Participants: James Marcum & Charles Mills
Series Code: UP
Program Code: UP00007A
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00:01 The following program presents principles designed
00:03 to promote good health and is not intended to take 00:05 the place of personalized professional care. 00:07 The opinions and ideas expressed 00:09 are those of the speaker. 00:10 Viewers are encouraged to draw their own conclusions 00:13 about the information presented. 00:17 I'm Dr. James Marcum. Are you interested 00:20 in discovering the reason why? 00:22 You want solutions to your healthcare problem. 00:25 Are you tired of taking medications? 00:28 Well, you're about to be given 00:30 the "Ultimate Prescription." 00:31 I've always found it interesting that on day sixth 00:33 of creation week, God didn't create man first. 00:37 Man wasn't there to welcome the animals into existence. 00:39 As a matter of fact, it was the other way around. 00:42 The animals were there 00:43 to welcome man into existence. 00:45 I believe there's a reason for that. 00:47 Would you agree, Dr. Marcum? 00:49 I think there's a reason for everything 00:51 that God did. Amen. 00:54 The exact reason we can speculate on for sure, 00:57 but as we look back at the creation week, 00:59 we've seen that each one of these things 01:01 have health implications. Yes. 01:02 Changing our chemistry. Yeah. 01:04 So what hasn't been done so far? 01:06 We've talked some of the things 01:07 in previous programs about rest 01:09 and water and all those great things. 01:11 And we are calling these laws 01:12 but not calling them ideas or good ideas. 01:14 We're calling them laws. 01:16 So what law was in place on this day? 01:19 And, you know, God never changes. 01:20 So what he sets up is gonna continue forward. Exactly. 01:23 So one thought that I had 01:25 was that maybe these animals 01:27 were placed here for us for a reason. 01:30 So when we got here thereafter, 01:32 we could have a relationship. 01:34 So may be part of our chemistry 01:36 is dependent on relationships. 01:39 You know in retrospect, it's easy 01:40 because we can see, you know, 01:42 what's happening with relationships. Yeah. 01:44 And what I'm trying to introduce in this program 01:46 "The Ultimate Prescription" is that part of medical care 01:49 depends on a relationship with the great physician. 01:52 And all of those are healers. 01:54 And there's a place for modern medicine. 01:56 There's a place for lifestyle, 01:57 but it's that relationship 01:58 with the great physician that makes it all happen. 02:02 Well, maybe the animals were here 02:03 so when we came thereafter 02:05 we could have a relationship. Yes. 02:07 And a relationship based on love and care. 02:11 And may be this would be something 02:12 very important for our chemistry 02:14 and for us to understand this universal concept 02:18 which governs the universe and that's concept of love. 02:21 The very first thing that God 02:23 did for Adam and Eve was say, 02:27 "Okay, here you are, welcome to the world 02:30 and by the way, love them. 02:32 Take care of them, the animals. 02:34 Love each other. But care for the animals." 02:36 So I think we're seeing a law here 02:38 that says if you want to be healthy, 02:41 God's way, if you want to take part 02:43 in God's health law, 02:45 you need to be loving something. 02:46 Yes, and I think there is good medicine 02:49 and good scientific studies behind this. Yes. 02:52 We've had several studies done that show 02:54 that people that love each other 02:56 have less infections, have less depression. Yes. 02:59 They do better. In fact, there's a syndrome 03:01 in cardiology called the "Broken heart syndrome." 03:04 That's when a loved one dies, 03:06 all the sudden this extra stress, 03:08 this extra adrenaline causes heart attacks 03:10 in previously normal hearts. Wow. 03:13 These arteries, spasm down, they have a heart attack. 03:15 And it wasn't anything that happened 03:16 till this new stress that comes 03:19 from that broken relationship. 03:20 That loss of love. 03:22 So loss of love can damage the body. 03:24 Just--similarly we talked about all these things 03:27 that we don't have hurt us, 03:28 all the things that we do have 03:30 based on God's laws help us. Yes. 03:32 So if no love hurts us, 03:34 having love in our life helps us. 03:36 And if you follow these, 03:37 if this is what the universe is based on, 03:40 this is perhaps the greatest 03:42 health treatment we have. Yes. 03:44 Ever. This treatment of love. God is love. 03:47 To know God is to, you know, to love God. 03:50 So if we have love in our life, 03:51 maybe that's the true pathway to healing. 03:53 That's part of the "Ultimate Prescription." 03:55 This is what we should be talking about 03:57 more than stents, which is important, 03:59 more than bypasses, more than pacemakers, 04:01 more than lifestyle, more than exercise, 04:04 and all these things are important. 04:06 But without love in a treatment plan, 04:08 without love guiding the way, 04:10 changing our chemistry what do we really have? Yes. 04:13 Emptiness. So when we think about 04:16 what we've been talking about love is a treatment, 04:18 the ultimate treatment, 04:19 but similarly lack of love damages us. 04:24 Lack of water damages us. 04:26 Lack of sleep damages us. 04:28 Lack of eating the right food damages us. 04:30 We break these universal laws 04:32 that God based everything on, damage stress occurs. 04:35 This stress damages our genetics, 04:37 damages our chemistry, 04:39 sooner or later this damage leads to symptoms, 04:42 symptoms leads to modern medicine. Yes, yes. 04:44 But that's not the way necessarily it should be. 04:47 And yet that's what we're hearing all the time. 04:50 And there're some great people out there, 04:52 they're talking about the acute care medicine. 04:54 There're some great people out there talking about 04:56 how to improve our lifestyle, how to eat better. 04:58 But what I want to bring to the table is the key, 05:01 this love relationship with each other, with God. 05:05 This is a thing we must have. 05:07 And we can't withdraw from love, 05:08 we must move to love. 05:10 Without this nothing else is worthwhile. 05:13 Now let me give you another example, Charles. 05:16 We talked about the broken heart syndrome. Yes. 05:17 I've two dogs at home. Yes. 05:20 Max and Daffy. Yes. 05:21 I love those dogs with all my heart. 05:24 When I come home, no matter 05:26 what's happened to my day, you know, 05:28 it's been the worst day ever or the best day ever, 05:30 they always run out there to greet me. 05:32 They run right to the door. 05:33 They follow me around the house wherever I go. 05:36 They lick me to death. 05:38 They really do love me. Yes. 05:39 And I love them back. 05:41 And when I see them, 05:43 it just does something special in my heart. 05:46 It makes my chemistry better. 05:47 My heart slows down. 05:48 No matter how bad the day was things start to improve. 05:52 I start feeling better in that relationship because, 05:54 you know, I know they're gonna be there. 05:56 They're there for me. 05:57 Now similarly we had another relationship 06:00 that's more important than the Max and Daffy relationship. 06:03 That can serve that same chemical benefit 06:06 and accomplish much more. 06:08 And that's in our relationship 06:09 with our Heavenly Father. 06:10 Now I'm not saying the relationships 06:12 with dogs and cats and wives and spouses 06:15 and friends aren't important. 06:17 'Cause I think they all add to it. 06:18 But that relationship, which we were made 06:20 to have at creation, God was setting it up 06:23 with the animals to teach us 06:24 that we have to love each other. 06:26 But as He set that love concept out there, 06:29 then we start to realize it. 06:31 This is the real path. 06:32 This is what the universe is governed on. 06:34 So if the universe is governed on it, 06:35 our health certainly has to be tied into this. 06:38 Yes, absolutely. That is so important 06:40 to keep in mind that love is part of the prescription. 06:44 Love is part of that "Ultimate Prescription." 06:47 I know a film crew that was doing a project 06:51 for a Christian television program. 06:54 And they were doing a show about suicide. 06:58 And they were traveling up to San Francisco. 07:00 Now I don't want to say that San Francisco 07:03 is a place where people go to die 07:05 but there is a bridge there 07:06 that a lot of people use for that purpose. 07:08 The Golden Gate Bridge seems to be suicide central 07:11 for that part of the world. 07:13 And a lot of people go and they jump off the bridge. 07:15 Well, while this film crew was up there 07:17 doing some filming, they were actually interviewing 07:20 some people in the gate house of the Golden Gate Bridge. 07:24 And while the cameras were rolling, 07:26 the sound was being picked up. 07:28 A call came in on the radio 07:30 that says we have a jumper mid span. 07:32 We have a jumper mid span. 07:34 While they were filming a show about suicide, 07:37 apparently a small car drove halfway across the bridge, 07:41 stopped, a gentleman got out, 07:43 walked across the lanes, 07:44 they say he went up to the railing there, 07:47 stood there for just a moment 07:49 and then jumped and died. 07:51 And what was significant about this was 07:53 what they found in the car, 07:56 this young man, bless his heart. 07:59 This young man left a note in the car. 08:02 And here's what the note said, 08:04 "Love is someone to love, something to do 08:09 and something to look forward to." 08:12 and apparently he didn't have those three things, 08:15 someone to love, something to do 08:18 and something to look forward to. 08:20 Did you know that on that day of creation 08:23 when God brought animals into the lives of Adam and Eve, 08:29 He was fulfilling all three. 08:30 Something to do, take care of the animals. Right. 08:33 Something to look forward to, new births, 08:36 new babies coming along with the animals, 08:38 new flocks to enjoy, 08:40 new animals to bring into your life. 08:42 And someone to love, 08:44 there was this whole world full of animals to love. 08:49 And of course one of those animals was Eve 08:51 who came along very shortly after that. 08:53 So Adam and Eve had the fulfillment 08:56 of the three basic needs of that man 08:59 that jumped off the bridge. And I would have to say that 09:01 that's the need for all of us. 09:02 Someone to love, something to do 09:05 and something to look forward to. 09:06 And if we don't have those in our lives, 09:08 there are consequences. 09:10 Tell us about some of those consequences. 09:11 Yeah. Well, we've already heard 09:12 about the broken heart syndrome. Yes. 09:14 We're love removed, all the sudden damage. 09:17 We of course, it's obvious that people 09:19 that don't have love in their life 09:20 they have higher incidences of depression. 09:23 They have higher incidence of, as you spoke, of suicide. 09:26 They have higher incidences of hurting themselves 09:28 and having harmful behavior to substitute for the love. 09:31 They look for love that substitutes, 09:33 in sometimes all the wrong places. 09:35 Some people turn to alcohol, 09:37 some people turn to drugs. 09:39 Some people even take prescription medications 09:41 like the narcotics to find that missing, 09:44 that missing element that's missing in their life, 09:46 that one thing that they were designed to have, 09:48 they don't have so they try to substitute for us. 09:51 It's like the evil one has a substitute 09:54 for everything good that God created. 09:55 Now every day of creation, we find a substitute for it. 09:58 Now how would you feel if you came to the office 10:01 and you came with a bunch of symptoms? 10:04 And I came up to you, Charles, 10:06 and you said I've seen three or four other doctors 10:08 and this doctor recommends this 10:09 and this doctor recommends that. 10:11 And I came up, talked to you 10:12 and examined you, and, Charles, 10:13 I wrote this prescription, 10:15 I think you need this 10:16 and I wrote love three times a day 10:18 and handed it to you. 10:20 How would you take that? Well-- 10:23 And this is important because 10:24 I'm asking how you would take it because 10:26 we want to know how the world will take this? 10:28 How will they feel when we talk about, 10:30 you know, writing a prescription for love? 10:32 How would you feel? 10:33 Would you feel like this guy is bonkers? 10:35 This is not what I usually get 10:36 when I come to see a doctor. 10:37 I mean, how can I take love, 10:40 how do I--what kind of dosage of love can I find? Right. 10:43 What does this mean, love? 10:46 There is a problem right there. 10:48 If we don't know what Dr. Marcum says 10:51 when he says you need love three times a day. 10:53 We're not sure what that means. Okay. 10:55 We're having a problem with our health I would say. 10:58 What if the next thing I said is I prove the data to you. 11:01 I showed you these studies 11:02 where people that have love in their life do better. 11:04 And I explained to you, Charles, 11:05 love is putting someone else's interest 11:08 above your own. Okay. 11:10 And then I said but to really understand love, 11:12 you have to know the source of love 11:14 and enter into a relationship with the inventor of love, 11:17 the one that uses love to run the universe. 11:19 What if I then told you that, how would you respond? 11:21 That makes a little bit more sense, 11:23 you're giving me something to do, 11:25 some way of responding to a prescription for love. 11:28 And then what if I did next, 11:30 what if I said, Charles, as part of this prescription 11:33 just like taking care of the animals on earth, 11:35 I want you to serve, serve other people. 11:38 I want you to learn about the creator of love 11:41 by praying and maybe reading scriptures 11:43 and doing other things. 11:44 And I want this-- you to use this in your life 11:47 to have power to learn more 11:48 and to come into these other truths. 11:50 What if I said that at this point 11:52 and wrote you a prescription for that? 11:53 Would you feel cheated? 11:54 I don't think at that point I would feel cheated 11:56 because I am trusting you to know this 11:59 because you are coming from a biblical standpoint. 12:02 You are coming from a power that is beyond you. Right. 12:06 You're saying, look, we're tapping into something here 12:09 that helps me that helps you. 12:11 We're tapping into something here 12:12 that is beyond modern science. 12:14 We're tapping into something here that created me. 12:17 It would begin to make sense if you put it that way. 12:19 And then if I said, you know, 12:20 modern medicine is a place to put out the fire, 12:23 but we wanna get at what caused the fire. 12:25 And I started moving this approach, 12:27 would it make sense to you? 12:28 And the next question is will it 12:30 make sense to the world? 12:31 As we spread this type of concept 12:33 from person to person. 12:34 There's other ways to change our chemistry 12:36 other than lots of pills even though that is needed. 12:38 But the devil is gonna step in. 12:40 The devil is gonna say, you know, 12:42 "Huh, love, why no one loves you. 12:46 Look at the way the world is treating you. 12:47 No one is being kind to you, 12:49 no one is giving you any kind of respect. 12:53 How can love help?" Because we-- 12:55 I have to say in this world, 12:57 we are not used to receiving too much love. 13:01 Are you saying that even under those circumstances, 13:04 I should follow your prescription? 13:05 Are you saying I should step out 13:07 from a world that does not love me and love it back? 13:11 Exactly. Unless we see the big picture. Yes. 13:14 The picture that we're designed to live 13:16 and understand where the source of love is, 13:18 the Heavenly Father. This is a gigantic prescription, 13:22 a gigantic way to heal us. 13:24 Well, we'll take a short break 13:26 and when we come back, more about love 13:27 and answering your questions. 13:29 So stay right where you are. |
Revised 2014-12-17