Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: MIQ
Program Code: MIQ000006
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00:05 >> IN 1964, RACHEL VETCH BOUGHT A BRAND NEW MERCURY COMET 00:10 CALIENTE. 00:12 AND SHE'S BEEN DRIVING THE CAR EVER SINCE. 00:15 SHE DECIDED TO TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. 00:17 NOW, MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY IF A CAR LASTED 150,000 MILES. 00:22 RACHEL RIGHT NOW IS GOING ON 540,000 MILES ON HER ORIGINAL 00:27 ENGINE. 00:28 AND IN CASE YOU THINK SHE'S BEEN DRIVING IT AROUND LIKE A 00:30 GRANDMA, SHE CONFESSES, SOMETIMES SHE GOES 120 MILES AN 00:34 HOUR. 00:35 [LAUGHTER] HOW COME HER CAR'S LASTED SO 00:38 LONG? 00:39 SHE'S DONE ALL THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, AND SHE STANDS AND 00:42 WATCHES AS IT'S DONE... 00:43 TAKING VERY GOOD CARE OF CAR. 00:45 SHE ALSO, WHENEVER SHE BUYS A PART, SHE GETS THE LIFETIME 00:48 WARRANTY, SO SHE'S BEEN THROUGH SEVEN MIDAS MUFFLERS, THREE SETS 00:54 OF SEARS SHOCKS AND 14 J.C. PENNEY BATTERIES, ALL FOR 00:58 THE PRICE OF ONE. 01:00 YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW LONG A CAR CAN LAST IF YOU TAKE GOOD 01:03 CARE OF IT. 01:04 MAKES YOU WONDER, HOW LONG WILL OUR BODIES LAST IF WE TAKE GOOD 01:08 CARE OF THEM? 01:09 GOOD QUESTION FOR US TO CONSIDER IN M.I.Q. 01:13 WELCOME, FRIENDS. 01:14 ♪ ♪ >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS 01:19 LISTENING? 01:20 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 01:23 >> CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? 01:24 >> WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? 01:26 >> COLLEGE? 01:27 >> CARS? 01:28 >> A JOB? 01:30 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 01:31 >> CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 01:33 [QUESTIONING SIMULTANEOUSLY] >> ...OR WHAT? 01:41 ♪ ♪ >> ANNOUNCER: "M.I.Q.": 01:44 YOUR QUESTIONS, GOD'S ANSWERS. 01:48 >> DOES IT MATTER WHAT I WEAR? 01:49 WHO I DATE? 01:50 WHAT I EAT? 01:51 THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS FOR EVERY BODY. 01:54 JOIN US NOW FOR M.I.Q. 01:57 >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. 01:58 THIS IS M.I.Q.: AMAZING FACTS FOR TEENS. 02:02 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR AUDIENCE HERE IN CEDAR LAKE, MICHIGAN AND 02:05 ALSO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING ON VARIOUS TELEVISION 02:08 NETWORKS AND ONLINE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN. 02:11 AND WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 02:14 IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION, YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS 02:17 WEBSITE, MIQTEENS.COM, AND YOU CAN POST YOUR QUESTION ONLINE. 02:22 YOU CAN ALSO SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE WITH YOUR QUESTION. 02:26 THE NUMBER IS 760-523-2287. 02:26 AND FRIENDS, IF YOU GO TO THE 02:34 M.I.Q. TEEN WEBSITE, BE SURE TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS RESOURCES 02:37 THAT WE HAVE ONLINE. 02:39 IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY PREVIOUS PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEE THE 02:42 ARCHIVE OF THE EARLIER ONES. 02:43 JUST CLICK ON THE LINK THAT SAYS, "ARCHIVE PROGRAMS." 02:47 WE HAVE A THEME SONG THAT WE LIKE TO SING AT THE BEGINNING OF 02:49 EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS, AND I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS 02:52 TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. 02:54 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SONG, JORDAN WILL BE HAVING OUR 02:57 OPENING PRAYER. 02:58 LET'S STAND AS WE SING TOGETHER, "JESUS IS THE ANSWER." 03:02 ♪ ♪ ♪ WHEN I GAZE UP AT THE 03:08 COUNTLESS STARS ♪ ♪ OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA ♪ 03:14 ♪ MY MIND MAY SWIM WITH QUESTIONS ♪ 03:18 ♪ BEWILDERING TO ME ♪ ♪ BUT THEN I READ THE BIBLE ♪ 03:27 ♪ AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN PRAYER ♪ 03:31 ♪ I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVING GRACE AND CARE ♪ 03:39 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 03:44 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 03:51 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 03:56 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 04:05 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 04:13 ♪ I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ♪ ♪ I WONDER IN MY HEART ♪ 04:21 ♪ HOW SOMETHING COMES FROM NOTHING ♪ 04:25 ♪ WHEN DID FOREVER START ♪ ♪ WHY CAN'T I SEE YOUR GLORY ♪ 04:33 ♪ WHERE IS THE PROMISED LAND ♪ ♪ I TRUST THAT YOU WILL LEAD ME 04:40 THERE ♪ ♪ IF I CAN TAKE YOUR HAND ♪ 04:46 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 04:51 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 04:58 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 05:03 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:11 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:21 >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS 05:23 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT 05:26 YOU HERE AT "M.I.Q." 05:28 PLEASE BE WITH PASTOR BATCHELOR. 05:30 BLESS HIS WORDS. 05:31 I ASK THAT YOU POUR DOWN THE HOLY SPIRIT TO EVERYONE 05:35 LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE TONIGHT. 05:36 HELP THEM TO GAIN A BLESSING. 05:38 THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING GOD. 05:40 IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 05:46 >> PASTOR DOUG: AMEN. 05:47 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 05:48 KELLY, OUR SINGERS, JORDAN, FOR HAVING OUR PRAYER AND THANK YOU 05:51 FOR JOINING US, FRIENDS. 05:53 WE'RE VERY GLAD FOR EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE, FOR OUR MOST 05:56 IMPORTANT QUESTION PROGRAM. 05:59 BY THE WAY, I WAS TALKING TO OUR OFFICE, AND WE'RE GOING TO POST 06:03 THE WORDS AND THE GUITAR CHORDS FOR THE SONG. 06:07 SOME WERE WONDERING IF THEY CAN PLAY ALONG. 06:09 AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING -- WE'VE GOT 06:12 A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, VERY TALENTED AND SOPHISTICATED WITH 06:15 COMPUTERS, HAVE SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WILL CONVERT A 06:18 MELODY TO SHEET MUSIC. 06:19 YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ON, AND HELP US DO THAT, WE'D APPRECIATE 06:22 IT, AND THEN WE CAN POST THE MUSIC AS WELL AS THE GUITAR 06:25 CHORDS AND THE WORDS, OF THAT SONG. 06:28 IT'S KIND OF BEEN EVOLVING DURING THE PROGRAM. 06:30 >> MM HMM, IT HAS. 06:31 WELL PASTOR DOUG, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS AND LET'S 06:33 GET RIGHT TO IT. 06:38 >> HI, MY NAME'S CINDY, AND MY QUESTION IS: WHERE DO WE DRAW 06:40 THE LINE IN COSMETICS? 06:42 LIKE, HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? 06:47 >> I DON'T KNOW. 06:47 DO YOU THINK I'VE GOT TOO MUCH ON? 06:49 [LAUGHTER] NORMALLY THIS QUESTION SHOULD 06:53 JUST APPLY TO THE GIRLS. 06:55 WE HOPE, RIGHT? 06:57 BUT WHEN I DO TELEVISION, I'VE GOT SUCH A BIG PART IN MY HEAD 07:01 THAT THEY SAID THAT I SHINE IF THEY DON'T PUT A LITTLE POWDER 07:04 UP THERE. 07:04 WHAT'S THE PRINCIPLE FOR MAKEUP? 07:07 AND FOR COSMETICS? 07:09 WELL, I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL, CHRISTIANS WANT TO LOOK HEALTHY, 07:11 THEY WANT TO BE AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE. 07:13 SO THE IDEA WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOME FORMAL OCCASION 07:16 AND YOU WANT TO LOOK YOUR BEST, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A SIN TO DO 07:22 SOMETHING TO TRY TO IMPROVE YOUR NATURAL, HEALTHY APPEARANCE. 07:27 WHEN YOU START DOING ALL THE SPARKLES AND BLUE AND GREEN GOO, 07:32 THEN IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK VERY NATURAL. 07:34 NOW, SOME OF THIS IS MY OPINION, BUT THERE IS A SCRIPTURE. 07:37 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT JEZEBEL PAINTED HER FACE AND THEY THREW 07:40 HER OUT THE WINDOW. 07:42 [LAUGHTER] SO I'LL LET YOU APPLY THAT ANY 07:44 WAY YOU WANT. 07:45 ISN'T THAT TRUE? 07:46 IS THAT 2 KINGS...? 07:48 YOU SEARCH FOR IT: IT'S IN THERE. 07:50 IT'S IN 2 KINGS. 07:51 >> ALL RIGHT. 07:51 WELL, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEXT QUESTION TODAY. 07:54 ♪ ♪ THIS IS A QUESTION THAT HAS COME 08:00 FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 08:08 >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY, IF A PERSON HAS ACCEPTED CHRIST, AND THEY 08:11 HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE -- JESUS SAYS, "I COME TO GIVE YOU 08:15 PEACE." 08:16 NOW, PAUL TALKS ABOUT A "PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING." 08:20 OVER AND OVER JESUS SAID, "FEAR NOT. 08:22 DON'T BE AFRAID." 08:23 SO IF WE'RE BELIEVERS, WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID. 08:25 WE SHOULDN'T HAVE FEAR. 08:27 BUT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LORD IN YOUR LIFE -- AND THEN YOU'VE 08:30 GOT THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS MINIONS TORMENTING YOU, IT'D BE 08:33 PERFECTLY NORMAL FOR YOU TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE 08:36 APPROACHING END. 08:38 MATTER OF FACT, I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO BE AT PEACE IF YOU'RE ON 08:41 YOUR WAY TO DESTRUCTION. 08:43 I'D BE PLEADING WITH YOU TO COME TO CHRIST AND FIND THAT PEACE. 08:47 SO IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 08:50 >> ALL RIGHT. 08:51 >> THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GONNA VIEW THE END OF THE WORLD. 08:53 >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. 08:58 >> HI, MY NAME IS DANIELLE, AND MY QUESTION IS, IF SOMEBODY 09:00 COMMITS SUICIDE, AND THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A SIN, WILL IT BE 09:03 HELD AGAINST THEM FOR ETERNITY? 09:10 >> WOW. 09:11 THAT'S A HEAVY QUESTION. 09:12 I THINK ALL OF US HERE PROBABLY KNOW OF SOMEBODY, OR MIGHT EVEN 09:16 HAVE SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY, THAT MADE THIS TERRIBLE MISTAKE. 09:20 NOW, GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART. 09:22 I WANT TO BE CAREFUL TO PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING, GOD LOOKS 09:25 ON THE HEART, AND SO WE REALLY CAN'T JUDGE EXTERNALLY. 09:29 BUT TYPICALLY, SUICIDE REPRESENTS SOMEONE WHO HAS 09:33 ENTERED A HOPELESS AND FAITHLESS EXPERIENCE. 09:37 WITHOUT FAITH, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD. 09:40 NOW, THERE CAN BE EXCEPTIONS. 09:42 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A PERSON MAYBE HAS HAD AN ACCIDENT OR 09:44 THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN, OR YOU KNOW, THERE COULD 09:48 BE SOME MEDICATION OR SOME CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND THAT'S 09:50 WHY -- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL. 09:52 BUT IF YOU HAVE EVER CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE AS A WAY TO 09:56 END YOUR PROBLEMS, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVIL WANTS YOU 10:00 TO THINK, BECAUSE AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT LIFE -- THE BIBLE 10:03 SAYS, "A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD LION." 10:07 WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE. 10:09 WHEN YOU COMMIT SUICIDE, YOU HAVE PERMANENTLY SEALED YOUR 10:13 PROBLEMS. 10:14 BECAUSE IF YOU DIE, FIRST OF ALL, IF THE LAST ACT OF YOUR 10:17 LIFE IS SELF-MURDER, THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE. 10:23 ISN'T IT A SIN TO COMMIT MURDER? 10:26 AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOURSELF. 10:28 AND IF YOU THINK, "BY COMMITTING SUICIDE I'M GONNA RELIEVE MY 10:30 PROBLEMS," YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE RESURRECTION OF 10:34 THE LOST AND YOUR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SEALED. 10:39 SO PLEASE, DON'T EVER LET THE DEVIL MAKE YOU THINK, "IT'LL GET 10:41 BETTER BY KILLING MYSELF." 10:43 IT'S THE OPPOSITE. 10:45 AND IN CASES WHERE YOU MAY KNOW SOMEONE THAT'S MADE THAT 10:48 DECISION, JUST PUT IT IN GOD'S HANDS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU 10:52 JUST HAVE TO TRUST THE LORD AND WAIT UNTIL THAT TIME COMES. 10:54 NOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ALSO BETWEEN A SUICIDE AND A 10:57 SACRIFICE. 10:58 SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WELL JESUS LAID DOWN HIS LIFE. 11:00 ISN'T THAT A SUICIDE?" 11:02 NO. 11:02 HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE. 11:03 HE WAS KILLED BY OTHERS. 11:05 SAMSON STRETCHED OUT HIS ARMS, KNOCKED DOWN THE BUILDING, LAID 11:08 HIS LIFE DOWN, BUT HE DID IT TO DEFEAT GOD'S ENEMIES FROM THEIR 11:13 PEOPLE. 11:13 IT WAS MORE OF A SACRIFICE. 11:15 SO, DIFFICULT QUESTION. 11:16 HOPE THAT HELPS A LITTLE. 11:19 >> THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 11:20 LET'S SEE OUR NEXT QUESTION. 11:22 ♪ ♪ AND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT'S 11:27 COME FROM FREEHOLD, IN NEW JERSEY. 11:35 >> OR YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, "IS THERE A BIBLICAL REASON?" 11:39 WELL, OUR FAMILY, AS A PRACTICE, DOES NOT GO TO THE THEATER OR 11:43 MOVIES, AND IT'S NOT THAT THERE IS NEVER A GOOD PRODUCTION OF A 11:48 DVD OR SOME PROGRAM OUT THERE. 11:50 WE'RE PRODUCING SOME PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW. 11:53 HOW MANY OF YOU LIKE ORANGE JUICE? 11:55 ANYONE LIKE ORANGE JUICE? 11:56 I OUGHTTA WORD IT THAT WAY. 11:56 OKAY. 11:58 DO YOU BUY YOUR ORANGE JUICE AT A BAR? 12:01 CAN YOU GET ORANGE JUICE AT A BAR? 12:04 TRUST ME, I KNOW, YOU CAN. 12:05 I USED TO DRINK. 12:06 THEY USE IT TO MAKE SCREWDRIVERS. 12:08 BUT I DON'T BUY MY ORANGE JUICE THERE ANYMORE, BECAUSE I'M A 12:11 CHRISTIAN AND IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. 12:14 IT'S ALSO TOO EXPENSIVE AND IT'S A BAD ENVIRONMENT. 12:18 MOST OF WHAT THEY SHOW IN THE TYPICAL THEATER THESE DAYS IS 12:21 NOT G-RATED, FAMILY AND APPROPRIATE. 12:24 MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN TAKE MOST OF THE POPULAR MOVIES, 12:27 BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES WE LAID DOWN OF PURITY AND NOBILITY AND 12:30 TRUE -- LAST NIGHT, NOT TOO MANY GOOD THINGS OUT THERE. 12:34 AND SO, YOU'RE GONNA PAY TOO MUCH, IT'S NOT A GOOD WITNESS, 12:38 AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT A VERY GOOD ENVIRONMENT. 12:42 SO THOSE ARE SOME REASONS, I THINK, IF THERE IS SOMETHING 12:45 GOOD, THAT RARE THING THAT'S PRODUCED THAT'S GOOD, WAIT UNTIL 12:48 IT COMES OUT ON DVD. 12:49 FOR $1, THE WHOLE FAMILY CAN WATCH IT. 12:52 >> ALL RIGHT. 12:53 WELL PASTOR DOUG, I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT WE 12:55 CAN TAKE A LOOK AT. 12:56 ♪ ♪ AND THE QUESTION IS: 13:09 >> WELL, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 13:11 YOU KNOW, I WON'T ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS, BUT I BET EVERYBODY 13:14 HERE CAN RELATE TO THAT. 13:16 YOU MAKE A MISTAKE... 13:17 YOU'RE SORRY... 13:18 YOU TELL GOD... 13:19 YOU ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOU... 13:20 HE FORGIVES YOU... 13:21 YOU FEEL BETTER... 13:22 THEN YOU DO THE SAME THING. 13:24 AND YOU COME BACK AND YOU KNOCK ON HEAVEN'S DOOR AND YOU SAY, 13:26 "LORD, I KNOW YOU HATE TO SEE ME COMING AGAIN, BUT I DID IT 13:28 AGAIN." 13:31 YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT WAY WITH GOSSIP. 13:32 SOMETIMES WE FEEL BAD WHEN WE GOSSIP, SAY, "LORD, HELP ME. 13:34 I'M SORRY. 13:35 FORGIVE ME." 13:36 THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU TURN AROUND, BEFORE TWO HOURS GO BY AND YOU 13:39 DO IT AGAIN. 13:40 "OH LORD, I'M SORRY. 13:41 PLEASE HELP ME," AND THEN YOU DO IT AGAIN AND YOU THINK, "LORD, 13:45 I'M NOT EVEN GONNA BOTHER YOU ANYMORE, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROBABLY 13:48 TIRED OF SEEING ME COME WITH THE SAME SIN, ASKING FOR 13:52 FORGIVENESS." 13:53 WRONG. 13:54 GOD WILL NOT GET TIRED OF FORGIVING YOU AS LONG AS YOU ARE 13:59 SINCERE ABOUT BEING SORRY. 14:02 WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS, THOUGH, IS WE PRESUME ON GOD'S 14:05 FORGIVENESS AND WE START TAKING IT FOR GRANTED AND IT CAN GET TO 14:08 THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN LOSE OUR CAPACITY TO BE SORRY FOR THAT 14:12 THING. 14:13 BUT DON'T THINK THAT GOD IS TIRED OF SEEING YOU SINCERELY 14:16 COME TO HIM FOR REPENTANCE. 14:19 WE MAY OFTEN HAVE TO WEEP AND KNEEL AT THE FEET OF JESUS AND 14:22 SAY, "LORD, I MADE THE MISTAKE AGAIN." 14:24 MARY MAGDALENE -- THE BIBLE SAYS JESUS CAST SEVEN DEVILS 14:27 OUT OF HER. 14:29 AND THAT'S SEVEN DIFFERENT TIMES SHE CAME. 14:31 SHE HAD FALLEN BACK INTO THE OLD BEHAVIOR. 14:33 GOD IS LONG SUFFERING TO US. 14:36 HE LOVES YOU. 14:38 HOW OFTEN WILL A PARENT FORGIVE THEIR CHILD? 14:40 LOOK HOW PATIENT OUR PARENTS ARE. 14:41 GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY EARTHLY PARENT. 14:43 IF YOU MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN AND AGAIN, KEEP COMING. 14:46 YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I QUIT SMOKING BEFORE I QUIT SMOKING? 14:51 WHO WAS IT? 14:51 MARK TWAIN THAT SAID, "QUITTING SMOKING IS EASY. 14:53 I'VE DONE IT A HUNDRED TIMES." 14:56 IT'S STAYING QUIT. 14:57 BUT I FINALLY DID QUIT FOR GOOD. 14:59 SO I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I DIDN'T GIVE UP ON GOD AND HE DIDN'T 15:02 GIVE UP ON ME. 15:03 DON'T GET DISCOURAGED WITH YOURSELF. 15:04 >> AMEN. 15:05 >> TIME'S UP. 15:06 >> WELL THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 15:06 >> I'M SORRY I WENT LONG. 15:07 >> THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 15:08 IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE QUESTION, YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS 15:11 WEBSITE -- YOU CAN POST IT ONLINE -- OR SEND US A TEXT 15:14 MESSAGE. 15:15 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, THE NUMBER IS 760-523-2287. 15:22 PASTOR DOUG, THE TIME IS YOURS. 15:23 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ROSS. 15:26 YOU KNOW, HE'S A PRETTY GOOD RACQUETBALL PLAYER. 15:29 WE PLAYED TODAY. 15:30 HE HITS THE BALL SO HARD THAT IT BREAKS. 15:34 [LAUGHTER] WE FLEW OUT HERE, WE JUST DIDN'T 15:37 BRING ENOUGH. 15:38 ANYWAY, TO OUR LESSON FOR TONIGHT. 15:41 DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU EXPERIENCE LIFE IN YOUR BODY? 15:49 AND IF YOU TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR BODY, YOU'LL ENJOY YOUR 15:52 LIFE MORE. 15:54 LAST NIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR THINKING: THE INSIDE, YOUR MIND, 15:59 PURITY OF HEART. 16:00 TONIGHT, WITH THE HELP OF GOD, WE'RE GONNA COVER A BROAD 16:03 SPECTRUM OF ISSUES DEALING WITH "WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT 16:07 HOW I CAN TAKE CARE OF MY BODY SO I CAN ENJOY AN ABUNDANT 16:10 LIFE?" 16:12 AND YOU PRAY FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK 16:14 ABOUT AND I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, AND SHARE WITH 16:16 YOU FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHAT I'VE LEARNED -- SOME THINGS 16:20 THE HARD WAY -- ABOUT TAKING CARE OF OUR BODIES. 16:23 WHY DON'T WE START WITH JUST TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING BASIC, 16:25 LIKE EATING? 16:26 NOW, EATING IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL DO. 16:28 I'M ASSUMING MOST OF US DO IT, RIGHT? 16:31 BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE EVEN SOME SELF-CONTROL, AND THERE ARE SOME 16:34 BIBLE GUIDELINES ON WHAT TO EAT AND HOW TO EAT. 16:38 AND TO DO IT FOR STRENGTH AND FOR HEALTH. 16:42 QUESTION NUMBER ONE IN OUR LESSON. 16:45 LET'S GO THERE. 16:53 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT TELLS US IN 1 CORINTHIANS, "WHATEVER YOU EAT 16:57 OR DRINK, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD." 16:59 WE'VE GOT ANOTHER VERSE HERE FROM GENESIS 1:29. 17:01 IT GETS INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS. 17:16 NOW, THE ORIGINAL DIET FOR MAN WAS WHAT YOU'D CALL A VEGETARIAN 17:20 DIET. 17:21 IT WAS FRUITS, GRAINS, NUTS, BEANS. 17:24 VEGETARIAN DIET. 17:25 LATER, AFTER SIN, GOD THEN ADDED VEGETABLES. 17:28 NOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY BODY IS 17:31 EXHIBIT "A" OF AN EXPERIMENT. 17:33 I KNOW THAT SCARES YOU. 17:35 BUT I GREW UP EATING ALL OF THE WRONG THINGS. 17:38 I HAVE EATEN EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THAT COULD CRAWL ACROSS 17:40 YOUR PLATE. 17:42 MATTER OF FACT, RICH PEOPLE -- MY DAD WAS A MILLIONAIRE, AND 17:44 THEY'D TAKE US OUT TO THESE FANCY RESTAURANTS, AND I'VE 17:46 EATEN SNAILS... 17:47 I'VE EATEN FROGS... 17:49 I'VE EATEN TURTLE STEAK... 17:50 I'VE EATEN CATFISH. 17:52 WE USED TO CATCH THEM IN OUR BACKYARD. 17:54 I'VE EATEN RATTLESNAKE, THOUGH I DIDN'T GET THAT IN A -- 17:57 SQUIRREL. 17:58 I MEAN, I COULD GO DOWN THE LINE. 17:59 ANTS. 18:00 ALL KINDS OF THINGS. 18:01 AND GROWING UP -- NOW, THAT WAS KIND OF RARE. 18:03 I DIDN'T DO THAT EVERYDAY. 18:06 AND GROWING UP, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY, MY BREAKFAST, FOR A GOOD 18:12 PART OF THE TIME, WAS A TWINKIE AND A CUP OF TEA. 18:15 AND I WONDERED WHY I WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 18:17 I DID SO POORLY. 18:18 I WAS JUST BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS THE FIRST PERIOD, AND 18:22 THEN I'D HAVE -- I'D CRASH, YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THE CAFFEINE WORE 18:25 OFF AND ALL THE SUGAR WORE OFF. 18:26 AND THEN I WAS DEPRESSED AND I COULDN'T PERFORM, AND IT -- 18:32 FINALLY, I MOVED INTO THE HILLS WHEN I BECAME A TEENAGER. 18:35 AND BECAUSE I HAD NO REFRIGERATION, I DIDN'T HAVE 18:37 ENOUGH MONEY, I STARTED EATING A SIMPLE VEGETARIAN DIET. 18:41 I STARTED FEELING LIKE I'D BEEN BORN AGAIN. 18:43 MY MIND WAS CLEAR. 18:44 I COULD THINK CLEARLY. 18:45 I WASN'T GOING THROUGH THESE CYCLES OF UPS AND DOWNS AND 18:48 DEPRESSION. 18:49 I FELT SO MUCH BETTER. 18:50 MY ENDURANCE WAS BETTER. 18:52 I WAS GETTING FRESH AIR, SUNSHINE, EXERCISE. 18:55 AND I FELT GREAT. 18:57 THEN I MOVED BACK TO THE CITY, AND OF ALL THINGS -- IT'S A LONG 19:00 STORY -- I GOT INVOLVED IN A MEAT BUSINESS WHERE I SOLD 19:03 STEAK. 19:05 AND I STARTED EATING STEAK THREE TIMES A DAY BECAUSE I HAD THE 19:08 BEST CUTS FOR MYSELF. 19:10 I WAS EATING NEW YORK STEAK FOR BREAKFAST, AND T-BONE FOR LUNCH, 19:14 AND FILET MIGNON FOR DINNER. 19:15 AND I'D TOP IT OFF, AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING, WITH A HALF-GALLON 19:18 OF ICE CREAM. 19:21 YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU COULD EAT. 19:23 TEENAGERS -- THEIR STOMACHS, I THINK, ARE THAT BIG. 19:26 AND I FELT AWFUL. 19:28 AND THEN I STARTED STUDYING INTO IT AND I WENT BACK TO THE DIET I 19:31 HAD WHEN I LIVED UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND I'VE BEEN ON THAT 19:34 EVER SINCE. 19:35 AND I FEEL A LOT BETTER. 19:36 FOR A GUY WITH SIX GRANDKIDS, I'M IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. 19:40 AND SO, I'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS. 19:43 THE ORIGINAL DIET THAT GOD HAD REALLY WILL PROMOTE A LONG LIFE. 19:48 IT'S A PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED FACT NOW THAT VEGETARIANS LIVE 19:53 LONGER. 19:55 IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. 19:56 BY THE WAY, SOME OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN THE WORLD -- 19:58 I GOT A FEW FACTS HERE THAT I SAW. 20:00 YOU'VE HEARD OF DAVE SCOTT? 20:01 HE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 20:05 VICTORIES. 20:06 HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE IRONMAN COMPETITION IS? 20:09 THAT'S WHERE YOU RUN -- LET ME SEE... 20:11 2.4-MILE SWIM. 20:13 THAT'S A LONG SWIM. 20:14 112-MILE BIKE RIDE, TOPPED OFF WITH A 26-MILE MARATHON RUN. 20:19 AND THIS FELLOW, WHO WAS A VEGETARIAN, HAS WON IT SIX 20:23 TIMES. 20:23 HE TRIED IT ONE MORE TIME IN HIS 40s... 20:26 CAME IN SECOND PLACE. 20:27 THAT'S PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 20:29 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF CARL LEWIS? 20:31 THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION WHO WON, WHAT WAS IT, SEVEN -- 20:34 NO, TEN OLYMPIC MEDALS OVER HIS CAREER. 20:38 NINE OF THEM GOLD MEDALS. 20:40 HIS BEST YEAR, HE SAID, HE ADOPTED NOT ONLY A VEGETARIAN 20:43 BUT A VEGAN DIET. 20:45 AND SO, FOLLOWING A BIBLE PATTERN -- 20:48 NOW, THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY IT'S A SIN FOR YOU TO EAT MEAT OR 20:50 DAIRY PRODUCTS. 20:51 I PERSONALLY THINK YOU'RE BETTER OFF, BECAUSE FROM MY EXPERIENCE 20:54 AND A LOT OF DATA SUPPORTS THAT. 20:56 BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE EATING MEAT, THE BIBLE SPECIFIES WHAT 21:01 KIND OF ANIMALS THEY SHOULD BE. 21:03 YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE, IN GENESIS 7:2, WHEN THEY WENT ON 21:08 THE ARK, BACK IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, IT SAYS: 21:22 THE CLEAN ANIMALS WERE TAKEN BY SEVENS, AND THE UNCLEAN BY TWOS. 21:27 NOW, THAT'S BECAUSE NOAH WAS JEWISH AND HE JUST WASN'T 21:30 ALLOWED TO EAT KOSHER FOOD, AND SO THEY TOOK EXTRA CLEAN ANIMALS 21:33 FOR HIM TO EAT. 21:35 WAS NOAH JEWISH? 21:37 HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE RELATED TO NOAH, I JUST WANT TO CHECK? 21:41 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL COUSINS, AREN'T WE? 21:44 THROUGH NOAH. 21:45 AND IT DID HIM PRETTY GOOD. 21:48 I MEAN, HE LIVED 900-PLUS YEARS. 21:50 THE ORIGINAL DIET FOR MAN WAS NOT ONLY A VEGETARIAN DIET, BUT 21:54 GOD SAID, "YOU SHOULD ONLY BE EATING... 21:55 IF YOU'RE GONNA EAT MEAT, THE ANIMALS THAT ARE CLEAN." 21:58 AND SO GOD GAVE SOME CRITERIA, AND THE BIBLE OUTLINES, AND IT'S 22:00 IN YOUR LESSON BOOK, "WHAT ARE THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN 22:03 ANIMALS?" 22:04 SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, "WELL PASTOR DOUG, DOESN'T THE 22:06 BIBLE SAY THAT IF YOU PRAY, GOD WILL SANCTIFY WHAT YOU EAT 22:10 THROUGH PRAYER"? 22:12 AND I'VE GOT SOME DEAR FRIENDS THAT BELIEVE THAT. 22:15 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 22:16 I'LL ASK THEM, "SO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER 22:20 WHAT YOU EAT, THAT YOU COULD EAT -- DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH 22:22 SUGAR, HOW MUCH CHOLESTEROL, HOW OFTEN, HOW FREQUENTLY -- 22:25 YOU JUST PRAY, AND IT'S ALL OF A SUDDEN GOOD"? 22:28 "WELL, YEAH, GOD SAYS IT'S SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD." 22:31 SO, IF YOUR CHILDREN, BEFORE THEY GO TO SCHOOL, FILL A BOWL 22:36 WITH COUNT CHOCULA AND THEN BEGIN TO HEAP THE SUGAR ON THEIR 22:41 COUNT CHOCULA, AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO POUR SOME CHOCOLATE 22:46 SYRUP ON TOP OF THAT, AND YOU SAY, "WHOA WAIT A SECOND, LET'S 22:49 NOT GET CARRIED AWAY." 22:50 AND THEY SAY, "BUT I'M GONNA PRAY BEFORE I EAT IT." 22:53 NO PARENT WOULD ACCEPT THAT. 22:56 OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA HAVE AN EFFECT. 22:58 NOW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH EATING SWEETS, A LITTLE BIT. 23:02 THE BIBLE SAYS, "EAT HONEY FOR IT IS GOOD; DON'T EAT TOO MUCH 23:05 HONEY, LEST YOU VOMIT." 23:07 SO THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO USE COMMON SENSE AND DO 23:10 THINGS IN MODERATION. 23:11 ALSO WHEN YOU EAT, EAT FOR STRENGTH AT REGULAR TIMES. 23:15 IF YOU'RE KIND OF JUST NOSHING ALL DAY LONG, YOU'RE STOMACH 23:19 DOESN'T GET TO REST. 23:21 I HAVE FOUND THAT -- I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER -- 23:24 I WISH I KNEW WHEN I WAS YOUNGER WHAT I KNOW NOW. 23:27 I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ADDED SEVERAL YEARS TO MY LIFE. 23:30 I JUST EAT PRINCIPALLY TWO REAL MEALS A DAY. 23:33 I JUST HAD A FEW GRAPES AND A GRANOLA BAR BEFORE THE PROGRAM, 23:37 BECAUSE I'M STILL ON CALIFORNIA TIME. 23:39 AND I FEEL GOOD, AND THEN YOU GET EXERCISE. 23:42 YOU GOT TO BALANCE THAT WITH -- YOU GOTTA GET SOME GOOD, 23:44 VIGOROUS EXERCISE. 23:45 NOW, THE REASON I'M SPENDING SOME TIME ON THIS TODAY -- 23:48 YOU KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER ONE KILLER IS IN NORTH AMERICA? 23:51 IT'S NOT STARVATION. 23:53 YOU CAN SUM UP THE NUMBER ONE KILLER TO, NOT A LACK OF FOOD, 23:57 BUT TOO MUCH FOOD. 23:59 WE ARE LIVING IN ONE OF THE ONLY GENERATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF 24:02 MANKIND WHERE MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM ABUNDANCE. 24:06 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO EAT AND THERE ARE SO MANY REFINED 24:09 FOODS. 24:09 AND THERE'S SO MUCH SUGAR IN THE FOOD, AND YOU KNOW, EVEN 24:12 CHILDHOOD OBESITY IS EPIDEMIC, WHICH IS LEADING TO HEART 24:16 DISEASE, CANCER, DIABETES, STRESS, AND YOU NAME I, 24:19 THE WHOLE GAMUT OF DISEASES, CAN BE TRACED TO EATING TOO MUCH OF 24:24 THE WRONG THINGS AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH EXERCISE. 24:27 A SEDENTARY SOCIETY: SOMETIMES THE ONLY EXERCISE WE 24:30 GET IS THE REMOTE CONTROL AND THE MOUSE, RIGHT? 24:35 I KNOW WE EAT, STUDY, SO HAVING REGULAR TIMES TO EAT, AND EATING 24:40 THE RIGHT FOODS... 24:42 AND SODA POP, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE LIQUID CANDY -- 24:45 Y'ALL KNOW THAT. 24:46 THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST OFFENDERS. 24:48 AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S A SIN, YOU UNDERSTAND? 24:50 BUT YOU GOTTA REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING INTO YOUR BODY 24:52 BECAUSE YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD. 24:54 YOU'LL FEEL BETTER -- YOU KNOW WHAT? 24:56 LET ME JUST -- I'M GONNA CUT THIS WHOLE SECTION 24:57 SHORT JUST BY TELLING YOU SOMETHING REAL QUICK. 25:00 WHAT ARE SOME GOOD REASONS --? 25:01 SEVEN REASONS TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY: 25:04 BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT... 25:05 YOUR EXERCISE... 25:06 WHAT YOU DRINK... 25:09 NUMBER ONE: YOU'LL SERVE GOD MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND THAT'S THE 25:12 BEST REASON, BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE LORD AND YOU WANT TO SERVE 25:14 HIM. 25:15 NUMBER TWO: YOU'LL SERVE YOUR FELLOW MAN BETTER. 25:19 NUMBER THREE: YOU WILL FEEL BETTER. 25:22 NUMBER FOUR: YOU'LL LOOK BETTER. 25:26 THAT'S RIGHT: THE OLDER YOU GET, THE MORE RESPONSIBLE YOU 25:28 ARE FOR THE WAY YOU LOOK. 25:30 NUMBER FIVE: YOU'LL HAVE MORE MONEY. 25:33 WHY? 25:34 IT'S BEST TO SPEND LESS MONEY ON JUNK FOOD AND LESS ON DOCTORS, 25:38 GROCERIES. 25:40 NUMBER SIX: YOU'LL LIVE LONGER. 25:44 NUMBER SEVEN: YOU WILL BE MORE INTELLIGENT. 25:47 YOU EVER READ THAT CHAPTER IN DANIEL 1, WHERE DANIEL AND HIS 25:51 FRIENDS MADE SOME DECISIONS NOT TO EAT THE BABYLONIAN FOOD, BUT 25:54 THEY WERE GONNA EAT BASICALLY A VEGETARIAN DIET? 25:58 AND AFTER THEY WERE TESTED, THEY WERE TEN TIMES WISER THAN ALL 26:00 THE WISE MEN IN BABYLON. 26:01 AND THEY HAD A LOT OF WISE MEN IN THEIR KINGDOM BACK THEN. 26:05 SO, THE BIBLE PRINCIPLES ARE, IT DOES MATTER; WHAT YOU EAT AND 26:09 WHAT YOU DRINK, AND DO IT ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. 26:12 "EAT FOR STRENGTH," THE BIBLE SAYS, "AND NOT FOR DRUNKENNESS." 26:15 YOU'LL FEEL BETTER, YOU'LL LOOK BETTER. 26:17 YOU'LL... LIVE LONGER. 26:19 YOU'LL HAVE A MORE ABUNDANT LIFE. 26:21 SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A FEW PRINCIPLES, BASIC, BROAD 26:23 PRINCIPLES YOU FIND IN THE BIBLE, ABOUT TAKING CARE OF 26:26 YOURSELF. 26:28 NUMBER TWO: 26:37 NOW, SOMEONE'S PROBABLY THINKING RIGHT AWAY, "WELL, DOESN'T 26:39 JESUS... 26:40 DIDN'T HE TURN THE WATER INTO WINE? 26:41 THAT MUST MEAN IT'S OKAY." 26:42 LET'S READ THIS HERE FROM PROVERBS 23:31, IT SAYS: 27:05 YOU CAN ALSO READ IN PROVERBS 20:1: "WINE IS A MOCKER; STRONG 27:09 DRINK IS A BRAWLER, AND WHOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT 27:13 WISE." 27:14 NOW AGAIN, I AM SORRY, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU I KNOW WHAT I'M 27:19 TALKING ABOUT. 27:21 MY FATHER HAD A BAR IN HIS HOUSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. 27:25 MY MOTHER... 27:27 FIRST TIME -- MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO DRUGS WAS PROVIDED BY MY 27:32 MOM. 27:33 I'LL MAYBE SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER PROGRAM. 27:36 I GREW UP SURROUNDED WITH IT, AND I WAS DRINKING -- 27:40 I DON'T REMEMBER HOW YOUNG I WAS WHEN I STARTED DRINKING. 27:42 MY PARENTS SERVED THEM TO ME AS A CHILD AS FAR BACK AS I CAN GO. 27:46 I USED TO GO AROUND AND CLEAN OUT MY DAD'S MARTINI GLASSES 27:48 WHEN HE WOULD DRINK HIMSELF TO SLEEP. 27:52 ALCOHOL KILLS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER DRUG, ALL THE 27:57 OTHER DRUGS COMBINED. 27:58 NOW, I'M NOT JUSTIFYING ANY OF THEM. 28:01 BUT WHAT SCARES ME IS EVERY NOW AND THEN I MEET CHRISTIAN YOUNG 28:04 PEOPLE AND THEY SAY, "WELL, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH 28:06 A LITTLE ALCOHOL. 28:07 JESUS TURNED THE WATER INTO WINE." 28:08 THAT IS A MYTH THAT IT WAS ALCOHOLIC. 28:11 JESUS SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THE STUFF 28:14 THAT WAS STRONG PROOF. 28:16 HE GAVE THEM "NEW WINE" AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS UNUSUAL. 28:21 MATTER OF FACT, AT THE LORD'S SUPPER, UNLEAVENED BREAD, 28:24 UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE -- JESUS SAID, MATTHEW -- 28:27 OH, IS THAT CHAPTER 26? 28:29 "I WILL NOT DRINK IT AGAIN UNTIL I DRINK IT WITH YOU NEW IN MY 28:34 FATHER'S KINGDOM." 28:35 NEW WINE, IN THE BIBLE, WAS UNFERMENTED. 28:37 JESUS WOULD NEVER MAKE... 60 GALLONS OF BOOZE FOR A PARTY. 28:43 NO, EVERYTHING -- MATTER OF FACT, THINK ABOUT 28:45 THIS. 28:46 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW JESUS FEELS ABOUT DRUGS, THE SALVATION 28:50 OF OUR ENTIRE PLANET HUNG IN THE BALANCE AS JESUS WAS ON THE 28:54 CROSS. 28:54 THE DEVIL WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET JESUS TO SIN. 28:58 AND ONE OF HIS LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPTS WAS, THEY SOAKED A 29:01 SPONGE IN SOME ALCOHOL AND THEY PUT IT ON A POLE UP TO HIM. 29:05 MAYBE IF HE DRANK AND WAS A LITTLE INEBRIATED, HE WOULD 29:08 CURSE GOD OR DO SOMETHING WRONG. 29:10 HE REFUSED IT. 29:12 WHEN HE -- A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD THINK, 29:14 "BOY, BOY, IF YOU EVER NEEDED SOME DRUGS RIGHT NOW FOR THE 29:17 PAIN, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME." 29:19 BUT HE WASN'T GONNA JEOPARDIZE OUR SALVATION BY FOGGING HIS 29:23 MIND WITH A DRUG, AND HE TURNED AWAY FROM IT. 29:26 IT WOULD HAVE RELIEVED HIS PAIN. 29:29 THE LORD WANTS US TO HAVE OUR MINDS CLEAR. 29:32 AND SO, DO I NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DRUGS? 29:37 I SMOKED A LOT OF POT -- USED TO GROW IT. 29:41 I DRANK A LOT OF ALCOHOL -- I USED TO MAKE MY OWN BEER. 29:45 I LEARNED HOW TO DO IT AT A BOARDING SCHOOL ONE TIME. 29:47 I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT THE RECIPE IS. 29:49 [LAUGHTER] L.S.D., COCAINE -- 29:53 I NEVER DID USE HEROIN. 29:54 I SAW WHAT IT DID TO MY FRIENDS IN NEW YORK CITY AND IT WAS VERY 29:56 PATHETIC. 29:58 BUT I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE GAMUT OF DRUGS, AND YOU KNOW 30:00 WHAT? 30:01 ALL OF MY FRIENDS THAT DID THAT, THEY'VE EITHER -- 30:03 THEY'RE DEAD, IN PRISON, OR THEY BECAME LOSERS, UNLESS THEY 30:06 GOT THE VICTORY OVER THAT. 30:08 I THINK IT'S CLEAR TO EVERYBODY HERE, DRUGS IS JUST NOT THE WAY 30:11 TO GO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY. 30:13 I'M HEARING WE'VE GOT A TEXT QUESTION THAT'S COMING IN. 30:16 SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SCREEN AND SEE WHAT SOMEBODY'S 30:18 GOT ON THEIR MIND. 30:21 IT SAYS: 30:27 [LAUGHTER] WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA BE 30:30 ABLE TO MARKET IT IF THEY DIDN'T FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT. 30:33 IF IT TASTED DISGUSTING, THEY WOULDN'T SELL THEM, WOULD THEY? 30:35 OF COURSE IT'S TASTY. 30:37 YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FINDING OUT IS, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE 30:39 ARE GETTING SO WOUND UP ON THESE ENERGY DRINKS -- 30:42 I'VE BEEN READING SOME INTERESTING THINGS -- 30:43 THAT SOME ARE EVEN HAVING CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THEY GET SO 30:46 HYPED ON THEM THAT FINALLY WHEN THEY DO COME DOWN, THEY ACTUALLY 30:49 BLACK OUT. 30:51 AND OTHERS ARE BECOMING VERY IRRITABLE. 30:54 IN CLASS, THEY'RE PULLING KNIVES, AND THEY'RE FINDING OUT 30:57 THAT THEY WERE SO TANKED UP ON THAT STUFF, IT WAS LIKE SPEED. 31:00 AND THEN, WHEN THE CAFFEINE EFFECT STOPS, IT OFTEN LEADS -- 31:05 YOU CAN'T TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE BANK AND NOT PAY THE PIPER. 31:08 AND SO IF YOU TAKE SOME KIND OF DRINK OR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA 31:11 GIVE YOU A SURGE OF ENERGY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 31:13 CORRESPONDING LOW. 31:16 THE TIDE IS GOING TO GO OUT. 31:18 AND IF YOU HAVE THE TIDE COME IN A LITTLE EXTRA FAR AND YOU SAY, 31:21 "HEY, THIS IS GREAT, I FEEL A RUSH," THE TIDE'S GONNA GO OUT A 31:23 LITTLE FURTHER. 31:25 AND SO, YOU'RE NEVER REALLY COMING AHEAD BY DOING THOSE 31:27 THINGS. 31:28 BEST WAY IF YOU WANT GOOD ENERGY IS, GET THE EXERCISE, EAT GOOD 31:32 FOOD. 31:33 YOUR BODY WILL STABILIZE THE CHEMICALS, AND YOU'LL FIND THAT 31:35 WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE, YOU'RE CLEAR, YOU'LL FEEL THAT ENERGY; YOUR 31:38 MIND IS FRESH. 31:40 SO, BY THE WAY, ANYTHING THAT CAN BECOME ADDICTING IS NOT GOOD 31:45 FOR YOU. 31:46 YOU EVER HEARD OF SOMEBODY GETTING ADDICTED TO BANANAS? 31:51 AND YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR FRIEND, AND THEY'RE LOOKING REAL 31:53 EDGY AND SHAKING IN THE CLASS, AND, "WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?" 31:55 "GET ME A BANANA, QUICK. 31:56 I GOTTA HAVE ONE. 31:57 I'LL PAY YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT." 31:59 DOESN'T HAPPEN, DOES IT? 32:00 NOBODY EVER -- "WHAT'S THE MATTER?" 32:01 "BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 32:02 GET ME SOME BRUSSELS SPROUTS, QUICK." 32:04 [LAUGHTER] PEOPLE GET ADDICTED TO WHAT'S 32:07 BAD FOR THEM, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 32:09 AND SO, ANY OF THESE DRUGS -- THAT OUGHT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING 32:12 RIGHT AWAY: THEY'RE ADDICTING. 32:13 ALL RIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER THREE: 32:23 1 PETER 5:8, THE BIBLE HAS SOME SAGE ADVISE FOR THAT QUESTION. 32:29 "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT." 32:33 WHENEVER YOU FIND THE WORD, "BE" IN THE BIBLE, JUST REMEMBER 32:36 THIS: GOD CREATED THE WORLD BY SAYING, "LET THERE BE LIGHT." 32:42 "LET THERE BE WATER, LAND," WHATEVER IT WAS. 32:45 HE SPOKE. 32:46 AND WHEN HE SAID, "BE," IT HAPPENED. 32:47 MAN CAME TO JESUS ONE TIME, SAID, "LORD, I'M A LEPER, BUT IF 32:50 YOU WANT, YOU CAN MAKE ME CLEAN." 32:52 AND THE LORD SAID, "BE CLEAN." 32:54 HE WAS CLEANSED. 32:56 SO WHEN GOD SAYS IN HIS WORD, "BE SOBER," IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING 33:00 WITH SOME KIND OF ADDICTION, YOU THINK, "THERE'S NO HOPE FOR ME," 33:02 IF GOD SAYS, "BE," YOU CAN BE. 33:06 IT'S TRUE, FRIENDS. 33:07 "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT," THAT MEANS, BE ON YOUR GUARD, 33:11 "BECAUSE YOUR ADVERSARY THE DEVIL" IS WALKING, HE'S 33:14 PROWLING AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION SEEKING WHOM HE MIGHT 33:17 DEVOUR. 33:19 AND NOW THE DEVIL IS DEVOURING A WHOLE GENERATION OF YOUNG 33:21 PEOPLE THROUGH DRUGS. 33:24 THAT'S WHY GOD SAYS, "BE SOBER." 33:26 IF YOUR MIND IS CLEAR -- BY THE WAY, BEFORE I LEAVE THIS 33:30 SUBJECT, I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT SEX AND DATING 33:32 AND SOME OF THAT STUFF. 33:35 WHY DO YOU THINK GUYS WILL OFTEN TRY TO GET A GIRL TO DRINK A 33:39 LITTLE BIT WHEN THEY GO OUT ON A DATE? 33:41 IS THAT SO HER MORALE RESOLVE WILL BE STRENGTHENED? 33:45 OR DO THEY KNOW VERY WELL THAT THEIR MORAL RESOLVE WILL BE 33:48 WEAKENED? 33:50 THE DEVIL KNOWS THAT, TOO. 33:52 OUR MORAL FORTITUDE, OUR POWER, OUR INTELLECT TO RESIST 33:55 TEMPTATION IS ERODED BY DRUGS. 34:00 MATTER OF FACT, EVEN EATING WELL WILL GIVE YOU MORE POWER TO 34:04 RESIST TEMPTATION. 34:05 TAKING CARE OF YOUR BODY. 34:06 WHEN DID THE DEVIL COME TO JESUS TO TEMPT HIM? 34:09 AFTER FASTING 40 DAYS WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY IN THE WILDERNESS; 34:12 LOW BLOOD SUGAR, TIRED. 34:14 THE DEVIL CAME AT HIM THEN. 34:16 SO THE DEVIL TRIES TO GET US WHEN WE'RE WEAK AND TIRED, OR 34:19 UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND THAT'S WHAT DRUGS WILL DO TO YOU. 34:22 SO "BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT." 34:24 ALRIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER FOUR: 34:33 A LOT OF TIMES WHEN SOMEONE IS APPROACHED ABOUT BIBLICAL 34:37 STANDARDS OF GODLY LIVING, THEY'LL SAY, "WELL, YOU NEED TO 34:39 HAVE BALANCE." 34:41 AND WHAT THEY MEAN BY BALANCE, IS THEY SAID, "YOU NEED TO JUST 34:43 BALANCE A LITTLE BIT OF DRUGS WITH A LITTLE BIG OF SOBRIETY, 34:47 AND YOU NEED TO BALANCE A LITTLE BIT OF ADULTERY WITH A LITTLE 34:49 BIT OF MORALITY, AND YOU NEED TO BALANCE..." 34:52 AND THEIR IDEA OF BALANCE IS, YOU BALANCE YOUR SIN WITH YOUR 34:56 EPISODES OF OBEDIENCE. 34:57 THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BIBLE MEANS WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BALANCE. 35:00 YOU DO NEED A BALANCED LIFE, BUT BALANCE WOULD BE, YOU DON'T WANT 35:03 TO SPEND ALL DAY STUDYING. 35:05 STUDY IS GOOD. 35:06 YOU WANT TO BALANCE YOUR STUDY WITH EXERCISE. 35:09 YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND ALL DAY LONG TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS AND 35:12 NOT DO ANY WORK. 35:13 FRIENDS ARE GOOD AND YOU NEED TO DO THAT, BUT YOU WANT TO BALANCE 35:15 THAT WITH BEING INDUSTRIOUS AND DOING YOUR WORK. 35:20 SO YES, A CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE BALANCED. 35:22 BUT DON'T EVER USE THAT WORD "BALANCE" AS A CODE WORD FOR 35:25 MIXING IN A LITTLE BIT OF SIN, SO YOU'RE NOT TOO GODLY. 35:28 THAT'S NOT HOW GOD USES IT. 35:30 BUT YES, WE SHOULD HAVE LIVES THAT ARE BALANCED, AND THAT'LL 35:33 ADD BALANCE TO YOUR LIFE THROUGH CHRIST. 35:35 ALRIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER FIVE: 35:44 I ALWAYS ENTER THIS SUBJECT WITH FEAR AND TREPIDATION. 35:49 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? 35:51 1 PETER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR BODIES, INCLUDING WHAT YOU PUT 35:54 ON THEM. 35:55 1 PETER 1 15:16: "BUT AS HE WHO HAS CALLED YOU IS HOLY, SO YOU 36:03 SHOULD BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT, BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, 36:07 'BE HOLY,'" THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN, "BE." 36:09 "BE HOLY," GOD SAYS, "FOR I AM HOLY." 36:12 IS GOD CALLING US TO BE HOLY? 36:14 IS THAT SCRIPTURE CLEAR? 36:16 HE'S SAYING, "BE HOLY." 36:17 AS A MATTER OF FACT, "I'LL EMPOWER YOU." 36:20 YOU KNOW, THE LORD WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER ASK YOU TO DO 36:23 SOMETHING WITHOUT GIVING YOU THE POWER TO DO WHAT HE'S ASKING YOU 36:25 TO DO. 36:26 WOULDN'T THAT BE CRUEL? 36:28 IF A PARENT SAID TO SOME CHILD, "LOOK, I WANT YOU TO RUN OVER 36:31 THERE AND TURN THAT LIGHT ON." 36:32 BUT THE LIGHT'S OVER THE CHILD'S HEAD. 36:34 AND HE SAYS -- THE KID'S JUMPING UP AND DOWN 36:36 AND SAYS, "I CAN'T REACH IT." 36:37 THE FATHER COMES OVER AND SMACKS HIM TO THE GROUND AND SAYS, "I 36:39 TOLD YOU TO TURN ON THAT LIGHT." 36:41 WOULDN'T THAT BE CRUEL? 36:43 IS GOD GONNA PUNISH US FOR NOT DOING SOMETHING THAT WE ARE 36:47 INCAPABLE OF DOING? 36:50 EVERY TIME -- IT'S ENCOURAGING. 36:51 EVERY COMMANDMENT OF GOD SHOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY BECAUSE THAT 36:53 MEANS YOU ARE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING HE'S ASKING YOU TO 36:55 DO. 36:56 HOW MUCH CAN YOU DO THROUGH CHRIST? 36:58 ALL THINGS. 36:59 NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CLOTHING. 37:03 DOES IT MATTER WHAT WE WEAR AS CHRISTIANS? 37:06 WHY DO WE WEAR CLOTHES AT ALL? 37:09 I LIVED -- I HAVE TOLD YOU. 37:12 I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 37:14 I BET NOT TOO MANY OF YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU WENT A YEAR WITHOUT 37:16 CLOTHES. 37:19 I CAN. 37:21 I LIVED UP IN THE HILLS, AND I JUST RAN AROUND IN MY BIRTHDAY 37:23 TUXEDO MOST OF THE TIME. 37:25 [LAUGHTER] AND YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME I DID 37:27 IT, I SAID, "YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T RIGHT." 37:29 I GREW UP LIKE YOU, WEARING CLOTHES, BUT I WAS WITH A HIPPIE 37:31 MOVEMENT BACK THEN. 37:32 I THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA FIND GOD THROUGH NATURE." 37:34 AND I THOUGHT, "THIS IS NATURAL." 37:36 AND SO I JUST TOOK OFF ALL MY CLOTHES AND... 37:38 [LAUGHTER] I WASN'T THE ONLY HIPPIE THAT 37:41 WOULD BE UP IN THE HILLS LIKE THAT. 37:43 EVERY NOW AND THEN I'D RUN INTO SOMEBODY ELSE, AND THEY DIDN'T 37:45 HAVE THEIR CLOTHES ON SOMETIMES, TOO. 37:47 AND I WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TALK TO 37:50 SOMEONE ELSE THAT'S NAKED AND ACT LIKE YOU DON'T NOTICE. 37:53 [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, I'D BE HIKING DOWN THE 37:56 TRAIL, AND ALL I HAD -- I ALWAYS WEAR MY BOOTS. 37:59 I HAD MY HIKING BOOTS BECAUSE THERE WAS CACTUS UP IN THE 38:01 MOUNTAINS. 38:01 AND I HAD A LITTLE BACKPACK AND I'D JUST BE HIKING AROUND THE 38:04 MOUNTAINS UP THERE, JUST NAKED, AND SOMETIMES I'D RUN INTO OTHER 38:07 PEOPLE. 38:08 THEY WERE USUALLY HIPPIES AND THEY'D TRY AND ACT LIKE, "HEY, 38:10 YEAH, HI, HOW'RE YOU DOING?" 38:11 AND THEY TRY AND ACT LIKE THEY DON'T NOTICE OR -- 38:14 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 38:15 I JUST WANNA TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT AIN'T RIGHT. 38:19 IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT NORMAL. 38:22 EVERY ANIMAL IS BORN WITH CLOTHES ON OR THEY GROW FROM THE 38:26 INSIDE OUT. 38:28 HUMANS ARE THE ONLY CREATURE THAT SORT OF PUTS THEIR CLOTHES 38:31 ON FROM THE OUTSIDE. 38:33 IN THE BEGINNING WHEN MAN SINNED, WHEN WE WERE MADE, WE 38:36 HAD ROBES OF LIGHT. 38:38 ADAM AND EVE HAD GLORIOUS ROBES OF LIGHT, AND WHEN THEY SINNED, 38:42 THE LIGHT FADED AND THEY SAW EACH OTHER'S NAKEDNESS. 38:45 AND THEN THEY WENT, "THIS IS EMBARRASSING." 38:46 THEY EVEN -- THEY WERE MARRIED! 38:48 THEY SAID, "THIS AIN'T RIGHT." 38:49 THEY WENT AND FOUND FIG LEAVES. 38:51 AND GOD SAID, "NO, GUYS, FIG LEAVES AREN'T GONNA WORK. 38:54 YOU DON'T KNOW THIS YET, BUT THEY'RE GONNA SHRIVEL." 38:56 NOTHING HAD DIED YET. 38:57 AND HE HAD TO SACRIFICE SOME LAMBS TO COVER THEIR SKIN. 39:02 BY THE WAY, ADAM AND EVE, IT SAYS, THEY MADE APRONS OF FIG 39:06 LEAVES. 39:07 SO THEY WERE WEARING THE LITTLE COOKING APRONS AND GOD SAID, 39:09 "NO, THE FIG LEAF MINI SKIRTS AREN'T GONNA DO." 39:12 AND IT SAYS HE GAVE THEM TUNICS, ROBES OF SKIN. 39:17 SOMETHING HAD TO DIE TO COVER THEM. 39:18 IT'S A WHOLE 'NOTHER STORY, BUT THAT REPRESENTS, JESUS DIED TO 39:21 COVER OUR NAKEDNESS. 39:23 BY THE WAY, THE ONLY THING CHRIST LEFT BEHIND IN THIS WORLD 39:26 WAS A BLOOD-STAINED ROBE. 39:29 AND THAT WAS ALL LEFT FOR YOU AND FOR ME. 39:31 SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHY WE WEAR CLOTHES, THE REASON WE'RE 39:36 DOING IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, MODESTY. 39:38 IF IT GOT REALLY HOT IN HERE, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA ALL 39:40 START THROWING YOUR CLOTHES OFF. 39:43 WE WEAR IT FOR PROTECTION. 39:45 IF IT WAS TOO COLD WE'D WANT MORE CLOTHING. 39:48 CLOTHING ALSO SOMETIMES REPRESENTS A UNIFORM, YOUR 39:51 STATUS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 39:52 BUT FOR A CHRISTIAN, THERE ARE SOME PRINCIPLES IN YOUR 39:54 CLOTHING. 39:55 YOU WANT IT TO BE NEAT... 39:57 YOU WANT IT TO BE CLEAN... 39:59 YOU WANT IT TO BE MODEST. 40:00 STYLES CHANGE BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE REVEALING FOR THE 40:05 PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING. 40:09 NOW, THE STYLES IN OUR CULTURE TODAY, IT KINDA GOES TO THE 40:11 EXTREME OF THAT, DOESN'T IT? 40:14 AND SO THERE SHOULD BE A PRINCIPLE. 40:16 YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND AND SAY, "YOU KNOW, EVERY 40:18 NEW FAD AND FASHION THAT COMES ALONG, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO 40:21 FOLLOW." 40:22 CHRISTIANS, IN THEIR CLOTHING SHOULD BE MODEST, IT SHOULD BE 40:24 APPROPRIATE. 40:25 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE CHEAPEST CLOTHES. 40:27 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR BAGS. 40:28 I THINK IT'S OKAY TO BUY QUALITY CLOTHING. 40:30 BY THE WAY, JESUS' ROBE, IT SAYS, WAS SO NICE THEY DECIDED 40:32 NOT TO TEAR IT UP. 40:34 THEY SAID, "THIS IS PRETTY GOOD QUALITY. 40:35 WE'LL CLEAN THE BLOOD OFF. 40:36 LET'S GAMBLE, SEE WHO GETS IT." 40:38 AND SO JESUS HAD A NICE ROBE. 40:40 BUT THOSE ARE JUST SOME BASIC PRINCIPLES. 40:44 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17, IT SAYS... 40:54 AND SO THE LORD IS ASKING US TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 40:57 CHRISTIANS ARE CALLED A PECULIAR PEOPLE. 40:59 AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO DRESS PECULIAR. 41:01 BUT YOU KNOW, HOW DO I SAY THIS TO YOU? 41:05 I REMEMBER ONE TIME I WAS IN A RESTAURANT, I WAS TALKING TO A 41:08 CHRISTIAN FRIEND AND THE WAITRESS CAME OVER TO US AND SHE 41:11 WAS WEARING THAT WAITRESS UNIFORM THEY WORE IN THAT 41:14 RESTAURANT. 41:16 SHE TOOK OUR ORDER AND SHE LEFT AND I SAID TO MY FRIEND, "I 41:19 THINK SHE'S A CHRISTIAN." 41:21 HE SAID, "I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING." 41:24 AND SHE CAME BACK, BROUGHT OUR ORDER, AND WE SAID, "ARE YOU A 41:26 CHRISTIAN?" 41:27 SHE LOOKED A LITTLE EMBARRASSED. 41:29 AND SHE SAID -- SHE WONDERED WHY WE'RE ASKING. 41:31 SHE SAID, "WELL, YES, I AM." 41:33 SHE SAID, "WHY DO YOU ASK?" 41:34 WE SAID, "YOU JUST LOOK LIKE ONE." 41:36 THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HER. 41:38 SHE NOT ONLY WAS -- SHE WASN'T ALL DUDED UP, AND SHE 41:41 LOOKED SIMPLE AND CLEAN. 41:43 SHE HAD A GLOW OF HAPPINESS AND PEACE ABOUT HER AND CHEERFULNESS 41:47 THAT WE JUST KNEW. 41:49 AND CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO CARRY THEMSELVES THAT WAY. 41:52 AND EVERYTHING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE -- WHEN YOU LOVE CHRIST, YOU 41:55 ARE A WALKING ADVERTISEMENT FOR JESUS. 41:58 YOU'RE CALLED TO BE A WITNESS. 42:00 SO IT DOES MATTER, YOU KNOW? 42:02 NOT ONLY WHAT YOU EAT AND WHAT YOU DRINK, BUT EVEN WHAT YOU 42:04 WEAR. 42:05 YOU WANNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODIES. 42:07 ALL RIGHT -- BY THE WAY, A LITTLE PRACTICAL TIP: YOU DON'T 42:10 WANNA WEAR SOMETHING THAT'S SO TIGHT YOU CAN'T BREATHE... 42:14 OR RUN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 42:17 YOUR CLOTHES OUGHT TO FIT -- WELL, I'LL GET TO THAT LATER. 42:22 ALL RIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER SIX. 42:30 1 PETER 3:3-4, HE SAYS... 42:55 YOU KNOW, GOD IS CALLING US TO -- 42:58 REALLY, THE ADORNING OUGHT TO BE THE INNER ADORNING. 43:01 NOW, WE GOT A QUESTION IN JUST A MINUTE THAT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT 43:04 TATTOOS AND PIERCING. 43:05 AND SO THIS SORT OF OVERLAPS A LITTLE BIT. 43:08 PETER JUST ADDRESSED THE WEARING OF GOLD. 43:10 AND SOMEONE, NO DOUBT, IS GONNA SAY, "WELL, WHAT ABOUT 43:13 CHRISTIAN JEWELRY?" 43:13 OR, YOU KNOW, "HOW MUCH JEWELRY?" 43:15 OR "IS IT WRONG TO PIERCE YOUR BODY?" 43:19 YOU ALWAYS WANNA ASK, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?" 43:23 OUR BODIES ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT... 43:27 AND WE WANNA TREAT THEM THAT WAY. 43:30 AND SO THAT'S THAT PRINCIPLE FOR SIMPLICITY. 43:33 PHILIPPIANS... 43:36 PHILIPPIANS 2:3. 43:48 NOW, THE REASON WE INCLUDED THIS SCRIPTURE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE 43:54 SOMETIMES CAN DELIBERATELY DRESS TO TRY TO ACCENTUATE THEIR 44:01 CURVES, THEIR SEXUALITY. 44:04 THAT IS A BIG THING IN OUR CULTURE. 44:07 A MATTER OF FACT, IF ONE GIRL COMES UP TO ANOTHER GIRL AND 44:09 SAY, "OH, NICE OUTFIT, VERY 44:10 SEXY," IT'S TAKEN AS A COMPLIMENT. 44:13 AM I RIGHT? 44:17 BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF A MAN LOOKS ON A WOMAN 44:19 TO LUST IN HIS HEART -- ADULTERY 44:21 BEGINS IN THE MIND AND IT CAN HAPPEN WITH LOOKING. 44:25 WE ALL KNOW THE STORY ABOUT KING DAVID LOOKING OFF HIS ROOF AND 44:28 SEEING BATHSHEBA BATHING. 44:29 AND JUST FROM LOOKING HE INVITED HER HOME AND IT TURNED INTO 44:33 ADULTERY AND THEN IT TURNED INTO MURDER, IT TURNED INTO THE 44:35 DEATH OF FOUR OF HIS SONS. 44:37 AND IT STARTED WITH A LUSTFUL LOOK. 44:40 AND THEN, YOU GOT A GOOD STORY ABOUT JOSEPH, WHO... 44:43 THIS WOMAN, WEALTHY WOMAN THROWING HERSELF AT HIM. 44:46 AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT GONNA SIN AGAINST GOD. 44:49 AND HE RAN AWAY FROM HER SO THAT HE WOULDN'T BE TEMPTED. 44:52 BIBLE SAYS "FLEE FROM TEMPTATION." 44:54 NOW, GIRLS ARE... 44:57 YOU KNOW, GIRLS CAN BE ATTRACTED VISUALLY. 45:00 NOT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS THE MIND AND CHEMICALS IN A BOY AND 45:05 HOW HE OPERATES. 45:07 BUT BOYS ARE ATTRACTED ESPECIALLY TO, SOMETHING ABOUT 45:11 THE CURVES IN A WOMAN'S FIGURE. 45:14 THAT'S WHY GUITARS ARE CURVY. 45:15 YOU DON'T EVER SAY SOMETHING SQUARE IS SEXY, DO YA? 45:18 RIGHT? 45:21 IF YOU SEE A SEXY SPORTS CAR IT'S USUALLY, IT'S GOT THE 45:23 CURVES. 45:25 AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 45:26 IT'S KIND OF A MIRACLE HOW GOD DESIGNED THAT, BUT IF IT IS A 45:30 SIN FOR A MAN -- LET'S JUST PICK ON THE BOYS FOR A MINUTE -- TO 45:35 LOOK UPON A GIRL AND ESPECIALLY BE DISTRACTED BY HER 45:41 ACCENTUATING HER ATTRACTIVE CURVE OR THE... 45:47 WELL, YOU GET THE IDEA. 45:48 [LAUGHTER] ...THEN WHAT IF A GIRL 45:52 DELIBERATELY IS DRESSING TO SEE HOW MANY GUYS SHE CAN MAKE 45:55 STUMBLE THROUGH THE DAY? 45:58 SO YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE GUY THAT'S LOOKING AND HE HAS TO GO HOME 46:00 AND REPENT AND THAT ONE GIRL COULD BE STRUTTING AROUND 46:02 CAMPUS AND MAKING LOTS OF GUYS STUMBLE IN THEIR HEARTS IN THEIR 46:06 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. 46:08 WHY WOULD YOU WANNA DO THAT DELIBERATELY? 46:10 AND GUYS, IT GOES BOTH WAYS, BECAUSE GIRLS ALSO, YOU KNOW, 46:14 CAN BE ATTRACTED. 46:15 AND THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT, AND IT'S IN MARRIAGE. 46:19 SO IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAT WE WEAR. 46:21 IS IT WRONG TO FOLLOW A STYLE? 46:23 STYLES CHANGE AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STYLES THAT ARE 46:27 PROBABLY HARMLESS IN THEMSELVES. 46:30 AND I'M ALWAYS WAY BEHIND TRYING TO CATCH UP AND FIGURE OUT. 46:32 MY WIFE AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND OTHERS ARE SAYING, "DOUG, WE 46:36 BOUGHT YOU CLOTHES." 46:37 BECAUSE I SCARE THEM SOMETIMES WHEN I DRESS MYSELF. 46:39 I HAVE NO SENSE OF TASTE. 46:41 BUT... 46:43 SO IT'S NOT THAT EVERY NEW STYLE IS BAD, BUT YOU WANNA 46:46 APPLY THE PRINCIPLES OF MODESTY, THAT YOU CAN REPRESENT JESUS, 46:50 AND I'VE SAID ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. 46:52 WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALONG. 46:59 TALKING ABOUT OUR BODIES. 47:02 NOW, YOUR BODY'S THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 47:04 THE SCRIPTURE'S CLEAR ENOUGH ALL BY ITSELF. 47:07 LEVITICUS 19:28, CAN THIS BE MISUNDERSTOOD? 47:19 EVEN BACK -- TATTOOING GOES BACK TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF MAN. 47:23 AND YOUR BODY'S THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 47:26 IS IT JUST MY IMAGINATION OR HAS... 47:29 HAVE MORE AND MORE TATTOO PARLORS BEEN SPRINGING UP 47:31 EVERYWHERE? 47:32 AND EVERYBODY'S GETTING TATTOOS. 47:33 AND I THINK IT'S SO SAD, FRANKLY. 47:35 AND I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THAT. 47:38 GOD CAN FORGIVE YOU. 47:38 HE LOVES YOU. 47:39 YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF THEM REMOVED. 47:41 THERE'LL BE PEOPLE IN HEAVEN WITH TATTOOS. 47:42 DO Y'ALL HEAR ME? 47:44 I'M NOT CONSIGNING IF YOU'VE GOTTEN TATTOO, THAT PERSON'S 47:46 GOING TO HELL. 47:47 I'M JUST TELLING YOU GOD SAYS NOT TO DO IT. 47:49 WHY? 47:51 YOUR BODY'S THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 47:53 WHAT WOULD YOU THINK, YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL, MARBLE, WHITE 47:57 PURE TEMPLE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME KID LOOKS OVER HIS 48:00 SHOULDER BOTH WAYS AND HE RUNS UP WITH A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT AND 48:03 HE PAINTS A DRAGON ON IT? 48:05 YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF DEFACING SOMETHING. 48:07 IT'S CALLED VANDALISM; IT'S A CRIME. 48:10 YOUR BODY IS MADE BY GOD. 48:12 NOW WE TALKED ABOUT TATTOOS. 48:14 BY THE WAY, I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO HAS HAD A TATTOO FOR 30 48:19 YEARS THAT IF THEY COULDN'T GET RID OF IT, WOULDN'T. 48:23 IF THEY COULD WISH IT OFF, THEY'D PROBABLY BE THANKFUL TO 48:26 GET RID OF IT. 48:27 THERE MAY BE SOME OUT THERE BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? 48:29 AS THE OLDER YOU GET, THOSE TATTOOS THEY KINDA RUN AND THEY 48:32 FADE AND THEY ALL SORT OF LOOK LIKE ANTIQUE MAPS AFTER A WHILE. 48:36 "WHAT DOES THAT SAY? 48:37 WHAT IS THAT?" 48:38 AND IT'S KIND OF SAD THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT ON YOUR BODY FOREVER. 48:42 AND... 48:43 ALRIGHT, ENOUGH SAID. 48:45 CUTTINGS IN OUR FLESH. 48:47 I GUESS I WAS ONE OF THE LAST ONES TO HEAR THAT THAT'S A REAL 48:50 PROBLEM. 48:52 PRINCIPALLY AMONG GIRLS, BUT ALSO AMONG BOYS WHERE THEY CUT 48:54 THEMSELVES. 48:56 AND THAT IS CONNECTED TO PIERCING TO SOME EXTENT. 48:59 WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT. 49:02 YOU KNOW, IN THE BIBLE WHEN PEOPLE WORSHIP THE DEVIL, YOU 49:06 CAN FIND EXAMPLES WHERE THEY WOULD CUT THEMSELVES. 49:11 YOU READ THE STORY ABOUT ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL WITH THE 49:14 PROPHETS OF BAAL IN THE BOOK OF 1 KINGS. 49:17 AND IT SAYS THAT WHEN THE PROPHETS OF BAAL, THESE PAGAN 49:20 PROPHETS, WANTED TO GET THEIR PAGAN DEITY, TO GET HIS 49:23 ATTENTION, THEY LEAPED ON THE ALTAR, THEY TOOK LANCES AND THEY 49:26 CUT THEMSELVES UNTIL THEY BLED. 49:30 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS DEMON-POSSESSED MAN IN MARK 49:32 CHAPTER FIVE. 49:34 IT SAYS, ALWAYS, HE WAS GOING ABOUT THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE 49:37 TOMBS CRYING AND CUTTING HIMSELF. 49:42 AND SO, THIS OBSESSION WITH PIERCING AND CUTTING OUR BODIES, 49:47 THAT'S... 49:49 WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? 49:51 YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 49:52 AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, GOD SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE 49:57 DRAWING BOARD DESIGNING YOUR BODY PERFECTLY WITH THE 50:00 APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF HOLES. 50:04 HE DIDN'T PLAN ON YOU TO ADD YOUR OWN LATER. 50:09 HE GAVE YOU THE RIGHT NUMBER TO BEGIN WITH, RIGHT? 50:12 WE SHOULDN'T ADD TO THAT OR DIMINISH FROM IT. 50:17 SO... 50:19 ENOUGH SAID ON THAT, I SUPPOSE. 50:21 NUMBER EIGHT. 50:30 THERE IT WAS, THAT WORD. 50:34 NOW, YOU KNOW, I... 50:38 I'M PRAYING ABOUT HOW MUCH TO SAY. 50:42 MAYBE I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY. 50:45 I WISH I COULD GO BACK IN TIME. 50:50 I WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOLS AND ALL THE BOYS TALKED ABOUT WAS 50:55 GIRLS. 50:57 AND I DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GOD AND I HAD THIS CRAZY IDEA THAT 51:00 PEOPLE WERE LIKE SALMON. 51:01 THE PURPOSE FOR LIFE WAS YOU HAD TO SPAWN BEFORE YOU DIED. 51:05 KINDA PATHETIC WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 51:07 THE WHOLE PURPOSE WAS SEX. 51:09 AND I THOUGHT, "THE SOONER, THE BETTER, AND THE MORE THE 51:12 MERRIER." 51:13 YOU KNOW, GUYS LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT THEIR LIST OF... 51:18 OF CONQUESTS. 51:22 BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE A PERSON BECOMES A CHRISTIAN, AND GUYS 51:26 AND GIRLS INVARIABLY THEY SAY THEY WISH THEY COULD GO BACK IN 51:31 TIME BECAUSE THEY REGRET THAT THEY'VE GIVEN AWAY SOMETHING 51:35 SACRED, THAT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THAT ONE FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH, 51:39 AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE WITH YOUR WIFE. 51:43 I LIVED DURING THAT HIPPY ERA AND I'LL TELL YA THERE'S JUST A 51:47 LOT OF HEARTACHE. 51:48 I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR I SHOULD GO TALKING ABOUT THE -- 51:52 MY DEAR WIFE KNEW I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY. 51:54 SHE SENT ME SOMETHING THAT MAYBE I SHOULD MENTION HERE. 51:59 SOME OF THESE STATISTICS ABOUT -- THERE'S AN EPIDEMIC OF 52:04 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. 52:10 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET ME READ THIS TO YA. 52:12 ON A SIMILAR SUBJECT, DO YOU KNOW THE LARGEST CONSUMER OF 52:17 INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY IS TEENAGERS, 12-17? 52:25 THE MEDIAN AGE FOR THE FIRST USE OF PORNOGRAPHY IS BOYS, 52:29 11-13 AND GIRLS, THEY'RE ONLY ONE YEAR BEHIND, 12-14. 52:37 PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTS -- AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS DR. 52:40 MARY ANN LINDEN WAS SPEAKING BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE AND 52:43 IT'S AN EPIDEMIC IN OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, A MULTI-BILLION 52:47 DOLLAR BUSINESS: PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET. 52:50 SHE SAID, "IN SOME WAYS IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ADDICTION TO 52:53 RECOVER FROM," BECAUSE AT LEAST WITH COCAINE, TOBACCO, ALCOHOL 52:57 YOU CAN GET IT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. 52:58 BUT WITH PORNOGRAPHY IT STAYS IN YOUR MIND FOREVER. 53:02 IT IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. 53:03 NOW, I'M JUST GONNA TALK TO YOU HEART-TO-HEART. 53:05 I REALIZE THE SEXUAL DRIVE IS A VERY POWERFUL DRIVE. 53:09 GOD GAVE IT TO YOU AND HE INVENTED IT, NOT THE DEVIL. 53:12 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING USED THE WAY GOD DESIGNED WITHIN THAT 53:16 PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP OF MARRIAGE. 53:20 NOW, HE ALSO GAVE YOU THE DESIRE TO EAT, BUT THERE'S A 53:24 DIFFERENCE. 53:25 THEY'RE BOTH PHYSICAL DESIRES. 53:26 YOU CAN GO A LITTLE WHILE WITHOUT EATING, EVENTUALLY 53:30 YOU'LL DIE. 53:31 BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU CAN GO THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITHOUT 53:34 SEX, AND YOU WON'T DIE FROM IT. 53:37 YOU MIGHT THINK YOU WILL, BUT YOU WON'T. 53:40 IT'S AN ILLUSION. 53:42 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 53:43 I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH WORSE NOW 53:47 IN YOUR GENERATION THAN MY GENERATION, WHICH IS NOT THAT 53:50 LONG AGO, BECAUSE I HAVE TEENAGERS AT HOME. 53:53 WHEN I GREW UP WE WOULD EVERY NOW AND THEN SEE A FLEETING 53:56 REFERENCE TO IT. 53:58 AND IF SOMEONE SAW THE CENTERFOLD OF PLAYBOY, WE JUST 54:01 THOUGHT THAT WAS SCANDALOUS... 54:04 COMPARED TO WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY AND HOW OUR 54:08 SOCIETY IS SATURATED. 54:09 AND THE SIT-COMS TALK ABOUT SEX LIKE YOU'RE JUST SHAKING HANDS. 54:13 "HI, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 54:15 HI, PLEASED TO MEET YOU. 54:16 YOU WANNA GO SLEEP TOGETHER?" 54:17 IT'S TREATED AS PERFECTLY NORMAL BECAUSE WE'VE ALL EVOLVED 54:20 AND WE'RE JUST ANIMALS, RIGHT? 54:21 ISN'T THAT WAS THE CULTURE'S TELLING US? 54:24 THAT'S THE DEVIL BEHIND THAT. 54:26 THIS WHOLE PHILOSOPHY THAT WE'RE JUST ANIMALS AND WE'RE PERFECTLY 54:29 NORMAL AND JUST GO WITH THE FLOW AND SEE IF YOU DON'T GET 54:32 CAUGHT. 54:33 BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT... 54:37 THAT AFFECT YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 54:39 AND THERE'S A WHOLE GAMUT, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 28 DIFFERENT 54:41 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES THAT YOU CAN GET. 54:46 MANY OF THEM ARE VIRAL DISEASES. 54:49 AND IF IT'S A VIRAL DISEASE, THERE MAY BE DRUGS THAT WILL 54:52 SUBDUE THE SYMPTOMS, BUT THERE'S NO DRUG TO HEAL IT. 54:58 YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN THE '60s, I THINK 55:03 IT WAS 1 OUT OF 10 TEENAGERS THAT WERE SEXUALLY ACTIVE HAD A 55:08 TRANSMITTABLE DISEASE. 55:11 BUT TODAY, IT'S ONE OUT OF FOUR OF ACTIVE TEENS. 55:17 THAT'S AN EPIDEMIC. 55:19 GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO HOLINESS AND PURITY. 55:22 AND HE'S ASKING YOU TO TRUST HIM. 55:25 THIS WHOLE IDEA -- YOU'RE BEING BOMBARDED BY OUR CULTURE WITH 55:28 THIS IDEA THAT YOU'VE GOTTA DO AND HAVE EVERYTHING NOW -- IS 55:33 NOT TRUE. 55:35 THE GREATEST HAPPINESS IS GONNA COME IN WAITING. 55:38 IN WAITING FOR THAT MOMENT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT AND YOU GOT 55:42 THE BLESSING OF GOD ON YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. 55:45 AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT 55:47 RELATIONSHIPS. 55:48 BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IN CLOSING. 55:53 THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 12 -- THIS, I THINK, IS A VERY 55:56 IMPORTANT VERSE -- "I BESEECH YOU, THEREFORE," THAT MEANS 56:01 HE'S LIKE BEGGING US... 56:03 "BY THE MERCIES OF GOD THAT YOU PRESENT YOUR 56:08 BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE." 56:10 GOD DOESN'T WANT A DEAD SACRIFICE; HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE 56:12 AN ABUNDANT LIFE. 56:14 HE SAYS, "COME TO ME JUST LIKE YOU ARE." 56:16 HE SAYS, "I WANT TO... 56:17 I NOT ONLY WANT YOUR MIND, I WANT YOUR BODY." 56:21 HE DIED TO SAVE YOUR SOUL. 56:22 IT'S ALL OF YOU THAT HE WANTS. 56:25 BUT YOU KNOW, GOD'S NOT GONNA FORCE YOU. 56:27 HE'S GIVEN YOU A MIND, HE'S GIVEN YOU A WILL, AND HE HAS 56:30 ENTRUSTED TO YOUR CARE FOR THIS LIFE THAT BODY, MADE IN HIS 56:34 IMAGE. 56:35 NOW HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE A NEW BODY SOME DAY WHEN JESUS 56:37 COMES? 56:38 WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? 56:40 THEN HE WANTS YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THESE TEMPLES THAT HE'S GIVEN 56:42 YOU NOW. 56:44 YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 56:47 AND THE BIBLE SAYS, YOU HONOR THAT TEMPLE, HE'LL GIVE YOU A 56:51 NEW ONE WHEN HE COMES BACK: A GLORIFIED, IMMORTAL TEMPLE. 56:54 BUT IF WE DEFILE THESE TEMPLES, THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS. 56:59 THERE'S GOOD NEWS. 57:01 WE'VE ALL MADE MISTAKES IN WHAT WE EAT AND WHAT WE DRINK IN HOW 57:03 WE LIVE AND MAYBE WHAT WE THINK. 57:07 JESUS SAID HE CAN GIVE YOU A NEW START. 57:09 HE CAN MAKE YOU PURE AND FORGIVE YOU. 57:11 YOU CAN COME TO HIM RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AND GET A NEW BEGINNING 57:14 IN YOUR MIND AND IN YOUR BODY. 57:17 PRAISE GOD THAT HE HEALS OUR BODIES, AMEN? 57:20 AND I'D LIKE TO APPEAL TO EVERYBODY HERE, THOSE WHO MAY BE 57:23 WATCHING, YOU CAN BE A NEW CREATURE THROUGH CHRIST IN YOUR 57:27 MIND AND IN YOU HEART. 57:29 FOLLOW THE LORD. 57:32 ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS 57:37 EPISODE OF M.I.Q. 57:39 DURING OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE DISCOVERING WHAT GOD HAS 57:42 IN STORE FOR YOUR FUTURE. 57:44 SEE YOU THEN. 57:45 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 58:00 >> ANNOUNCER: VIDEO GAMES, TELEVISION, SHOPPING, THEY ALL 58:03 EAT UP PRECIOUS TIME. 58:05 WELL, WHY NOT TAKE A MUCH NEEDED TIME OUT AND GET 58:08 CONNECTED WITH GOD WITH THE "MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS" 58:11 DVD SERIES? 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