And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.”(Luke 5:33-35 ESV)
Having been party poopers at Levi's, the Pharisees continued with the same attitude. Why did Jesus and His disciples not fast twice a week like they did. Were they less spiritual. Even more of a pointed contrast was the one with John the Baptist and his followers. Compare, compare, compare. Trying to feel superior, and therefore vindicated, while not repenting of their sin. It is so easy for us to fall in the same trap - turning any spiritual discipline - church attendance, devotions, memory verses, or fasting, into a false sense of spiritual superiority, while ignoring the core issues of the heart.
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