake?
11If you, then, though you
are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
12So in everything, do to
others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the
Prophets.
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1)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 7 how will those be rewarded
who ask in prayer?
o
They will be given what they ask for.
2)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 7 how will those be rewarded
who seek in prayer?
o
They will find what they seek.
3)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 7 how will those be rewarded
who knock in prayer?
o
They will have the door opened to them.
4)
Why did Jesus repeat
the rewards in verse 8?
o
It is to emphasize the certainty of reward for prayer.
5)
What are the
expected answers for the two rhetorical questions Jesus raised in verses 9 and 10?
o
‘No’.
6)
In the rhetorical
questions what is the
basis for good gifts to be given when one party asks the other?
o
It is because the
giver cherishes his relationship with the asker.
7)
According to verse 11 what contrast and analogy did
Jesus use to illustrate how generously our Father in heaven gives good gifts to those who ask him?
o
Jesus used the contrast and analogy
of human fathers, though evil, knowing how to give good
gifts to their children to illustrate how much more our Father in heaven gives good gifts to those who ask him.
8)
What is Jesus’
portrayal of the nature of our
Father in heaven in the contrast and analogy he made with human fathers
who are by nature evil?
o
Our Father in heaven
is by nature good.
9)
According to what Jesus
said in verse 12 what
is the theme of the Law and the Prophets?
o
In everything, do
to others what you would have them do to you.
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Matthew 7:7-12
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