Hello, I'm Karen Byrd.
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Would you put
water in your gas tank?
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No of course you wouldn't.
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Why not?
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Now you might think
it's silly to even ask why
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but before you tune out
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please note that people
are doing far worse than this
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everyday, to machines
that are much more valuable
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than the most
impressive luxury car.
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In fact, you might
be one of those people.
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What machine am I talking about?
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The human body.
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And what an amazing body it is!
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According to Joan Fleitas,
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Associate Professor of
nursing at Fairfield University,
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if you blink one eye
you move over 200 muscles.
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Your stomach makes a new
layer of mucus every 2 weeks.
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Otherwise, it
would digest itself.
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And your brain
weighs about three pounds,
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but over two
pounds of that is water.
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According to Dr. Ben Walter,
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the central nervous system
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is connected to every part of
the body by 43 pairs of nerves.
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There are nearly
45 miles of nerves
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running through your body.
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And messages travel along the
nerves as electrical impulses
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at speeds up to
248 miles per hour.
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So would you?
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Would you pour water in
the gas tank of your car?
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That would be ridiculous, crazy.
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But what about that priceless
machine called the human body?
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It can only take
so much punishment.
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Scientists have been
sounding ominous warnings
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about cholesterol
levels, the use of tobacco,
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nervous tension, obesity, etc.
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Why press your luck?
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Hospitals and
mental institutions
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are well attended with
people who have ignored
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the rules of the human body.
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Why insist upon joining them?
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Somebody cares how you
treat your body machine
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Somebody bigger than you and I.
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Someone who is the
master mind behind its creation.
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So perhaps we'd better listen.
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More may be involved here
than we have dared to imagine.
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Come on;
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let's join Charles as we
go in Search of the Truth
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about our body temple.
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The human body,
quite the machine indeed.
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Here are a few more
facts about the human body.
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The rush of air
produced by a cough
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moves at a speed
approaching 60 miles per hour.
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No wonder they say
coughing spreads germs.
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The human heart creates
enough pressure when it pumps
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to squirt blood 30 feet!
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Well, some people's heart
could squirt blood that far.
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But not everyone's.
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That's because many of us
are daily doing the equivalent
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of pouring water in the
gas tanks of our automobiles.
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We are mistreating our bodies
and that with dire results.
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According to Dr. Mike Magee,
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"The cost of health
care in the United States
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has increased some 102%
over the past two decades.
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During this same period of time
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the nation has begun to
face an epidemic of obesity,
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which has contributed
to a significant increase
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in the incidence-and,
in turn, the deaths-
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from diseases like diabetes."
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Many people are unaware
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of the number one
threat to their health.
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Dr. Hans Diehl
says that Americans
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are daily committing suicide
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in slow motion with the fork.
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In my search for the truth
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I was amazed to find
that the God of this book,
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the one who declares
Himself to be your Creator,
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has a lot to say about
your body, and your health.
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And one other
thing I've discovered,
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everything He
tells us in this book
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and through the
Spirit of Prophecy
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is for our
happiness and our good.
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I can hear
someone asking right now,
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"Are health principles really
a part of true Bible religion?"
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Well, John, the last
disciple of Jesus to live,
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and the one who, guided
by the Spirit of Prophecy,
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wrote the apocalyptic book
of Revelation also wrote this:
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"Beloved, I wish above all
things that thou mayest prosper
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and be in health,
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even as thy soul prospereth."
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Here God's beloved
disciple rates the importance
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of our health concurrently with
the prospering of our souls.
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Man's mind, spiritual nature,
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and body are all
interrelated and interdependent.
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What affects one
affects the other.
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If we abuse our bodies,
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then our minds and
spiritual natures cannot become
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what God ordained they should.
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To keep our bodies, our minds,
and our spirits in good health
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God himself prescribed the diet
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that our first
parents were to eat.
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And God said,
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"See, I have given you
every herb that yields seed
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which is on the
face of all the earth,
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and every tree
whose fruit yields seed;
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to you it shall be for food."
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Here, in simple terms,
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God lays out the diet
that will be of most benefit
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for perfect people
in a perfect world.
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God's original diet was
fruits, grains, and nuts.
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Notice that God's
ideal plan for mankind
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was a vegetarian diet.
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If man was given a vegetarian
diet as the ideal plan
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when did people
start eating flesh food?
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The book of Genesis tells us
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that God allowed the
eating of meat after the flood.
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For 1,600 years
following creation
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the life expectancy
of the antediluvians,
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the people who lived before
the flood, was around 912 years.
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Adam lived to be 930.
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His son Seth lived to be 912.
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And Jared lived to be 962 and
he didn't even eat at Subway!
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And Noah, he lived to be 950.
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But notice
something startling happens
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as soon as a flesh
diet is introduced.
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In the first
generation of meat eating
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the life
expectancy drops to 600 years.
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The next three
generations drop to the 400's.
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The next four or so generations
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the average age
drops to the low 200's.
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And just 10
generations after the flood,
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Abraham, the father
of the nation of Israel,
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doesn't even make the 200 mark.
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If meat eating is so detrimental
why did God approve it?
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Well, I'm sure my mind cannot
fathom all the reasons of God
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but there are two
that appear to be clear.
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The first is the need for food.
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After the worldwide flood
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all the earth was
in a state of chaos.
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There were no grocery
stores for Noah to stop at.
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Crops would need to be
planted and waited on to grow.
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Creation scientists
believe that following the flood
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there was a great
amount of volcanic activity
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and a much cooler
temperature causing the ice age.
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Survival itself
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would have made the eating
of flesh food less of an option
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and more of a necessity.
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Secondly, perhaps God
wanted to deliberately shorten
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the life span of humanity
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to give them a reasonable amount
of time to make their decision
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of where they
wanted to spend eternity
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and yet to place a
limit on the amount of damage
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a wicked person could do.
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Just imagine Adolph
Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao Tse-tung,
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or Saddam Hussein
living to be 900 years old.
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Now even though God
allowed man to eat meat,
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in His love and mercy
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He still placed certain
restrictions upon their diet.
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Even though their
lives would be shorter,
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He still wanted their
earthly sojourn to be filled
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with good health and a
certain quality of living.
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Now I would like to use the word
"guidelines" for this counsel
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in the same way we
use lines on the freeway.
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When we're doing 70
miles per hour down the road
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it is to our advantage
to stay within the lines.
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But the word "guidelines"
may not be strong enough
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because these are
more than just good ideas.
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This is the Law.
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This is the God of
creation setting up a clear line
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dividing between
happiness and misery,
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dividing
between right and wrong,
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dividing between saved and lost.
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If His children stay on
the right side of the line
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they will be blessed abundantly.
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If they cross the line
it will be to their loss and
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destruction. OK, Here is
a little noticed and mostly
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ignored guideline that may
take many of us by surprise.
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When Noah got off the boat
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and was told he could
eat meat to sustain life,
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God said,
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"you shall not eat flesh with
its life, that is, its blood."
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This same law is written clearly
in the book of Leviticus.
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"No one among
you shall eat blood,
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nor shall any stranger who
sojourns among you eat blood."
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If you're tempted to think
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that this injunction was
just for Old Testament folks,
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check out Acts 15: 20 & 29
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where
instructions are being given
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to new believers in Jesus.
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"...we write to them to abstain
from things polluted by idols,
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from sexual immorality,
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from things
strangled, and from blood...
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If you keep yourselves
from these, you will do well."
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God's law carefully followed
includes properly slaughtering,
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draining, cleaning,
and cooking the meat
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so that all the
blood is removed.
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Sometimes we can't
discern immediately
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the benefit from
obedience to God's commands
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but when we look
at a control group
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that has followed
the Biblical counsel
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a powerful truth emerges.
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Obedience feels better.
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For 40 years the
children of Israel
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wandered in the
deserts of Sinai.
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During that time
they were meat eaters
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and did prepare their
meat according to God's law.
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What was the result?
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They were all healthy.
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According to
Deuteronomy 7, 8 and 28
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they had none of the diseases
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that they had
experienced in Egypt
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and in all their wanderings even
their feet were never swollen.
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The next guideline God gave
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is most clearly stated
in the book of Leviticus.
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"Ye shall therefore put
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difference between
clean beasts and unclean,
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and between
unclean fowls and clean."
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God says there is a difference
between certain animals.
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Some are "clean"
or are fit to eat
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while some are "unclean" or
unfit for human consumption.
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You may be surprised to learn
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that this guideline was
made nearly 1 thousand years
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before there ever
was a Jewish Nation.
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OK, here is your
quiz question for the day.
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When Noah took the
animals into the ark
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how did the animals go
in? By twos or by sevens?
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Oh, Oh, I know, by
twos. Ah! By sevens?
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By twos and sevens.
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Then the LORD said to Noah,
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"Come into the ark, you
and all your household...
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and take with you seven
each of every clean animal,
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a male and his female;
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two each of animals that are
unclean, a male and his female."
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Genesis 7:1-2
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You see, before there
ever was a Jew or Levitical law
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there was a God who
understood the human body
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and cared about the health and
well being of His dear children.
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So He gave them rules that
would make their lives better,
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safer, healthier.
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So how can you know
which animals are clean,
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or fit for food?
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The Bible is clear on this.
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"These are the
beasts which ye shall eat...
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every beast that
parteth the hoof.
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...and cheweth the
cud..., that ye shall eat."
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You simply look for two
criteria, split hoof and chews
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the cud. What about a cow?
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Yes, it has a split
hoof and it chews the cud.
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So it would be a "clean"
animal, an animal fit for food.
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So also would be the
goat, the deer, the caribou etc.
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OK, what about the
camel? It chews its cud.
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Yes, but it does not have
a split hoof, it has toes.
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A pig has a split hoof!
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Yes, but it does
not chew its cud.
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So the camel and
the pig are "unclean",
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or unfit for human consumption.
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God also gives us clean
and unclean guidelines in fish.
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"These ye shall eat of
all that are in the waters:
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all that have fins and scales."
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Again a simple
two step criteria.
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Fins and Scales.
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Bass have fins and scales.
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Clean.
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Trout have fins and scales.
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Also clean.
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What about catfish?
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Fins, but no scales, unclean.
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What about lobster?
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Scales, sort of, but no fins.
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Shrimp?
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The same, no fins, unclean.
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If you feel like the
Word of God is interfering
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with your desires
in the area of diet,
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just remember what
God desires for you.
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"You are the children
of the LORD your God;...
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you are a holy people...
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and the LORD has chosen
you to be a people for Himself,
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a special treasure...
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You shall not eat
any detestable thing."
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If you are tempted to think that
what you eat doesn't matter,
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take another look at
the story of Adam and Eve
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in the first three
chapters of Genesis.
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The reason we are in this mess
today is because they disobeyed
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and ATE from the forbidden tree.
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What we eat is
important for several reasons.
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First, and most obviously,
what we eat impacts our health
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and we all know how
important our health is,
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at least we do once it's gone.
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Second, our diet gives us
the opportunity to be tested,
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to see if we love God
more than we love self.
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In the book of Daniel is
the story about 4 young men
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who chose not to make
their belly their god.
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Daniel and his three
friends were being groomed
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for royal service
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in the Babylonian
court of King Nebuchadnezzar.
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To help these
captives forget their God
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and transfer their
allegiance to the King
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and his gods he
changed their names,
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gave them nice accommodations
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and even fed them
from His own table.
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That table, though,
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was laden with rich
concentrations of sweetness,
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fat, wine, and
unclean and un-kosher meats.
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This created a problem
for Daniel and his companions.
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These young men had had parents
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who cared about obedience
even in the area of diet.
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They had chosen a
home life of simple food
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much like the original
diet God had given Adam and Eve
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in their paradise home.
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In the King James
Version of the Bible
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this simple diet
is translated "pulse."
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That word in the original
Hebrew means something sown,
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like grains, vegetables
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and would also
include fruits and nuts.
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"Daniel purposed in his heart
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that he would not defile himself
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with the portion
of the king's meat,
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nor with the
wine which he drank:
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therefore he
requested of [Ashpenaz]
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the prince of the eunuchs that
he might not defile himself.
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Now God had
brought Daniel into favor
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and tender love with
the prince of the eunuchs."
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But even tender
love was not enough
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to overcome Ashpenaz's fears.
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The King himself
had dictated the diet
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these young men should have
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and Ashpenaz was afraid
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that if Daniel and
his friends lost weight
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and looked pale he
would loose his head.
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Ashpenaz had given the 4 Hebrews
their own caretaker, though,
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named Melzar so Daniel went
to Melzar with this proposal.
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"Please test your
servants for ten days:
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Give us nothing but vegetables
to eat and water to drink.
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Then compare our appearance
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with the other young
men who eat the royal food,
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and treat your servants in
accordance with what you see."
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Daniel knew that good
health follows simple laws.
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This was also a way
to put God to the test,
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to see if he would
indeed bless strict obedience.
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Melzar agreed to
Daniel's ten-day test
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and during that time
gave them only "pulse" to eat.
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"At the end of the ten
days they looked healthier
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and better nourished
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than any of the young
men who ate the royal food.
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So [Melzar] took
away their choice food
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and the wine that
they were to drink
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and gave them
vegetables [or pulse] instead."
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This simple choice to be fully
obedient to God's guidelines
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created an
avalanche of blessings.
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"God gave them knowledge
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and skill in all
literature and wisdom;
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and...understanding in
all visions and dreams."
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This ability they applied
to their Babylonian education
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with startling results!
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At exam time the King
himself was the chief examiner
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"And in all matters of wisdom
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and understanding about
which the king examined them,
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he found them ten times better
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than all the
magicians and astrologers
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who were in all his realm."
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We need to learn to
reason from cause to effect.
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We need to learn that every
time we are strictly obedient
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to God's guidelines on health
we are blessed with more wisdom,
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better health
and God's presence.
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Blessings on the one hand
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are in contrast to
curses on the other.
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I can hear some saying,
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"But I like my pork.
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Will God curse me just
because I eat unclean meat
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like pork chops or a
piece of bacon for breakfast?"
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On this I dare
not give my opinion
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but a plain thus saith the Lord.
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Isaiah 66 prophesies
about the end of time
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and describes the activities
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that will be lost
in the final judgment.
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"For by fire and by His sword
the LORD will judge all flesh;
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...Those who [eat] swine's flesh
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and the
abomination and the mouse,
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shall be consumed
together," says the LORD."
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This may be shocking, but
it is true and must be told.
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The Bible positively states
that all who eat "swine's flesh,
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the "mouse," and other unclean
things that are an "abomination"
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will be destroyed with
fire at the coming of the Lord.
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And why?
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Because Jesus has no plans of
setting up hospitals in heaven.
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Because God is not going to have
any cancer operations in heaven.
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Because God is not
planning any funerals in heaven.
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The only way to
avoid sickness, funerals,
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and curses is for us to believe
and obey His laws on health,
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to follow
carefully His guidelines.
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"Listen diligently to
Me, and eat what is good,"
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God calls to us
through the prophet Isaiah.
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"Therefore, whether you eat
or drink, or whatever you do,
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do all to the glory of God."
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Paul reminds the
New Testament gentiles.
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Would you like to know one
of the most profound reasons
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God makes such a big
deal about our health?
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Because "...you are the
temple of the living God.
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As God has said: "I will dwell
in them and walk among them.
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I will be their God, and
they shall be My people."
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God is not some absentee
landlord of planet earth.
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He wants to live
right inside of each of us
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through the indwelling
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Some people have no
respect for this creator God
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who delights in
intimate personal relationships.
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They take their body temples
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and they fill
them with unclean meat,
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with alcohol and tobacco,
all of which the Bible condemns.
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Listen to this warning,
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"If anyone defiles the temple
of God, God will destroy him.
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For the temple of God is
holy, which temple you are."
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This is why we should
follow all the guidelines
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given to us through
the Spirit of Prophecy,
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whether in
scripture or through prophets.
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Without going into details,
here are 11 of those guidelines.
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A. Eat your meals
at regular intervals,
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and do not use animal
fat or blood in your diet.
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B. Don't overeat.
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C. Don't harbor
envy or hold grudges.
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D. Maintain a
cheerful, happy disposition.
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E. Put full trust in the Lord.
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F. Balance work and
exercise with sleep and rest.
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G. Keep your body clean.
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H. Be temperate in all things.
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I. Avoid all harmful stimulants.
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J. Make mealtime a happy time.
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K. Help those who are in need.
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According to Paul Harvey news,
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there is a group of people
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who seriously regard
these guidelines to good health.
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The Seventh-day Adventists.
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Ellen White, one of
the founders of the church,
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wrote books on health that
many understand to be inspired.
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Many things in those books
were scientifically advanced
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and not provable in her day.
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In fact science is
still playing catch-up.
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Now the State of California,
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the United States
Public Health Service,
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church,
00:21:57.23\00:21:58.29
along with the
Loma Linda Hospital
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did a five-year analytical study
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on the Adventists
living in California
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to see if living by
good health principles
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makes any difference at all.
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They
"interviewed" all the dead ones
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by going over
their death certificates
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and what they
discovered may surprise you.
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Quoting now from Paul Harvey,
00:22:16.96\00:22:18.47
"The benefits of Ellen White's
teachings are now measurable.
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... 98.8 per cent of
all the death-certificates
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were traceable.
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Judging from these records,
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Seventh-day Adventists
have a life expectancy
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five to six years
greater than other Californians.
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70 per cent fewer Adventists
die from all types of cancer,
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68 per cent fewer
from respiratory diseases,
00:22:39.94\00:22:43.25
88 per cent fewer from TB
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and 85 per cent fewer
from pulmonary emphysema.
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Among all Adventists
there had been only nine cases
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of cancer of the lung
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and further research revealed,
00:22:54.34\00:22:55.94
each of these had at
some time been a smoker.
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Adventists have 46
per cent less strokes,
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60 per cent less heart disease.
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About 50 per cent of
Adventists are vegetarians."
00:23:05.48\00:23:08.94
Perhaps a by-product of
the Adventist abstinence from
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alcohol is the finding that
they have only about one-third
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or 35 percent as many accidents.
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It has tended to reaffirm
the faith of the faithful to
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discover that the most
advanced scientific findings
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support what was
written and taught
00:23:25.81\00:23:27.61
by this amazing
little lady, Ellen White,
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more than a hundred
and thirty five years ago."
00:23:31.40\00:23:34.42
So what about you
and your body temple?
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You have the freedom of choice,
00:23:37.69\00:23:39.04
but remember you cannot avoid
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the
consequences of your choices.
00:23:41.13\00:23:43.19
Like Adam and Eve we can
choose the forbidden thing,
00:23:43.75\00:23:47.09
which results in death.
00:23:47.12\00:23:48.21
Or Like Daniel we
can resolve to follow God
00:23:48.25\00:23:50.42
and be ten-times blessed.
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Ten-times blessed.
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This is the reason
"...the LORD commanded us
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to do all these statutes,
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... for our good always, that
he might preserve us alive..."
00:24:01.14\00:24:05.31
I like that.
00:24:06.12\00:24:07.46
Alive and in good health.
00:24:07.74\00:24:09.57
Many of us are learning
that we've been lied to.
00:24:09.98\00:24:12.32
Take Jim for example.
00:24:13.06\00:24:14.28
This is his 1951 Pontiac
with 60,000 original miles.
00:24:14.80\00:24:20.85
And this used to be
his favorite beverage.
00:24:21.24\00:24:23.69
But he has learned that
it is not good for his body,
00:24:24.07\00:24:26.92
but it works wonderful for
cleaning his battery terminal.
00:24:27.41\00:24:30.74
This product will also
take the rust off the bumper
00:24:31.72\00:24:34.35
of his antique car.
00:24:34.63\00:24:36.69
Drop a nail in a
cup of Coke syrup
00:24:36.91\00:24:38.56
and this caustic
agent will dissolve the nail
00:24:38.85\00:24:41.17
completely away.
00:24:41.48\00:24:43.25
The advertisements
encourage us to drink this stuff
00:24:47.97\00:24:50.93
but when we reflect on what this
product does to our insides,
00:24:50.97\00:24:54.17
it is just as foolish as taking
our car to the gas station
00:24:54.76\00:24:58.49
and instead of pumping
the tank full of petrol
00:24:58.90\00:25:01.76
we fill the tank
with water instead.
00:25:02.15\00:25:05.01
To learn more
about the abundant,
00:25:05.96\00:25:07.54
healthy and happy
life in store for you
00:25:07.71\00:25:10.16
I'm sure you'll want
your own free study guide.
00:25:10.19\00:25:12.93
It will explain to
you, from the Bible,
00:25:13.28\00:25:15.00
the good health principles
that the God of creation
00:25:15.40\00:25:18.03
has clearly spelled out for us
00:25:18.06\00:25:19.99
to achieve a
long and vibrant life.
00:25:20.08\00:25:22.79
Now, here is the
information you'll need
00:25:23.19\00:25:25.08
to request your free guide...
00:25:25.11\00:25:26.72
Charles and I
recently stood together
00:26:06.86\00:26:08.61
on the Summit of Mt. Sinai
00:26:08.91\00:26:10.61
watching the sunrise over
those desert mountain peaks.
00:26:10.65\00:26:13.80
In our next program
we'll be heading up Mt Sinai
00:26:14.31\00:26:17.04
and looking into the Bible
00:26:17.07\00:26:18.41
to find the
answer to this question.
00:26:18.45\00:26:20.80
Is God's law still
valid for our lives today?
00:26:21.38\00:26:24.62
Are the Ten Commandments
still written in stone
00:26:25.08\00:26:27.87
or did God in fact
write them in the sand?
00:26:27.90\00:26:31.06
Join us again as we go
in search of the truth.
00:26:31.48\00:26:35.35