Table of Contents
Fasting
1. Spirit of, explained. Isa 58:6,7.
2. Not to be made a subject of display. Mt 6:16-18.
3. Should be to God. Zec 7:5; Mt 6:18.
4. For the chastening of the soul. Ps 69:10.
5. For the humbling of the soul. Ps 35:13.
6. Observed on occasions of
a. Judgments of God. Joe 1:14; 2:12.
b. Public calamities. 2Sa 1:12.
c. Afflictions of the Church. Lu 5:33-35.
d. Afflictions of others. Ps 35:13; Da 6:18.
e. Private afflictions. 2Sa 12:16.
f. Approaching danger. Es 4:16.
g. Ordination of ministers. Ac 13:3; 14:23.
7. Accompanied by
b. Confession of sin. 1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2.
c. Mourning. Joe 2:12.
d. Humiliation. De 9:18; Ne 9:1.
8. Promises connected with. Isa 58:8-12; Mt 6:18.
9. Of hypocrites
b. Ostentatious. Mt 6:16.
c. Boasted of, before God. Lu 18:12.
d. Rejected. Isa 58:3; Jer 14:12.
10. Extraordinary Exemplified
a. Our Lord. Mt 4:2.
b. Moses. Ex 34:28; De 9:9,18.
c. Elijah. 1Ki 19:8.
11. National Exemplified
a. Israel. Jdj 20:26; Ezr 8:21; Es 4:3,16; Jer 36:9.
b. Men of Jabesh-gilead. 1Sa 31:13.
c. Ninevites. Jon 3:5-8.
12. Of Saints Exemplified
a. David. 2Sa 12:16; Ps 109:24.
b. Nehemiah. Ne 1:4.
c. Esther. Es 4:16.
d. Daniel. Da 9:3.
e. Disciples of John. Mt 9:14.
f. Anna. Lu 2:37.
g. Cornelius. Ac 10:30.
h. Christians. Ac 13:2.
i. Apostles. 2Co 6:5.
j. Paul. 2Co 11:27.
13. Of the wicked-Exemplified
a. Elders of Jezreel. 1Ki 21:12.
b. Ahab. 1Ki 21:27.