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Matthew 7:10
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8 For aeveryone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.  
9 aOr what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If you then, abeing 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!  
12 Therefore, awhatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for bthis is the Law and the Prophets.  

The Narrow Way

13 a“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.  
14 Because narrow is the gate and2 difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.  
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Matthew 7:9-11

Mankind is evil! In this case, Jesus did not use evil to indicate “essential wicked character,” but more along the lines of “given to do acts of wicked conduct,” indicating an inclination. Though unconverted and not specifically sanctified to be created in God's image, a worldly person can on occasion do a good thing. Some uncalled people do them consistently. However, doing some good things now and then does not make an individual good by nature. Thus, doing good does not signify that a person is a called, sanctified, and converted child of God.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Leadership and Covenants (Part Eight)

Related Topics: Doing Good Does Not Signify Converted | Doing Good Does Not Signify Sanctification | Leadership and Covenants | Mankind as Evil | Mankind's Nature Inclined to Evil | Mind Motivated by God's Holy Spirit | Motivated by God's Holy Spirit



Matthew 7:7-12

Ask, seek and knock, and God will give good gifts! Could we request anything better of Him than His Spirit? Nehemiah 9:20 declares, "You [God] also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst." God has already set a precedent for giving His Spirit. Psalm 143:10 adds, "Teach me to do your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness." Jesus says God will give us good things, and this verse shows God's Spirit is good.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness

Related Topics: Ask, Seek, and Knock | Fruits of God's Holy Spirit | Fruits of God's Holy Spirit: Goodness | Gift of the Holy Spirit | Gifts | Gifts of God | Holy Spirit | Holy Spirit as Gift | Spiritual Gifts


 
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