Why did the unjust judge answer the widow's prayer?
Answer
"Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me." Luke 18: 4, 5.
NOTE - The lesson of the parable is that "men ought always to pray, and not to faint." Verse i. If
this woman, by her persistence in asking, obtained her request from such a man, surely God, who is just '
will answer the earnest, persistent prayers of His people, though the answer may be long delayed.
How was Christ to be received by His own people?
What is the basis of faith?
How fully are we thus united with Christ in His experience of death and resurrection?
Upon what condition is faith reckoned for righteousness?
What threefold union is thus established?
Who gives this rest from sin?
What announcement is made under the seventh plague?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle