Fasting – A Biblical perspective
Matthew 6:16-18
August 26, 2018
What really is the place of “fasting” in the Christian life???
In Matthew 9:14-15, it is quite clear that He is advocating fasting....."Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered, "How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast."
And the text here “when you fast”, makes it clear that He e____________ His followers to do it, as it was a n____________ part of one’s spiritual life.
In our Lords own life He fasted, the most notable was the 40 days and 40 nights as He went through the preparation and testing of the wilderness.
It seems that on any i____________ occasion, when they were faced with any vital decision, the early church gave themselves to prayer and fasting.
“It is an act of self-denial, and mortification of the flesh, a holy revenge upon ourselves, and humiliation under the hand of God. The most grown Christians must hereby own, they are so far from having anything to be proud of, that they are unworthy of their daily bread. It is a means to curb the flesh and the desires of it, and to make us more lively in religious exercises, as fullness of bread is apt to make us drowsy.”
Matthew Henry
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