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 things to those who ask him.
Matthew 7:11 (CSB)
Jesus just asked two questions. Would a dad give his hungry son a stone? Would he give him a snake? Of course not.
Then Jesus calls those dads “evil.”
Jesus doesn’t mean those dads are monsters. He means ordinary people. The Bible says all of us are sinners. We put ourselves first, not God. Sin affects everything we do.
But Jesus also says those same dads give good gifts. Sinful people still love their kids. They still feed their children and take care of them.
If sinful dads give good gifts, how much more will God? God has no sin in Him at all. He is completely good.
Because God is completely good, we don’t have to beg Him as if He were a stranger. We don’t have to make a speech to talk Him into helping us. We can come to Him like a child comes to a good dad. We should tell Him what we need, plainly, and expect good from Him.
Jesus said “you who are evil,” not “we.” Jesus is the only person who never sinned. And God gave His Son for us. Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose again. If God gave us His own Son, He won’t hold back anything we truly need (Romans 8:32).