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Arguments against imposition of ashes8/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Jesus says that one of the proper effects of our good works is to serve as a witness to others, so that they will come to glorify God as we do ourselves. ![]() So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Elsewhere in the same sermon the Lord Jesus says this: The quotation is taken from the Sermon on the Mount. ( Matthew 6:17)įor them it seems pretty clear that any use of ashes in association with fasting contradicts what Jesus says here and therefore constitutes disobedience to Him. Some Protestants suggest that Jesus’s words in Matthew 6:17 are an unconditional prohibition of the use of ashes in association with fasting (and presumably that their use at the beginning of Lent is therefore unwarranted):īut you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face.
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