Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: 00:00:02.16\00:00:06.40 EXPERIENCE THE POWER WITH WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:06.40\00:00:14.06 TODAY, PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED TO THE GLORY OF GOD. 00:00:14.06\00:00:18.33 (theme music) WP: WE'VE GOT A SUBJECT THAT I 00:00:18.33\00:00:26.33 THINK YOU WILL FIND INTERESTING. 00:00:26.33\00:00:29.23 INTERESTING. 00:00:29.23\00:00:30.46 TURN WITH ME TO FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 6. 00:00:30.46\00:00:34.20 SOMEBODY ALREADY ASKED, "WHAT IS THIS TO THE GLORY OF GOD ?" 00:00:34.20\00:00:38.53 WELL, LET ME WARN YOU A LITTLE BIT. 00:00:38.53\00:00:43.10 THIS SERMON USED TO BE TRAUMATIC, UNTIL SCIENCE 00:00:43.10\00:00:50.80 CAUGHT UP WITH THE BIBLE. 00:00:50.80\00:00:53.66 DID YOU HEAR THE WAY I SAID THAT ? 00:00:53.66\00:00:56.60 YOU SEE, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THE CUTTING EDGE OF SCIENCE IS 00:00:56.60\00:01:02.26 WAY AHEAD OF THE WORD OF GOD. 00:01:02.26\00:01:05.06 YOU'D BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT GOD, WHO INVENTED ALL OF THIS, 00:01:05.06\00:01:10.10 WHO HOLDS THE WORLD IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND, KNOWS FAR MORE 00:01:10.10\00:01:14.73 THAN MOST PEOPLE IMAGINE. 00:01:14.73\00:01:17.86 IN FACT, THEY THINK THAT SCIENTISTS ARE AHEAD OF GOD. 00:01:17.86\00:01:21.96 LET ME AURE YOU THAT GOD GIVES THE INFORMATION 00:01:21.96\00:01:25.50 TO THE SCIENTISTS. 00:01:25.50\00:01:27.90 SO SCIENTISTS FINALLY CAUGHT UP. 00:01:27.90\00:01:30.76 FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 6, AND I WANT TO READ IN YOUR 00:01:30.76\00:01:34.06 HEARING VERSES 19 AND 20. 00:01:34.06\00:01:36.93 AND HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS: 00:01:36.93\00:01:38.40 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 00:02:03.16\00:02:04.76 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THE BIBLE 00:02:04.76\00:02:11.23 TELLS US, THAT TONIGHT WE OPEN IT WITH EXPECTATION, AND AS 00:02:11.23\00:02:17.43 WE'VE READ THESE AMAZING WORDS, THAT WE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE, 00:02:17.43\00:02:21.70 WE ASK, FATHER, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT MIGHT CONTINUE TO BE WITH 00:02:21.70\00:02:25.26 US, TO GUIDE US INTO ALL TRUTH. 00:02:25.26\00:02:28.13 HELP US TO RECOGNIZE TRUTH, TO EMBRACE TRUTH, AND WE 00:02:28.13\00:02:32.73 SHALL GIVE GLORY AND HONOR TO THE NAME OF JESUS. 00:02:32.73\00:02:35.96 IT IS IN HIS NAME THAT WE PRAY, AMEN. 00:02:35.96\00:02:40.46 SO TONIGHT WE START WITH WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THOSE 00:02:40.46\00:02:45.86 EXPERIENCE THE POWER MOMENTS. 00:02:45.86\00:02:48.46 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. 00:02:48.46\00:02:52.23 LET'S BREAK THAT DOWN. 00:02:52.23\00:02:55.16 WHETHER YOU HAVE EMBRACED JESUS OR NOT, AND YOU KNOW WE BEGAN 00:02:55.16\00:03:00.83 WHEN WE STARTED THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE THE POWER MEETING 00:03:00.83\00:03:06.16 SERIES, WE STARTED BY SAYING THAT WE DON'T EXCLUDE PEOPLE WHO 00:03:06.16\00:03:10.63 DON'T THINK THEY'RE RELIGIOUS. 00:03:10.63\00:03:13.33 BECAUSE GOD DOESN'T EXCLUDE PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK 00:03:13.33\00:03:16.06 THEY'RE RELIGIOUS. 00:03:16.06\00:03:17.50 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRESS A CERTAIN WAY. 00:03:17.50\00:03:20.20 YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK HOLY FOR JESUS TO LOVE YOU. 00:03:20.20\00:03:25.53 BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, HE ALREADY LOVED YOU. 00:03:25.53\00:03:30.16 IN FACT, WHEN WE WERE BORN IN REBELLION HIS 00:03:30.16\00:03:34.16 LOVE DID NOT CEASE. 00:03:34.16\00:03:35.63 IT IS AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. 00:03:35.63\00:03:39.43 AND HE SAYS YOU WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. 00:03:39.43\00:03:43.96 NOW, THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE TO SOME IT MIGHT SEEM ODD 00:03:43.96\00:03:48.10 LANGUAGE, BUT HERE IS THE CASE. 00:03:48.10\00:03:50.90 JESUS CAN CLAIM ME TONIGHT FIRST BECAUSE HE MADE ME. 00:03:50.90\00:03:56.86 WELL, YOU SAY, I UNDERSTAND THE ADAM AND EVE THING, PREACHER, 00:03:56.86\00:04:01.33 BUT HOW DID HE MAKE YOU ? 00:04:01.33\00:04:03.93 WELL, HE MADE ME BECAUSE WITHOUT THE SPARK OF LIFE THAT 00:04:03.93\00:04:09.46 ONLY JESUS CAN GIVE, I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BORN ALIVE. 00:04:09.46\00:04:17.26 I READ SOME AMAZING LITERATURE A FEW MONTHS AGO. 00:04:17.26\00:04:21.26 IT SAYS THAT THE SCIENTISTS HAVE ALMOST BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER 00:04:21.26\00:04:27.20 EVERY ELEMENT OF THE HUMAN BODY. 00:04:27.20\00:04:31.13 THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING 00:04:31.13\00:04:35.36 THAT MAKES ME, ME. 00:04:35.36\00:04:38.76 BUT THIS ARTICLE SAYS THAT THERE'S ONE LITTLE IMPEDIMENT. 00:04:38.76\00:04:44.23 THAT IS WHILE THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE 00:04:44.23\00:04:47.23 ME, IN FACT, THEY COULD PROBABLY IMITATE THE HUMAN BODY ALL THE 00:04:47.23\00:04:52.26 WAY DOWN TO THE END, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T HAVE 00:04:52.26\00:04:56.76 THE POWER TO DO, AND THAT'S WHAT JESUS DID AFTER HE'D FORMED ADAM 00:04:56.76\00:05:03.16 FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH. 00:05:03.16\00:05:05.20 REMEMBER, THE BIBLE SAYS HE BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS, 00:05:05.20\00:05:09.40 AND YOU KNOW I LOVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE NAME 00:05:09.40\00:05:12.20 OF THE TELEVISION SHOW: THE BREATH OF LIFE. 00:05:12.20\00:05:18.56 YOU KNOW, I'VE READ THOSE BEAUTIFUL POEMS THAT ARE SO 00:05:18.56\00:05:22.33 WONDERFUL, BUT I CAN SEE IT, I CAN SEE JESUS WITH DUST, 00:05:22.33\00:05:27.30 FORMING A SKELETAL SYSTEM, PUTTING NERVES AROUND 00:05:27.30\00:05:33.00 THE BONES ARTFULLY. 00:05:33.00\00:05:35.53 AND THEN HE BEGINS, MAYBE, WITH THE MUSCLES AND FORMS THEM 00:05:35.53\00:05:39.23 IN THE RIGHT PLACE, THE RIGHT SIZE AND THE RIGHT STRENGTH. 00:05:39.23\00:05:43.30 AND THEN HE PUTS ON SKIN; THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM--I READ THE 00:05:43.30\00:05:47.33 ARTICLE--COVERS IT WITH SKIN. 00:05:47.33\00:05:52.26 BUT SEE, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME SPECIAL PLACES. 00:05:52.26\00:05:55.36 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS TO SEE HIM FORM A LITTLE BALL, 00:05:55.36\00:06:00.50 PRESS IT INTO THAT SOCKET THAT MADE AN EYE ? 00:06:00.50\00:06:05.83 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS FOR HIM TO FORM A TONGUE, AND 00:06:05.83\00:06:10.40 PUT IT RIGHT IN THERE, TO THE EXTENT THAT WHEN HE BREATHED 00:06:10.40\00:06:18.56 INTO ADAM'S NOSTRILS, ADAM AWAKENED ABLE TO SPEAK. 00:06:18.56\00:06:29.33 IF THAT'S NOT A MOMENT FOR YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ! 00:06:29.33\00:06:32.73 BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT JESUS PULLED THAT WONDERFUL REFLECTION 00:06:32.73\00:06:37.76 OF HIMSELF, PULLED IT UP, FACED IT, AND THEN CAN YOU 00:06:37.76\00:06:44.26 IMAGINE THAT MOMENT ? 00:06:44.26\00:06:50.16 AND HE TURNS IT LOOSE, AND INSTEAD OF FALLING BACK DOWN 00:06:50.16\00:06:55.46 LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE MADE, THIS THING IS ANIMATED 00:06:55.46\00:07:01.43 BY THE POWER OF THE SPARK THAT ONLY JESUS CAN GIVE. 00:07:01.43\00:07:06.50 SO I DON'T CARE HOW FAR AWAY FROM CREATION WE ARE, YOU MUST 00:07:06.50\00:07:10.93 UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN A MOTHER BEARS A CHILD, WHETHER SHE'S AT 00:07:10.93\00:07:15.43 HOME OR IN A HOSPITAL, THEY'VE GOT ALL THOSE WONDERFUL MACHINES 00:07:15.43\00:07:18.96 AROUND, BUT THERE IS NO MACHINE THAT CAN MAKE THAT BABY LIVE. 00:07:18.96\00:07:23.53 IT IS STILL THE SPARK OF LIFE THAT JESUS GIVES. 00:07:23.53\00:07:29.73 SO HE MADE US, BUT WHEN THE DEVIL SAW HOW FANTASTIC THE 00:07:29.73\00:07:37.76 CREATION WAS, AND WHEN HE WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN DOWN 00:07:37.76\00:07:43.10 TO THE EARTH, HE BEGAN TO LOOK AT ADAM AND EVE AND WONDER 00:07:43.10\00:07:47.23 HOW HE COULD CONQUER THEM. 00:07:47.23\00:07:50.33 SO HE BEGUILED THEM. 00:07:50.33\00:07:53.60 AND WHEN EVE WANDERED AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND, I HAVE DON'T 00:07:53.60\00:07:57.56 TIME TO STOP THERE, BUT EVERY WIFE OUGHT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT. 00:07:57.56\00:08:03.86 YOU MIGHT WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO THE MAN, BECAUSE WHEN YOU 00:08:03.86\00:08:08.80 SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER, PSYCHOLOGICALLY OR 00:08:08.80\00:08:11.33 PHYSIOLOGICALLY, THERE COMES A STRAIN IN THE PROCESS. 00:08:11.33\00:08:15.73 EVE GOES AWAY, ENCOUNTERS A SERPENT WHO CAN TALK, 00:08:15.73\00:08:19.20 IT IS THE DEVIL TALKING THROUGH THE SERPENT. 00:08:19.20\00:08:21.80 WHEN SHE COMES BACK TO ADAM, HE LOOKS AT HER AND KNOWS 00:08:21.80\00:08:27.10 THAT SOMETHING'S WRONG. 00:08:27.10\00:08:30.60 EVERY MAN IN THE AUDIENCE KNOWS WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE. 00:08:30.60\00:08:38.23 ADAM SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK TO GOD--EVE STAY RIGHT THERE. 00:08:38.23\00:08:46.60 LORD, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER. 00:08:46.60\00:08:49.93 SHE'S NOT LOOKING THE SAME AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT 00:08:49.93\00:08:53.70 I'VE GOT A FEW MORE RIBS IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME. 00:08:53.70\00:09:04.93 BUT, LISTEN; WHEN GOD PUT THEM TOGETHER, HE 00:09:04.93\00:09:08.10 DID A MARVELOUS THING. 00:09:08.10\00:09:10.36 YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN ADAM SAW EVE, HE SAID IT THREE TIMES: 00:09:10.36\00:09:13.13 THIS, THIS, THIS IS THE BONE OF MY BONE AND FLESH OF MY FLESH. 00:09:13.13\00:09:19.90 AND EVEN WHEN SHE CAME BACK LOOKING FUNNY, 00:09:19.90\00:09:21.86 HE STILL LOVED HER. 00:09:21.86\00:09:23.76 SHE SAID--TAKE A BITE OF THIS FRUIT--AND HE BIT IT, AND WE 00:09:23.76\00:09:28.00 THOUGHT THAT MANKIND WAS LOST. 00:09:28.00\00:09:32.16 BUT THE TEXT SAYS THAT HE BOUGHT US. 00:09:32.16\00:09:36.93 JESUS PROMISED--ONE DAY, IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME, ONE DAY 00:09:36.93\00:09:44.76 I WILL GO TO CALVARY'S CROSS AND I WILL SHED MY BLOOD SO 00:09:44.76\00:09:49.80 THAT THIS COUPLE CAN LIVE. 00:09:49.80\00:09:52.23 SO INSTEAD OF DROPPING DEAD, LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS, THE 00:09:52.23\00:09:55.50 WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, JESUS PROMISED HIS OWN BLOOD SO MAN 00:09:55.50\00:10:02.00 DID NOT DIE INSTANTLY, BUT MAN CONTINUED TO LIVE ON THE 00:10:02.00\00:10:06.56 PROMISE OF JESUS CHRIST--I'LL BUY YOU WITH A PRICE. 00:10:06.56\00:10:12.26 THE PRICE IS HIGHER THAN ANYBODY COULD PAY, EXCEPT THAT GOD 00:10:12.26\00:10:17.90 BECAME MAN AND SHED HIS BLOOD SO TONIGHT WE CAN DECLARE THERE IS 00:10:17.90\00:10:23.50 POWER IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 00:10:23.50\00:10:30.90 I USED TO ASK MY PARENTS, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T OLD, 00:10:30.90\00:10:34.60 BUT I WAS TRYING TO THINK THAT THING THROUGH. 00:10:34.60\00:10:37.03 I SAID--YOU KNOW, DID THE BIBLE SAY THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH ? 00:10:37.03\00:10:40.90 YES. 00:10:40.90\00:10:43.03 WELL, DIDN'T THEY SIN ? 00:10:43.03\00:10:45.13 YES. 00:10:45.13\00:10:46.40 SO, I ASKED HIM--WHY DIDN'T THEY DROP DEAD ? 00:10:46.40\00:10:50.40 GOD DOESN'T LIE, SO WHY DIDN'T EVE DROP 00:10:50.40\00:10:54.83 DEAD AND ADAM DROP DEAD ? 00:10:54.83\00:10:58.10 AND THE ANSWER IS WE ARE LIVING ON A BORROWED LIFE. 00:10:58.10\00:11:03.73 WE ARE LIVING ON THE POWER THAT WAS FIRST PROMISED 00:11:03.73\00:11:08.16 THAT KEPT US ALIVE. 00:11:08.16\00:11:09.93 BEFORE THE CROSS, WE LIVED ON THE PROMISE OF JESUS. 00:11:09.93\00:11:14.70 AFTER THE CROSS WE LIVE ON THE POWER OF JESUS' BLOOD. 00:11:14.70\00:11:19.10 BUT HIS WORD WAS POWERFUL ENOUGH THAT EVEN BEFORE HE 00:11:19.10\00:11:22.80 DIED, HIS WORD KEPT US ALIVE. 00:11:22.80\00:11:26.93 SO TONIGHT YOUR BODY IS NOT YOUR OWN. 00:11:26.93\00:11:32.03 GOD OWNS IT TWICE. 00:11:32.03\00:11:34.96 HE MADE YOU, AND THEN WHEN YOU WERE LOST, HE 00:11:34.96\00:11:39.03 PAID TO GET YOU BACK. 00:11:39.03\00:11:44.76 SO WHOEVER YOU MAY THINK YOU ARE, YOU ARE 00:11:44.76\00:11:48.16 BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. 00:11:48.16\00:11:51.26 WELL, LET'S MOVE FROM THE HAPPY TIMES FOR SOME, BUT LET'S GO TO 00:11:51.26\00:11:55.66 FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER 10. 00:11:55.66\00:11:58.00 AND LOOK, INCIDENTALLY, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THAT FIRST PART. 00:11:58.00\00:12:01.96 THAT IS THE DECODER FOR THE REST OF THE SERMON. 00:12:01.96\00:12:06.40 IF YOU FORGET THAT, YOU'LL BE LOST. 00:12:06.40\00:12:09.40 THE DECODER FOR THE SERMON IS--YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN. 00:12:09.40\00:12:14.20 YOU ARE JESUS' PROPERTY, TWICE. 00:12:14.20\00:12:18.83 MADE YOU; BOUGHT YOU; REDEEMED YOU. 00:12:18.83\00:12:23.10 SO, THIS IS FIRST CORINTHIANS, CHAPTER TEN, AND LETS LOOK AT 00:12:23.10\00:12:26.63 VERSE TWENTY-ONE. 00:12:26.63\00:12:27.86 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER TEN AND VERSE TWENTY-ONE. 00:12:27.86\00:12:31.63 AND HERE'S WHAT--THIRTY-ONE, FORGIVE ME--HERE'S WHAT 00:12:31.63\00:12:33.76 THE BIBLE SAYS: 00:12:33.76\00:12:34.90 NOW, WITHOUT THE FIRST TEXT, THE SECOND ONE FOR SOME PEOPLE 00:12:47.40\00:12:51.90 WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO ASK. 00:12:51.90\00:12:55.56 WE ARE IN A GENERATION OF DOUBTERS. 00:12:55.56\00:12:58.83 PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW-WHAT IS THIS THING ABOUT GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY. 00:12:58.83\00:13:04.20 I DON'T QUESTION IT. 00:13:04.20\00:13:06.30 I'M GRATEFUL THAT I'VE READ ENOUGH SCRIPTURES TO KNOW 00:13:06.30\00:13:08.93 THAT JESUS IS SOVEREIGN. 00:13:08.93\00:13:14.46 SO I DON'T QUESTION HIS REQUESTS OR HIS COMMANDS, BECAUSE HE 00:13:14.46\00:13:20.50 MADE ME, AND REDEEMED ME. 00:13:20.50\00:13:23.80 SO TWO TIMES I AM HIS. 00:13:23.80\00:13:27.30 THIS TEXT SAYS--WHETHER YOU EAT OR DRINK OR WHATEVER YOU DO--NOW 00:13:27.30\00:13:33.73 WHATEVER YOU DO COVERS A LOT. 00:13:33.73\00:13:38.90 COVERS A LOT--BUT WHETHER YOU EAT OR DRINK OR WHATSOEVER YOU 00:13:38.90\00:13:43.06 DO, DO EVERYTHING TO THE GLORY OF GOD BECAUSE I AM NOT MY OWN. 00:13:43.06\00:13:49.10 SO WE'VE GOT THE DECODER. 00:13:49.10\00:13:50.33 EVERYBODY REMEMBERS IT. 00:13:50.33\00:13:51.63 IF YOU FORGET, SOMEBODY WILL NUDGE YOU, I HOPE, 00:13:51.63\00:13:54.26 AND REMIND YOU. 00:13:54.26\00:13:55.80 NOW, IF THAT BE SO, I BELIEVE THAT JESUS HAS THE RIGHT TO 00:13:55.80\00:14:00.86 SAY WHAT YOU OUGHT TO PUT INTO YOUR BODY, BECAUSE AS THAT 00:14:00.86\00:14:05.36 LITTLE TRITE PHRASE GOES--YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. 00:14:05.36\00:14:11.90 AND DON'T GET NERVOUS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A DIET SERMON. 00:14:11.90\00:14:19.03 NOT DIET AS IN HOW MUCH YOU EAT. 00:14:19.03\00:14:23.03 I'VE GOT A LITTLE THING I'LL SHARE WITH YOU IN 00:14:23.03\00:14:24.86 A MINUTE ABOUT THAT. 00:14:24.86\00:14:26.73 WE COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES. 00:14:26.73\00:14:32.60 IF YOU COULD WISH YOURSELF A SIZE, MOST OF US WOULD WISH 00:14:32.60\00:14:37.70 OURSELVES SLIM AND TRIM, BUT THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO 00:14:37.70\00:14:42.43 DIDN'T COME IN THAT PACKAGE, AND WE STRUGGLE FOR THE REST 00:14:42.43\00:14:45.06 OF OUR DAYS TO BE SVELTE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS 00:14:45.06\00:14:49.50 ABOUT, BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT YOUR EATING HABITS, IN 00:14:49.50\00:14:54.80 THAT SENSE, DIET, THOSE THINGS ARE OF INTEREST TO GOD. 00:14:54.80\00:14:58.80 LET'S START WITH BASICS. 00:14:58.80\00:15:00.50 YOU OUGHT TO CARE FOR YOUR BODY BECAUSE IT 00:15:00.50\00:15:03.16 DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU. 00:15:03.16\00:15:04.53 YOU OUGHT NOT TREAT IT LIKE YOU THINK IT OUGHT TO BE 00:15:04.53\00:15:07.33 TREATED, BECAUSE IT IS A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:15:07.33\00:15:11.96 NOW I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SOME OF OUR BODIES 00:15:11.96\00:15:15.46 MEASURE UP BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LOOK LIKE TEMPLES. 00:15:15.46\00:15:24.23 I'M WAITING FOR YOU. 00:15:24.23\00:15:27.46 BUT IF THE BIBLE SAYS YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE 00:15:27.46\00:15:30.06 HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH IS IN YOU, YOU CANNOT TREAT YOUR BODY 00:15:30.06\00:15:35.76 IN A NONCHALANT FASHION. 00:15:35.76\00:15:38.10 YOU CAN'T BE LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE GENERALLY ARE. 00:15:38.10\00:15:42.33 MOST YOUNG PEOPLE THINK THAT LIFE AND HEALTH ARE RESOURCES 00:15:42.33\00:15:48.16 THAT WILL NEVER BE EXHAUSTED. 00:15:48.16\00:15:51.53 WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I THOUGHT THAT STRENGTH WAS A GIVEN. 00:15:51.53\00:15:55.86 I STRUTTED AND FRETTED THEM, THOUGHT THAT I HAD THE 00:15:55.86\00:15:59.60 POWER TO LIVE FOREVER. 00:15:59.60\00:16:01.93 I REMEMBER A PREACHER CAME TO THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I 00:16:01.93\00:16:04.36 WAS AND PREACHED EVERY NIGHT ABOUT PEOPLE DYING. 00:16:04.36\00:16:07.90 HE TRIED TO FRIGHTEN US INTO JESUS. 00:16:07.90\00:16:13.83 WHAT HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, 00:16:13.83\00:16:16.50 PARTICULARLY THEN, BEFORE THE HORRORS OF DRUGS, WE THOUGHT 00:16:16.50\00:16:20.40 NOTHING COULD KILL US ! 00:16:20.40\00:16:23.80 WE LIVED WITH RECKLESS ABANDON BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE YOU COULD 00:16:23.80\00:16:28.00 DO ANYTHING YOU THOUGHT TO DO. 00:16:28.00\00:16:30.13 YOU COULD JUMP AS HIGH AS YOU IMAGINE. 00:16:30.13\00:16:32.40 YOU COULD RUN AS FAST AS YOU CHOSE TO. 00:16:32.40\00:16:35.36 IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF YOUR THIRTIES. . . 00:16:35.36\00:16:45.63 . . .CAN WE TALK ? 00:16:45.63\00:16:49.40 I HAVE A FRIEND WHO SAYS, AND THIS GENTLEMAN IS 00:16:49.40\00:16:51.60 AUTHORIZED TO GIVE AN OPINION--HE'S A PHYSICIAN. 00:16:51.60\00:16:55.23 HE SAYS WHEN YOU REACH FORTY, AND AMAZING THING 00:16:55.23\00:16:57.86 HAPPENS--YOU AND YOUR BODY HAVE TO RECONCILE WHAT YOUR 00:16:57.86\00:17:03.36 LIFE HAS BEEN UP UNTIL THEN. 00:17:03.36\00:17:07.36 SO ALL OF YOUR BAD HABITS ARE BROUGHT TO YOUR 00:17:07.36\00:17:10.30 ATTENTION, SAYS HE. 00:17:10.30\00:17:11.30 THIS IS NOT FROM THE BIBLE. 00:17:11.30\00:17:12.66 THIS IS FROM A PHYSICIAN, WHO RATHER WITH A TWINKLE IN HIS 00:17:12.66\00:17:16.00 EYE SAYS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS 00:17:16.00\00:17:20.06 THING CAN RUN OUT ! 00:17:20.06\00:17:22.56 I WISH I COULD CONVINCE THEM IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. 00:17:22.56\00:17:25.73 THEY'RE JUST LIKE I WAS-THEY DON'T BELIEVE IT. 00:17:25.73\00:17:28.00 WHEN OLD PEOPLE TALK THEY SAY-AW, HE'S JUST OLD. 00:17:28.00\00:17:32.60 DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO HIM; HE'S AN OLD MAN. 00:17:32.60\00:17:36.96 BUT THE OLD TRY TO TELL THE YOUNG--PRESERVE YOUR STRENGTH. 00:17:36.96\00:17:42.93 DON'T DO SILLY THINGS BECAUSE ONE DAY YOU'LL REACH BACK 00:17:42.93\00:17:46.56 FOR THE RESOURCE. . .AND IT WON'T BE THERE. 00:17:46.56\00:17:56.23 SO LIVE IN THE PRIME OF YOUR YOUTH, GLORIFY GOD IN WHAT 00:17:56.23\00:18:02.83 YOU DO, BECAUSE THERE WILL COME A DAY WHEN THERE WON'T BE 00:18:02.83\00:18:07.00 AS MUCH LEFT AS YOU THOUGHT. 00:18:07.00\00:18:09.66 ARE WE TOGETHER ? 00:18:09.66\00:18:12.23 SO HERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU OUGHT TO DO, AND THIS 00:18:12.23\00:18:14.00 IS NOT FROM THE BIBLE, THESE THINGS ARE FROM PHYSICIANS. 00:18:14.00\00:18:16.56 YOU OUGHT TO GIVE YOURSELF FRESH AIR, SUNLIGHT--I WAS 00:18:16.56\00:18:21.06 JUST READING THIS AFTERNOON TRYING TO KIND OF BONE UP 00:18:21.06\00:18:24.43 QUICKLY ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE 00:18:24.43\00:18:27.73 INTERESTING-IN SUNLIGHT FOR A HALF AN HOUR OR 45 00:18:27.73\00:18:31.90 MINUTES-THE SUN DOES AMAZING THINGS TO YOUR BODY. 00:18:31.90\00:18:35.33 NOW, YOU CAN'T STAY OUT THERE FOREVER, PARTICULARLY DURING THE 00:18:35.33\00:18:38.00 HOTTEST TIMES OF THE DAY; THERE ARE DANGERS IN BEING EXPED TO 00:18:38.00\00:18:41.43 THE SUN WITHOUT PROTECTION. 00:18:41.43\00:18:43.10 BUT THE SUN SHOULD NOT BE HIDDEN FROM. 00:18:43.10\00:18:46.73 EVEN THOUGH MY TAN IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, I 00:18:46.73\00:18:51.83 NEED TO GET INTO THE SUN. 00:18:51.83\00:18:54.10 SO, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE SUNLIGHT. 00:18:54.10\00:18:55.63 YOU OUGHT TO HAVE REST. 00:18:55.63\00:18:58.06 LET ME PAUSE THERE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE NOW WE LIVE 00:18:58.06\00:19:01.10 IN A GENERATION WHERE NOBODY HAS TIME TO REST. 00:19:01.10\00:19:06.93 YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN 200 TELEVISION CHANNELS, AND SOME 00:19:06.93\00:19:11.13 OF US CAN NEVER STOP SEARCHING. 00:19:11.13\00:19:17.33 GENTLEMEN, YOU AND I ARE THE MOST HORRIBLE PEOPLE WHEN 00:19:17.33\00:19:21.20 IT COMES TO THE REMOTE. 00:19:21.20\00:19:23.83 YOUR WIFE CAN BARELY GET HER HANDS ON IT. 00:19:23.83\00:19:26.50 YOUR FAMILY TRIES TO GET IT, BUT YOU'VE GOT IT HIDDEN SOMEWHERE. 00:19:26.50\00:19:32.43 YOU'RE ALWAYS CLICKING, TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE, AND 00:19:32.43\00:19:35.23 YOU FIND YOURSELF UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT STILL 00:19:35.23\00:19:37.73 CLICKING THROUGH CHANNELS AND WHAT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, 00:19:37.73\00:19:40.60 BASED ON SO MUCH INFORMATION, IS THAT THERE'S NOTHING THERE ! 00:19:40.60\00:19:45.33 SOMETIMES THE INSIDES OF YOUR EYELIDS ARE BETTER TO WATCH 00:19:45.33\00:19:50.16 THAN WHAT'S ON TELEVISION. 00:19:50.16\00:19:55.00 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT EIGHT HOURS SLEEP 00:19:55.00\00:19:57.33 IS A JOKE--IT IS NOT. 00:19:57.33\00:19:59.66 I READ ONE SCIENTIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST WHO SAYS UNLESS YOU 00:19:59.66\00:20:03.70 SLEEP FOUR AND A HALF HOURS UNINTERRUPTED, YOUR BRAIN CAN'T 00:20:03.70\00:20:08.53 FIGURE OUT WHICH WAY IS UP. 00:20:08.53\00:20:12.53 SO YOU WAKE UP WITH UNRESOLVED ISSUES. 00:20:12.53\00:20:18.53 AND SOME PEOPLE ARE WONDERING-WHY DOES LIFE 00:20:18.53\00:20:20.50 SEEM SO STRANGE ? 00:20:20.50\00:20:22.63 GO TO SLEEP ! 00:20:22.63\00:20:27.16 YOUR BRAIN IS A MARVELOUS, MARVELOUS MECHANISM. 00:20:27.16\00:20:31.10 IT'S FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE, AND IF 00:20:31.10\00:20:34.00 YOU JUST LET IT SLEEP, IT CAN DO MARVELOUS THINGS. 00:20:34.00\00:20:38.53 IT FIGURES OUT WHAT YOU DID WRONG BEFORE AND WHAT YOU OUGHT 00:20:38.53\00:20:41.70 TO DO TOMORROW, BUT YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP IT UP AND UP AND UP. 00:20:41.70\00:20:46.43 FINALLY, IT WILL PUT YOU INTO THE NETHERWORLD. 00:20:46.43\00:20:49.76 YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. 00:20:49.76\00:20:51.80 YOU GOT TO REST ! 00:20:51.80\00:20:54.43 THEN, YOU'VE ALSO GOT TO HAVE EXERCISE. 00:20:54.43\00:20:56.86 OH, HO, HO. 00:20:56.86\00:20:59.30 AND YOU KNOW THIS IS REALLY NOT ENOUGH. 00:20:59.30\00:21:08.80 YOU HEARD THE DOCTOR SAY LAST NIGHT--YOU'VE GOT TWO DOCTORS, 00:21:08.80\00:21:13.26 LEFT LEG, RIGHT LEG. 00:21:13.26\00:21:15.76 YOU'VE GOT TO USE IT. 00:21:15.76\00:21:16.53 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR BODY IN MOTION. 00:21:16.53\00:21:19.06 YOU'VE GOT TO GET AIR AND PURE WATER. 00:21:19.06\00:21:22.60 AND LET ME TELL YOU I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF 00:21:22.60\00:21:25.90 BEING AWAY FROM WATER. 00:21:25.90\00:21:28.26 FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD THE CHALLENGE, YOU 00:21:28.26\00:21:31.53 THINK THAT ANYTHING WILL QUENCH YOUR THIRST. 00:21:31.53\00:21:35.86 BUT IF YOU EVER GET REALLY THIRSTY--I WAS 00:21:35.86\00:21:38.53 IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY. 00:21:38.53\00:21:40.10 I HADN'T HAD ALL THE SHOTS. 00:21:40.10\00:21:42.86 THEY TOLD ME, YOU CAN ONLY DRINK BOTTLED WATER ON THIS 00:21:42.86\00:21:45.60 TRIP, SO I HAD ENOUGH TO CARRY ME FOR A FEW DAYS. 00:21:45.60\00:21:50.96 AND I WENT AND BOUGHT A LITTLE MORE WHERE I TRAVELED. 00:21:50.96\00:21:54.70 BUT THERE CAME A DAY WHEN I WAS AWAY FROM CAR, AND 00:21:54.70\00:21:59.70 I COULDN'T DRINK ANY WATER EXCEPT BOTTLED WATER. 00:21:59.70\00:22:03.66 I COULDN'T BUY ANY, COULDN'T FIND ANY, AND WHEN I GOT BACK 00:22:03.66\00:22:07.43 TO THE CAR, THE SUN HAD BEEN SHINING ON MY BOTTLE. 00:22:07.43\00:22:12.93 ARE YOU THERE WITH ME ? 00:22:12.93\00:22:15.60 SO I REACHED FOR MY BOTTLE; NOW I'VE GOT TO TAKE IT AND 00:22:15.60\00:22:21.86 I'M SO THIRSTY THAT THE TEMPERATURE DOESN'T MATTER. 00:22:21.86\00:22:25.20 IF I CAN JUST GET IT TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN 00:22:25.20\00:22:27.96 PUT IT TO MY LIPS. 00:22:27.96\00:22:30.73 IT CAN BE HOT BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT ANY JUICE, I 00:22:30.73\00:22:34.96 DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING SWEET. 00:22:34.96\00:22:38.13 MY BODY CRAVED WATER. 00:22:38.13\00:22:40.76 PHYSICIANS SAY THAT YOUR BRAIN CAN'T FUNCTION PROPERLY 00:22:40.76\00:22:44.76 WITHOUT ENOUGH WATER. 00:22:44.76\00:22:46.80 DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO NEEDS WATER ? 00:22:46.80\00:22:53.16 YOUR HEART CAN'T FUNCTION PROPERLY. 00:22:53.16\00:22:56.56 WHEN I HEARD THAT I GOT A SUPPLY. 00:22:56.56\00:22:59.20 I WENT AND GOT ONE OF THOSE FILTERS AND PUT IT ON MY FAUCET. 00:22:59.20\00:23:02.60 I GOT WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE, NOW, BECAUSE I'M AT THE POINT 00:23:02.60\00:23:06.70 WHERE I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THE HEART KEEPS ON 00:23:06.70\00:23:09.53 BEATING IN RHYTHM. 00:23:09.53\00:23:11.56 AND IF WHAT MY HEART NEEDS IS WATER; IT SHALL HAVE WATER. 00:23:11.56\00:23:16.33 THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. 00:23:16.33\00:23:17.23 THOSE ARE BASICS. 00:23:17.23\00:23:18.30 BUT THEN YOU NEED TO EAT THE FRESHEST QUALITY 00:23:18.30\00:23:22.76 FRUITS, NUTS AND GRAINS. 00:23:22.76\00:23:25.40 THIS IS FROM THE PHYSICIANS, NOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE 00:23:25.40\00:23:27.83 A DOCTOR, I'M JUST QUOTING WHAT THEY SAY. 00:23:27.83\00:23:30.33 YOU OUGHT TO EAT SOME RAW FOOD EVERY DAY; YOU OUGHT 00:23:30.33\00:23:33.13 TO STAY AWAY FROM REFINED FOODS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 00:23:33.13\00:23:37.23 YOU OUGHT TO EAT FIVE OR MORE SERVINGS OF FRUITS 00:23:37.23\00:23:41.76 AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY. 00:23:41.76\00:23:44.93 VERY FEW FAST FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS, VERY FEW, 00:23:44.93\00:23:52.56 SERVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, BUT YOU OUGHT TO EAT FIVE 00:23:52.56\00:23:57.13 OR MORE SERVINGS. 00:23:57.13\00:23:58.26 YOU OUGHT TO EAT GREEN AND YELLOW VEGETABLES ALONG 00:23:58.26\00:24:00.40 WITH CITRUS AND TRY TO AVOID ANIMAL FATS, BECAUSE IT'S 00:24:00.40\00:24:04.83 NOT GOOD FOR THE BODY. 00:24:04.83\00:24:08.56 BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 00:24:08.56\00:24:10.63 THE BIBLE GETS A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED THAN THAT. 00:24:10.63\00:24:13.93 IN FACT, LET ME PROMISE YOU FOR A LONG TIME, GOD HAS BEEN 00:24:13.93\00:24:19.30 INTERESTED IN WHAT WE EAT. 00:24:19.30\00:24:22.20 CAN I GO BACK A LITTLE BIT ? 00:24:22.20\00:24:25.16 IS GENESIS FAR BACK ENOUGH ? 00:24:25.16\00:24:27.73 LET ME SHOW YOU HOW JESUS BEGAN WITH OUR DIET. 00:24:27.73\00:24:31.16 GENESIS, CHAPTER 1--THAT IS THE BEGINNING. 00:24:31.16\00:24:35.00 GENESIS, CHAPTER ONE, AND LET'S LOOK AT A 00:24:35.00\00:24:38.66 CHRONOLOGY OF WHAT HAPPENS. 00:24:38.66\00:24:41.40 GENESIS 1:29: 00:24:41.40\00:24:43.10 DON'T LET THE WORD MEAT DISCOMFORT YOU. 00:25:01.23\00:25:05.06 IT DOES NOT MEAN IT BECOMES MEAT. 00:25:05.06\00:25:07.53 THAT'S WHAT YOU EAT. 00:25:07.53\00:25:08.76 EAT FRUITS, NUTS AND WHOLE GRAINS. 00:25:08.76\00:25:14.76 CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT GOD GAVE THAT DIET TO ADAM AND EVE. 00:25:14.76\00:25:19.76 THEY HAD JUST COME FRESH FROM HIS HAND. 00:25:19.76\00:25:24.56 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE 00:25:24.56\00:25:27.70 ENTITLED TO THE GLORY OF GOD. 00:25:27.70\00:25:30.83 Announcer: WE'D ALL LIKE TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES, BUT 00:25:34.80\00:25:36.86 DOING SO AND MAINTAINING IT AREN'T ALWAYS SO EASY. 00:25:36.86\00:25:39.83 IT'S HARD WHEN THE FOODS WE LOVE ARE ALSO THE FOODS THAT 00:25:39.83\00:25:42.16 CAN HURT US THE MOST, AND WHEN IT'S EASIER TO WATCH 00:25:42.16\00:25:44.96 TV THAN IT IS TO EXERCISE. 00:25:44.96\00:25:47.23 WHAT WE NEED ARE STRAIGHT ANSWERS AND SOME ENCOURAGEMENT. 00:25:47.23\00:25:50.90 THE BREATH OF LIFE GIFT OFFER THIS WEEK IS DR. 00:25:50.90\00:25:53.26 ARNOTT'S 24 REALISTIC WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH. 00:25:53.26\00:25:56.30 IT INCLUDES INFORMATION THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE 00:25:56.30\00:25:58.46 WITH JUST A LITTLE EFFORT. 00:25:58.46\00:25:59.90 SO SAY GOOD-BYE TO CRAZY DIETS AND IMPOSSIBLE 00:25:59.90\00:26:02.46 EXERCISE REGIMENS. 00:26:02.46\00:26:03.83 DR. 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