R.C. Sproul

That's not his point.

His point is this.

If even corrupt judges in this world

From time to time, we'll hear somebody's prayer, how much more will the true judge of heaven and earth, who has no corruption in him at all, hear your prayers?

And he asked the rhetorical question, will not God vindicate his elect who cry out to him day and night?

Again, Jesus is talking about the efficacy of prayer.

In fact, at the beginning we're told, and Jesus taught them a parable to the end.

What?

That men ought always to pray and not faint.

That was the point of this parable.

That's the point of this series, that we want to emphasize what Jesus taught in that parable, that we ought always to pray and not faint.

And if we feel from time to time on the edge of fainting, if we feel like we're about to give up, chances are we have been lax in our prayer.

because there is a corollary between prayer and courage, prayer and hope.

So the next time you're thinking of feigning, remember that the fervent, effectual prayer of a righteous person avails much.

And it is a mandate, but again, it is one of the greatest privileges that God has given His people that we can come to Him where no one else cares and nobody else wants to listen.

He cares and He will listen.

Every Christian is a person whose sins have been forgiven, and to enter into that reconciled relationship with God by which our sins are forgiven is to enter into a state of blessedness.

We are blessed not because we are righteous, but we are blessed because we are forgiven.

When we began our study of repentance, I made the observation that as far as I know, the only cure for guilt is forgiveness.

and the only necessity for forgiveness is repentance.