PARABLE OF THE PERSISTENT WIDOW

Introduction:

A. Do You Pray?

1. When you feel the need?

2. Every so often?

3. Regularly?

B. Have You Prayed A Prayer For Many Years?

Body: Luke 18: 1 - 8

I. A Parable About Prayer.

A. Pray.

B. Do not lose heart.

II. The Parable.

A. The judge.

1. Did not fear God.
2. Did not care about people.
3. No respect, No fear.

B. The widow.

1. She had been wronged.
2. She desired justice.
3. She "nagged him to death!"

C. The results.

1. She got justice.
2. He got relief.

III. God's Vengeance.

A. Is God not concerned with justice?

B. Is God not concerned about the oppressed and downtrodden?

C. Is God not able to bear long with wrongdoing?

D. Is it wrong to ask for vengeance (Romans 12: 19).

IV. Faith.

A. Jesus will return.

B. Will He find faith?

1. Among the heathen?
2. Among His people?

Conclusion:

A. Are You Like The Persistent Widow?

B. Are You Giving Place To God's Vengeance?

C. Are You Among "The Faithful?"