PROCLAMATION
“Then Jesus told His disciples
a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: ‘In a certain town there was a judge
who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept
coming to him with a plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ For some time he refused. But finally he said ‘… I will see that she
gets justice …’ And The Lord said, ‘…
Will not God bring about justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day
and night?’ …” Luke 18:1-8 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These words are from the gospel, the good
news regarding Jesus, The Christ, which were spoken by Christ according to Luke,
the physician. Again Jesus continued to
teach His disciples. He told them The
Parable of The Persistent Widow (Luke 18:1-8), The Parable of The Pharisee and
The Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14), and The Parable of The Rich and The Kingdom
of God. (Luke 18:18-30) Afterwards,
Jesus spoke to His disciples and He predicted His death for a third time. (Luke
18:31-34) The eighteenth chapter ends
with an account of Jesus giving a blind beggar his sight. (Luke 18:35-43)
APPLICATION
Prayer is the means by
which we communicate with The Lord God.
The Bible teaches us that we ought to always pray. (1 Thessalonians
5:17) Before all things that we do and
say, and for all that we want, we should pray. (Matthew 21:22) We should pray over and over again until God
answers our prayer. The old saying is: “PUSH,”
which means “pray until something happens.”
The Bible says: “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.” (James 5:16) Christ tells us that
persistent prayer pays off. (Luke 18:7-8) God’s people are to be a praying people. However, when we pray, we are not to use vain
repetitions. (Matthew 6:7) We may be asking
for the same things, but we should be sincere and use different words.
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