(September 27, 2013 at 8:31 pm)Drich Wrote: The results of a/s/k is the gift of the Holy Spirit.Here is the translation that your first showed:
5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; 7 and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? 8 I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. 9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread[d] from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
I have already proven you wrong about your a/s/k. I said I followed the instructions as stated by the scripture and I received no holy spirit.
It states all who asks will receive the holy spirit.
I asked for one night at least and still no holy spirit.
Why only one night you might ask? It states a time limit of one night(midnight until he gets up) because in the parable it states the only reason the friend will not get the loaves is that he is still in bed.
Let us just assume your right about such a thing as the holy spirit for the following.
Ask you will receive
Seek you will find
Knock you will open
To receive the holy spirit you must ask.(luke 11-13)
Ask+seek+knock = holy spirit correct
Ask+seek = holy spirit correct
Ask+knock= holy spirit correct
Ask = holy spirit correct
seek+knock = holy spirit incorrect
seek = holy spirit incorrect
knock = holy spirit incorrect
Do you understand the above?
Your problem is you see what is not there.
Here is a list of questions that you need to answer to have any chance to be able to say that you have to a/s/k to to receive the holy spirit.
In luke 11-5 to 13 it clearly states that it is a friend, NOT a neighbour. Why do you insist saying it was a neighbour?
Now I would like you now to show me where christ converts the asking into knocking?
How many asks does it take to equal a knock?
Please show me what will be found if I "seek"? No assumptions please.
Please show me what will be opened if I "knock"? No assumptions please.