None need come short
It is in compassion to the hardness of our hearts, so unready to believe the goodness of God, that our Lord is pleased to enlarge upon this head, and to repeat and confirm what he has spoken. For everyone, he says, who asks, receives: so that none need come short of the blessing. And he who seeks, even everyone who seeks, finds the love and the image of God; and to him who knocks, to everyone who knocks, the gate of righteousness shall be opened. So that here is no room for any to be discouraged, as though they might ask or seek or knock in vain. Only remember always to pray, to seek, to knock, and not to be faint (Luke 18:1). And then the promise stands sure. It is firm as the pillars of heaven. Yes, more firm; for heaven and earth shall pass away, but his word shall not pass away (Matthew 24:35).
1771 text
19. It is in compassion to the hardness of our hearts, so unready to believe the goodness of God, that our Lord is pleased to enlarge upon this head, and to repeat and confirm what he hath spoken. For every one, saith he, that asketh, receiveth: so that none need come short of the blessing. And he that seeketh, even every one that seeketh, findeth, the love and the image of God; and to him that knocketh, to every one that knocketh, the gate of righteousness shall be opened. So that here is no room for any to be discouraged, as tho’ they might ask or seek or knock in vain. Only remember, always to pray, to seek, to knock and not to be faint. And then the promise standeth sure. It is firm as the pillars of heaven. Yea, more firm; for heaven and earth shall pass away: but his word shall not pass away.
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Sermon 30 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 7:1-12.
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