Bible Discussion Thread

Verse 18, John and the Pharisees used to fast... meaning they refrained from false doctrine. However, doctrine changed with the baptism of Jesus. The laws of God were revealed to be the true doctrine of Jesus. Jesus was revealed as Christ. So Jesus and his followers did not fast according to the description of religious laws that were known in the past. Now some of those laws were revealed as false by the teaching of Jesus. Sinners are the attendants of the marriage of Jesus. Sinners do not fast while they are with Jesus, so they cling to the wrong doctrine. They are sinners. But when Jesus is gone the words of God that Jesus taught will fill them with his truth and then then they will realize that they had been wrong and they will fast- reject false doctrine. The resurrection of Jesus and baptism unto Jesus fills one with Holy Spirit turns sinners into the people of God. Then they will fast rejecting religious laws that no longer apply and rejecting false religion as a whole.