The Primary Purpose of

Fasting

lost key to successful Christian living that

is found throughout the Bible has been set

aside and misplaced by the church of today.

That key is fasting.

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Fasting, as I would define it, is "voluntarily

abstaining from food for spiritual purposes."

Sometimes people fast not only from food, but

also from water; however, that is the exception

rather than the rule. Fasting from food only is

exemplified in the fast of Jesus in the wilderness

before He began His public ministry. Matthew

4:2 says this:

2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty

nights, He then became hungry.

(Matthew 4:2 NAS)

Clearly Jesus did not abstain from water for

those forty days because anyone who has fasted

from water will become thirsty before they

become hungry. So the fact that the Scripture

does not say, "He became thirsty," but just

states, "He then became hungry," indicates that

Jesus abstained from food but not from water.

Fasting seems unfamiliar and even

frightening to many people, yet this attitude is

strange. Fasting was regularly practiced by

God's people throughout the Bible.

My name is Cesar and I’m A Voice in the Desert

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