Fasting (Part I)
Fasting is for the purpose of listening to and seeking the Lord without distraction.
Transcript
Hi, this is Dave Scherrerrer, and welcome to Kingdom Offerings, the site where 100 Full Ministries presents our podcasts. And today we're continuing our series on the Disciplines of the Kingdom. So much of these past two years, our blogs and podcasts have been focused on understanding the Gospel of the Kingdom. That's because here at 100 Full Ministries, we have the sinking suspicion that a lot of Christians today can't really give a working definition of the Gospel of the Kingdom, and that's a phrase that Jesus used.
There's at least two huge problems that I think contribute to this Gospel of the Kingdom confusion. First, as churchgoers, evangelicals especially, we have a hard time agreeing on what exactly the Kingdom of God is. If you'd like to tackle some of that subject, you can check in on some of our more recent blogs at Backyard Conversations, but that's the first problem, is understanding exactly what the Kingdom of God is. And so the second issue is that if we're a seasoned Christian, then we hear the term Gospel tossed around, and we may default to reciting what's called the Plan of Salvation rather than unpacking the broader and more theologically expansive Gospel of the Kingdom.
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Our acts of kindness, done in the name of Jesus, with the purpose of serving and blessing others also serve to lay aside treasures in heaven that glorify and exalt our King. This constitutes the kingdom coming on earth as it is in heaven - we become the answer to the Lord’s prayer.
God's economy of spiritual profit, which He's interested in, is not based on anything that has a worldly value associated with it.
