Do you know that
today 90% of people who die
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are dying prematurely?
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That is, they are
dying before they should die.
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90%.
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4% of people die of old age.
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Now I wish I had a cure for that
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but I haven't
got a cure for that.
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6% of people die
through accidents.
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And unfortunately there's not
much that we can do about that
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either. That totals 10%.
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The other 90% of people who die
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are dying before they should die
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through premature
illness and sickness.
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And it's not God's plan
that any of us die prematurely.
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In fact, let me read
you a text of scripture
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over here in the third book
of John just near Revelation.
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You'll see III John is
the book next to Jude that's
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next to Revelation. They're
both very, very short books...
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that is: John...
III John, and Jude.
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So you will find them very close
to the beginning of the book
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of Revelation. III John verse
2. And this is what it says:
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Now notice here the Bible
equates two things together
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that are very important.
What are the two things
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that seem to be as
important as one another?
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Health. And what's
the other thing? Soul.
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What's that mean?
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Yes, it's talking
about our spiritual life.
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It's talking about
that side of our life.
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The spiritual and the physical:
that's really what it's saying.
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The health is the physical;
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the soul is
referring to the spiritual.
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And here John is
equating the two things together
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because he wants our
health to be good just as
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our soul prospers.
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Now for many years the
church that I was brought up in
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I don't remember
hearing a single sermon ever -
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no emphasis whatsoever -
on the subject of health.
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And yet the Bible is
full of good material.
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It's like any mother.
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There isn't a mother around,
I'm sure, that is not concerned
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that her child gets
the very best in life.
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So we give them the best food,
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we give them the
best opportunity because
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that's what love does.
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And God does the same thing.
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He wants us to have
the very best in life.
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Because you know yourself, you
remember back when you were last
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sick... did you feel
like studying spiritually?
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Did you feel like praying?
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Did you feel on top of things?
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Of course not. And that's why
God wants us to be in health:
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because when we
are in good health
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the whole of life takes
on a different perspective,
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isn't that right?
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And God wants us to
be on top of things.
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He wants us to feel optimistic.
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He wants us to have a
good wholesome mental attitude
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to life, and that's
all related to our health.
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And so when we study this
morning about the seven great
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health laws of the Bible
we are dealing with a very,
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very important subject.
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Would you come back
to the first health law?
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It's found in the book of Exodus
at the beginning of the Bible.
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Chapter 15 of
Exodus and verse 26.
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Exodus 15 and verse 26.
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And here God is speaking through
Moses to the children of Israel,
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but this text applies to us
just as much as it did to them.
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Exodus 15 and verse 26. It says:
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Now this is the first
time that healing is mentioned
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in the Bible. You know, I
meet many Christians today
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who put a lot of
emphasis on healing people
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when they're sick. You
know, I always tell them
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that the Biblical teaching
is even... even greater than
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healing. And I
believe in healing.
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I believe in a
God who does heal.
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But the Bible teaches something
even better than healing...
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and that is good health.
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Because I don't want to
get sick in the first place.
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And if we follow the principles
that God has given here
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then many of the diseases
that afflict everybody else -
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and this is what
Exodus is talking about -
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the diseases that affect
the Egyptians, because this was
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given in the context
of the children of Israel
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living in Egypt. The diseases
that affected everybody else
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around them. If the Bible was
being written today, it would
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talk about the Australians.
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If it was written in
this part of the world.
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What affects
everybody else that surrounds us
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God will keep us
from those diseases if...
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And what's the if?
What's the condition?
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Yes, that we keep His command-
ments and we are obedient.
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Isn't that right? So the first
great health law in the Bible
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is to obey what
God has asked us to do.
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Obedience.
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That law itself will open up
wonderful opportunities for us.
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All right, let's have a look
at the second great health law.
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Come over to
Leviticus which is chapter 11
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of Leviticus and
verses 46 and 47.
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Leviticus 11 verses 46 and 47.
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What law do we call this?
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When God says there are
certain things that you can eat,
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there are certain
things that you must not eat...
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what do we call that today?
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Diet. Yes,
that's the law on diet.
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And we'll come back and talk
about that in just a moment.
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Come over to
chapter 14 and verse 8.
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Leviticus
chapter 14 and verse 8.
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What do we call that
when we keep our bodies clean?
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That's hygiene. Yes.
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And most of us don't have
to be convinced about that.
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We're very particular
about that and so we should be.
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But the Bible outlined
that 3-1/2 thousand years ago
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that we're to
keep our bodies clean.
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Come back to Exodus chapter 20.
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Exodus 20 and verse 9:
this is the Ten Commandments.
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And we're going to
notice one of the commandments
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that we've been
talking about in the past, but
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we're going to
notice another emphasis.
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A broader understanding
of this commandment -
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the fourth commandment
- verse 9, when it says:
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So the Bible outlines the
principle of six days work
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followed by the seventh
day which is a day of rest.
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That's the law
of labour and rest.
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And it's interesting
that medical people today are
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recognizing the necessity
of having one day every week
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as a rest day.
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Now it's interesting
that the Bible has taught that
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right from the very beginning.
And God chose that day.
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The Bible never
gives that privilege to us
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to choose the day of our rest.
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God has chosen that, and
the reason He has chosen it
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is so that we will
always remember His creation.
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That's why the
seventh day has been chosen.
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And God says you
are to work for six days
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and then rest on every seventh.
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And it's interesting that
the body clock works on that
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principle. And people
can ignore that, of course.
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We know plenty of
work-a-holics we call them
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who work week after week
seven days after seven days.
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And you can get away with
it for a while until finally
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your health will crack.
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And much of the stress
that's in our society today
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is due to the fact that
people have ignored this simple
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principle of six days work then
having one day a complete rest.
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Change gears... change the pace
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so that we can be refreshed.
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And God says that we are to
spend that time both with Him
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and with our family.
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That's the Sabbath...
the seventh day of the week.
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Have a look at verse
14... another great health law.
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That is a very
important law, too.
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Come over to Numbers now...
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Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
and Numbers chapter 5.
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And I'm going to read
you another great health law.
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See if you can
summarize this into one word.
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Numbers chapter 5 and verse 1.
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What do we call that?
When someone has a communicable
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disease like leprosy
and they are to be separated
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from everybody else
that doesn't have leprosy
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or a communicable
disease, what do we call that?
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That's quarantine.
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And that principle of quarantine
was taught 3,500 years ago.
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And by the way, it wasn't
until the church stepped in
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in the Middle Ages when
the black death and leprosy
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were having such a terrific
effect upon the lifestyle
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of people in the Middle
Ages where they separated those
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who had those communicable
diseases from those who didn't
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have it that finally
those diseases were halted
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in the Middle Ages.
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And God had outlined
that 3,500 years ago.
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I remember some years ago
I was studying the Bible with
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a medical doctor. And he
professed that he didn't believe
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in the Bible. He
didn't believe in God.
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And so I outlined to
him a study from the Bible
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on what we are
studying this morning.
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And we went through the
health principles of the Bible.
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And I got about this
far and I said to him:
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"Doctor, if you don't
believe that God in...
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the Bible was inspired by God
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and that men wrote
down what God told them,
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how come the Bible is so
far ahead of medical science?
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Where did Moses get this
advanced information from
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if he didn't get it from God? "
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You know what he said?
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He said: "He probably copied
it while he was down there
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in Egypt. "
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Well I said: "Listen,
that's interesting because
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how come that even
those countries today -
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and I don't say this in
any way to cast any aspersions
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against any person from
those countries... not at all -
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but it's wonderful when
you think that the Bible comes
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out of the Middle East and
yet one of the biggest problems
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when you go to the
Middle East today is hygiene. "
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I've been there many, many
times and so I know the problem.
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I was walking down the
streets of Cairo one day
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and I saw in the distance
one of the Egyptians had
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one of these old milk
cans. You remember the
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old milk cans that they
used to put the milk in?
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Yeah, big
thing... big silver thing.
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Where he'd got this
thing from I have no idea.
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But there it was, on the streets
on the foot path in Cairo.
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And he saw me coming down
toward him. And of course,
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any paleface in that country
is a millionaire, you see?
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So he had milk, and he wanted
me to buy some of his milk.
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And as I got a
little closer I noticed
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that he wanted to impress
me that he had some good milk.
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So first of all he went down and
dipped down and got the ladle
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from the bottom of the tin.
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Good place to keep it. He
brought it up and of course
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it was dripping with
milk back into the tin.
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Then as I got closer I
noticed that what he did is
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he dipped the ladle in the
milk again and then ran it down
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his left arm because
what he was trying to show me
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was that there was
no water in his milk.
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Because water in
milk goes a gray color
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and he was trying to show me
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that there was no
water in his milk.
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It was pure white milk.
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But it sort of made me
feel like a drink of milk
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because I noticed what he
was doing with his left hand
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before as I was walking down.
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And hygiene in these countries
is a major, major problem.
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Now you would think
that oranges you'd be safe.
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But you know what
they do with oranges?
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They get... they buy the
oranges from the orchardist
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then they get
syringe needles full of water
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and they push the water
into the orange through the skin
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to increase the
weight of the orange
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so they get more
for their orange.
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When you peel it you think:
"Whoa, this is a very juicy
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orange. " What you don't
realize is that it's water.
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And water - as we all
know - that's not been boiled
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is a most lethal thing.
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I wouldn't even eat an
apple unless I had peeled it
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and dipped it in "get
off" over in those countries
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because you'd never
be sure who's touched it.
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Even when the aeroplane
lands in those countries
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and then takes off
and they supply a meal
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I won't eat any food
that's not piping hot
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because I can be never
certain who's touched what.
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And as I said, I'm not saying
this to cast any aspersions
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against them. Not at all!
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But I'm just trying to highlight
the fact that the Bible
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comes out of those countries.
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In fact, very
recently in the last few years
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they have found one
of the Egyptian books
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called the Papyrus Ebers.
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Now the reason why
I'm interested in this
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is because it was
written around about
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the very time that
Moses was writing the books
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of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, and Deuteronomy...
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around about 1,500 years BC.
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And so when they
discovered this medical book
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in one of the great tombs,
my ears immediately pricked up.
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I was interested to find
out what was the latest medical
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knowledge at the very time
that Moses wrote the Bible...
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or wrote the first
five books of the Bible.
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Well, I copied down some
of their cures. For example,
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if you had an embedded splinter
it says apply worm's blood
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and ass's dung.
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Now since dung is loaded with
tetanus spores, is it any wonder
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that lockjaw took a
heavy toll on splinter cases?
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Several hundred remedies
advised in this Egyptian medical
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book include
lizard's blood, swine's teeth,
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putrid meat, stinking fat,
00:16:31.56\00:16:33.56
moisture from pig's ears,
00:16:33.76\00:16:35.59
ass's hooves, excretement from
animals including human beings,
00:16:35.79\00:16:39.49
donkeys, dogs,
cats, and even flies.
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One of the cures
that was written out says:
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"a large beetle. Cut off
his head and his two wings.
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Warm him and put into fat.
00:16:51.71\00:16:54.07
Apply him. If then you
wish to drive it away... "
00:16:54.27\00:16:57.70
that's the disease
away... " then warm his head
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and his two wings.
Put into snake fat,
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warm it, and let
the man drink it. "
00:17:04.05\00:17:06.37
I tell you: castor oil doesn't
sound so bad after all, does it?
00:17:06.67\00:17:10.77
But can you
imagine? Just think about it.
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Imagine if Moses had put
one of those advanced cures
00:17:16.08\00:17:19.75
in the Bible today?
00:17:19.95\00:17:21.38
Can you imagine how
the critics would laugh?
00:17:21.58\00:17:23.58
Imagine the field day that they
would have against the Bible
00:17:24.54\00:17:27.56
and God if Moses had been
tempted to put one of those
00:17:27.66\00:17:30.54
up-to-date cures in the Bible.
00:17:30.74\00:17:32.67
But he didn't because he
wrote down what God told him.
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And when we read the
Bible medically today
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we find that the Bible sounds
as if it were only written
00:17:40.95\00:17:45.44
yesterday. In fact,
I've had people say to me:
00:17:45.54\00:17:47.24
"Well, what's news about that? "
00:17:47.44\00:17:49.00
Well, let me tell you something:
00:17:49.20\00:17:50.82
it is big news!
00:17:51.12\00:17:52.82
Because what we understand
today about medical science
00:17:53.13\00:17:57.32
is only very recent
comparatively speaking.
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Let me illustrate.
Just come over to Numbers
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and we'll read the next health
law, the seventh health law.
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Numbers chapter 31 and verse 22.
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See if you can tell me what this
is talking about in one word.
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Verse 22 of Number
31 where Moses writes:
00:18:16.92\00:18:21.53
What do we call that?
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That's sterilization.
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Three thousand five hundred
years ago the Bible taught
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sterilization. We still
know that fire is the best
00:18:51.41\00:18:54.55
antiseptic that we have
and water is the next best...
00:18:54.66\00:18:57.98
boiling water.
00:18:58.18\00:19:00.98
God outlined that
thousands of years ago
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and we still haven't
improved on it today.
00:19:04.35\00:19:06.98
In fact, you may be
interested to know that in 1840
00:19:08.41\00:19:12.51
in Vienna... Now Vienna in
1840 was the leading health
00:19:12.71\00:19:17.58
city in the world. That's where
all the leading medical people
00:19:17.78\00:19:22.08
were gathered...
in Vienna in 1840.
00:19:22.28\00:19:24.07
You know that one
woman in every six was dying
00:19:24.27\00:19:26.50
in the maternity wards
and they couldn't work out
00:19:26.70\00:19:28.83
why so many women were
dying giving birth to children.
00:19:29.03\00:19:31.65
You know what they
were doing in 1840?
00:19:31.95\00:19:34.37
The very first thing the doctor
would do when he came into
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the hospital that morning
is that they would carry out
00:19:36.97\00:19:39.58
autopsies on the people
that had died during the night.
00:19:39.78\00:19:43.05
Without washing their
hands, without wearing gloves,
00:19:44.23\00:19:47.89
they would go straight up
then into the maternity wards
00:19:48.09\00:19:50.49
and they would carry
out pelvic examinations
00:19:50.69\00:19:53.16
of the women who
were about to give birth.
00:19:53.36\00:19:55.14
And they couldn't work out
why so many women were dying
00:19:55.35\00:20:00.27
until one young doctor
by the name of Semmelweis -
00:20:02.87\00:20:07.59
he was only a young
fellow... just graduated -
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suggested that doctors
ought to wash their hands.
00:20:11.39\00:20:16.18
And if you read the story,
it's one the most sad stories
00:20:17.58\00:20:21.55
in medical history,
they hounded that young guy.
00:20:21.65\00:20:24.36
They said: "How dare you
come along and suggest that we
00:20:24.46\00:20:27.42
ought to wash our hands? "
00:20:27.52\00:20:28.97
And they forced him out of
the medical... In fact, they...
00:20:31.60\00:20:34.38
we believe that it
forced him to commit suicide.
00:20:34.58\00:20:36.80
He was just hounded.
00:20:37.10\00:20:39.23
That was in 1840.
00:20:39.53\00:20:42.04
And anyone who's
been into a hospital...
00:20:43.28\00:20:45.34
those of you who are medical
people go into an operating
00:20:45.54\00:20:48.69
theatre... I remember when I
have been in there a few times
00:20:48.79\00:20:51.35
and I was invited in to
watch an operation or two
00:20:51.55\00:20:56.00
and we had to wash...
the scrub up before you go in
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is something to behold.
00:20:59.94\00:21:02.32
Scrub scrub scrub scrub.
00:21:02.52\00:21:04.40
And then you have to put
these big gloves on and a gown
00:21:04.61\00:21:07.24
and a hat and slippers.
00:21:07.44\00:21:08.90
And you go into
the operating theatre.
00:21:09.10\00:21:12.25
They usually have
doors that have no handles.
00:21:12.35\00:21:14.07
You just push
against the doors, they open.
00:21:14.18\00:21:16.43
And then, you know,
you're walking in like this
00:21:16.73\00:21:19.85
because you can't have
your hands touch anything.
00:21:20.05\00:21:22.74
Because they are so particular
today about the spread
00:21:23.04\00:21:26.94
of disease in
hospitals particularly.
00:21:27.04\00:21:29.05
And rightly so!
00:21:29.35\00:21:32.17
We all feel much safer
because of those high...
00:21:32.47\00:21:36.28
high views of the
spread of disease.
00:21:36.48\00:21:39.65
But we've got to remember
that it wasn't that long ago
00:21:39.75\00:21:42.84
when doctors
didn't wash their hands.
00:21:43.04\00:21:45.49
And yet the Bible outlined
that thousands of years ago.
00:21:45.79\00:21:49.47
Just come back to Leviticus
chapter 11 because I want to
00:21:49.77\00:21:54.56
read you now this matter of diet
00:21:54.66\00:21:57.11
because this is
very, very significant.
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Leviticus
chapter 11 and verse 46
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where the Bible talks...
Remember we spoke about the
00:22:02.52\00:22:06.75
distinction
between clean and unclean.
00:22:06.85\00:22:08.79
Just let me
remind you, verse 46:
00:22:08.99\00:22:11.19
So the Bible says there
are some things that we can eat
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and there are some
things that we mustn't eat.
00:22:30.69\00:22:32.62
If you go back to the beginning
of the chapter, it gives us
00:22:33.96\00:22:36.97
some principles that we can
follow, very simple principles.
00:22:37.17\00:22:40.59
Verse 2 chapter 11:
00:22:40.79\00:22:42.84
So the Bible here outlines
a very, very simple principle.
00:23:31.28\00:23:35.28
As far as the animals are
concerned, what two things
00:23:35.48\00:23:38.41
must an animal have in
order to be considered clean?
00:23:38.51\00:23:41.44
It must chew the
cud like an old cow
00:23:42.64\00:23:45.70
and it must divide the hoof.
00:23:45.90\00:23:47.66
It must have not
one or the other...
00:23:48.68\00:23:50.48
it must have
them both to be clean.
00:23:50.68\00:23:52.88
Now there's a simple
principle with the fish, too.
00:23:52.98\00:23:55.24
If you notice verse 9 it says:
00:23:55.34\00:23:57.43
So once again when
it comes to the fish
00:24:18.50\00:24:21.15
there is a very
simple principle too.
00:24:21.36\00:24:23.33
And the principle is that
a fish must have two things:
00:24:23.53\00:24:26.34
fins and scales
in order to be clean.
00:24:26.54\00:24:30.43
Because any fish or sea creature
00:24:30.73\00:24:34.15
or water creature of any
description that does not have
00:24:34.35\00:24:37.00
both fins and scales is unclean.
00:24:37.10\00:24:39.47
Now when it comes to the birds
there is no simple principle.
00:24:39.87\00:24:44.87
But most of the birds that are
mentioned from verse 13 on here
00:24:45.07\00:24:48.42
"These ye shall regard as
an abomination among the birds:
00:24:48.52\00:24:51.62
they may not be eaten... "
And then it mentions the eagle,
00:24:51.82\00:24:54.90
the vulture, the buzzard,
the kite, and the falcon.
00:24:55.00\00:24:57.54
The raven and the
ostrich and so forth... the owl.
00:24:57.74\00:25:01.38
I don't think too many
of us are tempted to have
00:25:01.62\00:25:03.52
too many of those
things on our plates.
00:25:03.62\00:25:05.41
But it's interesting that when
you go through the principles
00:25:06.68\00:25:10.97
that God has outlined
when it comes to the animals,
00:25:11.17\00:25:13.75
when it comes to the fish,
and when it comes to the birds,
00:25:13.95\00:25:16.98
you will find that there's one
characteristic of all that are
00:25:17.08\00:25:20.29
regarded as being
unclean and that is
00:25:20.39\00:25:23.05
they are scavengers.
00:25:23.35\00:25:25.79
And God says if you want
to look after your health,
00:25:27.35\00:25:31.17
if you want to preserve your
health, do not eat these things.
00:25:31.18\00:25:36.63
Now I've been telling
you that one of the great
00:25:39.37\00:25:44.59
discussions that I had
with Professor Walter Fine
00:25:44.69\00:25:49.41
who's a zoologist is we
went through scientifically
00:25:49.51\00:25:53.54
and he gave the reasons
that medical science today
00:25:53.75\00:25:56.87
knows why there
is a distinction.
00:25:57.07\00:26:01.31
You take the rabbit.
00:26:01.81\00:26:03.32
You know the
rabbit is a vegetarian.
00:26:04.66\00:26:06.71
People say: "Well what
would be wrong with a rabbit? "
00:26:06.91\00:26:08.72
Well the rabbit does something
which many people don't know
00:26:08.92\00:26:11.88
and that is
00:26:11.98\00:26:13.59
when its food goes through
the rabbit the first time
00:26:14.19\00:26:20.18
it's not fully digested.
00:26:20.38\00:26:22.48
You see, a cow has
many stomachs, doesn't it?
00:26:23.95\00:26:26.67
But a rabbit doesn't.
00:26:27.94\00:26:30.18
And so what a rabbit
does is it licks its feces
00:26:30.38\00:26:33.13
as it goes through the
first time and then goes through
00:26:33.23\00:26:36.69
the second time.
00:26:36.79\00:26:38.03
And when you see the
hard pellets that a rabbit has
00:26:38.24\00:26:41.12
that's been
through the second time.
00:26:41.32\00:26:43.16
And God said:
"Don't eat the rabbit
00:26:43.46\00:26:46.69
because of the poisons
that go back into the system. "
00:26:48.13\00:26:52.36
And all of the fish and
so forth. People talk about
00:26:52.67\00:26:56.14
mussels and crabs and crayfish
and lobsters and oysters.
00:26:56.24\00:27:00.91
All of them God
says: "Don't touch! "
00:27:01.11\00:27:03.98
Because all of those
things have a purpose in mind.
00:27:04.28\00:27:07.70
God intended them for
a purpose and that was
00:27:07.90\00:27:10.59
to keep the waterways clean.
00:27:10.79\00:27:13.63
And with all the pollution that
goes into our waterways today
00:27:13.94\00:27:17.97
they work overtime
00:27:18.18\00:27:19.73
to try to keep them at
least relatively clean.
00:27:20.03\00:27:22.63
They are able to
absorb those poisons.
00:27:22.93\00:27:25.70
But if you and I eat them
00:27:25.90\00:27:27.73
then we are getting a super
duper dose of those poisons
00:27:28.03\00:27:31.82
that they are
absorbing. Get the thought?
00:27:31.92\00:27:33.55
And God said: "Don't eat them! "
00:27:33.96\00:27:37.31
Now there are no
reasons given here,
00:27:37.62\00:27:39.80
and I don't think we
know the full reasons.
00:27:40.00\00:27:43.60
Medical science certainly
has helped us with much
00:27:43.80\00:27:46.77
but whether we
know all the reasons yet
00:27:46.97\00:27:48.97
I'm not sure about that.
00:27:49.07\00:27:50.44
God just says:
"Don't eat them! "
00:27:50.58\00:27:52.91
And when a
parent says to the child
00:27:54.35\00:27:57.08
"Don't do that, " the parent
doesn't always give a reason.
00:27:57.28\00:28:00.84
Because the parent
expects the child to be obedient
00:28:02.13\00:28:05.28
because they are the
parent and they love the child.
00:28:05.48\00:28:08.92
The same was with God.
00:28:08.95\00:28:11.05
God doesn't
always give us a reason.
00:28:11.25\00:28:13.69
Sometimes He does, but
in this case He hasn't.
00:28:13.99\00:28:16.41
He just says: "Don't eat it! "
00:28:16.61\00:28:18.24
And those of us who
obey those instructions
00:28:18.44\00:28:23.14
certainly have a
greater chance of living longer
00:28:23.44\00:28:28.54
and not getting
premature sickness and disease
00:28:29.91\00:28:32.74
because they carry disease.
00:28:33.04\00:28:36.12
Let me read you something
else that's very interesting.
00:28:36.42\00:28:38.49
Come back to Leviticus chapter 7
00:28:38.69\00:28:40.59
and see if your doctor has not
said something like this to you
00:28:40.99\00:28:45.16
recently if
you've been to see him.
00:28:45.36\00:28:46.68
Leviticus
chapter 7 and verse 23.
00:28:46.78\00:28:49.59
Leviticus 7 and verse
23 where Moses writes:
00:28:50.94\00:28:55.24
So God said clearly
here that while clean flesh
00:29:03.08\00:29:08.22
was permitted...
And let me say this:
00:29:08.42\00:29:10.52
it's not a sin
to eat clean flesh.
00:29:10.72\00:29:12.78
However, there are
certain restrictions.
00:29:12.98\00:29:15.78
One is that we are
not to eat any fat.
00:29:16.08\00:29:19.95
Now every doctor
today that's aware
00:29:21.13\00:29:24.09
of the
situation of heart disease
00:29:24.29\00:29:26.76
says the same
thing now, don't they?
00:29:26.96\00:29:28.74
They say to cut
down on animal fat.
00:29:29.78\00:29:33.27
Because it is animal fats
which are probably the greatest
00:29:34.59\00:29:39.53
contributing
cause to heart disease.
00:29:39.73\00:29:42.56
You know what fat
does in your diet.
00:29:44.39\00:29:46.96
If you have an artery - and
I'm exaggerating, of course.
00:29:47.16\00:29:50.18
You know
arteries aren't this big -
00:29:50.38\00:29:51.56
But what happens is that
the blood has to flow through
00:29:51.77\00:29:56.28
our arteries.
00:29:56.38\00:29:57.97
But as we eat animal
fats of all descriptions,
00:29:59.46\00:30:03.91
gradually what can
happen is that the artery
00:30:04.11\00:30:08.27
instead of being nice and
wide gets smaller and smaller
00:30:08.37\00:30:11.89
on the inside
because it gets clogged up
00:30:11.99\00:30:15.79
with fatty tissue.
00:30:16.09\00:30:19.05
Like an old water pipe
that's been in the ground for
00:30:19.25\00:30:21.56
a long time it
gradually calcifies
00:30:21.76\00:30:24.44
and instead of the water
being able to get through easily
00:30:24.64\00:30:26.82
it can finally block it up.
Now that's exactly what happens
00:30:27.02\00:30:29.67
with our arteries.
00:30:29.87\00:30:32.13
And the more we eat
of animal products -
00:30:32.43\00:30:36.44
not just fat on meat
but anything that comes
00:30:36.64\00:30:40.35
from an animal or
a bird - any product
00:30:40.55\00:30:45.12
that goes back to an
animal from its origin
00:30:45.32\00:30:49.52
all contribute to the
clogging of our arteries.
00:30:49.72\00:30:53.80
And the more that we
eat of those animal products
00:30:54.00\00:30:57.87
then the greater the
chance of that artery
00:30:58.07\00:31:03.12
gradually getting
smaller and smaller.
00:31:03.15\00:31:05.43
And now what happens
finally is that the heart has to
00:31:05.63\00:31:08.67
keep pushing the
blood through. Obviously.
00:31:08.80\00:31:11.15
So that puts a
tremendous strain upon the heart
00:31:11.36\00:31:14.40
and wears it out
00:31:14.60\00:31:16.51
because the heart is a muscle.
00:31:17.52\00:31:19.00
Gradually if it has to work
very hard, gradually, gradually
00:31:19.30\00:31:23.16
gets worn out... prematurely.
00:31:23.26\00:31:25.79
Or what else can happen
and what usually happens first
00:31:26.09\00:31:30.78
is that under the pressure
that the heart has to push
00:31:31.18\00:31:34.68
the blood through, what
can happen is that some of that
00:31:34.78\00:31:37.98
fatty tissue will
move... it will break off.
00:31:38.18\00:31:41.98
Now what can happen is
that it might break off
00:31:42.32\00:31:45.52
and block out the last 50%
00:31:45.72\00:31:47.84
of the artery
that is still clear...
00:31:48.04\00:31:50.19
it will block it off say 50%
00:31:50.22\00:31:52.25
and a person will have
- if it's near the heart -
00:31:52.31\00:31:55.37
we'll say a person has a heart
attack, a mild heart attack.
00:31:55.57\00:31:59.01
If it's near the head, we
say they have a mild stroke.
00:31:59.21\00:32:02.07
On other occasions what will
happen is that that fatty tissue
00:32:02.27\00:32:07.12
will actually move and
block the artery off completely
00:32:07.32\00:32:10.08
and then a person will
just drop dead like that.
00:32:10.38\00:32:13.19
Or if it's up near the head,
a person will just drop dead
00:32:14.47\00:32:17.76
like that. Because the
artery has been blocked off
00:32:17.86\00:32:21.49
and the blood's
got to get through.
00:32:21.59\00:32:22.91
Well if it doesn't get
through a person just dies.
00:32:23.11\00:32:25.49
And we've all heard of
people dying just like that.
00:32:25.69\00:32:28.47
And God said: "Do
not eat the fat. "
00:32:28.67\00:32:32.49
The other restriction God
gave when it came to clean meat
00:32:32.79\00:32:37.67
was recorded over
here in Leviticus 17.
00:32:37.87\00:32:40.49
Leviticus
chapter 17 and verse 10.
00:32:42.21\00:32:45.00
And see how
wonderful this statement is.
00:32:45.30\00:32:47.74
Leviticus 17 and verse 10:
00:32:47.94\00:32:49.97
So the Bible also
restricted the people
00:33:04.60\00:33:07.11
from eating not
only fat from the meat
00:33:07.31\00:33:10.21
but also the
blood from the meat.
00:33:10.31\00:33:13.16
By the way, if people
followed that counsel today
00:33:14.73\00:33:19.78
very little meat would be eaten
00:33:19.98\00:33:21.76
because it is the fat and the
blood that give meat its taste.
00:33:22.81\00:33:27.29
You take the fat off,
completely get rid of the fat
00:33:27.69\00:33:30.93
and take the blood out, there's
practically no taste to meat
00:33:31.13\00:33:33.86
whatsoever. And that's why
very little meat would be eaten
00:33:33.97\00:33:36.65
if you followed the
counsel that God has given.
00:33:36.85\00:33:38.59
But of course today
that counsel is not followed.
00:33:38.89\00:33:42.43
No wonder we are
opening ourselves to disease.
00:33:43.78\00:33:46.91
Because you know as well as I do
that if there's something wrong
00:33:47.01\00:33:51.70
with you and you
go to the doctor,
00:33:51.80\00:33:54.16
what will the doctor do first?
00:33:54.36\00:33:56.26
When you go to him and say:
"Doctor, I'm not feeling well.
00:33:56.46\00:33:58.49
There's
something wrong with me. "
00:33:58.59\00:33:59.69
what's the very
first thing he'll do?
00:33:59.89\00:34:01.03
He'll take a blood test.
00:34:01.33\00:34:03.61
Why? Because if there's
any disease in your body
00:34:03.81\00:34:07.40
it will be in the bloodstream.
00:34:07.60\00:34:08.97
Because the blood
has two major functions.
00:34:09.00\00:34:12.41
Many functions...
but two major ones:
00:34:12.61\00:34:14.80
one is to carry the oxygen
to the muscles, the blood,
00:34:15.00\00:34:20.25
and then secondly to
take the waste products
00:34:20.38\00:34:23.04
in the form of
urea back to the kidneys
00:34:23.24\00:34:25.39
whereby they are excreted.
00:34:25.59\00:34:27.40
And any poisons that are in the
body will be in the bloodstream.
00:34:28.69\00:34:34.07
And God said:
"Don't touch the blood. "
00:34:34.37\00:34:37.50
Because He knew that if
the animal has any disease
00:34:37.70\00:34:42.06
it'll be in the bloodstream.
00:34:42.26\00:34:44.28
That's why the Jews
in following this counsel
00:34:45.87\00:34:49.04
have still today kosher meat...
00:34:49.24\00:34:51.89
which is meat that
is practically white.
00:34:52.09\00:34:54.93
It has the blood
all drained out of it.
00:34:55.13\00:34:57.15
They used to put it in a
salt solution. Through the form
00:34:57.45\00:35:00.35
of osmosis it would
suck out the blood anyway.
00:35:00.45\00:35:03.37
And so very very little
meat would be eaten today
00:35:04.67\00:35:08.09
if we followed this counsel.
00:35:08.29\00:35:09.96
And the tragedy is,
00:35:12.41\00:35:15.55
of course, that as the cancers
are rising in our society
00:35:15.75\00:35:20.90
the cancers are also
rising in the meat world.
00:35:23.08\00:35:26.51
And what'll happen is when
an animal goes to the abattoir
00:35:29.50\00:35:32.42
and they find that it
has a cancerous stomach
00:35:33.82\00:35:36.98
or a cancerous liver or a
cancerous ear or something,
00:35:37.18\00:35:42.14
what do you think they do
with the rest of the animal
00:35:42.44\00:35:44.82
when they find that?
00:35:44.92\00:35:46.19
They just pass it on and
the whole thing is not used?
00:35:47.64\00:35:51.83
Is that the
case? Absolutely not.
00:35:52.04\00:35:54.34
You would be very, very
naive if you thought that.
00:35:54.54\00:35:57.62
What they simply do is
they cut out what appears to be
00:35:57.92\00:36:01.12
the diseased section, and the
rest of the animal goes through.
00:36:01.32\00:36:04.51
And what you and I - if
we eat that type of meat -
00:36:05.83\00:36:09.10
what you and I don't realize
when we go to the butcher's
00:36:09.30\00:36:12.89
is that this meat was part
of an animal that had cancer.
00:36:14.86\00:36:20.47
People say to me: "Well,
doesn't cooking kill it? "
00:36:20.77\00:36:23.45
Cooking will kill some.
00:36:24.51\00:36:27.12
But there are some of
those diseases and viruses
00:36:27.32\00:36:31.90
which require
extreme high temperatures
00:36:32.00\00:36:34.68
and to kill them you
would have to destroy the meat
00:36:34.89\00:36:37.68
because there wouldn't be
any meat left if you cooked it
00:36:37.88\00:36:40.53
to the extent that it needs
to kill some of the viruses.
00:36:40.73\00:36:43.89
And today, of
course, we live in a society
00:36:44.19\00:36:46.92
which loves to have
some of its meat rare.
00:36:47.12\00:36:49.77
And of course,
the rarer the meat is
00:36:50.99\00:36:55.13
the more dangerous it is
00:36:55.16\00:36:56.37
because at least
cooking will kill some.
00:36:56.57\00:36:59.28
And I believe that in
God's love and His mercy to us
00:37:00.38\00:37:04.62
He told us: "Don't
eat those things. "
00:37:04.82\00:37:07.40
Not because He's
trying to be a spoil sport
00:37:07.70\00:37:10.22
and to take away
that which tastes good.
00:37:10.42\00:37:12.57
That's not the reason why
God has told us these things.
00:37:12.77\00:37:14.92
He's told us so that He
wants to protect us from getting
00:37:15.13\00:37:18.64
premature sickness
and premature disease.
00:37:18.84\00:37:21.07
Because the facts are
that if you know anything about
00:37:23.55\00:37:26.12
animal husbandry today
that the rise of cancers
00:37:26.32\00:37:29.71
and diseases in animals is
going up in the same proportion
00:37:29.91\00:37:33.31
that the human
cancers are going up.
00:37:33.51\00:37:35.42
And there seems to be some
correlation between the two.
00:37:35.62\00:37:38.78
I don't think we understand
yet all of the relationship.
00:37:39.08\00:37:42.67
But there is a very very heavy
relationship between the two.
00:37:42.87\00:37:46.44
And God said: "Don't touch it
00:37:46.64\00:37:48.87
if you want to
preserve your health. "
00:37:49.17\00:37:52.11
People say to me: "Well
isn't there diseases also in
00:37:53.55\00:37:57.01
the vegetable world? "
00:37:57.11\00:37:58.86
Yes there are!
00:37:59.06\00:38:00.54
But it's interesting...
if you go to the hospital
00:38:03.82\00:38:09.14
you find people dying of heart
disease, cancer, and so forth.
00:38:09.24\00:38:13.18
You go to the abattoir
and you find exactly the same:
00:38:13.41\00:38:15.75
animals with the same diseases.
00:38:15.95\00:38:17.41
You go out to the orchard
and you find diseases like
00:38:17.71\00:38:21.38
wooly aphids and
cotton moth and red spider.
00:38:21.58\00:38:26.56
In all my visits to the hospital
00:38:27.87\00:38:30.39
I have never ever heard a
person dying of wooly aphids.
00:38:31.87\00:38:35.06
And even red spider's
not a problem, is that right?
00:38:36.56\00:38:39.29
Because obviously the diseases
in the vegetable and the fruit
00:38:39.49\00:38:43.82
world are not
transmitted to human beings.
00:38:44.02\00:38:46.61
Whereas the diseases in
the animal world are the same
00:38:46.81\00:38:51.75
as in human beings
so they are transmitted.
00:38:51.95\00:38:55.93
People say to me:
"What about the sprays? "
00:38:56.17\00:38:58.15
Well that is an issue.
00:38:58.35\00:38:59.67
And if you can grow
your own and nurture your own
00:38:59.87\00:39:02.87
that's the very best
because sprays are a problem.
00:39:03.07\00:39:06.11
But let me
remind you of something:
00:39:06.34\00:39:07.77
sprays are far more lethal
when it comes to the animals
00:39:07.97\00:39:11.18
than it is with the
fruits and vegetables
00:39:11.39\00:39:13.45
because the animals
absorb far more of those sprays
00:39:13.65\00:39:18.33
in their fatty tissues.
00:39:18.63\00:39:20.96
So that when you eat meat, you
are getting a super duper dose
00:39:21.26\00:39:26.82
of the poisons. Whereas in
the fruit and vegetable world
00:39:26.85\00:39:30.79
it's possible that you may
get a slight dose here and there
00:39:30.99\00:39:34.65
but it's much less
lethal because it will probably
00:39:34.85\00:39:40.64
be only a slight dose.
Whereas with the animals
00:39:40.84\00:39:44.75
it will be a super duper dose
because they have been absorbed
00:39:44.96\00:39:47.36
over the period of
the life of the animal.
00:39:47.56\00:39:49.58
That's why I believe
today that the very best diet
00:39:50.80\00:39:54.85
if you really want to
know the very best diet
00:39:55.09\00:39:58.26
that's
available to mankind today
00:39:58.46\00:40:00.40
it's the diet that
God gave to Adam and Eve
00:40:00.60\00:40:03.20
back in the Garden of Eden.
00:40:03.40\00:40:04.88
And it consisted of
three things originally.
00:40:05.09\00:40:08.07
One was fruits,
00:40:08.27\00:40:10.45
the second were grains,
00:40:10.65\00:40:12.23
and the third one nuts.
00:40:12.43\00:40:13.95
And a little later God
added one more: vegetables.
00:40:16.17\00:40:20.49
And I believe that
they very best diet today
00:40:20.79\00:40:24.19
are those four things: fruits,
grains, nuts, and vegetables.
00:40:24.39\00:40:29.09
And it's interesting
today that medical science
00:40:29.29\00:40:31.61
is pouring out a deluge
00:40:32.01\00:40:35.93
of information that
backs up what God said.
00:40:36.33\00:40:39.82
Huge amount of evidence.
00:40:41.29\00:40:43.40
Almost daily more and more
evidence is coming to light.
00:40:43.70\00:40:48.38
In fact, the dairy industry
00:40:48.69\00:40:52.20
and the chicken
industries are so concerned
00:40:52.40\00:40:54.93
that's why you are seeing a
concerted effort on television
00:40:55.13\00:40:58.07
to advertise the
milks and so forth.
00:40:58.27\00:41:00.62
Because it's
making a big impact.
00:41:00.82\00:41:03.60
Because more and more people
are becoming convinced today
00:41:03.93\00:41:07.51
that animal
products are not good for you
00:41:07.71\00:41:10.70
no matter what
product it is from an animal.
00:41:11.00\00:41:13.49
Whether it's milk or cheese
or eggs... anything of those
00:41:13.69\00:41:16.50
products are dangerous.
00:41:16.70\00:41:18.04
And the more that
we eat of those things
00:41:19.49\00:41:21.92
the more we are
putting our health at risk.
00:41:22.22\00:41:28.15
The less that we
eat of those things
00:41:28.45\00:41:31.19
and the more we eat of fruits,
grains, vegetables, and nuts
00:41:31.49\00:41:34.88
the healthier we are.
00:41:35.08\00:41:36.78
I was interested to pick
up in a very popular magazine
00:41:36.98\00:41:40.99
the Reader's Digest.
Now I wouldn't go to the
00:41:41.09\00:41:43.92
Reader's Digest for our
final word, but it's interesting
00:41:44.02\00:41:46.63
when you get
magazines that are popular
00:41:46.83\00:41:49.47
and for the consumer, they are
now supporting this very thing.
00:41:49.67\00:41:54.94
The title of this is entitled
Foods That Fight Cancer.
00:41:55.14\00:41:59.50
And it's interesting.
As we read here we find
00:42:00.76\00:42:03.32
"Diet is now considered a
major weapon against cancer.
00:42:03.52\00:42:06.96
The United States National
Cancer Institute estimates that
00:42:07.27\00:42:10.78
about 1/3 of all
cancers are linked to diet. "
00:42:10.92\00:42:14.01
How many was that?
00:42:14.21\00:42:15.53
One third. "And
recent research indicates
00:42:15.73\00:42:19.95
that what you eat may help to
significantly reduce your risk.
00:42:20.15\00:42:24.70
Cancer develops over
a long time, which means
00:42:24.90\00:42:27.73
that you have years - typically
decades - in which to hinder
00:42:27.83\00:42:30.75
or promote it. Researchers
are finding that what you eat
00:42:30.85\00:42:33.73
may interfere with
cancer growth at various stages.
00:42:33.93\00:42:36.63
For example, certain
foods can block chemicals
00:42:36.83\00:42:39.88
that initiate cancer. "
And guess what foods they are!
00:42:39.98\00:42:42.74
"Fruits, grains,
vegetables, and nuts. "
00:42:44.06\00:42:46.68
They're the foods,
this article goes on to say,
00:42:48.14\00:42:51.63
that fight cancer.
00:42:51.84\00:42:53.90
Wonder of wonders.
00:42:54.10\00:42:56.42
Then it goes on to say: "A
recent review of 170 studies
00:42:56.62\00:43:00.93
from 17 nations... "
Now listen: any person
00:43:01.13\00:43:04.31
here who's done any
serious study, you know,
00:43:04.51\00:43:08.45
for a higher degree -
Ph. D. or M.A. and so forth -
00:43:08.65\00:43:11.83
knows that 170
studies from 17 nations
00:43:12.03\00:43:16.62
is a very, very broad study.
00:43:16.83\00:43:18.92
So we're not just
talking about one country.
00:43:20.17\00:43:22.01
We're not just
talking about one study,
00:43:22.21\00:43:23.83
we're talking about 170 studies
from 17 different nations
00:43:23.94\00:43:27.92
including this
country Australia.
00:43:28.12\00:43:29.60
And it shows this:
00:43:29.90\00:43:31.60
"It revealed that the people
who eat the most fruit and
00:43:31.80\00:43:34.56
vegetables have about half the
cancer rates of those who eat
00:43:34.76\00:43:37.54
the least. " And
it talks about, um,
00:43:37.64\00:43:42.35
"the cancers of the
lung, colon, breast, cervix,
00:43:42.55\00:43:45.41
esophagus, oral cavity,
stomach, bladder, pancreas,
00:43:45.61\00:43:48.33
and ovary. In fact,
some research suggests that
00:43:48.53\00:43:52.01
frequent consumption
of fruit and vegetables
00:43:52.21\00:43:54.05
can cut the risk of lung
cancer even in smokers. "
00:43:54.25\00:43:56.95
And then the article
goes through and shows
00:43:57.35\00:44:01.99
that the benefits of all the
different fruits and vegetables
00:44:02.20\00:44:06.76
and nuts and so
forth. Goes through it.
00:44:06.96\00:44:09.67
And it's interesting. Well
you say: "Does this work? "
00:44:11.20\00:44:13.72
That's a good
question to ask: does it work?
00:44:14.79\00:44:17.12
Well let me
give you a test case.
00:44:17.32\00:44:19.79
Seventh-day Adventists
who have endeavored to follow
00:44:21.13\00:44:26.57
this counsel...
00:44:26.77\00:44:28.49
Seventh-day Adventists
live up to 10 years longer
00:44:30.40\00:44:35.12
than everybody
else. Did you know that?
00:44:35.22\00:44:36.73
Ten years!
00:44:37.81\00:44:39.98
You know, if you ever
wanted a good reason to become
00:44:40.28\00:44:42.72
a Seventh-day
Adventist, that's a good one.
00:44:42.92\00:44:44.39
Isn't it? Give
you an extra 10 years.
00:44:44.69\00:44:48.26
Why is that? Why do Seventh-
day Adventists live up to
00:44:49.67\00:44:52.72
ten years longer? And
listen, friends, they would live
00:44:52.82\00:44:54.55
a whole lot longer
if everybody did it.
00:44:54.65\00:44:56.58
I wish I could say that there
was 100% of adherence to this.
00:44:56.88\00:45:01.46
But there's not, unfortunately.
00:45:03.60\00:45:06.15
But, if everybody did,
00:45:06.46\00:45:10.48
then the years
would be a lot longer.
00:45:10.78\00:45:13.57
So in other words,
what we're saying is
00:45:16.81\00:45:19.11
that if everything is
going according to plan,
00:45:19.31\00:45:22.07
particularly from youth...
And this is where you mothers -
00:45:22.27\00:45:26.13
or the ones who do the
cooking in the family -
00:45:26.33\00:45:28.05
have such a big responsibility
00:45:28.25\00:45:30.33
because you determine the
taste buds of your children.
00:45:30.63\00:45:34.26
You feed them plenty of
fruits, grains, vegetables
00:45:35.53\00:45:38.30
they will grow up
liking those things.
00:45:38.50\00:45:40.66
Feed them lots of other
things and they'll grow up
00:45:42.02\00:45:44.06
liking those things.
00:45:44.16\00:45:46.20
So you have a
tremendous responsibility
00:45:46.50\00:45:49.24
in guiding the future health of
your children by teaching them
00:45:49.54\00:45:54.79
the right things
right from the cradle.
00:45:55.00\00:45:56.95
If we follow this counsel,
we can live a whole lot longer
00:46:00.41\00:46:04.40
than ten years.
00:46:04.51\00:46:06.51
And ladies, let me
tell you something:
00:46:06.91\00:46:09.38
instead of wasting your
money on all of these potions
00:46:09.58\00:46:11.93
about looking
younger and so forth
00:46:12.13\00:46:13.89
the best way to look
younger is to follow this diet.
00:46:14.19\00:46:17.29
That's the best way.
00:46:17.69\00:46:19.63
The best way to have a good
skin is to follow this counsel.
00:46:21.02\00:46:24.74
The best way to
feel good in the morning
00:46:27.64\00:46:30.16
is to follow this counsel.
00:46:30.36\00:46:31.79
You know once when I
was drinking a lot of milk
00:46:33.36\00:46:36.26
and so forth I used to
wake up in the morning...
00:46:36.36\00:46:38.84
You know how you have
phlegm in your throat?
00:46:39.14\00:46:41.42
I just thought it
was part of normal life
00:46:41.62\00:46:44.13
until I gave it away.
I've never had a problem since.
00:46:44.33\00:46:47.03
Because the body was
trying to get rid of it all...
00:46:48.58\00:46:49.98
all the poisons in it.
00:46:50.08\00:46:51.78
And I believe that God has
given to us wonderful counsel.
00:46:53.13\00:46:58.31
That if we follow this
counsel we will feel better
00:46:58.61\00:47:03.24
and when the morning comes
around we'll spring out of bed.
00:47:03.54\00:47:06.72
And we'll feel good;
our minds will be clear.
00:47:08.17\00:47:11.14
And God wants us to
have the optimum of health.
00:47:12.80\00:47:15.70
He doesn't want us to
be sick and not feel 100%.
00:47:16.00\00:47:20.64
And I would like to
challenge you to try it.
00:47:20.87\00:47:22.99
You know the book
of Daniel tells us
00:47:23.19\00:47:24.97
that it only took Daniel 10
days to prove to the Babylonians
00:47:25.17\00:47:28.53
that he looked
better and was better
00:47:28.73\00:47:31.51
than all the rest who were
eating all the Babylonian food.
00:47:31.71\00:47:34.81
You put it to the test.
00:47:35.11\00:47:37.94
Give yourself a 10-day test.
00:47:38.24\00:47:40.28
That's a
Biblical time... ten days.
00:47:40.48\00:47:44.02
And you'll feel better.
00:47:44.22\00:47:46.16
Body might get a bit
of a shock for a while...
00:47:48.31\00:47:50.77
but it'll get used to it.
00:47:50.97\00:47:52.77
And you can change your
taste - let me encourage you -
00:47:53.08\00:47:56.35
because our tastes are educated.
00:47:56.55\00:48:00.30
If we like those foods
that are not good, it is because
00:48:00.80\00:48:04.32
you have educated
your taste to like them.
00:48:04.52\00:48:06.93
You can educate your taste
buds to like the good things.
00:48:07.23\00:48:11.41
And of course, with good
health and eating and diet
00:48:14.40\00:48:17.82
comes another
thing... and that is exercise.
00:48:17.92\00:48:20.86
Many of us don't
get enough exercise.
00:48:21.92\00:48:23.91
God wants us to be
exercising every day.
00:48:25.31\00:48:28.14
And you don't have to be a
marathon runner to exercise.
00:48:29.20\00:48:31.94
Just do a good, brisk walk.
00:48:32.14\00:48:34.34
We've been told that that's the
very best exercise is walking,
00:48:34.64\00:48:37.68
actually.
00:48:37.88\00:48:39.14
Not necessarily
running... but walking.
00:48:39.44\00:48:42.95
But not strolling and smelling
the roses... not that type
00:48:43.19\00:48:46.37
of walk. A walk that
causes you... the heart to beat.
00:48:46.47\00:48:50.96
And less salt in our diet.
00:48:51.37\00:48:54.59
And laying aside things
like smoking and alcohol.
00:48:54.70\00:49:00.05
All of those things,
if we follow the counsel,
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then we will feel better.
00:49:03.41\00:49:06.01
And God wants us to
have the optimum in life.
00:49:06.11\00:49:08.79
You know, Seventh-day Adventists
run a lot of aged care homes.
00:49:09.09\00:49:14.47
We like to care
for our old people.
00:49:14.77\00:49:16.85
It's a
responsibility we all have
00:49:17.16\00:49:19.38
to care for those in the
sunset years of their life.
00:49:19.58\00:49:21.85
And we run a lot of
these aged-care facilities.
00:49:22.05\00:49:24.76
And of course many
people want to get into them.
00:49:25.17\00:49:30.51
As they get older they want to
get into our homes for the aged.
00:49:30.71\00:49:34.51
But it's very
difficult to get in because
00:49:34.81\00:49:39.34
when you go to... there
you find that there's no room.
00:49:39.54\00:49:43.83
And you know the
reason there's no room?
00:49:44.13\00:49:45.79
They won't die!
00:49:46.10\00:49:48.83
They live too long!
00:49:49.23\00:49:51.02
You go to our homes for the aged
and you will see lots of people
00:49:52.24\00:49:55.49
up around 90. That's
a young person at 90!
00:49:55.59\00:49:59.54
Ninety-five... even
up to 100 and over 100.
00:50:01.66\00:50:05.37
And they're not sort
of sitting in the corner
00:50:05.68\00:50:07.90
dribbling out the
side of their mouth.
00:50:08.10\00:50:09.55
Most of them have
their facilities still.
00:50:10.59\00:50:13.19
And because... when you follow
the counsel that God has given
00:50:14.70\00:50:19.27
then we have the very best
in life. Now let me say this
00:50:20.63\00:50:24.42
because not all disease that
we get is due to faulty diet.
00:50:24.62\00:50:29.80
We must understand that
and I'm not suggesting that.
00:50:30.10\00:50:32.90
Because when we were born
it would have been a good idea
00:50:34.20\00:50:37.00
if we had the choice
of choosing your parents.
00:50:37.20\00:50:39.23
Because that certainly
has an effect, doesn't it?
00:50:39.43\00:50:42.69
Because if you have had
a weakness in your family
00:50:42.89\00:50:46.19
healthwise that goes
back some generations
00:50:46.39\00:50:49.91
that no doubt can affect you.
00:50:50.11\00:50:52.27
But what I'm saying is this:
00:50:52.67\00:50:55.04
that if we follow the counsel
that God has given in His Word
00:50:55.34\00:50:59.88
even those who are born
with not the same opportunities
00:51:00.08\00:51:03.45
and perhaps with weaknesses
that others haven't got
00:51:03.55\00:51:07.61
we will still live longer
than we would have if we didn't
00:51:07.82\00:51:11.40
follow the
counsel. Get the idea?
00:51:11.50\00:51:12.78
So it's still positive.
00:51:13.18\00:51:16.24
And I'm very excited
about this matter of health.
00:51:18.33\00:51:21.13
You see, when it comes
to the matter of health
00:51:21.33\00:51:23.78
this is one of the areas
that we can prove that the Bible
00:51:23.98\00:51:27.03
is true. Because
medical science today
00:51:27.13\00:51:30.76
can empirically
measure these things.
00:51:30.96\00:51:35.49
And no science has
done more work than the area
00:51:36.27\00:51:41.07
of health because people
are becoming more and more
00:51:41.27\00:51:44.98
interested in health
and governments are becoming
00:51:45.18\00:51:46.79
more concerned about
it because of the cost.
00:51:46.89\00:51:49.37
And so lots of money is
being spent in doing research.
00:51:49.57\00:51:54.23
And the interesting thing
is on the wake of the evidence
00:51:54.63\00:51:58.90
over and over and over again
00:51:59.10\00:52:02.06
the evidence is coming out
on the side of what God wrote.
00:52:02.26\00:52:05.88
That's what gives me tremendous
confidence that we're not
00:52:07.37\00:52:11.43
following some made-up
story when we read the Bible.
00:52:11.53\00:52:14.36
There are many things in
the Bible we can't prove.
00:52:14.66\00:52:17.11
We can't prove that
Jesus is coming again...
00:52:17.31\00:52:19.69
scientifically, that is.
00:52:19.99\00:52:22.51
We believe that by faith.
00:52:22.81\00:52:24.78
But there are some things in
the Bible that we can establish
00:52:25.08\00:52:28.87
and prove in the scientific
way, and one of them is
00:52:29.08\00:52:33.29
the subject of health
because that can be measured.
00:52:33.39\00:52:36.61
And the more they study,
the more is coming out in favor
00:52:37.78\00:52:42.18
of what the Bible
wrote down: fruits, grains,
00:52:42.39\00:52:46.47
vegetables, and nuts.
00:52:46.67\00:52:49.18
And the more that we are
able to put those into our diet
00:52:49.48\00:52:52.53
the healthier
we are going to be.
00:52:52.83\00:52:54.63
Let me read you
um... I ought to say this.
00:52:54.93\00:52:57.76
Sometimes people say: "Well
when Jesus died on the cross
00:52:57.96\00:52:59.82
didn't He do away with
these things? " Listen friend,
00:53:00.02\00:53:01.67
when Jesus died on the cross
He didn't make the pig clean.
00:53:01.87\00:53:06.55
And those health laws that
we're talking about: hygiene,
00:53:07.91\00:53:10.73
quarantine. We don't believe
they were done away with, do we?
00:53:10.93\00:53:13.84
Why would we believe
like some Christians teach
00:53:14.14\00:53:16.82
that the distinction
between clean and unclean
00:53:17.02\00:53:18.58
is no longer valid? We don't say
that when it comes to hygiene.
00:53:18.68\00:53:21.97
We don't say that when it comes
to sanitation and all of these
00:53:22.27\00:53:25.64
other marvelous laws.
00:53:25.74\00:53:27.78
Of course they
weren't done away with.
00:53:27.98\00:53:29.34
They were binding back there and
they are still binding today.
00:53:29.54\00:53:33.01
And at the Garden of Eden
God saw that that was the very
00:53:34.23\00:53:36.80
best diet. It's
still the very best diet.
00:53:36.90\00:53:38.93
And if ever there's
a time in world history
00:53:39.13\00:53:41.49
when we ought to be adhering
to the counsel that God gave
00:53:41.52\00:53:44.02
in the beginning it is now.
00:53:44.22\00:53:45.55
The further away we
get from the Garden of Eden
00:53:45.65\00:53:47.69
the more necessary it
is to follow that counsel.
00:53:47.89\00:53:50.70
Let me just read you a verse
over here in I Corinthians.
00:53:52.61\00:53:55.48
Come over to I
Corinthians chapter 3
00:53:56.88\00:53:59.32
and verse 16.
00:53:59.62\00:54:04.71
I Corinthians 3 and verse 16
00:54:05.01\00:54:08.26
where it says:
00:54:11.67\00:54:12.68
So in actual fact
the Bible is saying
00:54:31.31\00:54:33.44
our bodies are like unto what?
00:54:33.64\00:54:36.01
The temple or the church.
00:54:36.21\00:54:38.26
And we would not think it right
to drag into the church here
00:54:39.47\00:54:44.68
a rotten bag of
potatoes, would we?
00:54:44.92\00:54:47.92
No one would want to do that
00:54:48.32\00:54:50.30
because we just don't think
that's the right thing to do.
00:54:52.63\00:54:55.47
Now if that's true when it
comes to a physical building,
00:54:56.53\00:54:59.83
how much truer it is
when it comes to our bodies.
00:55:00.23\00:55:04.08
Our bodies are the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:55:04.28\00:55:06.53
Tell me, what type of a witness
is it if I'm going around
00:55:06.73\00:55:09.84
sick all the time?
And I don't enjoy health
00:55:09.94\00:55:13.16
and it affects my attitude.
It affects my depression;
00:55:13.36\00:55:16.16
it affects everything else.
What type of a witness is that
00:55:16.26\00:55:19.20
to anybody? Not a very
good one I would imagine.
00:55:19.40\00:55:22.33
Is that right?
But on the other hand,
00:55:22.53\00:55:25.23
if you exude
enthusiasm and you exude health,
00:55:25.33\00:55:29.41
that is a great witness.
00:55:31.74\00:55:33.42
And that's why it is important
that we share these things
00:55:34.66\00:55:38.90
and we have these
things. Because we are...
00:55:39.11\00:55:41.44
our bodies are the
temple of the Holy Spirit
00:55:41.64\00:55:44.12
and God wants to
dwell in our bodies.
00:55:44.32\00:55:47.25
And just as if we
defile God's church here
00:55:47.55\00:55:51.34
God is not happy, God
is 1,000 times more upset
00:55:51.54\00:55:55.68
when we defile our bodies
00:55:55.88\00:55:57.51
because our bodies is
where God wants to dwell.
00:55:57.71\00:56:01.32
He wants us to
be a living witness.
00:56:01.62\00:56:04.01
A living
temple... a living example
00:56:04.21\00:56:08.49
to all that we come in
contact with day by day.
00:56:08.69\00:56:11.53
And just by our very
presence we are a witness
00:56:11.83\00:56:15.68
because our body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:56:15.92\00:56:19.55
In chapter 10 of
Corinthians and verse 31...
00:56:19.85\00:56:23.93
Chapter 10 of
Corinthians and verse 31
00:56:25.25\00:56:28.29
Paul again adds this statement:
00:56:28.49\00:56:31.33
We're to bring glory
and honor to our Savior
00:56:43.01\00:56:47.76
through our bodies.
00:56:48.06\00:56:49.99
We are to be a witness to all
that we come in contact with.
00:56:50.09\00:56:53.86
And I thank God every day
for the knowledge that He's
00:56:54.16\00:56:57.21
given to us on health.
00:56:57.31\00:56:59.11
I'm just so grateful for that.
00:57:00.09\00:57:02.12
Because the person who benefits
from the subject that we're
00:57:02.42\00:57:06.59
talking about today is not
the person down the road...
00:57:06.69\00:57:10.21
the person across the world.
00:57:11.45\00:57:13.55
The person who benefits is
ourselves, isn't that right?
00:57:13.75\00:57:16.22
We are the ones! If we
adhere to this, I tell you
00:57:16.52\00:57:19.61
you will feel a difference!
00:57:19.81\00:57:21.32
You'll be like Daniel.
00:57:21.52\00:57:23.40
Stand out fairer and fatter.
00:57:23.60\00:57:26.72
That word fatter
doesn't mean this way...
00:57:26.92\00:57:29.14
it means more ruddy
and healthy complexioned.
00:57:29.34\00:57:32.59
That's what the Bible
means by "fairer and fatter. "
00:57:32.70\00:57:34.63
Because if you're thin and so
forth that doesn't give a good
00:57:34.84\00:57:38.08
witness either. The word
"fat" there doesn't mean weight.
00:57:38.18\00:57:41.11
It means to be in good health!
00:57:41.41\00:57:44.14
And if we
follow God's counsel...
00:57:44.44\00:57:47.71
We already have
examples in the Bible
00:57:47.91\00:57:49.80
because Daniel must have
been very tempted to take hold
00:57:50.10\00:57:52.90
of the Babylonian food...
but he stood firm for God
00:57:53.10\00:57:56.62
and God wonderfully
blessed him. And He'll bless you
00:57:56.92\00:57:59.39
and He'll bless me, too.
00:57:59.60\00:58:00.83
Let's just bow our
heads together in prayer.
00:58:01.04\00:58:02.69
Our wonderful Father in
heaven, I want to thank you
00:58:02.99\00:58:05.28
again today for the wonderful
counsel that You have given
00:58:05.38\00:58:08.29
to us on the subject of health.
00:58:08.39\00:58:09.84
Thank you, Lord, that
You have given it not because
00:58:10.05\00:58:12.19
You are restricting us
but because You love us
00:58:12.39\00:58:14.36
and You want us to
have the very best in life
00:58:14.56\00:58:16.79
like any good mother.
And so I pray, Lord, that You
00:58:16.89\00:58:19.40
will help us to
take this seriously
00:58:19.50\00:58:21.86
and to understand it
and to learn more and more.
00:58:22.06\00:58:24.54
I pray for Jesus' sake, Amen.
00:58:24.74\00:58:27.41