Wonderful merciful Savior.
00:00:35.13\00:00:40.99
Precious Redeemer and friend.
00:00:41.21\00:00:46.65
Who would have
thought that a Lamb could
00:00:47.48\00:00:53.46
rescue the souls of man.
00:00:53.76\00:00:58.56
Oh, You rescued
the souls of man.
00:00:58.86\00:01:04.86
Counselor, Comforter, Keeper.
00:01:09.64\00:01:15.21
Spirit we long to embrace.
00:01:15.71\00:01:21.46
You offer hope
when our hearts have
00:01:22.36\00:01:28.30
hopelessly lost the way.
00:01:28.60\00:01:33.29
Oh, we've hopelessly lost
00:01:33.59\00:01:37.38
the way.
00:01:37.68\00:01:41.02
You are the One that we praise;
00:01:41.52\00:01:46.86
You are the One we adore.
00:01:47.16\00:01:53.12
You give the healing and grace
00:01:53.95\00:01:58.60
our hearts always hunger for.
00:01:58.90\00:02:04.51
Oh, our hearts always
00:02:04.81\00:02:08.17
hunger for.
00:02:08.37\00:02:12.45
You are the One that we praise;
00:02:12.75\00:02:18.66
You are the One we adore.
00:02:19.17\00:02:24.93
You give the healing and grace
00:02:25.61\00:02:30.14
our hearts always hunger for.
00:02:30.35\00:02:36.01
Oh, our hearts always
00:02:36.51\00:02:39.65
hunger for.
00:02:39.95\00:02:44.85
Almighty, infinite Father.
00:02:47.67\00:02:53.16
Faithfully loving Your own.
00:02:53.66\00:02:59.10
Here in our weakness You find us
00:03:00.22\00:03:05.86
falling before Your throne.
00:03:06.69\00:03:10.97
Oh, falling before
00:03:11.27\00:03:15.37
Your throne.
00:03:15.67\00:03:18.69
You are the One that we praise;
00:03:18.99\00:03:24.99
You are the One we adore.
00:03:25.49\00:03:31.43
You give the healing and grace
00:03:31.93\00:03:36.69
our hearts always hunger for.
00:03:36.90\00:03:42.53
For... our hearts always
00:03:42.83\00:03:45.97
hunger for.
00:03:46.27\00:03:50.25
You are the One that we praise;
00:03:50.55\00:03:56.52
You are the One we adore.
00:03:57.02\00:04:02.87
You give the healing and grace
00:04:03.37\00:04:08.21
our hearts always hunger for.
00:04:08.41\00:04:13.90
For... our hearts always hunger
00:04:14.20\00:04:18.94
for.
00:04:19.24\00:04:25.24
Amen. Thank you,
Pastor. Thank you so very much.
00:04:35.30\00:04:38.30
So very, very well done.
00:04:38.50\00:04:39.65
Our title for this
evening's discussion:
00:04:39.95\00:04:42.75
Letting Down the
Last Man to Let You Down.
00:04:43.05\00:04:46.83
And the crew had
quite a lot of fun today
00:04:47.13\00:04:50.80
trying to figure
out what this means.
00:04:50.90\00:04:52.27
And someone gave me actually
a whole new wrinkle on it.
00:04:52.47\00:04:55.29
They said: "In this world,
so many people let you down
00:04:55.59\00:05:00.26
the last person who would
ever let you down is Jesus. "
00:05:00.56\00:05:03.58
So, letting down the last person
00:05:03.88\00:05:06.28
to let you down
must be a sermon about
00:05:06.48\00:05:08.68
not letting Jesus down.
00:05:08.88\00:05:10.28
And I said:
"That's very, very good.
00:05:10.58\00:05:12.28
Wrong... but very, very good. "
00:05:12.58\00:05:15.17
We're going to talk about
letting down the last person
00:05:15.47\00:05:18.49
to let you down just now. Shall
we bow our heads in prayer?
00:05:18.69\00:05:21.12
Father God, we thank you
for Jesus our Savior and Friend.
00:05:21.32\00:05:25.77
We thank you for His
love, His power, His protection.
00:05:26.07\00:05:30.78
We thank you, Lord,
for the truth of Your Word.
00:05:31.08\00:05:34.32
And we're asking, Dear Father,
00:05:34.62\00:05:36.84
that You would show us
only the truth in Your Word
00:05:37.14\00:05:41.00
because we don't want to
follow cunningly-devised fables.
00:05:41.30\00:05:45.32
Lord, we want the
truth, the whole truth,
00:05:45.62\00:05:49.59
nothing but the truth.
00:05:49.89\00:05:51.91
And then help us to do
that which we know to be true.
00:05:52.21\00:05:54.67
In Jesus' name, Amen.
00:05:54.88\00:05:56.94
When I pastored the
Ephesus Church in New York City,
00:05:57.74\00:06:01.24
my membership was 2,142.
00:06:01.44\00:06:04.81
In the seven years
that I pastored that church
00:06:06.10\00:06:08.84
I conducted 117 funerals.
00:06:09.14\00:06:13.13
117 funerals.
00:06:13.44\00:06:15.93
During my ministerial
career I have had two very close
00:06:16.23\00:06:21.04
friends who are undertakers...
funeral directors.
00:06:21.24\00:06:25.10
Both of them, by the
way, are named Bill or Willie.
00:06:25.50\00:06:28.93
One is Bill Willis, who is
living in Buffalo, New York,
00:06:29.13\00:06:32.78
in the church that I grew up in.
00:06:33.08\00:06:34.59
In fact, the Buffalo, New
York, Church Emmanuel Temple is
00:06:34.79\00:06:36.94
hearing these meetings tonight,
00:06:37.14\00:06:38.75
so I want to say
"Hi" to Bill Willis.
00:06:38.95\00:06:40.41
The other is Willie Bathea,
00:06:40.72\00:06:42.45
who is a member of the
Ephesus Church that I pastored.
00:06:42.65\00:06:45.75
And it's interesting that
one was Bill Willis - BW -
00:06:45.95\00:06:49.35
the other Willie Bathea - WB.
00:06:49.55\00:06:51.36
But the... and one is from the
Bronx and one is from Buffalo.
00:06:51.66\00:06:54.24
But they both were undertakers.
00:06:54.54\00:06:56.75
We usually think of funeral
directors - undertakers - as
00:06:57.05\00:07:00.52
somber individuals,
you know, who wear black
00:07:00.82\00:07:03.76
and are very somber.
But Willie Bathea was
00:07:03.96\00:07:06.43
really quite a
character. I say was... he IS
00:07:06.63\00:07:08.94
quite a character.
And anybody who knows him
00:07:09.14\00:07:11.64
knows that he sort of
breaks the mold of the somber
00:07:11.67\00:07:14.66
undertaker because
Willie is full of fun
00:07:14.86\00:07:17.17
and likes to joke and
is a rather jovial fellow
00:07:17.37\00:07:22.59
to be involved in such
a serious line of work.
00:07:22.90\00:07:25.20
He's a great singer, and we
were very, very, very close.
00:07:25.50\00:07:29.45
Also I can say this
about Willie Bathea... he also
00:07:29.75\00:07:31.44
was a... he snores more
than anybody else I've ever met.
00:07:31.65\00:07:34.47
We took a trip in Jamaica
and we had to be roommates.
00:07:34.77\00:07:38.22
And I called his
wife and I said...
00:07:38.52\00:07:40.77
I said: "Irene, I think
you've got grounds for divorce.
00:07:40.97\00:07:42.80
I've never heard a man
snore like this before. "
00:07:43.00\00:07:44.88
But we're very,
very close friends.
00:07:45.18\00:07:47.80
And I got the title of
tonight's message actually from
00:07:48.11\00:07:52.44
Willie Bathea.
00:07:52.65\00:07:55.05
As an undertaker, he
put on his business card
00:07:55.25\00:07:57.80
I think it was: I will be
the last man to let you down.
00:07:58.00\00:08:01.52
And of course, he meant
let you down in the grave.
00:08:01.82\00:08:04.97
He would be the last
person to ever let you down.
00:08:05.27\00:08:08.43
And that was his... that was
his moniker as an undertaker:
00:08:08.73\00:08:12.71
I will be the last
person to let you down.
00:08:12.91\00:08:15.50
And in thinking about
my days with Willie Bathea
00:08:15.80\00:08:18.94
I came up with the
title of this message:
00:08:19.24\00:08:20.87
Letting Down the Last
Person to Let You Down.
00:08:21.17\00:08:23.39
In other words, the title is
00:08:23.59\00:08:25.92
how to
disappoint the undertaker.
00:08:26.12\00:08:28.61
How to postpone your funeral.
00:08:28.91\00:08:31.17
How to let down the
last man to let you down.
00:08:31.48\00:08:35.30
Amen.
00:08:35.60\00:08:37.17
And some of you are looking at
me... what is he talking about?
00:08:37.47\00:08:39.36
We'll make it a little plainer.
00:08:40.23\00:08:41.75
So tonight's message comes from
00:08:42.95\00:08:44.26
Letting Down the
Last Man to Let You Down.
00:08:44.46\00:08:46.50
We can also call it: Three
Ways to Postpone Your Funeral.
00:08:46.61\00:08:49.82
Now I need to say this:
00:08:50.12\00:08:51.15
in life we have no guarantees.
00:08:51.45\00:08:54.69
There are none
00:08:54.99\00:08:56.51
except for the fact
that Jesus is coming again
00:08:56.81\00:08:59.51
and all of those who
are faithful in Christ
00:08:59.81\00:09:02.02
will be saved.
That is a guarantee.
00:09:02.22\00:09:03.88
Other than that, as far
as humans are concerned,
00:09:04.18\00:09:06.99
we have no guarantees.
00:09:07.20\00:09:08.74
We make no guarantees.
00:09:09.04\00:09:10.96
But, if you live a certain way,
00:09:11.46\00:09:15.38
God has guaranteed certain
outcomes. Can you say Amen?
00:09:15.68\00:09:19.77
So if you conduct
your life a certain way,
00:09:21.40\00:09:24.36
certain things are going to
happen from living that way.
00:09:24.66\00:09:28.44
There are certain laws
that if you obey those laws
00:09:28.74\00:09:31.52
certain things happen.
00:09:31.72\00:09:33.04
If you break those
laws, certain things happen...
00:09:33.24\00:09:36.04
and they are inevitable,
00:09:36.24\00:09:37.91
even though in this
life we have no guarantees.
00:09:38.21\00:09:41.29
So let's look at a
Biblical principle.
00:09:41.59\00:09:43.29
I'm in the book of I
Corinthians. What did I say?
00:09:43.49\00:09:46.47
I Corinthians - you're with
me - chapter 10 and verse 31.
00:09:46.67\00:09:49.73
I Corinthians
chapter 10 and verse 31.
00:09:49.94\00:09:52.13
Give you just a
second to find it.
00:09:52.33\00:09:53.60
It's on the screen.
00:09:53.80\00:09:55.22
Here is a Biblical principle.
00:09:55.52\00:09:57.61
Now that is an overriding,
overarching Biblical principle.
00:10:08.91\00:10:14.26
Whatever we involve ourselves in
00:10:14.56\00:10:17.78
God ought to be glorified.
00:10:18.08\00:10:20.32
Things we eat, things we do,
00:10:20.62\00:10:23.52
things we think, things we say,
00:10:23.82\00:10:26.95
places we go. All of
these things as Christians
00:10:27.26\00:10:31.22
ought to give God glory.
00:10:31.52\00:10:34.77
And if you're doing something,
00:10:34.87\00:10:37.10
eating something, drinking
something, saying something,
00:10:37.40\00:10:41.28
thinking something
that does not give God glory
00:10:41.58\00:10:45.44
as a Christian you
need to stop doing it.
00:10:45.64\00:10:47.74
Can you say Amen? You
need to ask for God's help
00:10:47.94\00:10:50.96
to stop doing it because
we, as followers of Christ,
00:10:51.16\00:10:54.31
ought to be
involved only in those things
00:10:54.51\00:10:58.25
which give God glory
so that someone seeing us
00:10:58.45\00:11:01.93
will know that we are different.
00:11:02.13\00:11:03.87
Can you say Amen?
00:11:04.17\00:11:05.22
They ought to be able
to see something different
00:11:05.42\00:11:07.25
about the way we eat,
drink, dress, talk, walk.
00:11:07.35\00:11:12.85
Even Christians...
00:11:13.35\00:11:14.82
Christians ought
even to smell differently.
00:11:15.12\00:11:17.21
Um-hmm.
00:11:19.94\00:11:21.07
There ought to be certain
smells that ought not emanate
00:11:21.58\00:11:24.53
from the Christian persona.
00:11:24.73\00:11:26.64
Ought to look
differently, talk differently,
00:11:27.75\00:11:31.24
walk differently,
speak differently,
00:11:31.55\00:11:34.63
act differently,
smell differently.
00:11:34.93\00:11:39.30
That's a beautiful text in...
is it II Corinthians chapter 2
00:11:39.60\00:11:42.73
verse 15? I'm
coming from my memory
00:11:43.03\00:11:44.68
where the Bible says we are
the aroma of Christ who died.
00:11:44.98\00:11:48.22
We are the aroma of Christ...
00:11:48.43\00:11:49.58
so you ought to even smell
differently as a child of God.
00:11:49.78\00:11:51.71
So God then is concerned
with every aspect of our lives.
00:11:52.97\00:11:56.13
Can you say Amen? Now
this is something that
00:11:56.23\00:11:57.97
makes a lot of people
a little uncomfortable...
00:11:58.17\00:11:59.98
but it is the truth.
Every aspect of your life
00:12:00.28\00:12:04.36
concerns God. He is concerned
about the little things
00:12:04.56\00:12:07.92
and the big things.
00:12:08.12\00:12:09.26
Everything you do;
everything you think.
00:12:09.46\00:12:11.65
Your physical, your mental, your
social, your spiritual welfare:
00:12:11.85\00:12:14.89
all of these things concern God.
00:12:15.09\00:12:17.18
As Christians, everything
that we do ought to have
00:12:18.41\00:12:22.69
divine approval. Amen?
00:12:22.90\00:12:24.88
So God is concerned
with all of these things.
00:12:25.38\00:12:27.73
God's concern,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:12:28.03\00:12:31.10
is based on eternal reality.
00:12:31.41\00:12:34.82
When God looks at our life,
00:12:35.12\00:12:37.28
He is looking
at you not just now
00:12:37.58\00:12:40.49
but throughout all of eternity.
00:12:40.69\00:12:42.57
So as God structures our life,
00:12:42.87\00:12:44.83
as things come in
and through our lives,
00:12:45.03\00:12:47.06
God is looking at
the ultimate big picture.
00:12:47.36\00:12:50.35
Amen? Yeah.
00:12:50.66\00:12:52.01
You may not get
the fourscore and ten
00:12:52.21\00:12:54.71
or the threescore and ten. But
if you get eternity, you've won.
00:12:54.91\00:12:58.07
And God is looking at
it from that big picture.
00:12:58.37\00:13:00.78
God, then, is
intimately concerned
00:13:01.08\00:13:04.49
with the here
and now of our lives
00:13:04.69\00:13:07.20
but He is ultimately
concerned with our hereafter
00:13:07.51\00:13:11.88
or our eternity.
00:13:12.08\00:13:13.44
God wants all of us to be saved!
00:13:13.54\00:13:17.32
Can you say Amen? Amen!
00:13:17.62\00:13:19.10
Now, what is most
important to the Lord
00:13:19.40\00:13:22.63
is our salvation...
00:13:22.93\00:13:24.60
not necessarily - I
want you to hear this -
00:13:24.90\00:13:28.14
not necessarily
our temporal happiness
00:13:28.34\00:13:32.87
or our good time.
00:13:34.09\00:13:36.28
Because sometimes... sometimes
00:13:36.58\00:13:40.88
the things that make us happy
00:13:41.18\00:13:43.31
are not for our good.
00:13:43.61\00:13:45.87
Amen? Amen!
00:13:46.17\00:13:47.97
Yeah. When I was young, I used
to love to eat Butterfingers.
00:13:48.27\00:13:51.46
Still like it to an extent.
00:13:51.76\00:13:53.35
I could sit down and eat
Butterfingers all day long.
00:13:53.65\00:13:55.91
But they weren't for my good,
00:13:56.11\00:13:57.24
and so my mother had to
restrict my Butterfinger intake.
00:13:57.44\00:14:01.16
That's what parenting is about:
00:14:01.47\00:14:02.94
not always giving
children what they want
00:14:03.14\00:14:05.55
but more
importantly what they need.
00:14:05.75\00:14:07.45
So God does not always
give you what you ask for
00:14:07.76\00:14:10.48
because the Bible says
sometimes we ask amiss.
00:14:10.78\00:14:13.36
We ask wrong.
00:14:13.66\00:14:15.14
So God as a good parents
says "Yes, " He says "No, "
00:14:15.44\00:14:18.56
He says "Wait, " and
we don't like to wait.
00:14:18.86\00:14:22.16
Sometimes waiting
is for our own good.
00:14:22.46\00:14:24.66
So God is intimately
concerned about our total
00:14:24.96\00:14:29.09
ultimate happiness...
not our temporary happiness.
00:14:29.29\00:14:31.79
Case in point: ask Samson.
00:14:32.09\00:14:34.86
Famous last words:
"She pleases me well. "
00:14:35.16\00:14:39.10
"I like her! "
00:14:39.30\00:14:41.81
"She's a sharp
girl, that Delilah...
00:14:42.11\00:14:44.63
with a sharp knife and a
sharp pair of scissors. "
00:14:44.93\00:14:47.72
So everything that makes
us happy is not necessarily
00:14:48.96\00:14:52.61
for our good.
00:14:52.81\00:14:54.19
And sometimes
we've got to trust God
00:14:54.49\00:14:57.39
even when what He's taking
us through doesn't make sense.
00:14:57.59\00:15:00.44
We've got to follow Him.
00:15:02.32\00:15:03.47
I have a friend, bless
his heart. He's Korean.
00:15:03.77\00:15:06.33
Works seven days a week.
00:15:06.63\00:15:09.20
Up at 5 o'clock in the morning.
Owns three dry cleaners.
00:15:09.50\00:15:11.68
I've talked about him before.
00:15:11.88\00:15:12.95
Uh, owns three dry cleaners.
00:15:13.25\00:15:15.09
Get's up in the
morning at 5:00 or 6:00.
00:15:15.39\00:15:17.85
In the first one at
7:00; the second one at 8:00;
00:15:18.06\00:15:20.19
the next one at 9:00.
Works all day till about
00:15:20.39\00:15:22.53
7 or 8 o'clock at night.
00:15:22.63\00:15:23.63
Closes up all
three dry cleaners.
00:15:23.83\00:15:25.12
Collects all the
money; takes it to the bank.
00:15:25.32\00:15:26.52
Does the receipts. Goes
home... cooks for the family
00:15:26.72\00:15:28.96
who sit at the table and
wait for him to get there.
00:15:29.26\00:15:31.69
Cooks for the family.
Does that six days a week.
00:15:31.99\00:15:34.57
On Sunday he goes to
church... cooks for the church!
00:15:34.78\00:15:37.74
Comes home; does his books.
00:15:40.19\00:15:42.89
Cooks for the
house; goes to bed.
00:15:43.19\00:15:46.14
Monday morning he's back up
at 5:00... that routine again.
00:15:46.34\00:15:48.67
I said: "Bill, you
are killing yourself. "
00:15:48.97\00:15:51.17
The reason God gave you
the Sabbath is so you could
00:15:51.57\00:15:54.72
get off of that merry-go-round
and stop killing yourself.
00:15:54.92\00:15:57.79
His thesis to me is:
"I'm happy when I make money.
00:15:58.09\00:16:01.76
I make money when I work.
00:16:01.86\00:16:03.89
God must want me to work because
God wants me to be happy! "
00:16:04.19\00:16:06.81
That's his logic.
00:16:07.11\00:16:08.92
And I'm trying to
tell him that's illogical
00:16:09.22\00:16:11.06
because you're
hastening yourself to your grave
00:16:11.26\00:16:13.13
and you can't take it with you.
00:16:13.33\00:16:14.77
I told him flat out:
"You are going to die,
00:16:16.15\00:16:20.36
and you are not in God's will.
00:16:20.66\00:16:23.32
Not working 24/7 like that.
00:16:23.52\00:16:25.01
That's not God's
will for your life. "
00:16:25.21\00:16:26.70
III John 2. Third book of John
00:16:28.59\00:16:30.96
verse 2. What book did I say?
00:16:31.16\00:16:33.62
III John 2. Here we go:
00:16:33.93\00:16:36.69
Now, that is not an entitlement
to a prosperity gospel.
00:16:45.59\00:16:49.20
What is being said
there is: Given that your soul
00:16:49.50\00:16:53.84
is prosperous in the Lord,
00:16:54.04\00:16:55.40
I hope that your
temporal prosperity follows.
00:16:55.60\00:16:58.15
It's saying: "Be
prosperous in the Lord
00:16:58.35\00:17:01.50
and allow the
Lord to prosper you. "
00:17:01.80\00:17:03.81
I am praying that
you prosper physically
00:17:04.11\00:17:06.63
as well as spiritually.
00:17:06.83\00:17:08.88
But the most
important of the two comes last:
00:17:09.08\00:17:10.93
it's spiritual prosperity.
00:17:11.14\00:17:12.97
He's saying that "I hope
that you do as good in life
00:17:13.17\00:17:15.57
as you're doing
spiritually. " Amen?
00:17:15.77\00:17:17.50
Because ultimately God
wants us to prosper spiritually.
00:17:17.71\00:17:20.63
And if you're
prospering spiritually,
00:17:20.93\00:17:23.64
I daresay you are prospering
in the physical life also.
00:17:23.84\00:17:26.38
So that is the burden. Verse 3:
00:17:27.58\00:17:29.89
So, his burden again
is walking in the truth.
00:17:38.93\00:17:41.70
And verse 4:
00:17:42.00\00:17:43.45
And so John's burden
there is not prosperity
00:17:50.81\00:17:54.26
as much as it is truth!
00:17:54.46\00:17:56.27
He's saying: "As
you walk in the truth,
00:17:56.57\00:17:58.98
you are a prosperous
person. " When you've got Jesus,
00:17:59.18\00:18:02.51
you've got all you need.
00:18:02.81\00:18:04.29
And sometimes you never
know that Jesus is all you need
00:18:04.59\00:18:07.08
until Jesus is all you've got.
00:18:07.28\00:18:08.72
But if you've got Jesus,
you've got what you need.
00:18:09.02\00:18:12.63
Because Christ has
said: "If you put Me first,
00:18:12.93\00:18:15.68
I'm going to take care of
everything else for you. " Amen?
00:18:15.88\00:18:18.58
And Amen. So then,
God's great concern
00:18:18.69\00:18:24.02
is about our
spiritual up building
00:18:25.43\00:18:28.23
and our
spiritual strength in Him.
00:18:28.43\00:18:31.13
We need to be involved in those
things that draw us to Christ,
00:18:31.43\00:18:35.06
that help us to
spiritually prosper,
00:18:35.36\00:18:38.46
that make us
stronger in the Lord,
00:18:38.67\00:18:40.94
that do not tear
us down physically,
00:18:41.24\00:18:44.71
and that through
which God can get the glory.
00:18:45.01\00:18:48.49
In other words,
the Lord wants us to be
00:18:48.79\00:18:52.06
healthy, happy, and holy.
00:18:52.26\00:18:56.63
Say that with me.
00:18:56.83\00:18:57.84
God wants us to be
healthy, happy, and holy.
00:18:58.04\00:19:02.43
Now some will say: "It's my body
00:19:02.73\00:19:06.49
and I can do what I want. "
00:19:06.69\00:19:10.09
How many have heard that before?
00:19:10.29\00:19:11.75
Here it all the
time... "My body;
00:19:12.05\00:19:13.83
I'll do what I want. "
00:19:14.13\00:19:15.57
Well, the Bible has
something to say about that.
00:19:15.87\00:19:18.98
I'm in the book of I
Corinthians. What book?
00:19:19.28\00:19:21.39
I Corinthians
chapter 6 verses 19 and 20.
00:19:21.89\00:19:26.31
Let's go to I Corinthians 6:19
and let's read the Word of God.
00:19:26.51\00:19:30.20
So God's making a claim here.
00:19:45.70\00:19:47.86
He's making a claim.
00:19:48.16\00:19:49.29
Let's go on to 20:
00:19:49.39\00:19:50.45
So this idea that it's my body,
00:20:01.50\00:20:04.40
I can do what I
want, go where I want,
00:20:04.60\00:20:07.18
wear what I want,
dress like I want,
00:20:07.48\00:20:09.79
act how I want is not Biblical
and is certainly unchristian.
00:20:10.09\00:20:13.82
Amen!
00:20:14.13\00:20:15.38
God says first of all
your body is a temple.
00:20:15.68\00:20:18.49
It is a holy place.
00:20:18.79\00:20:20.24
It is a place where the
Spirit of God dwells in you.
00:20:20.54\00:20:23.77
You were bought with
an incredibly-high price -
00:20:24.07\00:20:26.84
even the blood of Christ
- so you are not your own.
00:20:27.14\00:20:30.63
You and I belong to God.
00:20:30.93\00:20:34.72
God has purchased
us at a high price.
00:20:35.69\00:20:39.49
And so this idea of it's my
party and I'll cry if I want to.
00:20:39.69\00:20:42.97
Oh, no. No you won't...
because you belong to the Lord.
00:20:43.17\00:20:46.73
Amen? I want you to understand.
That's very, very important.
00:20:47.73\00:20:50.45
So that we are not free to
do certain kinds of things.
00:20:50.75\00:20:54.95
We're not free to act
certain kinds of ways.
00:20:55.25\00:20:58.42
We are not free to go
certain kinds of places.
00:20:58.73\00:21:01.29
The Christian
ought to be different.
00:21:01.59\00:21:04.45
The sign of our love and
our relationship with Christ
00:21:04.75\00:21:08.50
is a separation
from worldly practices
00:21:08.80\00:21:11.47
and those things
which are not like Jesus.
00:21:11.68\00:21:13.95
Now this is not a
message people like to hear.
00:21:14.15\00:21:16.13
People would rather go to church
and hear: "Doesn't matter.
00:21:16.43\00:21:20.96
Just love the Lord and
everything's going to be fine. "
00:21:21.26\00:21:25.57
But it's not true!
00:21:25.87\00:21:27.55
Because if you love the
Lord, the Lord has got claim
00:21:27.75\00:21:31.10
on your life. Amen?
00:21:31.30\00:21:33.22
So Christians then
must live differently.
00:21:33.52\00:21:35.71
I'm in John
chapter 3 and verse 16.
00:21:35.91\00:21:37.67
You know that text
so very, very well.
00:21:38.38\00:21:39.99
John 3:16:
00:21:40.29\00:21:41.92
That is the ransom
note for you and me.
00:21:51.60\00:21:54.13
That is God saying
"I will give up GOD
00:21:54.63\00:21:59.00
in order to get you back. "
00:21:59.30\00:22:01.59
"I made you; I created you...
00:22:01.89\00:22:04.40
and now I've got to buy you back
00:22:04.70\00:22:06.57
because you indentured yourself
00:22:06.77\00:22:08.83
to Satan... so
I've got to get you. "
00:22:08.93\00:22:10.89
So God really owns us twice!
00:22:11.09\00:22:13.86
Made us and then bought us back.
00:22:14.16\00:22:17.66
Such is the great love of
the Lord for you and for me.
00:22:17.96\00:22:21.35
So I say again: God
says "I reserve the right
00:22:21.65\00:22:25.82
to tell you how to live. "
00:22:26.03\00:22:27.55
Now there's a lot of
people who do not like that.
00:22:27.85\00:22:29.57
They don't like
being told how to live.
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.96
And yet, the Creator has
a right to make that claim
00:22:32.26\00:22:36.96
because God broke the
bank, ladies and gentlemen,
00:22:37.26\00:22:39.88
for you and for me.
00:22:40.08\00:22:41.17
So He has the right.
Let's reinforce the case.
00:22:41.57\00:22:44.44
I'm in the book of
I Corinthians again.
00:22:44.64\00:22:45.89
I Corinthians chapter 3, picking
it up at verse 16 this time.
00:22:45.99\00:22:50.34
Sounds about
like 6:19, doesn't it?
00:22:59.03\00:23:01.17
Reinforcing the point.
00:23:01.47\00:23:03.04
Spirit of God dwells in you.
00:23:03.34\00:23:05.15
God is in you
through His Spirit.
00:23:05.45\00:23:07.08
Now, here's something a
little bit more serious.
00:23:07.38\00:23:09.52
Let's go on:
00:23:09.62\00:23:10.70
That's a strong text. It's
one that needs to be underlined
00:23:27.71\00:23:30.95
in the Word of
God. God is saying
00:23:31.16\00:23:34.06
"The temple is holy, and if
you persist in destroying it
00:23:34.36\00:23:37.82
then it will
have to be destroyed
00:23:38.12\00:23:39.79
because I cannot have you
destroying a holy thing. "
00:23:40.09\00:23:42.99
God wants to dwell in us
and make us -as that song says -
00:23:43.19\00:23:45.79
a sanctuary.
00:23:45.99\00:23:47.39
But He can't do that if we
insist on defiling His temple.
00:23:47.69\00:23:51.03
Here is a statement that I
believe few can disagree with.
00:23:51.33\00:23:56.97
We as Americans
00:23:57.27\00:24:00.35
and those of us in most
of the Western countries
00:24:00.65\00:24:04.21
are overfed and undernourished.
00:24:04.51\00:24:09.37
Now you got quiet on me.
00:24:09.67\00:24:11.95
That's a time to say Amen.
00:24:12.16\00:24:14.68
We are overfed
and undernourished.
00:24:15.38\00:24:21.28
As a rule we take in
far too many calories
00:24:21.58\00:24:27.06
with far too little nutrition.
00:24:27.36\00:24:30.58
And if you can't
say "Amen" say "ouch! "
00:24:30.88\00:24:34.41
Overfed... undernourished.
00:24:35.77\00:24:39.32
There is a certain
fast-food restaurant...
00:24:39.62\00:24:42.59
You can go in the
morning and have "breakfast" -
00:24:42.89\00:24:47.56
and I put that in quotes -
00:24:47.86\00:24:49.17
you can consume 2,200 calories
00:24:49.47\00:24:54.75
for breakfast... and
very little nutrition.
00:24:55.10\00:24:59.35
You will fill up and fill out,
00:24:59.65\00:25:03.43
um-hmm,
00:25:05.69\00:25:07.50
you will be
overfed and undernourished.
00:25:08.69\00:25:13.38
And your body will continue
to call for nourishment,
00:25:13.58\00:25:16.89
and you wonder why
you're eating all day...
00:25:16.99\00:25:19.22
eating, eating, eating.
00:25:19.42\00:25:20.89
It is because you
are taking in calories
00:25:21.19\00:25:24.09
and not nutrition.
00:25:24.19\00:25:25.89
And most Americans are
overfed and undernourished.
00:25:26.19\00:25:31.36
There are certain
restaurants you can go to
00:25:31.56\00:25:33.07
and the appetizer -
00:25:33.28\00:25:34.68
the appetizer
before the food comes -
00:25:34.88\00:25:36.76
is 2,700 calories.
00:25:36.96\00:25:38.68
That's a day's worth of
calories in the appetizer.
00:25:39.86\00:25:43.19
We are overfed
and undernourished.
00:25:43.59\00:25:47.19
The problem is that as far
as vital nutrients are concerned
00:25:47.49\00:25:51.85
your body demands them
but gets very little...
00:25:52.15\00:25:56.19
so you eat and eat and eat
00:25:56.50\00:25:58.95
and wonder why
you're not satisfied.
00:25:59.15\00:26:01.71
We eat a day's worth
of calories in one meal
00:26:02.96\00:26:05.74
and
nutritionally we are starving.
00:26:06.04\00:26:08.63
You can have a big
lunch or a big dinner
00:26:08.93\00:26:12.15
and soon you're
sick... and you wonder why.
00:26:12.46\00:26:15.51
I believe that we Westerners
00:26:16.01\00:26:19.16
are digging our
way to our graves
00:26:19.46\00:26:22.56
with our knife and fork.
00:26:22.76\00:26:24.72
If you can't say Amen,
00:26:25.86\00:26:27.53
say ouch...
00:26:27.83\00:26:29.80
We are digging our way to the
grave with the knife and fork.
00:26:30.10\00:26:34.93
And we should know and
understand that much of the
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.51
disease - many of the diseases
that we are suffering from -
00:26:37.71\00:26:40.68
are lifestyle diseases.
00:26:40.88\00:26:42.68
They come from the way we...
00:26:42.98\00:26:45.42
I have a good friend who
is an emergency room doctor
00:26:45.62\00:26:49.07
and he says: "I have a ringside
seat to the decline and fall
00:26:49.38\00:26:52.26
of Western civilization
00:26:52.46\00:26:53.60
as an emergency room doctor. "
00:26:53.90\00:26:55.37
And he says: "So much of what
we see in the emergency room
00:26:55.67\00:27:00.53
in the hospital
- chronic disease -
00:27:00.83\00:27:03.46
is lifestyle induced.
00:27:03.76\00:27:06.15
He says if we would
just eat a little less
00:27:06.45\00:27:09.42
or watch what we eat
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.79
we'd do so much better.
00:27:12.10\00:27:13.57
The truth is that everything
that walks on the earth
00:27:13.87\00:27:19.40
or crawls along the ground
00:27:19.70\00:27:21.53
or swims in the sea
00:27:21.83\00:27:23.06
was never intended
for human consumption.
00:27:23.36\00:27:27.36
There are certain
things that we are eating
00:27:27.66\00:27:29.58
we ought not to be eating.
00:27:29.78\00:27:30.87
And even though
they're not killing us outright
00:27:31.17\00:27:33.59
they are killing us slowly.
00:27:33.89\00:27:36.22
I heard someone
say to me the other day
00:27:38.90\00:27:40.74
"You know, " they said,
00:27:41.04\00:27:42.29
"Pastor, they wouldn't
really put anything out there
00:27:42.59\00:27:45.13
that would hurt
me, would they? "
00:27:45.33\00:27:46.96
My response was:
"Are you kidding? "
00:27:47.26\00:27:49.79
Just in the last month they
had to recall 1/2 million toys
00:27:52.13\00:27:57.03
because of lead paint.
00:27:57.33\00:27:59.54
You remember years ago
a drug called thalidomide?
00:28:01.28\00:28:03.71
Red dye no. 2?
00:28:04.11\00:28:06.32
The list of drugs and
foods that can maim, injure,
00:28:06.62\00:28:10.16
kill or destroy is
long and staggering.
00:28:10.26\00:28:13.21
There are a lot of things
that we are taking in our bodies
00:28:13.51\00:28:15.54
that have no business being
there, ladies and gentlemen.
00:28:15.74\00:28:17.92
People will cut
corners to make money.
00:28:18.22\00:28:20.35
The truth is: you can
read a pack of cigarettes
00:28:20.65\00:28:24.36
and it tells you. Cigarettes
may be the only thing that when
00:28:24.56\00:28:27.13
used as directed can kill you.
00:28:27.34\00:28:29.70
When you use it the "right" way
00:28:30.01\00:28:31.67
it increases your risk of death.
00:28:31.97\00:28:34.08
No child of God
should ever smoke.
00:28:34.38\00:28:37.28
Come on... say Amen.
00:28:37.59\00:28:39.32
No child of God should ever
smoke. It destroys your body.
00:28:39.62\00:28:42.95
It makes you ineffective
in the cause of Christ.
00:28:43.26\00:28:46.19
It's tearing you down.
00:28:46.49\00:28:48.12
No child of God
should light up a cigarette.
00:28:48.43\00:28:50.39
You don't have to
read your Bible...
00:28:51.73\00:28:52.88
Read the label
00:28:53.08\00:28:54.62
then read the Word of God!
00:28:57.02\00:28:58.64
Killing us. Killing
Western civilization.
00:28:58.95\00:29:01.56
Cigarettes, chewing
tobacco - all of its forms -
00:29:01.86\00:29:05.24
not for the child of God
00:29:05.54\00:29:07.78
and we should
have no part of it.
00:29:08.08\00:29:09.99
God says there are a number
of things we should not eat
00:29:10.30\00:29:13.76
if you want to live
long and stay healthy.
00:29:15.25\00:29:18.90
Things we should not drink.
00:29:19.20\00:29:20.57
Let's run to
Proverbs chapter 20 verse 1.
00:29:20.77\00:29:22.62
Proverbs chapter 20 and verse 1.
00:29:22.92\00:29:24.54
I want to punch a little
hole in that thing that says
00:29:26.13\00:29:28.85
we need to drink responsibly.
00:29:29.05\00:29:30.54
I say there is no
responsible drinking.
00:29:30.74\00:29:32.21
Proverbs 20:1 backs me up.
00:29:32.51\00:29:33.91
If you are not
wise, what are you?
00:29:41.57\00:29:43.91
The opposite of wise is?
00:29:44.22\00:29:46.28
Ah, you said it... I didn't.
00:29:46.58\00:29:48.16
But the Bible is saying
God's people should have
00:29:48.46\00:29:51.47
nothing to do with alcohol.
00:29:51.67\00:29:53.01
I've heard them talk lately
about the... the effect...
00:29:53.31\00:29:57.27
the bioflavonoid
effect of red wine.
00:29:57.37\00:29:59.85
What they don't tell you is
you can still get that... that
00:30:00.15\00:30:02.31
same effect by
drinking grape juice.
00:30:02.51\00:30:04.34
You don't need to
have the fermented wine.
00:30:04.64\00:30:06.69
Wine does no good.
00:30:06.89\00:30:08.40
I was going to put up a graphic
00:30:08.80\00:30:10.09
for you of a woman who
actually ran down a priest
00:30:10.39\00:30:13.79
in New York City while DUl
00:30:13.99\00:30:17.03
and saying how sorry she was.
00:30:17.33\00:30:18.56
And then they found out
in checking the record that
00:30:18.76\00:30:20.31
she was what they
call a serial alcoholic.
00:30:20.61\00:30:23.06
She had been caught
drunk driving many, many, many,
00:30:23.37\00:30:25.78
many times.
00:30:25.98\00:30:27.96
"Wine is a mocker;
strong drink is raging. "
00:30:28.26\00:30:30.36
God's people should
have nothing to do with it.
00:30:30.66\00:30:32.20
I don't care how many
commercials they have.
00:30:32.51\00:30:33.97
How good they say it is.
00:30:34.17\00:30:35.26
How life of the party
people think they are.
00:30:35.46\00:30:37.64
Wine has no place
on the Christian table
00:30:37.94\00:30:39.84
in the Christian home.
00:30:39.94\00:30:41.02
Christians should have nothing
to do with alcohol in any sense.
00:30:41.83\00:30:44.48
Can you say Amen?
00:30:44.78\00:30:45.93
The Bible is saying the
child of God should have nothing
00:31:13.76\00:31:16.59
to do with wine, beer,
sangria, cordials, cocktails,
00:31:16.79\00:31:21.91
crème de menthe.
You name it in any form.
00:31:22.12\00:31:23.93
Wine coolers,
little bit of near beer.
00:31:24.13\00:31:26.80
You name it. None of it
belongs on a Christian table
00:31:27.10\00:31:29.68
and in the Christian
home. Can you say Amen?
00:31:29.98\00:31:31.74
The body has no real
internal use for alcohol.
00:31:32.24\00:31:35.16
Kills your liver;
kills brain cells.
00:31:35.46\00:31:38.22
Kills kidneys...
sclerosis of the liver.
00:31:38.52\00:31:42.26
The next thing that we need to
look at are unusual stimulants.
00:31:42.56\00:31:48.16
Wine, liquor is a depressant.
00:31:48.47\00:31:51.41
Caffeine is a stimulant,
00:31:51.71\00:31:53.90
and caffeine is
killing our society slowly.
00:31:54.20\00:31:57.56
There are people who
cannot get up in the morning
00:31:57.86\00:31:59.40
unless they pump in
4, 5, 6 cups of coffee
00:31:59.60\00:32:02.03
and then they're wired
and gassed during the day
00:32:02.33\00:32:03.95
and have to take something
else to wind down at night.
00:32:04.25\00:32:06.25
So you get this
up and down spiral.
00:32:06.55\00:32:08.17
I've heard people: "I'm no good
unless I've got my coffee. "
00:32:08.37\00:32:10.06
Well why? Because
you're drugging yourself up.
00:32:10.26\00:32:12.12
You walk around like a zombie
all day long full of caffeine.
00:32:12.32\00:32:15.12
Then you can't sleep so
you grab a little something
00:32:15.42\00:32:17.27
to sort of tie
you down at night.
00:32:17.37\00:32:18.81
The next morning you're back up
like a zombie wired on caffeine.
00:32:19.01\00:32:23.82
And caffeine causes cysts
in the chest and in the breast
00:32:24.12\00:32:27.72
and it does other
things to your body.
00:32:28.02\00:32:29.51
We ought to live
naturally, ladies and gentlemen.
00:32:29.81\00:32:32.43
This up and down... I
mean, there's enough pressure
00:32:32.74\00:32:35.16
and stress in life now without
jolting yourself up on caffeine.
00:32:35.36\00:32:38.32
They've got colas out -
Jolt, and other kinds of colas
00:32:38.52\00:32:40.65
which have 3-4 times the
caffeine. You really get wired!
00:32:40.76\00:32:43.57
You know, you
just... you can't even think.
00:32:43.77\00:32:46.26
And God's people need to
stay away from these things.
00:32:48.77\00:32:51.73
These artificial stimulants
and artificial depressants
00:32:52.03\00:32:54.94
our bodies are not made...
00:32:55.14\00:32:56.23
and that's why our
bodies are breaking down.
00:32:56.43\00:32:58.63
Up and down and up
and down and up and down.
00:32:58.93\00:33:01.42
We're taking in things
we don't even understand the
00:33:01.72\00:33:03.84
pharmacological
effect. Someone was telling me
00:33:04.04\00:33:06.10
that if a young child
goes to the corner store
00:33:06.30\00:33:09.15
and drinks a 44-ounce
soda that they have... these
00:33:09.25\00:33:11.89
giant Big Gulp sodas...
00:33:12.09\00:33:13.61
that is a
pharmacological dose of sugar.
00:33:13.91\00:33:16.94
That child's body
chemistry - his brain function -
00:33:17.14\00:33:20.03
has been altered by
pumping in that much sugar.
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.77
Your body was never
intended to take 44 ounces
00:33:23.07\00:33:25.58
of soda laced with sugar
into your body at one time.
00:33:25.78\00:33:28.43
We are killing ourselves.
00:33:28.63\00:33:30.30
And we are wondering why
children cannot study in school.
00:33:30.60\00:33:33.30
Why they cannot pay attention.
00:33:33.60\00:33:35.00
Why children grab
guns and come to school.
00:33:35.20\00:33:37.01
Because their bodies are so full
of different kinds of chemicals
00:33:37.31\00:33:40.11
that they
cannot think or reason.
00:33:40.42\00:33:42.07
And it's the same
with so many adults.
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.48
Another thing we need
to stay away from... umm...
00:33:44.78\00:33:48.17
is tobacco in all of its forms.
00:33:48.48\00:33:51.44
Pipe. Cigarettes.
00:33:51.74\00:33:55.32
Chewing tobacco.
All of those things
00:33:55.62\00:33:58.62
we need to stay away from.
00:33:58.82\00:34:00.40
Nicotine is a poison
00:34:00.60\00:34:02.28
and has been
proven to be a poison.
00:34:02.58\00:34:04.67
Deuteronomy chapter 9.
Let's look at verse 19.
00:34:04.97\00:34:07.92
Deuteronomy chapter 29 verse 19:
00:34:08.22\00:34:11.45
God is saying we
are fooling ourselves
00:34:33.30\00:34:36.42
if we think we can invest
in these kinds of lifestyles -
00:34:36.62\00:34:40.46
eat anything, drink
anything, live any way -
00:34:40.76\00:34:43.90
and have peace in our
hearts and in our lives.
00:34:44.20\00:34:46.40
It's not going to happen!
00:34:46.70\00:34:48.77
God has given us a
roadmap, a blueprint,
00:34:49.07\00:34:53.18
for how to
live, for what to eat,
00:34:53.48\00:34:55.50
what not to eat and how to eat,
00:34:55.81\00:34:57.59
and if we follow it
we're going to have peace.
00:34:57.89\00:34:59.97
We're going to
have good success.
00:35:00.17\00:35:01.55
We're going to have
healthy and happy lives.
00:35:01.75\00:35:03.86
Now, I've heard
people say many, many times
00:35:04.06\00:35:05.90
"Well, you've got
to die of something. "
00:35:06.20\00:35:07.76
That's not the question.
00:35:09.49\00:35:10.98
The question is how
you're going to live
00:35:11.28\00:35:14.02
and how you're going to die.
00:35:14.05\00:35:15.61
You can die of a
heart attack at eighty-seven
00:35:15.92\00:35:18.47
playing basketball with
your great-grandchildren
00:35:18.77\00:35:21.31
or you can die at
forty-seven from colon cancer
00:35:21.61\00:35:25.90
because you
didn't get enough fiber,
00:35:26.20\00:35:27.78
you packed in too much meat,
00:35:28.08\00:35:29.45
you got no exercise,
00:35:29.75\00:35:31.48
and your body just gave up.
00:35:31.68\00:35:33.18
It's your choice!
00:35:33.48\00:35:34.69
Now... John Lomacang,
myself, Danny Shelton are all
00:35:34.99\00:35:39.25
in the same zip code age-wise.
00:35:39.45\00:35:41.30
Every Tuesday
we play basketball.
00:35:41.61\00:35:43.60
And a couple Tuesdays ago
00:35:43.90\00:35:46.23
we played some young
men thirty years our junior.
00:35:46.53\00:35:51.38
We're in our mid...
00:35:51.68\00:35:54.32
and these were young people.
00:35:54.83\00:35:57.72
And you know... we beat them!
00:35:58.02\00:35:59.49
We beat them...
thirty years younger than us.
00:35:59.79\00:36:02.57
And about, oh, a year
ago, Danny Shelton and I
00:36:02.88\00:36:05.80
took on two young
men from Oakwood College
00:36:06.10\00:36:08.20
who were 19 and 20,
bigger and taller than us.
00:36:08.51\00:36:11.45
And Danny and I
are the same age.
00:36:11.75\00:36:15.10
We are... years of age
00:36:15.40\00:36:17.64
and we beat them!
00:36:17.94\00:36:19.21
We beat them.
00:36:19.51\00:36:21.25
We're in pretty good shape.
Now some of you have heard
00:36:21.55\00:36:23.21
that Danny had a
little problem with his heart.
00:36:23.41\00:36:26.11
And some people said:
"You see, you live healthy
00:36:26.41\00:36:28.91
and you still
have heart problems. "
00:36:29.11\00:36:30.28
And the doctor said:
"Had you not lived healthy
00:36:30.58\00:36:32.95
it wouldn't have
been a heart problem...
00:36:33.05\00:36:34.06
it would have killed you. "
00:36:34.26\00:36:35.41
You see, there are dividends
for following the will of God.
00:36:35.71\00:36:39.95
You don't get a
guarantee, but what you DO get
00:36:40.25\00:36:43.45
is the presence and power of
God and the comfort of knowing
00:36:43.65\00:36:47.28
you're doing the will of God.
00:36:47.48\00:36:48.84
So it's not
you're going to die...
00:36:48.94\00:36:51.81
it's how you're going
to live until you die.
00:36:52.01\00:36:54.70
And God makes a promise
that if we do these things
00:36:55.01\00:36:57.59
you'll get none
of these diseases.
00:36:57.89\00:37:00.04
Nicotine enslaves
your mind and your body.
00:37:00.34\00:37:02.76
You become a slave to yourself.
00:37:03.06\00:37:04.79
Your body becomes
a slave to itself.
00:37:05.09\00:37:06.67
And that's what addiction
is: you are a slave to yourself.
00:37:06.97\00:37:10.23
Your mind is a slave to
your body, to your lower one.
00:37:11.46\00:37:15.59
Matthew chapter 4 verse
10. What book did I say?
00:37:15.89\00:37:17.71
Matthew 4 verse 10:
00:37:18.02\00:37:19.88
Now how does this text fit in?
00:37:28.93\00:37:30.60
It talks about what
I think is addiction.
00:37:30.90\00:37:32.61
God says you need
to worship Him only.
00:37:32.91\00:37:35.84
People who are
addicted cannot worship God
00:37:36.14\00:37:39.17
because they are
slaves to themselves.
00:37:39.37\00:37:41.32
It's like self-worship.
00:37:41.62\00:37:43.25
They don't have
the control any more
00:37:43.55\00:37:45.33
because they've given
up control of their mind
00:37:45.63\00:37:48.35
and their body to a substance
00:37:48.65\00:37:50.75
which now controls their wants
00:37:51.05\00:37:52.62
and how they live.
00:37:52.92\00:37:53.93
So you're breaking that
commandment because you're
00:37:54.23\00:37:55.78
worshiping another god.
00:37:55.98\00:37:57.18
That god is that
addictive substance
00:37:57.48\00:37:58.84
that has you in its control.
00:37:59.14\00:38:00.15
Paul said: "I
keep my body under... "
00:38:00.45\00:38:03.27
"I fight the good
fight against myself. "
00:38:03.57\00:38:05.70
Your toughest opponent - ladies
and gentlemen - in your life
00:38:06.00\00:38:08.73
will be you!
00:38:09.03\00:38:10.86
The hardest
battle you will fight
00:38:11.16\00:38:13.00
is the battle against yourself.
00:38:13.31\00:38:15.77
And so if you have
never smoked or drank
00:38:16.07\00:38:21.48
or taken any
substance, I pray to God that
00:38:21.78\00:38:25.96
you will never start.
00:38:25.99\00:38:27.99
And if you
have, the good news is
00:38:28.29\00:38:31.49
God has the
power to set you free.
00:38:31.79\00:38:34.59
Smoking injures your
health, destroys the body.
00:38:35.96\00:38:39.30
So does alcohol.
00:38:39.71\00:38:42.22
I Corinthians 3:16-17 again
00:38:42.52\00:38:45.10
tells us that our body is
the temple of the Living God.
00:38:45.30\00:38:49.03
We need to surrender
our diets to the Lord.
00:38:49.33\00:38:52.32
Does the Bible have anything
to say about what we eat?
00:38:54.65\00:38:59.14
Does it?
00:38:59.44\00:39:01.49
Now it is not a text
that we like to read, but
00:39:01.79\00:39:03.74
the Bible has a lot
to say about how we eat.
00:39:03.94\00:39:06.97
And before time gets
away from me we need to go
00:39:07.27\00:39:09.12
to Leviticus chapter
11. What book did I say?
00:39:09.22\00:39:11.33
I'm in the book of Leviticus
00:39:11.93\00:39:13.90
chapter 11 and I'm
beginning at verse 2:
00:39:14.20\00:39:18.06
Ladies and gentlemen, no camel!
00:39:47.36\00:39:50.21
Don't eat the camel;
don't smoke the Camel.
00:39:50.51\00:39:52.94
All right?
00:39:53.24\00:39:54.54
Now it doesn't chew the
cud. What does the swine chew?
00:40:33.42\00:40:38.04
Anything.
00:40:41.23\00:40:42.96
That's why you can't chew it...
00:40:43.26\00:40:45.42
'cause it chews anything
00:40:45.72\00:40:48.15
it can get it's
little mouth around.
00:40:48.45\00:40:50.94
And God is saying it is unclean.
00:40:51.24\00:40:53.53
And when you look... and
I've talked to many, many
00:40:53.83\00:40:56.24
doctors on this... when
you look at the root cause
00:40:56.44\00:40:58.85
of a lot of
disease in the human family
00:40:59.05\00:41:02.07
it is occasioned by
eating of swine flesh.
00:41:02.38\00:41:06.19
God says: "Don't
eat it. It is unclean. "
00:41:06.49\00:41:10.26
Now, you've got... on
the clean side you've got
00:41:10.50\00:41:13.70
cows and sheep
and, uh... and, uh,
00:41:14.00\00:41:18.06
animals that chew
the cud like that.
00:41:18.36\00:41:21.31
But these others
God says stay away from.
00:41:21.61\00:41:23.52
And listen, truly...
00:41:23.55\00:41:25.47
too much meat
eating is not good anyway.
00:41:25.78\00:41:29.22
The best
lifestyle is vegetarian.
00:41:29.52\00:41:32.18
It really is. And so
much of the meat today
00:41:32.48\00:41:36.43
is processed and packaged
00:41:36.63\00:41:39.15
and fed with hormones to
get it big enough and fat enough
00:41:39.45\00:41:45.03
to be commercially viable.
00:41:45.33\00:41:46.84
And when you ingest all of
that you are taking all of that
00:41:47.14\00:41:49.87
into your body.
00:41:50.07\00:41:51.22
And so the best
thing to do is do...
00:41:51.42\00:41:53.46
and you've got to be
even careful with vegetables
00:41:53.60\00:41:55.55
to see that they are clean
and that they are washed...
00:41:55.85\00:41:57.62
but
vegetarianism is far superior
00:41:57.92\00:42:00.27
to a lot of meat eating.
00:42:00.48\00:42:01.93
And we are finding that there
are very, very degenerative
00:42:02.31\00:42:05.26
defects to excessive eating of
meat... even of clean animals...
00:42:05.46\00:42:08.91
because of the way meat is
slaughtered and processed today.
00:42:09.11\00:42:11.49
So these things we need
to really keep in our minds
00:42:12.97\00:42:16.22
and think about
very, very carefully.
00:42:16.42\00:42:18.39
Let's go back to
the book of Deuteronomy.
00:42:18.49\00:42:20.03
What book did I say?
We're back in Deuteronomy
00:42:20.23\00:42:21.67
and we read 2 to 8.
Let's pick up 9 to 12.
00:42:21.97\00:42:26.50
Deuteronomy
chapter 11 verses 9 to 12:
00:42:26.70\00:42:29.10
Let's go on.
00:42:41.82\00:42:42.93
God is saying a
number of things here
00:42:43.24\00:42:46.16
that translate to us today.
00:42:46.46\00:42:49.44
He is saying: "Be very careful
00:42:49.64\00:42:52.19
about what you put in your body.
00:42:52.40\00:42:53.92
Be very, very careful. "
00:42:54.22\00:42:55.47
And if you've got to
spend a few more cents
00:42:55.67\00:42:57.57
to get organic or to get healthy
00:42:57.77\00:43:00.61
it's worth it...
because you only have one body,
00:43:00.81\00:43:03.72
ladies and gentlemen.
00:43:03.92\00:43:05.16
And you only go around one time,
00:43:05.36\00:43:07.44
and we want to be as
good as we can for the Lord.
00:43:07.74\00:43:11.78
When your mind is
benumbed and your body is sick,
00:43:12.08\00:43:14.91
you can't serve God.
00:43:15.11\00:43:16.82
You don't want to serve God.
00:43:17.12\00:43:19.04
You don't want to do
anything but lie in bed.
00:43:19.34\00:43:21.51
But when you're up
and healthy and strong
00:43:21.82\00:43:24.35
you can serve the Lord
and be a tool in His hand.
00:43:24.46\00:43:27.55
We eat too much.
00:43:27.85\00:43:30.39
Amen.
00:43:33.08\00:43:34.73
You know, my
wife and I as of late
00:43:35.03\00:43:37.05
this year have reduced
ourselves to two meals a day,
00:43:37.36\00:43:40.47
and we found we're
fine with two meals a day.
00:43:40.77\00:43:44.15
We used to be one meal a day.
00:43:44.45\00:43:47.15
Um-hmm. Start at
9:00 end at 9:00.
00:43:48.49\00:43:52.65
One meal!
00:43:52.95\00:43:55.20
Now we're two meals.
00:43:55.50\00:43:56.76
We eat breakfast.
We eat in the afternoon
00:43:57.06\00:43:59.05
and then we shut it
down... and we found it's OK.
00:43:59.35\00:44:02.10
We can make it
on two meals a day.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.02
We tend to eat too much.
00:44:04.32\00:44:06.42
And I say again,
we are digging our way
00:44:06.72\00:44:11.66
to our graves with
our knife and fork.
00:44:11.96\00:44:16.15
High blood pressure.
All of these ills and aches.
00:44:16.45\00:44:19.68
Rheumatoid arthritis. A
lot of that can be traced to
00:44:19.88\00:44:22.39
pork and excessive
pork. And I've gotten this
00:44:22.59\00:44:24.48
from a number of doctors.
00:44:24.68\00:44:25.78
These things that are
killing us so many, many ways.
00:44:25.98\00:44:29.82
We... we... we are so
overfed and undernourished.
00:44:30.02\00:44:34.49
Let's go to that graphic,
gentlemen, about the food.
00:44:34.69\00:44:38.21
Let's just jump down... I
want to show you something:
00:44:38.51\00:44:39.56
how calories sneak
their way into our lives.
00:44:39.86\00:44:43.42
That is a Fig Newton.
00:44:43.72\00:44:48.71
One Fig Newton
equals a whole cantaloupe.
00:44:49.01\00:44:55.16
Can you believe that?
00:44:55.46\00:44:56.66
One Fig Newton... 60 calories.
00:44:56.96\00:44:59.61
Now most of us don't eat a
whole cantaloupe at one sitting,
00:44:59.92\00:45:02.40
do we? No. We may eat a
half or a couple slices.
00:45:02.61\00:45:06.07
But when we eat a Fig
Newton how many do we eat?
00:45:06.47\00:45:10.22
Five, six, seven? Whole pack?
00:45:10.52\00:45:13.95
And usually wash it down
with something, don't you?
00:45:14.05\00:45:17.50
You don't just sit there
and eat all that chicken,
00:45:17.80\00:45:19.57
you usually wash it
down with something.
00:45:19.68\00:45:20.65
So you can eat 300, 400,
500 calories in Fig Newtons.
00:45:20.81\00:45:26.18
And what's their nutrition? 0!
00:45:26.48\00:45:30.05
Yeah. One Fig Newton
equals a whole cantaloupe.
00:45:31.44\00:45:35.98
See how calories sneak in?
00:45:36.11\00:45:37.22
There is so much
compact food and dense food and
00:45:37.42\00:45:40.02
engineered food. Let's go
to the next one, gentlemen.
00:45:40.22\00:45:42.12
That is one piece of cornbread
00:45:42.42\00:45:48.33
with a pat of butter.
00:45:48.64\00:45:50.07
Do you see what that little
piece of cornbread equals?
00:45:50.37\00:45:52.55
Can you see that?
00:45:52.85\00:45:54.29
That cornbread with
a little pat of butter
00:45:54.59\00:45:57.58
equals a baked
potato, an ear of corn,
00:45:57.78\00:46:01.32
sweet potato, slice of bread,
00:46:01.53\00:46:04.33
roll with jelly, and
another ear of corn...
00:46:04.63\00:46:06.74
all in that one
little piece of cornbread.
00:46:06.94\00:46:08.14
Can you believe it?
00:46:08.45\00:46:10.13
Tons of calories in that
little piece of cornbread!
00:46:10.43\00:46:15.23
And we'll sit down and,
you know, have a big dinner
00:46:15.53\00:46:18.73
and have one slice, two slices.
00:46:18.93\00:46:20.49
You can take in 1,000
calories just in cornbread.
00:46:20.69\00:46:24.01
Next one.
00:46:25.68\00:46:26.73
Slice of pizza. Have mercy!
00:46:27.03\00:46:30.91
560 calories.
00:46:32.76\00:46:34.99
And when... In the
past I have eaten a whole...
00:46:35.29\00:46:41.25
a whole pizza!
00:46:41.55\00:46:43.97
A half a pizza sometimes.
00:46:44.27\00:46:46.35
560 calories. Now look at this.
00:46:46.65\00:46:49.25
Those two slices of
pizza equal a salad,
00:46:49.55\00:46:53.30
slice of pizza, and
a whole bowl of soup.
00:46:53.50\00:46:56.03
And that's just
two slices of pizza.
00:46:56.23\00:46:57.86
Who eats two slices? We
usually eat three slices,
00:46:58.06\00:47:00.01
four slices, five slices.
00:47:00.21\00:47:01.86
Six slices someone is saying.
00:47:03.38\00:47:05.27
Eight, nine, ten?
00:47:05.47\00:47:06.47
And you say what and you wonder
why the belt's getting tight
00:47:06.77\00:47:09.19
and you're going
back to the dry cleaners
00:47:09.39\00:47:10.88
and shaking your
finger at the guy
00:47:11.08\00:47:12.16
"you shrunk my clothes!
You didn't do a good job
00:47:12.36\00:47:14.26
with my clothes. My
clothes are too tight! "
00:47:14.46\00:47:16.15
And you ate a whole pizza.
00:47:17.66\00:47:21.05
Let's go to the
next one gentlemen.
00:47:21.35\00:47:22.38
A whole pineapple.
00:47:24.03\00:47:25.05
Now those little
things there are gummy bears.
00:47:25.15\00:47:27.11
200 calories,
and that's not a lot.
00:47:27.41\00:47:29.32
That's just a
little fist full of candy.
00:47:29.52\00:47:31.05
Those gummy bears
equal that entire pineapple.
00:47:31.25\00:47:34.95
And when... you can see
children... they will eat
00:47:35.35\00:47:39.64
a bag of those things.
00:47:39.85\00:47:41.52
Or... or adults some times
will eat a bag of those things.
00:47:41.83\00:47:44.49
Who eats a whole pineapple?
00:47:44.79\00:47:46.34
Very rarely we eat
an entire pineapple.
00:47:46.54\00:47:48.08
But you'll eat several
pineapples worth of gummy bears
00:47:48.38\00:47:51.49
and wonder why
your jacket is so tight.
00:47:51.70\00:47:54.19
They slip in! Do
we have any more?
00:47:56.00\00:47:57.59
I don't know if we
brought another or not.
00:47:57.79\00:47:58.94
We've got one more. All right.
00:47:59.14\00:48:00.86
That's... oh, my soul...
00:48:01.16\00:48:03.80
that's a Caesar salad.
00:48:04.10\00:48:06.68
Surely we can
eat a Caesar salad?
00:48:06.98\00:48:10.04
That Caesar salad is equal to
00:48:10.34\00:48:14.04
bowl of soup, bowl of fruit,
00:48:14.24\00:48:17.93
roll, and a
regular tossed salad.
00:48:18.13\00:48:21.60
The thing that makes that
Caesar salad so bad for you
00:48:21.80\00:48:25.84
is it's loaded with
cheese and dressing.
00:48:26.04\00:48:29.21
So you take a nice,
healthy green salad.
00:48:29.51\00:48:32.11
You add a bunch of croutons,
00:48:32.41\00:48:34.23
bunch of dressing,
00:48:34.43\00:48:36.81
slather it with cheese,
00:48:37.11\00:48:38.93
and sometimes they throw a big
old slab of chicken on there.
00:48:39.23\00:48:42.77
And what was a nice
salad becomes a 600-700 calorie
00:48:44.16\00:48:50.06
appetizer because you
eat a meal after that.
00:48:50.27\00:48:53.85
And we wonder why am
I feeling so sluggish.
00:48:54.15\00:48:57.27
Why am I so? I can't
get up in the morning;
00:48:57.57\00:49:00.67
I can't sleep at night.
It's because we are overfed
00:49:00.87\00:49:03.91
and undernourished.
00:49:04.12\00:49:05.98
God intended for us
00:49:06.28\00:49:08.55
to eat food in
its natural state.
00:49:08.76\00:49:11.76
I'm not saying never
have a piece of cake.
00:49:12.26\00:49:15.55
Can't say that 'cause
we had some two nights ago.
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.57
I'm not saying
never have anything sweet.
00:49:18.85\00:49:21.53
I'm saying as Christians
00:49:21.83\00:49:24.39
we have a
God-given responsibility
00:49:24.59\00:49:28.49
to take care of this machinery
00:49:28.70\00:49:31.67
so it can be
used to God's glory.
00:49:31.87\00:49:34.41
And you can't give God
glory when you're sick,
00:49:34.71\00:49:37.91
when you're in bed,
when you cannot think right,
00:49:38.12\00:49:40.26
when you cannot
function because you've taken in
00:49:40.46\00:49:43.68
too many calories and
you've destroyed this temple
00:49:43.88\00:49:47.53
that God has given us.
I've seen so many people
00:49:47.73\00:49:49.45
praying "Lord, take
this disease away from me. "
00:49:49.65\00:49:52.40
And they've gotten the
disease as a consequence
00:49:52.70\00:49:55.80
of lifestyle
decisions that they have made.
00:49:56.00\00:49:58.55
You've got to get water.
00:49:58.75\00:50:00.29
You've got to get exercise.
00:50:00.49\00:50:02.79
You've got to get rest.
00:50:03.02\00:50:04.48
You've got to
get out in the sun.
00:50:04.68\00:50:06.85
You've got to trust in God.
00:50:07.15\00:50:09.33
You know,
exercise is like medicine.
00:50:09.63\00:50:11.81
It is! Exercise
makes you feel good
00:50:12.11\00:50:15.05
and makes you look good.
00:50:15.25\00:50:17.41
And you don't have to beat
yourself up or kill yourself.
00:50:17.71\00:50:21.19
Just walk a little more.
00:50:21.49\00:50:22.65
When you go to the mall,
rather than parking your car
00:50:22.85\00:50:25.45
right at the entrance
00:50:25.65\00:50:27.01
park your car down the
road and walk to your car.
00:50:27.31\00:50:31.03
Amen? Or walk to the store.
00:50:31.33\00:50:34.29
You know, I had a friend
just across the street from me.
00:50:34.40\00:50:36.92
He used to drive his
car to get his newspaper
00:50:37.22\00:50:38.99
on Sunday morning.
He'd turn on the engine,
00:50:39.09\00:50:41.00
drive literally one
block, pick up his newspaper,
00:50:41.20\00:50:44.11
get back in the car and drive
one block back to his house.
00:50:44.31\00:50:47.18
Walk the block or
better... jog the block.
00:50:48.17\00:50:51.30
Or walk briskly down the block.
00:50:51.60\00:50:53.07
Exercise is medicine.
00:50:53.37\00:50:55.94
It releases endorphins;
it makes you feel better.
00:50:56.14\00:50:58.84
It makes you look better.
00:50:59.04\00:51:00.49
It will make you live
longer. Can you say Amen?
00:51:00.69\00:51:03.61
So the Bible has something
to say about what we eat,
00:51:03.91\00:51:07.50
about where we
live, about how we live,
00:51:07.80\00:51:10.38
it also has something to
say about those kinds of things
00:51:10.59\00:51:13.48
that are there in the
sea... there in the sea
00:51:13.68\00:51:17.59
and things that fly.
00:51:17.89\00:51:19.44
My time is slipping
away but I want to look at
00:51:19.74\00:51:21.67
let's see... let's go
to Deuteronomy chapter 11
00:51:21.87\00:51:26.98
and pick it up at verse...
Let's go to Deuteronomy 14:8.
00:51:27.18\00:51:32.65
Let's go to 14:8.
00:51:32.85\00:51:33.88
I'm in Deuteronomy
chapter 14 and verse 8.
00:51:34.08\00:51:36.61
Give you just a
second to find it
00:51:36.81\00:51:38.22
because I'm jumping
around just a little bit
00:51:38.32\00:51:39.46
and my time is
slipping away from me.
00:51:39.66\00:51:40.89
I want to get John out
here in just a little bit.
00:51:41.19\00:51:42.53
Deuteronomy chapter 14
and verse 8. Here we go:
00:51:42.83\00:51:46.14
That's not the one that I want.
00:51:52.29\00:51:53.85
Let's go back to...
let me get my text... ah!
00:51:54.15\00:51:56.85
Deuteronomy
11:13. Let's try that.
00:51:57.05\00:51:58.72
Deuteronomy the 11th
chapter and the 13th verse.
00:51:58.92\00:52:02.30
I think that's
the one that I want.
00:52:02.50\00:52:04.55
OK, let's go to the next one.
00:52:08.48\00:52:09.83
Let's go to the next one. OK:
00:52:10.23\00:52:12.69
Again, we are looking
now at the promises of God
00:52:20.35\00:52:22.96
for doing His will and for
following His will and way.
00:52:23.16\00:52:27.60
This book of Deuteronomy
has a number of things to say
00:52:27.90\00:52:30.19
about flying things
and about swimming things.
00:52:30.39\00:52:34.59
One of the things you
will find in the Word of God
00:52:34.89\00:52:36.93
is that God has enjoined
us to eat only those things
00:52:37.13\00:52:40.78
which have fins and scales.
00:52:40.98\00:52:43.38
And you will find
that the things that do not
00:52:43.58\00:52:47.47
usually are scavengers.
When you look at shrimp,
00:52:47.67\00:52:50.40
and lobsters, and crabs,
00:52:50.70\00:52:53.58
and these things, they are
00:52:53.61\00:52:55.19
anatomically built
00:52:55.40\00:52:56.90
for picking and cleaning.
00:52:57.11\00:52:59.04
They were put there
00:52:59.34\00:53:00.84
to be cleaners.
00:53:01.04\00:53:02.15
I remember once
when I got my aquarium
00:53:02.35\00:53:05.32
they asked me to
put snails in it.
00:53:05.52\00:53:06.97
And I asked: "Why would I
put snails in my aquarium? "
00:53:07.17\00:53:09.27
And the aquarium fellow said:
00:53:09.47\00:53:11.48
"because snails keep
the aquarium clean. "
00:53:11.68\00:53:13.37
That's what they're
there for. They are there as
00:53:13.57\00:53:15.57
garbage collectors to
keep the aquarium clean.
00:53:15.78\00:53:18.96
So if they eat
garbage and you eat them,
00:53:19.16\00:53:21.99
what are you eating?
00:53:22.19\00:53:23.50
Um-hmm. You're
eating what they eat.
00:53:24.00\00:53:26.08
So when you get sick it
is the inevitable result
00:53:26.28\00:53:29.19
of what you ate.
00:53:29.39\00:53:31.80
Amen? Fins and scales.
That's tuna and other kinds of
00:53:32.10\00:53:35.45
things that are
clean. Those you can eat.
00:53:35.65\00:53:38.93
But if you don't, these
kinds of things will happen.
00:53:39.23\00:53:42.42
Now, in the last days there
is one other thing I want to
00:53:42.72\00:53:46.80
touch on very quickly.
00:53:46.90\00:53:47.95
The texts that I will give
you are I Timothy chapter 2
00:53:48.16\00:53:50.80
verses 9-10; I Peter 3: 1-2.
00:53:51.00\00:53:54.91
I Timothy 2:9-10:
00:53:55.21\00:53:58.09
I Peter 3:1-2. My time
is slipping away from me.
00:53:58.39\00:54:00.92
We tend to have so
much sometimes we just...
00:54:01.12\00:54:02.86
time just gets away.
00:54:03.06\00:54:04.22
God is not only concerned
with what you put in your body
00:54:04.52\00:54:08.69
He is also concerned
with what we put on our body.
00:54:08.99\00:54:14.05
And I do want to go to
I Timothy chapter 2:9-10.
00:54:14.35\00:54:19.05
I want to go to
I Timothy 2:9-10.
00:54:19.25\00:54:21.02
Thank you, gentlemen.
00:54:21.12\00:54:22.20
You will find a
pattern in the Word of God
00:54:42.42\00:54:45.35
that when God's
people were called before Him
00:54:45.65\00:54:48.57
in holy convocation
or called before Him
00:54:48.77\00:54:51.45
in a right relationship, they
were told to clean yourself up
00:54:51.65\00:54:55.67
and take off all excess
and unnecessary ornamentation.
00:54:55.87\00:55:00.24
Are you going to
say Amen on that?
00:55:00.54\00:55:01.72
This is God's will.
00:55:03.05\00:55:04.52
We find it in the Old Testament
00:55:04.72\00:55:06.36
in Isaiah chapter 3.
00:55:06.57\00:55:08.87
We also find it
in the New Testament
00:55:08.97\00:55:10.78
in these references
that I just gave you.
00:55:10.98\00:55:12.64
If you want to check those out:
00:55:12.84\00:55:14.26
I Timothy 2:9-10.
00:55:14.46\00:55:15.94
I Peter 3:1-2.
00:55:16.14\00:55:18.60
I Peter 3:3.
00:55:18.90\00:55:20.47
Genesis 35:1-3.
00:55:20.67\00:55:23.12
This is very, very crucial
00:55:23.32\00:55:25.33
because it goes to the
differences between the
00:55:25.63\00:55:28.66
children of God and
the children of men.
00:55:28.86\00:55:31.29
God's people eat differently.
00:55:31.49\00:55:33.97
They dress differently.
00:55:34.17\00:55:35.54
They walk, talk,
act, and live differently.
00:55:35.74\00:55:38.15
And their appearance ought to
bespeak a relationship with God.
00:55:38.35\00:55:42.17
Not decked out; not
trying to draw undue attention
00:55:42.37\00:55:46.54
to themselves so
that their clothes
00:55:46.74\00:55:49.34
ought to fit the right way.
00:55:49.54\00:55:51.65
I say you need to
dress for your blessing.
00:55:51.85\00:55:55.76
If God has blessed you
with a pound or two extra,
00:55:55.96\00:55:58.86
then don't wear something
that's a size or two smaller.
00:55:59.16\00:56:02.60
Dress for your blessing. Amen?
00:56:02.80\00:56:04.67
And be careful
with what you wear
00:56:04.97\00:56:09.52
and how you wear it and the
things you drape yourself with.
00:56:09.72\00:56:14.01
They are not godly.
00:56:14.31\00:56:16.21
They are not God's
will for our lives.
00:56:16.41\00:56:18.90
God wants His
people to stand out
00:56:19.20\00:56:21.66
as trophies for Him.
00:56:21.86\00:56:24.26
When people see
us, they need to know
00:56:24.46\00:56:27.37
we have been with the Father.
00:56:27.58\00:56:29.21
They need to know that our
life is hid in Christ Jesus.
00:56:29.51\00:56:32.58
They need to know
that it's not about us...
00:56:32.88\00:56:35.42
it's about God.
00:56:35.72\00:56:37.56
And our lives, then, are
an emblem of Jesus Christ
00:56:37.86\00:56:42.92
and His abiding sacrifice.
00:56:43.12\00:56:45.11
How many love the Lord?
00:56:45.31\00:56:46.38
How many intend now
to conduct themselves
00:56:46.78\00:56:50.04
in such a way that
God will get the glory.
00:56:50.14\00:56:51.72
Remember our first text?
00:56:51.82\00:56:52.84
Eat, drink, whatever you do
00:56:53.04\00:56:54.56
do all to the glory of God.
00:56:54.76\00:56:58.29