The Persistence Widow and the Incompetent Judge – Luke 18:1-8
For the summer we are moving away form the Lectionary and doing a sermon series on the Parables of the Kingdom. We began last week and continued this week with the Parable of the Persistent Widow and the Unjust Judge from Luke 18. I suggest that rather than think of the Judge as unjust we should actually look at him as being an Incompetent Judge. Read the Text of the Parable here: Luke 18:1-8 What is the Kingdom of God? This phrase is a central part of the Jesus’ proclamation in the Gospels – The Kingdom of God is in your midst! Or – Today this saying has been fulfilled in your hearing! Or – Thy Kingdom come…. So what is the Kingdom to which Jesus refers? In Mark and Luke it is the “Kingdom of God,” in Matthew it is the “Kingdom of Heaven” and in John it is “Eternal Life.” It’s all the same thing, even though the terms are slightly different. So w...