1 And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
When you look at these historical figures like Paul, or Gandhi, or Nelson Mandela that is what stands out. They didn’t faint. Their faith and perseverance is a glorious testimony. It isn’t just the destination that is important but the journey. This journey is how God refines and purifies his people. This is how we become a people of faith.
2 saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:
It doesn’t say the name of the city, I wonder if He was referring to Belarus? Maybe Hong Kong? Beirut? Portland? Kenosha? This is what people are protesting, judges who don’t fear God and don’t regard man. Probably He was talking about Washington DC.
3 and there was a widow in that city;
This should be the face of the protestors, not a teenager with a mask. A widow, a woman who has been bereaved. She isn’t going to terrify people in a restaurant, she isn’t going to torch some business. This is a powerful face that unrighteous judges fear. You can meet a group of teenagers with masks with cops in riot gear and tear gas. But do that to a widow coming to ask you to do your job and the optics are terrible. There is no way to win that battle. It is like two big old cops arresting Rosa Parks for sitting on a bus. The unrighteous judge can not win that fight. This woman might have lost her husband in a war over phony WMD’s, maybe she lost her house in the mortgage meltdown. Maybe her child was killed due to gang violence in the inner city.
and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
That is his job! She isn’t calling for him to be fired. She isn’t calling to defund the judiciary. She is just asking him to “do your job”. Many are now mocking the NBA telling them to “just do your job”. Flip the script, go to these responsible to deliver justice and tell them “just do your job”. Also, come often. Why has Washington DC set up barbed wire and 25,000 troops. Is this to keep this widow from coming to them?
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.
This is a marathon, it isn’t a sprint. This battle has been going on for 2,000 years. We have gotten rid of Caesars whose idea of a fire sale was to burn down the city and keep the fire department from helping put out the fire. They fed their enemies to lions or simply impaled them on stakes and listened to their moans as they died. For centuries kings could throw people in jail without even admitting they were there. We got “habeas corpus” passed so that if you want to do that you must make it public. We got rid of slavery, got rid of apartheid, got rid of Jim Crow, and passed a whole list of laws. This was because of persistent prayer, faith, and perseverance.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? 8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
The unrighteous judge is the “universal machine” where you can build your faith. We know we need to go to the gym three times a week just to keep healthy, well spiritually we need the unrighteous judge to build a healthy life of faith. Also, please note, when the Lord comes this situation will be taking place and He is asking, will I find the Bride of Christ, who lost their husband due to injustice and a monkey trial, appealing for justice? Will she be coming oft? Will she be praying and not fainting?
9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
Wow, what a beautiful juxtaposition. When you hear the debate it is so clear that those on each side “trust in themselves that they are righteous”. It is clear that they are “setting all others at nought.”
When you look at these historical figures like Paul, or Gandhi, or Nelson Mandela that is what stands out. They didn’t faint. Their faith and perseverance is a glorious testimony. It isn’t just the destination that is important but the journey. This journey is how God refines and purifies his people. This is how we become a people of faith.
2 saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:
It doesn’t say the name of the city, I wonder if He was referring to Belarus? Maybe Hong Kong? Beirut? Portland? Kenosha? This is what people are protesting, judges who don’t fear God and don’t regard man. Probably He was talking about Washington DC.
3 and there was a widow in that city;
This should be the face of the protestors, not a teenager with a mask. A widow, a woman who has been bereaved. She isn’t going to terrify people in a restaurant, she isn’t going to torch some business. This is a powerful face that unrighteous judges fear. You can meet a group of teenagers with masks with cops in riot gear and tear gas. But do that to a widow coming to ask you to do your job and the optics are terrible. There is no way to win that battle. It is like two big old cops arresting Rosa Parks for sitting on a bus. The unrighteous judge can not win that fight. This woman might have lost her husband in a war over phony WMD’s, maybe she lost her house in the mortgage meltdown. Maybe her child was killed due to gang violence in the inner city.
and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
That is his job! She isn’t calling for him to be fired. She isn’t calling to defund the judiciary. She is just asking him to “do your job”. Many are now mocking the NBA telling them to “just do your job”. Flip the script, go to these responsible to deliver justice and tell them “just do your job”. Also, come often. Why has Washington DC set up barbed wire and 25,000 troops. Is this to keep this widow from coming to them?
4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.
This is a marathon, it isn’t a sprint. This battle has been going on for 2,000 years. We have gotten rid of Caesars whose idea of a fire sale was to burn down the city and keep the fire department from helping put out the fire. They fed their enemies to lions or simply impaled them on stakes and listened to their moans as they died. For centuries kings could throw people in jail without even admitting they were there. We got “habeas corpus” passed so that if you want to do that you must make it public. We got rid of slavery, got rid of apartheid, got rid of Jim Crow, and passed a whole list of laws. This was because of persistent prayer, faith, and perseverance.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them? 8 I say unto you, that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
The unrighteous judge is the “universal machine” where you can build your faith. We know we need to go to the gym three times a week just to keep healthy, well spiritually we need the unrighteous judge to build a healthy life of faith. Also, please note, when the Lord comes this situation will be taking place and He is asking, will I find the Bride of Christ, who lost their husband due to injustice and a monkey trial, appealing for justice? Will she be coming oft? Will she be praying and not fainting?
9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:
Wow, what a beautiful juxtaposition. When you hear the debate it is so clear that those on each side “trust in themselves that they are righteous”. It is clear that they are “setting all others at nought.”