He has provided the access we need to heaven. When Jesus says to pray “in my name,” He means that we can pray in His authority. Jesus is not promising to be a personal vending machine rather, He is encouraging confidence and faithfulness in prayer. Jesus tells them that anything they ask “ in my name” would be granted to them. Part of this comfort was the promise that Jesus would hear and answer their prayers. The soon-coming crucifixion would leave His followers scared and confused, so Jesus provided them with comfort and assurance regarding a number of things, including how they would carry on His work. The entire fourteenth chapter of John serves as Jesus’ valedictory address to His disciples. This promise seems to give us the right to ask for anything and everything we want, and Jesus is obligated to give it to us-but is that really what the Lord is saying here? You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it” (verses 12–14). I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.Īnd whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.In John 14, Jesus says, “Very truly I tell you. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 'Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"īut without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you seek, and you will find knock, and it will be opened to you. 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!Īnd He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’ and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. "Ask, and it will be given to you seek, and you will find knock, and it will be opened to you. Playlist: Go to the Ask, Seek, and Knock (topic) playlist
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