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       2024-01-03T09:53:04+00:00
       
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       Dear Friends,Col 4:2  Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Keep praying!  Jesus tells a parable about an unjust judge.  A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.  And in this one particular parable, Jesus compares God to an unjust judge.  Why would Jesus compare our loving Heavenly Father to an unjust judge?  Well, it is really more of a contrast.Luk 18:1  And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Luk 18:2  Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:Luk 18:3  And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.Luk 18:4  And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;Luk 18:5  Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.Luk 18:6  And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.Luk 18:7  And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?Luk 18:8  I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?You see, in this parable, the unjust judge granted the widow’s petition, not because he truly cared about her, but because of her, “continual coming”.  The point is this: the unconcerned, detached, unjust judge did the right thing on behalf of the widow, just because she continually asked.  How much more will our loving Heavenly Father, “avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him”?  So keep praying!  God is on our side!  He will hear and answer our prayers!Psa 50:14  Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:Psa 50:15  And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.In His Service,Dale