The Best Life: Walks the Golden Rule

Pastor Damian continues the Best Life series by teaching from Matthew 7:7–12, showing that Jesus’ commands to ask, seek, and knock are rooted in a trusting relationship with God as a loving Father. He explains that asking reflects our desires and needs, seeking reflects our pursuit of God and His purposes, and knocking represents our dependence on God to open the doors He knows are best for us. Using the illustration of a parent giving good gifts to a child, Damian emphasizes that God delights in providing what is good for His children, though His answers are always shaped by His perfect will rather than our every request. He challenges listeners to reject a scarcity mindset that compares what others have, reminding them that God’s resources are limitless and that every good gift comes from Him. The sermon connects Jesus’ teaching on prayer with the Golden Rule, showing that trusting God's generosity should naturally lead believers to treat others with the same generosity, kindness, and love they themselves have received. Damian traces this principle through Scripture—from Leviticus’ command to love your neighbor, to the "royal law" in James, to Jesus’ new commandment to love others as He has loved us. Rather than merely knowing the Golden Rule, Christians are called to actively live it out by loving, serving, and giving to others in the same way God faithfully loves, serves, and provides for them. The sermon concludes by encouraging believers to confidently trust their Heavenly Father, keep their focus on Him instead of comparing themselves with others, and allow that trust to transform how they relate to the people around them.