Refusing Wednesday and Friday fasts reveals unwillingness, not inability
What the video says
A person who refuses to observe Wednesday and Friday fasts demonstrates unwillingness rather than inability. Such a person cannot be trusted because failure to honor God in this minimal way indicates they will not keep their word or promises to others either.
Key moments
- A person who does not honor Wednesday and Friday does so out of unwillingness, not inability.
- One cannot have confidence in such a person.
- If someone cannot minimally honor God, they will not keep their word or promises when called to something else.
- Failure to keep commitments to God means they will not keep commitments to people either.
The speaker states that a person who refuses to observe Wednesday and Friday fasts acts from unwillingness, not inability. This refusal constitutes a failure to honor God in a minimal way. Because of this, the speaker argues such a person cannot be trusted.
The reasoning is that if someone will not keep commitments to God, they will not keep their word or promises to other people either. The discussion connects fasting discipline directly to personal reliability and trustworthiness.
Main points
- Refusing Wednesday and Friday fasts comes from unwillingness, not inability
- Such refusal shows failure to honor God minimally
- A person who fails this commitment cannot be trusted
- Breaking commitments to God means breaking promises to people