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Hi everyone, welcome back to 
logical Bible study where we do 

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a verse by verse exegesis of the
gospels. 

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Our goal here is to help you 
really understand the literal 

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sense of scripture. 
What does it mean on the most 

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fundamental level? 
Today, we're looking at Luke 

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chapter, 18 verses 1 to 8 Jesus 
told his disciples. 

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A parable about the need to pray
continually and never lose 

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heart. 
There was a judge in a certain 

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town he said who had neither 
fear of God nor respect for a 

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man in the same town. 
There was a widow who kept on 

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coming to him and saying I want 
Justice from you against my 

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enemy. 
For a long time he refused but 

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at last he said to himself maybe
I have neither fear of God nor 

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respect for men but since she 
keeps pestering me, I must give 

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this with her her adjust rights 
or she will persist in coming 

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and worry me to death. 
And the Lord said he noticed 

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what the unjust judge has to 
say. 

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Now will not God see Justice 
Done To His chosen who cry to 

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him day and night. 
Even when he delays to help them

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I promise you, he will see 
Justice Done to them and done 

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speedily. 
But when the son of man comes, 

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will he find any faith on Earth?
So this is the parable of the 

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unjust judge and it's only found
in Luke. 

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You might have heard this one. 
You might not have heard it. 

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What's the context here? 
Jesus is moving From Galilee up 

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to Jerusalem for the Final Phase
of his ministry. 

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And his speaking to the crowds 
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If you've been listening to this
podcast for a while. 

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We all know that for quite a 
while, we've been in this middle

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section of Luke, where Jesus is 
moving From Galilee to Jerusalem

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and we're getting very close to 
the end of that. 

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Now, he's almost at Jerusalem. 
Verse 1. 

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Jesus told his disciples. 
A parable about the need to pray

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continually and never lose 
heart. 

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Notice this Luke tells us the 
point of the parable and we 

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should be thankful for him for 
that because sometimes were not 

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100% sure of the meaning of a 
parable. 

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But here the inspired author, 
Luke tells us what Jesus meant 

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by this, Parable right up front.
He says this Parable is about 

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the need to pray continually and
never lose heart. 

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So we need to keep this in mind.
That's going to help us Stanley 

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Parable other translations have 
this as they ought to always 

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pray and never lose heart. 
Now this is similar to another 

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Parable. 
Jesus has given earlier in 

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chapter 11 verses 5 to 8, 
remember the parable about the 

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persistent neighbor, who's 
knocking, at the door, asking 

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for bread? 
And it's very similar to that 

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kind of thing. 
They're both about perseverance 

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in prayer, and what we're going 
to see here is particularly 

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important given. 
What Jesus has just said in 

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chapter 17 about the That his 
disciples will experience in the

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coming years. 
So, that's probably in the 

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background here. 
He's just told them about the 

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coming of the son of man and how
there's going to be suffering 

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for Christians. 
That's all in the background and

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now he gets to this. 
Parable about the need to pray 

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continually and never lose 
heart. 

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So the parable of the unjust 
judge is only found in Luke and 

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a key to understanding this 
unjust, an unrighteous of the 

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same basic word in Greek unjust,
unrighteous that actually helps 

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us understand a lot of the New 
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we keep in mind, Justice and 
righteousness, they're the same 

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word in the New Testament and 
it's particularly important in 

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The Sermon on the Mount 
actually, because they're Jesus,

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says things like seek 
righteousness, seek after 

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righteousness, those who hunger 
and thirst after righteousness. 

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That can be translated those in 
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thirst after Justice. 
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Justice or righteousness is to 
do, what God desires people to 

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do in society. 
If you're doing, if you're 

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giving someone Justice, you're 
giving them what's due to them 

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according to God. 
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supposed to be just he's 
supposed to be righteous to give

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people what they're owed 
according to God, but his unjust

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he doesn't do that. 
His unrighteous verse 2. 

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There was a judge in a certain 
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nor respect of man. 
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It's a parable and there's this 
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judge. 
He hasn't either fear of God nor

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respect for me. 
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violation of Justice according 
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So if you look at Deuteronomy 
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judges need to be in line with 
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is not. 
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appears and there's a lab it to 
say here about Do is it'll help 

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us understand it. 
There's this Widow in the same 

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town that the judge lives in 
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that culture, they had no 
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financially and typically in 
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you need a man to support you 
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Her widow's had very low social 
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They needed the Law Courts to 
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If there's an enemy who's trying
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who's being unkind or unfair to 
them, they haven't got a husband

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who can look out for them, so 
they really needed a judge to 

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defend them on their behalf. 
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Testament and in the New 
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about. 
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you're following God, then you 
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You need to stand up widows 
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stand up for them. 
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both in the Old Testament, and 
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Two widows, God cares about 
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And in fact, Jesus cares about 
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And also Luke has an interest in
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Widows quite a few times, 
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Luke, there's the woman in the 
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that Jesus is presented when 
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Anna, her name is, and she is 
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service of the temple. 
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interest in these widows. 
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parable in the same town, there 
was a widow who kept on coming 

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to the judge and saying, I want 
Justice from you against my 

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enemy or you can translate that 
as vindicate me against my 

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adversary. 
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of dispute and apparently, she's
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person who is pursuing her, as 
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So she keeps coming to the judge
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that he will defend her. 
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her again. 
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Knocks on his neighbor's door 
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night. 
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He says, help me open up. 
Give me some bread. 

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That's a similar kind of concept
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He refused but at last he said 
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Maybe I have neither fear of God
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she keeps pestering me I must 
give this with her her just 

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rights or she will persist in 
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You can translate this as 
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I will vindicate her or she will
wear me out by her continual 

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coming so the judge eventually 
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He says, look, I know I'm not a 
good judge, like I don't really 

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care about this, but she's 
getting so annoying. 

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She's been so persistent that 
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Otherwise, she's going to wear 
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So he gives you the out of 
selfish motives, not not out of 

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righteous motives, but out of 
selfish motives because he wants

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the woman, the Widow to leave 
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Interestingly, you can translate
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The phrase she'll wear me out as
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That's what it literally says in
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So he's worried that she's going
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Now, this is a good example of a
parable where we should not try 

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to see a one-to-one relationship
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every characteristic. 
Because God is just God does 

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care about people, it's an 
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So when we read Parables, 
typically, there's one main 

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comparison or point that Jesus 
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parable Jesus is not saying God 

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is Is like the unjust judge in 
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And in fact Jesus is going to 
tell us what that one respect is

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what's the point here verse 6? 
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interesting that Luke calls him.
The Lord here and the Lord said 

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you notice what the unjust judge
has to say. 

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A better translation of this 
would be hear what the 

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unrighteous judge says. 
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Jesus looking around at his 
disciples here, hear what the 

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unrighteous judge says as in. 
Notice that the judge eventually

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gives the Widow what she wants. 
That's the point. 

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He wants his disciples to take 
away from it. 

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The judge eventually, although 
not immediately but eventually 

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he gives the Widow what she 
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Now, will not God see Justice 
done and we've course we know as

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Christians that God is in the 
business of saying that Justice 

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is done. 
Just like the judge will not God

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see Justice Done To His chosen 
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You can Like that is his elect 
and this phrase elector chosen 

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has had a lot of controversy 
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something we've discussed 
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Basically the chosen or the 
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properly from a Catholic 
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choose to follow God and his 
teachings, particularly the 

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teachings of God as revealed 
through Jesus, the Messiah, 

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that's who his elect are, those 
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they choose to follow him. 
He says here, will he not see 

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Justice Done To His Rosen who 
cry to him day and night even 

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when he delays to help them. 
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as will he delay long over them?
So, what's the teaching here? 

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Jesus is telling his disciples 
that God will vindicate his 

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righteous followers even if it 
does not happen, immediately 

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just as the Widow pleaded for 
justice. 

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So the Christian, this is Jesus 
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persevere in faith and 
tirelessly petition, God for our

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needs, that's the teaching. 
So, we, we need to keep praying 

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and not lose, heart as Luke. 
At the start here, despite the 

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persecution that Christians will
face particularly the 

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Christians. 
In the first century, Jesus is 

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warning them. 
Look, you are going to face 

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persecution but don't lose 
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Keep praying. 
God will vindicate you 

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eventually even if the situation
looks hopeless, that's the point

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of the parable. 
And that certainly fits with 

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what Jesus said. 
In chapter 17 about there's 

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going to be lots of trouble, 
there's going to be, you're 

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going to be looking for the days
of the son of man, you're going 

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to be crying out to be 
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And here Jesus says, trust that 
it will happen. 

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Don't give up, keep praying. 
Verse 8, I promise you he will 

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see Justice Done to them and 
done speedily or he will 

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vindicate them speedily is 
another translation. 

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This is a promise from Jesus to 
his disciples. 

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God will see Justice done and 
done speedily. 

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Now there is some difficulties 
with the translation of the word

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that we have here is speedily 
God will see it done. 

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Speedily some think a better 
translation of this phrase would

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be. 
He is patient towards them and 

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in that case, there's no No 
promise here. 

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That it will be done, quickly, 
it would just imply that they 

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might not see, just a straight 
away, or even in this life at 

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all. 
In fact, but God is patient 

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towards them and God hears them.
So that verse 8 is a 

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translational difficulty which 
is debated by Scholars. 

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Not now the point of this 
Parable is obviously not that 

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God is like the judge in every 
respect. 

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That's not the point. 
Rather it's an argument from the

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Lesser to the greater. 
You always want to be looking 

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out for this. 
Jesus does quite a few of these 

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arguments. 
The Lesser to the greater. 

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He often. 
Does it in reference to David. 

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If David could do this, surely 
the Messiah can do this well 

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here. 
It's if the unjust judge can 

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give the Widow, what do to her 
if the judge eventually gives in

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to persistence to answer the 
Widow's request. 

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How much more would a good 
loving God, a good loving 

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father, listen to the requests 
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That's kind of a meaning of the 
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understanding. 
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parousia in Greek, is really 
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texts which appear to point 
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but maybe not. 
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Jesus, use the word coming. 
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Parousia in Greek, literally 
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It's use 20 times in the New 
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literature at this time, it's 
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of a king or a high official to 
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conquered remember that? 
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or a city official who is coming
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He has already conquered. 
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absence before the Kings return,
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Testament, as well in a similar 
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it in the New Testament is, of 
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Christ. 
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Jesus will return to bring 
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going to rescue his faithful 
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So it has this idea that Jesus 
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he goes away for a while to 
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return to Earth to judge his 
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such. 
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used in the New Testament, it 
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middle coming, his visitation of
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70 AD or to His second coming at
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the living and the dead and the 
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ways. 
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So here's the second half of 
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the son of man comes, will he 
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That's the same basic phrase 
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When the son of man comes, some 
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reference to the second coming. 
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either. 
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in terms of Jesus middle coming,
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just been talking about his 
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17, as he would have heard us 
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I think that's what's in view 
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When Jesus says to his disciples
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he find any faith on Earth? 
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ad 70. 
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here. 
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of this at the end of time at 
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So the verse here verse a seems 
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Jesus is speaking to his 
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Will any of you believe this 
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when things are difficult in the
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we'll you all have given up 
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So it's both a warning and an 
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So that's the end of verse is 
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to 14. 
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It's the parable of the Pharisee
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You've probably all heard this 
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prayer. 
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So you weren't here this episode
tomorrow, the Pharisee and the 

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tax collector Parable, but it is
red on the Saturday of week 3 in

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Lent. 
So, if you want to hear the next

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bit, chronologically Saturday of
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to look for that. 
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to 34, there's this whole 
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which is completely skipped. 
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lectionary that section verses 
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important teachings, 
particularly the teaching about 

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the Rich Young Ruler and it's 
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through the eye of a needle than
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kingdom of God. 
All of those really interesting 

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teachings in this section of 
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So most of Luke 18 is never read
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So, we will cover this as a 
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If you want to hear a verse by 
verse exegesis of that final 

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part of Luke 18, then that is 
available to you through the 

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patreon page, and the link for 
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And I'd certainly encourage you 
to think about whether you'd 

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like to get access to those, if 
you become a financial supporter

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of the ministry of ten dollars a
month or more, then you can get 

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access to all those bonus 
episodes. 

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And I know many of you are, 
benefiting from hearing these 

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parts of the gospels that you 
would never hear it. 

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Mass. 
So the link for the patreon page

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is in the show notes. 
So, in the next week day 

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episode, we'll pick it up from 
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Let's now turn to the catechism 
to have a quick look at a couple

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of passages, which make 
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So, paragraph 2098, this isn't 
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Adoration of God, the acts of 
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joined by the first commandment 
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Lifting up, the Mind towards God
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Adoration of God, prayer of 
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and petition prayer is an 
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being able to pray to obey God's
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We ought to always pray and to 
not lose heart, so you'll hear 

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that last part there is a direct
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18, the catechism of the 
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If we want to fulfill God's 
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praying and not lose heart, just
as Luke says, here in, Luke 18, 

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paragraph 675, this is about the
end times, it's in the Section 

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called the church's ultimate 
trial before. 

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Christ's Second Coming. 
The church must pass through a 

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final trial that will shake the 
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So that last part there, and it 
will the paragraph goes on from 

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there. 
But that last phrase in that 

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sentence, there will be a trial 
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many Believers. 
It directly references here. 

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Luke 18 verse 8. 
When Jesus says, when the son of

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man comes, will he find any 
faith on Earth? 

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So although this is primarily 
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The church says here, that Jesus
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second coming. 
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teaching here from Jesus is that
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coming, many Believers will have
gone through such a difficult 

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trial in the end times that 
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Really interesting link there. 
We'll leave it there for today. 

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