In this verse-by-verse teaching through Matthew 7:7–11, Jesus’ familiar words—ask, seek, knock—are placed back into their proper context within the Sermon on the Mount.

Rather than a blanket promise that God will give us whatever we want, this passage answers a deeper question that has been building throughout the sermon:
How are we supposed to live up to such a high standard?
How do broken, insufficient people enter the Kingdom—and then actually live as Kingdom citizens?

Jesus’ answer is not self-effort, spiritual performance, or “name it and claim it” faith. It’s relationship.
Ask. Seek. Knock.

This teaching explores:

• Why this passage is not an abrupt shift, but a natural response to everything Jesus has already said

• How ask, seek, knock is about entering and living in the Kingdom—not demanding outcomes

• What it means to trust God as a good Father who gives what we need, not what would harm us

• Why this passage cannot be used to support Word-of-Faith or prosperity theology

• How sufficiency, wisdom, and obedience flow from dependence on the Father—not perfection

This is a promise of access, not entitlement.
A call to trust, not to manipulate God.
And a reminder that the grace to walk in truth begins with knowing who your Father is.

In a recent Q&A episode, I carefully dismantled someone else’s presuppositions—then realized I had missed one of my own.

This episode isn’t about settling debates over demons or Genesis 6. It’s about how easily we overlook our assumptions, even when we’re trying to handle Scripture carefully. We’ll talk about confidence, humility, essential doctrines, and why elevating secondary issues to primary ones fractures unity in the body of Christ.

Confidence is good.
But only humility keeps it from becoming Plankeye Syndrome.

Can Satan claim a person’s soul but not their spirit?

We slow down and examine the questions beneath the question.

What does the Bible actually say about the soul and the spirit? Are they separable? Can one be claimed by Satan while the other remains to wander the earth?

Rather than speculation, this episode looks carefully at thebiblical language, the theological assumptions we often overlook, and why Scripture consistently points us toward the unity of the human person before God.

Listen in and think it through with me.