Hungry for the Kingdom (Matthew 6:16–18)

by Tommie van der Walt | 13 Apr 2025 | Bible Teachings, Gospels, Human Flourishing: A Study of the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew, New Testament, Topical and Miniseries

Hungry for the Kingdom (Matthew 6:16–18)

by Tommie van der Walt | Human Flourishing: The Sermon on the Mount

Fasting is not a practice that we tend to frequently include in our worship, but Jesus taught on it in the Sermon on the Mount. In these verses, we discover two categories of lessons on fasting:

1. Lessons on How Not to Fast (v. 16)
2. Lessons on How to Fast ( vv. 17–18)