What is a Protestant understanding of Jesus' fasting in the wilderness?
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According to mainline Protestantism (Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist) what is the reason why Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11):
> Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a]
> by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was
> hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of
> God, tell these stones to become bread. [...]
Does Jesus teach us here that we should fast as a discipline? Why did Jesus do this?
Asked by Dan
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Aug 11, 2023, 04:58 PM