MATTHEW

Chapter 7

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STUDY:

• What is the consequence of judging others?

• Why wouldn't you see clearly a "speck in your brother's eye"?  What does this mean?

• What is said about the one who asks and knocks?

• What does the text say about the gifts from the Father?

• What is the "Golden Rule"?

• Explain the way of destruction and the way of life? How are they different?

• How will you recognize false prophets?  What happens to a tree that does not bear good fruit?

• Not everyone who says, "_____________" will enter the kingdom of heaven.  What are some things they did?  

• What is the example that Jesus gives of someone who takes what is heard from Him and puts them into practice? Explain in your own words.

• Who did Jesus teach with more authority than?  Why is this?

DIG DEEPER:

• Read verse 6 again.  Explain what this means after reading footnotes or study notes regarding it.

• If Matthew 7:7-11 talks about asking God for something, and that the one who asks will receive...why is it that we can ask for things and never see God give them to us?

• Jesus talks about the people who prophesied in His name, drove out demons in His name and did mighty works in His name.  Jesus ends the section with, "I never knew you, depart from me, you workers of lawlessness." Why would these people not go to heaven?  What were they doing wrong?

APPLICATION:

• Repent of your judgmental heart. 

• What have you been praying for continuously, that you feel God hasn't answered? Knowing what you've learned today about that passage, how will you change your attitude about this?

• Are you like the people who cried, "Lord, Lord"? How will reading this text change the way you worship Jesus?

• Be like the one who built his house on a rock.

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Read my thoughts on this chapter:

"judging & asking"

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HIGHLIGHTED TEXT:

"Enter by the narrow gate.  For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those how enter by it are many.  For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."  {Verse 13-14}


"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.  On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'"
{Verse 21-23}

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