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SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND

Matthew 7:7

“Hurry, up, were going to be late!”— said the frantic, yet loving wife.

“I’m trying dear, but I just can’t find the keys!”— said the frustrated, husband.

So many people, the world over have heard conversations where the solution is only to stop everything, and start searching.

In Matthew chapter 7 Jesus says, “Ask, and it will be given you, seek, and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you” Mt.7:7.

This passage could be applied to so many areas of life, from the physical, to the emotional, and even to the political.

But let’s look at this passage from the spiritual. When is the last time you had a question about the Bible and your first thought was, “I’ll just ask the preacher.”

There is nothing, sinful about asking for a Bible answer from someone who has decided to “preach the word” with readiness to… “reprove and exhort, with complete patience and teaching…” 2 Tim.4:2.

But there is something to be said for someone who says, “I’m going to see just what the Bible says.”

An excellent attitude also says, “Jesus said, ‘seek and ye shall find’, And that means I aught to search the Scriptures.”Mt.7:7 There are certain criteria one aught to use when searching the scriptures.

One is look for who the audience is. Always look to see who is the person that is being spoken to. This often determines whether God is approving something or condemning something.

Another, is to consider the context. Very frequently an answer to a question can be solved by reading the verses right before and after the verse in question. Generally if one reads the whole chapter the verse in question will often “solve itself.”

Also, always look for what the most simple explanation is, based on all the scriptures that relate to a subject. Often people have some convoluted theory, they try to construct, by neglecting to look at every passage on the topic or subject.

Fourth, don’t forget the details. Sometimes, one little word in the Bible can change the entire way a thought, command, or idea is conveyed.

And finally, always make sure applications have God’s approval. If we don’t find a place where God says we can do something than the application criteria is always, remain silent where God is silent.

Jesus says two other things in Matthew 7:7 “ask and it will be given to you” and “knock and it will be opened to you.” If we pray, and ask God, to give us guidance in our Bible study we will be using wisdom.

But in order to do any seeking at all we must first “knock” at the door. The only way the door of Biblical wisdom can be opened is if we crack open the pages and begin seeking so we may find.

By: J.R. Rosado