ASK HIM

ASK HIM

Luke 11:9-13

And I Say Unto You, Ask, And It Shall Be Given You; Seek, And Ye Shall Find; Knock, And It Shall Be Opened Unto You. For Every One That Asketh Receiveth; And He That Seeketh Findeth; And To Him That Knocketh It Shall Be Opened. If A Son Shall Ask Bread Of Any Of You That Is A Father, Will He Give Him A Stone? Or If He Ask A Fish, Will He For A Fish Give Him A Serpent? Or If He Shall Ask An Egg, Will He Offer Him A Scorpion? If Ye Then, Being Evil, Know How To Give Good Gifts Unto Your Children: HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM THAT ASK HIM?

So many Christians take these Scriptures as name-it, claim-it promises. Ask and you will receive. This is the danger of only reading a few Scriptures, yes it says food, but it also says The Father will give you more of The Holy Spirit if you ask Him. The things we receive from God are both necessities and Spiritual. So many false preachers and teachers will turn the Holy Scriptures into the worldly and it always is about money. If you want a bigger house, ask. If you want a better new car, ask. If you want a jet ask. You think I joking, but I have heard a tv so-called evangelist say these very words. When you become Spiritual after Salvation your heart's desire changes. After Salvation, you start caring more about souls and witnessing to the lost. Yes, you need a place to live, food to eat, and the necessities to live. But your heart changes from material things to the Spiritual. That is why John says that God will give us what we ask for,  but only if it is according to His Will. He does not say that He will give you everything you ask for. 

Read what The Scriptures say in 1John and Matthew, 

1 John 5:11-15 

And This Is The Record, That God Hath Given To Us Eternal Life, And This Life Is In His Son. He That Hath The Son Hath Life; And He That Hath Not The Son Of God Hath Not Life. These Things Have I Written Unto You That Believe On The Name Of The Son Of God; That Ye May Know That Ye Have Eternal Life, And That Ye May Believe On The Name Of The Son Of God. And This Is The Confidence That We Have In Him, That, IF WE ASK ANY THING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARETH US: AND IF WE KNOW THAT HE HEAR US, WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE PETITIONS THAT WE DESIRED OF HIM.

JESUS SAID IN

Matthew 7:7-23

ASK, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU; SEEK, AND YE SHALL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT SHALL BE OPENED UNTO YOU: FOR EVERY ONE THAT ASKETH RECEIVETH; AND HE THAT SEEKETH FINDETH; AND TO HIM THAT KNOCKETH IT SHALL BE OPENED. OR WHAT MAN IS THERE OF YOU, WHOM IF HIS SON ASK BREAD, WILL HE GIVE HIM A STONE? OR IF HE ASK A FISH, WILL HE GIVE HIM A SERPENT? IF YE THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS UNTO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THEM THAT ASK HIM? THEREFORE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE EVEN SO TO THEM: FOR THIS IS THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. ENTER YE IN AT THE STRAIT GATE: FOR WIDE IS THE GATE, AND BROAD IS THE WAY, THAT LEADETH TO DESTRUCTION, AND MANY THERE BE WHICH GO IN THEREAT: BECAUSE STRAIT IS THE GATE, AND NARROW IS THE WAY, WHICH LEADETH UNTO LIFE, AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT. BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, WHICH COME TO YOU IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, BUT INWARDLY THEY ARE RAVENING WOLVES. YE SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. DO MEN GATHER GRAPES OF THORNS, OR FIGS OF THISTLES? EVEN SO EVERY GOOD TREE BRINGETH FORTH GOOD FRUIT; BUT A CORRUPT TREE BRINGETH FORTH EVIL FRUIT. A GOOD TREE CANNOT BRING FORTH EVIL FRUIT, NEITHER CAN A CORRUPT TREE BRING FORTH GOOD FRUIT. EVERY TREE THAT BRINGETH NOT FORTH GOOD FRUIT IS HEWN DOWN, AND CAST INTO THE FIRE. WHEREFORE BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM. NOT EVERY ONE THAT SAITH UNTO ME, LORD, LORD, SHALL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN; BUT HE THAT DOETH THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT DAY, LORD, LORD, HAVE WE NOT PROPHESIED IN THY NAME? AND IN THY NAME HAVE CAST OUT DEVILS? AND IN THY NAME DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS? AND THEN WILL I PROFESS UNTO THEM, I NEVER KNEW YOU: DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT WORK INIQUITY.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

For Such Are False Apostles, Deceitful Workers, Transforming Themselves Into The Apostles Of Christ. And No Marvel; For Satan Himself Is Transformed Into An Angel Of Light. Therefore It Is No Great Thing If His Ministers Also Be Transformed As The Ministers Of Righteousness; Whose End Shall Be According To Their Works.

When so-called prophets and preachers tell you that you are going to get money, if you do such and such then they are false and INWARDLY THEY ARE RAVENING WOLVES. Be careful of who you listen to, and what you read. Read your Bible and it will make it harder for you to be deceived. That is why Jesus says in 

John 3:6-7 

That Which Is Born Of The Flesh Is Flesh; And THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT. MARVEL NOT THAT I SAID UNTO THEE, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.

Donna K Purifoy 

2/12/2023