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It has stood the test of
time. God's book, the Bible.
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Still relevant in
today's complex world.
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It Is Written.
Sharing hope around the globe.
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This is It Is
Written. I'm John Bradshaw.
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Thanks for joining me today.
There are certain phrases that
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are always
going to be memorable.
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One of them
might be, "It's a boy."
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Another one might
be, "Congratulations,
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you are the lucky winner."
Another memorable phrase
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that far too many people
have heard, a phrase that's
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memorable for all the wrong
reasons is, "I regret to inform
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you that it's
cancer." The Bible says we are
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fearfully and wonderfully made.
In the beginning God created.
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He didn't create
us to get cancer.
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He created us to
live long and well.
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Jesus came to give
us life more abundantly.
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Cancer is an ever
present challenge in this world,
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it is often deadly. My
guest today, Dr. Neil Nedley,
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the president of
Nedley Health Solutions.
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Dr. Nedley, thanks
for joining me today.
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Neil Nedley: Thank
you. Great to be here.
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JB: What's cancer? NN:
Cancer is an abnormal cell
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that grows out of control.
JB: How does it get that way?
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Do we know? NN: Yes.
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I mean, there has to be a
change in the genetic material
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in the cell. And
that change in the genetic
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material can then produce a
cancerous cell and as long as
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that cell can reproduce,
it can grow out of control
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and spread to
vital organs. JB: Okay.
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Out of control cells.
NN: Out of control cell.
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JB: And describe
to me what happens.
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The out of control cells spread
to, let's pick on the pancreas,
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pancreatic cancer is a
really dangerous cancer.
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NN: It is, yeah.
JB: So, what happens?
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You've got a pancreas. A
cancer cell lodges there.
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NN: Um-hum. JB: Very frequently
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somebody dies.
What happened between
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there and there?
What did the cancer do?
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What actually
happens with cancer?
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Whether it's the
lung or some other place.
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NN: Well, it eventually spreads
to vital organs that will take
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your life. JB: Those
abnormal cells somehow
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inhibit the
function of that organ.
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NN: Correct. JB: Okay.
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NN: Yeah. JB: How
big a problem is cancer
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in the United States?
NN: One out of every two men
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will get it at some
point in their life.
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One out of every three women
will get it at some point in
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their life. And one
out of every four deaths
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in this country is from cancer.
It's the number one cause of
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death in people
under the age of 85.
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And it kills people of all ages.
A lot of people are not aware
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that the pediatric population,
second leading cause of death in
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children is cancer. Ah,
and so it affects people of
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all ages, it's not,
you know, age specific.
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Ah, and it needs
to be eliminated.
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JB: Babies can have
cancer. NN: They can.
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JB: Now, they do anything to
deserve, I don't mean deserve,
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to earn that or to deserve
that, so cancer can strike
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indiscriminately. NN: It can.
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JB: But at the same time, what
we know is that much lung cancer
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is attributable to
smoking. NN: Correct.
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JB: We know that much bowel and
colon cancer is attributable to
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diet. NN: Correct.
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JB: So there are ways that
cancer can be, I'll just use the
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word avoided. NN: Um-hum.
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Even in the pediatric
population, an infant getting
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cancer for instance, or a two-
or three-year-old, that's often
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due to a genetic mutation that
occurred in the sperm of the
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father as a
result of his bad diet.
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And so, at the
time of conception.
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And so a lot of these pediatric
cancers actually can be traced
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back to the habits of parents.
And so that's something to keep
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in mind. They did
nothing wrong, but
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mutations can be passed along
to children that the parents
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themselves don't
have by a poor lifestyle.
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JB: Can I ask you, what age
group is most susceptible to
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getting cancer? NN:
Well, the older we get the
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more susceptible we are.
So, in general, age, and part of
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that is, there's a greater
chance that our nucleus and the
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genetic material are going to be
changed by given enough time and
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given enough, you know,
lifestyle circumstances to help
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produce this. JB:
Okay, so you're 15 years
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old, 20, 25, 30, 35, you're
healthy, and Grandpa just died
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of cancer and he was 79.
And you're saying to yourself,
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I want to be 79 and well,
what should a person be doing
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to do their very best to
avoid cancer later in life?
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What are things you can do?
NN: Well, there's two primary
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mechanisms preventing cancer.
One is by avoiding carcinogens
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and, two, is boosting and
maintaining the immune system.
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JB: Okay. A
carcinogen is a cancer causing
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agent, correct?
NN: That's right.
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JB: Okay, what
are some carcinogens?
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NN: Well, you mentioned
one, tobacco smoke is a big one.
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Thirty percent of all cancers
in our country are caused by
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tobacco. JB: That's a lot.
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NN: That's a lot. So,
that's a huge, huge number.
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Alcohol is
actually a carcinogen.
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A lot of people don't realize
it, but the American Cancer
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Society recommends zero alcohol.
Alcohol increases your risk of
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breast cancer significantly, of
colorectal cancer, of cancer of
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the liver, the
larynx, even the esophagus.
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And so, thousands of deaths
are caused in this country every
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year simply due to
alcohol causing a cancer or
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significantly increasing a risk.
And that's something that the
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media doesn't broadcast.
You know, one of the things I
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know and that's why it's so
nice to be on a program like
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It Is Written that's willing
to, to tell all of the truth
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and the whole story.
But, you know, on the typical
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evening news show, the only time
you'll hear about alcohol is
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when it's shown to reduce
the risk of heart disease.
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JB: Right. NN: And
it is true that if you
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drink enough alcohol to get
cirrhosis of the liver, you will
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only have a 25% chance of dying
of heart disease compared to the
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general population.
But you'll have many fold
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increased risk of dying, if you
don't die of the cirrhosis if
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you drink that much alcohol,
you're going to die of cancer
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pretty soon anyways. And
not only just cancer of the
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liver, but there may be
other cancers that come about.
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So, so those are two big
ones right there, alcohol
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and tobacco. But
there's others as well.
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JB: Let's talk
about some of the others.
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Alcohol and tobacco I've
often mentioned to people.
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Imagine a world without tobacco
and somebody turned up in,
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I don't know,
Congress or the World Fair,
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I don't care and said,
look, I have this great product.
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You'll enjoy it, it'll give you
a rush, it'll give you a buzz,
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you'll think you're
cool, however, however,
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it'll cause cancer, it'll
stink, it'll cost you money,
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it'll be antisocial,
folks will die in their droves,
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the product would never
be allowed to make it to the
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market. NN: That's true.
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JB: Yet today, here we
are. Same with alcohol.
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These things are just a scourge.
I mean, no offense intended to
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those who are hooked or
who use this, but, my goodness.
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They're a societal
ill. NN: Yeah, absolutely.
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JB: The less the
better. NN: Yeah.
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JB: But there are probably
other carcinogens as well.
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What might some others
be? NN: Well, one of them is
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benzopyrene. That's
produced by charcoal
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broiling meat. And if
you charcoal broil meat,
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the amount of benzopyrene
produced is the equivalent to
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what comes from 600 cigarettes
smoked, increase the risk of
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leukemia, increases
the risk of stomach cancer.
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And often people overlook that.
In the South, you know, charcoal
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broiling is a major thing and
they're producing carcinogens
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in the process.
JB: Let me ask you this
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question. This is
one chunk of charcoal
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broiled meat has the same effect
as, or the same amount as 600ó
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NN: Six hundred
cigarettes, yeah.
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JB: Now, is this known?
Or only people like you know
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this? NN: Well,
it should be more
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widely known, that's why we're
educating people on the media
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here today. JB: Where
did you, where did you
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find this statistic? Did
you have to dig under a rock
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to find this? Or is
this relatively accessible
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information? NN:
No, it's accessible
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information. Yeah.
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JB: But it's not being
shouted from the rooftops.
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NN: It isn't and that's part
of the sad things in our society
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today. Some
things are politically
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incorrect to shout from
the rooftops because they might
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affect someone's business
or someone's taste buds, but in
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reality we should be much
more interested in their health.
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JB: Particularly in a country
that's grappling unsuccessfully
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with a healthcare
crisis. NN: Exactly.
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JB: Now, the fact is, too, that
there are many people who just
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get cancer out of the blue, even
though they've lived healthy
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lives, that's true.
We'll talk about that and more
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to do with this. The Big C.
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Cancer is so dreaded, it's
often simply referred to by a
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euphemism and some people won't
even say the word, because it's
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such a dreadful thing.
However, there is hope, hope for
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somebody with cancer of course,
and there's hope for people who
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don't have cancer that they need
never get it, if you make some
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simple lifestyle changes and
live the life that God desires
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for you to live.
We'll have more in just a
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moment. [narrator]
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God doesn't excuse
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a person from
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Believers sometimes die young
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car, and get
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That can test your faith.
Listen to what Habakuk says in
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Habakuk 3:17-18 -
and be encouraged.
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"Althought the fig tree shall
not blossom, neither shall fruit
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be in the vines; the labour
of the olive shall fail, and the
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fields shall yield no meat;
the flock shall be cut off from
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the fold, and there
shall be no herd in the stalls.
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Yet, I will
rejoice. Habakuk says -
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Yet, will I rejoice. God
calls us to trust Him today
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no matter what
we're going through.
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Whatever you're facing -
hang in there with God and know
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that the best is yet to
come. You can say with Habakuk,
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"Inspite of my circumstances,
yet will I rejoice."
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I'm John Bradshaw
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Let's live today by every word.
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JB: This is It Is
Written, I'm John Bradshaw.
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Thanks for joining me today.
My guest today is Dr. Neil
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Nedley, the president
of Nedley Health Solutions.
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Dr. Nedley, really we're looking
at a health solution today.
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NN: Yes. JB: We're
discussing what many
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people call the Big C,
cancer, a dreadful disease.
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You mentioned earlier, one
in two men will develop cancer
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sometime in their lives.
Didn't you say one in three
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women? NN: One in three women.
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JB: That's a
gigantic amount. NN: Yes.
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JB: Do you feel that
many people just think it's an
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inevitability? NN: Oh, yes.
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Most people think that they just
have to wait and hope that they
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don't get it. But
they don't really realize
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there's things that they can
do now to, to lower that risk.
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JB: What do we know about
statistics or experiences or
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something that show these
lifestyle choices actually make
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a difference? NN:
Well, Harvard states that
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80, up to 80% of cancers
are actually preventable through
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lifestyle change.
JB: That's Harvard?
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NN: And so, that's right, and
so we know that we can make a
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difference if we're really doing
everything right in, in 80% of
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cases and that's a
pretty significant number.
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JB: That really is. NN:
But it is true that there's
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another 20% that we don't know
how to prevent at this point in
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time. That we
may learn more as we
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study this more and find out
that we might be able to prevent
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90%, but right now the most
we can prevent is 80% of cancer.
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JB: That's a pretty good number.
NN: That's hundreds of thousands
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of deaths spared per year.
But we're talking of hundreds of
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thousands of deaths per year
that could be spared if people
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would, A, become educated about
how they can prevent it, and, B,
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utilize their God-given power
of self-control to change their
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lifestyle accordingly. JB:
Are there other carcinogens
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that are somewhat prominent
or prevalent that we could avoid
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somehow? NN:
There's a number of cancers
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that come about as a result
of eating meat in particular.
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Colon cancer, for instance.
Harvard showed that if you eat
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meat every day you have a 142%
increased risk of developing
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that. If you
eat meat five or six
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times a, a week, you lower
that risk to 84% increased risk.
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If you're two to four times
a week, you're down to 50%.
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But even if you eat it one time
a month, your risk is 30% higher
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compared with someone
who doesn't eat it at all.
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So, their conclusion was, the
more meat, the higher the risk
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of cancer, and the more
frequently it's consumed,
00:15:22.05\00:15:25.49
the higher the risk.
But they also concluded that
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there's no safe level per
se. So, in other words, as you
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eliminate it, your risk goes
down significantly, and it's not
00:15:33.13\00:15:36.10
just colon cancer. We
now know a number of other
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cancers are
associated with meat intake.
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JB: That's a
pretty simple change.
00:15:43.97\00:15:46.61
NN: Pretty simple change.
Just being a vegetarian one or
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two days a week, you
go from 140% down to 80%.
00:15:48.91\00:15:53.15
So you can spare yourself
a decreased risk of 60% right
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there by being a vegetarian
one or two days a week.
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And if you can do it one or two
days a week, and that's good,
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then stretch it out to maybe
three or four and keep moving.
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JB: Do we know
anything about exercise and
00:16:06.39\00:16:08.93
lowering your cancer
risk? NN: Yes, we do.
00:16:08.93\00:16:11.73
Exercise does
lower the cancer risk.
00:16:11.73\00:16:14.20
Actually, it does that by
boosting your immune system, and
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so that way if you have a tiptop
immune system, hopefully your
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cancer cell will be recognized
as a, a foreign cell and be
00:16:22.84\00:16:28.68
destroyed by your immune system.
And exercise seems to help in
00:16:28.68\00:16:31.95
several ways. JB:
Let's drill down here on, on
00:16:31.95\00:16:34.69
this aspect of it, because,
first thing, recognizing and
00:16:34.69\00:16:38.59
avoiding carcinogens. I
was going to say to you,
00:16:38.59\00:16:41.36
perhaps that second thing would
be building your immune system.
00:16:41.36\00:16:44.57
NN: Correct. Yes.
00:16:44.57\00:16:46.07
JB: So, exercise
is one of those ways.
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There must be a plethora of
things we can do to strengthen
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our immune
system. NN: There are.
00:16:53.04\00:16:54.91
JB: What are
some of those things.
00:16:54.91\00:16:56.14
NN: Well, diet
is one of the ways.
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There's, there's wonderful
dietary changes that can help
00:16:58.35\00:17:01.48
boost your
immune system. JB: Okay.
00:17:01.48\00:17:03.52
What are some of the things
that people might want to,
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let's just say eat, to
help the immune system.
00:17:05.52\00:17:08.26
NN: Eating foods high
in what we call carotenoid.
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JB: Okay. I'm going
to encourage somebody,
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if you've got a moment and
you can find a pen or something,
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make a list here of, I'm going
to go to the store and make sure
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I buy some of these things.
I'm going to add these to my
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diet. It's not hard.
00:17:23.54\00:17:24.97
No one's going to ask you
to jump through hoops here.
00:17:24.97\00:17:27.24
This won't be
difficult. NN: That's right.
00:17:27.24\00:17:28.84
JB: Foods that are
high in carotenoids.
00:17:28.84\00:17:30.88
NN: Yeah.
Carotenoids, in fact, studies
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have shown that even if you're
a smoker, if you're on a high
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carotinoid diet you'll only have
one-third the risk of developing
00:17:37.45\00:17:40.96
smoking related
cancers. JB: That's magnificent.
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Foods high in carotenoids.
Okay, what are those foods?
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This is life and death.
So, what are those foods.
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NN: Yes, yes. They're
going to be your vitamin
00:17:50.73\00:17:53.40
A foods. Most of
them are going to have a
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yellow or orange hue,
vegetables, for instance.
00:17:56.54\00:18:00.21
JB: Squash? NN:
Squash is loaded.
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Orange yams. JB: Sweet potatoes?
00:18:02.21\00:18:05.18
NN: Yeah, the sweet potatoes
are loaded with carotenoids.
00:18:05.18\00:18:08.02
JB: So, eating
by colors, really?
00:18:08.02\00:18:10.19
NN: Yeah. JB: Go
to the supermarket and
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buy the yellow
and the orange stuff.
00:18:11.72\00:18:13.32
NN: Yeah. Apricots.
00:18:13.32\00:18:14.82
JB: Carrots? NN: Carrots, yup.
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Carrots would be a
good source of carotenoids.
00:18:16.52\00:18:18.73
I think that's where
carotenoids got its name from.
00:18:18.73\00:18:21.90
JB: Yeah, I'm
wondering about that.
00:18:21.90\00:18:24.70
NN: Yeah, it's from that, that
nice orange vegetable there.
00:18:24.70\00:18:26.37
And actually cooked
carrots have more carotenoids
00:18:26.37\00:18:28.17
than raw
carrots. JB: No kidding.
00:18:28.17\00:18:30.24
Usually they tell us that
raw is the way, the way to go.
00:18:30.24\00:18:32.81
NN: Well, raw will give you more
vitamin C, because cooking will
00:18:32.81\00:18:37.21
destroy about half the vitamin
C, but actually it gives you a
00:18:37.21\00:18:40.02
little more of some
nutrients like carotenoids.
00:18:40.02\00:18:42.38
JB: That's okay
then. That's all right.
00:18:42.38\00:18:44.75
So, foods with
carotenoids in them, consumed,
00:18:44.75\00:18:49.92
will boost the
immune system. NN: Um-hum.
00:18:49.92\00:18:52.49
One of those
carotenoids is called lycopene.
00:18:52.49\00:18:54.93
Lycopene is what makes tomatoes
red and strawberries red.
00:18:54.93\00:18:59.80
And studies show those with the
highest levels of lycopene in
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their blood stream have
the lowest rates of pancreatic
00:19:03.67\00:19:06.24
cancer in the world. So,
that's an, an interesting
00:19:06.24\00:19:10.48
finding as well. JB: That is.
00:19:10.48\00:19:12.61
NN: And it's much better to get
your lycopene from your fruits
00:19:12.61\00:19:14.95
and vegetables than trying
to buy lycopene in a bottle.
00:19:14.95\00:19:18.45
JB: So, so tomatoes. Or
what some would refer to as
00:19:18.45\00:19:22.26
tomatoes. I think
there's probably more
00:19:22.26\00:19:24.06
lycopene in a tomato than
a tomato, but that's just me.
00:19:24.06\00:19:28.53
That's good for you in
terms of fighting cancer.
00:19:28.53\00:19:31.03
NN: Yes. Yes, absolutely.
00:19:31.03\00:19:32.53
JB: Fantastic. What
else can a person do?
00:19:32.53\00:19:35.14
This is so significant.
What we're learning is that you
00:19:35.14\00:19:38.01
aren't doomed to get
cancer. NN: That's right.
00:19:38.01\00:19:40.71
That's right. JB:
This is something that you
00:19:40.71\00:19:41.88
can avoid. You
quoted 80% of cancers can be
00:19:41.88\00:19:46.01
avoided. That's magnificent.
00:19:46.01\00:19:48.62
NN: Up to. JB: Okay.
00:19:48.62\00:19:50.22
Carotenoids. What
else enhances the immune
00:19:50.22\00:19:52.52
system? NN: Vitamin
C foods will enhance
00:19:52.52\00:19:56.12
it as well. Vitamin
C, if you're getting
00:19:56.12\00:19:59.23
more than 250 milligrams a day
in your diet, it protects your
00:19:59.23\00:20:05.00
sperm if you're a male
from genetic damage, so that you
00:20:05.00\00:20:08.54
won't have the risk of
actually passing cancer along to
00:20:08.54\00:20:13.21
your offspring. And
so, 250 milligrams a day
00:20:13.21\00:20:16.51
will do that. Now,
the RDA is 60 or 90
00:20:16.51\00:20:20.02
milligrams, and so you need a
little bit more, but it's easy
00:20:20.02\00:20:24.12
to get 250 milligrams a day
if you're eating foods that are
00:20:24.12\00:20:27.62
rich in vitamin C. JB:
The best way to get plenty
00:20:27.62\00:20:29.82
of vitamin C is? NN:
They're raw fruits and
00:20:29.82\00:20:32.66
vegetables. So,
even raw broccoli has 40
00:20:32.66\00:20:35.83
milligrams per
serving. An orange will have
00:20:35.83\00:20:38.87
60 milligrams. JB: Kiwi fruit?
00:20:38.87\00:20:41.80
NN: Kiwi is even
more yet in vitamin C.
00:20:41.80\00:20:45.91
And then some of your highest
sources are strawberries.
00:20:45.91\00:20:49.21
You know, you can get,
you know, 140 milligrams from
00:20:49.21\00:20:52.11
strawberries. Red
bell peppers are also good
00:20:52.11\00:20:54.32
sources of vitamin
C. Raw red bell peppers.
00:20:54.32\00:20:56.95
JB: This is fun. I
mean, these are foods people
00:20:56.95\00:20:58.42
like. NN: Yeah.
00:20:58.42\00:20:59.52
JB: Strawberries, kiwi fruit,
I mean, what's not to like
00:20:59.52\00:21:02.26
about that? NN: Exactly.
00:21:02.26\00:21:03.89
JB: Okay. Well that's good.
00:21:03.89\00:21:05.09
NN: And your
citrus as well. JB: Yeah.
00:21:05.09\00:21:06.59
Well, that's an enjoyable
way. Are there other things?
00:21:06.59\00:21:08.16
We've mentioned vitamin C
and the carotenoids, lycopene.
00:21:08.16\00:21:14.07
What else? NN: Vitamin E.
00:21:14.07\00:21:15.77
JB: What's that in? NN:
Vitamin E is going to be in
00:21:15.77\00:21:19.37
more of your
plant fat substances.
00:21:19.37\00:21:22.68
Vitamin E is a
fat soluble vitamin.
00:21:22.68\00:21:24.91
So, almonds, high in vitamin
E. JB: What if I roast those
00:21:24.91\00:21:29.22
almonds? Is it
still high in vitamin E?
00:21:29.22\00:21:31.42
NN: It's still
high in vitamin E.
00:21:31.42\00:21:32.79
JB: All right. NN:
Yeah, you don't destroy
00:21:32.79\00:21:34.06
vitamin E by cooking. JB:
Almond butter, still vitamin
00:21:34.06\00:21:36.66
E? NN: Yup.
00:21:36.66\00:21:37.76
Yup. JB: Awesome.
00:21:37.76\00:21:38.86
NN: Yup. Good source.
00:21:38.86\00:21:40.26
And vitamin E can also, there's
evidence that it can help
00:21:40.26\00:21:43.73
prevent skin cancer as well,
in adequate amounts, as long as
00:21:43.73\00:21:49.94
we're also getting
adequate amounts of A and C.
00:21:49.94\00:21:52.94
Often we talk about A, C,
and E together as having a more
00:21:52.94\00:21:56.44
augmented effect in helping
to potentially prevent certain
00:21:56.44\00:22:00.45
cancers. JB: One
of the best things we
00:22:00.45\00:22:02.55
can do for our
health is wear a hat.
00:22:02.55\00:22:05.55
NN: Yes. And of
course there, what
00:22:05.55\00:22:07.56
they're doing is getting
radiation from the sun that's
00:22:07.56\00:22:09.56
actually changing
the genetic material.
00:22:09.56\00:22:12.19
JB: Right. NN: In your cells.
00:22:12.19\00:22:13.16
First it starts out with a
sunburn and then as that genetic
00:22:13.16\00:22:16.80
material continues to multiply
over time, it actually can turn
00:22:16.80\00:22:20.30
into a cancer. JB:
So, if you've had cancer,
00:22:20.30\00:22:22.54
and I have, and it's not
a lot of fun, and in my case
00:22:22.54\00:22:26.81
particularly the cure not
especially enjoyable, however,
00:22:26.81\00:22:32.21
the cure for the cancer of
sin, no negative side effects.
00:22:32.21\00:22:38.02
NN: That's right. JB:
A very positive journey.
00:22:38.02\00:22:40.49
NN: Yes. JB: And that is faith
00:22:40.49\00:22:43.06
in Jesus Christ. NN: Yes.
00:22:43.06\00:22:44.73
JB: You know, with cancer, when
you're looking to get out of
00:22:44.73\00:22:46.33
cancer, people are thinking
typically, chemotherapy, which
00:22:46.33\00:22:50.10
can be brutal, radiation, which
can be really brutal, but if you
00:22:50.10\00:22:56.50
want to get over the side
effects of sin, you come to
00:22:56.50\00:23:01.74
Jesus Christ through faith.
And, by the way, I don't scare
00:23:01.74\00:23:03.78
anybody. Chemo
and radiation can in
00:23:03.78\00:23:05.68
certain circumstances be
somewhat moderate to experience,
00:23:05.68\00:23:09.45
depending on the
chemo and the radiation.
00:23:09.45\00:23:13.32
But what God asks us to do if we
have sin, can face our sins and
00:23:13.32\00:23:18.83
through faith in Jesus
Christ believe we are forgiven.
00:23:18.83\00:23:22.66
And we're not just forgiven, but
we're cleansed, and that disease
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.90
of sin, you know, one
day it'll be eradicated.
00:23:25.90\00:23:30.07
Thank God. Cancer
and all physical diseases
00:23:30.07\00:23:33.04
will be eradicated as well.
But we're looking forward to an
00:23:33.04\00:23:36.38
eternity without
sin. NN: Exactly.
00:23:36.38\00:23:39.38
JB: Thankfully we can
look forward, no way, we can
00:23:39.38\00:23:42.08
experience a present without sin
as well if we come to Christ and
00:23:42.08\00:23:47.66
accept Jesus and then, and
then get the Word of God in us.
00:23:47.66\00:23:52.33
David said something phenomenal
in Psalm 119 when he said,
00:23:52.33\00:23:57.77
"Thy word have I hidden
my heart that I might not
00:23:57.77\00:24:00.10
sin against you." So,
the Bible, the Word of God,
00:24:00.10\00:24:04.11
Christ in us, actually possesses
the capacity to keep us from
00:24:04.11\00:24:09.51
going back into sin. NN:
It's boosting the spiritual
00:24:09.51\00:24:11.45
immune system. JB:
Yes, exactly right.
00:24:11.45\00:24:13.88
NN: And then we also want to
avoid spiritual carcinogens as
00:24:13.88\00:24:16.95
well. JB: That's right.
00:24:16.95\00:24:18.75
NN: So that we don't
get the, the cancer of sin.
00:24:18.75\00:24:20.96
JB: And they're
everywhere. NN: Yes.
00:24:20.96\00:24:23.43
JB: I want you to know though
that as prevalent as sin seems
00:24:23.43\00:24:26.49
to be, as powerful as the enemy
of souls seems to be, 1 John 4,
00:24:26.49\00:24:31.33
in verse 4, promises you:
"Greater is he that is in you,
00:24:31.33\00:24:37.17
than he that is in the world."
Now, you've learned enough today
00:24:37.17\00:24:40.74
that you can go from this point
on looking hopefully into the
00:24:40.74\00:24:44.85
future and say, if I implement
some changes here, if they're
00:24:44.85\00:24:48.28
needed, then perhaps I don't
have to encounter the Big C
00:24:48.28\00:24:52.72
down the line.
It's no guarantee,
00:24:52.72\00:24:55.02
it's no guarantee, but
you can improve your odds.
00:24:55.02\00:24:57.53
I tell you what is a guarantee
and that is when you accept
00:24:57.53\00:25:00.33
Jesus Christ into your heart
by faith, you are guaranteed
00:25:00.33\00:25:04.73
to be cleansed of sin.
You need not live with it in
00:25:04.73\00:25:08.00
your life and you can look
forward to a future that is sin
00:25:08.00\00:25:12.84
free and filled with
the presence of Christ.
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for sharing with us today.
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NN: Thank you. JB:
What you've shared is
00:26:20.91\00:26:22.21
potentially life
changing, lifesaving.
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Thanks for joining with us.
Now we're going to pray together
00:26:27.32\00:26:30.05
and ask that God would take what
we've heard and make it part of
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who and what we are.
Pray with me, please.
00:26:32.35\00:26:35.32
Our Father in Heaven, as today
we have discussed important
00:26:35.32\00:26:40.50
principles, allow us through
Christ to live the abundant life
00:26:40.50\00:26:45.47
as far as possible free
from the diseases of this world.
00:26:45.47\00:26:49.67
In fact, I recall that you said
to your people back at the time
00:26:49.67\00:26:54.88
of the exodus that you would put
none of the diseases upon them
00:26:54.88\00:26:59.01
that the Egyptians had,
if they would listen to you.
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Let us listen to you as far as
your will will allow, allow us
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to live without illness
and then with all of the health
00:27:08.49\00:27:12.69
you give us, give us
grace to live for you.
00:27:12.69\00:27:15.90
Thank you for delivering
us from the cancer of sin.
00:27:15.90\00:27:20.60
Let Jesus return and put an
end to the misery of this world,
00:27:20.60\00:27:25.17
the sin of this world. And
let him usher in an eternity
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where we will enjoy
sin free life forever.
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We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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JB: Thank you
for joining me today.
00:27:54.34\00:27:55.97
I look forward to
seeing you again next time.
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Until then,
remember it is written,
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man shall not
live by bread alone,
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but by every Word that
proceeds from the mouth of God.
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[It Is Written Theme]
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