Names of God: Judge
What do you think of when you think of a Judge? Are you frightened? Do you feel protected? Someone to bring justice regarding laws of the land? In this talk, when I quote scripture, I’ll be quoting from the NLT. In Luke 18:1-8 we have a story from Jesus’ lips about a widow and a judge who neither feared God nor cared about people. There was a widow who needed the judge to grant her a justice against an enemy. The judge ignored her. She petitioned the judge again and again until she wore him out. So, he did her bidding and remarked, “I don’t fear God or care about people but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice because she is wearing me out with her requests.” Jesus then said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. Even he rendered a just decision in the end. Don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night. He will grant justice to them quickly.” This story helps us realize that Judge God w