Jesus is saying, if this crooked, corrupt, miserable human being who holds the office of

judge who has no regard for God and no regard for people will sometimes administer justice

because he's tired of people pleading for it, how much more will the judge of heaven

and earth vindicate his people who cry unto him day and night.

Are you persistent in prayer? Sometimes it can be difficult to accept as God answered

my prayer already, or should I continue knocking? Should I continue pleading with God? Hi,

I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and thank you for joining us for this Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind.

Each Lord's Day, we are working our way through the gospel of Luke from sermons that

RC Sproul preached at St. Andrews Chapel in Central Florida, and today we arrive at a

parable that features an unjust judge, a persistent widow, and many lessons for us as it relates

to prayer and living faithful lives. Here's Dr. Sproul.

Well this morning we're going to continue our study of the gospel according to St. Luke,

and we're in the 18th chapter today, beginning a brand new chapter, and I'll be reading

from verse 1 through verse 8, which some Bibles call this passage, the parable of the unjust

judge, or others call it the parable of the persistent widow, and either title is acceptable

and correct, and I would like to ask the congregation, please, stand for the reading of the Word of God.

And then he spoke a parable to them that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,

saying there wasn't a certain city, a judge who did not fear God, nor regard man.

Now there was a widow in that city, and she came to him saying, get justice for me from my adversary,

and he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, though I do not fear God,

nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, last by her continual coming,

she weary me. Then the Lord said, here what the unjust judge said, and shall not God avenge his own

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