“Ask, and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you.
“For everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.
“Or what man is there among you who,
if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
“Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent.
“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who
ask Him!
“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you,
do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:7-12God does not want robots. He want’s people with a free will. People who ask questions, seek out answers.
While it is true that we are saved through faith and that according to Hebrews 11:1 faith is :“...the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” God does not want us to be robots, following blindly without thinking.
One of the signs of a cult is that the leadership demands that the followers follow blindly. That they don’t ask questions. That they just follow the teachings of the leader.
Jesus makes it clear that we are to ask questions. “Ask...seek... knock...” He states. Ask questions about what you believe, seek out the answers in the Scriptures, knock on God’s door through prayer to get the answers.
If we do these things God will show us.
Seek out good council in a good church, a pastor and other Christians who study directly from the Word of God.
Don’t rely exclusively on study books and commentaries.
Question the commentaries and study books by looking at the Scriptures to see if they are taken in context or whether the author is taking liberties with Scripture to prove a biassed point of view he or she may have.
It’s fine to have a healthy scepticism about what you’re being taught, if it makes you seek out God’s will.
Always, always remember no church congregation is perfect. Nor are pastors, Bible teachers or theologians. We all make mistakes.
The Bible is, however, the divinely inspired Word of God. It was written to the early church to teach them what God wanted. By studying it and seeking out God’s guidance in prayer we will get answers, but it is important that we study the scriptures. It is important that we let God show us the remarkable truths that are in them, for our day to day life.
“Study to show thy self approved ...” Paul tells Timothy and through his second letter to him he states the same thing to us.
Study the word of God learn what you believe and why you believe what you do.
Ask God for wisdom, guidance and knowledge. Seek God’s truths and will for your life. Knock on God’s door, for the Scripture tells us,
“For everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
Matthew 7:8
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