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  Is Fasting a Command? What is Fasting? Fasting means putting God first Fasting means self-denial {abstaining from } by going without food for a period of time. Fasting was commanded under the Law of Moses in connection with the day of atonement . But the new covenant has no such requirements.   Despite the tradition of fasting in the Bible, and Jesus' references to it , the New Testament teachings do not require fasting, and neither Jesus nor His disciples made fasting obligatory. Reasons for fasting are found in the Bible. ·         Sorrow for and confession of sin (Lev 16:29-34; Num 29:7-11; Deut 9:18; Dan 9:3,4). ·         To seek God’s guidance (e.g., see Judges 20:26) ·         To seek deliverance or protection (e.g., see 2 Chronicles 20:3 – 4) ·         To express repentance and a return to God (e.g., see 1 Samuel 7:6...

  CURSE OF THE LAW IN GALATIANS 3:10-13 10 For as many as are of the works of the  law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”  11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.”  12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”  13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”).  J esus became a curse for us all so that all our sins could be forgiven. Jesus experienced hell and separation from God so that we would never be separated from God. Jesus became a curse so that we could be redeemed from the curse of the law. A curse pronounced by the law refers to the Mosaic Law  in the first five books of the Bible, which instructed the Israelites on how to prop...