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*WHY DOES GOD WANT US TO FAST?*
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*Matthew 17:1-21 (NKJV)*
 
*One Sunday morning in a certain Church their Bulletin read: *
*“Pot Luck Supper today.
Prayer and Medication Follow.*
\\ READ: Mark 2:18-20 (text: v20) \\ *Mark 2:18-20 (NIV) \\ \\ *
/Jesus Questioned About Fasting/
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.
Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?
They cannot, so long as they have him with them.
20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
\\ Note Jesus’ words - “Then they will fast”.
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JESUS KNEW THAT HIS TIME TO LEAVE THIS WORLD WAS GETTING CLOSE AND SO HE SAID THAT *WHEN “THE BRIDGROOM” IS TAKEN AWAY, ON THAT DAY, HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD FAST.*
THERE WERE GOING TO BE DAYS COMING WHEN HIS FOLLOWERS WOULD NEED THE SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH, THAT FASTING PROVIDED.
THIS MORNING WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FASTING.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY PRAYER AND FASTING.
MOST PEOPLE TODAY EITHER IGNORE FASTING
OR DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO FAST.
LET’S GO TO *MATTHEW 17:1-21* AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT PRAYER AND FASTING.
IN OUR READING WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN A LITTLE WAYS BEFORE THIS MORNINGS TEXT.
*Matthew 17:1-21 (NKJV) * \\ 1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; \\ 2 and He was transfigured before them.
His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
\\ 3 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.
\\ 4 Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
\\ 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, *"This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Hear Him!" \\ *6 And when the disciples heard /it,/ they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.
\\ 7 But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Arise, and do not be afraid."
\\ 8 When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.
\\ 9 Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead."
\\ 10 And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
\\ 11 Jesus answered and said to them, "Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.
\\ 12 But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished.
Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands."
\\ 13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.
\\ 14 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, \\ 15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
\\ 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."
\\ 17 Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him here to Me." \\ 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
\\ 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" \\ 20 So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
\\ 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."
*THE INNER CIRCLE:*
 
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN WERE IN JESUS’ INNER CIRCLE.
I WONDER WHY IT WAS ONLY THESE THREE?
I DON’T KNOW UNLESS IT WAS ALWAYS THESE THREE THAT WERE STANDING NEXT TO JESUS WHEN HE NEEDED TO CHOOSE SOMEONE.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT THESE THREE WANTED TO BE IN HIS INNER CIRCLE MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN BECAUSE PETER, JAMES AND JOHN WERE PARTNERS IN A FISHING BUSINESS WHEN JESUS CALLED THEM
AND SO WHERE ONE OF THEM WENT THERE WERE THE OTHER TWO ALSO.
I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHY THEY WERE HIS INNER CIRCLE
BUT THEY WERE THE ONES THAT ENDED UP BEING WITH JESUS WHEN HE WAS TRANSFIGURED.
AND THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS IN THE GARDEN PRAYING, JUST BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED.
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YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
I THINK THAT FASTING CAN GET US INTO THAT PRIVILEGED INNER CIRCLE TOO.
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WELL LET’S GET BACK TO THE SCRIPTURE,
AS THE FOUR OF THEM ARE COMING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN THEY FIND THAT THERE’S A PROBLEM WAITING FOR THEM DOWN IN THE VALLEY.
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*THERE WAS AN UNMET NEED.*
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YOU KNOW, ~/~/ THAT’S HOW IT USUALLY HAPPENS.
WE COME HOME FROM A GREAT SPIRITUAL RENEWAL WEEKEND AND AS SOON AS WE GET HOME,
 
WE FIND THAT
THE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATING,
 
THEY’RE JUST WAITING TO DESTROY THE EUPHORIA OF OUR MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCE.
*THIS BOY’S FATHER COMES UP TO JESUS AND SAYS; \\ *16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they couldn’t cure him."
THERE WAS A NEED AND JESUS’S DISCIPLES COULDN’T MEET IT.
IT WAS BEYOND THEIR RESOURCES TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
 
THEIR TOOLBOX WAS EMPTY.
IT’S INTERESTING THAT EARLIER,
JESUS HAD GIVEN ALL OF HIS DISCIPLES AUTHORITY TO HEAL THE SICK AND TO CAST OUT DEMONS IN HIS NAME.
BUT NOW SOMETHING IS WRONG.
WHAT WORKED BEFORE ISN’T WORKING NOW.
WHAT’S WRONG?
WHAT’S DIFFERENT?
I’M NOT CRITICIZING THE DISCIPLES.
I’VE FALLEN SHORT TOO MANY TIMES MYSELF.
IT’S LIKE TRYING TO USE A NEW COMPUTER PROGRAM.
YOU WANT TO MAKE IT DO SOMETHING BUT TRY AFTER TRY, YOU FAIL.
THERE’S USUALLY ONE LITTLE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT ONE THING IS.
 
THE DISCIPLES WERE DOING THEIR BEST BUT THEY WERE STILL FAILING UNTIL JESUS CAME INTO THE PICTURE.
THERE WAS AN UNMET NEED UNTIL JESUS CAME ON THE SCEEN.
WHEN JESUS ARRIVED HE DID WHAT HIS DISCIPLES COULDN’T DO.
HE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HIS DISCIPLES HAD TRIED AND FAILED TO DO.
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*MATTHEW 17:   VERSE 17-18 NKJV \\ 17 Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him here to Me." \\ 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
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I DON’T BELIEVE THAT JESUS USED ANY POWER OR AUTHORITY THAT ISN’T ALSO AVAILABLE TO US TODAY.
YOU SEE, IF JESUS HAD SPECIAL ABILITIES AND
IF HE HAD ACCESS TO POWER THAT WE DON’T HAVE
THEN THAT WOULD INVALIDATE HIS HUMANITY.
IF HE CAME AND LIVED A SINLESS LIFE BY USING POWER THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO US THEN THAT WOULD BE AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.
NO, EVERYTHING JESUS DID WAS WITH THE SAME LIMITATIONS WE HAVE AND THE SAME POWER THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US TODAY.
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JESUS KNEW WHAT WAS NEEDED, AND HE WAS ALREADY PREPARED FOR THIS VERY SITUATION.
JESUS CAST OUT THE STUBBORN DEMON.
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*NOW THE DISCIPLES HAD A QUESTION TO ASK JESUS.*
* \\ MATTHEW 17:     VERSE 19.*
*19 **Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why couldn’t we cast it out?"*
THEY’D HAD ANSWERS TO PRAYER BEFORE
THEY’D MINISTERED EFFECTIVELY BEFORE
THEY HAD HAD SOME SUCCESS BEFORE
 
SO WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THIS TIME?
 
THEY SAID, WHY COULDN’T WE CAST IT OUT?
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