Does God keep unbelievers from seeing the truth of the gospel?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Hi, this is Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we

answer your questions about the Bible and the

Christian life every day. We'd love to hear from you. Here's our phone number. It's 833-the-core. That's

1, 833, 843-243-2673. Our phone lines will be open for the next 25 minutes or so, so now is the time to call.

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watch Adriel Live in the studio drinking his coffee, and you can send him a question that way

through our YouTube channel, and feel free to email us anytime at Questions at CoreChristianity.com. Well, first up today,

here's a voicemail we received from one of our callers earlier this week. Pastor Adriel,

really appreciate your program. I just have a question here from Luke chapter 11, verse 11 through 13. It starts out, which of you fathers,

if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead at the end of verse 13. How much more

will your father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

If I look at Matthew chapter 7, it starts out kind of the same, which of you, if your son

asked for bread, will give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake.

But then the next verse, verse 10, talks about God will give all good things to those who ask

him, something like that. The verses in Luke 11th seems slightly different than Matthew 7. So just wondering what's your opinion on that. I appreciate it.

I love both of these passages that you've brought to our attention. Now, of course, these sermons which Jesus

preached, I mean, often he was repeating himself in many of these teachings. There's no contradiction

there in Matthew's account where Jesus is emphasizing the Father's goodness, the fact that he gives

good gifts to those who ask. And then in Luke 11, the emphasis

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