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- [Narrator] This presentation
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the friends of the
Amazing Facts ministry.
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- Nuclear submarines or boomers
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are modern engineering
wonders equivalent to
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a tightly packed
self-contained city where a crew
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of 140 share the space
of a three bedroom house.
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A nuclear sub can stay
submerged up to 90 days.
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There's little contact
with family during this time.
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Along with the
pressure being prepared
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to launch nuclear
weapons, it's one of
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the most stressful
military assignments.
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To compensate, the Navy trains
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the best chefs for these subs.
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A meal might be prime
ribs, sautéed mushrooms,
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baked potatoes, fresh
bread, and real chocolate cake.
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They say an army travels
on its stomach, and that's why
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the military
spends millions evaluating
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what their soldiers eat.
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Why is it that many Christians
think God doesn't care
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what His soldiers eat?
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You know the Bible teaches
that whether you eat or drink,
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whatever you do, do it
all to the glory of God.
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Since our bodies are God's
temple, we should present them
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to Him as a living
sacrifice and not abuse
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them with
gluttony, especially since
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we're soldiers in His army.
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So join me today for
this program as we uncover
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more amazing health
facts from the word of God.
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Well friends, we have a
very important lesson tonight.
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I want to welcome you to
the Panorama of Prophecy.
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Again, tonight is going
to be a practical lesson,
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but it's also a lesson
found in the book of Daniel,
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which is a book of prophecy.
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We're going to be
talking about the subject
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of refusing Babylons buffet.
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And if you have your Bibles,
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you want to go to
the book of Daniel.
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Now Daniel is a book filled
with apocalyptic prophecies.
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We've got that prophecy in
chapter two of the metal image,
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you got the
prophecy in chapter seven,
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we're going to be talking
about we've got the four beasts,
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chapter eight, where
you've got the ram and the goat,
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chapter nine where
you've got the dates concerning
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the Messiah's
return, and then it's one of
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the longest prophecies
in the Bible, which is
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from Daniel chapter 10
through Daniel chapter 12
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and where it talks about
the abomination of desolation.
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But it's very interesting
that the first chapter
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in the book of Daniel
is dealing with one of
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the keys to
understanding all prophecy.
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It has to do with
self-control, wisdom,
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mental clarity
and your lifestyle.
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And so of course, this story
found in Daniel chapter one
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sets the stage for
why Daniel was who he was
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through the rest of the
book, it's very interesting.
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You can read
there in Daniel 1:8.
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And it's assume
that this is also true
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of Hananiah,
Mishael and Azariah.
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And it says, "He purposed in
his heart he would not defile
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himself with a portion
of the King's delicacies".
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What they had on the
menu there in Babylon,
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he said, "We can't eat it".
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It included some food
that was unclean and no doubt
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had been offered
to Babylonian idols.
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And so he came up with a...
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Daniel was very wise,
came up with a solution
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and he suggested to the
prince of the Unix said,
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"Test your servants for 10 days
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and let them give us vegetables
to eat and water to drink".
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So it was a simple diet,
basically it's a vegetarian
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diet. I grew up
living with my...
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And my father's very wealthy,
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sometimes he'd take us
out to nice restaurants
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and we'd order escargot,
snails, frog legs, turtle steak,
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and they're supposed
to be the delicacies.
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And then when I was poor
and I lived up in the mountains,
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I ate beans and rice and
fruit, I had no refrigeration.
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I felt much better
eating the poor man's diet.
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In some of the countries,
when they eat a very simple diet
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of beans and rice
and things like that,
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they live much longer, they
have less disease, less cancer.
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Then they're
converted to the Western diet,
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a lot of fat and
sugar and processed food
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and the heart disease and
the cancer just skyrockets.
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Notice what happens after
Daniel, convincing the prince of
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the Unix, he said, "Give us
10 days to try this diet out".
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And it says, "In all matters
of wisdom and understanding,
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about which the
king examined them.
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He found them 10 times
better than all of the magicians
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and astrologers
that were in his realm."
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10 times wiser, these young men.
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Notice the connection
between their perceptions,
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their intelligence and
their diet that is being made.
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So why are we talking about this
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as we delve
into deep prophecies?
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Because clarity of mind
is actually going to help
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in your understanding.
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The devil is trying to
befuddle this whole generation
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in the world with drugs
and dissipation and bad diet.
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So we just don't think straight
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and it affects
our understanding,
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it affects every aspect of
our life and our relationships.
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And that's why this
is the first chapter
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that you find in
the book of Daniel.
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It's a lesson on self
control, giving glory to God
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with your body and
tells us that not only
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did they live 10 times longer,
you read on in that chapter
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it says Daniel lived
until the time of king Cyrus.
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Meaning Daniel lived
about a hundred years.
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So he not only was
sharp, and even you get
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into Daniel chapter
five, he's an old man
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and he's still
brilliant at that time,
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and God is still
speaking through him.
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So we're going to find out
what does the Bible say about
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how you can have a more
abundant life, a longer life,
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a healthier
life, a clearer mind,
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and I think you're
going to be blessed by this.
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First of all,
question number one,
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what's a good Bible
rule for healthful living?
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"Therefore, whether you
eat or whether you drink,
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do all for the glory of God."
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Now, if it tells us to
eat and drink for God's glory,
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is it possible for us to not
eat and drink for God's glory?
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Does that make sense?
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Yeah, so
certainly it is possible.
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Friends, I think just,
it is so critical for us
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to understand the brain.
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You know why God gives you legs?
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To carry your brain around.
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Even with modern computers
today, for them to build
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a computer that will do
what the human mind does,
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you would need a
building as big as the Pentagon
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to house it, you need all
the water of Niagara falls
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to power it, you
would need all of the water
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of Niagara falls to cool it.
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The fastest computers
they've got in the world now,
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it goes back and forth
between the US and China,
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I think Korea's striving
for the fastest computer
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in the world, they cannot
do what a mouse brain does yet.
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You know how much processing
is going on in your mind
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even as we sit here right now?
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You're taking these sound
waves that are going through
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the air and trying to make
some logical sense out of it,
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and you're converting
this into abstract thought
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and your brain is
keeping your heart beating
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and it's
controlling your respiration.
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You don't know that it
might even be controlling
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your temperature at this time.
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And then all little hairs
on your body are connected
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with your brain and
you're sensing anything
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that might be going on.
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You're hearing noises behind
you and you're processing those.
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And all of this is happening
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at lightning speed
right now, as we speak.
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Your brain is a strange
combination of a physical organ
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and a spiritual thing.
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And God communicates
with us through our minds.
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But because it's also physical,
taking care of your body,
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which houses your brain
and follows the commands
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of the brain, it
affects your clarity.
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It affects how clear it is,
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how easy it is for
God to speak to you.
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If we're not following
good practical principles
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for good health,
our minds get cloudy
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and it's hard for us to
comprehend spiritual truth.
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And it's the truth
that sets you free.
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I don't think it's an accident
that the first chapter in
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this book of Daniel is talking
to us about health practices.
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So with these things
in mind, and we're talking
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about glorifying
God in our bodies,
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should a Christian
use alcoholic beverages?
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Now we're not talking
about grape juice now,
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we're talking about
the fermented stuff.
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What is the Bible saying?
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"Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is a brawler,
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whoever is led
astray thereby is not wise".
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Now how many want to be wise?
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If we're led astray
with it, then we're not wise.
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The Bible tells
us that Noah drank
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and he stumbled
around drunk in his tent,
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and one of his family
members ended up being cursed
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as a result of that.
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Lot's daughters got
him to drink alcohol
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and he committed
incest with his daughters.
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Whole race of people, the
Moabites and Ammonites came
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around that attacked
God's people for centuries
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because he got drunk.
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King David tried
to get Uriah drunk
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so he would go
against his conscience.
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And you could just go through
the history, the Bible says,
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"Woe to him who
gives his neighbor drink".
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Because what's
happening is everyone knows that
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your response time
is impaired by alcohol.
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Alcohol is an addictive
drug, it destroys brain cells,
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not once, but
every time you drink,
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it's destroying brain cells.
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And I don't know about
you, but I can't afford
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to lose anymore
than I've already lost.
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It dramatically
affects our ability to reason.
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You know I'm really
passionate about this because
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my father struggled with alcohol
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and it affected
our relationship.
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People drink, they say
things they later regret.
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They stumble around,
they do silly things.
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My mother drank, I
drank when I was younger.
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You wake up in
prison and you think
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"How in the world did I
get here, what did I do?"
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You're embarrassed about
silly things that you've done
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and terrible
things that you said.
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It doesn't make
you more intelligent.
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Now I know, I used to drink.
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It gives you that warm,
fuzzy feeling, you can...
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It says, "Give a wine to
him who is ready to perish".
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On the cross they
offered Jesus wine,
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He tasted it and He turned away.
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He did not want
His mind to be clouded
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especially as our
eternity hangs in the balance.
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He didn't want to say anything
that would give the devil
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the advantage because
His mind was no longer clear.
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Christians should not drink.
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Half of the people that
go to the hospital every day
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are there because of sickness,
birth defects, injuries,
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accidents caused by alcohol.
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Over half the people
who are in prison are there
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because of crimes
committed while under
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the influence of alcohol.
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Over half of all the calls
the police get, especially where
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there's domestic abuse
involved, alcohol is connected.
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Now just with those facts,
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to what extent should
Christians support that?
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When one out of seven
people who drinks becomes
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an alcoholic, how much
would you support that?
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Should you support a dog that
bites one out of seven people
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that comes to your house?
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You see what I'm saying?
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And you might wonder
why I'm coming on so strong
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and many who are
watching and listening,
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you come from a Christian
background, but you think,
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"Well, you
know, didn't Paul say,
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'drink a little wine for
your stomachs infirmities?'"
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He's talking to Timothy.
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The word there
wine meant grape juice.
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Jesus did not make
booze for the wedding.
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Doesn't talk about anyone being
inebriated in those events.
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And it's the same
word that is used for
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the fermented
alcohol that you find
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in other places in the Bible.
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So people get
confused sometimes.
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You can look in Isaiah where
it says, "As the new wine",
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same word, wine,
"Is in the cluster".
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Well, when grape juice is
in a cluster, is it fermented?
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Clearly not.
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And Jesus said His
gospel was new wine.
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Says you don't put the new
wine and the old wine skins
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or it'll ferment and they'll
burst and you lose everything.
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You put new wine
and new wine skins
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to keep it fresh
as long as possible.
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So Paul tells us, "Do not
do anything that might make
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your brother stumble
if you love your brother".
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And it's not like we
live in a society today where,
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I'm dying of thirst,
there's nothing to drink.
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You go to the typical 711,
there's 500 things you can drink
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that don't have alcohol,
right, or the supermarket.
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So I know I spent some
time writing this because
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it's a problem in the
world and in our culture.
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With that in mind, tobacco is
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the second most costly
drug addiction in North America.
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And I understand
friends, some of you here
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I know are struggling.
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Many of you are watching I'm
sure you're struggling with it.
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I'm telling you,
you can get the victory.
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The Lord did it for me.
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My father smoked for
50 years and he quit.
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My grandfather smoked, I
think I told you, for 50 years,
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and he lived till 93.
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And the Lord your savior
is bigger than your devil.
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He can save you
from any addiction,
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but you've gotta make up
your mind you want to be free
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and ask Him for
help, and He will help you.
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and learn some more amazing
facts from the word of God.
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What mammals?
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Now God talks
about diet in the Bible.
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When we're going into foods,
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we talked about the
original ideal diet is
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going to be fruit, grains, nuts,
vegetables, so forth beans.
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But what about meat?
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Does God say
that you can eat meat?
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Yes, it's not the ideal,
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but the Bible does
say you can eat it.
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Which animals did He say
that we're permitted to eat?
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It tells us on
Leviticus, 11 verse three,
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"Whatever divides the
hoof, having the cloven hoof,
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the split hoof
and chewing the cud".
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It needed both categories.
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And this would be things
like the cow and the goat
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and the sheep and the deer.
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But there are some
animals that had a cloven hoof
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but that doesn't chew the cud
like a camel, they're unclean.
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I know some of you are going
to have to go home and take
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the camel steak out
of your refrigerator.
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Remember what Jesus said,
the scribes and the Pharisees,
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He said, "You're hypocrites
because you strain your water so
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that you will not swallow a
gnat, but you swallow a camel".
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You strain a gnat
and you swallow a camel.
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And He said,
"You're being hypocrites".
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They were not
supposed to eat camel.
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What about these sea creatures?
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What does God say in
His word are safe to eat
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of those things
that are in the sea?
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What fish and seafood are clean?
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Leviticus, 11 verse
nine, "These you may eat
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of all that are in the water.
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Whatever is in the water
that has fins and scales,
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that you may eat."
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And He did these two categories
together, fins and scales.
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I heard that the Navy
years ago wanted to have
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a survival book for its
sailors if they were stranded,
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a ship went down and
they're in a life boat
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and they want to know what
sea creatures they could eat.
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Some are poisonous.
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And so they did a bunch of
research using your tax dollars,
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and after years of research,
they came up with the rule.
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They said, "If it's
got fins and scales,
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it's probably safe".
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They ended up
saying what the Bible said.
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But it goes on to say
in Leviticus 11 verse 10,
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"But all that are in
the seas and in the rivers
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that do not have fins and
scales that move in the waters
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or any living thing
which is in the water,
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they are an abomination to you".
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Now that would mean oysters.
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You realize that
they're on the bottom,
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they're called bottom
feeders, they clean the water.
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I think we have
one president that died
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from eating
contaminated shellfish.
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Lobsters, shrimp, I used to
love, I used to catch lobster
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and shrimp cocktail,
and one of the few animals
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that served with a
digestinal tract still in it.
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And it can be very toxic
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that God does not want
us eating those things.
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And even if you didn't know
what the medical reasons were,
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it should be enough
that God says don't do it.
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It's not like
there's nothing else to eat.
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What about the birds, does
God have a category for them?
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It doesn't have a simple
rule, like the cloven hoof
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and chewing the cud or
the fins and the scales.
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But as you look at the
different birds, probably
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the best rule of thumb is
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the foraging
birds were safe to eat.
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Those are the
birds like the chicken.
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The Bible says the dove
and the quail, the grouse,
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they go around, the
turkey, they peck the seeds
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and they're the
forging birds like that.
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The birds of carrion and
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the other birds
were declared unclean.
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And here it says
Leviticus, 11:15 and 16,
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"Every raven after
its kind, the ostrich,
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the short aired owl,
the sea gull and the hawk
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after it's kind,
they're unclean".
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You're not supposed
to eat owls and buzzards.
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Someone's going to
write down, "What about duck?"
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Well, duck are in the
swan category and it says in
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the Bible they're unclean also.
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And I even know
Jewish friends that eat duck,
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but technically
they would be unclean.
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Are the laws about the clean
and the unclean animals part of
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Moses' ceremonial law
that ended at the cross?
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Some people are saying, "Oh,
those are the laws of the Jews,
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those are health
laws for the Jews.
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The distinction between
clean and unclean animals,
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that's a Jewish law, it
was nailed to the cross."
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Is a Jewish stomach different
from anyone else's stomach?
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No, and by the way,
the typical Jewish lifespan
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of the Orthodox
Jews is among the oldest.
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So there must be
something to some of it.
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was Noah Jewish?
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It's not a trick question, No.
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Anyone here related to Noah?
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Everybody, I hope,
or you're an alien.
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The Bible tells us
that Noah made a distinction
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between the
clean and the unclean.
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Genesis seven verse one
and two, "Come into the ark,
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you and all your
household, and you shall take
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with you seven of
each, every clean animal,
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the male and it's female.
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Two of each
animal that are unclean,
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a male and it's female."
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Now one reason for
that was he also offered
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the clean animals as sacrifice.
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You're never supposed
to offer an unclean animal.
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One of the greatest insults
that you could ever offer God
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was to like, bring a
pig or a skunk or a vulture
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into the temple, saying,
"I brought you a sacrifice".
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You're only supposed to bring
a clean animal as a sacrifice.
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Those animals
could also be eaten.
00:19:08.88\00:19:10.91
Well, your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit.
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We're not supposed to bring
00:19:13.18\00:19:14.48
the unclean
things into that temple.
00:19:14.52\00:19:16.95
And pork, it is a
salt-laden, carcinogenic thing.
00:19:16.99\00:19:21.99
Pork, some people say,
"Oh, I eat the white meat".
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Pork is not a white meat.
00:19:28.26\00:19:29.70
When it talks about white
meat, it's talking about fish
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and chicken or turkey
or something like that.
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I used to have my
own meat business.
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I don't have the
picture on the screen anymore,
00:19:36.24\00:19:37.97
but I had a business called
00:19:38.01\00:19:39.81
Doug Bachelor's
Wholesale prime Beef Steaks.
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And I used to buy sections
of beef and butcher them
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and then I'd sell them.
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During that time when I
was living in the mountains,
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in the cave, I ate beans
and rice and I felt great.
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Not long after that,
I got the job butchering
00:19:52.75\00:19:54.82
and selling meat, and I
was eating sirloin steak
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and eggs for
breakfast and T-bone for dinner
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and New York steak for lunch.
00:20:01.23\00:20:03.47
And I mean, I was
eating meat three times a day,
00:20:03.50\00:20:05.20
'cause I had all
these prime cuts,
00:20:05.23\00:20:07.94
and I didn't feel very good.
00:20:07.97\00:20:09.37
And I know too much
of anything's not good,
00:20:10.54\00:20:13.34
but I went to a friend one
day, 'cause a customer said,
00:20:13.38\00:20:15.21
"Can you get me
some prime pork?"
00:20:15.24\00:20:16.98
And my butcher
friend, he laughed, he said,
00:20:17.95\00:20:19.25
"You can't get prime pork".
00:20:19.28\00:20:20.62
He said, "The US
department of agriculture,
00:20:20.65\00:20:22.05
they don't grade pork that way.
00:20:22.08\00:20:23.62
They print leaflets
that tell you to cook it good
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or you're going
to get trichina."
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And so that was never supposed
to be part of man's diet.
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Now does God say
that eating unclean food
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is a serious offense?
00:20:34.73\00:20:36.43
"Behold, the Lord
will come with fire."
00:20:37.57\00:20:40.04
This is Isaiah 66
verse 15 and verse 17.
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"The Lord will come with fire
00:20:43.27\00:20:45.21
and with his
chariots, like a whirlwind.
00:20:45.24\00:20:47.94
Those who sanctify
themselves, eating swine's flesh
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and the
abomination and the mouse
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shall be consumed together."
00:20:55.72\00:20:57.62
Wow, that's pretty clear.
00:20:57.65\00:20:58.99
Now He's not just
talking about Jews
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that break some Jewish
law, He's talking about
00:21:00.52\00:21:02.22
His second coming
and it's the people
00:21:02.26\00:21:04.06
that are defiling
their body temples.
00:21:04.09\00:21:06.49
And He puts the
abomination and mouse
00:21:06.53\00:21:10.17
in the same
category with swine's flesh.
00:21:10.20\00:21:13.07
And no one out there's
eating mouse burgers I'm hoping.
00:21:14.47\00:21:18.37
There are some places
where they're eating dogs still,
00:21:18.41\00:21:20.81
in different parts of the world,
00:21:20.84\00:21:22.41
but God did not
intend for us to eat pigs.
00:21:22.44\00:21:27.45
I used to take care
of pigs for my neighbor
00:21:28.62\00:21:30.12
and I always struggle to find
some new way to describe pigs.
00:21:30.15\00:21:33.59
And what I come up
with is, pigs are pigs.
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(audience
laughing) They're not clean.
00:21:36.42\00:21:37.86
That's one thing,
if you have a pet pig,
00:21:37.89\00:21:39.96
you can have a pet dog,
they're in the same category.
00:21:40.00\00:21:41.90
You won't eat your dog, I hope.
00:21:41.93\00:21:43.57
They're smart, but
they're scavengers.
00:21:43.60\00:21:46.77
The Bible says, "Do not
give what is holy unto the dogs,
00:21:46.80\00:21:49.84
do not cast your
pearls before swine.
00:21:49.87\00:21:52.41
As the dog returns to his vomit
00:21:52.44\00:21:54.51
and the pig to
wallowing in the mere."
00:21:54.54\00:21:56.51
The dog and the pig
are always bunched together
00:21:56.54\00:21:58.41
as the unclean
scavengers in the Bible.
00:21:58.45\00:22:00.92
You can have nice pet dogs,
00:22:00.95\00:22:02.25
but you're not
supposed to eat them.
00:22:02.28\00:22:04.09
The Bible says
it's an abomination.
00:22:04.12\00:22:05.85
Jews around the world,
even Muslims know this.
00:22:07.02\00:22:09.79
It's a basic Bible teaching,
it's not just for the Jews.
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What about Peter's
vision in Acts chapter 10?
00:22:14.30\00:22:16.40
Peter is invited to go to the
house of Cornelius, a Gentile.
00:22:16.43\00:22:21.24
Before he goes, he's on his
roof praying and he's hungry.
00:22:21.27\00:22:24.17
And while he is
on his roof praying,
00:22:24.21\00:22:26.31
he goes into a
trance, he sees this vision.
00:22:26.34\00:22:29.01
And this sheet held
together at the four corners
00:22:29.04\00:22:31.78
is lowered from the heavens.
00:22:31.81\00:22:33.31
And in this big sheet, think
of like a circus tent sheet,
00:22:33.35\00:22:37.92
it's full of all
these unclean animals.
00:22:37.95\00:22:40.56
And he hears a
voice from heaven saying,
00:22:40.59\00:22:41.99
"Arise Peter, kill and eat".
00:22:42.02\00:22:44.43
Peter responds and
says, "Not so Lord,
00:22:44.46\00:22:47.03
I have never eaten
anything common or unclean".
00:22:47.03\00:22:50.07
It's all in Acts chapter 10.
00:22:50.10\00:22:51.53
Peter says, "I have never eaten
anything common or unclean".
00:22:51.57\00:22:54.77
This is years after Jesus died.
00:22:54.80\00:22:56.67
If Jesus had been
teaching you can eat anything,
00:22:56.71\00:22:58.91
Peter, would've
been eating other things.
00:22:58.94\00:23:00.64
He says, "I have never eaten
anything common or unclean".
00:23:00.68\00:23:02.91
Three times a sheet
comes down, three times
00:23:02.94\00:23:05.45
Peter says, "Not so Lord".
00:23:05.48\00:23:06.92
He thinks it's a test, he says,
"I'm going with Your word".
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.02
And then the sheet goes
up and Peter's wondering
00:23:10.05\00:23:12.42
"What does this mean?"
00:23:12.45\00:23:14.82
There's a knock on the door,
the Gentiles are inviting Peter
00:23:14.86\00:23:18.09
to come and to preach to them.
00:23:18.13\00:23:20.36
But a Jew is not supposed to
go into the home of a Gentile
00:23:20.40\00:23:23.20
and not supposed
to eat with them.
00:23:23.23\00:23:25.10
And God says, "Go
with them, trust in me".
00:23:25.13\00:23:28.44
Later, Peter
recounting the story,
00:23:28.47\00:23:30.44
he says, Acts chapter 10:28,
00:23:30.47\00:23:33.34
"God has shown me
that I should not call
00:23:33.38\00:23:36.48
any pig unclean,
any man unclean".
00:23:36.51\00:23:41.32
The purpose of
the vision had nothing
00:23:41.35\00:23:42.88
to do with food articles.
00:23:42.92\00:23:44.55
God was telling the Jews,
"You can now go to the Gentiles,
00:23:44.59\00:23:47.86
do not call the
Gentiles unclean."
00:23:47.89\00:23:50.66
That was the
reason of the vision.
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He used the
metaphors and the pictures
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that a Jew would understand.
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But the Lord is still
clear that our bodies are
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the temple of the Holy Spirit.
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He did not take
away the health laws,
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He still wants us to
care about our health.
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Will people in
heaven kill and eat animals?
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What does the Bible say?
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"The Wolf will
dwell with the lamb.
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The leopard will lie
down with the young goat.
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The calf and the young
lion and the fatling together,
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and a little
child will lead them."
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Again, "They will
not hurt or destroy
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in all my holy mountain".
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The animals will
not eat each other.
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So friends, are we
going to kill and eat them?
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The Bible tells
us, Revelation 21:4,
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"There is no more death".
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Nothing dies, and we will
not be killing and eating them.
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So how do I make
these lifestyle changes
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that will please the Lord?
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Not only please the
Lord, make you feel better,
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help you be a better servant.
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How do you do that, how do you
make these practical changes?
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I mean let's face it, you get
into a rut of lifestyle habit
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and it's hard to break.
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Well, you learned your
habits, you'll learn new ones.
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With God's help,
everything can change.
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There's a
promise in Ezekiel 11:18,
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"They will take away
the detestable things".
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When you realize
there's something in your life
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that doesn't please
the Lord, throw it away.
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One day I had to
throw my cigarettes away.
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One day I had to pour
my alcohol down the drain
00:25:16.64\00:25:19.08
and I stopped drinking.
00:25:19.11\00:25:21.05
And there was a struggle
for a while, but you know what?
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I don't struggle
anymore because you change,
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you replace it
with something good.
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You overcome your habits.
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He says, "I will
give them a new heart
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and I'll put a new spirit
within them that they might walk
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in My statutes and keep
My judgements and do them".
00:25:35.10\00:25:38.67
Having healthy bodies and clear
minds help us to comprehend
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the things that we're
going to be getting into.
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God wants you body, soul
and spirit in the last days.
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