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Fasting means abstaining from something, usually food, in order to concentrate on prayer or repentance for the sin one has committed. By abstaining from food and cooking, one first of all has more time to pray, but one is also more open to God’s word and more eager to pray. The most common length of fasting is from evening to …
Luke 4:1 The Holy Spirit is a person and part of the Trinity. When the Son was born as a man, he renounced his divine attributes, with the result that he could do nothing in himself, in his own divinity (Phil 2:6-8). Thus, he became dependent on his Father to know what to do (John 5:19) and he became dependent …
Matt 4:1 The Holy Spirit is a person and part of the Trinity. When the Son was born as a man, he renounced his divine attributes, with the result that he could do nothing in himself, in his own divinity (Phil 2:6-8). Thus, he became dependent on his Father to know what to do (John 5:19) and he became dependent …
Mark 2:18 According to the Pentateuch, the Jewish people were to fast once a year, on the “day of atonement” (Leviticus 23:27). The Jewish people also fasted on other occasions for various reasons. The Pharisees had instituted a number of extra days of fasting and boasted that they fasted two days a week (Luke 18:12). Fasting is usually associated with …