Dona Klein tonight is going
to play a medley of two songs:
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On the Jericho Road
and A Boy Called David.
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And you'll be
blessed as she plays tonight.
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So enjoy the
music of Dona Klein.
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Heavenly Father,
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tonight we thank you
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for the great
sacrifice that You made for us
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on the old rugged cross.
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We ask, Lord,
that this evening as we
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look at the provisions
that You've made for us
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to be healthy, to be happy,
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we pray that You will
give us understanding.
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Give us the wisdom that we need
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that we might seek Your
guidance and Your direction
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and give us the faith
to follow. For this we pray
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in Christ's name, Amen.
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Gordon and Dona Klein and myself
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had gone over to a town.
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We were looking
for some material...
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material to put in some
curtains in a motorhome.
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And we had gone to
this particular store
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and was looking at the material.
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And the young lady
that was waiting on us
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was quite obese.
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I mean... quite large.
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And in the course of the
conversation were talking
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about it and she
was telling us what
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a problem it was to
her being so heavy and all.
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And we found it to be
interesting with the comment
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that she made. And I
think it kind of illustrates
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some of the
thinking that we have today
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because she said that
when she was in school
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she had a terrible time
when it came time for a prom
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or something like this
that she couldn't find a dress
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to fit her. Just
couldn't find one.
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And so she said: "I
solved my problem. "
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And we said: "Well, how
did you solve your problem? "
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She said: "Oh, I
learned to sew! "
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And I think that's
pretty much the concept today.
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Rather than to take a
look at what I'm doing
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and what's causing
me to put on the weight
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say: "Well, I'll
just learn to sew. "
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No... God's Word makes
some things very very clear.
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I'm going to share with you
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some of the circumstances and
some of the things that we face
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today as people in this country
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and why I refer to this subject
as The Fattening of America.
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To begin with:
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OK? Fifty-five percent
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of the adult American population
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is overweight today.
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What does that mean?
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Being overweight... does
that carry any consequences?
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Or should I just simply say:
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"Well, that's genetically the
way I am and I can't help it. "
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What consequences does it carry?
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Well, obesity is on the rise.
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In the last ten
years... in the last ten years
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obesity has risen 32%
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in the last ten years.
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So that in itself
should tell you and I
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that we're doing something...
we're doing something
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that's causing this.
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I mean, there has to
be a reason for this.
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And so what is
bringing that about?
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Well, look at this:
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Put it down: premature death.
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How does that
affect? I was invited
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to speak to a
convocation of retirees
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and I went there.
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Walked into this room
to speak to these people
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but here were about 300 of them.
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And I looked out
across the audience
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and in the entire
audience of 300 people
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I saw 22 men.
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All the rest were women.
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And there wasn't one
heavy man among those 22.
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I don't know if you're getting
what I'm trying to tell you.
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All the rest of them had died.
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I'm just trying to be
very honest with you tonight
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and face where we are.
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So if you and I are
carrying excess body weight
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then dear friend,
don't think that it isn't
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going to affect you.
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All that because
of excess weight.
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"In the United States... "
This is by Hamer and Copeland.
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Kenneth Copeland that has done
a tremendous amount of study.
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This is what he says:
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Now folks, if you don't under-
stand... What I'm trying to get
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across here is American people -
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people in this country -
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we have the greatest
amount of obesity of any country
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and we spend more
money on exercise equipment
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and on diet food
than anybody in the world!
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You talk about
something that's not right!
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I mean, we buy all
kinds of exercise equipment.
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We buy diet foods.
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We do all this and yet we're
the most obese people on earth!
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Why?
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This is what he said...
Copeland, Hamer and Copeland:
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The only thing
that's growing faster.
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So where are we
and what does this mean
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to you and I tonight?
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Watch. This is
what's happening, folks:
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OK... watch, watch:
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Begin to understand what's
happening in this country.
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This kills most of our
people in this country, OK?
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Watch:
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58% of all the people that died
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in 1998 died from
non-communicable diseases.
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OK? I'm saying worldwide!
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Now... look:
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81% of the people
that die in rich countries
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die from
non-communicable diseases.
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That is cancer, heart disease,
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diabetes... and that is
directly in relationship
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to how you eat.
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That's directly in
relationship to how you eat.
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So in poor and
middle income countries
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far less people die from
non-communicable diseases.
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Why?
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Because they can't eat.
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See? They're poor.
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We can eat and
so we kill ourselves
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with our mouths.
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We need to learn what
God has to say about it.
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How do we stand? What
takes place because of this?
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The average American male adult
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has 53% more body fat
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than is what is ideal for him.
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And the women
aren't much better.
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That's the situation that
we find ourselves in today.
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So what's the
problem? What's causing this?
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Well... let me tell
you what's causing this.
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Now why... why for
the last fifteen years
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has the medical community
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and the nutritional community
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pushed a high
carbohydrate low fat diet?
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Why have they pushed that?
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Well, they pushed that
because they felt they needed
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to lower... to try
and do something to lower
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the healthcare
costs in this country.
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They felt if they could
lower the healthcare costs
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then that would help the
whole country tremendously.
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And so they felt
that was the way to go.
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And so you now have what
is called a food pyramid.
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Have you looked
at your food pyramid?
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Well, your food pyramid
says have high carbohydrate
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low fat diet. And people
have tried to follow that.
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And because they've been
following that, as a result
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the weight has been going up.
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That's what brought it about.
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Now what is the case?
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Well, you have what
is called macronutrients.
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There are three of them.
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You ought to learn those three
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and they have a great
great effect upon you.
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Those three are simply this:
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Those are the
three macronutrients.
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Carbohydrates, protein, fat.
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If you eat a
high-carbohydrate diet,
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low-fat diet,
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what is wrong with that?
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Huh?
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Well, you just bypassed protein.
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Now folks, let me just tell
you a simple little fact here:
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you can say all
you want to tonight
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you will never
convince me differently, OK?
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What I'm trying to tell you
is God knew what He was doing
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when He made you.
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OK? And when God made you
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He gave you
certain things to eat,
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but He gave them to
you to be eaten balanced.
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They have to be balanced.
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And if I have anything
to stress to you tonight
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it is you have to
take these macronutrients
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and balance them. And
if you don't balance them,
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you're in trouble.
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Carbohydrates...
OK, let's take a look.
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Carbohydrates:
given to us to eat.
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What are carbohydrates?
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Do you know what
carbohydrates are?
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Well... bread, pasta,
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OK?
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Cake, cookies.
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You ought to know... Can you
name some other carbohydrates?
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Let me name some most
people don't think about.
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Fruit,
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vegetables,
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those are all carbohydrates. OK?
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So you have to balance
what you're going to eat.
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Your muscles -
muscles in your body -
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will store 300-400
grams of carbohydrates.
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That's the MOST it can store.
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OK? That's ALL you can store.
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I want to ask you a question:
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what happens if you sit down
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to a great big meal of pasta,
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and in that meal of pasta
you eat about 700-800 grams
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of carbohydrates?
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All that your muscles can
store is 300 to 400 grams.
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OK? Your brain... your
brain: that's all it uses
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is glucose which is a
carbohydrate. That's all.
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And all that your brain
can use is 80 to 90 grams
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of carbohydrates.
That's all your brain can use.
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So here I've eaten
700-800 grams of carbohydrates
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in pasta and my
muscles take 300-400 grams,
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my brain 80 to 90,
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what's going to
happen to the rest of it?
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It all goes to your body.
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That's where it goes.
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You see, you have a
hormone in your body
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that when you eat
too many carbohydrates
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it raises the
insulin in your body.
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Insulin in your body,
folks, lowers blood sugar.
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OK? Carbohydrates
raise blood sugar.
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So God made you.
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Said: "Oh these people
have lost their cookies.
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They're eating too many
carbohydrates and I've gotta
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do something! " The
Lord gave your body insulin
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so it lowers it.
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But insulin does a
double whammy on you.
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Insulin says: "Take
all those carbohydrates
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and store them as fat. "
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And then the insulin
says: "Don't let them out. "
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That's the reason you
have a hard time losing weight,
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see, 'cause the insulin
says: "Don't let them out. "
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That's carbohydrates, OK?
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All carbohydrates, as I
mentioned to you, are fruits,
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vegetables,
grains, pasta and so forth.
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All these carbohydrates have
what is called a glycemic index.
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Let me try to explain
what a glycemic index is.
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Glycemic index just means
how fast those carbohydrates
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enter the bloodstream.
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Some enter the bloodstream
much faster than others.
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OK... that's what
glycemic index means.
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And there are basically
three types of carbohydrates.
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One is called glucose.
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Now folks, all your
brain uses is glucose.
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That's it.
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It's a "glucose hog, " OK?
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So that's all your
brain will use is glucose.
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So if you eat some
carbo- hydrates that are glucose
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then that goes
directly into your bloodstream
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and to your brain. It
enters it very very fast.
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That is called a
high glycemic index.
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You with me?
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OK. There are others
that don't have as high
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as glucose does,
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and one is called fructose.
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Why does it not have as
high a glycemic index as glucose
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is because your
brain only uses glucose.
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So when you eat fruit
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it has to go to the liver
and be converted into glucose
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before it can go to your brain.
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So it goes into the
bloodstream much slower.
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OK. The other
type of carbohydrate
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is that that is
called galactose.
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That comes from milk products.
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And again... same thing.
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Got to go to the liver, be
converted, before it can go on
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to the brain. So it
has a lower glycemic index.
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I'll give you an illustration.
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I have a friend who
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worked out where I
lived. And so I invited him
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any time he was out
there to come and stay with me.
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And he did.
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My friend's quite heavy.
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And I came home, and he
came in a little bit later
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and as he came in he
was carrying three bags
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of rice cakes. You
know what I'm talking about?
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Rice cake things?
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And I said to him, I said:
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"What are you
doing with those? "
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He said: "Oh, I'm
having such a hard time
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with this weight
problem. " He said:
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"I'm just going to
eat rice cakes tonight. "
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He said: "That way it's
high carbohydrate, low fat. "
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And I said: "You know,
you'd be much better off
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to take those back to the store
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and buy you a half a
gallon of ice cream. "
00:23:12.52\00:23:14.89
And he looked at me
like I was crazy. See?
00:23:18.66\00:23:22.46
You see, the highest glycemic
index there is rice cakes.
00:23:22.66\00:23:27.50
See? He would've been better off
00:23:30.27\00:23:32.31
to have bought a half
a gallon of ice cream.
00:23:32.51\00:23:33.84
We do things,
folks, that are foolish!
00:23:34.08\00:23:37.31
Absolutely foolish! And
then we wonder why we struggle
00:23:37.51\00:23:42.02
with the weight
problem that we have.
00:23:42.22\00:23:44.12
And it's simply because
we are not doing what God
00:23:44.32\00:23:47.96
laid out for us to do.
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.49
OK? What's God's original diet?
00:23:51.49\00:23:55.30
Now follow carefully
what God gave man to eat.
00:23:55.80\00:23:59.63
So when God created man He
gave him fruit, grains, nuts.
00:24:19.09\00:24:24.66
That's what God gave man to eat.
00:24:25.06\00:24:27.76
Now folks, say
whatever you want to say
00:24:29.06\00:24:32.80
but you're not going
to improve on that diet.
00:24:33.00\00:24:36.14
You're not going
to improve on it.
00:24:37.61\00:24:39.31
That's what God
gave for man to eat.
00:24:39.71\00:24:42.74
Now, true enough...
you've got to use your head
00:24:42.94\00:24:45.65
as to how you do it.
God didn't give you just
00:24:46.51\00:24:48.78
carbohydrates to eat.
00:24:48.98\00:24:50.55
Or He didn't give
you just grains to eat.
00:24:50.85\00:24:53.25
He gave all three of those.
00:24:53.76\00:24:55.82
And God just simply
says they're to be eaten.
00:24:56.02\00:24:58.89
You see, fruit is carbohydrate.
00:24:59.09\00:25:02.00
But fruit... It's
carbohydrates but it's also
00:25:02.96\00:25:06.47
OK. Two things
happen when you eat fruit.
00:25:08.87\00:25:11.84
One: it cannot go
directly into your bloodstream.
00:25:12.24\00:25:15.71
It has to go to the liver
and be converted to glucose
00:25:15.91\00:25:18.15
before it does. And
secondly: fiber also
00:25:18.35\00:25:21.85
slows down it's
entrance into the bloodstream
00:25:22.05\00:25:25.29
so the glycemic index
on fruit is much lower.
00:25:25.49\00:25:29.39
OK? God understood
that; He made it that way!
00:25:30.53\00:25:34.03
So that's one reason
fresh fruit's good for you.
00:25:34.76\00:25:37.87
Secondly: God gave grains.
00:25:38.07\00:25:41.80
Complex... listen to
me: complex carbohydrates.
00:25:42.70\00:25:47.21
What are complex carbohydrates?
00:25:48.24\00:25:50.85
Complex carbohydrates
are such things as:
00:25:51.88\00:25:54.75
All those are
complex carbohydrates
00:26:07.10\00:26:11.93
but they also contain protein.
If you don't believe me,
00:26:12.13\00:26:17.51
then when you go to the store -
00:26:17.71\00:26:19.57
OK - when you go to the store
00:26:19.77\00:26:21.41
get a can of beans.
Turn it over to the back
00:26:21.61\00:26:24.45
and on the back it will list how
many carbohydrates are in it,
00:26:24.65\00:26:27.65
how much protein's in it.
00:26:27.85\00:26:29.18
And you'll see that
it has carbohydrates.
00:26:29.22\00:26:32.09
It has a good amount
of protein in it. OK?
00:26:32.29\00:26:36.36
So they contain both.
00:26:36.56\00:26:38.03
All right? He also
gave you nuts to eat.
00:26:38.63\00:26:43.26
Nuts contain two things:
00:26:44.47\00:26:47.27
So God just simply gave that.
00:26:52.81\00:26:55.21
All three of those
macronutrients are there.
00:26:55.41\00:26:59.85
So if you eat too
many carbohydrates
00:27:00.25\00:27:02.05
what's going to happen?
00:27:02.78\00:27:04.12
Your blood
sugar's going to go up
00:27:05.79\00:27:07.69
and your body's going
to have to secrete insulin
00:27:09.32\00:27:12.16
to lower it. OK?
00:27:12.46\00:27:14.56
But if you eat protein -
00:27:16.16\00:27:18.67
which you need to eat -
00:27:18.87\00:27:20.24
well then that affects a
hormone called glutathione
00:27:20.64\00:27:26.64
and the
glutathione raises blood sugar.
00:27:26.94\00:27:29.24
So that balances the
insulin and the blood sugar.
00:27:29.44\00:27:33.08
OK? Fat...
unbeknownst to many people...
00:27:33.28\00:27:37.85
fat is neutral.
00:27:38.05\00:27:39.39
It doesn't raise
your blood sugar,
00:27:39.65\00:27:41.22
it doesn't lower
your blood sugar.
00:27:41.42\00:27:42.76
All it does is it's
quite high in calories
00:27:42.82\00:27:45.69
but you have to
have some fat, folks.
00:27:45.89\00:27:48.73
And I can't go into
all the details of that.
00:27:48.93\00:27:51.43
Because you have a
hormone in your body
00:27:51.63\00:27:55.30
that's extremely important.
You have a whole family
00:27:55.50\00:27:58.67
of hormones in your body
00:27:59.07\00:28:02.08
that are tremendously important.
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.38
And much of the medical research
00:28:04.58\00:28:06.21
today that's being
done is in this area.
00:28:06.41\00:28:08.82
And this family of
hormones is called eicosanoids.
00:28:09.02\00:28:12.79
And eicosanoids can only
operate in a fatty acid base.
00:28:13.72\00:28:19.66
And if you don't eat
fats they won't work.
00:28:20.06\00:28:22.53
And you really... I'm sorry -
some people are going to think
00:28:22.73\00:28:26.23
I'm crazy - but you can't really
lose weight unless you eat fat.
00:28:26.43\00:28:30.91
So you've gotta have some fat.
00:28:32.67\00:28:34.64
Don't misunderstand me.
I'm not talking about a lot.
00:28:34.84\00:28:37.78
But you've gotta have it
balanced if it's gonna work.
00:28:37.98\00:28:41.28
OK. Now folks,
00:28:41.48\00:28:44.15
if you take what
I've just given you
00:28:44.79\00:28:47.02
and you go home and study it,
00:28:47.82\00:28:49.39
it can change your life!
00:28:49.79\00:28:51.79
Now I'm sure that there's
some of you sitting out there
00:28:52.26\00:28:54.46
that are saying: "Well, uh,
what about meat as a protein? "
00:28:54.66\00:29:00.67
What about meat as a protein?
00:29:01.97\00:29:04.97
Well... let's see.
00:29:05.17\00:29:06.57
It is a source of protein, OK?
00:29:06.78\00:29:10.01
But the Scripture
- the Word of God -
00:29:10.41\00:29:13.45
has something to say about meat.
00:29:13.65\00:29:16.32
And if you are a
follower of Jesus Christ,
00:29:17.52\00:29:21.16
then you need to understand what
the Scripture says about meat.
00:29:21.36\00:29:25.79
OK? Let's look and
see what it tells you.
00:29:25.99\00:29:28.50
That means it goes on forever.
00:29:36.94\00:29:39.37
Number one: God says
00:29:44.08\00:29:47.05
"Don't eat fat or
blood of an animal. "
00:29:47.25\00:29:52.22
And you and I don't
really need a big explanation
00:29:53.42\00:29:56.12
about that. We understand
that if you eat animal fat
00:29:56.32\00:29:59.69
it raises your what?
00:29:59.89\00:30:02.26
Your cholesterol.
00:30:02.46\00:30:03.80
We understand that blood
00:30:04.23\00:30:06.00
chances of
disease are much greater.
00:30:06.40\00:30:08.94
So God just simply said: "If
you're going to eat an animal,
00:30:09.14\00:30:11.61
you don't eat the fat;
you don't eat the blood. "
00:30:11.81\00:30:14.71
And I have some
dear people say to me:
00:30:15.98\00:30:17.81
"Oh Brother Cox, that
was written for the Jews. "
00:30:18.01\00:30:20.72
Well let me tell you something:
00:30:21.62\00:30:23.18
the only difference I
know between my stomach
00:30:23.39\00:30:27.39
and a Jew's stomach is
mine might be a little bigger.
00:30:27.59\00:30:30.16
That's the only
question I know. OK?
00:30:30.56\00:30:33.13
God said: "Don't eat it. "
00:30:34.30\00:30:35.80
And that is simply what He meant
when He said: "Don't eat it. "
00:30:36.00\00:30:38.63
All right...
let's go on, though.
00:30:39.37\00:30:40.74
God says there's some
animals that are clean.
00:30:40.94\00:30:46.07
That means as far as
Scripture is concerned
00:30:46.81\00:30:50.55
they're OK to eat. OK?
00:30:50.75\00:30:54.88
And God says
there's some animals
00:30:55.28\00:30:57.92
that are not to be eaten.
And the Scripture calls them
00:30:58.12\00:31:01.42
unclean.
00:31:01.62\00:31:03.22
They're not a
very inviting list. OK?
00:31:03.43\00:31:06.96
They're unclean.
Scripture says don't eat them.
00:31:07.16\00:31:09.80
And I can tell you
right now, dear friend,
00:31:11.00\00:31:13.10
your health will
be much better off
00:31:13.30\00:31:16.87
if you listen to the Lord. OK?
00:31:17.07\00:31:19.84
Let's see what the
Lord has to say about it.
00:31:20.04\00:31:21.88
I have people like I
said that say: "Well that
00:31:23.81\00:31:26.01
clean and unclean business,
that was given to the Jews. "
00:31:26.21\00:31:28.42
Not it wasn't. It was
given before the Jew existed.
00:31:28.82\00:31:32.95
Have you ever read about Noah?
00:31:33.76\00:31:35.62
Huh?
00:31:36.22\00:31:37.56
Listen to what it says to Noah:
00:31:37.59\00:31:39.69
You were told, weren't you,
00:31:50.57\00:31:52.77
the animals went
into the ark two by two.
00:31:52.97\00:31:55.08
No they didn't.
00:31:55.28\00:31:57.15
THE UNCLEAN went
in the ark by twos.
00:31:57.35\00:32:00.52
The clean went
into the ark by sevens.
00:32:00.72\00:32:02.98
So God just made a clear
distinction way back then
00:32:12.06\00:32:15.53
in the beginning
that the clean were there
00:32:15.73\00:32:18.73
and the unclean there. And
God has never changed that,
00:32:18.93\00:32:22.27
friends, at all.
00:32:22.47\00:32:23.97
So when you go to
the book of Leviticus
00:32:24.17\00:32:25.87
you begin to see
what the Scripture says.
00:32:26.07\00:32:28.01
OK, Leviticus. This is
what it says about the animals.
00:32:35.62\00:32:39.35
Very simple.
00:32:51.83\00:32:53.20
If an animal is clean,
it has to divide the hoof
00:32:53.40\00:32:57.47
and it has to chew the cud.
00:32:58.47\00:33:00.71
Those are the two
things it has to do.
00:33:00.91\00:33:02.98
Not one or the
other but both of them.
00:33:03.38\00:33:05.81
OK. God named
some of them for you.
00:33:06.01\00:33:08.68
I don't see very
many people eating camels.
00:33:22.36\00:33:24.83
Have you ever looked at a camel?
00:33:27.94\00:33:29.47
Huh? They are strange
animals... camels are.
00:33:30.07\00:33:35.01
You know, really.
00:33:35.61\00:33:37.25
You know what they remind me of?
00:33:37.45\00:33:38.78
They remind me of a horse
00:33:39.58\00:33:41.15
that's been put
together by a committee.
00:33:41.35\00:33:43.08
That's what they remind me of.
00:33:43.28\00:33:44.62
But God said: "Don't eat
them; leave them alone. "
00:33:45.55\00:33:49.32
OK? Secondly:
00:33:49.52\00:33:51.59
That's the rock badger if
you don't know what that is.
00:33:53.56\00:33:56.06
So God says: "Don't
eat the rock badger. "
00:34:00.90\00:34:03.07
That's the rabbit, OK?
00:34:05.17\00:34:07.24
That's the pig.
This is the one we eat -
00:34:15.08\00:34:19.49
Mr. Piggy - from the
tail to the snout, you know.
00:34:19.69\00:34:22.52
OK?
00:34:22.72\00:34:24.06
God says: "Do not
eat it... unclean! "
00:34:34.60\00:34:40.04
When I became a Christian
00:34:43.85\00:34:45.81
I had a real problem here.
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.82
My problem was as I
told you another night
00:34:50.42\00:34:54.69
I belonged to
something called the FFA.
00:34:55.09\00:34:58.43
Future Farmers of America.
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.83
And one thing I had
done is I had bought a pig.
00:35:02.40\00:35:06.70
I don't know if you know
what a registered duroc jersey
00:35:07.57\00:35:10.54
pig is, but if you
ever go to the county fair
00:35:10.94\00:35:13.64
you can go look at
them. They're red colored.
00:35:13.84\00:35:15.34
That's what they are.
I had bought one to raise
00:35:15.74\00:35:18.71
and show at the county fair...
00:35:18.91\00:35:20.25
and had won at the
county fair with it.
00:35:20.48\00:35:23.45
My father also had
one, and so we both had sows
00:35:24.15\00:35:27.89
that we raised pigs from.
00:35:28.09\00:35:29.42
I got to reading God's Word.
00:35:30.46\00:35:32.36
You know, I was
just a young person
00:35:32.76\00:35:34.73
and I was reading Scripture.
00:35:35.13\00:35:36.50
And here I began to read
what it had to say about the pig
00:35:36.70\00:35:39.03
in here. And from reading that
00:35:39.23\00:35:42.27
I decided it wasn't
right for me to eat it.
00:35:42.47\00:35:45.91
And then I got under conviction
'cause I didn't know what
00:35:46.84\00:35:49.41
to do with the pig. See?
00:35:49.61\00:35:51.88
And my father
was not a Christian.
00:35:52.08\00:35:54.68
My father was
violently opposed to what I did.
00:35:54.88\00:36:00.26
And I knew that if I
killed that pig he'd kill me.
00:36:00.96\00:36:04.26
So I didn't know
what to do with it.
00:36:07.00\00:36:08.46
A fellow offered to
trade me a calf for it.
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.67
I wouldn't even do that.
00:36:10.87\00:36:12.20
I just didn't know
what to do with it.
00:36:12.93\00:36:14.37
That plagued me,
folks. Bothered me.
00:36:14.57\00:36:17.77
Finally one night
I went in the bedroom
00:36:18.67\00:36:21.51
and I shut the door.
00:36:21.91\00:36:24.21
And I got down on my
knees and I said: "Lord,
00:36:24.61\00:36:26.72
I don't know what
to do with this pig. "
00:36:26.92\00:36:28.38
I know that my dad would just...
00:36:30.55\00:36:34.26
no telling what he
would do if I killed that pig.
00:36:34.46\00:36:36.46
And I said: "I don't
know what to do with it.
00:36:37.49\00:36:39.49
I don't feel
right about keeping it.
00:36:39.69\00:36:41.93
I don't know how
to get rid of it.
00:36:43.10\00:36:44.80
So Lord, I've made up my mind
00:36:45.20\00:36:47.94
I'm giving it to You.
It's not my pig any more. "
00:36:48.14\00:36:51.21
And that's what I did!
00:36:54.44\00:36:55.78
Just gave it to Him and said:
00:36:56.01\00:36:57.35
"It's Your pig... not mine. "
00:36:57.45\00:36:58.78
The next morning I
went out on the back porch,
00:36:59.81\00:37:03.62
picked up the slop bucket
00:37:03.82\00:37:05.15
to go out to feed the pigs.
00:37:05.35\00:37:07.46
Walked out there and mine
was laying in the pen dead
00:37:07.66\00:37:10.33
and Dad's was running around.
00:37:11.99\00:37:13.86
Took care of it.
00:37:14.06\00:37:15.40
See? What I'm
trying to get across to you
00:37:15.43\00:37:18.20
is God is very clear, folks.
00:37:18.60\00:37:21.10
He just tells you and
I we're not to eat it.
00:37:21.30\00:37:23.91
Let's go on.
00:37:24.11\00:37:25.44
OK?
00:37:34.32\00:37:35.65
What about sea life?
00:37:35.68\00:37:37.22
What does the
Scripture say there?
00:37:37.82\00:37:39.79
God gave you two
rules for an animal.
00:37:39.99\00:37:42.26
They have to divide the
hoof; they have to chew a cud.
00:37:42.82\00:37:45.19
When it comes to sea
life He gives you two rules.
00:37:45.39\00:37:47.50
Let's see what they are.
00:37:47.70\00:37:49.03
So the rule is they've
got to have fins and scales.
00:38:02.38\00:38:07.22
Both. Not one or the other...
00:38:07.62\00:38:09.05
they've gotta have both.
00:38:09.25\00:38:10.59
So God says if they
don't have fins and scales
00:38:23.33\00:38:25.97
can't eat them.
00:38:26.17\00:38:27.50
And if you look at
most of them, folks,
00:38:28.20\00:38:30.57
they're scavengers.
00:38:30.77\00:38:32.11
OK? I have people say to me:
00:38:32.97\00:38:35.08
"Well, why did
God create the pig? "
00:38:35.28\00:38:37.45
Well very easy!
00:38:38.51\00:38:40.32
For a garbage disposal.
00:38:40.52\00:38:42.12
That's why He created the pig.
00:38:43.28\00:38:44.65
That's also why He
created such things
00:38:45.52\00:38:48.52
as crabs and oysters and catfish
00:38:48.72\00:38:52.53
and these things that
don't have fins and scales
00:38:52.73\00:38:55.30
'cause they're scavengers.
They are what cleans up
00:38:55.50\00:38:58.93
the bottom of the river
and the bottom of the pond.
00:38:59.13\00:39:01.37
And God says: "Don't eat them. "
00:39:01.57\00:39:03.61
If they have fins and
scales they're clean...
00:39:04.01\00:39:07.44
clean to be eaten.
00:39:07.64\00:39:09.21
OK. When we take
a look and it says:
00:39:09.41\00:39:13.52
Now when it comes to the birds
00:39:18.29\00:39:19.69
God doesn't give a
rule... He just names them:
00:39:19.89\00:39:23.32
what you are not to eat.
00:39:23.53\00:39:25.66
Among the birds
that shall not be eaten:
00:39:25.86\00:39:27.66
The kite,
cormorant, cuckoo, pelican.
00:39:33.13\00:39:35.77
Goes on and names them.
00:39:35.97\00:39:37.51
Says these are
unclean. Most of them, folks,
00:39:37.67\00:39:40.84
are birds of prey.
00:39:41.04\00:39:43.11
That's what most of them are...
00:39:43.75\00:39:45.08
birds of prey. And God
says: "Don't eat them. "
00:39:45.21\00:39:48.52
OK. So that's simply
when it comes to meat -
00:39:49.38\00:39:52.05
if you're going to talk
about meat as a protein -
00:39:52.25\00:39:55.19
those are the things that
God counsels us concerning meat.
00:39:55.39\00:40:01.00
So if you're going to
use meat as a protein,
00:40:01.93\00:40:04.90
then you need to follow the
scriptural injunction about it.
00:40:05.10\00:40:08.27
And I'll just say
when God wrote that
00:40:08.47\00:40:11.37
He told you to begin
with that His diet for you
00:40:12.47\00:40:17.81
was fruit, grains, and nuts
00:40:18.01\00:40:20.65
and later He added vegetables.
00:40:21.05\00:40:23.18
In this day and age I
think you take great risk
00:40:23.99\00:40:28.32
with meat being
as diseased as it is.
00:40:29.19\00:40:32.49
I think you run great risk.
00:40:33.33\00:40:35.13
OK? So you need to be clear
on what the Scripture says.
00:40:35.33\00:40:39.10
All right. And by the way,
00:40:39.63\00:40:42.30
the ones that are
unclean like the camel
00:40:43.34\00:40:46.68
and the pig and the
00:40:46.98\00:40:48.54
seagull and the mouse, you know,
00:40:52.28\00:40:55.55
I don't find them
served in the best restaurants.
00:40:55.75\00:40:58.79
Do you?
00:40:59.49\00:41:00.82
I don't find people
going in ordering roasted camel
00:41:00.86\00:41:03.39
or seagull à la king or
breaded mouse, you know.
00:41:04.36\00:41:10.17
Most of those things
are things that God says:
00:41:10.37\00:41:13.40
"Leave them
alone; don't eat them. "
00:41:13.60\00:41:15.67
What does the New
Testament say about it?
00:41:16.30\00:41:18.31
People say: "Well
that's Old Testament.
00:41:18.71\00:41:20.68
We don't go by the Old Testament
we go by the New Testament. "
00:41:20.88\00:41:23.38
Well, let's look
at the New Testament.
00:41:23.78\00:41:25.51
See what it says.
00:41:25.91\00:41:27.25
So he makes it very clear
when he says: "What agreement
00:41:39.76\00:41:42.10
has the temple
of God with idols? "
00:41:42.30\00:41:43.73
He's talking about
what? Talking about you;
00:41:43.93\00:41:47.10
he's talking about your body.
00:41:47.30\00:41:48.64
OK. You are the
temple of the living God.
00:41:48.74\00:41:50.81
God is very clear
in the New Testament.
00:42:09.82\00:42:11.96
He said: "Leave it alone.
Don't be touching, don't be
00:42:12.16\00:42:16.36
eating what He lists as unclean.
00:42:16.56\00:42:18.87
That's not to be eaten. "
00:42:19.83\00:42:21.84
You say: "Well... "
00:42:22.34\00:42:24.11
You say: "Well, didn't Peter...
00:42:28.48\00:42:31.71
Didn't Peter have
some kind of vision
00:42:31.91\00:42:34.08
where he cleaned it all up? "
00:42:34.28\00:42:35.65
Huh? Have you ever read Acts 10
00:42:35.85\00:42:38.35
where Peter had this vision?
00:42:38.95\00:42:40.46
This sheet was let down out
of heaven, and in this sheet
00:42:40.66\00:42:43.73
was all manner
of unclean animals.
00:42:43.93\00:42:47.13
And a voice said:
"Rise Peter, kill and eat. "
00:42:47.73\00:42:50.57
And Peter said: "Not so, Lord!
00:42:52.53\00:42:55.27
I've never eaten
anything common or unclean. "
00:42:55.67\00:42:58.07
That was done three times.
00:42:58.97\00:43:00.84
And the voice said:
"Peter, what I have cleansed
00:43:01.24\00:43:04.91
don't you call common. "
00:43:05.11\00:43:06.82
Peter can't
figure this out, folks.
00:43:16.29\00:43:18.56
He can't understand
because this is direct contrary
00:43:19.06\00:43:23.90
to the Word of God.
00:43:24.10\00:43:25.53
And so it says in Scripture
while he's trying to get all
00:43:25.73\00:43:28.80
this put together
there's a knock at the door
00:43:29.00\00:43:31.61
and there's some men
there from Cornelius's house.
00:43:32.11\00:43:35.54
Cornelius is a Roman soldier.
00:43:36.04\00:43:38.45
He's a centurion.
00:43:38.65\00:43:40.25
He's had a dream.
00:43:41.28\00:43:43.08
And in the dream he's been
told to send these men to Peter
00:43:43.28\00:43:47.39
and get Peter from Joppa.
00:43:47.59\00:43:49.56
Bring Peter back.
00:43:50.29\00:43:51.63
So he sent them there.
They knock on the door.
00:43:51.69\00:43:54.46
Peter invites them in and
they tell him that Cornelius
00:43:54.66\00:43:57.63
has had the dream. And so
they spend the night with Peter
00:43:57.83\00:44:00.04
and the next day Peter goes with
them back to Cornelius's house.
00:44:00.24\00:44:04.87
Cornelius is a Roman
soldier, folks. He's a Gentile!
00:44:05.71\00:44:10.25
Do you understand that?
00:44:10.65\00:44:11.98
OK, listen... listen
to the words of Peter.
00:44:12.61\00:44:15.98
He'll tell you
what the dream is.
00:44:16.18\00:44:17.82
God wasn't trying to say
"Peter it's OK to eat the pig. "
00:44:45.61\00:44:48.82
He was saying:
"Peter, you need to take
00:44:49.88\00:44:52.35
the gospel to the Gentiles. "
00:44:52.55\00:44:54.32
That's what He was telling him.
00:44:54.52\00:44:56.19
He wasn't telling him
unclean animals were now clean.
00:44:56.39\00:44:59.29
He was saying: "You need to
take the gospel to the Gentiles.
00:44:59.49\00:45:02.76
Preach it to them. "
That's what it was about.
00:45:02.96\00:45:05.53
You see, the New Testament
says in I Corinthians 6:19
00:45:05.73\00:45:09.17
So when you accept Jesus Christ
00:45:21.78\00:45:23.89
this body of yours becomes
the temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:45:24.39\00:45:28.92
That's what the Scripture says.
00:45:29.12\00:45:30.63
You are not your own.
00:45:30.83\00:45:33.06
Your body belongs to the Lord.
00:45:33.93\00:45:37.53
It's His... and He gives
you some very good counsel
00:45:37.73\00:45:41.44
about taking care of it.
00:45:41.64\00:45:43.20
Said: "You've been
bought with a price. "
00:45:55.75\00:45:57.72
Glorify God in
your what? In your body.
00:45:57.92\00:46:02.59
That means that I'm to
keep this body as healthy
00:46:02.79\00:46:06.59
as I possibly can
keep it for the Lord.
00:46:06.80\00:46:09.43
That's what it means.
00:46:09.63\00:46:10.97
You see, your body...
What makes your body holy?
00:46:29.68\00:46:32.99
Do you know that?
What makes your body holy?
00:46:36.42\00:46:38.46
The Holy Spirit.
00:46:39.89\00:46:41.96
The Holy Spirit
dwells within you!
00:46:42.16\00:46:43.73
And because He dwells in you
00:46:43.93\00:46:45.27
that's what makes your
body holy. And God says:
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.80
"You need to take care of it. "
00:46:48.00\00:46:49.40
"You need to treat it right. "
00:46:49.60\00:46:50.97
"You need to make
sure that it's cared for
00:46:51.37\00:46:53.27
as it should be. "
00:46:53.48\00:46:54.81
So I am not to put
in things that harm it.
00:46:55.38\00:46:58.58
And in this country, we do
a lot of things that harm it.
00:46:59.18\00:47:02.72
We put things in our body.
00:47:03.59\00:47:04.92
Christ would not
go along with that.
00:47:05.05\00:47:06.79
Jesus hanging on the cross.
00:47:07.99\00:47:09.96
I told you the other
night about the tremendous agony
00:47:10.36\00:47:13.60
that He went through.
What crucifixion was like.
00:47:13.80\00:47:16.63
They offered to
Him... they offered Him
00:47:17.57\00:47:21.10
sour wine mingled with gall.
00:47:21.30\00:47:25.07
Do you know what gall is?
00:47:25.27\00:47:26.61
Hmm?
00:47:27.51\00:47:28.84
Gall's a poison.
00:47:28.91\00:47:30.78
That's what it is.
00:47:31.41\00:47:32.95
Also deadens pain.
00:47:33.15\00:47:35.42
They offered Him that.
00:47:36.72\00:47:38.05
Wouldn't drink it.
00:47:49.63\00:47:50.97
Now dear friend, God
makes it very clear in the Word
00:47:51.97\00:47:57.01
that you and I are not to
put things into our bodies
00:47:57.41\00:48:00.61
that are harmful to them.
00:48:00.81\00:48:02.41
And one of the things
that we do quite often
00:48:02.94\00:48:05.35
is that of tobacco.
00:48:06.11\00:48:07.65
Tobacco is an insidious poison.
00:48:09.68\00:48:13.76
Tobacco has 27 poisons in it...
00:48:16.29\00:48:22.20
nicotine being the worst.
00:48:23.40\00:48:26.13
You and I should not
harm our bodies that way.
00:48:27.70\00:48:32.24
You know what I'm saying?
00:48:44.85\00:48:46.19
Cigarettes in 1998, folks,
killed over a half a million
00:48:47.26\00:48:52.46
people in the United States.
00:48:52.66\00:48:56.13
Half a million people!
00:48:59.63\00:49:01.20
If we had a half a million
people dying from some disease,
00:49:02.24\00:49:06.34
we would call that an epidemic!
00:49:06.54\00:49:08.24
And yet we go right around
here and we manufacture them
00:49:09.18\00:49:12.31
and we pass them
out to the children
00:49:12.51\00:49:14.02
so they can get hooked on them.
00:49:14.22\00:49:15.88
And we think that's all right.
00:49:16.08\00:49:18.35
Hmm.
00:49:35.27\00:49:36.60
Boy, you talk
about watered down.
00:49:38.27\00:49:40.74
That is really watered down.
00:49:41.14\00:49:43.11
It shouldn't say that.
00:49:44.25\00:49:45.88
It should say:
00:49:46.08\00:49:47.42
That's what it needs to
say: THIS WILL KILL YOU!
00:49:49.25\00:49:51.92
No question about it.
00:49:52.79\00:49:54.36
God doesn't expect
us and doesn't want us
00:49:56.16\00:49:59.59
to use something that's poison-
ous and harmful to our body.
00:50:00.33\00:50:04.63
Very clear on that.
00:50:05.47\00:50:07.04
Cigarette
smoking... what does it do?
00:50:07.54\00:50:10.17
I'm just telling
you what cigarettes do.
00:50:22.15\00:50:24.19
You talk about
them being good for you?
00:50:24.39\00:50:26.65
All that from smoking.
00:50:32.86\00:50:35.36
All that happens by smoking.
00:50:43.71\00:50:46.07
Now dear
friends, the Lord came to
00:50:49.08\00:50:53.98
help you in that respect.
00:50:54.38\00:50:56.15
Came to give you life and
give it to you much happier.
00:50:57.22\00:51:01.52
We take hundreds...
hundreds and hundreds
00:51:03.26\00:51:07.20
and hundreds of people
off of tobacco every year.
00:51:07.40\00:51:10.67
Every meeting we hold
00:51:12.10\00:51:13.77
we take people off of tobacco.
00:51:13.97\00:51:16.07
And starting
Friday night, right here
00:51:16.74\00:51:19.77
we will be conducting a program.
00:51:20.18\00:51:22.58
If you want to quit it,
we'll be glad to help you.
00:51:22.78\00:51:25.58
And I'll just tell you this:
if you do what we tell you to do
00:51:25.78\00:51:28.05
for five days you'll be off
completely and feeling good.
00:51:28.85\00:51:32.75
Promise that.
00:51:33.15\00:51:34.49
So we'll talk more about that.
00:51:34.66\00:51:36.59
Something else
that we are faced with,
00:51:37.29\00:51:39.39
some things that we
do that the Bible says
00:51:41.76\00:51:44.43
this is what wise people do.
00:51:44.83\00:51:46.87
Wise people do that!
00:51:56.18\00:51:57.88
Their lives get better
and better because they avoid
00:51:58.28\00:52:01.02
what would cause their death.
00:52:01.22\00:52:03.05
OK. The other
thing is that of alcohol.
00:52:03.45\00:52:06.96
Folks, you can give me
all the excuses in the world
00:52:10.29\00:52:15.86
for using alcohol
00:52:16.67\00:52:18.77
and I'll tell you
that you are ill informed.
00:52:19.73\00:52:24.01
You're ill informed.
00:52:26.71\00:52:28.41
I'm... I will say this:
00:52:28.91\00:52:31.21
I'm glad that
one of the candidates
00:52:31.81\00:52:34.72
that's running for the
president of the United States
00:52:34.92\00:52:37.15
had enough sense to
say: "I will not drink. "
00:52:37.65\00:52:43.26
At least glad that one
does 'cause there's no way...
00:52:45.06\00:52:50.50
All you gotta do is take a walk
with me in a certain section
00:52:50.70\00:52:53.27
of town and I'll show you
what alcohol does to people.
00:52:53.47\00:52:57.07
Scripture's very
very clear on that:
00:53:34.31\00:53:37.58
I cannot use that kind of thing
00:53:38.28\00:53:41.62
and make it into
the kingdom of heaven.
00:53:41.82\00:53:43.79
Proverbs...
listen: Proverbs 23:31:
00:53:43.99\00:53:46.96
God says: "Don't use it
when it is intoxicating. "
00:53:59.73\00:54:04.01
That's what that text is saying.
00:54:04.41\00:54:06.04
When it moves itself
God says: "Don't use it. "
00:54:06.24\00:54:09.48
I mean the Scripture is crystal
clear on this question, folks.
00:54:22.52\00:54:26.23
And you hear the country
talk about doing something
00:54:46.55\00:54:49.95
about the drugs...
and that needs to be done,
00:54:50.15\00:54:52.35
don't misunderstand me...
00:54:52.55\00:54:53.89
but they don't want to say
anything about the alcohol.
00:54:53.96\00:54:56.83
This is the
problem that we face.
00:54:59.36\00:55:01.56
The Bible says that you
and I are to abstain from it.
00:55:03.20\00:55:07.87
That means leave it alone.
00:55:08.80\00:55:10.41
It won't help you. It
doesn't make you healthy.
00:55:11.44\00:55:14.34
It doesn't make you happy.
00:55:14.54\00:55:16.04
It does not
contribute to your life.
00:55:16.24\00:55:18.81
Just doesn't do that.
00:55:20.82\00:55:22.15
Ten percent of
every person that dies
00:55:31.83\00:55:34.33
in the United States
is a result of alcohol.
00:55:34.73\00:55:38.00
What does the Lord
want to do for you?
00:55:40.64\00:55:42.67
This is what He
wants to do for you.
00:55:43.07\00:55:44.64
OK?
00:55:51.98\00:55:53.92
You want to be happy?
00:56:00.96\00:56:02.29
You want to be healthy?
00:56:03.19\00:56:04.53
You want to enjoy life?
00:56:04.99\00:56:06.36
Well then, dear
friends, listen carefully
00:56:07.23\00:56:10.57
to what God says
about what you're to eat.
00:56:10.77\00:56:13.60
Balance... as the Scripture
gives it... balance what you're
00:56:15.77\00:56:19.41
eating. Leave the tobacco,
00:56:19.61\00:56:24.81
the alcohol, the drugs alone.
00:56:25.01\00:56:28.78
Dear friend, let
me tell you something:
00:56:30.45\00:56:32.12
if you'll do that, you'll
find your health will increase
00:56:32.82\00:56:36.19
immensely. You'll
find yourself happy.
00:56:36.39\00:56:40.03
You'll find that the
whole thing will change.
00:56:40.76\00:56:43.23
God will simply come
in and touch your life
00:56:43.97\00:56:47.64
in a very special way.
00:56:47.84\00:56:50.01
Listen as Maddy
sings He Touched Me.
00:56:50.21\00:56:53.38
Shackled by a heavy
00:56:55.11\00:57:00.82
burden
00:57:01.02\00:57:04.39
'neath a load of guilt
00:57:05.65\00:57:09.56
and shame
00:57:09.76\00:57:15.26
Then the hand of Jesus
00:57:15.86\00:57:20.77
touched me
00:57:21.17\00:57:25.07
and now
00:57:25.47\00:57:28.04
I am no longer
00:57:28.24\00:57:32.18
the same. Let's bow our
heads for a word of prayer.
00:57:32.38\00:57:36.28
Heavenly Father, we thank you
00:57:36.99\00:57:38.69
that not only do You love us,
00:57:40.42\00:57:42.66
not only do you
provide salvation for us,
00:57:43.53\00:57:46.29
but You've given ways
in which we can be healthy,
00:57:47.23\00:57:49.86
we can be happy, we
can enjoy this life.
00:57:50.27\00:57:52.90
We pray that You'll
bless each one here.
00:57:53.34\00:57:55.54
May they find in
Christ constant help.
00:57:56.04\00:58:00.58
May they lean upon Him
00:58:00.78\00:58:02.78
and may each one of
us by faith follow You.
00:58:02.98\00:58:07.15
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:58:07.55\00:58:10.75