Ask

By William Pelrine Jr.
 “It doesn’t hurt to ask.”  I’m sure everyone has heard that expression.  The Holy Bible puts it another way.  As Christ said in the gospel according to Matthew, chapter 7, verses 7-11, “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.
  “Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?  If you then, who 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!”
 As a Christian, I believe the above verses apply to us when we need to be forgiven for something bad we’ve done.  If what The Holy Bible says is true, we can ask God for forgiveness for our sins and He will give it.
 If we ask God for forgiveness, what is He going to do?  Give us a lump of coal?  Would He say, “Here, my son, have a snake.”  No!  He would give us forgiveness (especially if we confessed that sin).
 According to The Holy Bible, in 1 John 1: 9, “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
 In James 5:16 in The Holy Bible it says, “confess your sins to each other, and pray for each other that you may be healed.”
 We might as well admit it, we all have sinned, for in Paul’s letter to the Romans chapter 3, verse 23, he writes, “…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
 I believe that if we ask God for forgiveness he’ll give it to us.
 May the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, keep your heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.