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2 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 35

An Open Letter from the Staff...

Former Indian political and religious
leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi, gained political
prominence by fasting often. But Gandhi
fasted for the purpose of fomenting strife and
division within his country. He fasted to
propagate his goal of national independence,
not to develop GODLY HUMILITY. YEHO-
VAH’s Word shows that Gandhi’s fasting was
totally in VAIN! You need to understand
YEHOVAH’s purpose for fasting and WHY
He commands true Christians to fast today.
Yeshua the Messiah made the ultimate
sacrifice so WE might have LIFE, and eternal
life in YEHOVAH God’s Kingdom. HOPE OF ISRAEL MINISTRIES
But he also taught us how to live a rich,
joyful, productive life RIGHT NOW in the BIBLE
HUMAN FLESH! As part of that abundant CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
Christian life he taught fasting. LESSON 35
The Messiah HUMBLED himself of-
ten by fasting. He made fasting a PART of Published at Arcadia, California by Hope of
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ples: “WHEN you FAST, anoint your head
and wash your face, that YOUR FASTING EDITOR AND DIRECTOR
may not be seen by men but by your Father
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who is in secret; and your Father who sees in
secret WILL REWARD YOU" (Matthew TECHNICAL ADVISOR
6:17-18, RSV).
The Messiah did not say “IF” you fast Sean C. Keyser
-- rather, he said “WHEN YOU FAST." This
meant there WOULD be a time when YOUR ENROLLMENT has been paid by
CHRISTIANS SHOULD FAST! others. Bulk copies for distribution not
When the disciples of John the Baptist given or sold.
asked the Messiah WHY HIS disciples didn’t ADDRESS COMMUNICATIONS to the
fast, Yeshua answered: “Can the wedding Editor at the following address:
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THEN THEY WILL FAST" (Matthew 9:15,
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Yeshua the Messiah, the bridegroom,
was taken away. THOSE DAYS HAVE Mohandus (Mahatma) Gandhi sitting at the
COME! spinning wheel is an iconic Margaret
Bourke-White photograph.

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