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Thanks for join me
today This is It is Writen
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I'm John Bradshaw We
all have to eat - and God
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in His goodness has created
an enormous variety of food.
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One of the most interesting
foods I learned to love is
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durian.
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It grows in Asia - It's a
large fruit covered in dull
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spikes - not the
prettiest thing you'll ever see.
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I read where someone
described the durian as
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looking like something
that would dangle from a
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gladiator's chain.
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The durian is probably
best known for its smell - it
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smells...
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how would you say?
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Okay - there's no
delicate way to say it.
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The durian stinks!
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But if you can get past that
- and I did, I'm proud to say
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- you can love it.
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And I do.
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Now if you don't like durian
then about the worst thing
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that can happen is that you...
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don't like durian.
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More for me.
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But there are some other
foods people in that are just
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plain hazardous.
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Dangerous, even.
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In Japan there's a fish
that's popular in certain
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circles called "Fugu".
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It's a pufferfish.
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Fugu means, literally,
"river pig" - and maybe for good
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reason.
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Some say eating this fish
is the culinary equivalent of
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playing Russian roulette.
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Diners pay good money to eat
this fish, which, if prepared
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incorrectly, could kill
them owing to parts of the fish
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being toxic.
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Fugu served as tempura of
sashimi, or baked or added to
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a glass of hot sake, is
considered a treat by many.
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Now in Tokyo food authorities
are preparing to introduce a
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change to
regulations, allowing unlicensed
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restaurants to serve fugu -
a move that will make eating
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the fish cheaper but
which some chefs say could raise
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the risk for diners.
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Now there is a safeguard.
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Chefs that serve Fugu have
to undertake special training
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which takes about two years
before they are able to serve
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it.
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During this time they are
taught and then examined on
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how to remove the
poisonous parts of the fish.
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Only 35% of the
candidates pass the exam.
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Several people die every
year after attempting to prepare
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fugu at home.
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The flesh is safe but other
parts, including the liver,
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heart, intestines
and ovaries, contain
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tetrodotoxin, which can kill
you if it's ingested, even if
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you ingest it in
minute quantities.
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There were 23 deaths
among 338 fugu-poisoning cases
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recorded in Japan from the
year 2000 to the year 2009.
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You're not going to catch me
eating anything poisonous and
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potentially lethal.
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I'm guessing you'd
probably say the same.
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But what's interesting is
that many of us are eating
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foods every day that
are potentially lethal.
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Let me tell you about that.
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A friend of mine told
me about an article he read
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online.
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It was in the 'health'
section and the article was
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about the dumbest
things American eat.
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Here's some of what
the article talked about.
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Here is what people eat.
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Deep fried donuts.
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Not so surprising.
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Deep fried candy bars.
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Turkey stuffed with a duck
that has been stuffed with a
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chicken.
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Deep fried bacon.
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Squirt on cheese.
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Fried macaroni and
cheese balls Scrapple.
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Scrapple is described as
scraps of pork boiled with
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cornmeal and spices until
it's thick enough to form a
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loaf.
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After congealing over night,
slices of the loaf are fried
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to order.
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I read about deep friend
cheese balls being served at
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a county fair somewhere.
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Well these may bring a bit
of a smile to our faces and we
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may well be thinking
that's just not quite normal.
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But a restaurant in Las
Vegas has attempted to take all
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this to a whole new level.
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The restaurant is
called the Heart Attack Grill.
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There've been other locations
in the past in Arizona and
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Texas.
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The management of the Heart
Attack Grill has been quoted
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as saying their intent is
to serve food "so bad for you
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it's shocking".
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Waitresses are dressed
as nurses and customers are
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referred to as patients.
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Burgers have names like
the "Quadruple Bypass" and can
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contain as many
as 8000 calories.
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(8000 - the recommended
daily calorie intake for men is
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around 2500 and for
women it's around 2000.
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8000 is a LOT of calories!
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Not surprising this thing
has 8000 calories seeing as it
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comes, with among other
things, 20 slices of bacon!)
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There are reduced versions
of that burger - such as the
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Single Bypass burger -
that contain far fewer calories.
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But still a lot!
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The establishment's "Flat
Liner Fries" are cooked in
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pure lard, and soft
drinks are made with real sugar.
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And anyone who weighs over
350 pounds can eat for free.
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"So bad for you it's
shocking" is the claim made.
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(Nodding...) While you
might be surprised by people
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wanting to eat food
that is celebrated for being
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unhealthy, and while the food
we've just talked about isn't
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your every day food and is a
little over the top, lots and
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lots of people eat food
very similar to that every day.
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God at all what we eat?
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Welcome back to It Is Written.
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Today - Health Matters.
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It's fair to assume
that a lot of the food that's
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available to us today
simply isn't good for us.
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But where do we go to get
the information that we need to
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help us make
the right decisions.
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In Australia a professor
called Bruce Neal, the senior
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director of the George
Institute for Global Health
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has come out and said that
diet and exercise campaigns
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are so ineffective at
preventing heart disease that
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they should be abandoned
and replaced with strict
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regulation of salt levels
in food combined with wider
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medication use.
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Professor Neal is saying
that the government should stop
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having a hands off
approach and regulate the food
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industry to bring about change.
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But then one doctor says this
and another doctor says that
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- and it usually is not bad
advice, usually - and in all
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of the confusion we are
just trying to do our best.
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Let me make a suggestion.
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The Bible encourages us to
go to God and seek his advice
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about things that are
happening in our lives.
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Has God ever failed
to give you good advice?
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No he hasn't.
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Sometimes we say 'what
would Jesus do about this'?
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Well, what did Jesus eat
when he was upon this earth and
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better still what would Jesus
eat if he were upon the earth
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now?
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Jesus was not raised in a
wealthy family, which means
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that as far as his diet went
his family probably couldn't
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afford too many extras
- or too many expensive
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alternatives.
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In society today, if you
come from a lower socio economic
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background you're more likely
to be sick, a smoker and/or a
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drinker and have a poor diet.
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That's what the
researchers tell us.
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So when the government looks
at health issues they have to
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keep those things in mind.
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Now Jesus wasn't weighed
down by that kind of diet or
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lifestyle.
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For thirty years Jesus had
to work hard in his fathers
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carpenter shop and no
doubt ate a fairly typical
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Mediterranean diet that was
wholesome, unprocessed and in
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line with the
Jewish dietary laws.
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He would have consumed little
saturated fat, only natural
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sugars, He would have got
plenty of sleep and lots of
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exercise.
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Jesus would also have a heart
full of love for his father
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and have a concern
for the needs of others.
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And no doubt someone is
tempted to say, "That's all
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very well but I can't go
back and live in Jesus time."
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But the Word of God gives
us guidelines for what we can
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include in our
busy modern lifestyles.
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One thing I'm quite certain
of: Jesus likely wouldn't
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advise us to eat at the
burger restaurant I talked
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about a moment ago.
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I mentioned previously
the Jewish dietary laws just a
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second back.
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These were laws that God
gave to Israel to preserve their
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health.
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The Hebrews had been slaves
in Egypt for several hundred
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years.
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Yet even among that
slave lifestyle they got to the
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stage where they
considered their food tolerable.
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They later said this (you
read it in Exodus 16), "Oh,
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that we had died by the
hand of the LORD in the land of
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Egypt, when we sat by the
pots of meat and when we ate
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bread to the full!
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For you have brought us out
into this wilderness to kill
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this whole
assembly with hunger."
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Exodus 16:3But history
tells us that the Egyptians
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lifestyle wasn't too healthy.
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The Egyptians suffered from
every modern disease that we
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suffer from today, except
of course from modern diseases
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such as AIDS.
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Heart disease, Cancer,
Cirrhosis of the liver,
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Gallstones, Kidney
stones, Gout, Arthritis,
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Osteoporosis, Pneumonia,
obesity - of course the
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depictions of Egyptians by
the artists of the time were
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quite flattering, but
they were some sick people.
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God knew that when the
children of Israel eventually
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settled in the land that he
had promised them they might
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be tempted to adopt an
Egyptian-style so he said
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this.
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"You shall walk in all the
ways which the LORD your God
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has commanded you, that
you may live and that it may be
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well with you, and that you
may prolong your days in the
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land which you shall possess."
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Deuteronomy 5:33.
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God through Solomon advised
the people like this "My son,
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give attention to my
words; incline your ear to my
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sayings.
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Do not let them depart
from your eyes; keep them in the
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midst of your heart; for
they are life to those who find
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them, And health
to all their flesh."
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Proverbs 4:20-22.
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Our present day knowledge
has been gathered in little over
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100 years or so.
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However there was an
efficient public health
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program in effect some
3000 years back and how sad that
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it was lost
sight of for centuries.
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Moses the great Egyptian
leader and then Hebrew leader
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was the founder of
preventive medicine.
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The children of Israel
lived in the desert for 40 years
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and not one of them got sick.
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In just a moment - more
timeless health principles
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from the Bible.
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In Matthew 4:4 the Word of
God says "It is written 'Man
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shall not live by bread
alone but by every word that
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proceeds out of
the mouth of God'."
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When they found her body
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Police noticed a cell
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The risks are so well known,
but that doesn't stop a lot
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of people.
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Sin is the riskiest
behavior of all, and it says in
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Ecclesiastes 8:11, "Because
sentence against an evil work
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is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the
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sons of men is fully
set in them to do evil."
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God isn't going to zap you
every time you sin, so some
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go on sinning like
there are no consequences.
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Ignoring the
consequences of sin is deadly.
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One day we'll
reap what we have sown.
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Don't roll the dice on sin.
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Be motivated by love for
God, and let Him keep you in the
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center of His will.
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I'm John Bradshaw
for It Is Written.
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Let's live today by Every Word.
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This is It Is Written.
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And today - Health Matters.
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And the Bible is
clear health really matters!
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Humans were carefully
designed by God - and just
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like when you buy a car
the car's engineers - the
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creators of the car -
tell you how to run your car to
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keep it in the best possible
condition, God gave us the
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Bible as an owner's manual
so we'd know how to keep our
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bodies - and more
importantly, our minds - in
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the best condition: to
give us every advantage in
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receiving everlasting life.
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Now I'd understand if you
said, "But John - salvation
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is a gift we receive
freely through Jesus.
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What does eating
have to do with that?"
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Good question -
I'm glad you asked!
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The state of our
health most often affects the
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functionality of our frontal
lobe, the part of your brain
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that governs moral
reasoning and social behavior.
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It's the part of our
brain that governs our
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decision-making processes.
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And the point for Christians
is that if you compromise
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your decision-making
ability - your moral-reasoning
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ability - you compromise
your ability to maintain an
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optimum connection with God.
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It just makes sense.
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If you want your vehicle
to run right you make sure it
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gets the right fuel.
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A farmer is going to make
sure his or her farm animals
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get the right food so
those animals produce the best
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results.
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Athletes follow careful
diets because they want the best
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possible outcome
when they compete.
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And here we are involved
in what Paul calls a battle
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against spiritual darkness...
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Don't you think we need
every advantage we can get?
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Of course we do.
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Which is why God drew up
the menu in the Garden of Eden.
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It's why God provided
the food for the children of
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Israel when they
were in the wilderness.
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God knew that health matters.
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Now I'ld like to show
you a text from the book of
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Proverbs.
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Does the wisest man who
ever lived give us good healthy
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living advice?
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Yes he does.
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He talks about
honey a number of times.
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First he tells us to eat
honey because it is good.
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Solomon said in the book of
Proverbs: "My son, eat honey
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because it is good, and
the honeycomb which is sweet to
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your taste."
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(Proverbs 24:13).
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Now that is good news.
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But tell me what parent would
let their child loose with an
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entire pot of honey?
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We wouldn't do that because
we know that wouldn't be good
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for us.
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What are the type of foods
that are full of sugar that
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we eat a lot of?
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Confectionary, soft drinks ...
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the list goes on.
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It's a big list.
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Is God giving us
poor advice here?
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No - we read in
Proverbs 25:16, something that
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balances this up.
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Proverbs 25 and verse
16: "Have you found honey?
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Eat only as much as you
need, lest you be filled with it
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and vomit."
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I remember as a child that
my brother went to a party and
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got stuck into
his favorite food.
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We used to call them
"Chocolate Crackles".
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They were made out of
Rice Krispies and chocolate and
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honey.
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This boy was in his element.
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And without our mum looking
over his shoulder, he ate
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just as many of those things
as he wanted to, not as many
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as he needed to.
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How did they work out?
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Let's just say...
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it wasn't pretty.
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We read in Proverbs 25:27,
"It is not good to eat much
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honey."
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(And what's meant by that
is TOO much honey.) So there it
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is, it is not good to eat
too much honey, to much sweet
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stuff.
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That same brother of
mine loves Mars bars.
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At least he used to.
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He ate them for years.
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But he doesn't anymore
(very often...) I asked him
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recently why he gave them up.
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He simply said: "Just
too much sugar in them.
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I know it's not good for me".
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Well I am glad to say that
you can teach an old dog new
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tricks.
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Let me share with you something.
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I want to share with
you another text out of the
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Bible, this time from
the book of Proverbs, from
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Solomon, and
notice what it says.
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Proverbs 23:1-3 says this:
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"When you sit down to
eat with a ruler, consider
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carefully what is before
you; and put a knife to your
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throat if you are a
man given to appetite.
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Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food."
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It seems to me Solomon is
warning us about over-eating.
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Overeating is one of the
biggest issues that we have
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today in society, healthwise.
00:19:38.40\00:19:40.76
You can go to restaurants
in every city from sea to
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shining sea and eat as
much as you want which leads to
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any number of
things - including obesity.
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Obesity is one of ...
00:19:51.20\00:19:57.20
pardon the expression ...
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the biggest public health
problems in the Western world
00:20:01.16\00:20:03.16
today.
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It leads to a host
of diseases and chronic
00:20:04.16\00:20:06.16
illnesses including
diabetes, cancer, heart disease,
00:20:06.16\00:20:08.16
osteoarthritis, gall
stones, gout, asthma...
00:20:08.16\00:20:10.16
the list goes on and on.
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The Bible gives us good advice.
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Don't over eat.
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Along with overeating goes
the national habit of eating
00:20:14.16\00:20:16.16
between meals.
00:20:16.16\00:20:17.20
This is a nation that
has been encouraged to eat
00:20:17.20\00:20:19.96
whenever it wants,
what it wants, how it wants.
00:20:19.96\00:20:22.96
It is best to follow
the Bible's advice and teach
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ourselves not to overeat
and not to eat between meals.
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This brother I've been
telling you about told me
00:20:32.16\00:20:34.16
recently that he
had lost about 9 pounds.
00:20:34.16\00:20:36.53
I thought, well, he must
have got himself on the latest
00:20:36.53\00:20:38.53
wonder diet from
Oprah or Kim Kardashian.
00:20:38.53\00:20:41.03
He said "No, no.
00:20:41.03\00:20:42.50
My wife suggested that I
eat my meal on a smaller plate."
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Simple.
00:20:47.30\00:20:48.43
He didn't notice any real
difference until it seemed to
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him as if his
belt had stretched.
00:20:51.30\00:20:54.30
He suggested I try the same
thing - the smaller plate...
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and I suggested
that he was meddling.
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Solomon also tells us
to avoid the "delicacies".
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Now these are the extras,
the treats, the indulgences we
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like to eat.
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Back in Solomon's time
it seems like only the rich
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could afford those things.
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Today they are
available to everyone.
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When it comes to practical
suggestions for our diet and
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health, the Bible
has got a lot to say.
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Here's just one more point.
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God gave the children of
Israel extensive advice on
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what they could or couldn't eat.
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On what they
should or shouldn't eat.
00:21:31.53\00:21:33.53
In Leviticus 3:17, God says.
00:21:33.53\00:21:35.93
"This shall be a perpetual
statute throughout your
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generations in all your
dwellings: you shall eat
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neither fat nor blood."
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Interesting!
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God told his
people not to eat fat.
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If that strikes you as
strange, the truth is God was
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simply up on the latest
good health information.
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I suspect that if you went
to your doctor for health advice
00:22:00.36\00:22:03.20
he or she will
tell you not to eat fat.
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For many of us a low fat
diet is just common sense.
00:22:06.50\00:22:10.60
You certainly don't get
that at some of these hamburger
00:22:10.60\00:22:14.23
places we've been discussing.
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God also advice about which
animals should or shouldn't
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be eaten.
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Or perhaps I should
say, may or may not be eaten.
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It was as simple as this.
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This is what God says.
00:22:28.13\00:22:29.13
You find it in the Holy Bible.
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"Whatever in the water has
fins and scales, whether in
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the seas or in the
rivers--that you may eat.
00:22:37.06\00:22:40.83
But all in the seas or in
the rivers that do not have fins
00:22:40.83\00:22:45.43
and scales..."
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God says leave it off the menu.
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God said in the same chapter
that birds of prey or those
00:22:49.93\00:22:53.83
birds that feed on offal or
carrion - the scavengers and
00:22:53.83\00:22:57.43
carnivorous birds - God says
we shouldn't eat them either.
00:22:57.43\00:23:01.73
The fact is they're likely
the most likely to transmit
00:23:01.73\00:23:05.80
disease to humans.
00:23:05.80\00:23:08.00
If you're out driving and you
see an animal that's been hit
00:23:08.00\00:23:10.03
by a car you don't say,
"Good news, here's dinner!"
00:23:10.03\00:23:13.36
You know better than that.
00:23:13.36\00:23:15.33
Those birds see those animals
on the side of the road, they
00:23:15.33\00:23:17.90
say "Good news!
00:23:17.90\00:23:18.90
Here's dinner!"
00:23:18.90\00:23:19.90
Why would we want to eat them?
00:23:19.90\00:23:23.33
God made clear that the only
animals that should be eaten
00:23:23.33\00:23:27.13
are the ones that have a
cloven hoof and chew the cud.
00:23:27.13\00:23:33.10
Now, that would be what?
00:23:33.10\00:23:34.60
Well - cows,
goats, deer, sheep...
00:23:34.60\00:23:38.36
maybe some others.
00:23:38.36\00:23:39.53
But God said animals we
shouldn't eat include the
00:23:39.53\00:23:43.06
camel - bound to
disappoint you I know - rabbits,
00:23:43.06\00:23:48.26
badgers, and pigs.
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.93
Hummmm.
00:23:50.93\00:23:51.93
Getting closer to home now.
00:23:51.93\00:23:53.00
God said they are unfit to eat.
00:23:53.00\00:23:57.30
You read that in the Bible.
00:23:57.30\00:23:59.93
God doesn't want the food
that we eat to make us sick.
00:23:59.93\00:24:04.83
He gives us an overarching
principle in 1 Corinthians
00:24:04.83\00:24:07.36
10:31.
00:24:07.36\00:24:08.70
He said this, he said
"Therefore, whether you eat
00:24:08.70\00:24:12.16
or drink, or whatever you
do, do all to the glory of God."
00:24:12.16\00:24:14.16
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We've got a lot to pray about.
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Let's pray.
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Our Father in heaven,
challenging subject today,
00:26:51.70\00:26:54.13
but a subject that can
make the difference between life
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and death, literally, for
so many of us that are watching
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today and people have
been saying, "Oh, I need to but
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how can I?"
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Lord, we know Jesus said that
we can do all things through
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him who strengthens us.
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So Father, I pray your spirit
will get inside of us, that
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you will live your life
out in us and make in our lives
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the changes
that need to be made.
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We thank you for this
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Jesus' name, Amen.
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[Music] Thanks
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remember - It Is Written:
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man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every
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word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.
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