Luke 11:11-13
Ask, and it shall be given you ... - There are here three different forms presented of seeking the things which we need from God - asking, ‘seeki...
The Value of Prayer. An interpolation with no relation to the context. It is more suitably placed in Luke 11:9-13 . The emphasis is on asking, see...
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9. Is there any man among you? It is a comparison from the less to the greater. First, our Lord contrasts the malice of men with the boundle...
DISCOURSE: 1329 GOD’S READINESS TO GIVE HIS HOLY SPIRIT Matthew 7:9-11 . Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give hi...
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or what man is there - whom if his son - Men are exhorted to come u...
Or what man, &c.— Is there any man among you? Blackwall. And indeed what one man is there among you? Doddridge; who observes upon this vers...
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread [...
The Sermon on the Mount (concluded) The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the earlier part of the sermon, and the whole c...
On urgency in prayer, and how God rewards it ( Luke 11:9-13 ). God always answers urgent prayer. Every asker receives, every seeker finds. Yet not...
Or what man is there of you. — The meaning of the illustrations is obvious enough, yet their homeliness is noticeable as addressed to the peasants...
Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to...
Judging Self; Asking God; Serving Others Matthew 7:1-12 There is abundant need for a right and sound judgment, illumined by the Spirit of truth...
After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up the stand...
I pass over the several most blessed things which the Lord Jesus here treats of, as being in themselves so plain, and by Him so beautifully expressed...
Or what man is there of you ,.... "That is a father", as in Luke 11:11 that is, is in the relation, and has the affections of a father; and indee...
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Ver. 9,10. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bre...
Ask , &c. The exhortation contained in these verses may be considered as connected with the caution given in those immediately preceding, and th...
Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in Scripture. Believers...
The Sermon on the Mount. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall fin...
See Poole on " Matthew 7:11 " .
The Means By Which the Law and the Prophets Will Be Fulfilled In The Coming Of The Messianic Age Through The Prayers Of His People (7:7-12). Havin...
Or what man is there of you, Who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, Will give him a stone; Or if he will ask for a fish, Will give him a serpe...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 7:3 . Mote. —The Greek noun so translated means a stalk, or twig. The illustration seems to have been a familiar one amon...
Matthew 7:7-11 I. Our Lord enjoins us here to pray; and He assures us that we shall not pray in vain. It does not indeed follow that God will gran...
Matthew 7:9 Sham Immortality. I. So much is there in the Christian doctrine of immortality that captivates the imagination and touches the heart,...
While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are infinite; they...
Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is the Judge: he putteth down o...
Matthew 7:1-2 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall be me...
Matthew 7:7 . Ask, and it shall be given you; He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever asked for it? If not, whose fa...
Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time....
A stone. The bread of God’s Word not to be petrified by preachers Petrarch’s works are said to have laid so long in the roof of St. Mark’s, at...
How much more shall your Father. The heavenly and the earthly Parent I. The facts which our text recognizes. 1. The moral condition of earth...
EXPOSITION Matthew 7:1-40 (2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards ( Matthew 6:19-40 ), so does censoriousness m...
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
A parable to bring home this truth:
The Sermon on the Mount (Continued) Matthew 7:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that we...
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?