True or False?All these things

shall be added unto you ... Ask and you shall

receive

True or false? 2Seek ye first the kingdom of God

And His righteousness;And all these things shall be added unto you.Hallelu, Hallelujah!

True or false? 3“And all these things shall be added unto you.”Question: What are ‘all these things’?Answer: pay rise ... car ... iPhone 6 ...Question: But what if you don’t get these?Answer: You have not fulfilled the condition to

... Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness;

Question: And what if you have these?Answer: Then you have fulfilled the condition.Really! What about Christians in Africa? North

Korea? Islamic countries?

True or false? 4“And all these things shall be added unto

you.”Question: What are ‘all these things’?Context: Matthew 6:31-32:31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we

eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Question: What are ‘all these things’? Food, drink, clothing

True or false? 5Food, drink, clothingQuestion: But what if you don’t get these?Answer: You have not fulfilled the condition

to ... Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness;

Question: And what if you have these?Answer: Then you have fulfilled the

condition.Really! What about Christians in Africa?

North Korea? Islamic countries? And Christians in previous ages?

True or false? 6Question: Why are people in countries like

the USA & Canada, and Australia and NZ, and Europe and the UK well-fed and watered and well-clothed?

Answer: Because they are Christian countries and seek God’s kingdom first and His righteousness?

Question: Why are people in some African countries under-nourished?

So ... What was Christ promising?Better ...Who is Christ promising it to ... And

for when?

True or false? 7Matthew 5:1-2:Now when Jesus saw the

crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,  and he began to teach them.

Matthew 5:17-18: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Christ is teaching a people under the Law of Moses; i.e. The Jews.

True or false? 8What did the Law teach? Deuteronomy 28:1-5:1-2. If you fully obey the LORD your God and

carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:

3-5. You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock--the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

True or false? 9What did Christ teach? Matthew 6:31-32:31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we

eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Question: So did these people get food, drink and clothing?

True or false? 10No! Acts 11:27-28: During this time some

prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of Claudius.)

Question: Why not?Answer: They did not seek either God’s

Kingdom or His righteousness. They rejected Christ and the Kingdom He was offering.

Also ...

True or false? 11Also, during the time covered by the Acts of

the Apostles, Israel’s leadership rejected a second offer at the hands of the Apostles and mistreated and killed them and so ... Deuteronomy 28 again ...

Verses 15: However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

Verse 64: Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other

Which is what happened in AD 70!

True or false? 12Ask and it shall be given unto you,

Seek and ye shall find.Knock and the door shall be opened onto you Hallelu, Hallelujah!

True or false? 13“Ask, and it shall be given unto you”Question: Ask for what? New job? Pay rise? Car?John 14:13-14: And I will do whatever you ask in

my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

You. The Twelve.Matthew 19:28: Jesus said to them, "I tell you the

truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

True or false? 14What about Paul’s prayers?2 Corinthians 12:7-9: 7. To keep me from

becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.“

Note: Paul got the answer ‘No!’

True or false? 15And I will do whatever you ask in my

name ... You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Whatever? ... Anything?Note: beware of ‘universal words’ like ...

Anything ... Anyone ... All ... Everyone ... Whatever ... Etc ... And universal expressions.

Note: These are not blank chequesNote: People use such words and

expressions all the time, mostly without a universal meaning.

E.g. Is everyone here?

True or false? 16

True or false? 17Philippians 4:13: I can do everything through him who gives

me strength. (NIV)I can do all things through Christ which

strengtheneth me. (KJV)I can do all this through him who gives me

strength. (Latest NIV)Questions: What is the ‘everything?What are the ‘all things’?What is ‘all this’ referring to?

True or false? 18Philippians 4:11-13:11 I am not saying this because I am in need,

for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Note: Some times the context (or a parallel passages) defines the ‘everything’ or the ‘whatever’ – sometimes it does not.

True or false? 19John 14:26: But the Counsellor, the Holy

Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Question: What are the ‘all things’ here?Euclidean geometry? Calculus? Not likely!Everything I have said to you? And = kai;

‘even’Yes ... But probably not limited to that.All that it was necessary for them to know for

their ministry during the difficult days of the Acts Period.

True or false? 20Matthew 7:7-8. "Ask and it will be given to

you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

9-10. "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

11. If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

Note: Parallel passage scan sometimes help

True or false? 21Luke 11:9-10. "So I say to you: Ask and it will

be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11-13. "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish2, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13. If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"

True or false? 22Question: Why did they have to ‘ask’ for the

Holy Spirit?Question: Who are the ‘they’?

True or false? 23John 14:12-14. I tell you the truth, anyone

who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Anyone = i.e. Any one (of you)Question: What things did the Apostles do

that was greater than what Christ did?

True or false? 24Acts 8:14. When the apostles in Jerusalem

heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

15. When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,

16. because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

17. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Note: Jews and Samaritans

True or false? 25Acts 19:1-5. Paul took the road through the interior

and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.“ So Paul asked, "Then what baptism did you receive?" "John's baptism," they replied. Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

True or false? 26Acts 10:42-43. He commanded us to preach

to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."

44. While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.

45. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

True or false? 27Question: Why the difference between

Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians during the Acts period?

Possible answer: To establish the Apostles as THE authority and THE leaders in the eyes of Jewish Christians – no longer the High Priest and Sanhedrin, the Pharisees and Sadducees etc.

Question: Was this a greater thing than Christ did?

Question: But after Acts?

True or false? 28Ephesians 1:13-14: And you also were

included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 4:30: And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

True or false? 29Conclusion: Look to see if the context (or a

parallel passages) defines the ‘everything’ or the ‘whatever’ .

If it does ... Fine.If it does not ... Don’t assume such words and

expressions then have a universal meaning. In some passages, they may have, in other they may not.