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Jesus' Most Precious Gift

“How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
LUKE 11:13
I Have Nothing
“Lord, teach us to pray!” the disciples pleaded. They saw how Jesus connected daily with His Heavenly Father and longed for the same power in their own lives.

Jesus responded with a memorable prayer lesson in three parts: the Lord’s Prayer, the parable of a friend coming at midnight, and—in climax—the need to continually request the Holy Spirit (Luke 11:1-13).

In the parable (verses 5-8), a man has nothing to feed a visitor who arrives late in the evening. The man hurries to his neighbor and asks for bread to feed the visitor, explaining, “I have nothing.” He continues asking until at last he receives bread to share with his guest. In this story we see that we have to come to Jesus in order to have something to share with others. When we want to pass on the Bread of Life, we often realize that we have nothing to give!

Then Jesus links the problem in this parable (I have nothing) with our need to request the Holy Spirit: “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you” (Luke 11:9).

Jesus Invites Us: Keep Asking
Here in Luke 11, Jesus emphasizes 10 times that we should ask for the Holy Spirit in our lives. I know of no other passage where He so lovingly urges us to take something to heart.

“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. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread 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? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 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!” (Luke 11:9-13).

From the beginning of the great controversy in heaven it has been Satan's purpose to overthrow the law of God. He accomplished that when he entered into rebellion against his creator and though he was cast out of heaven he has continued the same welfare upon the earth. To deceive men and lead them to transgress God's law. JAMES 2:10 " he that offends in one point manifest contempt for the whole law which means if you stumble at one you're guilty of all.
God's holy word which has been handed to us at such a cost of suffering and blood is but little valued. Few people who read the bible yet it is within the reach of all and it is the guide of life .Rejecting the truth is rejecting the Author himself.
God forbids dishonest , lying sexual immorality coveting lying and defrauding . Satan can appear as the angel of light to deceive many yet at the end his purpose is to destroy .Satan works through elements to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows😏. As he suffered to afflict job how quickly flocks and herds,servant ,children, houses were swept away , one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. But it is God that shields his creatures and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. He withdraws his blessing from the earth and remove his protecting care from those who are rebelling against his law and teaching and forcing others to do the same. Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. Satan is at work now in accidents and calamities by sea or land .HE IMPARTS TO THE AIR A DEADLY TAINT AND THOUSANDS PERISH BY PESTILENCE. Destruction will be upon both men and the beast. Isaiah 24:4,5
And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils.

Rev 12:17
And the dragon was enraged with the woman and he went to make war with the rest of his offspring who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.