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O JEJUM que agrada a DEUS - Jejuando para Vencer
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Well, this subject is very important, I’ve heard many, many messages talking about prayer, I’m going to talk about prayer as well, but in another video.
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If I am not able to say everything I have to say in this video, which I believe I will not be able to, I will do another [video], or a series of [videos on this topic],
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because this is one of the most urgent matters for church today, mainly because it is one of the most attacked, most denied subjects, ok?!
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And the one who has a strong interest in denying [the practice of] fasting is the one who is most attacked when you fast: the devil, of course!
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There are doctrines of demons that say: "no, there is no need to fast, this is a thing of the past, this thing of the Old Testament ...",
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this is doctrine of demons! I'll name it at once, whoever says that, usually ... you already know.
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Let's go, "The Fast That Pleases God", I'm here with the material I developed for the theology course, which explains about spiritual battle, biblically speaking,
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because there is a lot of confusion in this area, when talking about spiritual battle,
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because there is the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness, evidently, there is a war between them, a conflict.
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Your enemy is not only your flesh (your carnal nature), your enemy is not the world only, but the devil too.
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So if you have, at least, these three enemies, you are in constant spiritual battle, biblically speaking, we study about it [in our theology course].
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I believe this video should also be added to the content of the theology course, I still don't know if this video will be added to the course or if I will record another video, specifically for the course,
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but I believe this subject is very important and needs to be discussed here as well, free to everyone, so that you can share it as much as possible with our brothers and sisters,
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because there is an urgent need for the Church to revive its spirit, to fast, because the Church needs to understand that there is a result in all this.
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So, here I wrote a few comments: “considering fasting as an important part of the Christian life and, mainly, for spiritual strengthening,
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in order to bring boldness to the Church in the biblical spiritual battle, we decided to add this valuable study in the discipline that deals with angelology and demonology,
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so that our brothers and sisters can be attentive and able to discern and overcome the devil's wiles ”.
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Of course, angelology (or angeology, as you prefer) is a separate discipline from demonology, in which satanalogy will be discussed.
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The first subject [angelology] talks about angels, right?! And the second subject [demonology] talks about fallen angels, demons and Satan, ok?!
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So there are two different disciplines, fasting will be discussed more specifically in the second discipline [demonology], to explore the spiritual battle, ok?!
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The psalmist and King David, in his many afflictions, had to dedicate themselves to the practice of fasting, in such a way that he declares the following, let take a look at what David says in Psalm 109: 24-27:
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“My knees give way from fasting(...)”, he got weak legs, his body got weak from fasting.
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“(...) my body is thin and gaunt. I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads. Help me, LORD my God! (…)”
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So why was the psalmist fasting here? He says that he was fasting so much that his “knees give way”, he was not fasting because he wanted to go hungry or because he wanted to lose weight.
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By the way, when you read the history of the most recent heroes of faith (I am not referring to those mentioned in Hebrews 11, but these, certainly, as well),
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but when you read about the so-called “heroes of faith”, these men who serve as an example, an inspiration, for many more recently,
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when you read about them you notice that many of them were very thin from fasting so often, so thin that their bones could be easily seen, ok?!
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because they fed their spirit, they afflicted their flesh, they dedicated themselves to serve God and that is why they have efficient preaching, ok?!
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actually, he is fasting very often, so much that he even says that his knees are giving away and his body was withering thin,
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to the point that his enemies mocked him, right?! Shaking their head when they saw him.
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Then he says [in verse 26]: “Help me, LORD my God! (...)”, so it is clear that he was fasting to ask for the help of God.
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[You may be thinking]: "Oh, but David could have asked for help in prayer!", But is prayer the only way?
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If it is so, if a person can only speak to God by praying, then why does [the Bible] have so much to say about fasting? Because fasting is also a [way to connect] with God, and [in this study] we are going to see the various, and many, purposes of fasting.
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Fasting is one of the disciplines of the Christian life like prayer, meditation, worship and service.
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Acts 13, verses 2 and 3: "While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting [we are reading the New Testament now] the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul(...)'"
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Let's read Acts 13, from verse 1, if you don't have your Bible with you right now, please go take it,
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because you can't trust on my reading only, you have to check it reading yourself and check if what I am reading is actually in the Bible.
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This does not apply to me only, you should do the same with anyone, you have to check to see if things are the way as is being preached, ok?!
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Acts 13, verse 1: "Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers(...)" or "prophets and doctors", these are two different ministries, ok?!
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Some people nowadays, because they do not understand that there are still prophets today, make an 'eisegesis' (not an exegesis)
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when they say that "the Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John" or "(...) prophesied until John", depending on which of the synoptic books you are reading,
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whether it is [Luke 16:16 or Matthew 11:13], it can say "(...) proclaimed until John" or "(...) prophesied until John" about the Messiah, until the Messiah came.
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Especially because Jesus, who started His ministry after John [Baptist], is also called prophet.
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When he said that “the Law and the prophets prophesied until John”, it means that the Old Testament prophesied about Jesus until John [Baptist], from then on Jesus has already arrived, what they prophesied was being fulfilled, ok ?!
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Acts 13:1: "Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul."
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Who is Saul? It's Paul! God didn't change his name from Saul to Paul, you already know that, right?
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[Continuing in Acts 13: 2-3]: “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted [look, now we come to the text I was reading earlier], the Holy Ghost said, Separate me (...)”
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Look what the Holy Spirit is saying, then I ask you, how did the Holy Spirit say [that]? If there were prophets and teachers, He used one of the prophets to speak.
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"(...) 'Separate me Barnabas and Saul [which is Paul] for the work whereunto I have called them'. And when they had fasted (...) ”, look it’s here again!
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I will reread verse 2: "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted...", you realize that fasting was a routine practice in the Early Church and it needs to be the same in the Church nowadays.
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That is why It had such authority in the spiritual world! So why the Church today often does not have the same power? Because they don't have the practice of praying and fasting.
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We can think what we want, but this is the truth! There is no point in creating escapist doctrines that make the Church negligent in relation to the things that must be done.
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so try to do nothing! You will see that it will make you fruitless for the rest of your life.
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What I want to awaken in your conscience is the need to return to seek God as the Bible says we should do.
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So let's continue, [Acts 13: 2,3]: “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said:
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'Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. "
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So, look how interesting, it's clear that the Early Church had the practice of fasting and praying, right?!
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For when it is said that the Church prayed constantly, it is clear that they were fasting as well. So at that time the Church was already worshiping the Lord and fasting, this was already happening.
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But then the Holy Spirit asks for two, to have Barnabas and Saul to be separated for the work.
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Watch what they are going to do next: "(...) And when they had fasted and prayed, [at this moment they are already fasting and praying for another purpose, to send these workers] and laid their hands on them, they sent them away."
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Brothers, dear brothers and sisters, church workers who are listening to me, pastors who are listening to me,
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if the Church today had this spiritual awakening and first sought guidance, asking: "Lord, whom are we going to separate for the work?",
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the Lord would touch the hearts of our brothers and sisters, the Lord would use prophets to speak among you, and the Lord would direct the Church, saying: “Separate so and so”, but no!
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Do you know how workers are separated in churches nowadays? Often, if they are wealthy, they say: "let’s separate them to secure their finances here in our congregation!"
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That's how they have been separating workers lately! They say: “Oh, this is a fellow who works as an accountant!”, or “are you an administrator? Are you a manager? Oh! Then you will be a good worker! ”.
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The church is not a company! No! This happens because they are not praying and fasting, asking the Lord to point who should be set apart for the work.
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Because if Samuel were to look with his heart, with his gaze, he would have separated not David, but Jesse's first son, thinking: “Look, this man certainly looks like a king!".
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But the Lord [rebukes him], because Samuel was not having a thought inspired by the Holy Spirit, it was a thought that came from his own flesh.
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Some people may think: "Oh, but a prophet would never do something like that!", Of course they would! When David wanted to build a temple for the Lord, he said: "Look, I am living in a palace, but the Ark of God is in a tent!".
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Was David's wish authentic? Yes, it was! Was it good? Yes, it was! So Nathan, the prophet, agrees with David and tells him to do what he wants to do.
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And then, after Nathan says that David's idea is good and that it would certainly please the Lord,
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God then speaks to Nathan and commands him to tell David not to build a "house" for Him,
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because this "house" would be built by one of his sons, Salomon. In the same way, God rebuked Samuel.
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We need to understand that there is a need to fast and to pray, to ask for the Lord's guidance when making important decisions, such as separating workers!
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That is what the Church has done here [in Acts 13: 2,3], it is not enough to just lay on of hands, of course not.
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—“Oh, go there and just do a theology course!”, That's not how it works in the Kingdom of God, no!
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Jesus says: “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the people who are wise and smart.
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When Jesus had given power and authority to the 12 [apostles] and then to the 70 [disciples],
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and the 70 disciples returned to Jesus excitedly, saying, "Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we used your name!" [Lk 10:17],
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Jesus then replies: "(...) you should not be happy because the spirits obey you but because your names are written in heaven." [Lk 10:20].
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in fact, Jesus is saying that they are saved and this is the biggest reason for rejoicing,
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it clearly does not mean that Jesus is neglecting the victories they had in the spiritual world, of course not!
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Jesus is only revealing one thing: salvation is the most precious thing we have, but it is not the only good!
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It is not okay to do nothing just because you have been saved: “Oh, I’m already saved, that's good!”, This is selfish! And a selfish person will not be saved, brother!
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This is the attitude of a person that has no love for others, who has not understood the Gospel of the Kingdom.
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They will not be able to preach, They will not be able to teach a Bible study efficiently, they cannot do a thing in the Kingdom of God if they do not pray and fast.
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That's why I want to share this study now, I haven't even left the front page of the material yet, brother!
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Because little is said about fasting, about the importance of fasting, and those who speak are often silenced by liberal theologians,
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who say: “Oh, but this is a thing that belongs in the past, that wasn't even in the original texts, and etc… ”, just small talk.
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Try to send one of them to expel demons and you will see what happens, they will leave demonized!
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Those who say [and believe in] this kind of nonsense. Many of them don't even believe that demons are real, that's the truth.
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Many of them are, in fact, atheists who are teaching others, they are real atheists, but instead they are called "teachers", "doctors", "PHD", things like that.
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I am not against you pursuing education or have a title, I am not against these things, that's not what I am saying.
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I am referring to those who pretend to be "servants" of God, that’s why they hate fasting so much, because Satan is afraid of fasting too!
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and as it is said in biblical language: it is "afflicting your soul" so that you will be feeding yourself spiritually, and we will explain to you all about this, okay?!
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I know there are going to be people who don't like to fast, don't like to pray, and are going to simply write in the comment section that they don't agree, but I'm not worried about that.
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I worry about the people who will understand this message, who will understand the urgency of the Church to wake up.
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For those who say, "Pastor, we are at the end of times, speak of Revelation!", Why am I going to speak more of [the book of] Revelation, brother?
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if you are sure that we are in the end times why don't you sanctify your life in fasting and prayer?
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If you believe that Jesus is coming and that you need to lay down your life on the altar, then fast, that is what I have been saying.
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To those who say: "Oh, pastor, but at the end of time we will be preachers, we will be great, and used by God", without fasting and without praying, you will not!
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What is the use of knowing every detail of the end times if you will be lost in that time.
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Like the Parable of the Ten Virgins, some of them were running crazy looking for oil at the time they were supposed to be already full of oil, do you understand?
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So let's continue [with our study], the first thing you need to learn: fasting is not starving, nor can it be used in a weight loss diet,
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If that is the purpose in your heart, you, for sure, have already wasted your time fasting.
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Because everything we do has to have a purpose, often it is not what we do that matters to God, I am not talking about doing what's wrong, of course not!
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I'm talking about doing the right thing, [what matters] is not what you do, but why you are doing it, [the important thing] is the cause, is the reason.
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Many people do good things, they do these "good things" in the name of God, but they are actually doing them for the devil.
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but truly is not concerned with lives, instead desires to “set up a company”, do you know what is in that person's heart? Greed!
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In other words, he is not serving the Lord, but “mammon”, who is the god of riches, of wealth.
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Do you want another example? Jesus talks about some important principles, there are good things you can do, which are not good, why?
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On the surface everyone seems to be doing everything for the Kingdom, whatever you ask they answer that it is for the Kingdom.
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I'll give you an example: Jesus talks about prayer, you can have a prayer that won't go up, a hypocritical prayer.
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Here, Jesus is not forbidding you to pray on the street, nor is He forbidding you to pray anywhere outside your house,
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The apostle Paul says [in 1 Tim 2: 8]: "Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing",
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Jesus, for example, [in Matthew 6:5, says]: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others".
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Is Jesus forbidding you, for example, to pray standing up in the congregation? Of course not!
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Jesus was not referring to this! He is referring to the following situation: while everyone is sitting there, the hypocrite is standing,
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as the Pharisees liked to do, so everyone could see that they are praying out loud a prayer that, in fact, is not addressed to God.
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When you read Luke 18:11 it says that a Pharisee and a tax collector went up, but the Pharisee prayed for himself, saying:
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- "O God, I thank You that I am not like this tax collector, a publican, a sinner! I do this, I do that, etc...",
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while the publican prayed saying: "O Lord, I am a miserable man, I’m a sinner, forgive me ”,
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and he left justified, ok?! While all the Pharisee was doing was with the intention of showing off.
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But there are people who think they are buying God when they are contributing to the Lord's work. Of course not!
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Some people make offers just because of their conscience. There is no other word to use here, because they do not do it for love for the work, but it is to keep their conscience "in peace"!
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because they do not do it for love for the work, but it is to keep their conscience "in peace"!
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If you’re living a life of adultery, if you’re living a life of pornography, many wrong doings and don’t fix your life before taking your offer to the altar,
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you can be certain that you’re simply taking money out of your pocket but there will be no spiritual return, before God you will have no return.
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Why? Because Jesus says that! Jesus says that if you have even a "little thing" against your brother, if you have a pending issue that was not resolved,
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leave your offering there before the altar and first go be reconciled to them, only after that take your offering to the altar.
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There are good things being done for bad reasons, this is what I want you to understand!
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The person is living in adultery saying: “Oh, but I'm always giving my offerings, every month my contribution is faithful!”,
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“faithful”, what?! How can an adulterer say that he is being faithful to God? Do you understand what I am saying?!
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So, there are things that are done and may even appear to be good, but it's not being done for God.
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Jesus doesn't say that we shouldn't give alms, just like He isn't saying that we shouldn't pray or that we can't pray standing,
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what He says is that we can't do these things with the intention of showing off, okay?!
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Thus, Jesus says that if you will give alms, your right hand does not know what your left hand has done.
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Don't go around telling everyone about it, He is not simply saying to do not to give alms,
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He is saying that when you do [give alms] you shouldn't be taking “selfie” (applying what He said to nowadays),
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you won't be taking “selfie” and posting on social media: “Look here! We are helping this person who is in need!", no!
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He wasn't saying that you couldn't ask for help to help others, what matters is the purpose, why you have been doing things.
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So, of course there are circumstances that will be necessary [for you to ask for help],
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if you are in need of having many people collectively helping for a cause, God is probing your heart,
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So Jesus talks about prayers people make to show off, He talks about the alms given for the wrong reasons, to show off,
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There are people that when they are fasting, their face faint and they look like “poor me”, just so people can ask: “what is wrong, Felipe, are you sick?”,
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What's that for? "Purpose...", why would you keep saying over and over again that you are "in a purpose"? You see?
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Someone seeing that there are people eating, they could be somewhere else, for example,
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but they stay there, looking at other people's plates, and when people offer some: “Do you want some?”, They answer: “No, I can't! It's my thing with God!”
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Brother, stop! There are people who like to show off! And they are looking for an opportunity to speak about it, a way to let other people know,
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Jesus says: "anoint your head"... I will give an example for you to understand what it would be like today:
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lava o seu rosto, penteia o seu cabelo, fica firme, cheiroso, bonitinho, não fica dando a impressão que você tá caído, todo “muado”, que tá passando fome não, tá ok?!
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Your fast must be for God, because if you do the opposite, you have already received your reward.
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Did you want to show off? Is that what you want? So there you go, you've already received your reward!
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So when we do things for God, it's for God only and that's it! It is not for anyone else to know. You don't have tell everyone about it.
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It's different! And that difference is that it must remain between the brothers in the congregation.
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not only Israel, the king of Nineveh himself calls people to fast and even puts animals to fast,
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So we will see now about when the church is fasting together for a purpose, whether it is for cure or for some other purpose.
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So the whole congregation is aware that we are fasting for a specific purpose, right?!
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But do you need to talk about it outside the congregation and tell everyone? - "So, our church is fasting, we have made a purpose of 21 days".
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One day I heard a person say: “So, my apostle…”, I thought: “What? Did any of them resurrect?!",
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and the brothers of this congregation were saying this to me all the time, me who was there as a visitor there, that had gone there to accompany another brother,
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then I found out that their pastor, apparently, had been separated for the apostle that week,
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and everyone was making sure that everyone knew that the "apostle was 21 days fasting and praying” and so on.
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Brothers, let's not waste any time with things like this! Brothers, if your leader makes sure he is exhibiting holiness... Look, Jesus did not do that.
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Jesus' brothers spoke to Him like this: "Lord, go down there to Jerusalem, why are you riding here in Galilee?”.
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Galilee is in northern Israel. In the north there was Galilee, in the middle there was Samaria and in the south there was Judea.
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Jesus was up there, far from Judea, where Jerusalem was, the religious center of Israel was there [in Judea],
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there was the temple, there was where the teachers were, and Jesus was on the other side of Israel, you are understanding?! Jesus was far away!
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And then Jesus' brothers told him to go there to show himself, to show himself to his followers.
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In other words, it is an exhibitionist view! How many Christians have this exhibitionist view?!
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Why do you want to take care of a congregation? Why do you want to study theology so much?
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Brother, a spiritual gift is not for you to find beautiful! It is to be useful in the Church, it is to be useful, do you understand?
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Brothers, there are people who could never receive a spiritual gift, because they would cause damage.
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(Let me check here, because there is a lot to talk about, I just made this introduction so far… But let's continue until we reach a certain point…)
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when people started to self-harm, with the thought that "if it hurts me, it pleases God".
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part of the Christians left aside the practice of fasting, claiming that it would be “self-harm”, but one thing has nothing to do with the other.
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So these two extremes are both harmful, the bad practice of fasting, as well as the complete abandonment of the practice of fasting, okay?!
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So I thank God that there are still people who are attentive and I wish that more people wake up to this practice.
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Is so that when praying Jesus says that we should do this: “(...) go into a room by yourself. After you have shut the door, pray to your Father Who is in secret.
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Sometimes a little detail that is missing in your life for you to reach a certain situation, will be answered by God through fasting.
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So the Bible talks about the various objectives of fasting, but it doesn’t make it very clear how this fasting practice should be, ok?!
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In the Bible, fasting is often called mainly in the Old Testament as "afflicting your soul",
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it says: "you shall afflict your souls...", and what is "afflicting"? It is to humiliate, literally to humiliate, it is to deny your soul;
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And what does that mean? It is to deny your desires, they are the desires of your flesh, of your will.
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So this is a wonderful thing for you to understand that during fasting you must be doubly alert in regards to sin,
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because you know that if you are fasting and you did not afflict your soul and ended up sinning, your fast was overturned.
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You do not want to lose, you may already be one, two, three, or four hours fasting, for example, you do not want to throw away all that investment of yours with God.
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At this moment when you are afflicting your soul, look how interesting, I will explain it in a very simple language for you to clearly understand:
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the Bible says that the flesh is inclined to sin and the spirit is inclined to God, evidently.
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so when you are afflicting your soul, that is, you are denying your flesh its desire, in that you are strengthening your spirit, ok?!
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So in that moment that you are afflicting your soul and are alert to not sin you are more sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit and,
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being more sensitive to the voice of the Holy Spirit, He will speak to you details that have gone unnoticed to you until now.
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Things that passed by, that you practiced every day and didn't even notice, but during the fast you are hearing more clearly the voice of the Spirit.
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It is not that He is talking more, simply, it is because you are more sensitive to His voice, then he says: “Look, see this thing your are doing? That's a sin!”,
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then you think:“ I need to stay away from it!”, Why? so that you do not break the fast.
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So in that moment that you are more attentive, you are being disciplined to pay attention to the details.
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Doesn't He?! Then read the book of Leviticus, Numbers and then you will see how detailed God is! In every detail... for God every detail matters!
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Then, during the fast you will be disciplined by God, you will hear the voice of the Holy Spirit and,
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thus, you will correct small flaws that you did not notice before, because you were not afflicting your soul.
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You were just letting things happen, thinking, “No, I'm fine! I'm fine!”. To everyone you ask: "How is your life with God?",
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they answer: “I'm fine, brother, I'm fine…”, but do you think it is true all the time, brother?!
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The moment you are fasting you are simply afflicting your soul so that you are more open to the voice of the Spirit,
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and I am dedicating myself to prayer, Bible reading, meditation on the Word of God, the greatness of the Lord's creations...
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Even if you live in a big city, try to see the greatness of God, not just on the clouds.
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People worship God when they admire His creation, because He is the Creator of all that is out there.
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Take a look at the trees, the flower petals, the birds, and say: “How beautiful! I have never stop to think about the birdsong! How beautiful is the greatness of God!”.
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Go fast, pray, read the Word, watch your tongue, watch what you hear, watch what you are seeing.
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Leave social media! Why are you going to give this chance for sin? You'll just lose your fast over there, okay?!
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So when you start practicing fasting, you will have incredible experiences, you will be strengthened spiritually, and you will come back here and comment your testimony:
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but I started doing it and God is doing a great work in my life, in my home, in my family..."
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Brothers, it is so beautiful the way God provides when you search Him through prayer and fasting.
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The Bible says that a righteous person's prayer is worth a lot in its effects, and does you know why God heard Elijah? Because there was a life history of fasting and prayer.
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How can you think that a prophet like Elijah did not fast, my brother?! Think about it! He [Elijah] says a tiny prayer:
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—"Lord, so that these people may know that the Lord sent me and that I am a prophet of the Lord, let fire come down from heaven", and fire came down from heaven!
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There are people who at the moment they are being tested, only then they spend the whole night praying, because they have not invested their lives in the Lord.
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They watch I don't even know how many chapters of TV series, TV shows, movies, you people watch a lot of things,
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that will only waste their time with a lot of nonsense and they will become weak spiritually.
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—"Oh, pastor, I'm weak!", I'll give you the recipe for why you are spiritually weak. Spiritual weakness is synonymous with sin.
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And how do you strengthen yourself spiritually? Placing your life on the altar, and beginning to afflict your soul.
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Fasting is also done for the purpose of showing repentance to God and seeking strength from God to overcome a sin, we will talk about it yet…
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(Let me just finish this first part so this video do not get too tiring for you... tiring I believe it already is, it has 35 minutes [of recording])
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—"Oh, pastor, I want to know about Exodus!", We will continue the study of Exodus. (I'm talking now to the subscribers [on youtube], but also to the people of our [Theology] course)
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So fasting is sometimes called "afflicting the soul", it has the meaning of humbling oneself before God.
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And this is very important, because it shows that you are afflicting your soul not because you do not like yourself,
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but because you want to show that you love the Lord far above the things that your flesh desires.
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—“No, I disagree! I think that I don't need to show love for God because He knows all things.”
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Is it?! So you also don't need to pray because you don't need to talk to God, He already knows what you think(?)
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Do you believe there are some crazy people who think like that? They think they don't need to pray because God already knows what you think before you speak.
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Brothers, please, understand! God wishes to have a relationship with us, showing your love for God is no small feat.
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Jesus says that we must love God with all our understanding, with all our hearts, with all our souls and with all our strength. [Luke 10:27]
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Well, so don't love God with your strength then! Does nothing for the Lord then! Be fruitless and let's see what happens!
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There was even an ungodly king, one Ahab, he humbled himself before God, and God said: “Did you notice how Ahab humbled himself before me? (...) ”[1 Kings 21:29].
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Do you think the people tore their clothes, put sackcloth and threw dust and ashes on their heads and went out weeping and God didn't look at them?
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No song, no preaching, nothing done with an impure heart God receives, but what about when done with a pure heart?
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So, a good example of afflicting the soul is here in Leviticus 16, when it is speaking about the Day of Atonement, they fasted all day on the Day of Atonement.
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So it is written like this Leviticus 16: 29-31: “This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, [that is, they will fast],
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and do no work at all, [the people usually call it a “celebration of atonement”, but this is not a party, right?!
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This is a day when they took it out to fast, to afflict their souls, it was not to eat, no]
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whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you,;
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It is a sabbath [it was not necessarily a seventh day, but it was a Sabbath, a "Shabbat", a rest] of solemn
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“Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.
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And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.
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For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people.
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And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people.
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You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
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It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”
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This is still talking about the Day of Atonement, now we will read Numbers 29:7: "On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.”
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In other words, here they are talking specifically about one of the days related to what we call the “seven feasts”,
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but I have already made it clear that the Day of Atonement should not necessarily be called a feast, because it is the day when they afflicted their souls, alright?!
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So afflicting the soul is this: they fasted during that day, but there are several other examples in the Old Testament about fasting.
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In the New Testament, during the ministry of Christ you will have a question that we will talk about it,
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but after the ministry of Christ you will see, mainly in [the Book] of the Acts of the Apostles, often talking about fasting and about the purpose of fasting.
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I don't know if anyone managed to stay until 40 minutes [of video], but it is essential to talk about this subject.
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There is a huge need in talking about fasting, and I encourage you to start doing your fasting.
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The title of the study is the same as I put in this video: “The fast that pleases GOD”, okay ?!
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You can study in advance [this content], there I put the verses, but I didn't comment on them.
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We will be commenting on these verses, we will talk about the purpose of fasting, God can perform healing through this request that you will make in prayer and fasting, alright?!
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[Fasting can be used] for several things: to seek guidance, to cast out demons, spiritual strengthening
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Sorry for such a long video, this video was huge, but we will be talking more about it and about the urgency…
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which is the moment when this video is being recorded, maybe you will watch this in many years,
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We are experiencing a serious global problem, many people are in distress, some people are becoming disturbed, very agitated, anguished, anxious...
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Let me ask you something: pray and fast for your life, so that the Lord will give you strength, okay?!
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This is my golden tip for you to be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of His power, all glory to God!