Biblical Lessons About Fasting

SERMON OUTLINE

• 💭 Consider this: What has been your attitude towards fasting? Upon listening to this sermon, what aspects of fasting have you overlooked?
• I. The Reasons Why People Fast
• II. The Reasons Why People Do Not Fast
• III. The Right Way To Fast

TRANSCRIPT

Our text for tonight’s message is taken from Matthew 6:16–18. Allow me to read for you. Matthew 6:16-18, “Moreover, when ye fast, do be not like the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy father which is in secret: and thy father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly”. The Lord bless the reading of His holy and sacred Word.

In Matthew 6:1-2, Jesus taught His disciples about giving without hypocrisy. When you give, do not sound a trumpet like the hypocrites do. But rather, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. In verse 5, Jesus taught His disciples about praying without hypocrisy. When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites who love to put on a show and be seen by men. But you pray to your Heavenly Father who sees in secret and He shall reward you openly.

And here in this passage, verses 16-18, Jesus was teaching His disciples about fasting without hypocrisy. When you fast, again He says, ‘Do not be like the hypocrites who are always putting on a show’. Giving, praying, and fasting are wonderful spiritual exercises. But there is something that can corrupt these spiritual activities. And that is hypocrisy. The literal meaning of “fasting” means not to eat. And it is commonly understood as abstaining from food for some spiritual end. Fasting can sometimes be total. And sometimes, it can be partial. And most of the time, you only drink water without food.

Most people would understand the importance of giving and prayers. But when it comes to fasting, they do not think it is necessary. Some people even think it is quite foolish to fast, because we ask God to give us our daily bread. And when He gives us the daily bread, we abstain from the daily bread. So they say it is absurd. There are yet others who say that fasting is not commanded in the Bible. It is not an essential part of our Christian life. It is only an optional teaching. You can either choose to obey or you can choose to disobey.

While it is true that the Bible did not explicitly command us to fast, I believe that there are reasons why God did not command us to fast. Perhaps because not everyone can fast. Obviously, some believers, because of medical reasons, they cannot fast. However, when we read through the Bible, God’s people were assumed to be fasting.

Here, Jesus assumed that fasting was practiced by His disciples. And that was why He gave instructions about it. Notice, Jesus did not say if you fast, but He said when you fast. In other words, He knew that there were times when the disciples were fasting and He said, “When you fast, this is what you must and must not do”. So, fasting ought to be part of our Christian life. And this is what we want to learn for today’s message: ‘Biblical Lessons About Fasting’.

I. The Reasons Why People Fast

Firstly, we want to learn about the reasons why people fast. If we want to have a right understanding about fasting, it must begin with a careful study of the Bible. There are so many examples in the Bible of the believers fasting. In the Old Testament, many faithful believers fasted. Moses, Samson, Samuel, Hannah, David, Elijah, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Daniel, and so forth. In the New Testament, many faithful believers fasted as well. The disciples of John the Baptist fasted. Christ and His disciples fasted. The Apostle Paul and so forth.

Many of the early church fathers fasted. And many of the Reformers fasted as well. John Calvin, Martin Luther, George Whitefield, and so forth. Dear friend, are we better than those faithful believers — in that they all fasted and we do not need to fast — including our Lord Jesus Christ Himself who fasted for forty days and forty nights in the wilderness? God forbid.

Fasting in the Bible is often associated with times of great sorrow. When the disciples of John the Baptist asked Jesus why His disciples did not fast like them, Jesus replied, “Can the children of the bride chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast” (Matthew 9:15). In other words, the disciples of Christ were not fasting because He was still with them. But the time will come when He will be taken away from them, and then they would have to fast.

When King David’s child with Bathsheba was terribly sick, he fasted and pleaded with God for the child’s life. In times of great sorrow, fasting is a natural human response. When there’s death in a family, when our children are very sick, when our parents have contracted terminal illnesses, we do not feel like eating. Our appetite is gone. Food is the last thing on our minds.

But it is not just about abstaining from food. We want to cry out to God in prayer. There is nothing more important than to ask the Lord to comfort our hearts and give us the strength to go through this most difficult time. That is when God’s people would fast and pray in times of great sorrow.

Another reason why God’s people fasted in the Bible is because they repent of their sins. King David fasted after he was confronted with his sins of adultery and murder. Daniel fasted and prayed to God to forgive the sins of the people. When Ezra confessed the sins on behalf of the people, Ezra 10:6 said, “He did eat no bread, nor drink water, for he mourned on behalf of those that had been carried away”. When the people of Nineveh heard Jonah’s preaching, they were convicted of their sins and they fasted.

Dear friend. Have you ever been so convicted of your sins that even after you prayed, you still cannot sleep, you cannot eat, and you just cannot rest? Have you ever been so troubled that you have prayed and prayed because your child has gone astray and refused to repent? Husbands, have you ever prayed for your unrepentant wife? Wives, have you ever prayed for your unrepentant husband? Maybe you have prayed even with tears. And then you ask yourself this question: ‘What else can I do? What else have I not done’? Perhaps you should fast and pray.

Fasting in the Bible is also a time when the people were in great danger. Queen Esther and all the Jews fasted for three days before she went before the king to plead for the Jews to be spared from Haman’s scheme. When the Israelites were about to return to Jerusalem after being exiled to Babylon, Ezra urged the people to pray and to fast. Why? So that they might humble themselves before God and receive journey mercies from Him.

Sometimes, we hear of parents being very worried because their children have to go overseas for studies or for training. There may be potential dangers. Their children may meet the wrong people and be caught in a nasty situation. What can they do? They should fast and pray.

Yet another reason why God’s people fasted in the Bible is when they begin an important ministry. In Acts 13-14, before Barnabas and Paul embarked onto the ministry work in the churches at Antioch, the people fasted and prayed for them. Later on, when they appointed elders for the work of the ministry in every church, they again fasted.

Sometimes, we are so eager to start a new gospel work and to get the ministry moving forward that we forget to fast and pray—to be determined in our hearts to know the Lord’s will before we make our decisions, our plans, and our actions. We need to fast and pray.

The last thing we ought to learn about biblical fasting is that it is always accompanied with prayers. Dear friend, we can pray without fasting, but we can never fast without praying. Some people say they are fasting, and they abstain from food, and they try to sleep as much as possible because when they sleep, they do not think of food. Or they try to watch television shows as much as possible because when they watch television shows or play computer games, they do not think of food. That is not fasting. They are just going on a diet.

There are others who have never been prayerful throughout their lives, and then all of a sudden they say, ‘I think I’m going to start to fast’. They do not really understand what fasting actually means. Fasting is something that is born out of intense prayer, out of this deep spiritual struggle before God. We want to fast because we want to detach ourselves from anything that will keep us away from prayers, including food. We want to fast because we are determined to abstain from those things that are of lesser blessings in order to enjoy the greater blessings.

And as believers, we all know that the greatest blessing is to have this time of unbroken fellowship with the Almighty God. And you and I cannot have this time of unbroken fellowship with God based on fasting alone. We need to communicate with Him in prayers as well.

II. The Reasons Why People Do Not Fast

Our second point is the reasons why people do not fast. Some people think that fasting is only an Old Testament thing and it is only for the people in Bible times, and we are living in modern times. Most Christians not only have never fasted, they do not even want to know and understand the meaning and purposes of fasting.

As one pastor rightly said, ‘If prayer is rare in the church today then fasting must have died’. Is this true? Is this our attitude toward fasting and prayers? Some people say, ‘The reason why I do not fast is because fasting is something only the Pharisees would do; only the hypocrites would do. Jesus condemned the Pharisees and I do not want to be condemned by Him. So, I do not want to be a part of fasting’.

If they are right, then they should not even be praying because the Pharisees also prayed. If they are right, then they should not even be giving because the Pharisees also gave of their tithes and offerings. People are just giving excuses.

Some people do not want to fast because they do not see the benefits of fasting. What can my fasting accomplish? My body is my body. And my soul is my soul. What can something that I do to my body affect my spiritual life? Well, the psalmist said in Psalm 35:15, “I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom”. Fasting can awaken our spiritual passions for God. Fasting is most beneficial for our spiritual lives.

Some people do not want to fast because they feel that whenever they go hungry, they get very weak, grumpy, and angry. So, they say, ‘I cannot fast because whenever I fast and abstain from food — whether it is my coffee, or my bread, or my bowl of noodles — I get so grumpy and angry. And that is not the real me’.

But isn’t it true that that is the real you? Isn’t it true that that is more of the real you than when you are satisfied? Think about this. When all those things that help us to cope from day to day are removed, we will realise that we are actually nothing. The real you is desperately in need of God. Fasting brings out the real you.

Perhaps the last reason why the vast majority of the people do not fast is because their lives are totally controlled by food. They like to eat, and they do not like to give up eating. They live to eat rather than eat to live, so to speak.

Especially in our culture, we talk about food all the time. Where is the best place to eat? Where’s the cheapest place to eat? I used to hear Westerners say that Singaporeans are crazy. They eat 24 hours round the clock. You walk into any suburbs at any time of the day, even at midnight, you see people eating all the time.

Well, Melbourne is not getting better. Today in Glen Waverley, you will still find shops opening late into the night, even at 3am. I’m not saying it is wrong to eat at midnight or we cannot talk about food. I’m referring to people whose lives are totally controlled by food. They live to eat rather than eat to live.

The Bible has very strong words for those who are only concerned about their stomachs. Romans 16:18 says, “For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus, but their own belly”. Philippians 3:19 says, “Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things”. So, we have learned reasons why people fast and reasons why people do not fast.

III. The Right Way To Fast

Now, we come to our last point, the right way to fast. Today, there are many Christian books written about fasting. But they don’t deal with the reasons why we should fast. They only deal with the methods on how to fast, what time to fast, which day to fast, how strict our diet should be, when to start, when to end etc. I do not know where the so-called Christian authors get their methods from.

Scriptures does not deal with the how but with the why. If you read the Bible, you will notice that the people fasted in so many different ways. Some people fasted for 24 hours, others for 3 days, yet others for 40 days etc. Some of them have no food and water. Others have no food, but they do drink water. And yet others — like Daniel — have selective diets.

So, dear friend, if you want to fast, you should not overemphasise the methods on how you fast. But rather, you should prayerfully consider why you fast and the right motivation you should have when you fast. Jesus said, “Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites”. Here, we can see that there is a right way and a wrong way to fast.

Oftentimes, the Pharisees would fast twice a week, especially on the second and fifth days of the week. Those two days also happened to be the major Jewish market days and the cities and towns were crowded with farmers, merchants, and shoppers. So, they fasted during those two days because they would be able to get the largest audience.

They put on a sad countenance or put on a gloomy face. They disfigure their faces, which means they purposely neglect their appearances. They wear old clothes, sometimes taunt and dirty-looking clothes, and they will cover themselves with dirt and ashes. Why? So that they may appear unto men to fast. They were not truly fasting with the right motivation. They were trying to earn the praises of men. They wanted the people to see and know that they were fasting so they would appear to be holy, spiritual, and righteous. They were hypocrites.

Obviously, it does not mean that the moment people know you are fasting, it will automatically become a vain spiritual exercise and you will lose your rewards. Most certainly not. The difference is in the phrase appear unto men to fast or to be seen by men.

The problem was that they wanted the people to know and to see. The problem was in their intention and motivation. So, if they wanted the people to pat them on their backs and say, ‘You are so holy, spiritual, and righteous’ — if that was what they wanted — then that was what they would get. Therefore, Jesus said, “Verily I say unto you, they have their reward”.

Let me ask you this question: Is there anything wrong if someone finds out that you have given something? In Acts 4, the Bible tells us that Barnabas, whose name means ‘son of encouragement’, sold his land and laid the money at the Apostles’ feet. That sounds like a public giving. Perhaps the entire Christian community knew that Barnabas gave the money. There’s no problem with people knowing that you have given some money. It is in the intention and motivation that is the problem.

There was a Christian who said, ‘Every now and then, I will walk up to a preacher and give him a check’. Obviously, the check has his name on it. ‘It is my way of saying to him that I’m encouraged by his work. It is my way of saying to him that I’m behind his gospel. It is my way of saying to him that I support his work and I’m praying that he would press on. Is there anything wrong with that’? No, there’s nothing wrong.

But it is wrong when you do it with the intention and motivation to be praised by men. That is hypocrisy. As parents, there are things we want our children to see us do. But we are not hypocrites. We want our children to see us pray, to see us worship, to see us serving God. Sometimes, even to see us giving to the Lord’s work. But we are not doing those things to earn their applause. But we want to teach them to do the same things.

So, here, the problem was with the hypocrisy. On the outside, the Pharisees said they were hungry for God. They love God. But on the inside, they were hungry for the praises of men. If that was what they wanted, Jesus said, ‘You would have it. That would be your reward’.

Jesus then said in verse 17, “But thou” — referring to the disciples — “when thou fastest, anoint thy head and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret. And thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly”. To anoint the head with oil was commonly done as a matter of proper grooming. The oil used here was like perfume. The washing of the face had to do with personal hygiene. All these activities are the common day-to-day activities.

The point Jesus was making here was that when you fast, you should do everything to make yourself normal and do not try to attract attention to your fasting. You must determine in your heart not to be seen by men and be praised by them, but only by your Heavenly Father who sees in secret. The God who sees into the innermost of our hearts and into the deepest recesses of our hearts knows our thoughts and even the intents of our hearts. He shall reward thee.

There’s another hypocritical way to fast. And that is when we think it is a sacrifice on our part and when we deprive ourselves of food. ‘Well, God is going to see how much I punish myself and He is going to reward me’. That is a very self-righteous attitude.

Like the Pharisee who said in the Gospel of Luke 18:12, “[God], I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess”. Notice he was directing those words to God. In other words, ‘God, You know that I fasted twice in the week so I deserve Your grace’. None of us deserve God’s grace. When we fast, we are not trying to twist God’s arm.

God may choose to remove those afflictions. Or He may choose to allow the afflictions to continue in our lives for His sovereign purpose. We humbly acknowledge that He is sovereign. He is in control of all things. And we need Him at every moment of our lives. And we want to have this unbroken fellowship with Him, no matter what happens. So, we are not using fasting as a means to twist God’s arm.

We have considered the reasons why people fast, the reasons why people do not fast, and the right way to fast. Jesus assumed that His disciples were fasting. So, likewise, if we are His disciples, you and I also ought to fast. As Jesus said, “Moreover, when ye fast”, not if you fast.

Dear friend. Have you been fasting? Have you ever fasted? Maybe you really want to fast, but because of medical reasons, you cannot. Martin Lloyd Jones said this, ‘You can fast from anything that requires self-discipline’. If, for medical reasons, you cannot go without eating, you should choose some other means. It could be forgoing sleep, or forgoing rest, or forgoing legitimate pleasures like holidays or even reading something that you enjoy.

You say, ‘Lord, I’m willing to forgo all these things. I’m willing to forgo all these lesser blessings in order to enjoy the greater blessings. And that is to have a time of unbroken fellowship with You’. That is essentially what fasting can do to us.

Please do not think or say, ‘Well, God only looks at the heart. It doesn’t matter what I do with my body. God is only concerned with my soul. He’s not concerned about the body’. Have you ever heard people say, ‘It doesn’t matter how much you give, God looks at the heart. It doesn’t matter how much you pray, God looks at the heart. It doesn’t matter whether you fast or not, God looks at the heart’?

But isn’t it true that everything we do has to do with our hearts? If our hearts are burdened with a certain need, that is when we will give, right? If our hearts are troubled about a certain matter, that is when we would pray, right? If our hearts are desperately affected and we are caught in a precarious situation, we fast and pray, right? It has to do with our hearts. So, in a sense, they are right, God looks into the heart.

And when God looks into our hearts, what would He see? This is a question every one of us would have to answer for himself or herself. When God looks into my heart, what would He say? We pray that He will see this heart that loves Him and is concerned of no one else but Him and Him alone. That is what we want God to see from our hearts. May the Lord continue to teach us.

Let us pray. Our Father in Heaven, we give You thanks for enabling us to consider this portion of Scriptures in Matthew 6:16-18 whereby our Lord Jesus once again embarked on this topic of hypocrisy. He has taught His disciples to pray without hypocrisy, giving without hypocrisy. And now, He taught them as well as all of us about fasting without hypocrisy. And from this passage, we have learned spiritual lessons about the reasons why people fast, the reasons why people do not fast, and ultimately, the right way to fast.

As we go through the situations and circumstances of life, we know that the events of life should draw forth prayers from us. But sometimes, those situations, circumstances, and events can be so tremendously burdensome. Times of great sorrow, times of great danger, times of conviction and repentance, times whereby we want to embark on a new ministry. That is when it should draw forth not only prayers, but also fasting. We ought to fast and pray.

And we pray that we will have the right intention and motivation to fast not for the people to see and to praise us that we may appear to be holy, spiritual, and righteous, but that our Heavenly Father who sees into the innermost of our hearts, knows our thoughts. That our hearts are in tune with Him. That we do all these things because we want to have a time of unbroken fellowship with Him. So, we pray that as Thou has taught us the importance of fasting that we may put into rightful application whatever we have learned. Believers ought to fast and pray. We pray all this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

THE BOOK OF EXODUS

God’s Prophecy and Promise Had Come To Pass

God’s Prophecy and Promise Had Come To Pass

Exodus 1:1-7

From Prosperity to Persecution

From Prosperity to Persecution

Exodus 1:8-14

God’s Protection in the Midst of Adversities

God’s Protection in the Midst of Adversities

Exodus 1:15-21

The Faith of Jochebed

The Faith of Jochebed

Exodus 1:22-2:10

The Faith Of A Beloved Mother

The Faith Of A Beloved Mother

Exodus 1:22-2:10; Hebrews 11:23

Moses in Egypt

Moses in Egypt

Exodus 2:11-15

Moses in the Desert of Midian

Moses in the Desert of Midian

Exodus 2:16-25

Moses and the Burning Bush

Moses and the Burning Bush

Exodus 3:1-9

Who Are You?

Who Are You?

Exodus 3:10-15

Who Am I?

Who Am I?

Exodus 3:10-15

God’s Message to Israel and Egypt

God’s Message to Israel and Egypt

Exodus 3:16-22

What If They Still Don’t Believe?

What If They Still Don’t Believe?

Exodus 4:1-9

Send Someone Else

Send Someone Else

Exodus 4:10-17

Moses’ Return to Egypt

Moses’ Return to Egypt

Exodus 4:18-20

When Things Seemed to Get Better, They Got Worse

When Things Seemed to Get Better, They Got Worse

Exodus 5:10-21

When We Have Done Everything Right, and Yet Trouble Comes

When We Have Done Everything Right, and Yet Trouble Comes

Exodus 5:22-6:5

Having to Learn the Same Lesson Twice

Having to Learn the Same Lesson Twice

Exodus 6:6-12

Faithful or Unfaithful

Faithful or Unfaithful

Exodus 6:13-27

Biblical Lessons About Fasting

Biblical Lessons About Fasting

Matthew 6:16-18

What God Wants Is Our Faithfulness and Obedience

What God Wants Is Our Faithfulness and Obedience

Exodus 6:28-7:7

The First Plague - The River of Blood

The First Plague - The River of Blood

Exodus 7:14-25

The Second Plague - The Frogs

The Second Plague - The Frogs

Exodus 8:1-15

The Third Plague

The Third Plague

Exodus 8:16-19

The Fourth Plague

The Fourth Plague

Exodus 8:20-32

The Fifth Plague

The Fifth Plague

Exodus 9:1-7

The Sixth Plague

The Sixth Plague

Exodus 9:8-12

The Seventh Plague

The Seventh Plague

Exodus 9:13-35

The Eighth Plague

The Eighth Plague

Exodus 10:1-20

The Tenth Plague

The Tenth Plague

Exodus 11:1-10

The First Passover

The First Passover

Exodus 12:1-13

The Feast of the Unleavened Bread

The Feast of the Unleavened Bread

Exodus 12:14-28

Departure From Egypt

Departure From Egypt

Exodus 12:29-42

This Do In Remembrance of Me

This Do In Remembrance of Me

Exodus 12:43-51; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32

Message 2: What is Church to you? My Covenantal Family!

Message 2: What is Church to you? My Covenantal Family!

Exodus 12:48-49, Colossians 2:11-12

Redemption and Consecration

Redemption and Consecration

Exodus 13:1-2, 11-16

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Exodus 13:17-22

Between the Desert and the Red Sea

Between the Desert and the Red Sea

Exodus 14:1-14

Crossing the Red Sea

Crossing the Red Sea

Exodus 14:15-31

The Song of Praise

The Song of Praise

Exodus 15:1-21

Will You Obey Or Not?

Will You Obey Or Not?

Exodus 15:22-27

The Danger of a Complaining Spirit

The Danger of a Complaining Spirit

Exodus 16:1-3

God’s Response to Israel’s Complaints

God’s Response to Israel’s Complaints

Exodus 16:1-10

The Test of Faith

The Test of Faith

Exodus 16:11-20

Lessons About the Sabbath

Lessons About the Sabbath

Exodus 16:21-36

Do Not Test God

Do Not Test God

Exodus 17:1-17

Lift Up Your Hands

Lift Up Your Hands

Exodus 17:8-16

The Blessedness of Reunion

The Blessedness of Reunion

Exodus 18:1-12

Why Do We Have Leaders?

Why Do We Have Leaders?

Exodus 18:13-27

I Will Carry You On Eagles’ Wings

I Will Carry You On Eagles’ Wings

Exodus 19:1-6

Approach God Fearlessly or Fearfully

Approach God Fearlessly or Fearfully

Exodus 19:7-15

God Reached Out And Spoke

God Reached Out And Spoke

Exodus 19:16-25

Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods

Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods

Exodus 20:1-3

Thou Shalt Not Make Graven Images

Thou Shalt Not Make Graven Images

Exodus 20:4-6

Thou Shalt Not Dishonour God’s Name

Thou Shalt Not Dishonour God’s Name

Exodus 20:7

Thou Shalt Keep The Sabbath Day

Thou Shalt Keep The Sabbath Day

Exodus 20:8-11

Honour Thy Father And Thy Mother

Honour Thy Father And Thy Mother

Exodus 20:12

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Exodus 20:13

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery

Exodus 20:14

Thou Shalt Not Steal

Thou Shalt Not Steal

Exodus 20:15

Thou Shalt Not Lie

Thou Shalt Not Lie

Exodus 20:16

Thou Shalt Not Covet

Thou Shalt Not Covet

Exodus 20:17

The Response To The Ten Commandments

The Response To The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:18-21

How God Wants Us To Worship Him

How God Wants Us To Worship Him

Exodus 20:22-26

Why Would God Allow Slavery?

Why Would God Allow Slavery?

Exodus 21:1-11

The Punishment Fits The Crime — a life for a life

The Punishment Fits The Crime — a life for a life

Exodus 21:12-17

The Punishment Fits The Crime — an eye for an eye

The Punishment Fits The Crime — an eye for an eye

Exodus 21:18-36

The Punishment Deters The Crime — property laws

The Punishment Deters The Crime — property laws

Exodus 22:1-15

The Character Of God

The Character Of God

Exodus 22:16-20

Reaching Out To The Down-And-Out

Reaching Out To The Down-And-Out

Exodus 22:21-24

The Compassion, Authority & Holiness Of God

The Compassion, Authority & Holiness Of God

Exodus 22:25-31

Truth Cannot Be Subjected To Anything But Truth

Truth Cannot Be Subjected To Anything But Truth

Exodus 23:1-9

Remember Who God Is

Remember Who God Is

Exodus 23:10-19

What Must We Do To Have Victory

What Must We Do To Have Victory

Exodus 23:20-33

How We Ought To Worship God

How We Ought To Worship God

Exodus 24:1-4, 7

On What Basis Can We Approach His Majesty?

On What Basis Can We Approach His Majesty?

Exodus 24:4-8

Responding To God’s Invitation

Responding To God’s Invitation

Exodus 24:9-18

The Right Attitude Of Giving

The Right Attitude Of Giving

Exodus 25:1-8

There I Will Meet You

There I Will Meet You

Exodus 25:9-22

Physical Or Spiritual Bread, Which Is More Important?

Physical Or Spiritual Bread, Which Is More Important?

Exodus 25:23-30

Let Your Light So Shine Before Men

Let Your Light So Shine Before Men

Exodus 25:31-40

The Veil That Separates

The Veil That Separates

Exodus 26:1-37

A Day In Thy Court Is Better Than A Thousand

A Day In Thy Court Is Better Than A Thousand

Exodus 27:1-19

Who Can Represent Us Before God?

Who Can Represent Us Before God?

Exodus 27:20-28:14

How Can We Know God’s Will?

How Can We Know God’s Will?

Exodus 28:15-30

Is Our Worship Attire Really Important?

Is Our Worship Attire Really Important?

Exodus 28:31-43

The Ordination Of Priests

The Ordination Of Priests

Exodus 29:1-21

The Provision For Priests

The Provision For Priests

Exodus 29:22-29

Remind Us For We Always Forget

Remind Us For We Always Forget

Exodus 29:36-46

Sweet Hour Of Prayer

Sweet Hour Of Prayer

Exodus 30:1-10

The Danger Of The Number Game

The Danger Of The Number Game

Exodus 30:11-16

The Importance Of Sanctification

The Importance Of Sanctification

Exodus 30:17-21

The Anointing Of Oil

The Anointing Of Oil

Exodus 30:22-38

No Such Thing As An Unimportant Calling Or Gift

No Such Thing As An Unimportant Calling Or Gift

Exodus 31:1-11

The Most Ignored Commandment

The Most Ignored Commandment

Exodus 31:12-18

We Forget So Quickly

We Forget So Quickly

Exodus 32:1-6

Guilty As Charged

Guilty As Charged

Exodus 32:7-14

Who Is To Be Blamed?

Who Is To Be Blamed?

Exodus 32:15-24

Who Is On The Lord’s Side?

Who Is On The Lord’s Side?

Exodus 32:25-29

I Will Die For You If I Can

I Will Die For You If I Can

Exodus 32:30-35

I Will Not Go With You

I Will Not Go With You

Exodus 33:1-11

If Thy Presence Go Not With Me, Carry Us Not Up Hence

If Thy Presence Go Not With Me, Carry Us Not Up Hence

Exodus 33:12-23

If Thy Presence Go Not with Me, Carry Us Not Up Hence

If Thy Presence Go Not with Me, Carry Us Not Up Hence

Exodus 33:12-23

I Will Show You Who I Am

I Will Show You Who I Am

Exodus 34:1-7

What It Means To Be In A Covenant Relationship With God

What It Means To Be In A Covenant Relationship With God

Exodus 34:8-17

Worship The Right God In The Right Way

Worship The Right God In The Right Way

Exodus 34:18-27

The Glory That Fadeth Not Away

The Glory That Fadeth Not Away

Exodus 34:28-35; 2 Corinthians 3:7-17

The Importance Of Keeping The Christian Sabbath

The Importance Of Keeping The Christian Sabbath

Exodus 35:1-3

Offering To God Our Best

Offering To God Our Best

Exodus 35:4-29

Serve God In God's Way

Serve God In God's Way

Exodus 35:30-35

Enough. It Is More Than Enough.

Enough. It Is More Than Enough.

Exodus 36:1-7

I Will Meet, Dwell And Live In You

I Will Meet, Dwell And Live In You

Exodus 36:8-38

This Is How I Will Be Your God

This Is How I Will Be Your God

Exodus 37:1-9

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

Exodus 37:10-16

The God Of Light And Life

The God Of Light And Life

Exodus 37:17-24