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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 7-11 Keep Asking, Keep Seeking, Keep Knocking

Thomas Less, 02/01/2011

⁷“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.⁸For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

⁹“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?¹⁰Or

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If God wants us to be close to him, why doesn't he just clearly reveal himself to the world? It is unfair of him to condemn anyone since he doesn't reveal himself clearly.

Thomas Less, 11/05/2010

Your question at first seems reasonable and your assertion correct, but even in our small human lives we don’t do what you are asking God to do.

Imagine you are man fortunate enough to have a great wife. You and your wife love each other immensely and are also intensely passionate toward each other. Your marriage is every person’s dream. Also imagine you are a father and you have a …