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Focus Passage: Luke 18:1-8 (NCV)<\/div>
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1\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus used this story to teach his followers that they should always pray and never lose hope. 2\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cIn a certain town there was a judge who did not respect God or care about people. 3\u00a0<\/sup>In that same town there was a widow who kept coming to this judge, saying, \u2018Give me my rights against my enemy.\u2019 4\u00a0<\/sup>For a while the judge refused to help her. But afterwards, he thought to himself, \u2018Even though I don\u2019t respect God or care about people, 5\u00a0<\/sup>I will see that she gets her rights. Otherwise she will continue to bother me until I am worn out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>

6\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord said, \u201cListen to what the unfair judge said. 7\u00a0<\/sup>God will always give what is right to his people who cry to him night and day, and he will not be slow to answer them. 8\u00a0<\/sup>I tell you, God will help his people quickly. But when the Son of Man comes again, will he find those on earth who believe in him?\u201d<\/p>

Read Luke 18:1-8<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

While the illustration Jesus shares in this passage is interesting, the passage closes with an almost cryptic, pessimistic view of the world at the time of the second coming.<\/p>\r\n

Verse 8 ends with a question Jesus asks about the time of the end, \u201cBut when the Son of Man comes again, will he find those on earth who believe in him?<\/strong>\u201d While this probably came as a surprise to the disciples and the early church that seemed to be growing exponentially, looking at this question today brings a completely different perspective with it.<\/p>\r\n

Most of the first world culture could be viewed as \u201cPost-Christian\u201d which is another way of saying, it was Christian at one point, but it has since moved on. The view some people have is that Christianity was good for a time as the framework for culture, but it has outgrown its usefulness.<\/p>\r\n

This is a broad generalization. There are some who wish that Christianity had never even gained a foothold in culture, and others who wish for Christianity to reclaim the key areas of culture that it once held.<\/p>\r\n

According to the question Jesus shares, it could be seen as prophetic, representing the world today where culture is pushing anything past a surface, shallow belief in Jesus aside. Or it could be seen as a challenge to a group of disciples who were a tiny fraction in number compared with the world at their time, and as a continual challenge to Jesus\u2019 followers throughout history to always remain on guard and actively pursuing a better relationship with Him while sharing their relationship with others.<\/p>\r\n

Regardless of which angle we understand this question, we would be wise to keep our faith and belief in Jesus as a top priority in our lives, because everything in the popular culture is focused on stealing that focus away.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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