And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.We have — Faith anticipates the blessings.The petitions which we asked of him — Even before the event. And when the event comes, we know it comes in answer to our prayer. read more
14. This is included in the confidence embraced in the above believe and know. This confidence is a firm feeling of the heart embodying itself in free expression. The indwelling life puts forth a confident utterance. According to his will The utterance expresses both our will and God’s. Heareth us As we are not dumb, arising from our life, so he is not deaf, like the idols of 1 John 5:21, or like the “unknown absolute” of the pantheist. The common life of God and us... read more
15. Know that he hear us If we live in a consciousness that we have access to the divine ear. We also know, in spite of apparent failures, that we have the petitions or askings, either in the things themselves or some blessed equivalents. We desired Rather, (in the perfect tense,) we have ever asked of him. Our askings have never been in vain, even though the specified thing has never come. They all redound upon us in divine blessedness. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:And we — Who believe. Have this farther confidence in him, that he heareth - That is, favourably regards, whatever prayer we offer in faith, according to his revealed will. read more