Fasting

- Spirit of, explained
Isa 58:6,7
 
- Not to be made a subject of display
Mt 6:16-18
 
- Should be to God
Zec 7:5; Mt 6:18
 
- For the chastening of the soul
Ps 69:10
 
- For the humbling of the soul
Ps 35:13
 
- OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF
• Judgments of God
Joe 1:14; 2:12
 
• Public calamities
2Sa 1:12
 
• Afflictions of the Church
Lk 5:33-35
 
• Afflictions of others
Ps 35:13; Da 6:18
 
• Private afflictions
2Sa 12:16
 
• Approaching danger
Es 4:16
 
• Ordination of ministers
Ac 13:3; 14:23

- ACCOMPANIED BY
• Prayer
Ezr 8:23; Da 9:3
 
• Confession of sin
1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2
 
• Mourning
Joe 2:12
 
• Humiliation
Dt 9:18; Ne 9:1
 
- Promises connected with
Isa 58:8-12; Mt 6:18
 
- OF HYPOCRITES
• Described
Isa 58:4,5
 
• Ostentatious
Mt 6:16
 
• Boasted of, before God
Lk 18:12
 
• Rejected
Isa 58:3; Jer 14:12
 
- Extraordinary Exemplified
• Our Lord
Mt 4:2
 
• Moses
Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9,18
 
• Elijah
1Ki 19:8
 
- National Exemplified
• Israel
Jg 20:26; Ezr 8:21; Es 4:3,16; Jer 36:9
 
• Men of Jabesh-gilead
1Sa 31:13
 
• Ninevites
Jon 3:5-8
 
- Of Saints Exemplified
• David
2Sa 12:16; Ps 109:24
 
• Nehemiah
Ne 1:4
 
• Esther
Es 4:16
 
• Daniel
Da 9:3
 
• Disciples of John
Mt 9:14
 
• Anna
Lk 2:37
 
• Cornelius
Ac 10:30
 
• Christians
Ac 13:2
 
• Apostles
2Co 6:5
 
• Paul
2Co 11:27
 
- Of the wicked-Exemplified
• Elders of Jezreel
1Ki 21:12
 
• Ahab
1Ki 21:27
 
• Pharisees
Mr 2:18; Lk 18:12



Torrey's Topical Textbook

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