And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith.
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… regard man. Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she wear me out. The Lord said, hear what the unjust judge said, and shall God not avenge his own elect who cry out to him day and night, though he bears long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man returns, will he really find faith on the earth. This is interesting because we have, on one hand, the picture is of a widow that just keeps banging on the door of the judge. And then Jesus uses this illustration for repeated day and night prayer. And then God says, I'm going to answer speedily. He obviously thinks of speedily different than I do. He says, I'm going to answer speedily. And I'm thinking, man, I've been banging on this door for 15 days. You know, when is this thing going to open? He says, I'm going to answer speedily. and he does there's a tipping point tipping point in prayer in which the answer is released and the answer always comes quickly but to get to that place where things shift sometimes takes persistence Prayerlessness actually allows circumstances to be... …
… I met that lady. then the Lord said hear what the unjust judge said and shall not God avenge his own elect to cry out day and night to him though he bears long with them and I tell you that he will avenge them speedily nevertheless when the son of man comes will he really find faith on the earth I know that this is a pretty well-known story and it ought to be because it's one of the times the Lord talked to people about prayer if you look at all the things the disciples could have asked Jesus to teach them the only thing I remember was they asked him to teach them how to pray. It has to be the result of them watching him engage with the Father and coming and capable, able to display heaven on earth is a term I'll use. They break through in this disease, that disease. We find him retreating, if you will, sending the crowds away, going up on a mountain to pray. …
… respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so she may not wear me out by continually coming to me. And the Lord said, listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to God's chosen ones who cry to God day and night? Will God delay long in helping them? I tell you, God will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. What a fall series we've had, friends. We have been taking seriously this challenge to imagine a new creation through the stories told by Jesus. We've been taking it seriously by inviting a clown into worship who juggled swords and showed our senior pastor how to twirl a plate on his head. We've been taking it seriously by passing out red clown noses. We've dropped confetti from the ceiling. …