The Sermon on the Mount

Outline XIII Fasting Matt. 6:16-18—“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you,They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou ap­pear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall re­ward thee openly.” I.  Fasting in General: A.  The practice of fasting is...