The Parable of the Persistent Widow (Luke 18:1-8) is the Scripture for Rev. Geoff McKee’s sermon from 16 October 2016. The passage from Luke’s Gospel (New International Version) is immediately below, followed by the text of the sermon. You can download the sermon in PDF format by clicking here (87 kB).
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
The following introductory narrative is taken from ‘Prayer’ section of the website, storiesforpreaching.com, where it appears under the heading ‘Prayer Changes Me’. [Read more…]
