? ? 00:00:00.10\00:00:03.13 >> IN 1964, RACHEL VETCH BOUGHT A BRAND NEW MERCURY COMET 00:00:05.10\00:00:10.80 CALIENTE. 00:00:10.80\00:00:12.06 AND SHE'S BEEN DRIVING THE CAR EVER SINCE. 00:00:12.06\00:00:15.36 SHE DECIDED TO TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. 00:00:15.36\00:00:17.86 NOW, MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY IF A CAR LASTED 150,000 MILES. 00:00:17.86\00:00:22.33 RACHEL RIGHT NOW IS GOING ON 540,000 MILES ON HER ORIGINAL 00:00:22.33\00:00:27.23 ENGINE. 00:00:27.23\00:00:28.56 AND IN CASE YOU THINK SHE'S BEEN DRIVING IT AROUND LIKE A 00:00:28.56\00:00:30.90 GRANDMA, SHE CONFESSES, SOMETIMES SHE GOES 120 MILES AN 00:00:30.90\00:00:34.43 HOUR. 00:00:34.43\00:00:35.80 [LAUGHTER] HOW COME HER CAR'S LASTED SO 00:00:35.80\00:00:38.26 LONG? 00:00:38.26\00:00:39.20 SHE'S DONE ALL THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AND SHE STANDS AND 00:00:39.20\00:00:42.06 WATCHES AS IT'S DONE... 00:00:42.06\00:00:43.73 TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF CAR. 00:00:43.73\00:00:45.43 SHE ALSO, WHENEVER SHE BUYS A PART, SHE GETS THE LIFETIME 00:00:45.43\00:00:48.76 WARRANTY, SO SHE'S BEEN THROUGH SEVEN MIDAS MUFFLERS, THREE SETS 00:00:48.76\00:00:54.00 OF SEARS SHOCKS AND 14 J.C. PENNEY BATTERIES, ALL FOR 00:00:54.00\00:00:58.86 THE PRICE OF ONE. 00:00:58.86\00:01:00.70 YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW LONG A CAR CAN LAST IF YOU TAKE GOOD 00:01:00.70\00:01:03.63 CARE OF IT. 00:01:03.63\00:01:04.70 MAKES YOU WONDER, HOW LONG WILL OUR BODIES LAST IF WE TAKE GOOD 00:01:04.70\00:01:08.16 CARE OF THEM? 00:01:08.16\00:01:09.46 GOOD QUESTION FOR US TO CONSIDER IN M.I.Q. 00:01:09.46\00:01:13.16 WELCOME, FRIENDS. 00:01:13.16\00:01:14.56 ? ? >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS 00:01:14.56\00:01:19.10 LISTENING? 00:01:19.10\00:01:20.10 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 00:01:20.10\00:01:23.26 >> CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? 00:01:23.26\00:01:24.86 >> WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? 00:01:24.86\00:01:26.90 >> COLLEGE? 00:01:26.90\00:01:27.76 >> CARS? 00:01:27.76\00:01:28.93 >> A JOB? 00:01:28.93\00:01:30.16 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 00:01:30.16\00:01:31.80 >> CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 00:01:31.80\00:01:33.33 [QUESTIONING SIMULTANEOUSLY] >> ...OR WHAT? 00:01:33.33\00:01:41.20 ? ? >> ANNOUNCER: "M.I.Q.": 00:01:41.20\00:01:44.56 YOUR QUESTIONS, GOD'S ANSWERS. 00:01:44.56\00:01:47.26 >> DOES IT MATTER WHAT I WEAR? 00:01:48.10\00:01:49.60 WHO I DATE? 00:01:49.60\00:01:50.53 WHAT I EAT? 00:01:50.53\00:01:51.46 THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS FOR EVERY BODY. 00:01:51.46\00:01:54.03 JOIN US NOW FOR M.I.Q. 00:01:54.03\00:01:56.33 >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. 00:01:57.40\00:01:58.33 THIS IS M.I.Q.: AMAZING FACTS FOR TEENS. 00:01:58.33\00:02:02.33 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR AUDIENCE HERE IN CEDAR LAKE, MICHIGAN AND 00:02:02.33\00:02:05.66 ALSO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING ON VARIOUS TELEVISION 00:02:05.70\00:02:08.33 NETWORKS AND ONLINE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN. 00:02:08.33\00:02:11.90 AND WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 00:02:11.90\00:02:14.06 IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION, YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS 00:02:14.10\00:02:17.03 WEBSITE, MIQTEENS.COM, AND YOU CAN POST YOUR QUESTION ONLINE. 00:02:17.03\00:02:22.33 YOU CAN ALSO SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE WITH YOUR QUESTION. 00:02:22.33\00:02:26.30 THE NUMBER IS 760-523-2287. 00:02:26.33\00:02:33.36 AND FRIENDS, IF YOU GO TO THE 00:02:26.33\00:02:33.36 M.I.Q. TEEN WEBSITE, BE SURE TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS RESOURCES 00:02:34.36\00:02:37.80 THAT WE HAVE ONLINE. 00:02:37.80\00:02:39.13 IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY PREVIOUS PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEE THE 00:02:39.13\00:02:42.06 ARCHIVE OF THE EARLIER ONES. 00:02:42.06\00:02:43.80 JUST CLICK ON THE LINK THAT SAYS, "ARCHIVE PROGRAMS." 00:02:43.80\00:02:47.43 WE HAVE A THEME SONG THAT WE LIKE TO SING AT THE BEGINNING OF 00:02:47.43\00:02:49.83 EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS, AND I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS 00:02:49.83\00:02:52.46 TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 00:02:52.46\00:02:54.63 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SONG, JORDAN WILL BE HAVING OUR 00:02:54.63\00:02:57.46 OPENING PRAYER. 00:02:57.46\00:02:58.76 LET'S STAND AS WE SING TOGETHER, "JESUS IS THE ANSWER." 00:02:58.76\00:03:02.93 ? ? ? WHEN I GAZE UP AT THE 00:03:02.93\00:03:08.66 COUNTLESS STARS ? ? OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA ? 00:03:08.66\00:03:14.90 ? MY MIND MAY SWIM WITH QUESTIONS ? 00:03:14.90\00:03:18.90 ? BEWILDERING TO ME ? ? BUT THEN I READ THE BIBLE ? 00:03:18.90\00:03:27.36 ? AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN PRAYER ? 00:03:27.36\00:03:31.63 ? I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ? ? YOUR LOVING GRACE AND CARE ? 00:03:31.63\00:03:39.93 ? WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ? 00:03:39.93\00:03:44.96 ? WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ? ? I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 00:03:44.96\00:03:51.73 ME ? ? AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ? 00:03:51.73\00:03:56.63 ? JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ? 00:03:56.63\00:04:05.23 ? JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ? 00:04:05.23\00:04:11.56 ? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ? ? I WONDER IN MY HEART ? 00:04:13.30\00:04:21.40 ? HOW SOMETHING COMES FROM NOTHING ? 00:04:21.40\00:04:25.50 ? WHEN DID FOREVER START ? ? WHY CAN'T I SEE YOUR GLORY ? 00:04:25.50\00:04:33.66 ? WHERE IS THE PROMISED LAND ? ? I TRUST THAT YOU WILL LEAD ME 00:04:33.66\00:04:40.90 THERE ? ? IF I CAN TAKE YOUR HAND ? 00:04:40.90\00:04:46.10 ? WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ? 00:04:46.10\00:04:51.23 ? WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ? ? I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 00:04:51.23\00:04:58.06 ME ? ? AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ? 00:04:58.06\00:05:03.40 ? JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ? 00:05:03.40\00:05:11.83 ? JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ? 00:05:11.83\00:05:19.26 >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS 00:05:21.23\00:05:23.70 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT 00:05:23.70\00:05:26.60 YOU HERE AT "M.I.Q." 00:05:26.60\00:05:28.70 PLEASE BE WITH PASTOR BATCHELOR. 00:05:28.70\00:05:30.80 BLESS HIS WORDS. 00:05:30.80\00:05:31.80 I ASK THAT YOU POUR DOWN THE HOLY SPIRIT TO EVERYONE 00:05:31.80\00:05:35.10 LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE TONIGHT. 00:05:35.10\00:05:36.76 HELP THEM TO GAIN A BLESSING. 00:05:36.76\00:05:38.46 THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING GOD. 00:05:38.46\00:05:40.43 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 00:05:40.43\00:05:42.16 >> PASTOR DOUG: AMEN. 00:05:46.13\00:05:47.70 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:05:47.70\00:05:48.70 KELLY, OUR SINGERS, JORDAN, FOR HAVING OUR PRAYER AND THANK YOU 00:05:48.70\00:05:51.90 FOR JOINING US, FRIENDS. 00:05:51.90\00:05:53.33 WE'RE VERY GLAD FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE, FOR OUR MOST 00:05:53.33\00:05:56.70 IMPORTANT QUESTION PROGRAM. 00:05:56.70\00:05:59.26 BY THE WAY, I WAS TALKING TO OUR OFFICE, AND WE'RE GOING TO POST 00:05:59.26\00:06:03.83 THE WORDS AND THE GUITAR CHORDS FOR THE SONG. 00:06:03.83\00:06:07.13 SOME WERE WONDERING IF THEY CAN PLAY ALONG. 00:06:07.13\00:06:09.90 AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING -- WE'VE GOT 00:06:09.90\00:06:12.66 A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, VERY TALENTED AND SOPHISTICATED WITH 00:06:12.66\00:06:15.36 COMPUTERS, HAVE SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WILL CONVERT A 00:06:15.40\00:06:18.16 MELODY TO SHEET MUSIC. 00:06:18.16\00:06:19.86 YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ON, AND HELP US DO THAT, WE'D APPRECIATE 00:06:19.86\00:06:22.73 IT, AND THEN WE CAN POST THE MUSIC AS WELL AS THE GUITAR 00:06:22.76\00:06:25.46 CHORDS AND THE WORDS, OF THAT SONG. 00:06:25.46\00:06:28.13 IT'S KIND OF BEEN EVOLVING DURING THE PROGRAM. 00:06:28.13\00:06:30.00 >> MM HMM, IT HAS. 00:06:30.00\00:06:31.33 WELL PASTOR DOUG, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS AND LET'S 00:06:31.33\00:06:33.63 GET RIGHT TO IT. 00:06:33.63\00:06:35.20 >> HI, MY NAME'S CINDY, AND MY QUESTION IS: WHERE DO WE DRAW 00:06:38.26\00:06:40.90 THE LINE IN COSMETICS? 00:06:40.90\00:06:42.10 LIKE, HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? 00:06:42.10\00:06:43.86 >> I DON'T KNOW. 00:06:47.23\00:06:47.93 DO YOU THINK I'VE GOT TOO MUCH ON? 00:06:47.93\00:06:49.76 [LAUGHTER] NORMALLY THIS QUESTION SHOULD 00:06:49.76\00:06:53.00 JUST APPLY TO THE GIRLS. 00:06:53.00\00:06:55.73 WE HOPE, RIGHT? 00:06:55.73\00:06:57.66 BUT WHEN I DO TELEVISION, I'VE GOT SUCH A BIG PART IN MY HEAD 00:06:57.66\00:07:01.30 THAT THEY SAID THAT I SHINE IF THEY DON'T PUT A LITTLE POWDER 00:07:01.30\00:07:04.06 UP THERE. 00:07:04.06\00:07:04.93 WHAT'S THE PRINCIPLE FOR MAKEUP? 00:07:04.93\00:07:07.23 AND FOR COSMETICS? 00:07:07.23\00:07:09.03 WELL, I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL, CHRISTIANS WANT TO LOOK HEALTHY, 00:07:09.03\00:07:11.63 THEY WANT TO BE AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE. 00:07:11.63\00:07:13.60 SO THE IDEA WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOME FORMAL OCCASION 00:07:13.60\00:07:16.90 AND YOU WANT TO LOOK YOUR BEST, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A SIN TO DO 00:07:16.90\00:07:22.83 SOMETHING TO TRY TO IMPROVE YOUR NATURAL, HEALTHY APPEARANCE. 00:07:22.83\00:07:27.96 WHEN YOU START DOING ALL THE SPARKLES AND BLUE AND GREEN GOO, 00:07:27.96\00:07:32.30 THEN IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK VERY NATURAL. 00:07:32.30\00:07:34.16 NOW, SOME OF THIS IS MY OPINION, BUT THERE IS A SCRIPTURE. 00:07:34.16\00:07:37.50 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT JEZEBEL PAINTED HER FACE AND THEY THREW 00:07:37.50\00:07:40.50 HER OUT THE WINDOW. 00:07:40.50\00:07:42.00 [LAUGHTER] SO I'LL LET YOU APPLY THAT ANY 00:07:42.00\00:07:44.10 WAY YOU WANT. 00:07:44.10\00:07:45.50 ISN'T THAT TRUE? 00:07:45.50\00:07:46.53 IS THAT 2 KINGS...? 00:07:46.53\00:07:48.40 YOU SEARCH FOR IT: IT'S IN THERE. 00:07:48.40\00:07:50.03 IT'S IN 2 KINGS. 00:07:50.03\00:07:51.03 >> ALL RIGHT. 00:07:51.03\00:07:51.76 WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION TODAY. 00:07:51.76\00:07:54.56 ? ? THIS IS A QUESTION THAT HAS COME 00:07:54.56\00:08:00.86 FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 00:08:00.86\00:08:02.23 >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, IF A PERSON HAS ACCEPTED CHRIST, AND THEY 00:08:08.26\00:08:11.86 HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE -- JESUS SAYS, "I COME TO GIVE YOU 00:08:11.86\00:08:15.50 PEACE." 00:08:15.50\00:08:16.73 NOW, PAUL TALKS ABOUT A "PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING." 00:08:16.73\00:08:20.03 OVER AND OVER JESUS SAID, "FEAR NOT. 00:08:20.03\00:08:22.36 DON'T BE AFRAID." 00:08:22.36\00:08:23.53 SO IF WE'RE BELIEVERS, WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID. 00:08:23.53\00:08:25.50 WE SHOULDN'T HAVE FEAR. 00:08:25.50\00:08:27.00 BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LORD IN YOUR LIFE -- AND THEN YOU'VE 00:08:27.00\00:08:30.73 GOT THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS MINIONS TORMENTING YOU, IT'D BE 00:08:30.73\00:08:33.60 PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR YOU TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE 00:08:33.60\00:08:36.66 APPROACHING END. 00:08:36.66\00:08:38.70 MATTER OF FACT, I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO BE AT PEACE IF YOU'RE ON 00:08:38.70\00:08:41.86 YOUR WAY TO DESTRUCTION. 00:08:41.86\00:08:43.40 I'D BE PLEADING WITH YOU TO COME TO CHRIST AND FIND THAT PEACE. 00:08:43.40\00:08:47.20 SO IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 00:08:47.20\00:08:50.56 >> ALL RIGHT. 00:08:50.56\00:08:51.06 >> THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GONNA VIEW THE END OF THE WORLD. 00:08:51.06\00:08:53.03 >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. 00:08:53.03\00:08:55.40 >> HI, MY NAME IS DANIELLE, AND MY QUESTION IS, IF SOMEBODY 00:08:58.20\00:09:00.66 COMMITS SUICIDE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A SIN, WILL IT BE 00:09:00.66\00:09:03.56 HELD AGAINST THEM FOR ETERNITY? 00:09:03.56\00:09:05.76 >> WOW. 00:09:10.86\00:09:11.56 THAT'S A HEAVY QUESTION. 00:09:11.56\00:09:12.90 I THINK ALL OF US HERE PROBABLY KNOW OF SOMEBODY, OR MIGHT EVEN 00:09:12.90\00:09:16.20 HAVE SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY, THAT MADE THIS TERRIBLE MISTAKE. 00:09:16.20\00:09:20.26 NOW, GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART. 00:09:20.26\00:09:22.43 I WANT TO BE CAREFUL TO PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING, GOD LOOKS 00:09:22.43\00:09:25.80 ON THE HEART, AND SO WE REALLY CAN'T JUDGE EXTERNALLY. 00:09:25.80\00:09:29.23 BUT TYPICALLY, SUICIDE REPRESENTS SOMEONE WHO HAS 00:09:29.23\00:09:33.60 ENTERED A HOPELESS AND FAITHLESS EXPERIENCE. 00:09:33.60\00:09:37.63 WITHOUT FAITH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. 00:09:37.63\00:09:40.30 NOW, THERE CAN BE EXCEPTIONS. 00:09:40.30\00:09:42.33 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A PERSON MAYBE HAS HAD AN ACCIDENT OR 00:09:42.33\00:09:44.93 THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN, OR YOU KNOW, THERE COULD 00:09:44.93\00:09:48.20 BE SOME MEDICATION OR SOME CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND THAT'S 00:09:48.20\00:09:50.73 WHY -- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 00:09:50.73\00:09:52.96 BUT IF YOU HAVE EVER CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE AS A WAY TO 00:09:52.96\00:09:56.53 END YOUR PROBLEMS, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS YOU 00:09:56.53\00:10:00.73 TO THINK, BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT LIFE -- THE BIBLE 00:10:00.73\00:10:03.26 SAYS, "A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LION." 00:10:03.26\00:10:07.53 WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE. 00:10:07.53\00:10:09.63 WHEN YOU COMMIT SUICIDE, YOU HAVE PERMANENTLY SEALED YOUR 00:10:09.63\00:10:13.56 PROBLEMS. 00:10:13.56\00:10:14.93 BECAUSE IF YOU DIE, FIRST OF ALL, IF THE LAST ACT OF YOUR 00:10:14.93\00:10:17.86 LIFE IS SELF-MURDER, THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE. 00:10:17.86\00:10:23.66 ISN'T IT A SIN TO COMMIT MURDER? 00:10:23.66\00:10:26.26 AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOURSELF. 00:10:26.26\00:10:28.00 AND IF YOU THINK, "BY COMMITTING SUICIDE I'M GONNA RELIEVE MY 00:10:28.00\00:10:30.83 PROBLEMS," YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE RESURRECTION OF 00:10:30.83\00:10:34.13 THE LOST AND YOUR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SEALED. 00:10:34.13\00:10:39.30 SO PLEASE, DON'T EVER LET THE DEVIL MAKE YOU THINK, "IT'LL GET 00:10:39.30\00:10:41.53 BETTER BY KILLING MYSELF." 00:10:41.53\00:10:43.73 IT'S THE OPPOSITE. 00:10:43.73\00:10:45.73 AND IN CASES WHERE YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S MADE THAT 00:10:45.73\00:10:48.60 DECISION, JUST PUT IT IN GOD'S HANDS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU 00:10:48.60\00:10:52.30 JUST HAVE TO TRUST THE LORD AND WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME COMES. 00:10:52.30\00:10:54.90 NOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ALSO BETWEEN A SUICIDE AND A 00:10:54.90\00:10:57.96 SACRIFICE. 00:10:57.96\00:10:58.96 SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WELL JESUS LAID DOWN HIS LIFE. 00:10:58.96\00:11:00.70 ISN'T THAT A SUICIDE?" 00:11:00.70\00:11:02.23 NO. 00:11:02.23\00:11:02.93 HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE. 00:11:02.93\00:11:03.96 HE WAS KILLED BY OTHERS. 00:11:03.96\00:11:05.50 SAMSON STRETCHED OUT HIS ARMS, KNOCKED DOWN THE BUILDING, LAID 00:11:05.50\00:11:08.96 HIS LIFE DOWN, BUT HE DID IT TO DEFEAT GOD'S ENEMIES FROM THEIR 00:11:08.96\00:11:13.13 PEOPLE. 00:11:13.13\00:11:13.76 IT WAS MORE OF A SACRIFICE. 00:11:13.76\00:11:15.10 SO, DIFFICULT QUESTION. 00:11:15.10\00:11:16.80 HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE. 00:11:16.80\00:11:19.10 >> THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 00:11:19.10\00:11:20.10 LET'S SEE OUR NEXT QUESTION. 00:11:20.10\00:11:22.13 ? ? AND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT'S 00:11:22.13\00:11:27.56 COME FROM FREEHOLD, IN NEW JERSEY. 00:11:27.56\00:11:31.36 >> OR YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, "IS THERE A BIBLICAL REASON?" 00:11:35.90\00:11:39.26 WELL, OUR FAMILY, AS A PRACTICE, DOES NOT GO TO THE THEATER OR 00:11:39.26\00:11:43.13 MOVIES, AND IT'S NOT THAT THERE IS NEVER A GOOD PRODUCTION OF A 00:11:43.13\00:11:48.10 DVD OR SOME PROGRAM OUT THERE. 00:11:48.10\00:11:50.30 WE'RE PRODUCING SOME PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW. 00:11:50.30\00:11:53.10 HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE ORANGE JUICE? 00:11:53.10\00:11:55.30 ANYONE LIKE ORANGE JUICE? 00:11:55.30\00:11:56.06 I OUGHTTA WORD IT THAT WAY. 00:11:56.06\00:11:56.93 OKAY. 00:11:56.93\00:11:58.06 DO YOU BUY YOUR ORANGE JUICE AT A BAR? 00:11:58.06\00:12:01.16 CAN YOU GET ORANGE JUICE AT A BAR? 00:12:01.16\00:12:04.00 TRUST ME, I KNOW, YOU CAN. 00:12:04.00\00:12:05.40 I USED TO DRINK. 00:12:05.40\00:12:06.70 THEY USE IT TO MAKE SCREWDRIVERS. 00:12:06.70\00:12:08.43 BUT I DON'T BUY MY ORANGE JUICE THERE ANYMORE, BECAUSE I'M A 00:12:08.43\00:12:11.40 CHRISTIAN AND IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. 00:12:11.40\00:12:14.06 IT'S ALSO TOO EXPENSIVE AND IT'S A BAD ENVIRONMENT. 00:12:14.06\00:12:18.50 MOST OF WHAT THEY SHOW IN THE TYPICAL THEATER THESE DAYS IS 00:12:18.50\00:12:21.93 NOT G-RATED, FAMILY AND APPROPRIATE. 00:12:21.93\00:12:24.70 MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN TAKE MOST OF THE POPULAR MOVIES, 00:12:24.70\00:12:27.06 BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES WE LAID DOWN OF PURITY AND NOBILITY AND 00:12:27.06\00:12:30.56 TRUE -- LAST NIGHT, NOT TOO MANY GOOD THINGS OUT THERE. 00:12:30.56\00:12:34.50 AND SO, YOU'RE GONNA PAY TOO MUCH, IT'S NOT A GOOD WITNESS, 00:12:34.50\00:12:38.26 AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT A VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENT. 00:12:38.26\00:12:42.20 SO THOSE ARE SOME REASONS, I THINK, IF THERE IS SOMETHING 00:12:42.20\00:12:45.13 GOOD, THAT RARE THING THAT'S PRODUCED THAT'S GOOD, WAIT UNTIL 00:12:45.13\00:12:48.06 IT COMES OUT ON DVD. 00:12:48.06\00:12:49.33 FOR $1, THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN WATCH IT. 00:12:49.33\00:12:52.16 >> ALL RIGHT. 00:12:52.16\00:12:53.06 WELL PASTOR DOUG, I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT WE 00:12:53.06\00:12:55.26 CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. 00:12:55.26\00:12:56.63 ? ? AND THE QUESTION IS: 00:12:56.63\00:13:03.93 >> WELL, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 00:13:09.86\00:13:11.20 YOU KNOW, I WON'T ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS, BUT I BET EVERYBODY 00:13:11.20\00:13:14.56 HERE CAN RELATE TO THAT. 00:13:14.56\00:13:16.20 YOU MAKE A MISTAKE... 00:13:16.20\00:13:17.40 YOU'RE SORRY... 00:13:17.40\00:13:18.40 YOU TELL GOD... 00:13:18.40\00:13:19.20 YOU ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOU... 00:13:19.20\00:13:20.50 HE FORGIVES YOU... 00:13:20.50\00:13:21.20 YOU FEEL BETTER... 00:13:21.20\00:13:22.30 THEN YOU DO THE SAME THING. 00:13:22.30\00:13:24.33 AND YOU COME BACK AND YOU KNOCK ON HEAVEN'S DOOR AND YOU SAY, 00:13:24.33\00:13:26.30 "LORD, I KNOW YOU HATE TO SEE ME COMING AGAIN, BUT I DID IT 00:13:26.30\00:13:28.50 AGAIN." 00:13:28.50\00:13:30.10 YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT WAY WITH GOSSIP. 00:13:31.16\00:13:32.73 SOMETIMES WE FEEL BAD WHEN WE GOSSIP, SAY, "LORD, HELP ME. 00:13:32.73\00:13:34.93 I'M SORRY. 00:13:34.93\00:13:35.50 FORGIVE ME." 00:13:35.50\00:13:36.46 THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU TURN AROUND, BEFORE TWO HOURS GO BY AND YOU 00:13:36.46\00:13:39.16 DO IT AGAIN. 00:13:39.16\00:13:40.66 "OH LORD, I'M SORRY. 00:13:40.66\00:13:41.70 PLEASE HELP ME," AND THEN YOU DO IT AGAIN AND YOU THINK, "LORD, 00:13:41.70\00:13:45.93 I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BOTHER YOU ANYMORE, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY 00:13:45.93\00:13:48.33 TIRED OF SEEING ME COME WITH THE SAME SIN, ASKING FOR 00:13:48.33\00:13:52.03 FORGIVENESS." 00:13:52.03\00:13:53.30 WRONG. 00:13:53.30\00:13:54.66 GOD WILL NOT GET TIRED OF FORGIVING YOU AS LONG AS YOU ARE 00:13:54.66\00:13:59.60 SINCERE ABOUT BEING SORRY. 00:13:59.60\00:14:02.60 WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS, THOUGH, IS WE PRESUME ON GOD'S 00:14:02.60\00:14:05.33 FORGIVENESS AND WE START TAKING IT FOR GRANTED AND IT CAN GET TO 00:14:05.33\00:14:08.30 THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN LOSE OUR CAPACITY TO BE SORRY FOR THAT 00:14:08.30\00:14:12.40 THING. 00:14:12.40\00:14:13.73 BUT DON'T THINK THAT GOD IS TIRED OF SEEING YOU SINCERELY 00:14:13.73\00:14:16.90 COME TO HIM FOR REPENTANCE. 00:14:16.90\00:14:19.23 WE MAY OFTEN HAVE TO WEEP AND KNEEL AT THE FEET OF JESUS AND 00:14:19.23\00:14:22.16 SAY, "LORD, I MADE THE MISTAKE AGAIN." 00:14:22.16\00:14:24.96 MARY MAGDALENE -- THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS CAST SEVEN DEVILS 00:14:24.96\00:14:27.80 OUT OF HER. 00:14:27.80\00:14:29.13 AND THAT'S SEVEN DIFFERENT TIMES SHE CAME. 00:14:29.13\00:14:31.73 SHE HAD FALLEN BACK INTO THE OLD BEHAVIOR. 00:14:31.73\00:14:33.80 GOD IS LONG SUFFERING TO US. 00:14:33.80\00:14:36.93 HE LOVES YOU. 00:14:36.93\00:14:38.30 HOW OFTEN WILL A PARENT FORGIVE THEIR CHILD? 00:14:38.30\00:14:40.40 LOOK HOW PATIENT OUR PARENTS ARE. 00:14:40.40\00:14:41.90 GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY EARTHLY PARENT. 00:14:41.90\00:14:43.96 IF YOU MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN AND AGAIN, KEEP COMING. 00:14:43.96\00:14:46.63 YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I QUIT SMOKING BEFORE I QUIT SMOKING? 00:14:46.63\00:14:49.53 WHO WAS IT? 00:14:51.13\00:14:51.86 MARK TWAIN THAT SAID, "QUITTING SMOKING IS EASY. 00:14:51.86\00:14:53.56 I'VE DONE IT A HUNDRED TIMES." 00:14:53.56\00:14:56.06 IT'S STAYING QUIT. 00:14:56.06\00:14:57.40 BUT I FINALLY DID QUIT FOR GOOD. 00:14:57.40\00:14:59.23 SO I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I DIDN'T GIVE UP ON GOD AND HE DIDN'T 00:14:59.23\00:15:02.46 GIVE UP ON ME. 00:15:02.46\00:15:03.13 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED WITH YOURSELF. 00:15:03.13\00:15:04.76 >> AMEN. 00:15:04.76\00:15:05.43 >> TIME'S UP. 00:15:05.43\00:15:06.16 >> WELL THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 00:15:06.16\00:15:06.90 >> I'M SORRY I WENT LONG. 00:15:06.90\00:15:07.70 >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 00:15:07.70\00:15:08.66 IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION, YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS 00:15:08.66\00:15:11.46 WEBSITE -- YOU CAN POST IT ONLINE -- OR SEND US A TEXT 00:15:11.46\00:15:14.83 MESSAGE. 00:15:14.86\00:15:15.76 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, THE NUMBER IS 760-523-2287. 00:15:15.76\00:15:22.23 PASTOR DOUG, THE TIME IS YOURS. 00:15:22.26\00:15:23.40 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ROSS. 00:15:23.40\00:15:26.53 YOU KNOW, HE'S A PRETTY GOOD RACQUETBALL PLAYER. 00:15:26.53\00:15:29.53 WE PLAYED TODAY. 00:15:29.53\00:15:30.70 HE HITS THE BALL SO HARD THAT IT BREAKS. 00:15:30.70\00:15:34.20 [LAUGHTER] WE FLEW OUT HERE, WE JUST DIDN'T 00:15:34.20\00:15:37.06 BRING ENOUGH. 00:15:37.06\00:15:38.43 ANYWAY, TO OUR LESSON FOR TONIGHT. 00:15:38.43\00:15:41.00 DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU EXPERIENCE LIFE IN YOUR BODY? 00:15:41.00\00:15:48.23 AND IF YOU TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR BODY, YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR 00:15:49.53\00:15:52.56 LIFE MORE. 00:15:52.56\00:15:54.16 LAST NIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR THINKING: THE INSIDE, YOUR MIND, 00:15:54.16\00:15:59.40 PURITY OF HEART. 00:15:59.40\00:16:00.53 TONIGHT, WITH THE HELP OF GOD, WE'RE GONNA COVER A BROAD 00:16:00.53\00:16:03.06 SPECTRUM OF ISSUES DEALING WITH "WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT 00:16:03.06\00:16:07.63 HOW I CAN TAKE CARE OF MY BODY SO I CAN ENJOY AN ABUNDANT 00:16:07.63\00:16:10.80 LIFE?" 00:16:10.80\00:16:12.06 AND YOU PRAY FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK 00:16:12.06\00:16:14.40 ABOUT AND I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, AND SHARE WITH 00:16:14.40\00:16:16.83 YOU FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHAT I'VE LEARNED -- SOME THINGS 00:16:16.83\00:16:20.03 THE HARD WAY -- ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR BODIES. 00:16:20.03\00:16:23.20 WHY DON'T WE START WITH JUST TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING BASIC, 00:16:23.20\00:16:25.33 LIKE EATING? 00:16:25.33\00:16:26.73 NOW, EATING IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL DO. 00:16:26.73\00:16:28.40 I'M ASSUMING MOST OF US DO IT, RIGHT? 00:16:28.40\00:16:31.00 BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE EVEN SOME SELF-CONTROL, AND THERE ARE SOME 00:16:31.00\00:16:34.80 BIBLE GUIDELINES ON WHAT TO EAT AND HOW TO EAT. 00:16:34.80\00:16:38.80 AND TO DO IT FOR STRENGTH AND FOR HEALTH. 00:16:38.80\00:16:42.33 QUESTION NUMBER ONE IN OUR LESSON. 00:16:42.33\00:16:45.20 LET'S GO THERE. 00:16:45.20\00:16:46.73 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT TELLS US IN 1 CORINTHIANS, "WHATEVER YOU EAT 00:16:53.63\00:16:57.23 OR DRINK, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD." 00:16:57.23\00:16:59.06 WE'VE GOT ANOTHER VERSE HERE FROM GENESIS 1:29. 00:16:59.06\00:17:01.40 IT GETS INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS. 00:17:01.40\00:17:04.20 NOW, THE ORIGINAL DIET FOR MAN WAS WHAT YOU'D CALL A VEGETARIAN 00:17:16.33\00:17:20.03 DIET. 00:17:20.03\00:17:21.16 IT WAS FRUITS, GRAINS, NUTS, BEANS. 00:17:21.16\00:17:24.00 VEGETARIAN DIET. 00:17:24.00\00:17:25.66 LATER, AFTER SIN, GOD THEN ADDED VEGETABLES. 00:17:25.66\00:17:28.06 NOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY BODY IS 00:17:28.06\00:17:31.40 EXHIBIT "A" OF AN EXPERIMENT. 00:17:31.40\00:17:33.53 I KNOW THAT SCARES YOU. 00:17:33.53\00:17:35.40 BUT I GREW UP EATING ALL OF THE WRONG THINGS. 00:17:35.40\00:17:38.10 I HAVE EATEN EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT COULD CRAWL ACROSS 00:17:38.10\00:17:40.60 YOUR PLATE. 00:17:40.60\00:17:42.00 MATTER OF FACT, RICH PEOPLE -- MY DAD WAS A MILLIONAIRE, AND 00:17:42.00\00:17:44.83 THEY'D TAKE US OUT TO THESE FANCY RESTAURANTS, AND I'VE 00:17:44.83\00:17:46.50 EATEN SNAILS... 00:17:46.50\00:17:47.90 I'VE EATEN FROGS... 00:17:47.90\00:17:49.23 I'VE EATEN TURTLE STEAK... 00:17:49.23\00:17:50.76 I'VE EATEN CATFISH. 00:17:50.76\00:17:52.13 WE USED TO CATCH THEM IN OUR BACKYARD. 00:17:52.13\00:17:54.23 I'VE EATEN RATTLESNAKE, THOUGH I DIDN'T GET THAT IN A -- 00:17:54.23\00:17:57.36 SQUIRREL. 00:17:57.36\00:17:58.13 I MEAN, I COULD GO DOWN THE LINE. 00:17:58.13\00:17:59.46 ANTS. 00:17:59.46\00:18:00.96 ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 00:18:00.96\00:18:01.96 AND GROWING UP -- NOW, THAT WAS KIND OF RARE. 00:18:01.96\00:18:03.86 I DIDN'T DO THAT EVERYDAY. 00:18:03.86\00:18:06.33 AND GROWING UP, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY, MY BREAKFAST, FOR A GOOD 00:18:06.33\00:18:12.13 PART OF THE TIME, WAS A TWINKIE AND A CUP OF TEA. 00:18:12.13\00:18:15.90 AND I WONDERED WHY I WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 00:18:15.90\00:18:17.90 I DID SO POORLY. 00:18:17.90\00:18:18.83 I WAS JUST BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS THE FIRST PERIOD, AND 00:18:18.83\00:18:22.06 THEN I'D HAVE -- I'D CRASH, YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THE CAFFEINE WORE 00:18:22.06\00:18:25.63 OFF AND ALL THE SUGAR WORE OFF. 00:18:25.63\00:18:26.90 AND THEN I WAS DEPRESSED AND I COULDN'T PERFORM, AND IT -- 00:18:26.90\00:18:32.03 FINALLY, I MOVED INTO THE HILLS WHEN I BECAME A TEENAGER. 00:18:32.03\00:18:35.13 AND BECAUSE I HAD NO REFRIGERATION, I DIDN'T HAVE 00:18:35.13\00:18:37.03 ENOUGH MONEY, I STARTED EATING A SIMPLE VEGETARIAN DIET. 00:18:37.03\00:18:41.06 I STARTED FEELING LIKE I'D BEEN BORN AGAIN. 00:18:41.06\00:18:43.13 MY MIND WAS CLEAR. 00:18:43.13\00:18:44.43 I COULD THINK CLEARLY. 00:18:44.43\00:18:45.70 I WASN'T GOING THROUGH THESE CYCLES OF UPS AND DOWNS AND 00:18:45.70\00:18:48.00 DEPRESSION. 00:18:48.00\00:18:49.26 I FELT SO MUCH BETTER. 00:18:49.26\00:18:50.33 MY ENDURANCE WAS BETTER. 00:18:50.33\00:18:52.50 I WAS GETTING FRESH AIR, SUNSHINE, EXERCISE. 00:18:52.50\00:18:55.16 AND I FELT GREAT. 00:18:55.16\00:18:57.63 THEN I MOVED BACK TO THE CITY, AND OF ALL THINGS -- IT'S A LONG 00:18:57.63\00:19:00.73 STORY -- I GOT INVOLVED IN A MEAT BUSINESS WHERE I SOLD 00:19:00.73\00:19:03.60 STEAK. 00:19:03.60\00:19:05.33 AND I STARTED EATING STEAK THREE TIMES A DAY BECAUSE I HAD THE 00:19:05.33\00:19:08.33 BEST CUTS FOR MYSELF. 00:19:08.33\00:19:10.50 I WAS EATING NEW YORK STEAK FOR BREAKFAST, AND T-BONE FOR LUNCH, 00:19:10.50\00:19:14.20 AND FILET MIGNON FOR DINNER. 00:19:14.20\00:19:15.80 AND I'D TOP IT OFF, AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING, WITH A HALF-GALLON 00:19:15.80\00:19:18.83 OF ICE CREAM. 00:19:18.83\00:19:21.50 YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU COULD EAT. 00:19:21.50\00:19:23.00 TEENAGERS -- THEIR STOMACHS, I THINK, ARE THAT BIG. 00:19:23.00\00:19:26.06 AND I FELT AWFUL. 00:19:26.06\00:19:28.70 AND THEN I STARTED STUDYING INTO IT AND I WENT BACK TO THE DIET I 00:19:28.70\00:19:31.73 HAD WHEN I LIVED UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND I'VE BEEN ON THAT 00:19:31.73\00:19:34.70 EVER SINCE. 00:19:34.70\00:19:35.20 AND I FEEL A LOT BETTER. 00:19:35.20\00:19:36.70 FOR A GUY WITH SIX GRANDKIDS, I'M IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. 00:19:36.70\00:19:40.60 AND SO, I'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS. 00:19:40.60\00:19:43.53 THE ORIGINAL DIET THAT GOD HAD REALLY WILL PROMOTE A LONG LIFE. 00:19:43.53\00:19:48.70 IT'S A PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED FACT NOW THAT VEGETARIANS LIVE 00:19:48.70\00:19:53.66 LONGER. 00:19:53.66\00:19:55.26 IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. 00:19:55.26\00:19:56.63 BY THE WAY, SOME OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN THE WORLD -- 00:19:56.63\00:19:58.76 I GOT A FEW FACTS HERE THAT I SAW. 00:19:58.76\00:20:00.73 YOU'VE HEARD OF DAVE SCOTT? 00:20:00.73\00:20:01.90 HE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 00:20:01.90\00:20:05.83 VICTORIES. 00:20:05.83\00:20:06.76 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE IRONMAN COMPETITION IS? 00:20:06.76\00:20:09.20 THAT'S WHERE YOU RUN -- LET ME SEE... 00:20:09.20\00:20:11.73 2.4-MILE SWIM. 00:20:11.73\00:20:13.46 THAT'S A LONG SWIM. 00:20:13.46\00:20:14.66 112-MILE BIKE RIDE, TOPPED OFF WITH A 26-MILE MARATHON RUN. 00:20:14.66\00:20:19.83 AND THIS FELLOW, WHO WAS A VEGETARIAN, HAS WON IT SIX 00:20:19.83\00:20:23.03 TIMES. 00:20:23.03\00:20:23.66 HE TRIED IT ONE MORE TIME IN HIS 40s... 00:20:23.66\00:20:26.30 CAME IN SECOND PLACE. 00:20:26.30\00:20:27.33 THAT'S PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 00:20:27.33\00:20:29.16 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF CARL LEWIS? 00:20:29.16\00:20:31.40 THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION WHO WON, WHAT WAS IT, SEVEN -- 00:20:31.40\00:20:34.96 NO, TEN OLYMPIC MEDALS OVER HIS CAREER. 00:20:34.96\00:20:38.80 NINE OF THEM GOLD MEDALS. 00:20:38.80\00:20:40.63 HIS BEST YEAR, HE SAID, HE ADOPTED NOT ONLY A VEGETARIAN 00:20:40.63\00:20:43.60 BUT A VEGAN DIET. 00:20:43.60\00:20:45.43 AND SO, FOLLOWING A BIBLE PATTERN -- 00:20:45.43\00:20:48.00 NOW, THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY IT'S A SIN FOR YOU TO EAT MEAT OR 00:20:48.00\00:20:50.56 DAIRY PRODUCTS. 00:20:50.56\00:20:51.60 I PERSONALLY THINK YOU'RE BETTER OFF, BECAUSE FROM MY EXPERIENCE 00:20:51.60\00:20:54.26 AND A LOT OF DATA SUPPORTS THAT. 00:20:54.26\00:20:56.80 BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE EATING MEAT, THE BIBLE SPECIFIES WHAT 00:20:56.80\00:21:01.13 KIND OF ANIMALS THEY SHOULD BE. 00:21:01.13\00:21:03.60 YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE, IN GENESIS 7:2, WHEN THEY WENT ON 00:21:03.60\00:21:08.13 THE ARK, BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, IT SAYS: 00:21:08.13\00:21:12.63 THE CLEAN ANIMALS WERE TAKEN BY SEVENS, AND THE UNCLEAN BY TWOS. 00:21:22.33\00:21:27.73 NOW, THAT'S BECAUSE NOAH WAS JEWISH AND HE JUST WASN'T 00:21:27.73\00:21:30.30 ALLOWED TO EAT KOSHER FOOD, AND SO THEY TOOK EXTRA CLEAN ANIMALS 00:21:30.30\00:21:33.30 FOR HIM TO EAT. 00:21:33.30\00:21:35.20 WAS NOAH JEWISH? 00:21:35.20\00:21:37.26 HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE RELATED TO NOAH, I JUST WANT TO CHECK? 00:21:37.26\00:21:41.73 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL COUSINS, AREN'T WE? 00:21:41.73\00:21:44.00 THROUGH NOAH. 00:21:44.00\00:21:45.06 AND IT DID HIM PRETTY GOOD. 00:21:45.06\00:21:48.20 I MEAN, HE LIVED 900-PLUS YEARS. 00:21:48.20\00:21:50.73 THE ORIGINAL DIET FOR MAN WAS NOT ONLY A VEGETARIAN DIET, BUT 00:21:50.73\00:21:54.10 GOD SAID, "YOU SHOULD ONLY BE EATING... 00:21:54.10\00:21:55.83 IF YOU'RE GONNA EAT MEAT, THE ANIMALS THAT ARE CLEAN." 00:21:55.83\00:21:58.20 AND SO GOD GAVE SOME CRITERIA, AND THE BIBLE OUTLINES, AND IT'S 00:21:58.20\00:22:00.96 IN YOUR LESSON BOOK, "WHAT ARE THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN 00:22:00.96\00:22:03.36 ANIMALS?" 00:22:03.36\00:22:04.26 SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, "WELL PASTOR DOUG, DOESN'T THE 00:22:04.26\00:22:06.13 BIBLE SAY THAT IF YOU PRAY, GOD WILL SANCTIFY WHAT YOU EAT 00:22:06.13\00:22:10.56 THROUGH PRAYER"? 00:22:10.56\00:22:12.50 AND I'VE GOT SOME DEAR FRIENDS THAT BELIEVE THAT. 00:22:12.50\00:22:15.40 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:22:15.40\00:22:16.93 I'LL ASK THEM, "SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER 00:22:16.93\00:22:20.03 WHAT YOU EAT, THAT YOU COULD EAT -- DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH 00:22:20.03\00:22:22.43 SUGAR, HOW MUCH CHOLESTEROL, HOW OFTEN, HOW FREQUENTLY -- 00:22:22.43\00:22:25.13 YOU JUST PRAY, AND IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN GOOD"? 00:22:25.13\00:22:28.66 "WELL, YEAH, GOD SAYS IT'S SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD." 00:22:28.66\00:22:31.60 SO, IF YOUR CHILDREN, BEFORE THEY GO TO SCHOOL, FILL A BOWL 00:22:31.60\00:22:36.03 WITH COUNT CHOCULA AND THEN BEGIN TO HEAP THE SUGAR ON THEIR 00:22:36.03\00:22:41.56 COUNT CHOCULA, AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO POUR SOME CHOCOLATE 00:22:41.56\00:22:46.13 SYRUP ON TOP OF THAT, AND YOU SAY, "WHOA WAIT A SECOND, LET'S 00:22:46.13\00:22:49.23 NOT GET CARRIED AWAY." 00:22:49.23\00:22:50.16 AND THEY SAY, "BUT I'M GONNA PRAY BEFORE I EAT IT." 00:22:50.16\00:22:53.56 NO PARENT WOULD ACCEPT THAT. 00:22:53.56\00:22:56.20 OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA HAVE AN EFFECT. 00:22:56.20\00:22:58.43 NOW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH EATING SWEETS, A LITTLE BIT. 00:22:58.43\00:23:02.46 THE BIBLE SAYS, "EAT HONEY FOR IT IS GOOD; DON'T EAT TOO MUCH 00:23:02.46\00:23:05.16 HONEY, LEST YOU VOMIT." 00:23:05.16\00:23:07.06 SO THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO USE COMMON SENSE AND DO 00:23:07.06\00:23:10.73 THINGS IN MODERATION. 00:23:10.73\00:23:11.70 ALSO WHEN YOU EAT, EAT FOR STRENGTH AT REGULAR TIMES. 00:23:11.70\00:23:15.93 IF YOU'RE KIND OF JUST NOSHING ALL DAY LONG, YOU'RE STOMACH 00:23:15.93\00:23:19.86 DOESN'T GET TO REST. 00:23:19.86\00:23:21.43 I HAVE FOUND THAT -- I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER -- 00:23:21.43\00:23:24.23 I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS YOUNGER WHAT I KNOW NOW. 00:23:24.23\00:23:27.40 I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ADDED SEVERAL YEARS TO MY LIFE. 00:23:27.40\00:23:30.46 I JUST EAT PRINCIPALLY TWO REAL MEALS A DAY. 00:23:30.46\00:23:33.66 I JUST HAD A FEW GRAPES AND A GRANOLA BAR BEFORE THE PROGRAM, 00:23:33.66\00:23:37.56 BECAUSE I'M STILL ON CALIFORNIA TIME. 00:23:37.56\00:23:39.53 AND I FEEL GOOD, AND THEN YOU GET EXERCISE. 00:23:39.53\00:23:42.53 YOU GOT TO BALANCE THAT WITH -- YOU GOTTA GET SOME GOOD, 00:23:42.53\00:23:44.50 VIGOROUS EXERCISE. 00:23:44.50\00:23:45.56 NOW, THE REASON I'M SPENDING SOME TIME ON THIS TODAY -- 00:23:45.56\00:23:48.56 YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IS IN NORTH AMERICA? 00:23:48.56\00:23:51.86 IT'S NOT STARVATION. 00:23:51.86\00:23:53.83 YOU CAN SUM UP THE NUMBER ONE KILLER TO, NOT A LACK OF FOOD, 00:23:53.83\00:23:57.53 BUT TOO MUCH FOOD. 00:23:57.53\00:23:59.73 WE ARE LIVING IN ONE OF THE ONLY GENERATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF 00:23:59.73\00:24:02.36 MANKIND WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM ABUNDANCE. 00:24:02.36\00:24:06.16 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO EAT AND THERE ARE SO MANY REFINED 00:24:06.16\00:24:09.10 FOODS. 00:24:09.10\00:24:09.80 AND THERE'S SO MUCH SUGAR IN THE FOOD, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN 00:24:09.80\00:24:12.90 CHILDHOOD OBESITY IS EPIDEMIC, WHICH IS LEADING TO HEART 00:24:12.90\00:24:16.26 DISEASE, CANCER, DIABETES, STRESS, AND YOU NAME I, 00:24:16.26\00:24:19.10 THE WHOLE GAMUT OF DISEASES, CAN BE TRACED TO EATING TOO MUCH OF 00:24:19.10\00:24:24.90 THE WRONG THINGS AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE. 00:24:24.90\00:24:27.63 A SEDENTARY SOCIETY: SOMETIMES THE ONLY EXERCISE WE 00:24:27.63\00:24:30.86 GET IS THE REMOTE CONTROL AND THE MOUSE, RIGHT? 00:24:30.86\00:24:35.10 I KNOW WE EAT, STUDY, SO HAVING REGULAR TIMES TO EAT, AND EATING 00:24:35.10\00:24:40.96 THE RIGHT FOODS... 00:24:40.96\00:24:42.90 AND SODA POP, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE LIQUID CANDY -- 00:24:42.90\00:24:45.26 Y'ALL KNOW THAT. 00:24:45.26\00:24:46.63 THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS. 00:24:46.63\00:24:48.16 AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S A SIN, YOU UNDERSTAND? 00:24:48.16\00:24:50.36 BUT YOU GOTTA REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO YOUR BODY 00:24:50.36\00:24:52.40 BECAUSE YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD. 00:24:52.40\00:24:54.30 YOU'LL FEEL BETTER -- YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:24:54.30\00:24:56.23 LET ME JUST -- I'M GONNA CUT THIS WHOLE SECTION 00:24:56.23\00:24:57.93 SHORT JUST BY TELLING YOU SOMETHING REAL QUICK. 00:24:57.93\00:25:00.16 WHAT ARE SOME GOOD REASONS --? 00:25:00.16\00:25:01.63 SEVEN REASONS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY: 00:25:01.63\00:25:04.13 BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT... 00:25:04.13\00:25:05.36 YOUR EXERCISE... 00:25:05.36\00:25:06.56 WHAT YOU DRINK... 00:25:06.56\00:25:09.23 NUMBER ONE: YOU'LL SERVE GOD MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND THAT'S THE 00:25:09.23\00:25:12.46 BEST REASON, BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE LORD AND YOU WANT TO SERVE 00:25:12.46\00:25:14.33 HIM. 00:25:14.33\00:25:15.23 NUMBER TWO: YOU'LL SERVE YOUR FELLOW MAN BETTER. 00:25:15.23\00:25:19.10 NUMBER THREE: YOU WILL FEEL BETTER. 00:25:19.10\00:25:22.66 NUMBER FOUR: YOU'LL LOOK BETTER. 00:25:22.66\00:25:25.30 THAT'S RIGHT: THE OLDER YOU GET, THE MORE RESPONSIBLE YOU 00:25:26.40\00:25:28.86 ARE FOR THE WAY YOU LOOK. 00:25:28.86\00:25:30.73 NUMBER FIVE: YOU'LL HAVE MORE MONEY. 00:25:30.73\00:25:33.16 WHY? 00:25:33.16\00:25:34.43 IT'S BEST TO SPEND LESS MONEY ON JUNK FOOD AND LESS ON DOCTORS, 00:25:34.43\00:25:38.96 GROCERIES. 00:25:38.96\00:25:40.63 NUMBER SIX: YOU'LL LIVE LONGER. 00:25:40.63\00:25:43.03 NUMBER SEVEN: YOU WILL BE MORE INTELLIGENT. 00:25:44.26\00:25:47.80 YOU EVER READ THAT CHAPTER IN DANIEL 1, WHERE DANIEL AND HIS 00:25:47.80\00:25:51.43 FRIENDS MADE SOME DECISIONS NOT TO EAT THE BABYLONIAN FOOD, BUT 00:25:51.43\00:25:54.73 THEY WERE GONNA EAT BASICALLY A VEGETARIAN DIET? 00:25:54.73\00:25:58.16 AND AFTER THEY WERE TESTED, THEY WERE TEN TIMES WISER THAN ALL 00:25:58.16\00:26:00.53 THE WISE MEN IN BABYLON. 00:26:00.53\00:26:01.93 AND THEY HAD A LOT OF WISE MEN IN THEIR KINGDOM BACK THEN. 00:26:01.93\00:26:05.13 SO, THE BIBLE PRINCIPLES ARE, IT DOES MATTER; WHAT YOU EAT AND 00:26:05.13\00:26:09.56 WHAT YOU DRINK, AND DO IT ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. 00:26:09.56\00:26:12.56 "EAT FOR STRENGTH," THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND NOT FOR DRUNKENNESS." 00:26:12.56\00:26:15.43 YOU'LL FEEL BETTER, YOU'LL LOOK BETTER. 00:26:15.43\00:26:17.16 YOU'LL... LIVE LONGER. 00:26:17.16\00:26:19.46 YOU'LL HAVE A MORE ABUNDANT LIFE. 00:26:19.46\00:26:21.00 SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A FEW PRINCIPLES, BASIC, BROAD 00:26:21.00\00:26:23.80 PRINCIPLES YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE, ABOUT TAKING CARE OF 00:26:23.80\00:26:26.13 YOURSELF. 00:26:26.13\00:26:28.03 NUMBER TWO: 00:26:28.03\00:26:29.80 NOW, SOMEONE'S PROBABLY THINKING RIGHT AWAY, "WELL, DOESN'T 00:26:37.26\00:26:39.36 JESUS... 00:26:39.36\00:26:40.13 DIDN'T HE TURN THE WATER INTO WINE? 00:26:40.13\00:26:41.70 THAT MUST MEAN IT'S OKAY." 00:26:41.70\00:26:42.93 LET'S READ THIS HERE FROM PROVERBS 23:31, IT SAYS: 00:26:42.93\00:26:47.96 YOU CAN ALSO READ IN PROVERBS 20:1: "WINE IS A MOCKER; STRONG 00:27:05.23\00:27:09.53 DRINK IS A BRAWLER, AND WHOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT 00:27:09.53\00:27:13.46 WISE." 00:27:13.46\00:27:14.60 NOW AGAIN, I AM SORRY, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU I KNOW WHAT I'M 00:27:14.60\00:27:19.80 TALKING ABOUT. 00:27:19.80\00:27:21.60 MY FATHER HAD A BAR IN HIS HOUSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. 00:27:21.60\00:27:25.60 MY MOTHER... 00:27:25.60\00:27:27.30 FIRST TIME -- MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO DRUGS WAS PROVIDED BY MY 00:27:27.30\00:27:32.40 MOM. 00:27:32.40\00:27:33.46 I'LL MAYBE SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER PROGRAM. 00:27:33.46\00:27:36.76 I GREW UP SURROUNDED WITH IT, AND I WAS DRINKING -- 00:27:36.76\00:27:40.63 I DON'T REMEMBER HOW YOUNG I WAS WHEN I STARTED DRINKING. 00:27:40.63\00:27:42.90 MY PARENTS SERVED THEM TO ME AS A CHILD AS FAR BACK AS I CAN GO. 00:27:42.90\00:27:46.46 I USED TO GO AROUND AND CLEAN OUT MY DAD'S MARTINI GLASSES 00:27:46.46\00:27:48.50 WHEN HE WOULD DRINK HIMSELF TO SLEEP. 00:27:48.50\00:27:52.33 ALCOHOL KILLS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER DRUG, ALL THE 00:27:52.33\00:27:57.56 OTHER DRUGS COMBINED. 00:27:57.56\00:27:58.96 NOW, I'M NOT JUSTIFYING ANY OF THEM. 00:27:58.96\00:28:01.10 BUT WHAT SCARES ME IS EVERY NOW AND THEN I MEET CHRISTIAN YOUNG 00:28:01.10\00:28:04.60 PEOPLE AND THEY SAY, "WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH 00:28:04.60\00:28:06.40 A LITTLE ALCOHOL. 00:28:06.40\00:28:07.00 JESUS TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE." 00:28:07.00\00:28:08.40 THAT IS A MYTH THAT IT WAS ALCOHOLIC. 00:28:08.40\00:28:11.83 JESUS SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THE STUFF 00:28:11.83\00:28:14.80 THAT WAS STRONG PROOF. 00:28:14.80\00:28:16.80 HE GAVE THEM "NEW WINE" AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS UNUSUAL. 00:28:16.80\00:28:21.66 MATTER OF FACT, AT THE LORD'S SUPPER, UNLEAVENED BREAD, 00:28:21.66\00:28:24.90 UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE -- JESUS SAID, MATTHEW -- 00:28:24.90\00:28:27.86 OH, IS THAT CHAPTER 26? 00:28:27.86\00:28:29.76 "I WILL NOT DRINK IT AGAIN UNTIL I DRINK IT WITH YOU NEW IN MY 00:28:29.76\00:28:34.56 FATHER'S KINGDOM." 00:28:34.56\00:28:35.36 NEW WINE, IN THE BIBLE, WAS UNFERMENTED. 00:28:35.36\00:28:37.80 JESUS WOULD NEVER MAKE... 60 GALLONS OF BOOZE FOR A PARTY. 00:28:37.80\00:28:43.30 NO, EVERYTHING -- MATTER OF FACT, THINK ABOUT 00:28:43.30\00:28:45.83 THIS. 00:28:45.83\00:28:46.40 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW JESUS FEELS ABOUT DRUGS, THE SALVATION 00:28:46.40\00:28:50.40 OF OUR ENTIRE PLANET HUNG IN THE BALANCE AS JESUS WAS ON THE 00:28:50.40\00:28:54.03 CROSS. 00:28:54.03\00:28:54.66 THE DEVIL WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET JESUS TO SIN. 00:28:54.66\00:28:58.00 AND ONE OF HIS LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPTS WAS, THEY SOAKED A 00:28:58.00\00:29:01.66 SPONGE IN SOME ALCOHOL AND THEY PUT IT ON A POLE UP TO HIM. 00:29:01.66\00:29:05.60 MAYBE IF HE DRANK AND WAS A LITTLE INEBRIATED, HE WOULD 00:29:05.60\00:29:08.86 CURSE GOD OR DO SOMETHING WRONG. 00:29:08.86\00:29:10.80 HE REFUSED IT. 00:29:10.80\00:29:12.76 WHEN HE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD THINK, 00:29:12.76\00:29:14.46 "BOY, BOY, IF YOU EVER NEEDED SOME DRUGS RIGHT NOW FOR THE 00:29:14.46\00:29:17.30 PAIN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME." 00:29:17.30\00:29:19.10 BUT HE WASN'T GONNA JEOPARDIZE OUR SALVATION BY FOGGING HIS 00:29:19.10\00:29:23.50 MIND WITH A DRUG, AND HE TURNED AWAY FROM IT. 00:29:23.50\00:29:26.76 IT WOULD HAVE RELIEVED HIS PAIN. 00:29:26.76\00:29:29.50 THE LORD WANTS US TO HAVE OUR MINDS CLEAR. 00:29:29.50\00:29:32.43 AND SO, DO I NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DRUGS? 00:29:32.43\00:29:37.13 I SMOKED A LOT OF POT -- USED TO GROW IT. 00:29:37.13\00:29:41.73 I DRANK A LOT OF ALCOHOL -- I USED TO MAKE MY OWN BEER. 00:29:41.73\00:29:45.53 I LEARNED HOW TO DO IT AT A BOARDING SCHOOL ONE TIME. 00:29:45.53\00:29:47.80 I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT THE RECIPE IS. 00:29:47.80\00:29:49.56 [LAUGHTER] L.S.D., COCAINE -- 00:29:49.56\00:29:53.46 I NEVER DID USE HEROIN. 00:29:53.46\00:29:54.56 I SAW WHAT IT DID TO MY FRIENDS IN NEW YORK CITY AND IT WAS VERY 00:29:54.56\00:29:56.53 PATHETIC. 00:29:56.53\00:29:58.10 BUT I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE GAMUT OF DRUGS, AND YOU KNOW 00:29:58.10\00:30:00.00 WHAT? 00:30:00.00\00:30:01.10 ALL OF MY FRIENDS THAT DID THAT, THEY'VE EITHER -- 00:30:01.10\00:30:03.90 THEY'RE DEAD, IN PRISON, OR THEY BECAME LOSERS, UNLESS THEY 00:30:03.90\00:30:06.43 GOT THE VICTORY OVER THAT. 00:30:06.43\00:30:08.03 I THINK IT'S CLEAR TO EVERYBODY HERE, DRUGS IS JUST NOT THE WAY 00:30:08.03\00:30:11.96 TO GO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY. 00:30:11.96\00:30:13.76 I'M HEARING WE'VE GOT A TEXT QUESTION THAT'S COMING IN. 00:30:13.76\00:30:16.36 SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SCREEN AND SEE WHAT SOMEBODY'S 00:30:16.36\00:30:18.56 GOT ON THEIR MIND. 00:30:18.56\00:30:20.80 IT SAYS: 00:30:21.66\00:30:23.53 [LAUGHTER] WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA BE 00:30:27.66\00:30:30.63 ABLE TO MARKET IT IF THEY DIDN'T FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT. 00:30:30.63\00:30:33.13 IF IT TASTED DISGUSTING, THEY WOULDN'T SELL THEM, WOULD THEY? 00:30:33.13\00:30:35.66 OF COURSE IT'S TASTY. 00:30:35.66\00:30:37.30 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FINDING OUT IS, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE 00:30:37.30\00:30:39.43 ARE GETTING SO WOUND UP ON THESE ENERGY DRINKS -- 00:30:39.43\00:30:42.16 I'VE BEEN READING SOME INTERESTING THINGS -- 00:30:42.16\00:30:43.70 THAT SOME ARE EVEN HAVING CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THEY GET SO 00:30:43.70\00:30:46.93 HYPED ON THEM THAT FINALLY WHEN THEY DO COME DOWN, THEY ACTUALLY 00:30:46.93\00:30:49.76 BLACK OUT. 00:30:49.76\00:30:51.90 AND OTHERS ARE BECOMING VERY IRRITABLE. 00:30:51.90\00:30:54.86 IN CLASS, THEY'RE PULLING KNIVES, AND THEY'RE FINDING OUT 00:30:54.86\00:30:57.63 THAT THEY WERE SO TANKED UP ON THAT STUFF, IT WAS LIKE SPEED. 00:30:57.63\00:31:00.73 AND THEN, WHEN THE CAFFEINE EFFECT STOPS, IT OFTEN LEADS -- 00:31:00.73\00:31:05.40 YOU CAN'T TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE BANK AND NOT PAY THE PIPER. 00:31:05.40\00:31:08.73 AND SO IF YOU TAKE SOME KIND OF DRINK OR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA 00:31:08.73\00:31:11.53 GIVE YOU A SURGE OF ENERGY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 00:31:11.53\00:31:13.96 CORRESPONDING LOW. 00:31:13.96\00:31:16.20 THE TIDE IS GOING TO GO OUT. 00:31:16.20\00:31:18.20 AND IF YOU HAVE THE TIDE COME IN A LITTLE EXTRA FAR AND YOU SAY, 00:31:18.20\00:31:21.46 "HEY, THIS IS GREAT, I FEEL A RUSH," THE TIDE'S GONNA GO OUT A 00:31:21.46\00:31:23.66 LITTLE FURTHER. 00:31:23.66\00:31:25.40 AND SO, YOU'RE NEVER REALLY COMING AHEAD BY DOING THOSE 00:31:25.40\00:31:27.60 THINGS. 00:31:27.60\00:31:28.46 BEST WAY IF YOU WANT GOOD ENERGY IS, GET THE EXERCISE, EAT GOOD 00:31:28.46\00:31:32.33 FOOD. 00:31:32.33\00:31:33.03 YOUR BODY WILL STABILIZE THE CHEMICALS, AND YOU'LL FIND THAT 00:31:33.03\00:31:35.70 WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE, YOU'RE CLEAR, YOU'LL FEEL THAT ENERGY; YOUR 00:31:35.70\00:31:38.86 MIND IS FRESH. 00:31:38.86\00:31:40.23 SO, BY THE WAY, ANYTHING THAT CAN BECOME ADDICTING IS NOT GOOD 00:31:40.23\00:31:45.10 FOR YOU. 00:31:45.10\00:31:46.86 YOU EVER HEARD OF SOMEBODY GETTING ADDICTED TO BANANAS? 00:31:46.86\00:31:51.23 AND YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR FRIEND, AND THEY'RE LOOKING REAL 00:31:51.23\00:31:53.40 EDGY AND SHAKING IN THE CLASS, AND, "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?" 00:31:53.40\00:31:55.06 "GET ME A BANANA, QUICK. 00:31:55.06\00:31:56.13 I GOTTA HAVE ONE. 00:31:56.13\00:31:57.13 I'LL PAY YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT." 00:31:57.13\00:31:59.10 DOESN'T HAPPEN, DOES IT? 00:31:59.10\00:32:00.26 NOBODY EVER -- "WHAT'S THE MATTER?" 00:32:00.26\00:32:01.73 "BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 00:32:01.73\00:32:02.40 GET ME SOME BRUSSELS SPROUTS, QUICK." 00:32:02.40\00:32:04.56 [LAUGHTER] PEOPLE GET ADDICTED TO WHAT'S 00:32:04.56\00:32:07.53 BAD FOR THEM, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 00:32:07.53\00:32:09.63 AND SO, ANY OF THESE DRUGS -- THAT OUGHT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING 00:32:09.63\00:32:12.36 RIGHT AWAY: THEY'RE ADDICTING. 00:32:12.36\00:32:13.70 ALL RIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER THREE: 00:32:13.70\00:32:16.26 1 PETER 5:8, THE BIBLE HAS SOME SAGE ADVISE FOR THAT QUESTION. 00:32:23.40\00:32:29.43 "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT." 00:32:29.43\00:32:33.83 WHENEVER YOU FIND THE WORD, "BE" IN THE BIBLE, JUST REMEMBER 00:32:33.83\00:32:36.40 THIS: GOD CREATED THE WORLD BY SAYING, "LET THERE BE LIGHT." 00:32:36.40\00:32:42.50 "LET THERE BE WATER, LAND," WHATEVER IT WAS. 00:32:42.50\00:32:45.56 HE SPOKE. 00:32:45.56\00:32:46.23 AND WHEN HE SAID, "BE," IT HAPPENED. 00:32:46.23\00:32:47.90 MAN CAME TO JESUS ONE TIME, SAID, "LORD, I'M A LEPER, BUT IF 00:32:47.90\00:32:50.66 YOU WANT, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN." 00:32:50.66\00:32:52.16 AND THE LORD SAID, "BE CLEAN." 00:32:52.16\00:32:54.96 HE WAS CLEANSED. 00:32:54.96\00:32:56.00 SO WHEN GOD SAYS IN HIS WORD, "BE SOBER," IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING 00:32:56.00\00:33:00.23 WITH SOME KIND OF ADDICTION, YOU THINK, "THERE'S NO HOPE FOR ME," 00:33:00.23\00:33:02.96 IF GOD SAYS, "BE," YOU CAN BE. 00:33:02.96\00:33:06.10 IT'S TRUE, FRIENDS. 00:33:06.10\00:33:07.20 "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT," THAT MEANS, BE ON YOUR GUARD, 00:33:07.20\00:33:11.03 "BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL" IS WALKING, HE'S 00:33:11.03\00:33:14.30 PROWLING AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION SEEKING WHOM HE MIGHT 00:33:14.30\00:33:17.80 DEVOUR. 00:33:17.80\00:33:19.10 AND NOW THE DEVIL IS DEVOURING A WHOLE GENERATION OF YOUNG 00:33:19.10\00:33:21.80 PEOPLE THROUGH DRUGS. 00:33:21.80\00:33:24.60 THAT'S WHY GOD SAYS, "BE SOBER." 00:33:24.60\00:33:26.13 IF YOUR MIND IS CLEAR -- BY THE WAY, BEFORE I LEAVE THIS 00:33:26.13\00:33:30.00 SUBJECT, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT SEX AND DATING 00:33:30.00\00:33:32.60 AND SOME OF THAT STUFF. 00:33:32.60\00:33:35.36 WHY DO YOU THINK GUYS WILL OFTEN TRY TO GET A GIRL TO DRINK A 00:33:35.36\00:33:39.26 LITTLE BIT WHEN THEY GO OUT ON A DATE? 00:33:39.26\00:33:41.96 IS THAT SO HER MORALE RESOLVE WILL BE STRENGTHENED? 00:33:41.96\00:33:45.73 OR DO THEY KNOW VERY WELL THAT THEIR MORAL RESOLVE WILL BE 00:33:45.73\00:33:48.53 WEAKENED? 00:33:48.53\00:33:50.26 THE DEVIL KNOWS THAT, TOO. 00:33:50.26\00:33:52.10 OUR MORAL FORTITUDE, OUR POWER, OUR INTELLECT TO RESIST 00:33:52.10\00:33:55.66 TEMPTATION IS ERODED BY DRUGS. 00:33:55.66\00:34:00.20 MATTER OF FACT, EVEN EATING WELL WILL GIVE YOU MORE POWER TO 00:34:00.20\00:34:04.43 RESIST TEMPTATION. 00:34:04.43\00:34:05.56 TAKING CARE OF YOUR BODY. 00:34:05.56\00:34:06.56 WHEN DID THE DEVIL COME TO JESUS TO TEMPT HIM? 00:34:06.56\00:34:09.40 AFTER FASTING 40 DAYS WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY IN THE WILDERNESS; 00:34:09.40\00:34:12.53 LOW BLOOD SUGAR, TIRED. 00:34:12.53\00:34:14.00 THE DEVIL CAME AT HIM THEN. 00:34:14.00\00:34:16.00 SO THE DEVIL TRIES TO GET US WHEN WE'RE WEAK AND TIRED, OR 00:34:16.00\00:34:19.33 UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT DRUGS WILL DO TO YOU. 00:34:19.33\00:34:22.70 SO "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT." 00:34:22.70\00:34:24.50 ALRIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER FOUR: 00:34:24.50\00:34:26.86 A LOT OF TIMES WHEN SOMEONE IS APPROACHED ABOUT BIBLICAL 00:34:33.83\00:34:37.33 STANDARDS OF GODLY LIVING, THEY'LL SAY, "WELL, YOU NEED TO 00:34:37.33\00:34:39.83 HAVE BALANCE." 00:34:39.83\00:34:41.20 AND WHAT THEY MEAN BY BALANCE, IS THEY SAID, "YOU NEED TO JUST 00:34:41.20\00:34:43.56 BALANCE A LITTLE BIT OF DRUGS WITH A LITTLE BIG OF SOBRIETY, 00:34:43.56\00:34:47.46 AND YOU NEED TO BALANCE A LITTLE BIT OF ADULTERY WITH A LITTLE 00:34:47.46\00:34:49.80 BIT OF MORALITY, AND YOU NEED TO BALANCE..." 00:34:49.80\00:34:52.46 AND THEIR IDEA OF BALANCE IS, YOU BALANCE YOUR SIN WITH YOUR 00:34:52.46\00:34:56.23 EPISODES OF OBEDIENCE. 00:34:56.23\00:34:57.80 THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE MEANS WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BALANCE. 00:34:57.80\00:35:00.30 YOU DO NEED A BALANCED LIFE, BUT BALANCE WOULD BE, YOU DON'T WANT 00:35:00.30\00:35:03.76 TO SPEND ALL DAY STUDYING. 00:35:03.76\00:35:05.00 STUDY IS GOOD. 00:35:05.00\00:35:06.03 YOU WANT TO BALANCE YOUR STUDY WITH EXERCISE. 00:35:06.03\00:35:09.30 YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL DAY LONG TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS AND 00:35:09.30\00:35:12.26 NOT DO ANY WORK. 00:35:12.26\00:35:13.23 FRIENDS ARE GOOD AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT, BUT YOU WANT TO BALANCE 00:35:13.23\00:35:15.53 THAT WITH BEING INDUSTRIOUS AND DOING YOUR WORK. 00:35:15.53\00:35:20.06 SO YES, A CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE BALANCED. 00:35:20.06\00:35:22.33 BUT DON'T EVER USE THAT WORD "BALANCE" AS A CODE WORD FOR 00:35:22.33\00:35:25.13 MIXING IN A LITTLE BIT OF SIN, SO YOU'RE NOT TOO GODLY. 00:35:25.13\00:35:28.56 THAT'S NOT HOW GOD USES IT. 00:35:28.56\00:35:30.10 BUT YES, WE SHOULD HAVE LIVES THAT ARE BALANCED, AND THAT'LL 00:35:30.10\00:35:33.00 ADD BALANCE TO YOUR LIFE THROUGH CHRIST. 00:35:33.00\00:35:35.80 ALRIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER FIVE: 00:35:35.80\00:35:38.76 I ALWAYS ENTER THIS SUBJECT WITH FEAR AND TREPIDATION. 00:35:44.76\00:35:49.73 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? 00:35:49.73\00:35:51.70 1 PETER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR BODIES, INCLUDING WHAT YOU PUT 00:35:51.70\00:35:54.60 ON THEM. 00:35:54.60\00:35:55.90 1 PETER 1 15:16: "BUT AS HE WHO HAS CALLED YOU IS HOLY, SO YOU 00:35:55.90\00:36:03.13 SHOULD BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT, BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, 00:36:03.13\00:36:07.26 'BE HOLY,'" THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN, "BE." 00:36:07.26\00:36:09.96 "BE HOLY," GOD SAYS, "FOR I AM HOLY." 00:36:09.96\00:36:12.70 IS GOD CALLING US TO BE HOLY? 00:36:12.70\00:36:14.66 IS THAT SCRIPTURE CLEAR? 00:36:14.66\00:36:16.23 HE'S SAYING, "BE HOLY." 00:36:16.23\00:36:17.16 AS A MATTER OF FACT, "I'LL EMPOWER YOU." 00:36:17.16\00:36:20.36 YOU KNOW, THE LORD WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER ASK YOU TO DO 00:36:20.36\00:36:23.13 SOMETHING WITHOUT GIVING YOU THE POWER TO DO WHAT HE'S ASKING YOU 00:36:23.13\00:36:25.53 TO DO. 00:36:25.53\00:36:26.73 WOULDN'T THAT BE CRUEL? 00:36:26.73\00:36:28.56 IF A PARENT SAID TO SOME CHILD, "LOOK, I WANT YOU TO RUN OVER 00:36:28.56\00:36:31.00 THERE AND TURN THAT LIGHT ON." 00:36:31.00\00:36:32.76 BUT THE LIGHT'S OVER THE CHILD'S HEAD. 00:36:32.76\00:36:34.40 AND HE SAYS -- THE KID'S JUMPING UP AND DOWN 00:36:34.40\00:36:36.26 AND SAYS, "I CAN'T REACH IT." 00:36:36.26\00:36:37.63 THE FATHER COMES OVER AND SMACKS HIM TO THE GROUND AND SAYS, "I 00:36:37.63\00:36:39.70 TOLD YOU TO TURN ON THAT LIGHT." 00:36:39.70\00:36:41.53 WOULDN'T THAT BE CRUEL? 00:36:41.53\00:36:43.13 IS GOD GONNA PUNISH US FOR NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT WE ARE 00:36:43.13\00:36:47.80 INCAPABLE OF DOING? 00:36:47.80\00:36:50.00 EVERY TIME -- IT'S ENCOURAGING. 00:36:50.00\00:36:51.53 EVERY COMMANDMENT OF GOD SHOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY BECAUSE THAT 00:36:51.53\00:36:53.40 MEANS YOU ARE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING HE'S ASKING YOU TO 00:36:53.40\00:36:55.83 DO. 00:36:55.83\00:36:56.63 HOW MUCH CAN YOU DO THROUGH CHRIST? 00:36:56.63\00:36:58.26 ALL THINGS. 00:36:58.26\00:36:59.93 NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CLOTHING. 00:36:59.93\00:37:03.80 DOES IT MATTER WHAT WE WEAR AS CHRISTIANS? 00:37:03.80\00:37:06.73 WHY DO WE WEAR CLOTHES AT ALL? 00:37:06.73\00:37:09.26 I LIVED -- I HAVE TOLD YOU. 00:37:09.26\00:37:12.73 I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 00:37:12.73\00:37:14.26 I BET NOT TOO MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU WENT A YEAR WITHOUT 00:37:14.26\00:37:16.86 CLOTHES. 00:37:16.86\00:37:19.30 I CAN. 00:37:19.30\00:37:21.16 I LIVED UP IN THE HILLS, AND I JUST RAN AROUND IN MY BIRTHDAY 00:37:21.16\00:37:23.40 TUXEDO MOST OF THE TIME. 00:37:23.40\00:37:25.46 [LAUGHTER] AND YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME I DID 00:37:25.46\00:37:27.40 IT, I SAID, "YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T RIGHT." 00:37:27.40\00:37:29.60 I GREW UP LIKE YOU, WEARING CLOTHES, BUT I WAS WITH A HIPPIE 00:37:29.60\00:37:31.80 MOVEMENT BACK THEN. 00:37:31.80\00:37:32.63 I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA FIND GOD THROUGH NATURE." 00:37:32.63\00:37:34.26 AND I THOUGHT, "THIS IS NATURAL." 00:37:34.26\00:37:36.20 AND SO I JUST TOOK OFF ALL MY CLOTHES AND... 00:37:36.20\00:37:38.63 [LAUGHTER] I WASN'T THE ONLY HIPPIE THAT 00:37:38.63\00:37:41.56 WOULD BE UP IN THE HILLS LIKE THAT. 00:37:41.56\00:37:43.30 EVERY NOW AND THEN I'D RUN INTO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEY DIDN'T 00:37:43.30\00:37:45.13 HAVE THEIR CLOTHES ON SOMETIMES, TOO. 00:37:45.13\00:37:47.36 AND I WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TALK TO 00:37:47.36\00:37:50.13 SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S NAKED AND ACT LIKE YOU DON'T NOTICE. 00:37:50.13\00:37:53.80 [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, I'D BE HIKING DOWN THE 00:37:53.80\00:37:56.73 TRAIL, AND ALL I HAD -- I ALWAYS WEAR MY BOOTS. 00:37:56.73\00:37:59.13 I HAD MY HIKING BOOTS BECAUSE THERE WAS CACTUS UP IN THE 00:37:59.13\00:38:01.20 MOUNTAINS. 00:38:01.20\00:38:01.96 AND I HAD A LITTLE BACKPACK AND I'D JUST BE HIKING AROUND THE 00:38:01.96\00:38:04.36 MOUNTAINS UP THERE, JUST NAKED, AND SOMETIMES I'D RUN INTO OTHER 00:38:04.36\00:38:07.66 PEOPLE. 00:38:07.66\00:38:08.33 THEY WERE USUALLY HIPPIES AND THEY'D TRY AND ACT LIKE, "HEY, 00:38:08.33\00:38:10.33 YEAH, HI, HOW'RE YOU DOING?" 00:38:10.33\00:38:11.60 AND THEY TRY AND ACT LIKE THEY DON'T NOTICE OR -- 00:38:11.60\00:38:14.13 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:38:14.13\00:38:15.26 I JUST WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT AIN'T RIGHT. 00:38:15.26\00:38:19.56 IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT NORMAL. 00:38:19.56\00:38:22.30 EVERY ANIMAL IS BORN WITH CLOTHES ON OR THEY GROW FROM THE 00:38:22.30\00:38:26.76 INSIDE OUT. 00:38:26.76\00:38:28.73 HUMANS ARE THE ONLY CREATURE THAT SORT OF PUTS THEIR CLOTHES 00:38:28.73\00:38:31.23 ON FROM THE OUTSIDE. 00:38:31.23\00:38:33.80 IN THE BEGINNING WHEN MAN SINNED, WHEN WE WERE MADE, WE 00:38:33.80\00:38:36.93 HAD ROBES OF LIGHT. 00:38:36.93\00:38:38.40 ADAM AND EVE HAD GLORIOUS ROBES OF LIGHT, AND WHEN THEY SINNED, 00:38:38.40\00:38:42.36 THE LIGHT FADED AND THEY SAW EACH OTHER'S NAKEDNESS. 00:38:42.36\00:38:45.16 AND THEN THEY WENT, "THIS IS EMBARRASSING." 00:38:45.16\00:38:46.83 THEY EVEN -- THEY WERE MARRIED! 00:38:46.83\00:38:48.46 THEY SAID, "THIS AIN'T RIGHT." 00:38:48.46\00:38:49.30 THEY WENT AND FOUND FIG LEAVES. 00:38:49.30\00:38:51.00 AND GOD SAID, "NO, GUYS, FIG LEAVES AREN'T GONNA WORK. 00:38:51.00\00:38:54.26 YOU DON'T KNOW THIS YET, BUT THEY'RE GONNA SHRIVEL." 00:38:54.26\00:38:56.13 NOTHING HAD DIED YET. 00:38:56.13\00:38:57.53 AND HE HAD TO SACRIFICE SOME LAMBS TO COVER THEIR SKIN. 00:38:57.53\00:39:02.63 BY THE WAY, ADAM AND EVE, IT SAYS, THEY MADE APRONS OF FIG 00:39:02.63\00:39:06.03 LEAVES. 00:39:06.03\00:39:07.06 SO THEY WERE WEARING THE LITTLE COOKING APRONS AND GOD SAID, 00:39:07.06\00:39:09.63 "NO, THE FIG LEAF MINI SKIRTS AREN'T GONNA DO." 00:39:09.63\00:39:12.90 AND IT SAYS HE GAVE THEM TUNICS, ROBES OF SKIN. 00:39:12.90\00:39:17.10 SOMETHING HAD TO DIE TO COVER THEM. 00:39:17.10\00:39:18.73 IT'S A WHOLE 'NOTHER STORY, BUT THAT REPRESENTS, JESUS DIED TO 00:39:18.73\00:39:21.50 COVER OUR NAKEDNESS. 00:39:21.50\00:39:23.20 BY THE WAY, THE ONLY THING CHRIST LEFT BEHIND IN THIS WORLD 00:39:23.20\00:39:26.53 WAS A BLOOD-STAINED ROBE. 00:39:26.53\00:39:29.26 AND THAT WAS ALL LEFT FOR YOU AND FOR ME. 00:39:29.26\00:39:31.96 SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHY WE WEAR CLOTHES, THE REASON WE'RE 00:39:31.96\00:39:36.00 DOING IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, MODESTY. 00:39:36.00\00:39:38.43 IF IT GOT REALLY HOT IN HERE, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA ALL 00:39:38.43\00:39:40.96 START THROWING YOUR CLOTHES OFF. 00:39:40.96\00:39:43.56 WE WEAR IT FOR PROTECTION. 00:39:43.56\00:39:45.16 IF IT WAS TOO COLD WE'D WANT MORE CLOTHING. 00:39:45.16\00:39:48.56 CLOTHING ALSO SOMETIMES REPRESENTS A UNIFORM, YOUR 00:39:48.56\00:39:51.10 STATUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 00:39:51.10\00:39:52.86 BUT FOR A CHRISTIAN, THERE ARE SOME PRINCIPLES IN YOUR 00:39:52.86\00:39:54.90 CLOTHING. 00:39:54.90\00:39:55.93 YOU WANT IT TO BE NEAT... 00:39:55.93\00:39:57.43 YOU WANT IT TO BE CLEAN... 00:39:57.43\00:39:59.10 YOU WANT IT TO BE MODEST. 00:39:59.10\00:40:00.90 STYLES CHANGE BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE REVEALING FOR THE 00:40:00.90\00:40:05.56 PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING. 00:40:05.56\00:40:09.23 NOW, THE STYLES IN OUR CULTURE TODAY, IT KINDA GOES TO THE 00:40:09.23\00:40:11.96 EXTREME OF THAT, DOESN'T IT? 00:40:11.96\00:40:14.10 AND SO THERE SHOULD BE A PRINCIPLE. 00:40:14.10\00:40:16.20 YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND AND SAY, "YOU KNOW, EVERY 00:40:16.20\00:40:18.96 NEW FAD AND FASHION THAT COMES ALONG, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO 00:40:18.96\00:40:21.26 FOLLOW." 00:40:21.26\00:40:22.30 CHRISTIANS, IN THEIR CLOTHING SHOULD BE MODEST, IT SHOULD BE 00:40:22.30\00:40:24.86 APPROPRIATE. 00:40:24.86\00:40:25.76 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE CHEAPEST CLOTHES. 00:40:25.76\00:40:27.26 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR BAGS. 00:40:27.26\00:40:28.83 I THINK IT'S OKAY TO BUY QUALITY CLOTHING. 00:40:28.83\00:40:30.53 BY THE WAY, JESUS' ROBE, IT SAYS, WAS SO NICE THEY DECIDED 00:40:30.53\00:40:32.63 NOT TO TEAR IT UP. 00:40:32.63\00:40:34.06 THEY SAID, "THIS IS PRETTY GOOD QUALITY. 00:40:34.06\00:40:35.43 WE'LL CLEAN THE BLOOD OFF. 00:40:35.43\00:40:36.36 LET'S GAMBLE, SEE WHO GETS IT." 00:40:36.36\00:40:38.30 AND SO JESUS HAD A NICE ROBE. 00:40:38.30\00:40:40.50 BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES. 00:40:40.50\00:40:44.13 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17, IT SAYS... 00:40:44.13\00:40:47.40 AND SO THE LORD IS ASKING US TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 00:40:54.76\00:40:57.20 CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED A PECULIAR PEOPLE. 00:40:57.20\00:40:59.36 AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO DRESS PECULIAR. 00:40:59.36\00:41:01.76 BUT YOU KNOW, HOW DO I SAY THIS TO YOU? 00:41:01.76\00:41:05.73 I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS IN A RESTAURANT, I WAS TALKING TO A 00:41:05.73\00:41:08.26 CHRISTIAN FRIEND AND THE WAITRESS CAME OVER TO US AND SHE 00:41:08.26\00:41:11.26 WAS WEARING THAT WAITRESS UNIFORM THEY WORE IN THAT 00:41:11.26\00:41:14.96 RESTAURANT. 00:41:14.96\00:41:16.10 SHE TOOK OUR ORDER AND SHE LEFT AND I SAID TO MY FRIEND, "I 00:41:16.10\00:41:19.00 THINK SHE'S A CHRISTIAN." 00:41:19.00\00:41:21.20 HE SAID, "I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING." 00:41:21.20\00:41:24.10 AND SHE CAME BACK, BROUGHT OUR ORDER, AND WE SAID, "ARE YOU A 00:41:24.10\00:41:26.86 CHRISTIAN?" 00:41:26.86\00:41:27.66 SHE LOOKED A LITTLE EMBARRASSED. 00:41:27.66\00:41:29.30 AND SHE SAID -- SHE WONDERED WHY WE'RE ASKING. 00:41:29.30\00:41:31.16 SHE SAID, "WELL, YES, I AM." 00:41:31.16\00:41:33.16 SHE SAID, "WHY DO YOU ASK?" 00:41:33.16\00:41:34.60 WE SAID, "YOU JUST LOOK LIKE ONE." 00:41:34.60\00:41:36.60 THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HER. 00:41:36.60\00:41:38.10 SHE NOT ONLY WAS -- SHE WASN'T ALL DUDED UP, AND SHE 00:41:38.10\00:41:41.43 LOOKED SIMPLE AND CLEAN. 00:41:41.43\00:41:43.26 SHE HAD A GLOW OF HAPPINESS AND PEACE ABOUT HER AND CHEERFULNESS 00:41:43.26\00:41:47.50 THAT WE JUST KNEW. 00:41:47.50\00:41:49.60 AND CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO CARRY THEMSELVES THAT WAY. 00:41:49.60\00:41:52.46 AND EVERYTHING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE -- WHEN YOU LOVE CHRIST, YOU 00:41:52.46\00:41:55.66 ARE A WALKING ADVERTISEMENT FOR JESUS. 00:41:55.66\00:41:58.66 YOU'RE CALLED TO BE A WITNESS. 00:41:58.66\00:42:00.20 SO IT DOES MATTER, YOU KNOW? 00:42:00.20\00:42:02.76 NOT ONLY WHAT YOU EAT AND WHAT YOU DRINK, BUT EVEN WHAT YOU 00:42:02.76\00:42:04.83 WEAR. 00:42:04.83\00:42:05.66 YOU WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODIES. 00:42:05.66\00:42:07.50 ALL RIGHT -- BY THE WAY, A LITTLE PRACTICAL TIP: YOU DON'T 00:42:07.50\00:42:10.66 WANNA WEAR SOMETHING THAT'S SO TIGHT YOU CAN'T BREATHE... 00:42:10.66\00:42:14.90 OR RUN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 00:42:14.90\00:42:17.26 YOUR CLOTHES OUGHT TO FIT -- WELL, I'LL GET TO THAT LATER. 00:42:17.26\00:42:22.43 ALL RIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER SIX. 00:42:22.43\00:42:24.26 1 PETER 3:3-4, HE SAYS... 00:42:30.83\00:42:34.86 YOU KNOW, GOD IS CALLING US TO -- 00:42:55.83\00:42:58.46 REALLY, THE ADORNING OUGHT TO BE THE INNER ADORNING. 00:42:58.46\00:43:01.03 NOW, WE GOT A QUESTION IN JUST A MINUTE THAT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT 00:43:01.03\00:43:04.50 TATTOOS AND PIERCING. 00:43:04.50\00:43:05.86 AND SO THIS SORT OF OVERLAPS A LITTLE BIT. 00:43:05.86\00:43:08.70 PETER JUST ADDRESSED THE WEARING OF GOLD. 00:43:08.70\00:43:10.90 AND SOMEONE, NO DOUBT, IS GONNA SAY, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT 00:43:10.90\00:43:13.00 CHRISTIAN JEWELRY?" 00:43:13.00\00:43:13.83 OR, YOU KNOW, "HOW MUCH JEWELRY?" 00:43:13.83\00:43:15.90 OR "IS IT WRONG TO PIERCE YOUR BODY?" 00:43:15.90\00:43:19.70 YOU ALWAYS WANNA ASK, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?" 00:43:19.70\00:43:23.83 OUR BODIES ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT... 00:43:23.83\00:43:27.20 AND WE WANNA TREAT THEM THAT WAY. 00:43:27.20\00:43:30.06 AND SO THAT'S THAT PRINCIPLE FOR SIMPLICITY. 00:43:30.06\00:43:33.16 PHILIPPIANS... 00:43:33.16\00:43:34.80 PHILIPPIANS 2:3. 00:43:36.30\00:43:39.06 NOW, THE REASON WE INCLUDED THIS SCRIPTURE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE 00:43:48.36\00:43:54.00 SOMETIMES CAN DELIBERATELY DRESS TO TRY TO ACCENTUATE THEIR 00:43:54.00\00:44:01.06 CURVES, THEIR SEXUALITY. 00:44:01.06\00:44:04.73 THAT IS A BIG THING IN OUR CULTURE. 00:44:04.73\00:44:07.73 A MATTER OF FACT, IF ONE GIRL COMES UP TO ANOTHER GIRL AND 00:44:07.73\00:44:09.90 SAY, "OH, NICE OUTFIT, VERY 00:44:09.90\00:44:10.80 SEXY," IT'S TAKEN AS A COMPLIMENT. 00:44:10.83\00:44:13.73 AM I RIGHT? 00:44:13.73\00:44:17.36 BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF A MAN LOOKS ON A WOMAN 00:44:17.36\00:44:19.83 TO LUST IN HIS HEART -- ADULTERY 00:44:19.83\00:44:21.53 BEGINS IN THE MIND AND IT CAN HAPPEN WITH LOOKING. 00:44:21.56\00:44:25.40 WE ALL KNOW THE STORY ABOUT KING DAVID LOOKING OFF HIS ROOF AND 00:44:25.40\00:44:28.06 SEEING BATHSHEBA BATHING. 00:44:28.06\00:44:29.16 AND JUST FROM LOOKING HE INVITED HER HOME AND IT TURNED INTO 00:44:29.16\00:44:33.50 ADULTERY AND THEN IT TURNED INTO MURDER, IT TURNED INTO THE 00:44:33.50\00:44:35.90 DEATH OF FOUR OF HIS SONS. 00:44:35.90\00:44:37.23 AND IT STARTED WITH A LUSTFUL LOOK. 00:44:37.23\00:44:40.50 AND THEN, YOU GOT A GOOD STORY ABOUT JOSEPH, WHO... 00:44:40.50\00:44:43.36 THIS WOMAN, WEALTHY WOMAN THROWING HERSELF AT HIM. 00:44:43.36\00:44:46.46 AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT GONNA SIN AGAINST GOD. 00:44:46.46\00:44:49.06 AND HE RAN AWAY FROM HER SO THAT HE WOULDN'T BE TEMPTED. 00:44:49.06\00:44:52.60 BIBLE SAYS "FLEE FROM TEMPTATION." 00:44:52.60\00:44:54.96 NOW, GIRLS ARE... 00:44:54.96\00:44:57.50 YOU KNOW, GIRLS CAN BE ATTRACTED VISUALLY. 00:44:57.50\00:45:00.80 NOT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS THE MIND AND CHEMICALS IN A BOY AND 00:45:00.80\00:45:05.96 HOW HE OPERATES. 00:45:05.96\00:45:07.50 BUT BOYS ARE ATTRACTED ESPECIALLY TO, SOMETHING ABOUT 00:45:07.50\00:45:11.93 THE CURVES IN A WOMAN'S FIGURE. 00:45:11.93\00:45:14.20 THAT'S WHY GUITARS ARE CURVY. 00:45:14.20\00:45:15.96 YOU DON'T EVER SAY SOMETHING SQUARE IS SEXY, DO YA? 00:45:15.96\00:45:18.83 RIGHT? 00:45:18.83\00:45:21.63 IF YOU SEE A SEXY SPORTS CAR IT'S USUALLY, IT'S GOT THE 00:45:21.63\00:45:23.83 CURVES. 00:45:23.83\00:45:25.40 AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 00:45:25.40\00:45:26.46 IT'S KIND OF A MIRACLE HOW GOD DESIGNED THAT, BUT IF IT IS A 00:45:26.46\00:45:30.60 SIN FOR A MAN -- LET'S JUST PICK ON THE BOYS FOR A MINUTE -- TO 00:45:30.60\00:45:35.00 LOOK UPON A GIRL AND ESPECIALLY BE DISTRACTED BY HER 00:45:35.00\00:45:41.63 ACCENTUATING HER ATTRACTIVE CURVE OR THE... 00:45:41.63\00:45:45.13 WELL, YOU GET THE IDEA. 00:45:47.23\00:45:48.30 [LAUGHTER] ...THEN WHAT IF A GIRL 00:45:48.30\00:45:52.10 DELIBERATELY IS DRESSING TO SEE HOW MANY GUYS SHE CAN MAKE 00:45:52.10\00:45:55.50 STUMBLE THROUGH THE DAY? 00:45:55.50\00:45:58.00 SO YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE GUY THAT'S LOOKING AND HE HAS TO GO HOME 00:45:58.00\00:46:00.50 AND REPENT AND THAT ONE GIRL COULD BE STRUTTING AROUND 00:46:00.50\00:46:02.63 CAMPUS AND MAKING LOTS OF GUYS STUMBLE IN THEIR HEARTS IN THEIR 00:46:02.63\00:46:06.73 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. 00:46:06.73\00:46:08.10 WHY WOULD YOU WANNA DO THAT DELIBERATELY? 00:46:08.10\00:46:10.70 AND GUYS, IT GOES BOTH WAYS, BECAUSE GIRLS ALSO, YOU KNOW, 00:46:10.70\00:46:14.00 CAN BE ATTRACTED. 00:46:14.00\00:46:15.33 AND THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT, AND IT'S IN MARRIAGE. 00:46:15.33\00:46:19.33 SO IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAT WE WEAR. 00:46:19.33\00:46:21.83 IS IT WRONG TO FOLLOW A STYLE? 00:46:21.83\00:46:23.43 STYLES CHANGE AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STYLES THAT ARE 00:46:23.43\00:46:27.73 PROBABLY HARMLESS IN THEMSELVES. 00:46:27.73\00:46:30.20 AND I'M ALWAYS WAY BEHIND TRYING TO CATCH UP AND FIGURE OUT. 00:46:30.20\00:46:32.96 MY WIFE AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND OTHERS ARE SAYING, "DOUG, WE 00:46:32.96\00:46:36.50 BOUGHT YOU CLOTHES." 00:46:36.50\00:46:37.36 BECAUSE I SCARE THEM SOMETIMES WHEN I DRESS MYSELF. 00:46:37.36\00:46:39.80 I HAVE NO SENSE OF TASTE. 00:46:39.80\00:46:41.93 BUT... 00:46:41.93\00:46:43.76 SO IT'S NOT THAT EVERY NEW STYLE IS BAD, BUT YOU WANNA 00:46:43.76\00:46:46.13 APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF MODESTY, THAT YOU CAN REPRESENT JESUS, 00:46:46.13\00:46:50.90 AND I'VE SAID ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. 00:46:50.90\00:46:52.06 WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG. 00:46:52.06\00:46:53.46 TALKING ABOUT OUR BODIES. 00:46:59.76\00:47:02.06 NOW, YOUR BODY'S THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:47:02.06\00:47:04.83 THE SCRIPTURE'S CLEAR ENOUGH ALL BY ITSELF. 00:47:04.83\00:47:07.23 LEVITICUS 19:28, CAN THIS BE MISUNDERSTOOD? 00:47:07.23\00:47:09.96 EVEN BACK -- TATTOOING GOES BACK TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF MAN. 00:47:19.00\00:47:23.43 AND YOUR BODY'S THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:47:23.43\00:47:26.66 IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION OR HAS... 00:47:26.66\00:47:29.73 HAVE MORE AND MORE TATTOO PARLORS BEEN SPRINGING UP 00:47:29.73\00:47:31.80 EVERYWHERE? 00:47:31.80\00:47:32.70 AND EVERYBODY'S GETTING TATTOOS. 00:47:32.70\00:47:33.73 AND I THINK IT'S SO SAD, FRANKLY. 00:47:33.73\00:47:35.93 AND I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THAT. 00:47:35.93\00:47:38.03 GOD CAN FORGIVE YOU. 00:47:38.03\00:47:38.86 HE LOVES YOU. 00:47:38.86\00:47:39.60 YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF THEM REMOVED. 00:47:39.60\00:47:41.10 THERE'LL BE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN WITH TATTOOS. 00:47:41.10\00:47:42.46 DO Y'ALL HEAR ME? 00:47:42.46\00:47:44.16 I'M NOT CONSIGNING IF YOU'VE GOTTEN TATTOO, THAT PERSON'S 00:47:44.16\00:47:46.73 GOING TO HELL. 00:47:46.73\00:47:47.50 I'M JUST TELLING YOU GOD SAYS NOT TO DO IT. 00:47:47.50\00:47:49.76 WHY? 00:47:49.76\00:47:51.23 YOUR BODY'S THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:47:51.23\00:47:53.66 WHAT WOULD YOU THINK, YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL, MARBLE, WHITE 00:47:53.66\00:47:57.03 PURE TEMPLE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME KID LOOKS OVER HIS 00:47:57.03\00:48:00.30 SHOULDER BOTH WAYS AND HE RUNS UP WITH A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT AND 00:48:00.30\00:48:03.13 HE PAINTS A DRAGON ON IT? 00:48:03.13\00:48:05.60 YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF DEFACING SOMETHING. 00:48:05.60\00:48:07.60 IT'S CALLED VANDALISM; IT'S A CRIME. 00:48:07.60\00:48:10.03 YOUR BODY IS MADE BY GOD. 00:48:10.03\00:48:12.23 NOW WE TALKED ABOUT TATTOOS. 00:48:12.23\00:48:14.43 BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO HAS HAD A TATTOO FOR 30 00:48:14.43\00:48:19.60 YEARS THAT IF THEY COULDN'T GET RID OF IT, WOULDN'T. 00:48:19.60\00:48:23.76 IF THEY COULD WISH IT OFF, THEY'D PROBABLY BE THANKFUL TO 00:48:23.76\00:48:26.46 GET RID OF IT. 00:48:26.46\00:48:27.60 THERE MAY BE SOME OUT THERE BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:48:27.60\00:48:29.86 AS THE OLDER YOU GET, THOSE TATTOOS THEY KINDA RUN AND THEY 00:48:29.86\00:48:32.20 FADE AND THEY ALL SORT OF LOOK LIKE ANTIQUE MAPS AFTER A WHILE. 00:48:32.20\00:48:36.26 "WHAT DOES THAT SAY? 00:48:36.26\00:48:37.46 WHAT IS THAT?" 00:48:37.46\00:48:38.53 AND IT'S KIND OF SAD THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT ON YOUR BODY FOREVER. 00:48:38.53\00:48:42.00 AND... 00:48:42.00\00:48:43.40 ALRIGHT, ENOUGH SAID. 00:48:43.40\00:48:45.70 CUTTINGS IN OUR FLESH. 00:48:45.70\00:48:47.96 I GUESS I WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES TO HEAR THAT THAT'S A REAL 00:48:47.96\00:48:50.26 PROBLEM. 00:48:50.26\00:48:52.00 PRINCIPALLY AMONG GIRLS, BUT ALSO AMONG BOYS WHERE THEY CUT 00:48:52.00\00:48:54.66 THEMSELVES. 00:48:54.66\00:48:56.36 AND THAT IS CONNECTED TO PIERCING TO SOME EXTENT. 00:48:56.36\00:48:59.86 WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT. 00:48:59.86\00:49:02.33 YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE WHEN PEOPLE WORSHIP THE DEVIL, YOU 00:49:02.33\00:49:06.63 CAN FIND EXAMPLES WHERE THEY WOULD CUT THEMSELVES. 00:49:06.63\00:49:11.76 YOU READ THE STORY ABOUT ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL WITH THE 00:49:11.76\00:49:14.16 PROPHETS OF BAAL IN THE BOOK OF 1 KINGS. 00:49:14.16\00:49:17.66 AND IT SAYS THAT WHEN THE PROPHETS OF BAAL, THESE PAGAN 00:49:17.66\00:49:20.16 PROPHETS, WANTED TO GET THEIR PAGAN DEITY, TO GET HIS 00:49:20.16\00:49:23.56 ATTENTION, THEY LEAPED ON THE ALTAR, THEY TOOK LANCES AND THEY 00:49:23.56\00:49:26.76 CUT THEMSELVES UNTIL THEY BLED. 00:49:26.76\00:49:30.53 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS DEMON-POSSESSED MAN IN MARK 00:49:30.53\00:49:32.76 CHAPTER FIVE. 00:49:32.76\00:49:34.36 IT SAYS, ALWAYS, HE WAS GOING ABOUT THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE 00:49:34.36\00:49:37.83 TOMBS CRYING AND CUTTING HIMSELF. 00:49:37.83\00:49:42.36 AND SO, THIS OBSESSION WITH PIERCING AND CUTTING OUR BODIES, 00:49:42.36\00:49:47.96 THAT'S... 00:49:47.96\00:49:49.60 WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? 00:49:49.60\00:49:51.03 YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:49:51.03\00:49:52.96 AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, GOD SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE 00:49:52.96\00:49:57.16 DRAWING BOARD DESIGNING YOUR BODY PERFECTLY WITH THE 00:49:57.16\00:50:00.80 APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF HOLES. 00:50:00.80\00:50:04.00 HE DIDN'T PLAN ON YOU TO ADD YOUR OWN LATER. 00:50:04.00\00:50:09.00 HE GAVE YOU THE RIGHT NUMBER TO BEGIN WITH, RIGHT? 00:50:09.00\00:50:12.73 WE SHOULDN'T ADD TO THAT OR DIMINISH FROM IT. 00:50:12.73\00:50:17.00 SO... 00:50:17.00\00:50:19.30 ENOUGH SAID ON THAT, I SUPPOSE. 00:50:19.30\00:50:21.86 NUMBER EIGHT. 00:50:21.86\00:50:23.23 THERE IT WAS, THAT WORD. 00:50:30.83\00:50:32.76 NOW, YOU KNOW, I... 00:50:34.00\00:50:37.13 I'M PRAYING ABOUT HOW MUCH TO SAY. 00:50:38.43\00:50:42.93 MAYBE I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY. 00:50:42.93\00:50:45.86 I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN TIME. 00:50:45.86\00:50:47.90 I WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOLS AND ALL THE BOYS TALKED ABOUT WAS 00:50:50.96\00:50:55.93 GIRLS. 00:50:55.93\00:50:57.13 AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOD AND I HAD THIS CRAZY IDEA THAT 00:50:57.13\00:51:00.10 PEOPLE WERE LIKE SALMON. 00:51:00.10\00:51:01.56 THE PURPOSE FOR LIFE WAS YOU HAD TO SPAWN BEFORE YOU DIED. 00:51:01.56\00:51:05.60 KINDA PATHETIC WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 00:51:05.60\00:51:07.36 THE WHOLE PURPOSE WAS SEX. 00:51:07.36\00:51:09.86 AND I THOUGHT, "THE SOONER, THE BETTER, AND THE MORE THE 00:51:09.86\00:51:12.43 MERRIER." 00:51:12.43\00:51:13.40 YOU KNOW, GUYS LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT THEIR LIST OF... 00:51:13.40\00:51:18.96 OF CONQUESTS. 00:51:18.96\00:51:20.70 BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE A PERSON BECOMES A CHRISTIAN, AND GUYS 00:51:22.06\00:51:26.60 AND GIRLS INVARIABLY THEY SAY THEY WISH THEY COULD GO BACK IN 00:51:26.60\00:51:31.20 TIME BECAUSE THEY REGRET THAT THEY'VE GIVEN AWAY SOMETHING 00:51:31.20\00:51:35.63 SACRED, THAT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THAT ONE FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH, 00:51:35.63\00:51:39.80 AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WITH YOUR WIFE. 00:51:39.80\00:51:43.66 I LIVED DURING THAT HIPPY ERA AND I'LL TELL YA THERE'S JUST A 00:51:43.66\00:51:47.10 LOT OF HEARTACHE. 00:51:47.10\00:51:48.73 I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR I SHOULD GO TALKING ABOUT THE -- 00:51:48.73\00:51:52.70 MY DEAR WIFE KNEW I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY. 00:51:52.70\00:51:54.96 SHE SENT ME SOMETHING THAT MAYBE I SHOULD MENTION HERE. 00:51:54.96\00:51:59.16 SOME OF THESE STATISTICS ABOUT -- THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC OF 00:51:59.16\00:52:04.30 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. 00:52:04.30\00:52:07.00 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET ME READ THIS TO YA. 00:52:10.20\00:52:12.63 ON A SIMILAR SUBJECT, DO YOU KNOW THE LARGEST CONSUMER OF 00:52:12.63\00:52:17.46 INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY IS TEENAGERS, 12-17? 00:52:17.46\00:52:22.43 THE MEDIAN AGE FOR THE FIRST USE OF PORNOGRAPHY IS BOYS, 00:52:25.00\00:52:29.86 11-13 AND GIRLS, THEY'RE ONLY ONE YEAR BEHIND, 12-14. 00:52:29.86\00:52:37.63 PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTS -- AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS DR. 00:52:37.63\00:52:40.40 MARY ANN LINDEN WAS SPEAKING BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE AND 00:52:40.40\00:52:43.20 IT'S AN EPIDEMIC IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, A MULTI-BILLION 00:52:43.20\00:52:47.06 DOLLAR BUSINESS: PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET. 00:52:47.06\00:52:50.36 SHE SAID, "IN SOME WAYS IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ADDICTION TO 00:52:50.36\00:52:53.33 RECOVER FROM," BECAUSE AT LEAST WITH COCAINE, TOBACCO, ALCOHOL 00:52:53.33\00:52:57.46 YOU CAN GET IT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. 00:52:57.46\00:52:58.93 BUT WITH PORNOGRAPHY IT STAYS IN YOUR MIND FOREVER. 00:52:58.93\00:53:02.73 IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. 00:53:02.73\00:53:03.90 NOW, I'M JUST GONNA TALK TO YOU HEART-TO-HEART. 00:53:03.90\00:53:05.96 I REALIZE THE SEXUAL DRIVE IS A VERY POWERFUL DRIVE. 00:53:05.96\00:53:09.66 GOD GAVE IT TO YOU AND HE INVENTED IT, NOT THE DEVIL. 00:53:09.66\00:53:12.10 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING USED THE WAY GOD DESIGNED WITHIN THAT 00:53:12.10\00:53:16.50 PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE. 00:53:16.50\00:53:19.30 NOW, HE ALSO GAVE YOU THE DESIRE TO EAT, BUT THERE'S A 00:53:20.80\00:53:24.30 DIFFERENCE. 00:53:24.30\00:53:25.20 THEY'RE BOTH PHYSICAL DESIRES. 00:53:25.20\00:53:26.46 YOU CAN GO A LITTLE WHILE WITHOUT EATING, EVENTUALLY 00:53:26.46\00:53:30.03 YOU'LL DIE. 00:53:30.03\00:53:31.53 BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU CAN GO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITHOUT 00:53:31.53\00:53:34.36 SEX, AND YOU WON'T DIE FROM IT. 00:53:34.36\00:53:37.03 YOU MIGHT THINK YOU WILL, BUT YOU WON'T. 00:53:37.03\00:53:40.50 IT'S AN ILLUSION. 00:53:40.50\00:53:42.10 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 00:53:42.10\00:53:43.53 I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH WORSE NOW 00:53:43.53\00:53:47.23 IN YOUR GENERATION THAN MY GENERATION, WHICH IS NOT THAT 00:53:47.23\00:53:50.53 LONG AGO, BECAUSE I HAVE TEENAGERS AT HOME. 00:53:50.53\00:53:53.80 WHEN I GREW UP WE WOULD EVERY NOW AND THEN SEE A FLEETING 00:53:53.80\00:53:56.46 REFERENCE TO IT. 00:53:56.46\00:53:58.26 AND IF SOMEONE SAW THE CENTERFOLD OF PLAYBOY, WE JUST 00:53:58.26\00:54:01.80 THOUGHT THAT WAS SCANDALOUS... 00:54:01.80\00:54:04.26 COMPARED TO WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY AND HOW OUR 00:54:04.26\00:54:08.40 SOCIETY IS SATURATED. 00:54:08.40\00:54:09.80 AND THE SIT-COMS TALK ABOUT SEX LIKE YOU'RE JUST SHAKING HANDS. 00:54:09.80\00:54:13.96 "HI, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 00:54:13.96\00:54:15.06 HI, PLEASED TO MEET YOU. 00:54:15.06\00:54:16.13 YOU WANNA GO SLEEP TOGETHER?" 00:54:16.13\00:54:17.86 IT'S TREATED AS PERFECTLY NORMAL BECAUSE WE'VE ALL EVOLVED 00:54:17.86\00:54:20.66 AND WE'RE JUST ANIMALS, RIGHT? 00:54:20.66\00:54:21.96 ISN'T THAT WAS THE CULTURE'S TELLING US? 00:54:21.96\00:54:24.50 THAT'S THE DEVIL BEHIND THAT. 00:54:24.50\00:54:26.46 THIS WHOLE PHILOSOPHY THAT WE'RE JUST ANIMALS AND WE'RE PERFECTLY 00:54:26.46\00:54:29.00 NORMAL AND JUST GO WITH THE FLOW AND SEE IF YOU DON'T GET 00:54:29.00\00:54:32.10 CAUGHT. 00:54:32.10\00:54:33.80 BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT... 00:54:33.80\00:54:37.03 THAT AFFECT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 00:54:37.03\00:54:39.16 AND THERE'S A WHOLE GAMUT, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 28 DIFFERENT 00:54:39.16\00:54:41.93 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES THAT YOU CAN GET. 00:54:41.93\00:54:46.63 MANY OF THEM ARE VIRAL DISEASES. 00:54:46.63\00:54:49.10 AND IF IT'S A VIRAL DISEASE, THERE MAY BE DRUGS THAT WILL 00:54:49.10\00:54:52.30 SUBDUE THE SYMPTOMS, BUT THERE'S NO DRUG TO HEAL IT. 00:54:52.30\00:54:58.66 YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN THE '60s, I THINK 00:54:58.66\00:55:03.50 IT WAS 1 OUT OF 10 TEENAGERS THAT WERE SEXUALLY ACTIVE HAD A 00:55:03.50\00:55:08.93 TRANSMITTABLE DISEASE. 00:55:08.93\00:55:11.53 BUT TODAY, IT'S ONE OUT OF FOUR OF ACTIVE TEENS. 00:55:11.53\00:55:17.30 THAT'S AN EPIDEMIC. 00:55:17.30\00:55:19.53 GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO HOLINESS AND PURITY. 00:55:19.53\00:55:22.73 AND HE'S ASKING YOU TO TRUST HIM. 00:55:22.73\00:55:25.93 THIS WHOLE IDEA -- YOU'RE BEING BOMBARDED BY OUR CULTURE WITH 00:55:25.93\00:55:28.66 THIS IDEA THAT YOU'VE GOTTA DO AND HAVE EVERYTHING NOW -- IS 00:55:28.66\00:55:33.80 NOT TRUE. 00:55:33.80\00:55:35.06 THE GREATEST HAPPINESS IS GONNA COME IN WAITING. 00:55:35.06\00:55:38.83 IN WAITING FOR THAT MOMENT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AND YOU GOT 00:55:38.83\00:55:42.46 THE BLESSING OF GOD ON YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. 00:55:42.46\00:55:45.16 AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT 00:55:45.16\00:55:47.10 RELATIONSHIPS. 00:55:47.10\00:55:48.60 BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IN CLOSING. 00:55:48.60\00:55:53.23 THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 12 -- THIS, I THINK, IS A VERY 00:55:53.23\00:55:56.43 IMPORTANT VERSE -- "I BESEECH YOU, THEREFORE," THAT MEANS 00:55:56.43\00:56:01.76 HE'S LIKE BEGGING US... 00:56:01.76\00:56:03.93 "BY THE MERCIES OF GOD THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR 00:56:03.93\00:56:08.06 BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE." 00:56:08.06\00:56:10.73 GOD DOESN'T WANT A DEAD SACRIFICE; HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE 00:56:10.73\00:56:12.83 AN ABUNDANT LIFE. 00:56:12.83\00:56:14.13 HE SAYS, "COME TO ME JUST LIKE YOU ARE." 00:56:14.13\00:56:16.63 HE SAYS, "I WANT TO... 00:56:16.63\00:56:17.46 I NOT ONLY WANT YOUR MIND, I WANT YOUR BODY." 00:56:17.46\00:56:21.00 HE DIED TO SAVE YOUR SOUL. 00:56:21.00\00:56:22.66 IT'S ALL OF YOU THAT HE WANTS. 00:56:22.66\00:56:25.80 BUT YOU KNOW, GOD'S NOT GONNA FORCE YOU. 00:56:25.80\00:56:27.90 HE'S GIVEN YOU A MIND, HE'S GIVEN YOU A WILL, AND HE HAS 00:56:27.90\00:56:30.20 ENTRUSTED TO YOUR CARE FOR THIS LIFE THAT BODY, MADE IN HIS 00:56:30.20\00:56:34.00 IMAGE. 00:56:34.00\00:56:35.76 NOW HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE A NEW BODY SOME DAY WHEN JESUS 00:56:35.76\00:56:37.86 COMES? 00:56:37.86\00:56:38.76 WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? 00:56:38.76\00:56:40.36 THEN HE WANTS YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THESE TEMPLES THAT HE'S GIVEN 00:56:40.36\00:56:42.83 YOU NOW. 00:56:42.83\00:56:44.23 YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:56:44.23\00:56:47.66 AND THE BIBLE SAYS, YOU HONOR THAT TEMPLE, HE'LL GIVE YOU A 00:56:47.66\00:56:51.50 NEW ONE WHEN HE COMES BACK: A GLORIFIED, IMMORTAL TEMPLE. 00:56:51.50\00:56:54.73 BUT IF WE DEFILE THESE TEMPLES, THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS. 00:56:54.73\00:56:59.26 THERE'S GOOD NEWS. 00:56:59.26\00:57:01.00 WE'VE ALL MADE MISTAKES IN WHAT WE EAT AND WHAT WE DRINK IN HOW 00:57:01.00\00:57:03.76 WE LIVE AND MAYBE WHAT WE THINK. 00:57:03.76\00:57:07.10 JESUS SAID HE CAN GIVE YOU A NEW START. 00:57:07.10\00:57:09.23 HE CAN MAKE YOU PURE AND FORGIVE YOU. 00:57:09.23\00:57:11.43 YOU CAN COME TO HIM RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AND GET A NEW BEGINNING 00:57:11.43\00:57:14.16 IN YOUR MIND AND IN YOUR BODY. 00:57:14.16\00:57:17.16 PRAISE GOD THAT HE HEALS OUR BODIES, AMEN? 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