Section 8
absent; He is present. But during His apparent absence, we are a widow whose opposer is trou bling her all the time.
WHAT TO DO WHEN GOD
SEEMS UNRIGHTEOUS
While our opposer is persecuting us, it seems that our God is not righteous, for He allows His children to be unrighteously persecuted. For example, John the Baptist was beheaded, Peter was martyred, Paul was imprisoned, and John was exiled. Throughout the centuries, thousands upon thousands of honest and faithful follow ers of the Man-Savior have suffered unrighteous persecution. Even today we are still undergoing unrighteous mistreatment. Our God seems to be unjust, since He does not come in to judge and vindicate.
Often we have prayed for God to vindicate us. Yet, many faithful ones have been imprisoned and even put to death. Where is the living, right eous God? Why does He tolerate this situation? Why would He not judge those who persecute us? Because of this situation, the Man-Savior in Luke 18:1-8 uses an unjust judge to signify God who does not seem to do anything on behalf of His persecuted people.