Sunday, August 16, 2009

Fasting? NO WAY!!!!

A few days ago I asked the rhetorical question if you knew why the Church of Christ does not fast. The answer is we do not want to and no one can make us.
 
This morning I stated a fact: we have an example of a congregation of the early church fasting before making a decision. A second fact: we have examples of congregations of the early church participating in the Lord's Supper on the first day of the week. I do not see where either are commanded but they did them. We say one example is not relevant but the second one must be done "every" first day of the week.
 
I did not say that congregation fasted on Sunday nor did I suggest fasting was a sixth activity of worship nor did I suggest fasting was a necessity.  But the comments addressed and denied all of those.
 
Classes as ours do little to further the knowledge of anyone. The reason being we all know what we believe and no one is going to change that. That may be why we are comfortable talking about the necessity of baptism, who killed Jesus, and is it important to go to church.
 
But one fact is undeniable. At least one congregation in the first century fasted before making a major decision. And we do not want to talk about it. We pick and choose much like those of other religious persuasions.

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