Just Judge
“ And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” Luke 18 : 1 , 6 - 8 KJV If importunity in prayer is taught by fate to the unjust judge in our world, faith in the just Judge is possible through prayer. Invariably, Christ is saying that if importunity can bend an unjust judge, believers shouldn’t faint in the place of prayer to our just Judge. But oftentimes, believers have problems with the basis of the just Judge’s delay “ And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?” …because we do not see prayer as a means of fellowship and worship to God. Like William Temple, the Archbishop of Canterbury...