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Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201024
00:01 >>BILL: IN HIS LITTLE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
00:02 OF BIBLE TRUTH, H.A. 00:04 IRONSIDE POINTED OUT THE FOLLY OF JUDGING OTHERS. 00:05 HE RELATED AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF A MAN CALLED 00:10 BISHOP POTTER. "HE WAS SAILING FOR EUROPE ON ONE 00:14 OF THE GREAT TRANSATLANTIC OCEAN LINERS. WHEN HE WENT 00:15 ON BOARD, HE FOUND THAT ANOTHER PASSENGER WAS TO 00:20 SHARE THE CABIN WITH HIM. 00:21 AFTER GOING TO SEE THE ACCOMMODATIONS, HE CAME UP 00:25 TO THE PURSER'S DESK AND INQUIRED IF HE COULD LEAVE 00:30 HIS GOLD WATCH AND OTHER VALUABLES IN THE SHIP'S 00:31 SAFE. HE EXPLAINED THAT ORDINARILY HE NEVER 00:35 AVAILED HIMSELF OF THAT PRIVILEGE, BUT HE HAD BEEN 00:39 TO HIS CABIN AND HAD MET THE MAN WHO WAS TO OCCUPY 00:40 THE OTHER BERTH. JUDGING FROM HIS APPEARANCE, HE 00:45 WAS AFRAID THAT HE MIGHT NOT BE A VERY TRUSTWORTHY 00:50 PERSON. THE PURSER ACCEPTED THE 00:51 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VALUABLES AND REMARKED, 00:54 'IT'S ALL RIGHT, BISHOP, I'LL BE VERY GLAD TO TAKE 00:58 CARE OF THEM FOR YOU. THE OTHER MAN HAS BEEN UP HERE 00:59 AND LEFT HIS FOR THE SAME REASON!'" 01:08 (MUSIC) 01:17 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 01:19 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 01:23 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 01:27 IT IS WRITTEN 01:30 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:34 (MUSIC) 01:47 IN MATTHEW 7: 1 -5 JESUS SAID: 02:28 NOW NOBODY LIKES TO FEEL LIKE SOMEONE ELSE IS 02:29 STANDING IN JUDGMENT OVER THEM. IT IS TRUE THAT 02:32 BY NATURE PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL, PEOPLE ARE 02:36 CONDEMNING, PEOPLE DO LOVE TO FIND FAULT WITH OTHERS. 02:38 WE ALL KNOW THE OLD SAYING IS TRUE THAT YOU CANNOT 02:43 PLEASE EVERYBODY. I AM REMINDED OF A BACHELOR WHO 02:47 WANTED TO GET MARRIED, BUT EVERY TIME HE BROUGHT A 02:49 PROSPECTIVE WIFE HOME HIS MOTHER CRITICIZED 02:51 HER UNMERCIFULLY. WELL, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND 02:57 HE WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND ONE DAY, AND THE FRIEND 02:58 SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU GO FIND SOMEONE WHO IS 03:01 JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER." 03:02 HE SAID, "THAT'S A GOOD IDEA." SO HE LOOKED AND HE 03:07 LOOKED UNTIL HE FOUND WHAT WAS IN ESSENCE A CLONE OF 03:11 HIS MOTHER. SHE LOOKED LIKE HIS MOTHER, SHE 03:12 WALKED LIKE HIS MOTHER, SHE TALKED LIKE HIS 03:16 MOTHER; SHE EVEN THOUGHT LIKE HIS MOTHER. HE 03:21 CALLED HIS FRIEND AND SAID, "WELL, I'M GOING TO 03:23 TAKE HER HOME TODAY, I'LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES." 03:25 SO HE TOOK HER HOME. THE NEXT DAY HIS FRIEND CALLED 03:29 HIM UP AND SAID, "HOW DID IT GO?" THE BACHELOR SAID, 03:31 "TERRIBLE." THE FRIEND SAID, "WHY?" HE SAID, 03:35 "WELL, MY MOTHER LOVED HER, BUT MY FATHER 03:38 COULDN'T STAND HER." 03:39 WE'RE GOING TO STUDY TODAY ONE OF THE MOST 03:45 MISUNDERSTOOD, MISUSED, AND MISAPPLIED VERSE IN 03:46 ALL OF THE BIBLE. IN FACT, IT HAS BEEN CALLED 03:50 THE WORLD'S FAVORITE SCRIPTURE. PEOPLE WHO 03:55 NORMALLY SCOFF AT THE BIBLE, REJECT ITS 03:56 TEACHINGS, AND RIDICULE ITS CONTENT, LOVE TO SAY 03:59 AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME: "JUDGE NOT, THAT YOU BE 04:05 NOT JUDGED." WELL THAT RAISES THE QUESTION: 04:06 SHOULD WE JUDGE OR SHOULD WE NOT? SURPRISINGLY, THE 04:10 ANSWER FROM JESUS WAS NOT AN UNEQUIVOCAL YES OR NO. 04:17 THE ANSWER OF JESUS WAS: "IT ALL DEPENDS." IN THIS 04:18 PASSAGE WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT JESUS SAID 04:23 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF THREE THINGS -LOGS, 04:28 DOGS, AND HOGS. TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE YOU'VE GOT 04:29 TO EXERCISE SOME TYPE OF JUDGMENT. SO JESUS GIVES 04:34 US TWO NEGATIVES AND ONE POSITIVE ON KNOWING HOW TO 04:40 HANDLE BOTH SIN AND SINNERS. 04:46 I. WE SHOULD NOT ENJOY HURTFUL JUDGMENT 04:52 LET'S TAKE THIS FIRST STATEMENT WHICH IS ONE OF 04:53 THE MOST FAMOUS JESUS EVER MADE: "DO NOT JUDGE SO 04:57 THAT YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGED." THE WORD FOR 05:01 'JUDGE' IS THE GREEK WORD KRINO, A WORD WHICH HAS 05:02 TWELVE DIFFERENT SHADES OF MEANING. BUT HERE IT MEANS 05:06 TO CONDEMN SOMEONE IN A SELF-RIGHTEOUS, CRITICAL 05:13 FASHION. NOW UNDERSTAND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE 05:14 BETWEEN CONFRONTING A SIN AND CONDEMNING A SINNER. 05:21 WE ARE GOING TO LEARN IN JUST A MOMENT THAT NOT ALL 05:26 JUDGMENT IS WRONG, AND THERE IS A WAY YOU CAN 05:27 TELL WHEN YOU HAVE CROSSED OVER THE LINE 05:31 FROM CONDEMNING A SIN TO CONDEMNING THE SINNER. WE 05:38 CAN JUDGE METHODS, BUT WE CANNOT JUDGE MOTIVES. WE 05:39 CAN JUDGE WHAT A PERSON DOES, BUT WE CANNOT JUDGE 05:43 WHY A PERSON DOES IT. 05:44 JUDGMENT IS WRONG WHEN WE USE THE WRONG STANDARD 05:49 OR WE DO IT IN THE WRONG SPIRIT. YOU SEE, THERE IS 05:54 ONLY ONE STANDARD WE ARE TO USE TO JUDGE OTHER 05:55 PEOPLE BY, AND THAT IS THE WORD OF GOD. WHEN WE 06:00 JUDGE OTHERS BASED ON OUR OPINIONS, OUR FEELINGS, 06:07 OUR STANDARDS, THEN WE'RE WRONG. BUT WE ARE NOT 06:08 WRONG TO JUDGE OTHERS WHEN OUR STANDARD IS THE WORD 06:12 OF GOD. IT IS NEVER WRONG TO CALL WRONG - WRONG WHEN 06:21 GOD CALLS IT WRONG. 06:26 BUT JUDGMENT CAN STILL BE WRONG EVEN IF YOU USE THE 06:27 RIGHT STANDARD IF YOU DO IT IN THE WRONG SPIRIT. 06:31 YOU SEE, THE SPIRIT OF JUDGMENT MUST BE 06:35 CORRECTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT 06:36 CONDEMNING AND CRITICAL. I HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING. 06:41 YOU CANNOT JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT 06:46 HIM, BUT YOU CAN JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT HE SAYS 06:47 ABOUT OTHERS. NOW YOU SEE THERE ARE TWO REASONS 06:53 WHY YOU HAD BETTER GUARD AGAINST JUDGING SOMEONE IN 06:58 A CRITICAL, SELF-RIGHTEOUS FASHION. FIRST OF ALL, 06:59 WE ARE ALL FALLIBLE. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO JUDGE 07:04 A SITUATION WHEN YOU JUST DO NOT KNOW ALL THE FACTS. 07:09 WE'VE ALL JUMPED TO A HASTY CONCLUSION ABOUT 07:10 SOMEONE, ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER WE WERE DEAD WRONG. 07:14 BUT THERE IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HAD BETTER 07:20 BE CAREFUL HOW WE JUDGE OTHERS, AND THAT IS 07:21 BECAUSE WE ARE FALLEN. 07:33 NONE OF US ARE PERFECT. 07:34 NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE THINK WE KNOW THE HEART OF 07:37 SOMEBODY ELSE, WE DON'T. 07:39 WE DON'T EVEN KNOW OUR OWN HEART. AS A MATTER OF 07:44 FACT, YOU WILL FIND THAT OFTENTIMES WHEN PEOPLE 07:45 JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE, WHAT THEY ARE REALLY DOING IS 07:50 CRITICIZING A FAULT THEY HAVE THEMSELVES. THAT IS 07:57 WHY JESUS SPEAKS OF A PERSON WHO WAS TRYING TO 07:58 JUDGE THE SPECK IN ONE PERSON'S EYE, WHILE HE HAS 08:01 A PLANK IN HIS OWN EYE. 08:02 THE WORD FOR SPECK IS THE GREEK WORD FOR SPLINTER. 08:07 WHAT IS A SPLINTER? IT IS JUST A PIECE OF A PLANK. 08:13 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID IN VERSE 2, 08:29 YOU SEE, THE PERSON WHO FORMS A NOOSE OF JUDGMENT 08:30 FOR ANOTHER PERSON HAD BETTER BE CAREFUL; 08:34 HE MIGHT FIND HIS OWN NECK IN THE KNOT. 08:39 II. WE SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN HYPOCRITICAL JUDGMENT 09:08 NOW THE LORD JESUS GIVES A HUMOROUS, BUT BRILLIANT 09:09 ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROBLEM WITH JUDGING OTHER 09:14 PEOPLE. HE SPEAKS OF A PERSON TRYING TO REMOVE A 09:17 SPLINTER OUT OF ONE PERSON'S EYE WHEN HE HAS 09:18 A PLANK IN HIS OWN EYE. IT WAS SHAKESPEARE WHO SAID, 09:24 "MEN'S FAULTS DO SELDOM TO THEMSELVES APPEAR." 09:31 INCIDENTALLY, DO YOU KNOW WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN 09:33 ALWAYS SEE THE SPECK IN THEIR BROTHER'S EYE, BUT 09:36 NOT THE PLANK IN THEIR OWN? IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE 09:38 LOOKING FOR THE SPECK! 09:44 BUT HAVING SAID THAT IF WE STOP HERE WE WON'T 09:45 EVER UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS MEANT, BECAUSE THE KEY TO 09:51 THIS PASSAGE IS VERSE 5 WHERE JESUS TELLS US HOW 09:57 TO WALK THE TIGHT ROPE BETWEEN CONFRONTING THE 09:58 SIN AND CONDEMNING THE SINNER. HE SAID, 10:03 MATTHEW 7: 5 10:16 NOW NOTICE CAREFULLY WHAT JESUS DOES. HE CONDEMNS 10:17 SELFISH JUDGMENT, BUT HE CONDONES SELF-JUDGMENT. 10:22 YOU SEE WHOM HE IS TALKING TO? HE'S TALKING TO "THE 10:30 HYPOCRITE." HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO 10:31 IS RIGHT BEFORE THE LORD, AND IN HUMILITY 10:36 CONFRONTING A PERSON WITH WRONG DOING. HE'S TALKING 10:40 ABOUT A PERSON WHO HAS CROSSED THE LINE 10:41 FROM BEING CRITICAL TO HYPOCRITICAL; AND 10:45 CROSSED ANOTHER LINE FROM BEING HYPOCRITICAL TO 10:51 HYPERCRITICAL. NOW YOU CAN BE CRITICAL WITHOUT BEING 10:52 HYPOCRITICAL, BUT YOU CANNOT BE HYPOCRITICAL 10:59 WITHOUT BEING CRITICAL. 11:00 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ONCE SAID, "CLEAN YOUR FINGERS 11:06 BEFORE YOU POINT AT MY SPOTS." BUT HERE'S THE 11:10 POINT THAT JESUS MAKES. 11:11 ONCE YOUR FINGERS ARE CLEAN, YOU CAN POINT AND 11:15 YOU SHOULD POINT. 11:16 THAT LEADS TO THE THIRD STATEMENT. JESUS HAS GIVEN 11:20 US TWO NEGATIVES, NOW HE GIVES US A POSITIVE. 11:30 III. WE SHOULD EXPRESS HOLY JUDGMEN 11:34 THE REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT JESUS 11:35 SAID IS BECAUSE THEY TRY TO MAKE JESUS SAY 11:37 SOMETHING THAT HE DIDN'T SAY, AND THEY DO NOT HEAR 11:39 HIM SAYING SOMETHING THAT HE DID SAY. NOW WHAT 11:41 JESUS WAS REALLY SAYING IS SUMMED UP IN VERSE 5. 11:58 NOW THERE ARE TWO WORDS TO NOTICE. THE WORD "FIRST" 11:59 AND THE WORD "THEN." THE WORLD WANTS TO REMEMBER 12:06 THE "FIRST" CLAUSE, BUT TO FORGET THE "THEN" CLAUSE. 12:10 YOU SEE WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING WAS THIS: WE OUGHT 12:11 TO JUDGE OURSELVES BEFORE WE CAN JUDGE OTHERS; BUT 12:16 WE ARE TO JUDGE OURSELVES SO WE CAN JUDGE OTHERS. 12:26 NOW WE COME TO THE CRUCIAL TRUTH OF THIS PASSAGE. 12:27 JESUS IS NOT FORBIDDING ALL JUDGMENT. IN FACT, DID 12:32 YOU KNOW ONE OF THE MARKS THAT YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL 12:37 PERSON IS THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO JUDGE AT THE RIGHT 12:38 TIME, AT THE RIGHT PLACE, IN THE RIGHT WAY? 12:45 LISTEN TO THIS PASSAGE: 1 CORINTHIANS 2: 15 12:59 IT IS NOT WRONG TO CONFRONT A PERSON IF THERE 13:01 IS SIN IN HIS LIFE; IT IS WRONG NOT TO. 13:04 LEVITICUS 19: 17 13:22 IF YOU LOVE YOUR BROTHER, OR YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU WILL 13:23 CONFRONT HIM WHEN HE IS WRONG. WE ALL KNOW THAT 13:28 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE WILL HAVE TO JUDGE OTHERS 13:31 WHEN IT IS BOTH RIGHT AND NECESSARY TO JUDGE OTHERS 13:32 NOW IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE REAL ANSWERS TO THE 13:36 QUESTION: "SHOULD I JUDGE OR NOT?" THE ANSWER IS 13:40 FOUND IN JOHN 7:24 13:52 IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CANNOT JUDGE A TREE BY 13:53 ITS LEAVES, BUT YOU SHOULD JUDGE A TREE BY ITS FRUIT. 13:57 YOU CANNOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, BUT YOU SHOULD 14:02 JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS CONTENTS. YOU CANNOT 14:03 ALWAYS JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT THEY SAY, BUT YOU 14:07 CAN JUDGE A PERSON BY WHAT THEY DO. JUST BE CAREFUL 14:15 THAT YOU JUDGE WITH A RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT. 14:23 THERE WAS A LADY IN AN AIRPORT WHO BOUGHT A BOOK 14:24 TO READ; AND A PACKAGE OF COOKIES TO EAT WHILE SHE 14:27 WAITED FOR HER PLANE. 14:28 AFTER SHE HAD TAKEN HER SEAT IN THE TERMINAL AND 14:32 BEGAN TO READ THIS BOOK, SHE NOTICED THAT THE MAN 14:35 SITTING ONE SEAT AWAY FROM HER WAS FUMBLING TO OPEN 14:36 UP THE PACKAGE OF COOKIES ON THE SEAT BETWEEN THEM. 14:41 WELL, SHE COULD HARDLY BELIEVE HER EYES THAT A 14:47 STRANGER WOULD JUST OPEN HER BAG OF COOKIES AND EAT 14:48 THEM. SHE DIDN'T REALLY THINK HE WOULD DO IT UNTIL 14:50 HE TOOK ONE OUT OF THE BAG AND ATE IT. SHE WAS SO 14:57 HOT AND SO STEAMED SHE REACHED INTO THE BAG AND 14:58 TOOK ONE AND ATE IT, ALL THE TIME GLARING AT THIS 15:03 MAN AND DARING HIM TO EAT ANOTHER ONE. WELL THE MAN 15:07 DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. HE JUST REACHED OVER AND TOOK 15:08 ANOTHER COOKIE. THIS WOMAN THOUGHT TO HERSELF, "I 15:13 AM NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND LET HIM EAT ALL OF MY 15:16 COOKIES," SO SHE TOOK ANOTHER COOKIE. THEY BEGAN 15:18 TO EACH EAT A COOKIE A PIECE. WHEN THEY FINALLY 15:22 GOT DOWN TO ONE COOKIE THE MAN REACHED INTO THE 15:26 BOTTOM OF THE BAG, BROKE THE COOKIE IN HALF, ATE 15:27 IT, SHOOK HIS HEAD AT THE WOMAN AND GOT UP AND 15:32 LEFT. THIS LADY COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS MAN'S NERVE. 15:37 SHE THOUGHT TO HERSELF, "THAT IS THE MOST ARROGANT 15:38 MAN I HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE." SOON THE 15:41 ANNOUNCEMENT CAME TO BOARD THE PLANE. THIS LADY GOT 15:48 ON THE PLANE, STILL HOT AND BITTERLY ANGRY AT 15:49 THE AUDACITY OF THIS MAN, UNTIL SHE SAT DOWN, 15:51 BUCKLED HER SEATBELT, REACHED INTO HER PURSE FOR 15:57 A TISSUE, AND THERE WAS HER BAG OF COOKIES. NOW 15:58 THERE IS A MORAL TO ALL OF THIS. IF YOU WANT 16:05 TO ESCAPE THE CONDEMNING JUDGMENT OF GOD, YOU HAD 16:13 BETTER JUDGE YOURSELF AS A SINNER IN NEED OF 16:14 A SAVIOR, AND ACCEPT THE LORD JESUS AS THAT SAVIOR; 16:18 ASK HIM FOR HIS MERCY AND THE STRENGTH TO CHANGE 16:24 WITHIN - PRAY FOR A HEART LIKE HIS FULL OF 16:25 COMPASSION - PLEASE HEAR OUR PRAYER O LORD 16:31 - AND GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS. 16:46 I TRY TO REACH OUT FOR YOU BUT I FALL 16:53 SOMETIMES YOU SEEM SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR 16:59 LORD I NEED ANOTHER CHANCE 17:04 I NEED TO KNOW YOUR MERCY 17:07 JUST GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO CHANGE WITHIN 17:14 I KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALL THAT I CAN BE 17:20 MY WEAKNESS SEEMS TO GET THE BEST OF ME 17:26 BUT AS LONG AS YOU ARE HERE 17:30 I KNOW THAT I WILL MAKE IT 17:34 EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY 17:37 PLEASE HEAR MY PRAYER 17:41 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 17:47 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR 17:54 FULL OF COMPASSION, NOTHING WRONG WITHIN 18:01 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 18:08 SO MUCH GRACE, SO MUCH KINDNESS 18:15 SO MUCH FAITH, FOR EVER TRUE 18:21 STRONG AS THE WIND, SOFT AS THE SHADOWS 18:28 IF JUST ONCE, I COULD BE LIKE YOU 18:35 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 18:42 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 18:49 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR 18:55 FULL OF COMPASSION, NOTHING WRONG WITHIN 19:03 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 19:09 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 19:16 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS MY DESIRE 19:23 A HEART LIKE YOURS, IS WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR 19:30 FULL OF COMPASSION, NOTHING WRONG WITHIN 19:37 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS 19:44 PLEASE HELP ME LORD, GIVE ME A HEART LIKE YOURS. 20:06 >>BILL: LET US PRAY. 20:07 FATHER IN HEAVEN WE THANK YOU FOR THESE MOMENTS WE 20:09 HAVE SPENT IN YOUR WORD. 20:10 FATHER WE PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT MAY WORK THE 20:13 MIRACLE OF TRANSFORMATION ON THE HEARTS OF EACH AND 20:14 EVERY ONE OF US LISTENING TO THIS MESSAGE TODAY. MAY 20:22 WE HAVE A HEART LIKE YOUR I PRAY IN JESUS NAME AMEN. 20:30 (MUSIC) 20:59 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT EASY WEIGHT 21:00 LOSS. THAT DOESN'T SOUND 21:17 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT EASY WEIGHT 21:18 LOSS. THAT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT, DOES IT? FOR MOST 21:22 PEOPLE, LOSING WEIGHT IS NOT AN EASY THING. BUT, 21:26 I'VE GOT TWO THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE IT 21:27 IF NOT EASY, AT LEAST, HOPEFULLY, FUN. WHAT ARE 21:31 THESE TWO THINGS? A FORK, AND YOUR WALKING SHOES! IT 21:38 DOESN'T GET ANY EASIER THAN THAT! THE TRICK WITH 21:39 THE FORK IS TO MAKE SURE YOU PUT IT INTO SOMETHING 21:43 PLANT-BASED. IF YOU'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT 21:47 LOSING WEIGHT, THE BEST AND EASIEST WAY TO 21:48 DO IT IS TO LEAVE OUT ANIMAL-BASED FOODS FROM 21:54 YOUR EVERY-DAY EATING AND, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S 21:56 ALSO THE HEALTHIEST WAY! 21:57 LET ME CHALENGE YOU TO A CHALLENGE. THE VEGGIE 22:02 CHALLENGE. FOR ONE WEEK. INSTEAD OF USING 22:03 ANIMAL-BASED FOODS, STOCK UP ON LIFE-ENHANCING, 22:07 WEIGHT-LOSS-INDUCING FOODS SUCH AS CHICK PEAS, 22:13 LENTILS, KIDNEY BEANS, SWEET POTATO, BEETS, 22:14 CARROTS, SPINACH, WHOLE WHEAT PASTA, BROWN RICE, 22:18 OATS, WHOLE GRAIN BREADS, APPLES, ORANGES, BANANAS. 22:22 ALL OF THESE ARE PACKED WITH THE NUTRITION YOUR 22:23 BODY NEEDS, INCLUDING THE CARBOHYDRAT, PROTEINS, 22:28 FATS, VITAMINS, AND MINERALS. AND, THEY'VE ALL 22:32 GOT SOMETHING ELSE, TOO. 22:33 CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS? 22:34 FIBRE! THE FIBRE IN THESE FOODS IS GOING TO FILL YOU 22:39 UP, SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY EAT LESS. AND, REMEMBER, 22:44 PLANT FOODS TYPICALLY HAVE HALF THE CALORIES THAT 22:45 ANIMAL FOODS TEND TO HAVE BECAUSE THERE'S 22:49 SO MUCH LESS FAT AND NO CHOLESTEROL. THAT'S WHAT'S 22:55 SO GREAT ABOUT PLANT FOODS. FULL OF ALL THE 22:56 GOOD STUFF YOUR BODY NEEDS AND NONE OF THE BAD. WITH 23:01 PLANT FOODS YOU CAN EAT MORE AND WEIGH LESS! AND, 23:06 HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN IT COMES 23:07 TO YOUR FORK. STUDIES SHOW THAT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO 23:10 LOSE WEIGHT IS TO HAVE YOUR BIGGEST MEAL IN THE 23:14 MORNING. IT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 23:15 BECAUSE IF YOU EAT MOST OF YOUR CALORIES EARLY IN THE 23:18 DAY, YOU THEN CAN SPEND ALL DAY BURNING THEM OFF. 23:24 BUT, IF YOU EAT MOST OF YOUR CALORIES IN THE 23:25 EVENING, USUALLY WE DON'T ENGAGE IN A LOT 23:27 OF ACTIVITY AFTER THAT EVENING MEAL. SO, IT'S 23:31 EASY TO PACK ON THE POUNDS. THE OLD SAYING, 23:32 "BREAKFAST LIKE A KING, LUNCH LIKE A PRINCE, 23:36 AND SUPPER LIKE A PAUPER" REALLY IS A GOOD IDEA. SO, 23:41 THAT TAKES CARE OF THE FORK PART. FOR THE PART 23:42 WITH THE WALKING SHOES, I CHALLENGE YOU TO WALK ONE 23:46 HOUR EVERY DAY. YOU CAN DO IT IN TWO HALF HOUR 23:51 SEGMENTS, OR FOUR 20-MINUTE SEGMENTS, 23:52 WHATEVER YOU LIKE. IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO WALKING 23:55 SO MUCH, BE SURE TO WORK YOUR WAY UP TO IT, SO THAT 23:59 PERHAPS IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS YOU'RE WALKING 24:00 A FULL HOUR. SERIOUSLY, LOSING WEIGHT DOESN'T HAVE 24:04 TO BE HARD! YOU DON'T HAVE TO COUNT YOUR CALORIES, 24:09 WEIGH YOUR FOOD, OR PURCHASE EXPENSIVE PILLS 24:10 OR POWDERS. SIMPLY USE YOUR FORK TO DIG IN 24:14 TO SOME WHOLESOME PLANT FOODS. AND, LACE UP THOSE 24:18 WALKING SHOES AND GET MOVING. IF YOU DO THESE 24:19 TWO THINGS, YOU ARE, ESSENTIALLY, CHANGING YOUR 24:23 LIFESTYLE. AND, THAT'S THE KEY! ONCE, YOU'VE STARTED, 24:27 DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR OLD WAYS; KEEP IT UP FOR 24:28 A LIFETIME OF OPTIMAL HEALTH. AND, IF YOU ACCEPT 24:33 MY CHALLENGE FOR A VEGGIE CHALLENGE, WRITE DOWN THIS 24:37 WEBSITE: WWW.VEG.CA. ONCE YOU'RE THERE, CLICK ON THE 24:38 VEGGIE CHALLENGE TAB AND SIGN UP TO RECEIVE 24:48 WONDERFULLY HELPFUL EMAILS EVERY DAY THAT WILL MAKE 24:51 IT SO EASY FOR YOU TO GET HEALTHY AND LOSE WEIGHT, 24:52 ALL AT THE SAME TIME! 24:58 ENJOY THE VEGGIE CHALLENGE! I'LL 24:59 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 25:03 (MUSIC) 25:08 >>MATTHEW: IF YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS SERIES ON 25:09 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND WOULD LIKE TO DEEPEN 25:11 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE, THEN WHY NOT 25:13 ENROLL TODAY IN IT IS WRITTEN CANADA'S DISCOVER 25:14 BIBLE SCHOOL. THE LESSONS ARE SENT BY MAIL, THEY 25:18 ARRIVE POSTAGE PAID AND YOU CAN STUDY THEM IN THE 25:21 COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. 25:22 THOUSANDS HAVE CHOSEN THE DISCOVER BIBLE SCHOOL AS 25:28 THEIR PREFERRED METHOD OF STUDY. IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE 25:29 SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP YOU THEN ENROLL TODAY. 25:31 HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FIRST 25:36 LESSON. 26:38 >>BILL: LET ME THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE 26:39 ON THIS IT IS WRITTEN PROGRAM. LET ME REMIND 26:41 YOU OR OUR WEBSITE: ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA - ON 26:44 THE WEBSITE YOU CAN REGISTER FOR OUR 26:45 CORRESPONDENCE BIBLE SCHOOL. WE SEND YOU THE 26:51 LESSONS BY MAIL, THEY COME DIRECTLY TO YOUR HOME, 26:55 THERE IS NO COST TO YOU WHATSOEVER, NO OBLIGATION 26:56 ON YOUR PART, BUT A WONDERFUL WAY TO LEARN 26:59 SOME OF THE TRUTHS CONTAINED HERE IN GOD'S 27:03 HOLY BOOK - IT'S A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT. YOU CAN 27:04 ALSO SEND A PRAYER REQUEST ON THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN 27:06 SEND YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS, YOU CAN EVEN 27:10 MAKE AN ONLINE DONATION IF YOU FEEL SO MOVED TO DO 27:11 SO. REMEMBER TO VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU CAN 27:16 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER ALSO OUR PRAYER IS THAT THE 27:22 GOOD LORD WILL ALLOW US THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING 27:23 BACK AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 27:26 UNTIL THEN REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT 27:27 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD 27:32 THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 27:39 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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