Everyone loves a good story and a good storyteller.

But there is no storyteller like the Lord Jesus,

and there are no greater stories told than the ones Jesus shared.

In this study, spiritual stories, we consider the parables Jesus told and their

application to us. These are truly the greatest stories ever told, and the Lord has something

he wants to say to you through them. Let's join Scott Pauli now.

When you do public speaking, you have to get to the point. You have to get to the bottom line, and you don't wait to the conclusion to do that.

As a general rule, you have to give that in the introduction. I learned years ago

that if you don't catch people capture their attention in the opening moments, you probably

won't keep it through the rest of the time. And Jesus, of course, the master teacher, the master

storyteller, understood that. And that's why very often when he gave his parables,

he gave the point right at the front.

If you look carefully at the scripture text,

either he said it or the context bears it out.

And today's parable is a classic example of that in Luke chapter number 18

because he gives the purpose statement

first. Luke 18 verse 1 and he spake a parable unto them to this end. Now hear that carefully to this

end. Let's go to the end and work our way back. What's the goal? What's the application that

men ought always to pray and not to faint.

That's a powerful verse.

Luke 18, verse 1.

Look, don't faint today.

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