Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents,
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I am Chris Shelton, your
host, and I'm so thankful
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that you've chosen to
tune in and to study with us.
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Today we are going to
be looking at lesson five
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and it is entitled
"Health and Nutrition,"
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something that is
near and dear to my heart,
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and it is a lesson
in one of 25 lessons
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that are in this book,
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"Sharing God's Love,
What the Bible Says."
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This was produced
for mass distribution
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by our dear brother in
Christ, Brother Richard Bland.
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He's at the
United Prison Ministries
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and so we've decided to take
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each and every
one of his lessons
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and turn them
into an hour of study.
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Today again is
health and nutrition.
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You know, an accord to letter
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that we find in 3 John 1:2,
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it reads "Beloved, I
wish above all things
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that thou mayest
prosper and be in health,
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even as thy soul prospereth."
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You know, friend, I
have often read that verse
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and I know that it
was a cordial introduction
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to his brother
Gaius who he loved.
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But you know, I believe
prosper and be in health
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is an expression through
John from our heavenly Father
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to each and every one of us.
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I truly believe that
God wants us to prosper,
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He wants us to
be in good health.
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You know, the
Bible also teaches,
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"That He's the
potter and we're the clay."
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Let's look at
Isaiah 64:8, it reads
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"But now, O Lord,
thou art our father,
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we are the clay,
and thou are our potter,
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and we are all
the work of thy hand."
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You know as you think
about a potter and clay
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on that spinning wheel,
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it's the potter
that's molding and making.
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He's the one that
knows what goes into the clay
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to make it just right,
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he adds just enough water
to mold it and to shape it
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into something
beautiful, something wonderful
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that people would
be able to treasure
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for maybe the
rest of their lives.
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Same holds true for
our heavenly Father,
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He molded us,
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He made us and He knows
what's best for you and us.
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He is making us into His
image, He's renewing our heart,
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He's renewing our mind
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through health
and through nutrition.
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But before we listen
to Pastor Kenny today,
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we're going to visit
the 3ABN Worship Center
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and we're going
to listen to a song
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and please listen to
the words of this song,
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it is entitled "More like You"
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and it is sung by
Brother Steve Darmody.
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By chiseling the stones
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That built this house
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And carving out a home
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I only dream about
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You're painting me a view
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That I can't live without
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I can't live without
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But you're making me
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More like You
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Creating me into someone who
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Knows the awesome power
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of what love can do
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You're making me
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Making me more like You
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By molding me the hands
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That desire to serve
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And giving me the voice
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That wants to share Your word
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And offering the hope
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That I don't deserve
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I don't deserve
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But you're making me
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more like You
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Creating me
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Into someone who
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Knows the awesome power
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Of what love can do
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You're making me
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Making me more like You
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But you're making me
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more like You
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Creating me
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Into someone who
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Knows the awesome power
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Of what love can do
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You're making me
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Making me more like You
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You're making me
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Making me more
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Like You
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Thank you for
joining us once again
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here at Behold
the Lamb Ministries.
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We really appreciate, you folks,
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we want you to know that
and we appreciate your cards,
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and your letters,
and your phone calls.
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You know, we love to hear here
how God is working with you,
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day by day drawing you closer
to Him for His soon coming.
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The today's lesson,
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and I want you to
get a pencil and paper
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so you can jot some things down.
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I mentioned every
time we have a program,
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we move rather
quickly on some of these
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quotes and things.
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Be sure and write them down
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and go back and
study them for yourself.
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We're going to be talking
about health and nutrition.
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You know, what a
time that we live in
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we need to be healthy, we
need to eat the right things
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and so may God help us as
we study the Word together.
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And I sure appreciated,
Brother Steve Darmody's song
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in the very
beginning "More like You."
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And it talks about
how He's molding us
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and shaping us into becoming
more like Jesus everyday
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and that was such a blessing.
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Always before we go
into the study of God's Word,
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we always kneel and
have prayer together
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and I invite you,
bless your hearts,
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I enjoy hearing
that some of you,
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well, you can, you kneel with us
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while we pray together,
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so I'm going to invite you
to do that as we pray together.
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Loving Father in heaven, again,
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we thank You for
the privilege of prayer,
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we thank You that we can call
upon Thee in our time of need.
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Certainly we need Your
power, Thy Holy Spirit.
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Lord, help my mind today,
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help me as to
read the Word of God
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we pray that it'll be clear.
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It'll come forth
in people's hearts
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and their minds and
they'll be drawn close to you,
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that they'll learn more
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maybe than what
they ever have before
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as the Holy Spirit speaks
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to their heart
and to their life.
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Bless us now, we pray to this
and we're going to thank You
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in advance for
what You're going to do
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in getting our
hearts and minds be open
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to that which You for
us today, in Jesus' name,
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amen.
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You have your Bible, I
want you to turn quickly
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with me to 2 Peter.
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Going to read just a
couple of verses here.
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Remember,
everything that we start
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talking about here in
the beginning of our study,
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it will see how it fits together
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as we get closer to the end.
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So keep all of
these things in mind
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because they are to
build one on top of the other.
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In this passage
of 2 Peter Chapter 1,
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I'm going to just read four,
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maybe three verses
here that will help us.
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You've read it many
times but in 5, 6, and 7.
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2 Peter 1:5, 6,
and 7, the Bible says,
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"And besides this,
giving all diligence,
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add to your faith" what?
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"Virtue, and to
your virtue knowledge."
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Notice this, "And to
knowledge temperance,
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and to temperance patience,
and to patience godliness,
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and to godliness
brotherly kindness,
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and to brotherly
kindness charity."
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Or love.
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Notice,
knowledge and temperance,
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this is very important,
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we keep this in our
minds and our hearts
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as we study together.
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It's very interesting here,
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Spirit of Prophecy gives just
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about two lines
I want you to pay
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close attention to
letter 44, written in 1903.
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You know, it
really doesn't matter
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how long ago
something's been written,
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if it's truth, it's
truth, and it remains truth.
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It never changes, but notice
just a couple of line, says,
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"Those who disregard"
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notice "His or
Jesus' expressed commands
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will form characters
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like the
propensities that they indulge."
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Think about it, if we do what?
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Disregard God's
expressed commands.
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So if God has commanded
it, if God is speaking to us,
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we read it from the Word of God,
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then we decide to disregard it,
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we become just like
those things that we are,
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you know, beholding,
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not certainly taking
in like we should be.
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So keep that in mind
as we study together.
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We are talking about
health and nutrition.
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I don't think that
I've ever met an individual
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who doesn't want to be healthy.
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I don't think
I've ever met anyone.
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Everybody you meet, they say,
"But I want to have health."
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And if you would offer
them health or even finances,
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majority of
people would take what?
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Health above money
because we find in the days
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where people who
have a lot of money
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and there's
something wrong with them,
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they're willing to give what?
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Give everything so
that they can back it up,
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so that they can have health.
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The world that we live
in is an interesting world.
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Almost everybody that I
meet, they are health conscious.
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You know, in the world
health conscious today,
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we find that we
want to look good,
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we want to feel good,
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and we want to live a
long healthy prosperous life.
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So those are kind of the
three things that we find
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that is contagious
around the world today
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is to spend billions
of dollars to look good.
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We'd spend
billions if we had it,
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so we could live longer.
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We want to be
healthy, we want to be happy.
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And that's no different
than what the Bible says
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in this sense, in 3 John 2,
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passage says,
"Beloved, I wish above" what?
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"All things that thou
mayest prosper and be" where?
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"And be in health," notice this,
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"even as thy soul prospereth."
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So notice the things
that are there in there.
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I want you, above all things,
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you prosper and
that you be in health
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and he doesn't go on
and just say that's it,
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he goes on and talks
about the soul's health.
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Very interesting,
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but there's things
that have to add up
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in order for our
souls to be healthy,
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and we're going to
talk about those things.
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Look what John is covering
in these verses quickly.
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Certainly he's covering health,
and he's covering prosperity
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but notice, he's looking at
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spiritual wellbeing.
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If you have to
weigh them all out,
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which one would you choose
if you could only have one?
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John wants us to be
as he stresses here.
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He said, "I want
you to be successful.
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I want you to be prosperous."
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Notice that.
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Even in the temporal things,
even things of this life.
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So we are not saying that
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there's lot of things out there,
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they're not bad within
themselves, it's our attitude
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and our motive
towards those things.
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So he's saying, "Even
in the temporal things
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I want to go well for you.
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I want you to have money,
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I want you to have
things of this world
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if you can handle it.
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But also, I want you to have
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good spiritual
connection with God."
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That's very, very
important in this passage.
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Why?
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Because John realizes this
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which we must
realize as Christians.
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He realizes the connection
between the mind and the body.
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Is there a
connection? Absolutely.
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Absolutely between
the mind and the body
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or we say when
the soul prospers,
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the body is better
able to be healthy.
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Does that make sense?
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We're feeling good,
we're feeling healthy.
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It makes a difference
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on how we want to
spend time with God,
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how we read the Word of God
and what we do as Christians.
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Health and nutrition
and the importance of it.
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We could say,
and someone puts up,
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yeah, we're on the
other side of the coin,
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the other side of the coin.
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So in other words,
if we're feeling good,
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our spiritual life is better.
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On the other side,
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is if we're not feeling so well,
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sometime we suffer spiritually,
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we can't seem
to get in the Word,
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we neglect the Word.
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If we neglect our
physical wellbeing,
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you know, it bothers us,
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maybe we just can't sit down
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and we can't
read the Word of God.
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We may be going along
and getting some bad habits
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in our hearts and in our life
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rather than some
of the good things.
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Our religion suffers,
our belief in God suffers
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when we go the wrong direction.
00:14:32.77\00:14:34.94
I heard someone say this,
00:14:34.97\00:14:37.01
"It's not
enough for the gardener
00:14:37.04\00:14:41.24
to love flowers,
he has to hate weeds."
00:14:41.28\00:14:44.98
Does that make sense?
00:14:45.01\00:14:46.35
It's not just,
"Oh, I love flowers,
00:14:46.38\00:14:47.72
I love flowers, you've
got to hate the weeds."
00:14:47.75\00:14:50.79
As Proverbs tells us in
Proverbs14:13, jot it down,
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it's very
interesting, notice this,
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it starts out this
way "A sound heart..."
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It's very
interesting that we have
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and we need a sound heart
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because sound
means it's a cured heart.
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We're talking about
health and nutrition.
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We have to have a
heart that is cured,
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notice this, cured,
that means a wholesome heart,
00:15:12.27\00:15:16.14
that means a mended heart.
00:15:16.18\00:15:18.68
And I thought how
interesting this is,
00:15:18.71\00:15:20.98
a heart that has
been mended by stitches,
00:15:21.02\00:15:26.12
maybe a heart
that has been broken,
00:15:26.15\00:15:28.59
maybe a heart who's
had physical problems,
00:15:28.62\00:15:31.56
but it can be mended,
but he said by stitches.
00:15:31.59\00:15:34.90
This is what he's talking about
when he said a sound heart.
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It may not start out that
way, may not because of...
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But it can be changed
into that sound heart.
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It is the life of the flesh,
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so sound heart then
is the life of the what?
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Of the flesh, the
verse goes on, it says,
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I don't want to miss this, says,
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"But envy the
rottenness of the bones."
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Jealousy.
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Jealousy is a horrible
thing, so we want to be mended,
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we want to be wholesome,
00:16:00.79\00:16:02.12
we want to be
strong in the Lord.
00:16:02.16\00:16:04.29
Beautiful book that I
like Ministry of Healing,
00:16:04.33\00:16:06.80
we find this quote, page 280,
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"That which
corrupts the body..."
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Notice the word.
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"That which corrupts the
body," that which destroys it,
00:16:14.70\00:16:17.94
that which breaks it,
that which is, you know,
00:16:17.97\00:16:22.74
somehow would break
down and make it weaker,
00:16:22.78\00:16:24.95
we need to be careful,
00:16:24.98\00:16:26.31
"the body tends
to corrupt the soul."
00:16:26.35\00:16:28.78
Whatever breaks
down what? The body.
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The body that breaks down,
it tends to corrupt the soul.
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Notice how it goes,
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"It unfits the user
for communion with God,
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it unfits him for the
high and holy service."
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Two things I want you
to just remember on that,
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we're looking about it here,
Ministry of Healings, page 280.
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First of all if we
take anything or do anything
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that corrupts the body,
it's going to affect the soul.
00:16:52.14\00:16:56.04
And here's how it does it,
00:16:56.08\00:16:57.41
it affects our
communication with God,
00:16:57.45\00:16:59.91
it affects our
prayer life with God
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if we're taking
the wrong things in.
00:17:02.08\00:17:03.75
We're doing the wrong thing,
00:17:03.79\00:17:05.12
it affects our
communication with God.
00:17:05.15\00:17:07.92
And then
secondly, you noticed what?
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I become unfit.
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You become unfit
because of our life,
00:17:11.79\00:17:15.00
you know, what
we're doing in our life,
00:17:15.03\00:17:16.36
things we're taking into
our body, fit for service.
00:17:16.40\00:17:19.83
Because when we get
ourselves in the position
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to where we cannot go
out and do those things
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that God would
have us to be doing.
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So we're unfit
for service with God.
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This fits in with Leviticus
in the old chapter, 20:23.
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Now this was dealing with flesh
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and it's dealing
with morality here.
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Leviticus 20:3, God's
giving us a warning here,
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"Ye shall not walk in
the manner of the nations,
00:17:43.86\00:17:47.20
which I cast out
before you: for they" notice,
00:17:47.23\00:17:50.87
"they committed
all these things,
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and therefore I abhorred them."
00:17:53.47\00:17:55.97
It's interesting
the words that come out
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when we're thinking
about, what we're talking about
00:17:57.97\00:17:59.54
health and
happiness and, you know,
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things that we eat,
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the things that we take
in and so on and so forth.
00:18:02.31\00:18:03.75
God is telling us
here right now, He said,
00:18:03.78\00:18:06.25
"Don't be like
the other nations.
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I'm looking at a
people who are different,
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who'll be different,
who'll act different,
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talk different, eat differently,
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will be different
from that of the world."
00:18:13.89\00:18:16.19
He said, "Those people
of the world I cast out."
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Did you notice
that? I cast them out.
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And He used the word,
God said, "I abhorred them."
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Whoo, that's strong
language for God to use,
00:18:23.70\00:18:26.50
when He said no,
because I told them,
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I warned them,
'notice that I abhorred them.
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Now, God makes this
strong statement here or two
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in Deuteronomy 7:26
00:18:34.91\00:18:36.71
that I think would
help to balance it out.
00:18:36.75\00:18:38.81
Deuteronomy 7:26,
00:18:38.85\00:18:41.38
"Neither shalt thou bring
00:18:41.42\00:18:43.25
an abomination
into thine house."
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Interesting what we might
want to think as an abomination.
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There's a lot of things
that are an abomination to God
00:18:50.16\00:18:53.50
but isn't it
wonderful, in His Word,
00:18:53.53\00:18:55.53
He always tells us,
this is an abomination.
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This is
abomination, and how He said,
00:18:58.87\00:19:01.04
"Don't bring
abomination into thine house,
00:19:01.07\00:19:04.04
lest thou be a
cursed thing like it."
00:19:04.07\00:19:08.81
Think about that,
00:19:08.84\00:19:10.65
He's called certain
things an abomination.
00:19:10.68\00:19:13.18
He said, "If you bring that
abomination into your house,
00:19:13.21\00:19:16.08
you are a cursed
abomination just like it is."
00:19:16.12\00:19:19.22
That's pretty strong
language for us to chew on
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and how far does it go.
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How far does it go
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when we're talking about
this subject field for today?
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Very, very interesting.
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You know, this
also as we look at,
00:19:30.20\00:19:32.10
to me it sets
us for another text
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when we look at it
here, in the New Testament.
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In the New Testament,
00:19:37.01\00:19:38.67
it's a lesson set
forth by the Holy Spirit,
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I thought was interesting.
00:19:40.94\00:19:42.28
This is one
familiar that you know
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found in 1
Corinthians 3:16 and 17.
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Remember we have
to hang on every word.
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We have to go line upon
line, precept upon precept.
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So things that we've
discussed and covered, God said,
00:19:54.59\00:19:56.99
"There are things
that are abominations."
00:19:57.03\00:19:59.29
There are things that
we shouldn't even bring
00:19:59.33\00:20:00.66
into our house.
00:20:00.70\00:20:02.03
He said, "We have to be careful
00:20:02.06\00:20:03.40
about what we
put into our body,"
00:20:03.43\00:20:04.83
because it affects our thinking
and our relationship with Him.
00:20:04.87\00:20:07.97
I think that boils it down.
00:20:08.00\00:20:09.57
You know God has not changed
regards to what men may say,
00:20:09.60\00:20:13.17
"Well, God's changed,
says, we're not the same today."
00:20:13.21\00:20:15.54
Bible is the same
as it always has been,
00:20:15.58\00:20:17.35
the truth is always the
same, it will never change.
00:20:17.38\00:20:20.45
Bible tells us 1
Corinthians 3:16 and 17,
00:20:20.48\00:20:23.72
"Know ye not
that ye are the" what?
00:20:23.75\00:20:25.52
Temple of God.
00:20:25.55\00:20:26.89
I like it, "You're
the temple of God."
00:20:26.92\00:20:28.49
Don't you know,
He's telling you.
00:20:28.52\00:20:30.49
Don't you know
"You're the temple of God
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and the Spirit of
God dwells in you?"
00:20:32.53\00:20:34.83
I can tell you this today,
00:20:34.86\00:20:36.33
that either the
Spirit of God dwells in you
00:20:36.36\00:20:38.00
or the spirit of enemy.
00:20:38.03\00:20:39.37
It is one of the
other, it's not just,
00:20:39.40\00:20:40.94
well a little bit of
this, a little bit of that,
00:20:40.97\00:20:42.57
one or the other.
00:20:42.60\00:20:43.94
Bitter and sweet water
can't come from the same place.
00:20:43.97\00:20:46.37
So he's telling
us here, write quick,
00:20:46.41\00:20:49.24
does Holy Spirit
wants to dwell in you.
00:20:49.28\00:20:51.38
Now, "If any man
defile that temple."
00:20:51.41\00:20:55.82
He just said
you were the temple,
00:20:55.85\00:20:57.42
that's where the Holy
Spirit wants to dwell.
00:20:57.45\00:20:59.32
But if you are defiling
it, what is God going to do?
00:20:59.35\00:21:03.83
"Him shall God destroy,
for the temple of God is holy."
00:21:03.86\00:21:08.70
Our temple then,
our body should be what?
00:21:08.73\00:21:11.07
It should be holy unto God.
00:21:11.10\00:21:13.54
So we cannot willfully
take in things into our body
00:21:13.57\00:21:16.64
or use things
that's going to affect us
00:21:16.67\00:21:19.64
mentally,
physically and spiritually
00:21:19.67\00:21:21.64
because they work together.
00:21:21.68\00:21:23.51
So as we see this, God
says, "I'm going to destroy..."
00:21:23.55\00:21:26.25
The temple is
holy and which temple?
00:21:26.28\00:21:28.58
You are.
00:21:28.62\00:21:29.95
So there it makes
it very, very clear
00:21:29.98\00:21:32.09
that God wants us to
examine these things,
00:21:32.12\00:21:35.96
so that we can be in the best,
00:21:35.99\00:21:37.73
you know, working
condition for Him.
00:21:37.76\00:21:40.33
So our
relationship can be right.
00:21:40.36\00:21:42.43
Again, little book,
00:21:42.46\00:21:43.80
Ministry of
Healing, I love this book.
00:21:43.83\00:21:46.07
Page 310 says this.
00:21:46.10\00:21:47.44
There's a pretty good paragraph.
00:21:47.47\00:21:48.80
But please,
listen, because it says
00:21:48.84\00:21:50.51
just what scripture
has already told us.
00:21:50.54\00:21:52.44
I've often said...
00:21:52.47\00:21:53.81
People say,
"Well, you read Bible,
00:21:53.84\00:21:55.18
then you read some
Spirit of Prophecy."
00:21:55.21\00:21:56.54
You know, I always read, what?
00:21:56.58\00:21:58.01
The Bible says first
and then what I read to you
00:21:58.05\00:22:00.95
if what gels with the Bible.
00:22:00.98\00:22:02.32
If it doesn't, I'm
gonna throw it out.
00:22:02.35\00:22:03.92
But this is gelling
00:22:03.95\00:22:05.29
with what the
Bible has already said.
00:22:05.32\00:22:07.02
It says here,
00:22:07.06\00:22:08.39
"Our bodies are
Christ's purchased possession."
00:22:08.42\00:22:11.23
He says what? You're the temple.
00:22:11.26\00:22:13.40
And now the Holy
Spirit wants to dwell in you.
00:22:13.43\00:22:15.46
Because what?
00:22:15.50\00:22:16.83
We're not our
own, isn't that right?
00:22:16.87\00:22:18.20
It says here, "You are
His purchased possession."
00:22:18.23\00:22:20.94
Yes.
00:22:20.97\00:22:22.30
Think about it,
you're not your own,
00:22:22.34\00:22:23.67
you're purchased
by Him, by His blood.
00:22:23.71\00:22:27.58
"We are not at liberty,"
00:22:27.61\00:22:29.11
notice this "to do
with them as we please."
00:22:29.14\00:22:32.81
How often have
you heard someone say,
00:22:32.85\00:22:35.18
"I'll do as I
please with my body."
00:22:35.22\00:22:37.85
You see, that just shows
00:22:37.89\00:22:39.22
they don't know the Word of God.
00:22:39.25\00:22:41.12
"I'll do what I please."
00:22:41.16\00:22:42.49
You may do as you please,
00:22:42.52\00:22:44.16
but there's a
consequence at the end of it.
00:22:44.19\00:22:46.36
And you may not
only suffer what?
00:22:46.39\00:22:47.96
In the life to
come, but in this life,
00:22:48.00\00:22:50.17
you'll also
suffer if you go against
00:22:50.20\00:22:51.87
what God Has
already said in His Word.
00:22:51.90\00:22:53.60
Why?
00:22:53.64\00:22:54.97
Because you've been
purchased by Him, He owns you.
00:22:55.00\00:22:57.57
He created you, He owns you.
00:22:57.61\00:22:59.04
Notice, you're not at liberty
to do with them as you please.
00:22:59.07\00:23:02.68
"All who understand,"
careful now, listen,
00:23:02.71\00:23:04.81
"the laws of health
should realize their obligation
00:23:04.85\00:23:08.48
to obey these laws
00:23:08.52\00:23:10.05
which God has
established in their being."
00:23:10.09\00:23:13.29
Notice this,
"Obedience" I like this,
00:23:13.32\00:23:15.86
"to the laws of health
00:23:15.89\00:23:17.36
is to be made a
matter of personal duty."
00:23:17.39\00:23:21.66
Our duty is to make sure we
understand the laws of what?
00:23:21.70\00:23:24.63
Health.
00:23:24.67\00:23:26.00
The laws of health,
this is very important,
00:23:26.03\00:23:27.37
let's build on it.
00:23:27.40\00:23:28.74
The laws of
health we need to know
00:23:28.77\00:23:30.71
and obedience to
those laws of health.
00:23:30.74\00:23:32.81
If we...
00:23:32.84\00:23:34.18
Notice this, ourselves, if not,
00:23:34.21\00:23:35.74
"We ourselves must suffer
the results of violated laws.
00:23:35.78\00:23:40.32
We must
individually answer to God
00:23:40.35\00:23:42.55
for our habits
and our practices."
00:23:42.58\00:23:46.19
That makes sense, doesn't it?
00:23:46.22\00:23:47.56
We have to
answer to God for what?
00:23:47.59\00:23:48.92
Our habits and our
practices, whatever they may be.
00:23:48.96\00:23:52.59
You have a choice,
you can do what you want,
00:23:52.63\00:23:54.46
but God reveals
strongly in His Word
00:23:54.50\00:23:57.17
the path that we must take.
00:23:57.20\00:23:59.73
If we violate these laws,
00:23:59.77\00:24:01.84
we shall suffer
even in this life.
00:24:01.87\00:24:05.07
Did you get it?
00:24:05.11\00:24:06.44
Even in this
life we shall suffer.
00:24:06.47\00:24:08.88
So we must learn
to, in my opinion,
00:24:08.91\00:24:11.28
we must learn to
be what the Bible says
00:24:11.31\00:24:13.28
in 1 Corinthians,
temperate in how many things?
00:24:13.31\00:24:17.42
1 Corinthians 9:25,
00:24:17.45\00:24:18.99
"Must be
temperate in all things."
00:24:19.02\00:24:22.16
What God wants people to be,
00:24:22.19\00:24:23.89
is to be able to
balance His Word properly.
00:24:23.93\00:24:27.16
Not go overboard right
and left and they talk,
00:24:27.20\00:24:29.50
you know, in
politics a lot of times,
00:24:29.53\00:24:32.00
there are the right,
00:24:32.03\00:24:33.37
there are the left, there are...
00:24:33.40\00:24:34.74
We need to learn how
to balance the Word of God
00:24:34.77\00:24:36.91
based upon the Word of God here.
00:24:36.94\00:24:39.67
And that means, temperate means,
00:24:39.71\00:24:41.31
I need to learn
some self restraint.
00:24:41.34\00:24:44.51
That's what temperate,
00:24:44.55\00:24:45.88
self restraint has to do
00:24:45.91\00:24:48.15
with containing our self.
00:24:48.18\00:24:52.09
This is what God said to
be temperate in all things,
00:24:52.12\00:24:54.89
dealing with, we're
talking about diet and morality,
00:24:54.92\00:24:58.29
how they work hand in hand.
00:24:58.33\00:25:00.96
Just give a little example
about diet, for instance.
00:25:01.00\00:25:06.27
You realize that a
person who sits at their job
00:25:06.30\00:25:09.67
needs to be more careful
00:25:09.70\00:25:11.04
of what they
take into their body
00:25:11.07\00:25:12.41
than one who is
out physically working.
00:25:12.44\00:25:14.71
Does that make sense to us?
00:25:14.74\00:25:16.31
You know, some may get jealous
00:25:16.34\00:25:17.68
but different
people have different job,
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.05
that's just the way it is.
00:25:19.08\00:25:20.58
So to help along
that line, you say,
00:25:20.62\00:25:22.58
"Well my job is
basically using my brain."
00:25:22.62\00:25:24.35
And I said, if we do that?
00:25:24.39\00:25:27.16
What it says, I
though very interesting.
00:25:27.19\00:25:29.52
We are to take just two
00:25:29.56\00:25:30.93
or three kinds
of food at a meal.
00:25:30.96\00:25:34.86
This will help us if
we want to balance it out.
00:25:34.90\00:25:37.40
Just two or three kinds of food,
00:25:37.43\00:25:40.34
we take at one
time at each meal.
00:25:40.37\00:25:42.20
Simple food.
00:25:42.24\00:25:43.57
And we eat no more
than to satisfy our hunger.
00:25:43.61\00:25:47.41
You know, how a
lot of time, we say,
00:25:47.44\00:25:48.78
"Well, I want to eat little more
00:25:48.81\00:25:50.15
because I'm not" what?
00:25:50.18\00:25:51.51
I'm not full yet.
00:25:51.55\00:25:52.88
I'm gonna have
another bite of this,
00:25:52.91\00:25:54.25
I'm gonna have
another bite of that.
00:25:54.28\00:25:56.05
Many times we've
done, "Oh, this tastes good,
00:25:56.08\00:25:57.92
I'm gonna have a
little bit more."
00:25:57.95\00:25:59.45
But we are talking
about to be healthy
00:25:59.49\00:26:01.52
and have ourselves
in the best condition
00:26:01.56\00:26:03.99
that God can use us.
00:26:04.03\00:26:05.63
Is that we need to be
careful if our job is sedentary,
00:26:05.66\00:26:08.53
that we...
00:26:08.56\00:26:09.90
And millions and
millions that have that job.
00:26:09.93\00:26:12.03
So we just eat simple food,
00:26:12.07\00:26:13.57
just two or
three items, one time.
00:26:13.60\00:26:16.04
And then we
naturally, we don't eat,
00:26:16.07\00:26:18.87
you know, till we're real full.
00:26:18.91\00:26:20.71
Because, you know, the
gauge on that sometime is what?
00:26:20.74\00:26:23.21
After what we are eating,
00:26:23.24\00:26:24.61
and just say
for about 10 minutes
00:26:24.65\00:26:25.98
you gonna say, ooh, I'm full,
if you didn't eat another drop.
00:26:26.01\00:26:28.28
But right at that same time,
you're not really feeling it,
00:26:28.32\00:26:30.45
it's kind of delayed response.
00:26:30.49\00:26:32.25
And then number
three, is exercise.
00:26:32.29\00:26:35.82
Exercise every day.
00:26:35.86\00:26:38.06
Spirit of Prophecy says,
00:26:38.09\00:26:39.43
we need to exercise
everyday of our life.
00:26:39.46\00:26:42.10
Now remember the
things that we just read here,
00:26:42.13\00:26:44.27
the things that
God has made plain,
00:26:44.30\00:26:45.87
and we refuse
to do those things,
00:26:45.90\00:26:47.87
we would we held
accountable for that.
00:26:47.90\00:26:50.14
This is the best way
to have optimal health.
00:26:50.17\00:26:53.38
Now think about it,
don't raise your hand,
00:26:53.41\00:26:54.74
if I say, now how many
exercise on a regular basis?
00:26:54.78\00:26:57.15
Probably very few
will raise their hand.
00:26:57.18\00:26:58.91
How many just choose
one, or two, or three
00:26:58.95\00:27:00.92
different kind of food?
00:27:00.95\00:27:03.25
Well, we need to
look at it and say,
00:27:03.28\00:27:04.92
"Now how
healthy do I want to be?
00:27:04.95\00:27:06.89
And how much brain
power do I really need?
00:27:06.92\00:27:10.26
You know, how
can I be better fit
00:27:10.29\00:27:11.89
to be a servant of God?"
00:27:11.93\00:27:14.00
But now, on the other hand,
those who are outside working
00:27:14.03\00:27:17.57
and those who
burn a lot of calories,
00:27:17.60\00:27:19.23
those who are
climbing, and stretching,
00:27:19.27\00:27:20.97
and muscling things, whatever,
00:27:21.00\00:27:23.20
you don't have to
be quiet so particular.
00:27:23.24\00:27:25.84
Remember, I'm
still talking about,
00:27:25.87\00:27:27.21
I'm talking about the clean.
00:27:27.24\00:27:28.58
I'm never talking
about the unclean here.
00:27:28.61\00:27:30.45
God made a distinction,
00:27:30.48\00:27:31.81
I'll bring that up
a little bit later.
00:27:31.85\00:27:33.18
There's
distinction between the clean,
00:27:33.21\00:27:34.92
and the unclean when
we are talking about here.
00:27:34.95\00:27:37.15
But we need to
just look at it here,
00:27:37.19\00:27:38.95
we need to
regardless of what your work
00:27:38.99\00:27:41.42
or position is,
because I know myself,
00:27:41.46\00:27:43.46
when I was in
construction for years.
00:27:43.49\00:27:44.83
And I work outside in
the sun, or whatever it is.
00:27:44.86\00:27:46.86
You sweat an awful lot.
00:27:46.90\00:27:48.23
Man, you can eat an awful lot
and you need that's all about
00:27:48.26\00:27:50.67
three squares to keep you going.
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.83
That doesn't
mean everybody does,
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.30
because they are not burning,
often doing what you are doing.
00:27:54.34\00:27:56.74
But you still need to
be careful what you eat,
00:27:56.77\00:27:59.07
and what you
drink, is what God said.
00:27:59.11\00:28:00.84
So here's a question,
so what should we eat?
00:28:00.88\00:28:03.88
We're talking about
health and nutrition.
00:28:03.91\00:28:05.41
What should we eat
according to the Bible?
00:28:05.45\00:28:07.75
Either the Bible is
changed, or has not changed.
00:28:07.78\00:28:10.49
It either is
right, or it's wrong.
00:28:10.52\00:28:13.25
Or have we changed?
00:28:13.29\00:28:14.89
So what should we really eat?
00:28:14.92\00:28:16.59
Turn with your Bible,
00:28:16.62\00:28:17.96
I'm gonna turn to
Genesis Chapter 1.
00:28:17.99\00:28:19.46
We always go
back to the beginning,
00:28:19.49\00:28:20.83
if you want to find out truth.
00:28:20.86\00:28:22.20
Is that right?
00:28:22.23\00:28:23.57
You always go back
the way God set it up,
00:28:23.60\00:28:24.93
and then we find out,
it's where we are at now.
00:28:24.97\00:28:26.94
What in the world has happened?
00:28:26.97\00:28:29.10
Genesis 1:29.
00:28:29.14\00:28:32.91
We'll just read that verse
here and look at it quickly.
00:28:32.94\00:28:34.98
Genesis 1:29, it says
00:28:35.01\00:28:37.48
"And God said, behold I
have given you every" what?
00:28:37.51\00:28:42.02
A herb, "Herb
to be bearing seed,
00:28:42.05\00:28:44.25
which is upon the
face of the earth,
00:28:44.29\00:28:46.15
every tree, in
which is the fruit
00:28:46.19\00:28:49.22
of a tree yielding seed,
00:28:49.26\00:28:51.09
to you it shall
be for meat or food."
00:28:51.13\00:28:53.83
This is what God said,
the One who created us.
00:28:53.86\00:28:57.07
This is nothing new for most,
00:28:57.10\00:28:59.00
but people sometime,
we just don't get it.
00:28:59.03\00:29:00.97
We say, "Well, I
know what He did.
00:29:01.00\00:29:02.94
I know, He created us.
00:29:02.97\00:29:04.57
He knows us inside and out.
00:29:04.61\00:29:06.07
He knows what is best for us."
00:29:06.11\00:29:07.88
Here He said, "I created you,
00:29:07.91\00:29:09.51
here's what I want
you to eat right here.
00:29:09.54\00:29:11.71
I want you to eat
every herb bearing seed
00:29:11.75\00:29:13.82
which is upon the face
of the earth and every tree
00:29:13.85\00:29:16.65
in which there's
the fruit of the tree."
00:29:16.69\00:29:18.79
Notice that, as we look at it.
00:29:18.82\00:29:21.72
And God said, if you back
up a verse to 27, notice it.
00:29:21.76\00:29:26.49
It says, "So God
created man in His" what?
00:29:26.53\00:29:28.93
Own image.
00:29:28.96\00:29:30.30
"His own image, in the
image of God created He him,
00:29:30.33\00:29:33.47
male and female
created He them."
00:29:33.50\00:29:36.07
Just simply once
again to reiterate what?
00:29:36.10\00:29:38.77
He created us.
00:29:38.81\00:29:40.28
He knows what
we are, who we are,
00:29:40.31\00:29:42.54
what we're made up of,
00:29:42.58\00:29:43.91
and what will
make you tick better.
00:29:43.95\00:29:45.28
Right.
00:29:45.31\00:29:46.65
And when we choose
to go the other way,
00:29:46.68\00:29:48.18
what are we really saying?
00:29:48.22\00:29:50.29
What are we really saying?
00:29:50.32\00:29:51.65
God, I know
better than you know.
00:29:51.69\00:29:53.32
I know what You said back here,
00:29:53.36\00:29:55.22
and I know that
it's truth back here.
00:29:55.26\00:29:56.93
But I'm gonna do
what I want to do,
00:29:56.96\00:29:58.63
because my taste buds say so.
00:29:58.66\00:30:00.80
We had to be very
careful because it says,
00:30:00.83\00:30:02.46
"We're gonna reap what we sow."
00:30:02.50\00:30:05.10
And when God has
given specific commands,
00:30:05.13\00:30:07.14
He's gonna hold us
accountable for those things.
00:30:07.17\00:30:10.07
It just makes sense,
00:30:10.11\00:30:11.44
thanks that we've been
over for, maybe, many times.
00:30:11.47\00:30:13.88
God created man.
00:30:13.91\00:30:16.24
So He goes on to tell us
00:30:16.28\00:30:18.01
certain things there, didn't He?
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.48
What we basically,
we read in verse 29,
00:30:19.51\00:30:21.88
what we should be eating.
00:30:21.92\00:30:23.99
Remember, when it
says "Every herb,"
00:30:24.02\00:30:25.95
notice this, "Man
was to eat from the tree
00:30:25.99\00:30:29.72
and from the" what?
00:30:29.76\00:30:31.09
The field.
00:30:31.13\00:30:32.46
"The tree and the field."
00:30:32.49\00:30:33.83
That means grains, nuts,
and fruit in the beginning.
00:30:33.86\00:30:37.00
Is that true?
00:30:37.03\00:30:38.63
God set it up that
way, He said that simple.
00:30:38.67\00:30:41.30
Animals, notice this,
00:30:41.34\00:30:42.67
animals were to
eat every green herb.
00:30:42.70\00:30:45.97
Did you get that?
00:30:46.01\00:30:47.34
The animals were
to eat every green.
00:30:47.38\00:30:48.71
That means vegetables,
or green plants, or grass,
00:30:48.74\00:30:52.68
that's what the
animals were to eat.
00:30:52.71\00:30:54.32
God never gave us that
to in beginning, did He?
00:30:54.35\00:30:56.45
He said what?
00:30:56.48\00:30:57.82
Grains, nuts, and fruit
so, clear teaching of scripture
00:30:57.85\00:31:01.22
is death
entered in through what?
00:31:01.26\00:31:04.13
The world through sin.
00:31:04.16\00:31:05.59
Death did what?
00:31:05.63\00:31:07.16
That God had for us,
00:31:07.20\00:31:08.66
if we do all
right, we'd been obedient,
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.17
it I'll be good to last
for eternity, would it not?
00:31:10.20\00:31:13.54
But now we see sin has come in,
00:31:13.57\00:31:15.70
and death came
in because of sin,
00:31:15.74\00:31:18.34
because of appetite.
00:31:18.37\00:31:20.54
And there was
sin in the beginning?
00:31:20.58\00:31:22.41
Appetite got them
thrown out of the garden.
00:31:22.44\00:31:24.51
Appetite will get us
thrown out of the kingdom.
00:31:24.55\00:31:27.15
Think about it, if we really
want to balance it up here.
00:31:27.18\00:31:29.95
And again, this is one thing
most people can't really do
00:31:29.98\00:31:32.35
is appetite and money,
00:31:32.39\00:31:34.52
they have difficult time
to comprehend for some reason.
00:31:34.56\00:31:36.93
And we really shouldn't,
00:31:36.96\00:31:38.29
because it's so clear
the way God set it up.
00:31:38.33\00:31:40.46
So notice what it says here,
clear teaching and scripture
00:31:40.50\00:31:43.57
shows that God in
the beginning did what?
00:31:43.60\00:31:46.40
He did not intend
for man or animals
00:31:46.43\00:31:50.44
should take the life of another,
00:31:50.47\00:31:52.24
in order to feed them self.
00:31:52.27\00:31:54.28
He never intended
for another animals
00:31:54.31\00:31:55.94
to kill other animals for food.
00:31:55.98\00:31:58.05
He never intended for us
to kill animals for food,
00:31:58.08\00:32:01.95
because that was not
in the diet to begin with.
00:32:01.98\00:32:03.89
Does that make sense?
00:32:03.92\00:32:05.25
We know things have...
00:32:05.29\00:32:06.62
Well, things have changed.
00:32:06.65\00:32:07.99
Yes, they have.
Who changed them?
00:32:08.02\00:32:09.36
That's what we have to look at.
00:32:09.39\00:32:10.73
Who really changed these things?
00:32:10.76\00:32:12.23
You know, this must
have been God's plan,
00:32:12.26\00:32:14.13
because I read it
from the Word of God.
00:32:14.16\00:32:16.30
In Genesis 1:31, the Bible says
00:32:16.33\00:32:20.34
"Behold, it was" what?
00:32:20.37\00:32:22.10
"It was very good."
00:32:22.14\00:32:23.47
Everything God
did, it says what?
00:32:23.51\00:32:26.01
"Behold, it was very good."
00:32:26.04\00:32:28.71
Now remember, those who gel,
00:32:28.74\00:32:30.48
those who want to be
what God wants them to be.
00:32:30.51\00:32:33.05
This I'll be music to our
ears, and just a, you know,
00:32:33.08\00:32:35.58
reminder of how God set it up,
00:32:35.62\00:32:37.92
to those who do
not want to listen,
00:32:37.95\00:32:40.19
you're not going to listen
anyway, we understand that.
00:32:40.22\00:32:42.82
This may be new to a
lot of different ones
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.63
who view or who
watch, and you'll say,
00:32:44.66\00:32:46.83
"Man, I never
heard this before."
00:32:46.86\00:32:48.46
But if He use us to get
back into the Word of God
00:32:48.50\00:32:50.80
and begin to read it
and see what it says,
00:32:50.83\00:32:53.20
because God just
simply said in Genesis 1:31,
00:32:53.23\00:32:56.67
"Behold, everything He'd
done, behold, it was very good."
00:32:56.71\00:33:00.38
So I'd have to say,
the diet that He chose
00:33:00.41\00:33:02.34
for mankind was very good.
00:33:02.38\00:33:04.55
Why? Because God said so.
00:33:04.58\00:33:06.45
So that makes sense, no reason
for me to argue with that.
00:33:06.48\00:33:09.48
In fact, He
doesn't leave it at that,
00:33:09.52\00:33:11.42
He goes on in
several different verses.
00:33:11.45\00:33:13.66
In verse 4, and 10, and 12,
00:33:17.59\00:33:19.93
and 18, and 21, and 25, and 31,
00:33:19.96\00:33:23.83
God says it's very good.
00:33:23.87\00:33:25.83
So on and on, it's very good.
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.44
He didn't want Brother Mark,
00:33:27.47\00:33:28.90
or Brother Kenny, or
John or somebody to say,
00:33:28.94\00:33:30.91
"Well, I didn't
know it was very good.
00:33:30.94\00:33:33.11
God said "It was very good."
00:33:33.14\00:33:35.04
So when Adam and
Eve then left Eden.
00:33:35.08\00:33:37.51
Man was given,
remember, what was man given?
00:33:37.55\00:33:41.25
To gain for his
livelihood as God said,
00:33:41.28\00:33:43.28
this is what I want you to do,
I want you to go out and what?
00:33:43.32\00:33:45.42
Till the ground.
00:33:45.45\00:33:46.79
Right, when they were
thrown out of the garden,
00:33:46.82\00:33:48.62
he said now you
are to till the soil.
00:33:48.66\00:33:51.49
Now you are to
till the ground under...
00:33:51.53\00:33:54.13
Now, remember, when
they till the ground,
00:33:54.16\00:33:55.63
it was under the curse of what?
00:33:55.66\00:33:57.73
It was under the curse
of sin, it wasn't just easy.
00:33:57.77\00:34:00.87
Then man received permission
to eat the herbs of the field.
00:34:00.90\00:34:06.68
Then and only then,
when God said, now go out
00:34:06.71\00:34:09.81
and, you now, Adam and Eve,
Adam, it's what you gonna do,
00:34:09.84\00:34:12.31
you're gonna till the soil.
00:34:12.35\00:34:14.02
That wouldn't make
sense to go till the soil
00:34:14.05\00:34:16.08
and plant crops
and then don't eat it.
00:34:16.12\00:34:18.22
God didn't say that.
00:34:18.25\00:34:19.59
You're gonna till the
soil, and now you can eat so.
00:34:19.62\00:34:21.29
Now notice that, what did He do?
00:34:21.32\00:34:23.09
Now man's diet is what?
00:34:23.12\00:34:25.86
Grains, fruits,
nuts and vegetables.
00:34:25.89\00:34:29.80
Still good.
00:34:29.83\00:34:31.60
Still God for us, notice that.
00:34:31.63\00:34:33.57
Second Testimonies
352 written in 1869,
00:34:33.60\00:34:38.41
notice what it says?
00:34:38.44\00:34:39.77
"If ever there was a
time when the diet should be
00:34:39.81\00:34:42.28
of the most
simple kind, it is now."
00:34:42.31\00:34:45.35
Lord have mercy.
00:34:45.38\00:34:47.22
That's almost 150 years
ago when things were probably,
00:34:47.25\00:34:52.82
pretty decent.
00:34:52.85\00:34:54.19
Is that okay for me to say that?
00:34:54.22\00:34:55.59
Probably it was so much
better than it is today.
00:34:55.62\00:34:58.33
More in the natural state,
00:34:58.36\00:34:59.73
more the way that
it should be taken in.
00:34:59.76\00:35:01.96
More it says right now, notice,
the simple kind, it's now,
00:35:02.00\00:35:05.30
if there ever was a time
00:35:05.33\00:35:06.67
that diet should be
the most simple, it's now.
00:35:06.70\00:35:09.94
Wow!
00:35:09.97\00:35:11.47
Seven
Testimonies 125.6 says this,
00:35:11.51\00:35:14.91
"God is working in
behalf of His people.
00:35:14.94\00:35:17.91
He does," notice this
"He does not desire them,"
00:35:17.95\00:35:20.82
Oh, my, "to be
without resources."
00:35:20.85\00:35:24.09
He is bringing
them back to the diet,
00:35:24.12\00:35:27.62
originally given to man.
00:35:27.66\00:35:30.16
What is God doing?
00:35:30.19\00:35:32.29
You know what?
00:35:32.33\00:35:33.66
What they say about the horse?
00:35:33.70\00:35:35.03
You can lead him to water,
but you can't make him drink.
00:35:35.06\00:35:38.00
May sound a little bit
goofy, but all right, listen.
00:35:38.03\00:35:41.47
This is what God
has said in His Word.
00:35:41.50\00:35:43.94
Here is the diet,
here is what you can eat,
00:35:43.97\00:35:46.61
this is what's best for you.
00:35:46.64\00:35:48.68
And then He goes on and says
00:35:48.71\00:35:50.05
right through the
Spirit of Prophecy.
00:35:50.08\00:35:52.41
He's bringing us
back to our what?
00:35:52.45\00:35:54.92
Original diet
that He gave to man.
00:35:54.95\00:35:58.02
So what would
that original diet be?
00:35:58.05\00:35:59.82
Well, we should know that.
00:35:59.85\00:36:01.36
In the Book of Daniel,
you turn there quickly,
00:36:01.39\00:36:03.43
I'm not, can't read all
of it because of our time.
00:36:03.46\00:36:05.39
But the Book of Daniel,
00:36:05.43\00:36:06.96
Daniel Chapter 1
is very interesting,
00:36:07.00\00:36:10.37
because we understand
what Daniel went through.
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.27
You remember what
Daniel went through?
00:36:12.30\00:36:14.44
What was he supposed to do?
00:36:14.47\00:36:16.57
He's supposed to eat
the king's meat, wasn't he?
00:36:16.60\00:36:19.11
He's supposed to eat
what was set before him,
00:36:19.14\00:36:20.84
but he had purposed in his heart
00:36:20.88\00:36:22.21
that he wasn't gonna do that.
00:36:22.24\00:36:23.58
Now did it work
a miracle for him?
00:36:23.61\00:36:26.41
Was it good for him?
00:36:26.45\00:36:27.78
Absolutely, it worked
well for him as he ate
00:36:27.82\00:36:30.35
what God had
impressed him to be eating.
00:36:30.39\00:36:34.29
He comes out smarter,
and stronger, and better
00:36:34.32\00:36:36.93
in person that he
didn't have to eat that.
00:36:36.96\00:36:38.76
So we don't have
time to read all those,
00:36:38.79\00:36:40.13
just read all of
those verses and you can see
00:36:40.16\00:36:43.60
how God will bless
if we follow His plan.
00:36:43.63\00:36:47.74
But see, this is all that really
00:36:47.77\00:36:49.40
basically all that
is, is matter of here,
00:36:49.44\00:36:51.57
is the matter of our taste buds.
00:36:51.61\00:36:54.51
Our taste buds
need to be converted.
00:36:54.54\00:36:56.81
I'm talking about myself,
00:36:56.85\00:36:58.18
I'm talking about
anybody who wants to...
00:36:58.21\00:36:59.65
I'm not trying to judge anybody,
00:36:59.68\00:37:01.02
say you're doing
this or doing that.
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.48
Our taste buds
need to be converted
00:37:02.52\00:37:04.69
to what is most healthy for us,
00:37:04.72\00:37:06.69
so that we can be of
better service for Jesus.
00:37:06.72\00:37:09.46
This is what
it's really all about,
00:37:09.49\00:37:11.36
but most people would just
say, I've heard people say,
00:37:11.39\00:37:13.70
"If I have to give
up certain thing to eat,
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.86
I don't want to go to heaven."
00:37:15.90\00:37:17.23
Well, bless your heart,
you don't know about heaven,
00:37:17.27\00:37:18.83
and evidently you
don't know about God.
00:37:18.87\00:37:21.10
You don't know the Word of God.
00:37:21.14\00:37:22.47
You don't have a
Christian experience,
00:37:22.50\00:37:23.84
when we make comments like that.
00:37:23.87\00:37:25.21
Bless their hearts,
they may be in ignorance,
00:37:25.24\00:37:27.71
you know, to the Word of God.
00:37:27.74\00:37:29.08
And they're saying
it out of ignorance,
00:37:29.11\00:37:30.45
I'd say not knowing.
00:37:30.48\00:37:32.48
But who would really say that,
well if I have to give this up,
00:37:32.51\00:37:34.85
I don't want to go to heaven.
00:37:34.88\00:37:37.29
Yeah.
00:37:37.32\00:37:38.65
Interesting, what
people's thoughts are.
00:37:38.69\00:37:41.36
You know, surely
God is better, right?
00:37:41.39\00:37:42.92
His thoughts are
better than ours.
00:37:42.96\00:37:44.69
His ways are not our ways.
00:37:44.73\00:37:46.43
Four Testimonies, page
515, moving along quickly, 516.
00:37:46.46\00:37:50.03
Four T, 515 and 516.
00:37:50.07\00:37:53.70
Talking about,
we're just reading about
00:37:53.74\00:37:55.07
in Daniel Chapter 1
about the eating and so on.
00:37:55.10\00:37:58.24
Says, "Daniel's
clearness of mind
00:37:58.27\00:38:00.28
and firmness of purpose,
00:38:00.31\00:38:02.74
his strength and
intellect in acquiring knowledge
00:38:02.78\00:38:05.65
were due to a great degree
to the plainness of his diet
00:38:05.68\00:38:10.79
and connection
with a life of prayer."
00:38:10.82\00:38:13.46
Two things, keen, sharp,
00:38:13.49\00:38:16.16
put in the high
position of a ruler, right?
00:38:16.19\00:38:18.09
As taken into
captivity, think about,
00:38:18.13\00:38:20.80
that's impossible with man.
00:38:20.83\00:38:22.66
But God elevated him up.
00:38:22.70\00:38:24.23
His strength, and his intellect,
00:38:24.27\00:38:25.83
his knowledge was due
basically through what?
00:38:25.87\00:38:28.80
His diet.
00:38:28.84\00:38:30.44
And his prayer and
communion with God,
00:38:30.47\00:38:32.91
so we need certainly, them both.
00:38:32.94\00:38:34.51
This is a powerful statement,
00:38:34.54\00:38:35.88
I don't want you to
miss this right here,
00:38:35.91\00:38:37.71
'cause we want to
try to balance it up,
00:38:37.75\00:38:39.51
a powerful statement.
00:38:39.55\00:38:40.88
It's found in Review and Herald,
00:38:40.92\00:38:43.28
May 27, 1902.
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.19
Notice this.
00:38:45.22\00:38:46.96
My wife and I've
talked about this a lot,
00:38:46.99\00:38:48.92
see what you think about this.
00:38:48.96\00:38:50.83
"Shall we who have had
such great opportunities
00:38:50.86\00:38:53.60
allow the people of the
world to go in advance of us
00:38:53.63\00:38:58.13
in health reform?"
00:38:58.17\00:39:00.60
I'm here today, say, they have.
00:39:00.64\00:39:02.80
The world...
00:39:02.84\00:39:04.17
Because we would not do our job,
00:39:04.21\00:39:06.98
which we should have,
God gave it to Israel,
00:39:07.01\00:39:09.11
God gave it to the Jews,
God gave this health message
00:39:09.14\00:39:12.11
to the last-day
church that the world
00:39:12.15\00:39:14.48
is ahead of us
now in health reform.
00:39:14.52\00:39:18.32
All you've to do
is to be studying
00:39:18.35\00:39:19.69
and reading some of
the things that we see
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.12
and we hear all the time.
00:39:21.16\00:39:22.76
They may be still sort of
00:39:22.79\00:39:24.13
fighting the
clean, and the unclean.
00:39:24.16\00:39:25.49
Some of the
stuff is unbelievable
00:39:25.53\00:39:26.93
that have out there
that we're not approaching.
00:39:26.96\00:39:28.76
Notice this, "Shall we who have
had such great opportunities
00:39:28.80\00:39:31.60
allow the people of the
world to go advance of us
00:39:31.63\00:39:34.60
in health reform?
00:39:34.64\00:39:36.57
Shall we cheapen our
minds and abuse our talents
00:39:36.60\00:39:39.77
by wrong eating?"
00:39:39.81\00:39:41.98
Wow, that's pretty heavy.
00:39:42.01\00:39:44.28
Again a challenge,
Second Testimonies 400,
00:39:44.31\00:39:47.98
"All who are
partakers of divine nature."
00:39:48.02\00:39:51.29
So if I say to you,
is there anybody here,
00:39:51.32\00:39:53.86
you know, want to
partake of the divine nature?
00:39:53.89\00:39:56.52
Surely all of us
would say "Yes," right?
00:39:56.56\00:39:59.56
Amen.
00:39:59.59\00:40:00.93
We don't want
the fleshly nature,
00:40:00.96\00:40:02.30
we want divine nature,
00:40:02.33\00:40:03.67
the nature of
Christ, isn't it right?
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.03
If we're going to
repopulate heaven,
00:40:05.07\00:40:07.07
we need the nature
of Jesus Christ here.
00:40:07.10\00:40:09.44
So "All who are
partakers of divine nature..."
00:40:09.47\00:40:11.87
I assume all of us
here, raise your hand.
00:40:11.91\00:40:13.64
"Yes Lord.
00:40:13.68\00:40:15.21
Yes, yes, yes, I
want double potion.
00:40:15.24\00:40:18.08
Give me that nature." Amen.
00:40:18.11\00:40:19.98
Notice, "Will escape,
00:40:20.02\00:40:22.58
if you do will
escape the corruption
00:40:22.62\00:40:24.89
that is in the
world through lust."
00:40:24.92\00:40:27.99
That's of course
you find in 2 Peter 1:4,
00:40:28.02\00:40:30.56
but notice it is impossible,
here's where it gets down.
00:40:30.59\00:40:33.66
Here's where the
rubber meets the road.
00:40:33.70\00:40:35.80
Here's where it
really gets touchy.
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.53
Here's where it
upsets some people,
00:40:37.57\00:40:39.30
I don't know why that it should.
00:40:39.33\00:40:42.14
Either determined by the grace
of God to do it, or I don't,
00:40:42.17\00:40:44.91
how about you?
00:40:44.94\00:40:46.27
Either purpose, and we've
asked purpose in our heart,
00:40:46.31\00:40:48.34
"Lord, I want to follow You.
00:40:48.38\00:40:50.18
I know Your way is the best.
00:40:50.21\00:40:51.58
I submit to Your authority."
00:40:51.61\00:40:53.85
There's nothing wrong
with that, I submit to God.
00:40:53.88\00:40:56.79
You don't have to
submit to mankind.
00:40:56.82\00:40:58.89
Submit to God,
because He knows best.
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.92
You say, "Well, yeah,
00:41:01.96\00:41:03.29
I've lived quite
a while, I'm done.
00:41:03.32\00:41:04.66
Look how much
better you could have been,
00:41:04.69\00:41:06.83
if you just follow the
plan, that'd still be a plus.
00:41:06.86\00:41:09.66
Okay, if you
lived to be 150 or 500,
00:41:09.70\00:41:12.10
you can live longer
if you follow God's plan.
00:41:12.13\00:41:14.54
I think you get the point.
00:41:14.57\00:41:16.17
Notice what is says,
"It is impossible..."
00:41:16.20\00:41:18.77
I've marked the word,
00:41:18.81\00:41:20.14
"It is impossible for
those who indulge the appetite."
00:41:20.18\00:41:23.38
It is impossible
for those who do what?
00:41:23.41\00:41:25.88
"Who indulge the appetite
00:41:25.91\00:41:27.82
to attain to
Christian perfection."
00:41:27.85\00:41:30.85
Now, that's pretty
heavy duty, but we need it.
00:41:30.89\00:41:35.36
But it's not a subject
most people are interested in.
00:41:35.39\00:41:38.33
Most people don't
want to hear about.
00:41:38.36\00:41:40.60
But you realize, we can't...
00:41:40.63\00:41:42.86
Oh! Lord have mercy,
can't we realize what was lost
00:41:42.90\00:41:46.20
in the Garden of
Eden because of appetite.
00:41:46.23\00:41:49.77
Look at this world and
the mess that we're in.
00:41:49.80\00:41:53.17
Look at the billions of people
that died, look at the rash,
00:41:53.21\00:41:56.21
look at the mess that's going on
00:41:56.24\00:41:57.58
in the world today.
00:41:57.61\00:41:58.95
And it can be traced back
00:41:58.98\00:42:00.32
because they
made a wrong decision
00:42:00.35\00:42:01.68
about appetite.
00:42:01.72\00:42:03.62
The Spirit of Prophecy says,
00:42:03.65\00:42:04.99
they made a wrong
choice on appetite
00:42:05.02\00:42:06.35
and they weren't even hungry.
00:42:06.39\00:42:08.86
Somebody stay with me.
00:42:08.89\00:42:11.66
You can almost say,
somebody is starving to death,
00:42:11.69\00:42:13.43
look out, you know, but
there's still no excuse,
00:42:13.46\00:42:15.36
but you know what I mean.
00:42:15.40\00:42:17.70
Spirit of Prophecy
says that was the least test
00:42:17.73\00:42:20.74
that God could've given
them, and they failed it.
00:42:20.77\00:42:25.04
And look at us
today, when the least...
00:42:25.07\00:42:27.74
Just a matter of
umm, that tastes good,
00:42:27.78\00:42:29.11
smells good so,
but it's not good.
00:42:29.14\00:42:32.28
And it is proven by the
world that it's not good.
00:42:32.31\00:42:34.42
God already said
that it wasn't good.
00:42:34.45\00:42:36.69
Notice this, if
we do this thing,
00:42:36.72\00:42:38.95
indulge the appetite,
00:42:38.99\00:42:40.32
we cannot attain to
Christian perfection.
00:42:40.36\00:42:42.96
And without that,
heaven will never be our home.
00:42:42.99\00:42:48.63
Heaven will never be our home.
00:42:48.66\00:42:52.17
It has to deal,
I mean, how often,
00:42:52.20\00:42:54.14
as the world said
you are what you eat.
00:42:54.17\00:42:57.67
Isn't that what you
heard from the world?
00:42:57.71\00:42:59.54
Even before you know, you
say, well, you're an Adventist,
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.34
you know before that.
00:43:01.38\00:43:03.11
You are what you eat,
here's what you become.
00:43:03.14\00:43:05.01
Whatever you eat
that's what you become like.
00:43:05.05\00:43:08.38
And it's proven to be a fact.
00:43:08.42\00:43:10.62
What you feed upon spiritually
is what you become like.
00:43:10.65\00:43:14.92
What you behold,
what you become like.
00:43:14.96\00:43:19.16
Let's kind of get
down to the nitty-gritty,
00:43:19.19\00:43:21.06
nail it down, I
love to nail things down,
00:43:21.10\00:43:22.93
so there's just no confusion.
00:43:22.96\00:43:24.87
Little article
in Youth instructor
00:43:24.90\00:43:26.97
in 531, 1894 says this,
00:43:27.00\00:43:29.67
"Eating and
drinking, and dressing
00:43:29.70\00:43:33.48
have a direct bearing
00:43:33.51\00:43:35.18
upon our spiritual advancement."
00:43:35.21\00:43:38.25
How we dress has a
bearing on our advancement.
00:43:38.28\00:43:43.02
What we drink has a bearing.
00:43:43.05\00:43:44.95
What we eat has a bearing.
00:43:44.99\00:43:46.32
Eat and drink.
00:43:46.35\00:43:47.92
Proverbs 9:10 says, "The
fear of the Lord is the,"
00:43:47.96\00:43:52.56
come on someone say beginning,
"is the beginning of wisdom."
00:43:52.59\00:43:55.70
The fear of what?
00:43:55.73\00:43:57.23
The fear of the
Lord on this subject
00:43:57.27\00:43:59.03
is the beginning of wisdom.
00:43:59.07\00:44:00.64
If not, we're gonna
find our self short.
00:44:00.67\00:44:03.24
This is what the Bible
said, we find our self short.
00:44:03.27\00:44:05.57
And we realize some of these
things are progressive here,
00:44:05.61\00:44:07.71
we need to learn them,
00:44:07.74\00:44:09.08
we need to become
acquainted with them
00:44:09.11\00:44:10.45
and, you know, I
implore you to have mercy
00:44:10.48\00:44:11.81
for those who have never
understood the health message.
00:44:11.85\00:44:14.32
But for those of
us who understood it.
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.28
You know, lot of
time people say,"
00:44:16.32\00:44:17.65
Well, don't give the message
00:44:17.69\00:44:19.02
because it's gonna
offend those who never have."
00:44:19.05\00:44:20.39
We need to know,
'cause we heard it for so long
00:44:20.42\00:44:22.56
and yet we neglected it.
00:44:22.59\00:44:24.36
Then may God help
us and call us back.
00:44:24.39\00:44:26.96
Three Testimonies
491 and 492 says this,
00:44:27.00\00:44:30.87
"The controlling
power of the appetite
00:44:30.90\00:44:33.13
will prove the
ruin of thousands,
00:44:33.17\00:44:36.64
when, if they had
conquered on this point,
00:44:36.67\00:44:39.67
they would have had
moral power to gain victory
00:44:39.71\00:44:42.31
over every other
temptation of Satan."
00:44:42.34\00:44:46.21
If just in our appetite,
by the grace of our God,
00:44:46.25\00:44:49.05
help me to do the right thing.
00:44:49.08\00:44:51.12
It's not easy to
do the right thing.
00:44:51.15\00:44:52.49
No one said, it's
easy to do the right thing.
00:44:52.52\00:44:56.42
If I go by and I
see a candy bar on one
00:44:56.46\00:45:00.13
and an apple on the other
my Tenzi goes to the candy bar.
00:45:00.16\00:45:05.50
Is that all right?
00:45:05.53\00:45:07.04
But I don't
choose the candy bar,
00:45:07.07\00:45:09.34
you see, the difference,
00:45:09.37\00:45:10.71
the humanness wants
the stuff that's not good.
00:45:10.74\00:45:13.54
There's a choice there,
I have to make that choice.
00:45:13.58\00:45:17.45
And I'm going to
either be blessed,
00:45:17.48\00:45:18.85
by making the right
choice or it might be a curse
00:45:18.88\00:45:20.98
in the long run, if you
see what I'm talking about.
00:45:21.02\00:45:23.42
2 Corinthians 7:1,
eight minutes or so left,
00:45:23.45\00:45:25.55
notice, "Having therefore
these promises, dearly beloved,
00:45:25.59\00:45:28.76
let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness,"
00:45:28.79\00:45:31.63
notice this, "of
the flesh and spirit,
00:45:31.66\00:45:34.56
perfecting holiness
in the fear of God."
00:45:34.60\00:45:38.57
Think about that,
Counsels on Diet and Food, 118,
00:45:38.60\00:45:41.07
notice this, "When men take
any course," when men do what?
00:45:41.10\00:45:46.01
"Take any course needlessly
expends their vitality
00:45:46.04\00:45:50.28
or beclouds their
intellect, they sin against God,
00:45:50.31\00:45:54.65
they do not
glorify Him in their body
00:45:54.68\00:45:57.79
and spirit which are His."
00:45:57.82\00:45:59.52
Did you get it?
00:45:59.55\00:46:00.89
When we take any course
00:46:00.92\00:46:02.26
that needlessly
expends our vitality.
00:46:02.29\00:46:05.16
Some need to think on that.
00:46:05.19\00:46:06.93
Doing things as eating us up.
00:46:06.96\00:46:09.06
Doing the wrong
thing, mentally, physically,
00:46:09.10\00:46:10.67
whatever it might be.
00:46:10.70\00:46:12.03
And then notice right
here, that we sin against what?
00:46:12.07\00:46:14.80
That's something that
beclouds the intellect.
00:46:14.84\00:46:16.81
I know if I drink this,
it kind beclouds in my mind,
00:46:16.84\00:46:19.01
and if I eat this,
it beclouds in my mind.
00:46:19.04\00:46:20.54
We sin against God
00:46:20.58\00:46:21.91
is what the
Spirit of Prophecy says.
00:46:21.94\00:46:24.41
Something we need to really
look at closely, real closely.
00:46:24.45\00:46:27.98
Same page Counsel on
Diets on page 118, notice this,
00:46:28.02\00:46:32.82
"A continual
transgression of nature's laws
00:46:32.85\00:46:36.32
is a continual transgression
of the law of God."
00:46:36.36\00:46:41.66
What is it now?
00:46:41.70\00:46:43.67
Notice, a continuum,
they say, well, I didn't want,
00:46:43.70\00:46:46.43
let's balance it
up church, come on.
00:46:46.47\00:46:49.40
Continue doing
that which you know
00:46:49.44\00:46:51.57
you should not be doing.
00:46:51.61\00:46:53.11
Nature said,
00:46:53.14\00:46:54.48
it's a
transgression of the law of God.
00:46:54.51\00:46:56.61
That's pretty heavy duty.
00:46:56.64\00:46:58.18
Make it heavy on my mind.
00:46:58.21\00:46:59.81
I want to be heavy on yours.
00:46:59.85\00:47:01.18
1 Corinthians 6:19
and 20, very familiar.
00:47:01.22\00:47:03.92
Again it tells us this,
"The body is the temple,"
00:47:03.95\00:47:06.15
of the what?
00:47:06.19\00:47:07.52
"Of the Holy Ghost.
00:47:07.56\00:47:09.09
We are bought with a price,
therefore glorify God" where?
00:47:09.12\00:47:12.93
"In your body,
and in your spirit,
00:47:12.96\00:47:14.40
which are God's."
00:47:14.43\00:47:15.76
If you just come to this
point, you are not your own.
00:47:15.80\00:47:18.30
You are bought with a price.
00:47:18.33\00:47:19.67
We glorify God,
right, by letting Him come in
00:47:19.70\00:47:21.97
through the
spirit, and live in us.
00:47:22.00\00:47:23.91
To help us make the
right choice or decision
00:47:23.94\00:47:26.31
'cause I tell you,
my brothers and sisters,
00:47:26.34\00:47:27.68
you can't do, I
can't do it on my own.
00:47:27.71\00:47:29.41
I can't do it on my own,
it's a challenge every day.
00:47:29.44\00:47:32.31
See, this verse
tells me this, quickly.
00:47:32.35\00:47:34.62
Whether you are a believer
00:47:34.65\00:47:36.22
or whether you
are an unbeliever,
00:47:36.25\00:47:38.52
all men are the Lord's property.
00:47:38.55\00:47:41.02
Now, I mean, all men
are the Lord's property.
00:47:41.06\00:47:43.43
We're all called for service,
you know that, for God and man.
00:47:43.46\00:47:48.23
And the day will come
when we must render an account
00:47:48.26\00:47:50.67
to God for things
that are done, where?
00:47:50.70\00:47:52.93
In this body.
00:47:52.97\00:47:54.34
You read that, Romans 2:6,
00:47:54.37\00:47:56.64
we're gonna have
to give an account.
00:47:56.67\00:47:58.47
Ephesians 4: 22 through 24,
00:47:58.51\00:48:01.28
"That ye put off concerning
00:48:01.31\00:48:02.74
the former
conversation of the old man,"
00:48:02.78\00:48:05.18
too much of the old
man here, notice this,
00:48:05.21\00:48:07.02
"which is corrupt according
to the deceitful lusts."
00:48:07.05\00:48:10.19
Ephesians 4:23, notice this,
00:48:10.22\00:48:12.92
"And be renewed in
the spirit of your mind."
00:48:12.95\00:48:15.56
Let the mind be what? Renewed.
00:48:15.59\00:48:17.49
Renewed, we need to renew here.
00:48:17.53\00:48:19.56
We need to come back to God.
00:48:19.59\00:48:21.43
Verse 24, "And that ye put
on the new man," I like this,
00:48:21.46\00:48:26.23
"which after God is
created in righteousness
00:48:26.27\00:48:29.00
and true holiness."
00:48:29.04\00:48:30.37
Notice that.
00:48:30.41\00:48:31.74
Health and nutrition is
bigger and more important
00:48:31.77\00:48:33.94
than most people think.
00:48:33.98\00:48:35.91
God is calling us back to Eden.
00:48:35.94\00:48:38.55
He's calling us back
to His original diet.
00:48:38.58\00:48:41.58
So we can better be
used in His service.
00:48:41.62\00:48:44.45
Plus be healthy, plus be happy.
00:48:44.49\00:48:48.09
Many don't understand
the importance of this.
00:48:48.12\00:48:50.33
And I'm begging and pleading,
at least, let think about this.
00:48:50.36\00:48:53.80
They are not convinced
00:48:53.83\00:48:55.26
on God's plan of
eating and drinking.
00:48:55.30\00:48:58.67
And, you know,
someone's asked a question,
00:48:58.70\00:49:01.20
some ask the question,
00:49:01.24\00:49:02.57
"Well, when did God give
permission to eat flesh?"
00:49:02.60\00:49:04.44
Let's just use that quickly
in our last five minutes.
00:49:04.47\00:49:06.64
When did God give
permission to eat flesh?
00:49:06.68\00:49:08.54
When we know it was
not till after what?
00:49:08.58\00:49:10.08
Flood.
00:49:10.11\00:49:11.45
Not till after the
flood, you remember that.
00:49:11.48\00:49:13.11
When all the
green was destroyed,
00:49:13.15\00:49:14.88
there was nothing left to eat.
00:49:14.92\00:49:17.05
And again, when God did,
He made in the very beginning,
00:49:17.09\00:49:19.69
He made a distinction between
the clean and the unclean.
00:49:19.72\00:49:22.42
Notice that.
00:49:22.46\00:49:23.79
In the beginning.
00:49:23.83\00:49:25.16
In the beginning the
Lord showed man in Eden,
00:49:25.19\00:49:28.10
which diet is
best, is that good?
00:49:28.13\00:49:29.76
Let's sum it up.
00:49:29.80\00:49:31.13
In the very beginning what?
00:49:31.17\00:49:32.50
God showed man, what
was the best diet for him.
00:49:32.53\00:49:35.80
As He travelled
along, He thought Israel,
00:49:35.84\00:49:37.74
you remember the same lesson.
00:49:37.77\00:49:39.24
When they left
Egypt, you remember that?
00:49:39.27\00:49:41.51
He provided manna, the
bread of heaven for them.
00:49:41.54\00:49:44.88
They desired a flesh diet
00:49:44.91\00:49:46.78
and they
suffered the consequences.
00:49:46.82\00:49:48.58
They reaped the
benefit and the un-benefit,
00:49:48.62\00:49:50.75
you would say,
00:49:50.79\00:49:52.15
nothing good
happened, except they died.
00:49:52.19\00:49:55.02
They wanted a diet
that God did not give them.
00:49:55.06\00:49:59.43
Reformed diet
should be progressive.
00:49:59.46\00:50:01.56
Some of you are
trying to change and make,
00:50:01.60\00:50:03.16
you know, may be vegetarian
without meat, it's progressive.
00:50:03.20\00:50:05.97
Keep that in mind.
00:50:06.00\00:50:07.34
Diseases entered
in the world, why?
00:50:07.37\00:50:09.20
Because the diseases of animal
is progressing along kingdom.
00:50:09.24\00:50:12.37
It's increasing.
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.24
They are becoming more
and more unsafe to eat,
00:50:14.28\00:50:16.71
which leads us to this point.
00:50:16.75\00:50:18.15
Should we, or at this
time, to give up flesh food.
00:50:18.18\00:50:22.02
Is it time that we
really give up flesh food?
00:50:22.05\00:50:24.15
We want to be healthy.
00:50:24.19\00:50:26.32
Nutrition, we want
to be best for the King.
00:50:26.35\00:50:30.23
We want to be used by God.
00:50:30.26\00:50:32.26
I think we need to
look at it closely.
00:50:32.29\00:50:34.46
Someone asked, I
think it was last week.
00:50:34.50\00:50:36.93
We talked about a
certain quote about meat eating.
00:50:36.97\00:50:40.10
I'll share with you here
and for all of us to consider.
00:50:40.14\00:50:43.71
This is found in
the Christian Temperance
00:50:43.74\00:50:46.07
and Bible Hygiene, 1890,
notice what it says simply.
00:50:46.11\00:50:49.84
"Among those who are waiting
for the coming of the Lord..."
00:50:49.88\00:50:52.08
Is there anyone waiting
for the coming of the Lord?
00:50:52.11\00:50:54.35
See we all can agree with that.
00:50:54.38\00:50:55.95
Well, yes, Lord.
00:50:55.98\00:50:58.12
"Meat-eating will
eventually be done away,
00:50:58.15\00:51:01.69
flesh will cease to be
form of a part of our diet."
00:51:01.72\00:51:05.33
Now that's pretty simple to me.
00:51:05.36\00:51:07.23
For those who know,
00:51:07.26\00:51:08.60
bless your heart for
those of you who don't,
00:51:08.63\00:51:09.96
I'm not trying to
lay too much on you,
00:51:10.00\00:51:11.33
but those of you who know.
00:51:11.37\00:51:12.97
Did you get
that? Did you get that?
00:51:13.00\00:51:14.74
"If you're waiting for
the Lord to come," yes, I am.
00:51:14.77\00:51:16.67
"Meat-eating will
eventually be done away,
00:51:16.71\00:51:19.11
flesh will cease
to be form of the diet
00:51:19.14\00:51:21.28
because it's too
diseased nowadays.
00:51:21.31\00:51:23.51
Yes, God said, this is
clean, and you could years ago.
00:51:23.55\00:51:26.35
What has happened to the meat?
00:51:26.38\00:51:27.78
What's happened to the chicken?
What's happened to the cow?
00:51:27.82\00:51:30.22
Oh! It's contaminated,
it's diseased right now.
00:51:30.25\00:51:32.99
Cancer and tumor
and all these things
00:51:33.02\00:51:34.72
come from that.
00:51:34.76\00:51:36.36
Manuscript quickly 115, 1903,
00:51:36.39\00:51:40.46
"Not an ounce of flesh
meat should enter our stomachs.
00:51:40.50\00:51:43.90
The eating of
flesh is unnatural.
00:51:43.93\00:51:46.17
We are to return to
God's original purpose
00:51:46.20\00:51:48.64
in the creation of man."
00:51:48.67\00:51:50.91
We're to do what?
00:51:50.94\00:51:52.27
We're to return to
what the creator set up
00:51:52.31\00:51:54.38
in the beginning.
00:51:54.41\00:51:55.74
Not an ounce of it
should be in our stomachs.
00:51:55.78\00:51:57.88
It's unnatural.
00:51:57.91\00:51:59.25
Review and Herald, May 27, 1902
00:51:59.28\00:52:02.18
"There are those
who ought to be awake
00:52:02.22\00:52:03.85
to the danger of meat
eating," Are you still with me?
00:52:03.89\00:52:06.52
"Who are still
eating the flesh of animals,
00:52:06.55\00:52:09.42
thus endangering the physical,
mental, and spiritual health.
00:52:09.46\00:52:14.66
Oh! Listen, now somebody listen.
00:52:14.70\00:52:17.40
"Many who are now
only half converted
00:52:17.43\00:52:20.54
on the question of meat eating
will go from God's people,
00:52:20.57\00:52:24.31
to walk no more with them."
00:52:24.34\00:52:27.08
That's just about
as plain as it can get.
00:52:27.11\00:52:29.54
They're going to
live, half converted on it,
00:52:29.58\00:52:31.18
"Well, maybe I
should, maybe I shouldn't."
00:52:31.21\00:52:32.91
Time will come,
if you don't get,
00:52:32.95\00:52:34.38
you're not going to able to walk
00:52:34.42\00:52:35.75
with God's people anymore.
00:52:35.78\00:52:37.12
Last one, Manuscript 3, 1897,
00:52:37.15\00:52:39.75
"The meat diet is
the serious question.
00:52:39.79\00:52:43.06
Shall human beings live
on the flesh of dead animals?
00:52:43.09\00:52:46.59
She answers, "The
answer, from the light
00:52:46.63\00:52:49.10
that God has given me
00:52:49.13\00:52:51.13
is, No, decidedly no."
00:52:51.17\00:52:57.04
I could read quote,
quote, quote, quote,
00:52:57.07\00:52:59.54
dozen, dozen, dozen,
dozen of those same thing
00:52:59.57\00:53:01.78
and somehow, we've
overlooked those things.
00:53:01.81\00:53:06.31
The scripture is clear on it.
00:53:06.35\00:53:08.15
The Spirit of
Prophecy is clear on it.
00:53:08.18\00:53:11.49
Listen from the light that
God has given me, she says,
00:53:11.52\00:53:15.52
it should not be
part of our diet.
00:53:15.56\00:53:17.56
It's too diseased.
00:53:17.59\00:53:19.39
You think you're
getting away with it,
00:53:19.43\00:53:20.76
but time will come, you'll see.
00:53:20.80\00:53:22.93
The blessings of God will
come as we are obedient to Him.
00:53:22.96\00:53:26.87
You want health, and
happiness, and good nutrition.
00:53:26.90\00:53:30.51
We start and go
back to the beginning,
00:53:30.54\00:53:32.61
as God has said.
00:53:32.64\00:53:33.98
Some of you are
making a decision
00:53:34.01\00:53:35.34
to do that right
now, I know that you are,
00:53:35.38\00:53:36.71
I'm gonna pray for you
before we close out our time.
00:53:36.75\00:53:38.88
Would you just
pray with me right now?
00:53:38.91\00:53:40.35
Some need some prayer
because they need some help,
00:53:40.38\00:53:42.25
special help, right now.
00:53:42.28\00:53:44.15
Father in heaven, we
thank You in the name of Jesus
00:53:44.19\00:53:45.92
for Your Word,
cleared, straight pointed,
00:53:45.95\00:53:47.92
praying for those who are making
00:53:47.96\00:53:49.29
that decision right now,
they realize they want to
00:53:49.32\00:53:51.19
correct their
diet, they want a change,
00:53:51.23\00:53:53.33
they want a reformation,
only You can give them that.
00:53:53.36\00:53:55.60
And I pray that You'd put
that on their heart and mind
00:53:55.63\00:53:57.67
and give them victory,
and I'm gonna thank you
00:53:57.70\00:53:59.03
in advance in Jesus' name,
00:53:59.07\00:54:00.40
amen.
00:54:00.44\00:54:02.14
We thank you for joining
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00:54:02.17\00:54:04.14
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00:54:04.17\00:54:05.74
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00:54:05.77\00:54:07.48
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00:54:08.88\00:54:11.48
next time.
00:54:11.51\00:54:14.32
Hello and welcome back, friends.
00:54:14.35\00:54:16.75
You know, in 1 Corinthians 6:19,
00:54:16.79\00:54:20.49
I' m gonna read you
what the Bible says.
00:54:20.52\00:54:23.12
It says, "What?
00:54:23.16\00:54:24.49
Know ye not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost
00:54:24.53\00:54:28.16
which is in you,
which ye have of God,
00:54:28.20\00:54:31.37
and ye are not your own?"
00:54:31.40\00:54:34.10
Brothers and sisters,
00:54:34.14\00:54:35.47
we've all been
bought with a price.
00:54:35.50\00:54:37.47
We belong to our heavenly
Father, if we just choose to.
00:54:37.51\00:54:41.44
He wants you.
00:54:41.48\00:54:42.81
He's calling you and
He wants to share His love
00:54:42.84\00:54:46.01
in and through you.
00:54:46.05\00:54:47.42
And part of that is
knowing about health,
00:54:47.45\00:54:50.02
knowing about nutrition.
00:54:50.05\00:54:51.72
You know, we live in a world,
00:54:51.75\00:54:53.15
there's so many
people that are so sick
00:54:53.19\00:54:56.46
and we have
concerns even about our food.
00:54:56.49\00:54:58.73
We have
concerns about our water.
00:54:58.76\00:55:00.86
And the good news is, we
can go back to the Bible.
00:55:00.90\00:55:03.90
We can see how God set
it up in the beginning.
00:55:03.93\00:55:06.80
And we can begin to align
our lives closer and closer
00:55:06.84\00:55:11.17
to how the potter made it to be.
00:55:11.21\00:55:14.61
So that our bodies
would be strong and healthy
00:55:14.64\00:55:16.91
and that the Holy Spirit
can come in and renew our mind
00:55:16.95\00:55:21.12
and renew our heart,
00:55:21.15\00:55:22.58
so that we can be
stronger and healthier
00:55:22.62\00:55:25.12
for Him to work
in and through us.
00:55:25.15\00:55:27.72
If you would like to
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00:55:27.76\00:55:31.26
It is entitled again,
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00:55:31.29\00:55:33.86
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00:55:33.90\00:55:35.86
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00:55:38.67\00:55:42.04
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00:55:42.07\00:55:45.54
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00:55:45.57\00:55:48.68
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00:55:48.71\00:55:51.25
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00:55:51.28\00:55:53.28
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00:56:04.13\00:56:08.50
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00:56:08.53\00:56:12.10
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00:56:12.13\00:56:13.80
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Until next time,
may our precious Lord
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continue to richly
bless you and yours.
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