ASK and SEEK

PLEASE read listed verses

God sent Jesus to teach us His ways. Some things Jesus taught are easier to understand than others. E.g., Mt. 7:7-11. Jesus said to ask, to seek, and to knock if we desire things from God.

Asking differs from seeking and from knocking. They each differ in usage. E.g., we can't just pray for knowledge. We must seek it by Bible study. 2 Tim. 2:15.

Well, we know how to ask, because Jesus said to ask the Father in His Name. John 16:23. To seek means to try to obtain. But how can we knock without touching?

In Rev. 3:20 Jesus said: "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." The Lord knocks at our heart's door by His voice! Therefore, one way to knock on spiritual things is by our words of faith. Jesus said to do it!

God wants us to enter into His blessings and purposes for us. He wants us to enter into opportunities He makes for us. Some of those doors will only open if we KNOCK!

E.g., 1 Sam. 17: 4-10,45-47. Each man in the Israeli army had an opportunity to fight Goliath. But they let fear of the natural whip them without a fight!

David saw victory by faith, and by his WORDS he knocked on the door. It opened unto triumph and glory to God and to David. It forever changed his life, and the lives of others.

We need to knock by words of faith on doors that God's promises offer us. Goals set by faith can be gained!

We need not live tenuous, fragile, meager lives, ruled by things and conditions in the worldly system. No. John 10:10 shows that Jesus came to give us abundant life. Also: "...be strong...". Eph. 6:10. Faith words are: "I WILL be; I AM strong." Mk. 11:23 can make it a fact.

God said He will supply all our need. Phil. 4:19 (go on out and SEEK it)! Use Words of Faith to KNOCK on doors of Divine provision.

For nearly 20 centuries the door of the "rapture" has been before every believer. It has been always ready to open, even if the saints died! When it opens, we SHALL enter! 1 Thes.1:10, 4: 13-18. Glory to God.

"Faith Words" are the means of knocking on things that do not appear. They can't be touched in 'natural' ways. But through Mark 11: 23, Jeremiah 23:29, and Rom. 10: 10, we can KNOCK on them. They will open. Jesus said so!

Some things in God's economy come simply by asking Him for them. We must seek for others, as in 2 Tim.2:15. Still others require urgent KNOCKING. Luke 11:5-13.

We can receive eternal life as a gift from God. Rom.6:23. But Eph.6:12 tells us to lay hold on it. This is not a contradiction: it means we must possess the gift.

Be encouraged. Use Words of faith in God's promises and KNOCK until they open to you! Jesus said that they SHALL open to you. Amen.

FACT VERSES

Fact verses are those statements of facts in the Bible They are not necessarily promises. They are conditions that God and Christ caused, without human help. Jesus mentioned this premise in Acts 1:7.

FACT: "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Heb. 8:12).

FACT: "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." (2 Cor.1:20).

FACT: "For he is our peace,..." (Eph. 2:14).

FACT: "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee." (Isa. 26:3)

FACT: "For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." (Psa. 84:11)".

FACT: Jesus can be touched with our infirmities. That means our lack of ability to produce results. See Heb. 4:15.

FACT: "...and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37b).

FACT: "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you." (John 15:12).

FACT: "And now abideth faith, hope, charity (love), these three; but the greatest of these is charity." (1 Cor.13:13).

God bless you, I love you.