1. A BIBLICAL FAST
Text: Isaiah 58:1-14

2. What Are the True Parts of a Biblical Fast?

3. I. THE MAN-PART OF FASTING (58:1-5, 13)
1. They did as they pleased - vs 3
2. They exploited their workers - vs 3
3. They were full of quarrelling and strife - vs 4
4. They would get into fistfights - vs 4
5. They would only humble themselves at the time of the fast but then resume their wickedness
- vs 5

4. I. THE MAN-PART OF FASTING (58:1-5, 13)
Our lives have to reflect what our Lord would have us do.
To share our food with the hungry
- vs 7
2. To provide shelter for the poor wanderer - vs 7
3. To clothe the naked - vs 7
4. To offer help to our close relatives - vs 7

5. I. THE MAN-PART OF FASTING (58:1-5, 13)
What NOT to do
1. Don't oppress others - vs 9
2. Don't point fingers - vs 9
3. Don't talk maliciously - vs 9
4. Don't refuse to help the hungry/oppressed - vs 10
5. Don't do as we please on the Sabbath - vs 13
6. Don't speak idle words - vs 13

6. II. THE GOD-PART OF FASTING (58:6,8,9,10b,11,12,14)
A. The Glory of God - 58:8

7. II. THE GOD-PART OF FASTING (58:6,8,9,10b,11,12,14)
B. The Guidance
of God - 58:11

8. II. THE GOD-PART OF FASTING (58:6,8,9,10b,11,12,14)
C. The Grandeur
of God - 58:11,12