Sermon by Jory Leong on 11 Nov 2012

3. PARABLE OF
Luke 18:1-8

4. Luke 18:1-8

5. What is the STORY of this parable?
•Unjust judge
Luke 18:2 “In a certain town there was a judge who
neither feared God nor cared what people thought.”

6. What is the STORY of this parable?
•Unjust
judge
•Widow pleaded for justice
Luke 18:3 “Grant me justice against my adversary.”

7. What is the STORY of this parable?
•Unjustjudge
•Widow pleaded for justice
•Judge refused
Luke 18:4 “For some time, he refused”

8. What is the STORY of this parable?
•Unjustjudge
•Widow pleaded for justice
•Judge refused
•Widow kept bothering the
judge
Luke 18:3 “widow in that town who kept coming to him”
Luke 18:5 “because this widow keeps bothering me”

9. What is the STORY of this parable?
•Unjust judge
•Widow pleaded for justice
•Judge refused
•Widow kept bothering the
judge
•Finally, the judge relented
Luke 18:4-5 “…Even though I don’t fear God or care
what people think, yet because this widow keeps
bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she
won’t eventually come and attack me!”

10. What is the SETTING of this parable?

11. What are the LESSONS from this
parable?
1. Always Pray, Don’t
Give Up
2. Weare NOT like
the Widow
3.God is NOT like
Luke 18:1-8 the Judge

12. LESSON 1:
Always Pray, Don’t Give Up
1 Then Jesus told
his disciples a
parable to show
them that they
should always
pray and not give
up

13. LESSON 1:
Always Pray, Don’t Give Up
Don’t give up? Not lose enthusiasm,
don’t be discouraged
Always pray? Constantly seeking the
Lord

14. “Mr. Graham started praying when he got
up this morning, he prayed while eating
breakfast, he prayed on the way over in the
car, and he'll probably be praying all the
way through the interview.”

15. LESSON 1:
Always Pray, Don’t Give Up
Don’t give up? Not lose enthusiasm,
don’t be discouraged
Always pray? Constantly seeking the
Lord
Answers to prayer? Yes, No or Wait!

16. “The most difficult discipline in
the Christian life, in my opinion,
is waiting. But God used that to
force us to lean on Him….to
trust Him….to believe in Him….
to release our will and accept
His. Words fail to describe the
pain of that transfer of wills.
Finally, when we made the
transfer, empty-handed and
totally dependent, Cynthia and I
leaned hard on our God.”

17. LESSON 1:
Always Pray, Don’t Give Up
Don’t give up? Not lose enthusiasm,
don’t be discouraged
Always pray? Constantly seeking the
Lord
Answers to prayer? Yes, No or Wait!
Why wait? Not ready? Timing?

19. LESSON 1:
Always Pray, Don’t Give Up
Don’t give up? Not lose enthusiasm,
don’t be discouraged
Always pray? Constantly seeking the
Lord
Answers to prayer? Yes, No or Wait!
Why wait? Not ready? Timing?
Never stop praying? We pray until ……

20. Dr. Ray Pritchard
We’ve all wondered how long we should we
pray for something.
Here is the general rule I follow.
You should pray for something until …
• the answer comes, or
• the circumstances change, or
• God changes the burden on your heart

21. LESSON 2:
We are NOT like the Widow
Widow Us
No access Constant access to God
(Eph 2:18; 3:12)
No right to speak God our Advocate & High
Priest (1 John 2:1; Heb 10:19-22)
Bother & nuisance Call unto Me (Jer 33:3)
Court of Law Throne of Grace (Heb 4:14-16)
Stranger Child of God (Luke 11:13;
John 1:12; 1 John 3:1-2)

24. LESSON 3:
God is NOT like the Judge
Judge God
Unjust Righteous and Just
(John 17:25)
God is good
No regard for man God loves us
(Ps 100:5; Nahum 1:7)

26. “There is a difference
between a fleshly
stubbornness and a
godly perseverance. The
former insists on getting
one’s will done in
heaven, and the latter
determines to get God’s
will done on earth”

27. LESSONS from this parable
1. Always Pray, Don’t
Give Up
2. Weare NOT like
the Widow
3.God is NOT like
Luke 18:1-8 the Judge