The Kingdom Way: LUKE 5:33-35 with Pastor Clayton Tyner

In Luke 5:33–35, Jesus is asked a question that reveals something massive about who He is and how His followers should live.

Why do the Pharisees fast?  
Why do John the Baptist’s disciples fast?  
And why don’t Jesus’ disciples fast?

Jesus answers with a metaphor that would have stunned His audience: He calls Himself the Bridegroom.

In the ancient Jewish world, a wedding worked very differently than today. A groom would leave to prepare a home for his bride. The bride would wait, staying ready for the day he returned. When he came back—with shouting and the sound of a trumpet—the wedding feast would begin.

Jesus tells them: you don’t fast while the groom is present. You celebrate.

But then He gives a prophetic warning: the time will come when the groom will be taken away.

This moment points directly to the cross, the ascension, and the age we live in right now. The Church is the bride waiting for the return of the Bridegroom.

That’s why fasting matters.

Fasting confronts our comfort.  
Fasting reminds us this world is not the feast.  
Fasting trains us to stay watchful.  
Fasting fuels the mission of inviting others to the wedding feast of the Lamb.

One day the trumpet will sound.  
The Bridegroom will return.  
And the feast will begin.

The question is: will we be ready?

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