We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the
tribulation and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ
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to reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America
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must hear these
three angels' messages.
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear,
we are living in an unusual hour
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the last grains
of sand are trickling
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through the hourglass of
time and the door of probation
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is about to swing shut.
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In this edition of
Amazing Prophecies,
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we are going to
explore my topic tonight,
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"Showdown in Babylon. "
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Showdown in Babylon.
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Before we go to
Ancient Babylon, however,
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let's go to Ancient
Egypt. Are you ready?
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It's the cheapest
ticket you'll ever get.
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Were the ancient
Egyptians healthy?
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What do you think is the
resounding answer to that one?
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In 1975 a team of
specialists performed autopsies
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on Egyptian Mummies at
the Manchester Medical School
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in England in that museum
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and these
mummies, they discovered,
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dated back to 1900 years
B.C. what does that mean?
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Before Christ...
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The ancient Egyptians suffered
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from many illness that
are common to man today.
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They discovered that
the prevalent diseases
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in Ancient Egypt run
parallel today, of course,
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Heart Disease, Cancer,
Obesity, High Blood Pressure,
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Diabetes,
Arthritis, Hepatitis, so then,
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Egypt was the educational
and cultural center of the world
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during Moses' lifetime
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and Ancient Egyptian medical
knowledge and remedies were,
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if you don't mind
me making it plain,
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they were downright crazy.
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As a matter of fact, in
1552, the famous medical book
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written in
Egypt was Payrus Ebers
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and this book lists
scores of remedies or "cures"
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for a host of diseases,
infections and accidents
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and this was
barbaric medicine, I must say.
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Ancient Egyptian medicine
and health is an interesting,
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fascinating study, as a
matter of fact this book
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recommends
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a prescription for slivers
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all you have to
do is a combination
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of rubbing worm's blood
and horse dung into the wound
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and you should be all
set... according to this book.
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For a snake
bite... no problem...
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drink water... just
pour it over an idol first,
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and for lost
hair... listen up men...
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rub into the scalp a tonic
of horses' hoofs, date blossoms
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and dog heels... it's
got to be boiled in oil
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and you'll have
your remedy for the day.
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Well, Moses was educated in
all the wisdom of the Egyptians
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according to
Acts 7 and verse 22.
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However, consider
the stark contrast
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between his inspired
first five books of the Bible
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and the prescription for
optimum health and vitality...
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compare that to what
was prevalent knowledge
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of medical cures
among the ancient Egyptians.
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Their cures there... contrast
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with the prevention
mode of health in God's Word.
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Consider this, "Moses was
one hundred and twenty years old
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when he died.
His eyes were not dim
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nor his natural vigor
abated. " Deuteronomy 34:7
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As a matter of
fact, this man Moses,
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at the age of a
hundred and twenty,
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you remember... he
climbed the mountain
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and then after that
long hike up that mountain
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at the age of one
hundred and twenty,
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what's your excuse?
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He, there at
the top, fell asleep
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the Bible calls
death but a sleep...
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fell asleep in the
Lord's arms, as it were,
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his mental acuteness,
his mental rationing power,
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his discrimination, his memory,
his eyesight were just fine.
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How many would
like to be like Moses?
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Amen... well, you'd
better start hiking.
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You know, we spend
billions and billions of dollars
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on healthcare but it seems like
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we're no better off
than the ancient Egyptians.
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We'll spend $500 billion
by 2020 according to a source:
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United Health: US of
Diabetes November 2010,
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so we are in a financial
crisis and a financial crunch
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largely due to
our unhealthy habits,
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our unhealthy lifestyle
practices... it is costing us...
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well, it sky rocketed.
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On an average day...
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2,000 Americans
die of heart disease,
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1,000 Americans die of cancer,
400 Americans die from strokes.
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That's a day in
the life in America.
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Do you want some sobering facts?
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I've got them
here for you tonight.
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Americans are
profoundly unhealthy
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1 in 5 smoke...
I was among them.
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1 in 4 adults is obese.
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1 in 5 adults has cholesterol
levels above 200 mg/dl
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and preventable illnesses
make up approximately 80%
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of the burden of illness
and 90% of all healthcare costs.
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We are digging our grave
with our fork, here in America,
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and indeed most
diseases are preventable.
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Diabetes statistics,
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By 2020, an estimated 52
percent of the adult population
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will have
diabetes or pre-diabetes.
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Wow! we're no better off
than the ancient Egyptians.
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The cost of Diabetes...
a whopping $174 billion:
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total costs of
diagnosed diabetes
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in the United States in 2007.
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So what is one of Americans'
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most nagging fear
about their health?
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That horrible
fear-inducing word: Cancer.
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How many have known
someone who have died of Cancer
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or... who have been diagnosed
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with Cancer raise your hand...
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that's far the
most majority of us.
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Many turn to pills with
names they cannot pronounce
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and with side
affects they cannot compute.
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The big question is:
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Is health a matter
of chance or choice?
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What do you
think? Yell it out...
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Choice... Do our
lifestyle choices
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really make a
decisive difference?
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Our greatest need is not a pill.
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Our greatest need
is for a lifestyle.
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So, therefore,
there are simply and only
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two types of approaches to life:
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Indulging in the flesh
and destroying your health,
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trashing your health,
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or have a life
of self-discipline
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and self-control in the Spirit.
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How many agree...
you can't go both ways.
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It's either the Spirit or
the flesh that will rule...
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Is that clear? Yes or no?
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The evidence is clear
that this is a generation
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of instant gratification
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and lack of all self-restraint
and self-discipline.
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"We reap what we sow to
the flesh and the Spirit. "
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Galatians 6 verse 7
makes it very clear,
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"God is not mocked: a
man will reap what he sows. "
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So, let's sow
right... what do you say?
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So, what is in
the news everyday?
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Health news... relatively
I know it can be confusing
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the building during the raid
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the barrage of
all sorts of research,
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incredible
physicians getting honored,
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credible medical researchers
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saying this... that
and the other thing,
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they seem to contradict...
but through it all...
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the average
American has an opportunity
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to know a lot
about how to be healthy.
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Well, guess what...
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Front page Time
Magazine, a while back,
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"The Science of Staying Healthy,
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Want to keep the doctors away?
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New discoveries can
help prevent everything
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from obesity to
cancer to heart disease. "
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I mean, come on, it's
in the news... Front page!
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so I got a question for you.
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Despite all the
knowledge about health,
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we are still an
unhealthy society!
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Because knowledge...
we're not following it,
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there's a contradiction,
would you agree...
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our generation is a
personification of contradiction
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Why? What did the
Apostle Paul predict
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would be one of the
chief characteristics of people
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in the last days
that impacts their health?
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Well, go with me to
2nd Timothy chapter 3,
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you want to learn
something tonight? Say you do.
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2nd Timothy chapter 3,
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"But know this that
in the last days... "
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that's where we're
at, "perilous times... "
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that is... "times of... "
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in my Bible it says,
"times of stress... "
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but what causes the stress?
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Would you agree?
Stress is a killer.
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Stress can kill
you... if it's excessive.
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"Brothers, but know
this that in the last days
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perilous times will come"
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and then he gives a litany...
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a catalogue of 19 prevailing
sins that will permeate
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the "last-day generation. "
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"For men will be
lovers of themselves,
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lovers of money,
boasters, proud, blasphemers,
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disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy,"
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unloving... unforgiving...
keep that in mind...
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"unforgiving... " Hmmm...
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Does that have
an impact on health?
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Can a bitter person
result in bitter health?
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Notice here, the Bible says here
as we continue with this litany
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in this long laundry
list of prevailing sins,
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without
self-control, slanderers...
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without self-control.
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That really sums up
what's going on here in America?
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We are without
self-control, we have gone wild,
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out of bounds, notice here...
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unforgiving, unloving,
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would you rather be
an unforgiving person
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and really, really
wreck havoc on your health
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and take a toll on your body?
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I want you to notice here
because love is healing, amen,
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love is healing.
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Say that with me...
love is healing, amen,
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and I want you to notice
here slanderers... without...
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listen to this...
without self-control.
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Brutal, despisers of good,
traitors, headstrong, haughty,
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notice that headstrong...
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that's kind of like you know
better but you're headstrong...
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going in the wrong direction.
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Notice here,
headstrong, haughty...
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lovers of
pleasure, that's the problem.
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We love pleasure so much
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we don't care what
it's doing to our health.
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Notice here...
"lovers of pleasure,
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rather than lovers of God;
having a form of godliness,
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but denying its power
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and from such men or from
such people... turn away. "
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What is Paul saying?
He's saying that these people
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that are without self-control,
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even many of them
have a form of godliness
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but they don't have the power
of a transformed changed life.
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Would you agree...
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we need to have
power to have self-control,
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power to take care of our body,
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power to overcome addiction,
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power to resist the pull of
indulging in unhealthy appetite
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and so I want
you to notice here,
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I want you to notice here
the American Standard Diet
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is a... here's
an acronym for you,
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American Standard Diet
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or the Standard
American Diet is a "SAD Diet. "
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"Americans eat an average of,"
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and I just find this
absolutely astounding,
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"an average of 32
teaspoons of sugar
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each day in their foods. "
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Now, some of you all are
eating my share of sugar,
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it got quiet all of a sudden,
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you're saying, "don't be
messing with my chocolate. "
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Our U.S.
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Department of Agriculture,
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well, let me tell you something
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one little piece of chocolate
isn't going to ruin you
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but we go
beyond that apparently,
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"32 teaspoons of sugar
each day in their food"
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can you say, "Sugar
high leads to sugar low
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which leads to sugar blues"
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no wonder jazz is popular,
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"Smoking-related diseases
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claim over 393,000
American lives each year.
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Cigarette smoke
contains over 4,800 chemicals,
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69 of which are
known to cause cancer. "
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And I am just appalled that
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I actually was a
"chimney" at one time.
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You know... smoke coming
out of every crack and crevice.
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I mean... I smoked two packs
of cigarettes named Viceroy...
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I don't know if
they make it anymore.
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I don't know...
but all I know is...
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let me tell you something,
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even though they
tasted horrible sometimes,
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I was addicted.
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I know what it's
like to be addicted.
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I know what it's like
to be ruled and controlled,
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I had this passion of
the flesh to inhale smoke.
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I thought you call
the Fire Department
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when there's smoke in the house.
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All right... we are a
generation of addictions.
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By the way, you
can overcome smoking.
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I overcame smoking by
the power of decision.
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I wish I could say that
I'd given my heart to the Lord
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and then quit smoking,
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but even before I
gave my heart to the Lord,
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I made a decision...
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"I'm sick and tired
of being sick and tired,
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I am through with smoking,
and at the same time I quit...
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basically almost like an
alcoholic... I quit drinking,
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I quit smoking, I quit toking,
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I quit those illicit drugs,
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I did it all in one shot.
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I know that there
is power in decision.
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Thank God that I
have Jesus Christ
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to keep me that way, amen,
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because many people,
you know, they quit...
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but then they
lapse back into it,
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how many agree...
Jesus keeps you from falling.
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Jude verse 24,
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so there's a generation
of addictions... of today...
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you know there are two big
lies that are very prevalent
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you know, the Bible says
in Revelation chapter 12,
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Revelation 12 verse 9
says that the devil...
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the devil was
kicked out of heaven
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and what does the Bible tell us?
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He came down here to earth,
we opened the door to him,
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and opened the floodgates
of woe and sin and suffering
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and what happened as
a direct result of this?
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He is deceiving
us, he is the deceiver.
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Revelation 12:7 and
9 make it very clear
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that he deceived one
third of the celestial host.
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Would you agree... he's really
got the science of deception
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he's got it really perfected
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and so there are two big
lies that he has hatched.
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"It doesn't matter
how I treat my body.
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Number two, I can't have
victory over these bad habits. "
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Would you agree... "the
truth shall set us free"
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if the Son sets you
free... you are free indeed!
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I like to say... "forever free"
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can you say, "Amen"
that's John 8 and verse 36.
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So, what did Jesus say about
those living in the end of time?
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Well, take your
Bible and turn with me
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to Luke chapter 21,
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we got to keep our foot
on the accelerator tonight,
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is that okay... and
so we're going to cover
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a lot of territory here on
this very important subject
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so we're looking here at
Luke chapter 21 and verse 34,
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"But take heed to yourselves,
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lest your hearts be
weighed down with carousing,
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that is... dissipation,
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drunkenness... that is
affecting your thinking,
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your thinking is not
clear, drunkenness...
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and drunkenness is not just
from consumption of alcohol,
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you can eat in such a way
where you cloud your brain.
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Hmmm... is that
true? How many agree...
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you can eat so much sugar
that you can go into shock.
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It doesn't just take alcohol to
impair your reason and judgment.
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People are, I
believe, not only drunk today
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because of alcohol consumption
but they are also being drunk
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by their poor lifestyle
choices in their customary diet
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and what they're eating there
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there's death in the
kitchen, that's all I can say,
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and so, I want
you to notice here,
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drunkenness... drunkenness...
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in other words...
it's possible for a person
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after they go there
and have five big Macs
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and a couple of milk shakes
and French fries and so forth,
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it's possible...
after that you know what?
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You cannot even think straight,
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all you want to do is
"lie down in front of the TV"
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I call that "drunkenness"
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"and cares of this life...
" that sounds like stress
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"and that day come
on you unexpectedly,
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for it will come as a snare
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on all those that dwell on
the face of the whole earth.
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Watch therefore,
and pray always,"
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the main idea about
taking care of our body
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is so that we can pray always
lest we enter into big-time,
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end-time
deceptions and temptations.
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Would you agree? You
need to have that clear mind
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you need to be able
to have a clear mind
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to discern
temptation and resist it,
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and to be able to
discern the voice of God
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and to pray to God,
morning, noon and night,
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to pray without
ceasing, pray always,
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pray always...
would you agree...
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it helps to have a clear
mind when you want to pray.
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And so I want you to notice here
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this is the
anti-thesis of drunkenness,
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and carousing...
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Notice, "pray always,
watch, stay alert, stay sober,
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that you may be counted worthy
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to escape all these
things that will come to pass
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and to stand
before the Son of man. "
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All right, now take your Bible,
turn with me to Luke chapter 17,
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Luke chapter 17...
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So, Jesus was talking
about earth's final generation
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and the
deplorable social condition
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that would exist
in the last days.
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I want you to notice
here, Luke chapter 17,
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Luke chapter 17...
we're looking there now
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at verses number 26 and onward,
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"And as it was
in the days of Noah,
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so it will also be in
the days of the Son of man.
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They ate, they
drank, they married wives,
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they were giving in marriage,
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until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
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and the flood came,
and destroyed them all. "
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Same thing in the days of Lot.
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"Likewise as it was
also in the days of Lot;
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they ate, they drank,
they bought, they sold,
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they planted and built;"
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I want you to
notice now Matthew 24
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go with me to Matthew chapter 24
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where we have... kind
of a parallel to this here
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and Matthew 24 verse 37
"But as the days of Noah were,
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so also will the
coming of the Son of man be.
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We're talking about the
second coming of Christ.
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The climax of the ages,
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how many are
pulsating "with a blessed hope
00:20:34.23\00:20:36.56
the glorious appearing of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ;"
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Titus 2:13.
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But as the days of Noah were
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so also will the
coming of the Son of man be,
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for as the days
before the flood... "
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What were they doing,
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what were they doing?
"They were eating... "
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"oh! he got to eat... "
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Yeah, but they were
taking it to excess,
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not only that... they
were eating the wrong things,
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I believe, many times,
00:20:57.39\00:20:58.72
and drinking...
you got to drink...
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your body
consists largely of water,
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what about 80%
of our body is water
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and much of the
illnesses common today,
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I believe, are attributable
to us walking around dehydrated.
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We don't drink enough, and so...
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drink enough... water, that is,
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and so, I want
you to notice here,
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by the way, you need about
8 to 10 glasses of water a day
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and when it's hot out
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and you're outside sweating,
you need more than that.
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Notice here... notice
here, "eating and drinking,
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marrying and giving in marriage,
00:21:30.12\00:21:32.45
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,"
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notice that...
"and giving in marriage"
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notice... "and did not
know until the flood came
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and took them all
away; so also will it be
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when the Son of man comes,
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will the coming of
the Son of man be. "
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Jesus makes a
striking, ominous parallel
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between the social conditions
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that prevailed
in the time of Noah
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and the days of Lot
in Sodom and Gomorrah,
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and our day, our
generation, American culture,
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in our Society.
00:22:03.12\00:22:04.45
We have much social
ills because we are mirroring
00:22:04.49\00:22:08.92
or mimicking, or should
I say, a repeat performance
00:22:08.96\00:22:13.40
of what was in
existence in the days of Noah.
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Jesus predicted it and
it's happening, would you agree?
00:22:16.73\00:22:21.07
You can take the
Bible in one hand
00:22:21.10\00:22:22.67
and your remote control
to CNN, Fox News or whatever
00:22:22.70\00:22:25.87
with the other hand and
you can see an eerie match.
00:22:25.91\00:22:28.94
I'm going to agree, we
must be willing to be different
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"come out from among them
and be separate" says the Lord,
00:22:31.91\00:22:34.78
"and then I will receive
you, and be a father to you
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you shall be my
sons and daughters. "
00:22:37.72\00:22:40.16
2nd Corinthians 6
and verses 16 and 17,
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and so, what are two major
problems with how Americans eat?
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You know, I told one
man... I was in a home and...
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I don't know...
somewhere along the way,
00:22:53.10\00:22:55.24
I said, "You know,
you are what you eat"
00:22:55.27\00:22:57.34
and he said, "Well
then, I'm a potato chip. "
00:22:57.37\00:23:00.28
All right... that
was in Rolla, Missouri,
00:23:00.31\00:23:03.21
by the way... all right...
00:23:03.24\00:23:05.28
"Eating the wrong food...
" that's what we're doing,
00:23:05.31\00:23:07.55
that's what we're guilty of.
00:23:07.62\00:23:08.95
Eating the wrong food
or eating too much food
00:23:08.98\00:23:12.95
or both... you know
Esau was tested over appetite
00:23:12.99\00:23:18.06
and foolishly, he put
food before his love to God
00:23:18.09\00:23:23.10
and was willing to
give up his birthright,
00:23:23.13\00:23:25.23
in other words, he
was willing to say,
00:23:25.27\00:23:27.30
"I don't care about the
future, I give it all up.
00:23:27.34\00:23:30.11
I'll give everything up
00:23:30.14\00:23:32.61
if I can just go ahead
and have instant gratification
00:23:32.64\00:23:36.64
in the here and the now. "
00:23:36.68\00:23:38.65
If everyone would make decisions
00:23:38.68\00:23:40.95
based on time and
eternity and destiny,
00:23:40.98\00:23:44.52
let me tell you something,
we would make better choices.
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We have to make choices that our
seed is sown in a positive way
00:23:48.46\00:23:55.10
in character development.
00:23:55.13\00:23:57.20
The only thing we take to heaven
00:23:57.23\00:23:58.77
is our character
and the choices we make
00:23:58.80\00:24:01.40
including lifestyle
choices, a "make" of who we are.
00:24:01.44\00:24:05.24
Our character is made up of
the sum total of our choices
00:24:05.27\00:24:10.85
and our choices are a
reflection of where the heart is
00:24:10.88\00:24:16.69
and the Bible's very clear
that God will have a people
00:24:16.72\00:24:21.56
that have put on the
robe of Christ's righteousness
00:24:21.59\00:24:26.39
and they want to
do what pleases Jesus,
00:24:26.43\00:24:30.87
they put on His robe... the
wife hath made herself ready
00:24:30.90\00:24:34.77
what is that robe?
Revelation 19:7 to 9
00:24:34.80\00:24:37.31
we have focused on
that several times.
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.61
What is that robe?
That's Christ's righteousness.
00:24:39.67\00:24:41.78
How does she get
ready? By putting that on.
00:24:41.81\00:24:43.95
What does that mean?
She wants to be like Jesus.
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Oh, did Jesus have self-control?
Did Jesus indulge in appetite?
00:24:46.41\00:24:52.65
No, would you agree,
Jesus is our shining example.
00:24:52.69\00:24:56.09
His power is in our heart.
00:24:56.12\00:24:58.66
"greater is he that is in you,
than he that is in the world. "
00:24:58.69\00:25:01.63
1 John 4:4.
00:25:01.66\00:25:03.00
You could overcome,
because He overcame.
00:25:03.03\00:25:05.47
People are throwing
it all away, come on now,
00:25:05.50\00:25:08.80
our character consists
largely of... what defines us?
00:25:08.87\00:25:14.14
Our habits... you
know... some habits,
00:25:14.18\00:25:18.65
that are not necessarily
the most critical habits
00:25:18.68\00:25:22.42
like... what shoe do
you usually put on first,
00:25:22.48\00:25:26.82
what's your habit? It
really is of no consequence.
00:25:26.86\00:25:31.16
Do you exercise or not?
00:25:31.19\00:25:35.36
Now we're getting
in the big leagues.
00:25:35.40\00:25:37.93
Do you drink water?
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.04
Now, we're talking
major concern here...
00:25:40.07\00:25:43.17
I want you to think
about this, what is the connect
00:25:43.20\00:25:47.48
between the books of
Daniel and Revelation
00:25:47.51\00:25:50.61
and healthful living?
00:25:50.65\00:25:51.98
You say, "Mark, you got
to really show me this one. "
00:25:52.01\00:25:54.45
Well, I want you to
notice, very clearly,
00:25:54.48\00:25:57.15
that it was Jesus who
said that in the last days...
00:25:57.19\00:26:00.72
there would be drunkenness,
there would be Paul said,
00:26:00.76\00:26:03.53
stress, lack of self-control,
00:26:03.56\00:26:05.16
it all translates into
daily lifestyle choices,
00:26:05.19\00:26:09.40
so, that's
connected with Bible prophecy,
00:26:09.43\00:26:12.07
would you agree...
Jesus saying... about our day
00:26:12.10\00:26:14.47
would be like the days of Noah,
00:26:14.50\00:26:15.84
that is prophecy, but
let's go now to Revelation.
00:26:15.87\00:26:20.44
Let's go now to
the book of Revelation,
00:26:20.48\00:26:22.88
let's go to the
book of Revelation,
00:26:22.91\00:26:25.28
all right... and
let's look there...
00:26:25.31\00:26:27.65
Revelation chapter 14...
00:26:27.68\00:26:29.78
Revelation chapter
14, verses 6 and 7,
00:26:29.82\00:26:32.85
in the center of
the book of Revelation,
00:26:32.89\00:26:35.99
you have here depicted in
graphic, symbolic language
00:26:36.02\00:26:39.59
earth's final call,
earth's final call...
00:26:39.63\00:26:44.20
God's last messages of mercy
00:26:44.23\00:26:47.10
that are pictured
by these three angels
00:26:47.14\00:26:49.60
that are doing
flyovers on Planet Earth
00:26:49.67\00:26:52.11
and these are messages,
00:26:52.14\00:26:54.11
these are messages that must go
to earth's remotest boundaries
00:26:54.14\00:26:57.95
they must circle the
globe swiftly before Jesus comes
00:26:57.98\00:27:01.95
and included in
these messages is what?
00:27:01.98\00:27:06.05
Is it prophetic? It
is. Is it practical? It is.
00:27:06.09\00:27:10.09
Is it the gospel?
Yes, the eternal gospel.
00:27:10.13\00:27:14.06
"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven
00:27:14.10\00:27:16.97
having the everlasting
gospel... " to do what?
00:27:17.00\00:27:20.80
"Preach to those
who dwell on the earth
00:27:20.84\00:27:23.04
and to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people
00:27:23.07\00:27:25.17
saying with a loud voice...
it's compelling... it's urgent.
00:27:25.21\00:27:28.14
"Fear God and give... " what?
00:27:28.18\00:27:31.28
"glory to Him
00:27:31.31\00:27:33.05
for the hour of
His judgment is come"
00:27:33.08\00:27:36.08
and here it is...
underline it, highlight it,
00:27:36.12\00:27:38.72
memorize it...
"worship Him who made"
00:27:38.75\00:27:42.09
or created... "heaven and earth,
00:27:42.12\00:27:44.23
the sea and the
springs of waters,"
00:27:44.26\00:27:45.59
would you agree? He made you...
00:27:45.63\00:27:47.40
He created you...
00:27:47.43\00:27:48.90
and here we are "called to
worship the one who made us
00:27:48.93\00:27:52.03
after His image. "
00:27:52.07\00:27:53.40
How many are
thankful He made you like Him?
00:27:53.44\00:27:56.91
Can you say,
"Amen" after His image...
00:27:56.97\00:28:00.28
I want you to notice here,
this is the "Everlasting gospel
00:28:00.31\00:28:04.48
to preach to every nation"
00:28:04.51\00:28:07.38
but what is embraced
00:28:07.42\00:28:09.95
in that gospel
message, what is embraced?
00:28:09.98\00:28:14.29
The health message.
A healthy lifestyle.
00:28:14.32\00:28:18.59
Doesn't God want
us to be healthy,
00:28:18.63\00:28:23.23
full of vitality,
00:28:23.26\00:28:24.97
be able to have
concentration ability,
00:28:25.03\00:28:27.97
be able to think clearly
00:28:28.00\00:28:29.87
have some vitality,
00:28:29.90\00:28:31.57
some whim and vigor and energy?
00:28:31.61\00:28:34.24
How many would like
a little more energy
00:28:34.28\00:28:35.91
can I hear an Amen... if
you can have enough energy?
00:28:35.94\00:28:37.88
All right... very good...
00:28:37.91\00:28:39.25
"Beloved, I wish above all
things that thou mayest prosper
00:28:39.28\00:28:44.39
and be in health. "
00:28:44.45\00:28:47.76
God wants us to be healthy.
00:28:47.79\00:28:49.86
3rd John verse 2.
00:28:49.89\00:28:51.53
Jesus said, "... I am
come that they might have life,
00:28:51.56\00:28:54.43
and that they might
have it" what everyone?
00:28:54.46\00:28:57.33
"more abundantly. "
00:28:57.37\00:28:58.97
John 10 and verse 10,
that's in the heart of God,
00:28:59.03\00:29:01.70
so does God want us to
celebrate our health every day?
00:29:01.74\00:29:04.41
Psalm 146 verse 2,
read it together with me.
00:29:04.44\00:29:07.18
"While I live I
will praise the Lord:
00:29:07.24\00:29:09.94
I will sing praises to my God
00:29:09.98\00:29:12.25
while I have my being. "
00:29:12.28\00:29:13.65
Would you agree...
00:29:13.72\00:29:15.05
our being is
made for praising God
00:29:15.08\00:29:18.05
because He's worthy of our love,
He's worthy of our worship,
00:29:18.09\00:29:21.59
the Lamb was slain, we
were made by our Creator,
00:29:21.62\00:29:24.93
He is worthy of our
adoration and our praise
00:29:24.96\00:29:27.90
and would you agree...
00:29:27.93\00:29:29.30
the way you take
care of your body
00:29:29.33\00:29:31.03
that is one way you honor God,
00:29:31.07\00:29:33.13
you worship God, you obey God,
00:29:33.20\00:29:35.20
and so, what was
one of the primary ways
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.51
Jesus ministered to people
00:29:38.54\00:29:40.24
in conjunction with Him
preaching the good news?
00:29:40.28\00:29:45.25
Jesus is the same
yesterday, today... forever...
00:29:45.28\00:29:50.45
Hebrews 13 verse 8,
00:29:50.49\00:29:51.82
Jesus is the lover of the sinner
00:29:51.85\00:29:55.29
Jesus is the lover of our soul
and Jesus cares about our health
00:29:55.32\00:30:02.30
He cares, He feels...
00:30:02.36\00:30:05.53
the Bible says
in Isaiah 63 verse 9
00:30:05.57\00:30:07.60
it says, "in all our
affliction He was afflicted. "
00:30:07.64\00:30:10.84
How many agree
that Jesus has feelings?
00:30:10.87\00:30:12.84
When you hurt... He hurts...
00:30:12.87\00:30:16.54
now, I don't understand
00:30:16.58\00:30:17.98
how there is going
to be joy in heaven
00:30:18.01\00:30:19.55
over one sinner that
repents... in one second
00:30:19.58\00:30:21.68
and another
person is suffering...
00:30:21.72\00:30:23.25
dying on their bed
with Cancer I don't know,
00:30:23.28\00:30:26.62
I'll ask God and you'll ask God,
00:30:26.65\00:30:28.16
"How were you able
to do that, you know...
00:30:28.19\00:30:29.82
be happy and sad at the
same time... " I don't know...
00:30:29.86\00:30:31.73
but all I know is
I will not limit God.
00:30:31.79\00:30:34.56
But let me ask you this.
00:30:34.60\00:30:35.93
If you have children,
00:30:35.96\00:30:37.57
who suffers more,
00:30:37.60\00:30:39.33
when your child
suffers, who suffers more?
00:30:39.37\00:30:41.80
Your child or you? The parents.
00:30:41.84\00:30:44.64
Think about that
when the Bible says,
00:30:44.67\00:30:47.21
"For God so loved the world
00:30:47.24\00:30:48.58
that He gave His only
begotten Son," how many agree?
00:30:48.61\00:30:50.81
the Father
suffered with His Son.
00:30:50.85\00:30:52.91
So what was one of the primary
ways Jesus ministered to people?
00:30:52.95\00:30:56.32
Look at the Scripture
in Matthew 4 verse 23,
00:30:56.38\00:30:59.75
"Now Jesus went
about all Galilee,
00:30:59.82\00:31:02.62
teaching in their synagogues,
00:31:02.66\00:31:04.49
preaching the
gospel of the kingdom,"
00:31:04.53\00:31:06.49
and what's the next
word? "and" everybody say "and"
00:31:06.53\00:31:10.07
and... in other words, by
implication that's saying,
00:31:10.10\00:31:13.64
"we're not done yet,
we're not finished yet,
00:31:13.67\00:31:16.30
we're not finished
with the full gospel... "
00:31:16.34\00:31:18.97
how many want the whole gospel
00:31:19.01\00:31:20.34
and nothing but
the gospel truth?
00:31:20.38\00:31:22.74
What is included
in that preaching,
00:31:22.78\00:31:26.28
and healing...
preaching and healing...
00:31:26.31\00:31:29.35
healing and preaching...
preaching and healing...
00:31:29.38\00:31:33.19
all kinds of sickness
and all kinds of diseases
00:31:33.22\00:31:36.96
among the people.
Matthew 4 verse 23...
00:31:37.03\00:31:41.33
no wonder crowds gathered
around to hear Jesus preach.
00:31:41.36\00:31:45.50
"So ought now this woman,
being a daughter of Abraham,
00:31:45.53\00:31:49.64
whom Satan has bound... "
00:31:49.67\00:31:51.01
that's where
suffering comes from,
00:31:51.04\00:31:53.38
"... think of
it... for eighteen years,
00:31:53.41\00:31:56.14
be loosed from
this bond on the... "
00:31:56.18\00:31:58.41
on what day did
He work this miracle?
00:31:58.45\00:32:00.62
Sabbath... the
Sabbath is a day for miracles.
00:32:00.65\00:32:05.15
Amen... so
that's Luke 13 verse 16
00:32:05.19\00:32:08.66
healed on the Sabbath,
00:32:08.69\00:32:10.03
and He got a bad rap
for that you remember...
00:32:10.06\00:32:13.16
What did Jesus
tell the disciples to do
00:32:13.19\00:32:17.93
in addition to their
preaching of the gospel?
00:32:17.97\00:32:21.50
What did He tell
them? "... heal the sick"
00:32:21.54\00:32:24.74
remember He
dispatched, He commissioned,
00:32:24.77\00:32:27.88
He mobilized the disciples...
the 70 were to go out
00:32:27.91\00:32:31.71
and preach and teach,
00:32:31.75\00:32:33.38
and they came back
all happy and joyful,
00:32:33.42\00:32:36.75
I mean... just unbridled joy
00:32:36.79\00:32:38.55
at what they were
able to accomplish
00:32:38.59\00:32:40.82
in the mighty name of
Jesus, and so, Jesus told them,
00:32:40.86\00:32:45.33
"Don't just preach...
you go out and you heal,
00:32:45.36\00:32:48.83
you work miracles in my name. "
00:32:48.86\00:32:51.67
"preaching the gospel
and healing everywhere. "
00:32:51.73\00:32:56.84
Luke 9:6...
that's what Jesus did
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.34
that's what the disciples did
00:32:59.37\00:33:01.88
and that's what is included
in the three angels' mission
00:33:01.91\00:33:07.22
and message that must go around
the world before Jesus comes
00:33:07.25\00:33:12.52
to prepare a people
ready to meet the Lord
00:33:12.55\00:33:16.19
in all His blazing glory
because without holiness,
00:33:16.22\00:33:19.89
no man shall see the Lord.
00:33:19.93\00:33:21.33
Hebrews 12 verse
14, so listen carefully,
00:33:21.36\00:33:25.20
take your Bible and turn with me
00:33:25.23\00:33:27.27
to a book that's
easy for me to remember,
00:33:27.30\00:33:29.47
Mark... all right,
let's go to the book of Mark
00:33:29.50\00:33:33.58
chapter 16... the
last chapter in that book,
00:33:33.61\00:33:36.95
okay, we're going to
go there, if you have it,
00:33:36.98\00:33:40.32
that's Mark chapter 16,
00:33:40.35\00:33:42.85
Mark chapter 16,
00:33:42.88\00:33:44.89
all right... all
right... Mark chapter 16
00:33:44.92\00:33:48.62
and this is powerful,
00:33:48.66\00:33:50.43
are we learning
something tonight?
00:33:50.46\00:33:51.83
Amen... Mark 16 verse 15,
00:33:51.89\00:33:56.16
"And he said to them,
'Go into all the world,
00:33:56.20\00:33:58.63
and preach the
gospel to every creature. '"
00:33:58.70\00:34:01.07
Isn't that what we read there
in Revelation 14 verse 6 and 7,
00:34:01.10\00:34:05.77
about the eternal gospel,
the three angels' messages
00:34:05.81\00:34:08.74
going around the
world before Jesus comes.
00:34:08.78\00:34:12.08
Notice here, this is
the gospel commission.
00:34:12.11\00:34:15.32
"He who believes and
is baptized will be saved,
00:34:15.35\00:34:17.99
but he who does not
believe will be condemned. "
00:34:18.02\00:34:21.72
Now, during this series
of Bible prophecy lectures,
00:34:21.79\00:34:25.46
we've already had
a couple of baptisms,
00:34:25.49\00:34:27.76
and I'm going to invite you
00:34:27.80\00:34:29.66
I'm going to invite you,
00:34:29.73\00:34:31.53
we're going to have
another baptism this Sabbath
00:34:31.57\00:34:34.14
and I invite you to
be part of that baptism,
00:34:34.17\00:34:36.67
either A... you've never
been baptized like Jesus,
00:34:36.71\00:34:39.91
or B... you want to be
re-baptized just like I was
00:34:39.94\00:34:43.14
and so, I want
you to notice here
00:34:43.18\00:34:45.48
that preaching and
baptism are inseparable here.
00:34:45.51\00:34:49.22
Do you see that... the
preaching of the gospel
00:34:49.25\00:34:52.82
and the response of
the gospel is baptism...
00:34:52.85\00:34:55.96
taking a stand for
Jesus... but that's not all
00:34:55.99\00:34:59.06
and these signs were followed...
00:34:59.09\00:35:01.00
those who believe in my name.
00:35:01.03\00:35:03.03
They will cast out demons,
00:35:03.06\00:35:05.00
they will speak
with new languages,
00:35:05.03\00:35:07.94
those were real
languages that were there,
00:35:07.97\00:35:11.17
in Acts chapter
2, Acts chapter 10,
00:35:11.21\00:35:14.01
Acts chapter 19...
00:35:14.04\00:35:15.54
these were real,
authentic languages
00:35:15.58\00:35:18.28
that were understood
00:35:18.31\00:35:19.91
by these various language groups
00:35:19.95\00:35:23.65
that were gathered together
in the day of Pentecost,
00:35:23.69\00:35:25.75
for example, and
we have a little book
00:35:25.79\00:35:28.19
if you're interested in
that particular subject,
00:35:28.22\00:35:30.33
that you can
receive, but let's go on here,
00:35:30.36\00:35:32.69
"They will take up serpents;
00:35:32.73\00:35:34.76
and if they
drink anything deadly,
00:35:34.80\00:35:36.97
it will by no means hurt
them;" notice the next part,
00:35:37.03\00:35:41.07
"they will lay hands on the
sick and they will recover. "
00:35:41.10\00:35:45.11
What is this telling us?
00:35:45.14\00:35:47.54
The Bible is telling us,
00:35:47.58\00:35:49.91
"Preach the gospel,
baptize, cast out demons,
00:35:49.94\00:35:56.58
lay hands on the sick... "
00:35:56.62\00:35:59.15
James chapter 5
talks about that...
00:35:59.19\00:36:01.29
"anoint them with oil,
00:36:01.32\00:36:02.69
and the prayer of
faith shall save the sick. "
00:36:02.72\00:36:05.16
And so, here we are talking
about healing of sickness,
00:36:05.19\00:36:10.37
healing of diseases,
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.53
healing of
whatever physical maladies,
00:36:12.57\00:36:15.30
or physical
disability someone can have.
00:36:15.34\00:36:18.14
God is still in the
business of healing.
00:36:18.17\00:36:20.98
However, parenthetically,
00:36:21.01\00:36:24.08
we don't always
understand God's will.
00:36:24.11\00:36:27.12
Why does He heal some
and others He doesn't heal?
00:36:27.15\00:36:30.69
Is it just because...
00:36:30.72\00:36:32.35
"well, some lack
faith and some don't"
00:36:32.39\00:36:34.39
well, there might be a
little element of truth in that
00:36:34.42\00:36:36.83
but let's be careful,
00:36:36.86\00:36:38.19
the Apostle Paul...
00:36:38.23\00:36:39.56
do you think he
had faith, yes or no?
00:36:39.59\00:36:41.20
He had a "thorn in the
flesh" as he called it,
00:36:41.26\00:36:45.60
in 2nd Corinthians 12: 9
and 10 in there... you remember
00:36:45.63\00:36:50.77
he sought the Lord
and pleaded with the Lord
00:36:50.81\00:36:53.88
to deliver him from
this thorn of the flesh,
00:36:53.91\00:36:56.91
this problem... this
physical ailment that he had
00:36:56.95\00:37:00.62
and he prayed that he would
be delivered from it three times
00:37:00.65\00:37:05.42
and the Lord said, "My
grace is sufficient for you"
00:37:05.45\00:37:08.89
He was not healed of
that disease liability,
00:37:08.92\00:37:13.43
he wasn't healed... I
don't understand all that
00:37:13.46\00:37:17.87
we don't have answers to
every question that nags us
00:37:17.90\00:37:22.37
but we have enough
answers to keep walking by faith
00:37:22.40\00:37:26.84
and not by sight.
2nd Corinthians 5:7.
00:37:26.88\00:37:29.64
Yes, we're going
to have a millennium
00:37:29.68\00:37:32.15
to ask questions,
how many are thankful?
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.85
The books are going to be opened
00:37:34.88\00:37:36.22
and we are going to ask any
question and get those answered,
00:37:36.25\00:37:39.02
and then, the New
Jerusalem shall descend
00:37:39.05\00:37:42.12
with the tree of life in it,
00:37:42.16\00:37:43.69
that has leaves for
the healing of the nations.
00:37:43.73\00:37:46.66
All right... let's go
on... so can you see the unique,
00:37:46.70\00:37:50.93
unbeatable combination:
preaching the gospel,
00:37:50.97\00:37:53.84
baptism in the name of
the Father, Son Jesus Christ,
00:37:53.87\00:37:57.94
and of the Holy
Spirit, by immersion,
00:37:57.97\00:38:00.28
and in addition to that,
the healthy lifestyle healing
00:38:00.31\00:38:06.35
program of God.
00:38:06.38\00:38:07.85
You say, "Mark, what
are you talking about?"
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.28
Healing Program and so forth.
00:38:09.32\00:38:11.05
How comprehensive is
the healing of Christ?
00:38:11.09\00:38:14.59
How comprehensive is it?
You remember on one occasion,
00:38:14.62\00:38:18.53
once again on a Sabbath,
there was a man paralyzed
00:38:18.56\00:38:22.43
that was lying down
by the pool of Bethesda
00:38:22.46\00:38:25.17
and he was in a
paralyzed condition
00:38:25.23\00:38:29.57
for 38 long, horrible years,
00:38:29.60\00:38:32.24
Jesus came to him and said,
00:38:32.27\00:38:34.48
"Would you like to get better,
00:38:34.54\00:38:36.88
would you like to be made well?"
00:38:36.91\00:38:39.18
That's an ultimate
rhetorical question
00:38:39.21\00:38:41.88
but I think Jesus
needs to ask it of all of us.
00:38:41.92\00:38:45.52
Do you really want to get better
00:38:45.55\00:38:46.99
because some people
really don't want to get better
00:38:47.06\00:38:49.19
and the proof is...
00:38:49.22\00:38:50.56
they just keep
doing what they're doing
00:38:50.59\00:38:52.63
digging their grave, so He said,
00:38:52.66\00:38:56.46
"Get up and walk. "
00:38:56.50\00:38:58.23
And this man
responded to the word of Christ.
00:38:58.27\00:39:01.87
He responded to the command
of Jesus to get up and walk.
00:39:01.90\00:39:05.81
In other words, he
set his will in motion.
00:39:05.84\00:39:09.24
He made a decision,
00:39:09.28\00:39:10.95
"I will follow
the word of Jesus. "
00:39:10.98\00:39:13.92
There is healing
in the Word of God.
00:39:13.95\00:39:16.89
By His stripes, we are healed.
00:39:16.92\00:39:20.06
Where did you
learn that? The Word.
00:39:20.09\00:39:22.32
Faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing of the Word of God.
00:39:22.36\00:39:25.56
Romans 10:17.
00:39:25.59\00:39:26.93
"We receive according to
our faith. " Matthew 9:29
00:39:26.96\00:39:30.53
So, we must have
faith to receive healing.
00:39:30.57\00:39:34.14
Let me make it clear,
00:39:34.17\00:39:35.50
"Faith is healing,
00:39:35.54\00:39:37.51
it's healing. "
00:39:37.57\00:39:39.51
Don't get me
wrong, Paul had that...
00:39:39.54\00:39:41.94
that didn't remove his thorn
of flesh, but I'll tell you what
00:39:42.14\00:39:45.01
there was still
healing in his heart,
00:39:45.05\00:39:46.72
still healing in his heart
00:39:46.75\00:39:49.42
because some people who come
down with a physical disease,
00:39:49.45\00:39:52.35
they become bitter towards God
and then it really eats them up.
00:39:52.39\00:39:55.82
And so, we are in
an imperfect world
00:39:55.86\00:39:58.53
but listen to what
He said to this man,
00:39:58.56\00:40:01.16
"See, you have been made well. "
00:40:01.20\00:40:03.67
This was the
follow up to the miracle,
00:40:03.70\00:40:07.00
"See, you have been made well.
00:40:07.04\00:40:09.37
Sin no more, lest a
worse thing come upon you. "
00:40:09.40\00:40:13.64
What was Jesus
saying to this man?
00:40:13.68\00:40:15.94
He's saying, "Now you're
better, you've been delivered,
00:40:15.98\00:40:20.62
you have your health
restored, now don't go back
00:40:20.65\00:40:24.19
to the destructive habits
that got you in that deplorable
00:40:24.22\00:40:27.22
condition in the first place. "
00:40:27.26\00:40:28.76
Don't go back to your
unhealthy lifestyle choices.
00:40:28.79\00:40:34.73
Whatever sins he
was committing before,
00:40:34.76\00:40:38.13
led him into this
paralyzed condition,
00:40:38.17\00:40:41.74
this paralysis,
and so the Lord said,
00:40:41.77\00:40:45.24
"Don't destroy your health
that has now been restored. "
00:40:45.27\00:40:50.41
Well, you know what
happens all the time.
00:40:50.45\00:40:52.41
Somebody will quit smoking,
they'll get their life together,
00:40:52.45\00:40:57.42
they start exercising
but once they start to see,
00:40:57.45\00:41:00.36
"Hey, I think I'm
going to be all right... "
00:41:00.39\00:41:01.72
they go right back
to those bad habits
00:41:01.76\00:41:03.93
and then they end
up dying prematurely,
00:41:03.96\00:41:05.79
it happens all the time.
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.16
So what is
God's healing Program?
00:41:07.20\00:41:09.43
This is a thrilling, fantastic,
00:41:09.46\00:41:11.93
all
encompassing healing program.
00:41:11.97\00:41:14.44
Does God heal? He does.
00:41:14.47\00:41:17.17
As a matter of fact,
speaking about Egypt,
00:41:17.21\00:41:19.31
I want you to take
your Bible and turn with me
00:41:19.37\00:41:21.44
to Exodus...
Exodus... All righty...
00:41:21.48\00:41:26.31
You know, Jesus,
is the same yesterday,
00:41:26.35\00:41:31.15
today and forever.
00:41:31.19\00:41:33.42
Well, basically, here's what
the Scripture says in Exodus.
00:41:33.46\00:41:36.83
Well let's go to it,
Exodus 15... Exodus 15 all right
00:41:36.86\00:41:40.10
turn there... are we
learning something tonight?
00:41:40.13\00:41:43.30
Exodus chapter
15... Exodus 15...
00:41:43.33\00:41:46.84
All right... look
at it here together,
00:41:46.87\00:41:50.01
Exodus chapter 15... and
looking there... verse 26
00:41:50.04\00:41:53.41
and said, "If you
diligently heed the
00:41:53.44\00:41:58.25
voice of the Lord your God,"
00:41:58.28\00:41:59.75
there's healing
in the Word of God...
00:41:59.78\00:42:01.68
if you obey... and do
what is right in his sight,
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.99
give ear to his commandments
and keep all his statutes,
00:42:05.05\00:42:09.79
I will put none
of the diseases...
00:42:09.82\00:42:13.16
none of the diseases on you
00:42:13.19\00:42:15.36
which I have
brought on the Egyptians:"
00:42:15.43\00:42:17.17
everyone together...
00:42:17.20\00:42:18.53
"for I am the
Lord who heals you. "
00:42:18.57\00:42:21.30
How does He heal us?
00:42:21.34\00:42:22.97
By obedience to
His Commandments,
00:42:23.00\00:42:26.41
and His Commandments are written
00:42:26.44\00:42:29.81
on every fiber of our being.
00:42:29.84\00:42:32.21
There are laws
that govern our body.
00:42:32.25\00:42:35.58
There's a law... a law
that governs your digestion.
00:42:35.62\00:42:41.12
When you break
those laws, guess what?
00:42:41.16\00:42:43.79
You get indigestion and
you say, "Pepto-Bismol. "
00:42:43.83\00:42:49.13
There are laws that govern
our Central Nervous System
00:42:49.16\00:42:54.40
and when you
drink too much caffeine,
00:42:54.47\00:42:57.44
that attacks the
Central Nervous System
00:42:57.51\00:43:01.74
and you say, "I got
shakes" or "I'm wired"
00:43:01.78\00:43:05.98
and so we know that there
are laws that cover our being,
00:43:06.01\00:43:13.79
there are laws that govern our
being in terms of needing rest.
00:43:13.82\00:43:16.83
There are laws
that govern our being
00:43:16.89\00:43:18.79
in terms of the
use of our muscles
00:43:18.83\00:43:20.70
would you agree...
"you use it or you lose it"
00:43:20.73\00:43:23.37
it's the law...
atrophy... right?
00:43:23.40\00:43:26.10
Instead of the muscle
going up, it starts to go down.
00:43:26.13\00:43:29.04
All right go ahead
and hide your arms.
00:43:29.07\00:43:32.54
God's healing program
is obedience to His Word.
00:43:32.57\00:43:39.91
Obedience to His commands,
His commands are promises.
00:43:39.95\00:43:44.72
Would you agree...
00:43:44.75\00:43:46.79
you can't do
anything without His power,
00:43:46.82\00:43:48.79
when He commands
you to do something...
00:43:48.82\00:43:50.63
Jesus said, "Without
me you can do nothing"
00:43:50.66\00:43:52.63
John 15 verse
5... but Paul said,
00:43:52.66\00:43:54.40
"I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me. "
00:43:54.46\00:43:56.87
Philippians 4 verse 13.
00:43:56.93\00:43:58.27
"My grace is sufficient for you:
for my strength is made perfect,
00:43:58.30\00:44:02.40
my power is made
perfect in weakness. "
00:44:02.44\00:44:04.64
2nd Corinthians 12:9 and 10.
00:44:04.67\00:44:06.68
"Let the weak
say, 'I am strong. '"
00:44:06.74\00:44:08.94
Joel 3 verse 10,
now listen carefully...
00:44:08.98\00:44:10.65
We must obey God's law
in order to have health,
00:44:10.68\00:44:16.75
these are "Health Laws. "
00:44:16.79\00:44:19.72
Now, God's Healing Program...
00:44:19.75\00:44:22.59
it adds life to your
years and years to your life!
00:44:22.62\00:44:25.43
Physical, Spiritual, Mental,
00:44:25.46\00:44:28.06
Emotional, Social
creatures... would you agree?
00:44:28.10\00:44:30.83
Not only monkeys are
social creatures... we are...
00:44:30.87\00:44:34.64
amen... we are
spiritual creatures,
00:44:34.67\00:44:39.41
physical creatures,
made after the image of God,
00:44:39.44\00:44:42.81
we're dealing with
mental health, physical health,
00:44:42.84\00:44:46.18
spiritual
health, emotional health,
00:44:46.21\00:44:49.08
and social health.
00:44:49.12\00:44:51.55
So, physical and
spiritual healing
00:44:51.62\00:44:56.49
are embraced in the
gospel, in Christ, in His Word.
00:44:56.52\00:45:02.90
The Bible talks about...
in Psalm 103 it talks about
00:45:02.93\00:45:09.20
"... forgives all their sins,
and heals all their diseases. "
00:45:09.24\00:45:14.58
Guilt can sap your
energy and your vital force
00:45:14.61\00:45:23.08
and wreck havoc to
your immune system...
00:45:23.12\00:45:25.59
guilt can kill you.
00:45:25.62\00:45:27.32
When your mind is at less ease,
you come down with disease,
00:45:27.36\00:45:37.00
when your mind is restless,
you end up with sickness,
00:45:37.03\00:45:43.41
and so forgiveness is
healing, would you agree?
00:45:43.44\00:45:47.04
There is healing in the gospel
00:45:47.08\00:45:49.18
and there is healing
in this house tonight,
00:45:49.21\00:45:51.38
there is restoration
in this house tonight,
00:45:51.41\00:45:53.58
there are miracles
in this house tonight,
00:45:53.62\00:45:55.75
because, perhaps, some of
you need to be once and for all
00:45:55.78\00:45:59.12
liberated from the
shackles and the debilitation
00:45:59.15\00:46:03.16
of guilt and shame and remorse,
00:46:03.19\00:46:07.10
it's time to go
on with a sure step,
00:46:07.16\00:46:09.33
knowing it's all left
at the foot of the cross,
00:46:09.36\00:46:12.33
unburdened at the
foot of the cross,
00:46:12.37\00:46:14.27
you go on your way,
dancing and praising God.
00:46:14.30\00:46:17.21
You've been
delivered, you are forever free.
00:46:17.24\00:46:20.11
Would you agree?
That's healing...
00:46:20.14\00:46:21.54
You and I need that
healing, it affects us,
00:46:21.61\00:46:23.98
would you agree, when
you accept Jesus Christ,
00:46:24.01\00:46:26.78
it affects you positively,
physically, mentally,
00:46:26.82\00:46:29.55
emotionally, spiritually,
socially... would you agree?
00:46:29.58\00:46:32.12
Oh yeah, you might be persecuted
but you still have joy
00:46:32.15\00:46:34.66
because you're being persecuted,
00:46:34.69\00:46:36.93
because the joy of
the Lord is our strength.
00:46:36.96\00:46:38.69
Depressed and discouraged people
00:46:38.73\00:46:41.50
are more likely
to become addicted.
00:46:41.53\00:46:44.50
Is that true?
Because we lose our will.
00:46:44.53\00:46:47.64
Were we going to say,
"Oh well, come on... "
00:46:47.67\00:46:50.71
that's what I
did... I... you know...
00:46:50.74\00:46:52.47
I was living...
shacking up with my girlfriend,
00:46:52.51\00:46:56.61
as a matter of fact,
00:46:56.64\00:46:58.18
Mark Finley, I
understand, recently,
00:46:58.21\00:47:00.48
about a couple of years
ago, shared my testimony
00:47:00.52\00:47:02.68
on Discoveries
08... and it's true,
00:47:02.75\00:47:05.09
I was living with a girlfriend
and I wanted to marry her,
00:47:05.12\00:47:11.36
but she didn't feel
the same way I did...
00:47:11.39\00:47:14.06
and you say, "humble pie"
00:47:14.10\00:47:16.16
I was a broken man and
had a broken, shattered heart,
00:47:16.20\00:47:20.04
I wasn't following
Jesus, I was living in sin,
00:47:20.07\00:47:23.47
my parents, my
father... a pastor,
00:47:23.51\00:47:25.41
that didn't look good,
00:47:25.47\00:47:26.81
he and his associate pastor
there in Hartford, Connecticut,
00:47:26.84\00:47:30.75
were trying to tell me,
00:47:30.81\00:47:32.15
"Mark, if you want God
to bless this relationship,
00:47:32.18\00:47:34.18
you got to cease living in sin,
you got to move out of there,
00:47:34.22\00:47:36.92
start going back to church,
I remember, I remember...
00:47:36.95\00:47:42.22
I decided... I'm going
to quit smoking and drinking
00:47:42.26\00:47:47.26
and drugs for the relationship,
I figured it would help,
00:47:47.30\00:47:49.50
she didn't ask me to...
but I thought, you know,
00:47:49.56\00:47:51.90
"this is bound to
benefit this relationship... "
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.27
one week after I did that,
00:47:54.30\00:47:56.60
she said, "I need time to think,
I'm going... you know... "
00:47:56.64\00:48:00.51
I don't know how it came
out, but it kind of leaked out,
00:48:00.54\00:48:04.35
she was going away
to see her old boyfriend
00:48:04.38\00:48:07.72
so she could have time to think.
00:48:07.75\00:48:09.08
I called up my buddies,
00:48:09.12\00:48:12.95
and I said, "Come on over... "
00:48:12.99\00:48:14.96
and this was one week
00:48:14.99\00:48:16.42
after I quit all that stuff.
00:48:16.46\00:48:17.79
Would you agree, when
you begin to have victory
00:48:17.83\00:48:20.40
the devil gets angry and enraged
00:48:20.46\00:48:22.40
and so I gave in... why?
00:48:22.43\00:48:25.63
because I was
discouraged, I was depressed,
00:48:25.67\00:48:29.04
and I was not going to
be alone in that apartment,
00:48:29.07\00:48:32.17
brooding over
and licking my wounds
00:48:32.21\00:48:35.41
I said, "Man! I'm going to party
and try to forget all this... "
00:48:35.44\00:48:38.15
I called my buddy, you know...
00:48:38.18\00:48:40.52
drinking buddies
are always available,
00:48:40.58\00:48:42.15
always... 24/7...
00:48:42.18\00:48:46.02
especially in the
night or early morning.
00:48:46.05\00:48:49.32
So I called them up, you know,
and of course they had drugs
00:48:49.36\00:48:52.19
and we went out to a
bar and drank and I smoked
00:48:52.23\00:48:55.46
and I toked... and came
back and she was gone still...
00:48:55.50\00:48:58.87
and I practically passed
out, woke up in the morning
00:48:58.90\00:49:02.24
and I was sick as a
dog, visiting the restroom
00:49:02.27\00:49:05.71
my mind...
00:49:05.74\00:49:07.24
my ceiling spinning
around spinning around,
00:49:07.28\00:49:09.91
and I'm making
trips to the rest room
00:49:09.94\00:49:12.08
and I am trying to blast
rock music to drown out the pain
00:49:12.11\00:49:15.58
because now I had
two prevailing problems:
00:49:15.62\00:49:17.65
she was gone,
and I had a hangover.
00:49:17.69\00:49:21.82
The devil's way
never solves problems,
00:49:21.86\00:49:25.99
it compounds it,
00:49:26.03\00:49:27.43
but I never touched
smoking and drinking and drugs
00:49:27.50\00:49:33.23
ever since that
lonely, lonely moment.
00:49:33.27\00:49:36.67
I said, "I am sick of it"
and I started attending...
00:49:36.71\00:49:42.08
eventually when I moved out
00:49:42.14\00:49:44.25
I told her, "We've got to
have God in our relationship,"
00:49:44.31\00:49:46.61
I thought... maybe God
can straighten her out.
00:49:46.65\00:49:49.28
He ended up straightening me out
00:49:49.32\00:49:51.75
leading me and her to
separate, God is in control.
00:49:51.82\00:49:56.83
Depressed and discouraged people
00:49:56.86\00:49:59.16
are more likely
to become addicted.
00:49:59.19\00:50:01.86
Many diseases
originate in the mind.
00:50:01.90\00:50:04.50
Thank God for the healing
of the everlasting gospel,
00:50:04.53\00:50:08.50
and the healing of Jesus Christ,
00:50:08.54\00:50:10.64
depression is the
epidemic of our day
00:50:10.67\00:50:14.11
and I'm here to tell
you the strongest antidote,
00:50:14.14\00:50:19.71
the strongest remedy,
00:50:19.75\00:50:21.68
the strongest way
out of depression,
00:50:21.72\00:50:24.95
is knowing that Jesus
Christ has set you forever free.
00:50:24.99\00:50:31.96
Free... let go of bitterness,
00:50:31.99\00:50:37.63
let go of
bitterness, would you believe,
00:50:37.67\00:50:39.47
bitterness has to do with
not letting go of the past.
00:50:39.50\00:50:41.77
Paul said, "Forget the
things that are behind,
00:50:41.80\00:50:45.27
press on... press on...
" Philippians 3:13 and 14
00:50:45.31\00:50:48.71
Front cover story
of Newsweek Magazine
00:50:48.74\00:50:50.85
a number of years ago,
00:50:50.88\00:50:52.21
"The New Science
of Mind and Body"
00:50:52.25\00:50:54.88
Forgiveness and health...
Stress and Infertility,
00:50:54.92\00:50:58.75
Rethinking
Hypnosis," no thanks...
00:50:58.79\00:51:01.79
"Cures to Heart Disease"
00:51:01.82\00:51:03.22
in other words,
there is a connection
00:51:03.26\00:51:04.89
between forgiveness and health.
00:51:04.96\00:51:07.26
No surprise...
00:51:07.30\00:51:10.07
that a healthy
marriage is extremely good
00:51:10.10\00:51:12.27
for your total
health, I've done my research.
00:51:12.30\00:51:16.07
You know, men, for
example, men... for example,
00:51:16.10\00:51:19.84
who feel that
their wife loves them,
00:51:19.87\00:51:23.24
their heart ticks better.
00:51:23.28\00:51:24.95
Go ahead, do the
Google, do the search,
00:51:24.98\00:51:27.48
they are better off healthwise.
00:51:27.52\00:51:31.05
Same with women who
have a troublesome marriage,
00:51:31.12\00:51:34.76
a stressed out
marriage and so forth,
00:51:34.79\00:51:36.52
it does take a toll
on their health as well,
00:51:36.59\00:51:38.99
so, all I can say
is, "Kiss up and make up,
00:51:39.03\00:51:41.40
it will give you longevity. "
00:51:41.43\00:51:43.06
Stress is a killer.
00:51:43.10\00:51:46.37
"Come unto me, all ye
that labor and are heavy laden
00:51:46.40\00:51:50.01
and I will give you
rest. Matthew 11:28"
00:51:50.07\00:51:54.38
"Peace I give to you,
00:51:54.44\00:51:56.08
not as the world
do I give to you,
00:51:56.14\00:51:58.61
let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid,
00:51:58.65\00:52:02.62
I give you my
peace. " John 14 verse 27
00:52:02.65\00:52:07.42
How many are thankful
00:52:07.46\00:52:10.49
for "this peace that
passeth understanding"
00:52:10.53\00:52:12.49
Philippians 4:6 and 7
00:52:12.56\00:52:14.46
If you give Him
all your anxieties...
00:52:14.50\00:52:16.46
"casting all your care upon
Him; because He cares for you. "
00:52:16.53\00:52:20.94
1 Peter chapter 5
and verse 6 and 7.
00:52:21.00\00:52:27.31
"A merry heart... a merry heart
does good like a prescription. "
00:52:27.34\00:52:33.45
This is a
prescription from Dr. Jesus.
00:52:33.48\00:52:35.72
By the way, I hope you have
a regular visit with Dr. Jesus
00:52:35.75\00:52:40.69
to get a check up... every day,
00:52:40.76\00:52:42.49
how many agree with
mental health issues,
00:52:42.52\00:52:44.26
you need to get a check up
everyday with Counselor Jesus.
00:52:44.29\00:52:47.13
Somebody is going to go home
with some good news tonight.
00:52:47.16\00:52:49.96
"A merry heart does good
like a healing medicine,"
00:52:50.00\00:52:55.44
like a healing
medicine. Proverbs 17:22,
00:52:55.47\00:52:58.77
You want to know a fact?
00:52:58.81\00:53:00.14
Children laugh
over 200 times a day.
00:53:00.18\00:53:02.31
I know that, I have
two children I know that.
00:53:02.34\00:53:05.95
Sometimes, I have to tell
them, "Don't be so silly. "
00:53:05.98\00:53:10.09
And some of it is just...
just good humor, you know,
00:53:10.12\00:53:14.19
sometimes it goes overboard
00:53:14.26\00:53:15.59
but nonetheless,
we go underboard.
00:53:15.62\00:53:17.29
The average adult laughs
about 12 or 13 times a day
00:53:17.33\00:53:22.66
and you've really done...
probably more here tonight...
00:53:22.70\00:53:25.73
I don't know,
listen to me, Jesus said,
00:53:25.77\00:53:31.47
"Except you
become like children,"
00:53:31.51\00:53:34.34
humble, and perhaps so
00:53:34.38\00:53:39.15
light-hearted in Jesus' love
00:53:39.18\00:53:41.85
that you actually find a
desire to laugh with joy.
00:53:41.88\00:53:47.49
I'm not talking
about dark jokes,
00:53:47.56\00:53:50.49
I'm not talking
about off-colored humor,
00:53:50.53\00:53:54.20
I'm talking about going to the
zoo and laughing your tail off.
00:53:54.23\00:53:58.47
I don't know... if you don't
laugh when you go to the zoo,
00:53:58.50\00:54:02.70
something's really
wrong, you need some counseling,
00:54:02.77\00:54:05.47
see me afterwards, come on now,
00:54:05.51\00:54:08.24
you cannot look at an
ape with a serious face
00:54:08.28\00:54:14.05
and when it's
swirling in your mind
00:54:14.08\00:54:16.72
"you came from
apes" you think...
00:54:16.75\00:54:19.35
you got to laugh
at that one... right?
00:54:19.39\00:54:21.49
Say, "I am much
better looking. "
00:54:21.52\00:54:26.53
What does it
mean to glorify God?
00:54:26.56\00:54:31.50
Remember it says
there, in Revelation 14,
00:54:31.53\00:54:33.70
it says, "Fear God
and give glory to Him"
00:54:33.74\00:54:35.84
Paul said in 1
Corinthians 10:31,
00:54:35.87\00:54:38.47
"In all that you eat or
drink or whatever you do,
00:54:38.51\00:54:42.51
do it to the glory of God. "
00:54:42.54\00:54:45.25
So giving glory to God
includes, making wise decisions
00:54:45.28\00:54:50.22
in regard to what
I take into my body
00:54:50.29\00:54:52.95
because 1st
Corinthians 6:19 and 20,
00:54:52.99\00:54:55.49
let's go there... 1st
Corinthians 6:19 and 20,
00:54:55.52\00:54:58.53
are we learning
something tonight,
00:54:58.56\00:54:59.89
1st Corinthians 6:19 and
20, this is Paul speaking
00:54:59.93\00:55:04.87
and we're going
there, all right...
00:55:04.90\00:55:07.64
1st Corinthians 6:19 and
20, "What? do you not know
00:55:07.70\00:55:10.11
that your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit,"
00:55:10.17\00:55:15.24
does the Bible
say in the last days
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people would be grieving
the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 4:30,
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just like they did
in the days of Noah,
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they grieved the Holy Spirit,
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and the Holy Spirit was
withdrawn... Genesis 6:3
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and one of the reasons why
the Holy Spirit was withdrawn
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is because they were trashing
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and trampling the
temple of the Spirit of God.
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They were ruining their
bodies with foul practices
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and eating and
drinking the wrong things
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and eating and
drinking to excess,
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so that the Holy Spirit
could not dwell in their temple
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and so the Bible
makes it very clear,
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the Bible makes it very clear
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that your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
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Would you agree? That's holy...
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"who is in you,
whom you have from God,
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you are not your own. "
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You know, sometimes
people say, "Well, it's my body"
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no it's not...
it belongs to God,
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it belongs to God, just
like we call this temple,
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what do we call it? God's House.
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This is not your
house, this is not my house,
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this is God's house,
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How many agree... this is holy?
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You don't just do
anything in this house
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and we don't just do anything
we want with this house...
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the temple of God,
can you say, "Amen. "
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If you want more
of the Holy Spirit,
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then respect the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
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Would you agree, we need
the early and the latter rain
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and that means,
you'd better make room
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for the Holy
Spirit in your temple.
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"For you were bought at
a price" that's the "cross"
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I need to close... that
"you were bought at a price
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therefore
glorify God in your body,
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and in your
spirit, which are God's. "
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Is it clear? In
light of the cross,
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in light of the blood of Calvary
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in light of the
sacrifice of Christ,
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what does the Bible say?
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In light of the
fact you've been bought
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at an infinite price,
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the price of
Christ's precious life,
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in light of that price,
that was paid for your body,
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it was paid for
your entire being,
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in light of that,
glorify God in your body
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because it's the
temple of the Spirit,
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it belongs to God,
so, nobody can tell me,
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"Oh, that's legalistic...
what you're talking about"
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or "You're
putting a yoke over us. "
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No... no... no...
in light of the cross,
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"Thank you Jesus
that you set me free
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from being
ruled by wrong eating,
00:57:25.41\00:57:28.34
wrong drinking, bad habits,
destructive practices... "
00:57:28.38\00:57:32.11
How many agree,
00:57:32.15\00:57:33.48
if the Son sets you free,
you are free... forever free...
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and alarming changes
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are sweeping across the globe,
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