Sermon Transcript Tone Analysis

we've been discussing and Number of lessons along the way, since January talking about the Life of Christ.

And this particular lesson, this morning's going to involve to parables.

In fact, it's going to evolve to Parables that involve prayer.

So I named them Parables and we're going to be looking at wearables this morning as a relates to this particular chapter.

But as we think about this chapter, we are looking at something that perhaps you have not seen before.

Perhaps you're familiar with it, but Luke chapter 18, Luke chapter 18 beginning and verse one will read the first portion, which is verses one through eight.

And then we'll read the second portion which is verses 9 through 14.

So, this is preferable number one.

Prairieville number one.

How do you spell comparable to them?

That men, they always ought to pray and not lose heart.

Well, I think right there we get the the idea of what he's going to talk about.

The theme of these verses that we don't give up and really, that's the, the meaning of the Greek word that's used.

Therefore not lose, heart, don't give up.

And of course, I think one of the greatest illustrations of don't give up, was when Winston Churchill, during WWII in the bombing of London, said to his fellow brittners never give up.

And that's exactly what our Lord is teaching Us in this particular passage but elsewhere as well.

We understand that we are to never give up that.

We are to run the race with endurance that we are to do in the very best that we can and give it all that we have as so it's a parable that men are always ought to pray and not lose heart saying there was in a certain city of Judge, who did not fear, God nor regard, man.

Any idea of the word regards are is Shane.

And I thought you what the passage is telling us, is that this God or this judge, you thought he was God, he did not fair God and did not regard, man.

Neither, did he have Shane for such things?

These things God and man were just not that important to this judge.

This judge was important to this junk.

He says, now there was a widow in that City.

A little Widow in that City and she came to him saying, get Justice for me from my adversary and he would not for a while.

But afterward he said within himself though, I do not fear God nor regard man yet because this woman troubles me, interesting.

The idea of this word troubles is a Greek word.

That means to punch It's a fighting term.

It's a picture of this Widow, this little Widow coming before the judge all the time and she's giving him right jams, right?

And he knows the left is coming.

And so he says, you know what, I've had enough of this annoying, little fly this annoying, these annoying little Jabs at me, and because of that, I have become weary.

And so he says, I will Avenger less by her continual coming, she weary me.

And so she has come and come and she's pleading her case time and time again and he has thought of it as a sport if you will.

Because he got used to saying no and he see her face the next day.

No, and she kept coming and he would say no.

Now, you know sometimes you get involved with something and it seems kind of fun.

But after a while you begin, not to like it anymore.

And this is where this fellow is in his thinking that she just keeps coming and she is persistent in her coming to him.

And she said, you said, lest by her, continual coming, she weary me.

She punched me down.

Now that word is used by the Apostle Paul, and 1st Corinthians chapter 9, verse 27, where he says, I busted my body that's the same exact word that's use.

He says, I punch my body down.

I resist my body down.

that I might not be disqualified so he was doing that in a figurative sense, just like that is used here then the Lord said Hear what the unjust judge said.

So this passage, although he mentions persistence and although he mentions his widow coming to him everyday, if you will.

Pleading her case that her address Siri would be that she would have defense for the adversary that was coming at her.

He says hear what the unjust judge said when I say that, because I've read over the years with the emphasis of placing placing the emphasis on that Widow.

But the emphasis is really not placed on the Widow.

It's placed on the judge, Because he says hear what the unjust judge said.

Now, we find elsewhere.

Something's gone.

I can't see the next slide, brother.

You doing me wrong.

In a he's already talked about persistence so he's he's not really focusing in on the Widow and her persistence.

He's focusing upon this unjust, judge is making a contrast between the unjust judge and the righteous judge.

And as soon as we looking at this a little bit more, he says here with the job.

The unjust judge says and God and she'll God not avengers, Tony elect who cry out day and night to him though, he Bears long with him.

I tell you that he will avenge them.

Speedily, there's the difference.

You had a unrighteous judge who was going to take her side.

After he got tired of her.

All right, but here we find that God is going to come to the rescue how speedily quickly.

So, nevertheless, when the son of man comes, will he really find faith on the earth?

So we go back to Luke chapter 11 in are Luke chapter 11 beginning of her sake and says help?

Because of his persistence here, is the story of persistence that I alluded to just a moment ago.

Hair is a story that Jesus tells about a friend who comes to another friend and he wants some bread but it's late at night.

He and his family are in bed and he tells the friend go away for sleeping come back later but the friend keeps on persisting.

And so the guy gets up out of bed like picture yourself getting up out of bed, going down to the kitchen opening up the counter door or whatever.

It is the bread bread, you put bread in and you get that bread to your friend.

And so he says, yeah, because of his persistence, he will rise and give him that bread, ask, and it will be given to you seek, and you will find knock and it will be open to you.

So that's that particular, passage dealing with the Persistence of Prayer.

In our passage, in Luke chapter 18, it's about the Persistence of this woman coming to God, asking for protection, asking for defense.

Can't help.

But think that first John chapter 2, beginning of verse, to tells us that we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

He is our defense attorney is our counselor, that's the idea.

There, we have an advocate one who comes to our side.

Please our case he is our attorney.

And so this Widow and Luke chapter 18 is talking about the idea of judgement here, Jesus has been talking about the judgment is second coming.

You go right back to Luke chapter 17.

And that's where we find that context.

That's all we enter into Luke chapter 18, and he's talking about this persistent Widow.

But then The attention turns to the judge, the unrighteous judge and then he contrasts the righteous judge with that particular, unrighteous judge.

But in Luke chapter 11, he says if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly father?

Give give Holy Spirit to those who ask him.

There is no definite article before the word, Holy Spirit in the Greek texts but your English Bible has that.

And so it's a father, give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.

And I just for sake of illustration, what he's talking about.

It within the context, he says good gifts.

And that the father, give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him and Matthew's account, Matthew chapter 7, beginning and verse 11.

He says, if you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father who is in heaven?

Give good things to those who ask him, if you can see it, there's an arrow from good things to the Holy Spirit above, and there is an arrow from good gifts up to good gifts.

So Jesus is telling his disciples is 12 mind you.

He's teaching them how to pray.

And there are you says here you guys are going to ask for this Holy Spirit.

He's not talking to you and me.

The application is to them, not to you and me.

Eddie says, you're going to ask for good things, good gifts and it's going to come from the spirit.

That's what you're going to ask for and where you can read about that fulfillment and Acts chapter 8 beginning of verse 14.

But we have more to talk about.

This particular passage.