High above a cliff,
overlooking the emerald
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blue waters of
the Mediterranean,
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is an ancient
Portuguese monastery.
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I've been to some of those,
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they're right up on a pedestal.
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The only way to get to
the top of this particular one
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is to climb
into a wicker basket,
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an old basket, tied to a rope,
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and be hoisted up by
an aged monk up there
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who turns the wheel.
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Well, one day a world traveler,
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leaving his tour
of the monastery,
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he stepped into that
basket for the descent
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and as the monk started
lowering him over the wall
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to the jagged rocks far below,
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well, that
nervous tourist noticed
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that the rope was frayed,
pretty seriously tattered
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and so he called up,
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"How often do
they replace the rope?"
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"When the old one breaks,"
the monk calmly replied.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we
only have one health rope.
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Problem is, when it snaps,
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often there is no second chance.
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A quadruple bypass
may save your life,
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but it'll leave your bank
account completely penniless.
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And yet every
day, in North America
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in particular, in
Europe, Australia,
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millions live
life in the fast lane.
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Pressure, cup of
coffee and a donut.
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We sow wild oats all week long
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and we pray for a crop
failure on the weekend.
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No exercise. No rest.
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Medical care is by far
now the costliest thing
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that people
spend their money for.
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What is it worth to be well?
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Well, you ask
the cancer patient,
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or the person suffering
from AIDS, or diabetes.
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Ask the parents of a
child dying from leukemia,
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or arthritis victims.
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Ask my dad who just underwent
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triple bypass
open heart surgery.
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They'll tell you, good
health is absolutely priceless,
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and we never really appreciate
it until it's lost, right?
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Queen Elizabeth I once
cried out on her death bed,
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"All my possessions I'd
give for one moment of time!"
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But ladies and gentlemen,
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did you know that
medical science now says
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that you can reverse
disease and damaged health?
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In fact, books are
coming out that you can actually
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choose to live 12
happier, healthier years longer.
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This one happens to be a book on
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"Live 10 Healthy Years Longer"
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we've talked about this
on the Voice of Prophesy.
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You can live without any cancer,
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no heart attack, no stroke,
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really less cholesterol
and none of the major killers.
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Back where I come
from, in Las Angeles,
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Dr. Breslow of UCLA, he
did research over nine years
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and he asked 7,000 people
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just 7 questions
relating to health and habits
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and then he
observed these patients.
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Seven simple questions.
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One, do you smoke?
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Do you drink alcohol,
and if so, to what extent?
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Do you get regular exercise?
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How much sleep do
you get every night?
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How much do you weigh?
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Are you eating
breakfast regularly?
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And do you snack between
meals on a regular basis?
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Now, the startling results
of his documented research
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is that those with
simple health habits
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relating to
those seven questions
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lived 11.5 years
longer than those who did not.
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What would you give,
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for nearly 10
or 12 quality years
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added to your life?
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The American
Medical Association says
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what I'm about to
share with you this morning,
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could do exactly that.
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You see I'm a guinea pig
for three major health studies
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at The John
Wayne Cancer Institute,
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Loma Linda University,
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where a million
dollar study was authorized
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by President Jimmy
Carter a few years ago,
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when I first got in the study,
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and it's proving that
lifestyle can save America
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billions and
billions of tax dollars.
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It's based on a
40-year health study
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with over 27,000 participants.
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And the results coming in
they're absolutely stunning.
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But Jeannie and I have
just become guinea pigs
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in a third new study
of 125,000 participants,
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one of the largest groups ever
to be studied, scientifically.
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Because once again, the
Voice of Prophecy speaks,
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this morning,
with scientific facts,
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I want you to listen up
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because these are
simple health laws
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from the world's
finest health experts,
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coming up now, all
based on Bible principles.
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Are you surprised that God
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might be
concerned about our health?
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Don't be, for if we'll
listen, He promises in 3 John 2
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to actually help us
turn back the clock.
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He says, "Beloved, I pray that
you may prosper in all things
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and be in health, even
as your soul prospers."
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And Jesus said
over in John 10:10.
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I have come that
they might have life,
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and that they might
have it more abundantly.
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You see, friend,
Jesus who made us,
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not only wants us to
have spiritual health,
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but He wants us to
enjoy maximum physical health.
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Happy, joyful, living
life to its absolute fullest.
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The Bible spells out
just eight important,
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essential guidelines.
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Up-to-date modern medicine
is scrambling to catch up.
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In fact, are you ready for this?
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All 7 of the Colombia
Space Shuttle astronauts
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practiced most of them.
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But first a
little bit of background.
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For decades, medical researchers
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have shown considerable interest
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in the lifestyle
of Orthodox Jews.
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Now we know that
they follow dietary laws
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from the Old Testament.
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But guess what?
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Orthodox Jews' cancer mortality
rate is practically zero.
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They're less prone to all
the catastrophic illnesses
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that we die of,
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practically immune to
today's leading killers.
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How come? Is it hereditary?
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Is it in their genes? No.
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Because when those
same Jews begin eating
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the same food as the rest of us,
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steaks and junk food
and alcohol and smoking--
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oops, their cancer rate
and all other diseases zoom
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right up to the
same as other people.
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Why?
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Well, medical
science has discovered
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that the secret lies
in their health practices
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and a lifestyle
found in the Bible.
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You see, 3,500 years
ago God wrote out to Moses,
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some important medical
prescriptions for wellness
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and doctors in today's
space shuttle astronauts
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are fascinated with
God's most remarkable promise,
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you find it
there in Exodus 15:26.
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If you will diligently heed
the voice of the Lord your God
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and do what is
right in His sight,
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give ear to His commandments,
and keep all His statutes.
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I will put none of
the diseases on you
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which I have
brought upon the Egyptians.
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For I am the Lord who heals you.
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And he says to anyone
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who will follow these
instructions in Leviticus,
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or I should say Exodus 23:25.
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And I will take away
sickness from the midst of you.
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And scientists are
saying hey, did you catch that?
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That's significant.
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It's saying if you follow this,
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you can reverse the
effects of disease."
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A scientific formula effectively
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reduced a simple
term so everybody can try.
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It's so
amazingly and wonderfully
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forthcoming for the future.
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Effective. Psalm 105:37.
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Says, There was not one feeble
person among their tribes.
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Well, a bunch of
dubious physicians said,
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well, you know,
that's probably the Egyptians
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didn't have the same
diseases that we have today.
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Wrong.
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So, back in 1975 a
team of medical specialists
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from around the world
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performed
autopsies on Egyptian mummies
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in the Manchester
England Medical School.
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These Mummies
dated back to 1900 B.C.
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Guess what they found on
these 4,000-year-old bodies?
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Remarkably, those ancient
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Egyptians suffered
the very same illnesses
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common to modern men and women.
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Heart disease, cancer,
vascular disease, arthritis,
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hepatitis, tetanus,
trichinosis, and others.
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But here's the
irony. Here's the rub.
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The puzzle is Moses
lived at this very time.
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When Egypt was the intellectual,
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it was the educational,
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the cultural
center of the world.
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Science, mathematics, history,
geology, astronomy, physics.
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In fact, today's
rocket scientists
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still haven't figured out
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how they could have possibly
built the Pyramids or Sphinx.
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Oh, but their
medical knowledge in Egypt?
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Their health
remedies were absolutely
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deplorable, atrocious.
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I want you to listen
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to just some sample
voodoo prescriptions
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found way back in
1552, time of Moses,
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in a famous medical book called
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The Papyrus Ebers listing
scores of medical prescriptions
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for diseases, and
infections, and accidents
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and I don't think any of you
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would want to use one
of these prescriptions.
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For example, for deep slivers,
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they said, rub worm's blood
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and horse dung into the wound.
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It's no wonder that they found
that tetanus took a hefty toll.
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Oh, they said for snake bite,
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you should drink water
that was poured over an idol.
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They even had a
cure for baldness.
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Rub into the scalp, a
potion made of horses' hooves,
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date blossoms, and Abyssinian
bloodhound heels boiled in oil.
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Now folks, listen, listen.
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When Moses grew up
there in Pharaoh's court,
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that is what he was taught.
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Acts 7:22 clearly tells us
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that Moses was educated
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in all the wisdom of Egypt.
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He was educated with
those medical doctors
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in Egypt's medical schools.
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In fact, 20th century physician,
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Dr. S. I. McMillen, in his book,
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"None of These Diseases",
says this about Moses.
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"There is little doubt
that he was well acquainted
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with the medical
knowledge of his time.
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Many thousands of
the Israelites also knew
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and no doubt had used
some of the common remedies
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mentioned in The Papyrus Ebers.
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But in your Bible, in
those five books of Moses,
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that he wrote, what
he wrote is diametrically
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opposite to what he
learned in the medical school.
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In startling contrast,
these medical descriptions
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are thousands of
years ahead of their time.
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In fact, they're filled with
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21st century
medical instructions
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that doctors never
heard of until modern times.
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Amazing insights
concerning sanitation,
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quarantine, personal
hygiene, and shockingly,
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not once does Moses in the Bible
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ever prescribe
one of those cures
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that he learned
in medical school
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that's found in
"The Papyrus Ebers."
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So my question this morning
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is where did he get these
amazing health guidelines?
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Ah, friend, God gave
him inside information.
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And modern
medicine is now realizing
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how important
God's health principles
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have been throughout history.
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You take the plagues,
during those Dark Ages,
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the Black Death, leprosy,
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most terrible scourges of
all during the Middle Ages.
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You know, doctors back
then didn't know what to do.
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Medicine
finally turned to church
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and the priests and the leaders
and they said, "We need help.
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We don't have answers."
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What does the Bible recommend?
And they looked it up.
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For contagious diseases,
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the Bible said
quarantine these people.
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They'd never heard of it.
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Bingo, when they
did cure it every time.
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Public sanitation,
toilets, sewers, disinfectant,
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like washing your
hands before surgery?
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Doctors weren't
doing these things
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and didn't know
they were in the Bible.
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Dr. George Rosen wrote in
the History of Public Health
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and I'm quoting.
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Leadership was
taken by the Church,
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as the physicians
had nothing to offer.
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The Church took as
its guiding principle
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the concept of contagion
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as embodied in
the Old Testament.
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This idea and its
practical consequences
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are defined with great clarity
in the Book of Leviticus.
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But I say what a tragic shame
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that 60 million people
had to die from these plagues,
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when the Bible
principles of public health
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were there all the time.
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You see ladies and gentlemen,
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God knows how we
can avoid disease.
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He designed our
bodies, he knows exactly
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what's necessary
to keep us healthy
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and at peak efficiency.
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You know you save money
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to buy a brand
new car, don't you?
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Inside the glove compartment
is always an owner's manual.
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Tells how to
care for your new car,
00:13:40.16\00:13:41.65
keep it running
tip-top for many, many years.
00:13:41.68\00:13:44.81
Of course if you want, you
can ignore the instructions
00:13:44.84\00:13:47.93
and say I know
how to drive a car.
00:13:47.96\00:13:49.60
That's too much bother.
00:13:49.63\00:13:51.07
Oh, forget the oil,
00:13:51.10\00:13:52.67
forget to check air
pressure in the tires.
00:13:52.70\00:13:54.98
I'll just put
sand in the gas tank,
00:13:55.01\00:13:57.26
if I run low and roar around
completely out of control.
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You know your car
won't last very long
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before it needs
expensive repairs, right?
00:14:01.58\00:14:05.25
But yet, we do the same thing
with this wonderful machine
00:14:05.28\00:14:08.16
that God has given
us, this body of ours.
00:14:08.19\00:14:12.27
We blow it up.
00:14:12.30\00:14:14.23
You'd think we'd want to follow
00:14:14.26\00:14:16.34
the owner's
manual, the instructions.
00:14:16.37\00:14:19.47
'Cause one trip to the hospital
00:14:19.50\00:14:20.91
can wipe out a
lifetime of savings.
00:14:20.94\00:14:23.91
But God's
owner's manual outlines
00:14:23.94\00:14:25.81
just eight simple prescriptions
to guarantee good health.
00:14:25.84\00:14:30.50
You've heard us
refer from time to time
00:14:30.53\00:14:31.98
to Weimar Institute
there in Northern California.
00:14:32.01\00:14:34.35
It's invented a
nice little acronym
00:14:34.38\00:14:36.42
I want to
borrow, called NEWSTART.
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Our doctor here,
00:14:38.40\00:14:39.43
Dr. Arnott, from the
Lifestyle Center of America,
00:14:39.46\00:14:41.57
he recommends these, too.
00:14:41.60\00:14:43.23
But I want you to say these
with me out loud and NEWSTART.
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"N" is for nutrition, say it.
00:14:47.93\00:14:51.83
"E" is for
exercise, "S" is for sunshine,
00:14:51.86\00:14:58.99
where is the sunshine?
00:14:59.02\00:15:00.95
There it is.
00:15:00.98\00:15:02.24
"T" is for
temperance, "A" is for air,
00:15:02.27\00:15:07.24
"R" is for rest,
"T" is for trust in God.
00:15:07.27\00:15:12.19
All right I want
to zoom in with you
00:15:12.22\00:15:14.10
on these eight
amazing prescriptions,
00:15:14.13\00:15:15.77
straight out of
the owner's manual.
00:15:15.80\00:15:18.13
If you want to
turn back the clock,
00:15:18.16\00:15:20.08
you want to
achieve maximum health
00:15:20.11\00:15:21.61
and increase your life
nearly 12 quality years,
00:15:21.64\00:15:25.01
notice what's
behind door number 1.
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"N" is for nutrition.
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Hey, what's more
important than food, right?
00:15:30.15\00:15:32.63
Doctors tell us, of course,
00:15:32.66\00:15:33.73
that diet is the
foundation of good health.
00:15:33.76\00:15:36.91
It's the most
direct link to disease.
00:15:36.94\00:15:40.06
So as Paul Harvey
would says, page 1,
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God's manual
takes us in nutrition,
00:15:42.92\00:15:45.57
right back to
the Garden of Eden,
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Genesis 1 for
the "Chef's Special,"
00:15:47.15\00:15:49.66
God's original secrets.
00:15:49.69\00:15:51.80
Genesis 1:29 it says.
00:15:51.83\00:15:54.72
And God said, 'See, I
have given you every herb
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which yields seed which
is on the face of the earth,
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and every tree
whose fruit yields seed
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to you it shall be for food.
00:16:03.44\00:16:07.46
Now medical
science is scrambling
00:16:07.49\00:16:09.27
to adjust the food
pyramid by the way,
00:16:09.30\00:16:11.62
to the latest 20th and 21st
century scientific research,
00:16:11.65\00:16:16.04
which continues to
endorse a plant-based diet,
00:16:16.07\00:16:19.33
in agreement with the Bible.
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Eat fruits, grains, nuts,
vegetables, food from plants.
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All that you can.
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Did you know
that even the Columbia
00:16:28.21\00:16:29.44
Space Shuttle astronauts
were into a vegetarian diet?
00:16:29.47\00:16:33.70
I want you to
listen to this paragraph
00:16:33.73\00:16:35.39
from the February 3,
2003 Las Angeles Times.
00:16:35.42\00:16:39.67
Article called, "In
Space but Down to Earth."
00:16:39.70\00:16:43.08
Talking about how in
the Apollo and Mercury days,
00:16:43.11\00:16:46.27
those astronauts were
pretty wild characters.
00:16:46.30\00:16:48.52
They used to pre-order racks
of rib and pitchers of beer.
00:16:48.55\00:16:51.83
Today those
same proprietors say,
00:16:51.86\00:16:54.48
'They're all vegetarians.'"
00:16:54.51\00:16:57.20
And just this January
2003, the latest issue,
00:16:57.23\00:17:02.24
for you scientists
and scholars out there
00:17:02.27\00:17:03.37
and PhD's and medical doctors,
"Scientific American" announced
00:17:03.40\00:17:07.92
that we have now turned
00:17:07.95\00:17:09.24
the whole food
pyramid upside down.
00:17:09.27\00:17:13.96
I want you to look at
this leading article called,
00:17:13.99\00:17:15.81
"Rebuilding the Food Pyramid."
00:17:15.84\00:17:17.15
Go home and get it.
00:17:17.18\00:17:18.26
Sweeping, revolutionary changes
00:17:18.29\00:17:20.10
from what we were
taught, as recently as 1992,
00:17:20.13\00:17:23.19
and when some of
your kids went to school.
00:17:23.22\00:17:25.14
New in 2003, a
switch, basically back to what
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the Bible spelled out
in the book of Genesis,
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fruit, grains, nuts, vegetables.
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That was man's
original diet for 2,000 years,
00:17:35.15\00:17:38.22
the Bible says
until the great flood.
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God's said, "That's good."
00:17:41.21\00:17:43.07
That's the epitome. Eat up.
00:17:43.10\00:17:46.52
Well, someone says, was
that vegetarian diet adequate?
00:17:46.55\00:17:50.57
Evidently.
00:17:50.60\00:17:52.06
'Cause people on God's diet
00:17:52.09\00:17:53.91
lived to be
nearly 1,000 years old.
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Genesis 5:27 tells
us the longest person
00:17:57.10\00:17:59.98
who ever lived in the Bible.
00:18:00.01\00:18:01.24
"All the days of Methuselah
00:18:01.27\00:18:03.20
were nine hundred
and sixty nine years;
00:18:03.23\00:18:05.34
and he died."
00:18:05.37\00:18:07.68
Pause, somebody says
wait a minute, Lon, what?
00:18:07.71\00:18:10.53
No Big Mac, no turtle
stew, no chitlins and gravy?
00:18:10.56\00:18:16.10
That's right.
00:18:16.13\00:18:17.78
Only later when the flood came
00:18:17.81\00:18:20.07
and there was
no vegetation left,
00:18:20.10\00:18:21.93
did God permit meat-eating,
00:18:21.96\00:18:23.57
but he gave it as
an emergency measure.
00:18:23.60\00:18:26.90
Well, guess what?
00:18:26.93\00:18:28.01
Men and women liked
the taste of it so much,
00:18:28.04\00:18:29.75
we've been eating it ever since.
00:18:29.78\00:18:32.19
But Genesis 6
says, one of the reasons
00:18:32.22\00:18:34.77
God introduced meat eating
was to shorten man's life,
00:18:34.80\00:18:38.76
it's actually
Genesis 9, Genesis 9.
00:18:38.79\00:18:42.30
But sure enough, as soon
as he started to eat meat,
00:18:42.33\00:18:45.63
the sinners' age spans
began drop like a rock.
00:18:45.66\00:18:49.34
Noah's son, Shem, he
lived only 600 years,
00:18:49.37\00:18:52.92
his grandson, 239 years,
his great-grandson, 175 years,
00:18:52.95\00:18:58.19
and by the time of King David,
00:18:58.22\00:18:59.85
man's lifespan
decreased to 70 years.
00:18:59.88\00:19:03.53
And in the Middle Ages
it was down to 36 years.
00:19:03.56\00:19:09.00
Well, some will say what,
wait a minute, what about meat?
00:19:09.03\00:19:10.85
Is it okay? Yes, sort of.
00:19:10.88\00:19:16.14
But if you're going to
insist on eating flesh food,
00:19:16.17\00:19:18.34
God knows that not all
animals are fit for food.
00:19:18.37\00:19:20.81
So He specifies
exactly which meat is somewhat
00:19:20.84\00:19:23.22
safe to eat, and which is not.
00:19:23.25\00:19:25.40
In the Bible he
calls it "clean" or "safe"
00:19:25.43\00:19:28.75
and "unclean", "not safe."
00:19:28.78\00:19:31.54
By they way, it's a
very simple formula.
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Easy to remember. All
scavengers are unclean.
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Well, you say,
which ones would those be?
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Not to worry.
00:19:40.65\00:19:41.68
Leviticus 11,
Deuteronomy 14 list
00:19:41.71\00:19:44.37
which scavenger
animals, which scavenger fish,
00:19:44.40\00:19:47.24
which scavenger birds.
00:19:47.27\00:19:49.22
Let's take animals, for example.
00:19:49.25\00:19:51.94
Just two criteria. Two
simple, basic guidelines.
00:19:51.97\00:19:56.17
If an animal has a split
hoof and it chews its cud,
00:19:56.20\00:20:01.65
it's safe for food.
00:20:01.68\00:20:04.23
You see, some chew the cud
00:20:04.26\00:20:07.06
but they don't
have a split hoof,
00:20:07.09\00:20:09.20
God say's not that
animal is a garbage collector.
00:20:09.23\00:20:11.77
Don't eat him, he's
bottom of the food chain.
00:20:11.80\00:20:15.15
"Trust Me," God says, "I know.
00:20:15.18\00:20:16.74
I made 'em."
00:20:16.77\00:20:18.28
Take for example
Mr. Oink, the pig.
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Leviticus 11:7.
00:20:24.21\00:20:26.20
" And the swine,
though it divides the hoof,
00:20:26.23\00:20:28.20
having cloven hooves,
00:20:28.23\00:20:29.60
yet does not chew
the cud, is what?"
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Unclean to you.
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You know, folks, we
don't ask why anymore,
00:20:33.63\00:20:36.07
when it comes to pork.
00:20:36.10\00:20:37.36
Remember just last summer?
00:20:37.39\00:20:38.89
Another terrific food scare
over improperly cooked pork?
00:20:38.92\00:20:43.51
"Good Morning America",
00:20:43.54\00:20:44.57
"The Today Show"
swarmed with doctors saying,
00:20:44.60\00:20:46.69
"Folks, Americans, just
leave it alone, don't eat it."
00:20:46.72\00:20:49.35
Medical science now realizes
00:20:49.38\00:20:51.32
God wasn't
withholding anything good
00:20:51.35\00:20:53.00
when He gave these guidelines.
00:20:53.03\00:20:55.48
Psalm 84:11 says,
00:20:55.51\00:20:57.37
"...No good
thing will He withhold
00:20:57.40\00:20:59.67
from those who walk uprightly."
00:20:59.70\00:21:02.76
Well, someone says,
I like to go fishing,
00:21:02.79\00:21:04.29
what about fish?
00:21:04.32\00:21:05.41
Same instructions,
don't eat scavengers,
00:21:05.44\00:21:08.00
the big, bad, bottom-lovers.
00:21:08.03\00:21:10.62
Two checkpoints.
Deuteronomy 14:9, 10.
00:21:10.65\00:21:14.16
"These you may eat of
all that are in the waters:
00:21:14.19\00:21:16.97
you may eat all that
have fins and scales.
00:21:17.00\00:21:20.60
And whatever does
not have fins and scales
00:21:20.63\00:21:22.66
you shall not eat..."
00:21:22.69\00:21:23.72
It is what? "Unclean."
00:21:23.75\00:21:25.84
Two clear
guidelines easy to remember.
00:21:25.87\00:21:28.26
Does it have fins?
Does it have scales?
00:21:28.29\00:21:31.72
Uh-oh.
00:21:31.75\00:21:33.33
Most sea foods
that people enjoy eating
00:21:33.36\00:21:36.64
have no fins, no scales.
00:21:36.67\00:21:39.75
Mr. Lobster, Mrs. Shrimp,
00:21:39.78\00:21:43.13
shark, whales, eels,
oysters, octopus, turtles.
00:21:43.16\00:21:48.18
Oh, you say, are
they really unsafe?
00:21:48.21\00:21:50.31
I love turtle stew.
00:21:50.34\00:21:52.81
Well, you ask our
American servicemen
00:21:52.84\00:21:54.74
coming back
from the Middle East.
00:21:54.77\00:21:56.66
You know, if they're
ever stranded on an island
00:21:56.69\00:21:58.23
and if they wonder,
00:21:58.26\00:21:59.29
well, which fish
would be safe to eat,
00:21:59.32\00:22:00.72
which were toxic?
00:22:00.75\00:22:02.05
Did you know the U.S. Government
00:22:02.08\00:22:03.55
did research to determine
00:22:03.58\00:22:05.00
which fish our
servicemen can eat for survival?
00:22:05.03\00:22:07.77
And Dr. Bruce
Halsted's research concluded
00:22:07.80\00:22:10.65
that the rule of
thumb for the U.S. Army,
00:22:10.68\00:22:12.97
for the Navy, for the Marines,
00:22:13.00\00:22:14.44
and the Air Force is
to follow the same formula
00:22:14.47\00:22:17.19
God gave the
Israelites 3,500 years ago.
00:22:17.22\00:22:20.56
"Of all the
creatures living in the water,
00:22:20.59\00:22:22.74
you may eat any that
has fins and scales."
00:22:22.77\00:22:27.04
Okay, now you
hunters, up there in Canada
00:22:27.07\00:22:30.60
and in the north
land of our country.
00:22:30.63\00:22:31.82
Maybe you're asking,
well, what about birds?
00:22:31.85\00:22:34.16
Time to go
hunting here in the fall.
00:22:34.19\00:22:36.39
Which ones can we
eat? Same formula.
00:22:36.42\00:22:40.06
No scavengers.
00:22:40.09\00:22:42.09
Deuteronomy 14:11, 12.
"All clean birds you may eat.
00:22:42.12\00:22:46.53
But these you shall not eat:..."
00:22:46.56\00:22:47.77
And God proceeds to list them,
00:22:47.80\00:22:50.00
owls, buzzards,
ravens, herons, bats, vultures.
00:22:50.03\00:22:55.51
Don't eat scavengers,
00:22:55.54\00:22:57.38
don't eat the
garbage collectors.
00:22:57.41\00:22:59.67
In fact, He even details
00:22:59.70\00:23:00.88
which insects in
Deuteronomy 14:19.
00:23:00.91\00:23:03.79
"Also every creeping thing
that flies is unclean for you;
00:23:03.82\00:23:08.67
they shall not be eaten."
00:23:08.70\00:23:11.82
I don't care about what they
do on Survivors on TV, folks.
00:23:11.85\00:23:15.89
The Bible also
says, don't drink blood.
00:23:15.92\00:23:19.25
As in rare steaks.
Notice Leviticus 3:17.
00:23:19.28\00:23:24.89
"...you shall eat
neither fat nor blood."
00:23:24.92\00:23:28.88
We would say today, well,
that means kosher is best.
00:23:28.91\00:23:32.49
And now we know why.
00:23:32.52\00:23:33.73
Doctors have been telling us,
00:23:33.76\00:23:35.30
nutritionist doctors
know that these all contribute
00:23:35.33\00:23:37.82
to vascular and heart disease,
00:23:37.85\00:23:40.18
which is our
number one cause of death.
00:23:40.21\00:23:44.04
So to summarize
what's behind door number 1,
00:23:44.07\00:23:46.73
in God's Owner's
Manual of His specifications
00:23:46.76\00:23:49.72
for our health and happiness,
nutrition, say it, nutrition.
00:23:49.75\00:23:54.41
Bible says eat up,
folks, but eat right.
00:23:54.44\00:23:57.63
Do it all to the glory of God.
00:23:57.66\00:23:59.74
And by the way, that
counsel costs you nothing,
00:23:59.77\00:24:01.84
it's absolutely
free in this book.
00:24:01.87\00:24:05.10
What's the second God given
principle in that NEWSTART?
00:24:05.13\00:24:08.78
To promote health. The "E."
00:24:08.81\00:24:10.89
Remember the second
acronym from NEWSTART?
00:24:10.92\00:24:13.41
"N" is for Nutrition.
00:24:13.44\00:24:14.82
"E" is for the same thing
that "Good Morning America"
00:24:14.85\00:24:18.04
the doctors there
are prescribing it,
00:24:18.07\00:24:19.69
what Dr. Joyce Brothers
says is the number one way,
00:24:19.72\00:24:22.78
most important way
even, to get good sleep.
00:24:22.81\00:24:25.50
And it's the best
prevention for all disease.
00:24:25.53\00:24:29.46
Exercise.
00:24:29.49\00:24:31.49
In fact, did you know
that as soon as God created
00:24:31.52\00:24:33.66
Adam and Eve back
there in the beginning,
00:24:33.69\00:24:35.41
and He gave them His
diet, His nutrition plan,
00:24:35.44\00:24:38.16
He told them, get
out there and exercise.
00:24:38.19\00:24:42.12
Strenuous physical
activity for health.
00:24:42.15\00:24:44.75
Genesis 2:15, "Then
the Lord God took the man
00:24:44.78\00:24:49.16
and put him in the Garden
of Eden to tend and keep it."
00:24:49.19\00:24:55.84
Wasn't punishing 'em.
00:24:55.87\00:24:57.82
He knew that
action is a law of life.
00:24:57.85\00:25:01.01
God knows that exercise
00:25:01.04\00:25:02.34
is our very best
health insurance plan.
00:25:02.37\00:25:04.80
He designed exercise to
protect the body from disease,
00:25:04.83\00:25:07.84
improve muscle tone,
firm up blood vessels,
00:25:07.87\00:25:10.54
helps the lungs process
more air with less effort.
00:25:10.57\00:25:13.82
'Cause the heart
can pump fresh blood.
00:25:13.85\00:25:15.94
Exercise is a
crucial part of God's formula
00:25:15.97\00:25:18.92
for turning back the clock.
00:25:18.95\00:25:21.92
In fact, did you know
that after Adam and Eve sinned,
00:25:21.95\00:25:26.12
God increased the
prescription for more exercise,
00:25:26.15\00:25:30.15
he wrote out a
brand new formula,
00:25:30.18\00:25:32.80
with more
physically demanding work.
00:25:32.83\00:25:35.32
Now Genesis 3:19 says.
00:25:35.35\00:25:37.58
"...In the sweat of
your face you shall eat bread
00:25:37.61\00:25:40.59
till you return
to the ground..."
00:25:40.62\00:25:42.11
And Genesis 3:18 says.
00:25:42.14\00:25:44.47
"Both thorns and thistles
00:25:44.50\00:25:46.04
it shall bring forth for you..."
00:25:46.07\00:25:47.72
Not to punish you,
no, but for your good.
00:25:47.75\00:25:51.03
It's your life insurance.
00:25:51.06\00:25:53.24
I want you to notice
why He cursed the grounds
00:25:53.27\00:25:55.86
with thorns and thistles.
00:25:55.89\00:25:57.13
It's so that-- Genesis 3:17
00:25:57.16\00:25:59.22
"In toil you shall eat of
it all the days of your life."
00:25:59.25\00:26:04.19
'Cause it's going
to tone up your body,
00:26:04.22\00:26:05.59
it'll keep you out of trouble.
00:26:05.62\00:26:07.10
And it too, by the way, is free.
00:26:07.13\00:26:10.83
Next prescription,
number 3, the "W," water.
00:26:10.86\00:26:14.75
Why does the
Bible, why does our doctor
00:26:14.78\00:26:16.29
preach so much about water?
00:26:16.32\00:26:18.35
Because our body is 70% water.
00:26:18.38\00:26:21.11
Keeping it well-hydrated
00:26:21.14\00:26:22.59
is essential to
cut down heart attacks,
00:26:22.62\00:26:25.24
keep kidney stones down to zero.
00:26:25.27\00:26:27.30
Water helps prevent
constipation, and headaches,
00:26:27.33\00:26:29.57
and many other problems
that doctors talked about.
00:26:29.60\00:26:31.59
You know, health
spas are rediscovering
00:26:31.62\00:26:34.35
hydrotherapy
enhances circulatory functions
00:26:34.38\00:26:38.10
and it's all
done with plain water.
00:26:38.13\00:26:42.20
It's still free
too, last I heard.
00:26:42.23\00:26:45.17
What's behind Door
number 4? "S" for sunlight.
00:26:45.20\00:26:50.01
God created the
sun to be a crucial
00:26:50.04\00:26:52.27
energy source to sustain life.
00:26:52.30\00:26:54.52
As the doctors said,
just 15 minutes of sunlight
00:26:54.55\00:26:57.43
provides you with
ample amounts of Vitamin D,
00:26:57.46\00:27:00.61
which is extremely important
for our body's metabolism
00:27:00.64\00:27:02.95
and hormonal balance.
00:27:02.98\00:27:04.54
Proper sunlight.
00:27:04.57\00:27:06.08
Last I heard, it was still free,
00:27:06.11\00:27:07.78
I haven't seen it
lately around here,
00:27:07.81\00:27:09.11
but it's there.
00:27:09.14\00:27:11.09
Number 5, "T" for temperance,
00:27:11.12\00:27:14.64
or we would use
the word balance.
00:27:14.67\00:27:17.25
That means using good things,
00:27:17.28\00:27:18.57
moderately and avoiding the bad.
00:27:18.60\00:27:21.48
So obvious, you know,
00:27:21.51\00:27:22.70
but it's so hard
to practice sometimes.
00:27:22.73\00:27:24.73
Can eat just
one Cheetos? Not me.
00:27:24.76\00:27:28.82
So Lon, God say's
in 1 Corinthians 9:25,
00:27:28.85\00:27:32.57
be "...temperate
in all things..."
00:27:32.60\00:27:35.72
Bible is big on self control.
00:27:35.75\00:27:37.98
Lon, go ahead, eat up, drink up,
00:27:38.01\00:27:40.41
but remember,
moderation in all things
00:27:40.44\00:27:42.26
because our bodies are holy.
00:27:42.29\00:27:44.61
1 Corinthians 6:19, 20.
00:27:44.64\00:27:47.75
"Or do you not
know that your body
00:27:47.78\00:27:49.77
is the temple of the Holy Spirit
00:27:49.80\00:27:51.47
who is in you,
00:27:51.50\00:27:52.53
whom you have from God,
and you are not your own?
00:27:52.56\00:27:55.25
For you were
bought with a price;
00:27:55.28\00:27:57.47
therefore
glorify God in your body
00:27:57.50\00:28:00.63
and in your
spirit, which are Gods."
00:28:00.66\00:28:03.57
We're God's property.
By creation, by redemption.
00:28:03.60\00:28:08.02
Read this with me,
1 Corinthians 10:31,
00:28:08.05\00:28:10.77
from the screen, everyone.
00:28:10.80\00:28:12.15
"So whether you eat or drink
00:28:12.18\00:28:14.81
or whatever you
do, do as you please.
00:28:14.84\00:28:20.54
Do it all for the glory of God."
00:28:20.57\00:28:22.58
Why? 1 Corinthians 3:17 says.
00:28:22.61\00:28:24.78
"If anyone
defiles the temple of God,
00:28:24.81\00:28:28.32
God will destroy him.
00:28:28.35\00:28:29.91
For the temple of God is
holy, which temple you are."
00:28:29.94\00:28:36.25
He's saying we're
going to self-destruct,
00:28:36.28\00:28:38.90
if you ignore that.
00:28:38.93\00:28:40.04
Because tell me
honestly, friend,
00:28:40.07\00:28:41.60
can you drink a six-pack
of Hamm's to the glory of God?
00:28:41.63\00:28:47.68
Knowing its results
are strewn on our highways
00:28:47.71\00:28:50.17
and filling our prisons?
00:28:50.20\00:28:52.12
And that in more
than half of all murders,
00:28:52.15\00:28:54.26
somebody's been drinking.
00:28:54.29\00:28:56.56
Alcohol impairs our
body's ability to use vitamins
00:28:56.59\00:28:59.33
and fight infection.
00:28:59.36\00:29:00.39
Alcohol causes
cirrhosis of the liver;
00:29:00.42\00:29:02.60
lifespan is
shortened by at least 12 years.
00:29:02.63\00:29:05.53
Just one drink
can kill brain cells
00:29:05.56\00:29:07.64
and I don't know about you
00:29:07.67\00:29:08.70
but I don't have
any extra to spare.
00:29:08.73\00:29:11.22
Alcohol causes birth defects
00:29:11.25\00:29:12.97
and we've pay billions
of tax dollars every year
00:29:13.00\00:29:15.48
for damages done by alcohol.
00:29:15.51\00:29:18.54
But you know,
friend, for the Christian,
00:29:18.57\00:29:21.32
the use of alcohol has far
more serious moral repercussions
00:29:21.35\00:29:24.95
because God created our brain
00:29:24.98\00:29:27.30
as the control
center of our lives
00:29:27.33\00:29:29.11
and our conscience is there.
00:29:29.14\00:29:31.16
And Satan knows alcohol
not only impairs judgment,
00:29:31.19\00:29:34.47
it deadens our ability to
distinguish right from wrong.
00:29:34.50\00:29:37.50
So alcohol becomes
more than a bad habit,
00:29:37.53\00:29:41.39
it's a moral problem.
00:29:41.42\00:29:43.19
Which is why Proverbs 20:1 says.
00:29:43.22\00:29:46.04
"Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging;
00:29:46.07\00:29:49.32
and whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise."
00:29:49.35\00:29:52.65
And again, Proverbs 23:31.
00:29:52.68\00:29:56.43
Lonnie, it says,
"Don't look upon the wine
00:29:56.46\00:29:58.56
when it is red, when
it sparkles in the cup,
00:29:58.59\00:30:01.20
when it swirls around smoothly,
00:30:01.23\00:30:03.54
at the last it
bites like a serpent
00:30:03.57\00:30:05.67
and stings like a viper."
00:30:05.70\00:30:09.48
Well, someone asked
us, does the Bible maybe
00:30:09.51\00:30:11.17
specifically talk
about smoking, drugs.
00:30:11.20\00:30:14.66
Marijuana. I believe it does.
00:30:14.69\00:30:18.22
3,500 years ago in
Deuteronomy 29:18 it says.
00:30:18.25\00:30:24.63
"Never let there
be among you a root
00:30:24.66\00:30:27.59
that beareth a poisonful herb."
00:30:27.62\00:30:31.54
That's in the
margin of the King James.
00:30:31.57\00:30:34.00
I think that's talking
about drugs and tobacco.
00:30:34.03\00:30:37.25
I was listening one morning,
00:30:37.28\00:30:38.31
as I was getting ready
to go to work to a lady on
00:30:38.34\00:30:39.86
"Good Morning, America," a
doctor, this physician said,
00:30:39.89\00:30:42.81
"If I had one wish for America
00:30:42.84\00:30:44.94
it would be to
eliminate smoking,
00:30:44.97\00:30:46.85
especially in females."
00:30:46.88\00:30:49.58
Huge problems are
coming upon females, she said.
00:30:49.61\00:30:53.25
She stated that female
smokers have a thousand percent
00:30:53.28\00:30:56.39
greater chance of
dying from lung cancer.
00:30:56.42\00:30:58.96
But it gets more
complicated she said,
00:30:58.99\00:31:00.04
when it get's into women
00:31:00.07\00:31:01.15
and she listed dozens
of major health problems,
00:31:01.18\00:31:03.87
all related to smoking.
00:31:03.90\00:31:05.67
Things like senility,
00:31:05.70\00:31:07.53
babies damaged during pregnancy,
00:31:07.56\00:31:09.20
newborn deaths, they
zoom up to 27% higher.
00:31:09.23\00:31:12.69
In fact she said,
even our pets are suffering
00:31:12.72\00:31:14.44
the same
diseases as smokers now.
00:31:14.47\00:31:18.95
Folks you know, smoking is
just another form of murder
00:31:18.98\00:31:22.73
that's killing 500,000 people
in America alone every year.
00:31:22.76\00:31:28.16
God said, in the Commandments,
"You shall not murder,"
00:31:28.19\00:31:30.36
but we're killing
ourselves by the things we eat,
00:31:30.39\00:31:32.78
things we
drink, things we smoke.
00:31:32.81\00:31:35.69
Perhaps you're
saying, help, what can I do?
00:31:35.72\00:31:39.15
Let the Bible help me,
well, that's coming right up.
00:31:39.18\00:31:41.25
But behind door
number 5 God says, Lon,
00:31:41.28\00:31:44.10
you take a
careful look at everything
00:31:44.13\00:31:45.53
you're eating and drinking.
00:31:45.56\00:31:47.49
Temperance, that's free too.
00:31:47.52\00:31:51.71
Let's move to
door number 6, air.
00:31:51.74\00:31:55.08
That's the most essential
resource for all of our body.
00:31:55.11\00:31:57.89
Air.
00:31:57.92\00:31:58.95
In fact, it's more
important than food,
00:31:58.98\00:32:00.37
it's more important than water.
00:32:00.40\00:32:02.12
And it's still free, sort of.
00:32:02.15\00:32:05.52
Big cities like Los Angeles,
00:32:05.55\00:32:06.72
it's getting
tougher to find some air
00:32:06.75\00:32:09.07
and we're paying the price.
00:32:09.10\00:32:10.56
But proper
breathing and pure air
00:32:10.59\00:32:12.36
are fundamental to good health.
00:32:12.39\00:32:13.97
Fresh, clear
mountain, South Carolina air.
00:32:14.00\00:32:18.56
Number 7, "R" is
for rest and relaxation.
00:32:18.59\00:32:22.36
Did you know that even
Jesus believed in vacations
00:32:22.39\00:32:24.79
and getting away
from the pressure
00:32:24.82\00:32:26.18
after a hard day's work.
00:32:26.21\00:32:27.67
Crowds of people, He said
to the disciples in Mark 6:31.
00:32:27.70\00:32:31.90
"...Come aside by yourselves
00:32:31.93\00:32:34.21
to a deserted place
and rest a while..."
00:32:34.24\00:32:38.96
See Jesus want's us to
balance work with relaxation.
00:32:38.99\00:32:42.76
That's why, by the
way, He gave us the Sabbath.
00:32:42.79\00:32:45.82
Time to forget our
problems and our work
00:32:45.85\00:32:47.71
and just spend some
quality time off with Him.
00:32:47.74\00:32:51.20
Sometimes maybe go
to a restful beach,
00:32:51.23\00:32:53.33
or, a remote
area in the mountains
00:32:53.36\00:32:55.05
where there are tall
trees and the deep lakes
00:32:55.08\00:32:56.86
that can calm
our anxious hearts.
00:32:56.89\00:32:59.70
Wherever it is, we
need to find a spot,
00:32:59.73\00:33:02.14
Jesus says, away from the crowds
00:33:02.17\00:33:03.70
and noisy freeways.
00:33:03.73\00:33:05.43
'Cause God wants us to have
a little bit of heaven here,
00:33:05.46\00:33:07.38
right now, so you'll be
ready to live on the earth
00:33:07.41\00:33:09.69
made new with Him.
00:33:09.72\00:33:10.75
Can you say Amen? Amen.
00:33:10.78\00:33:13.68
So someone is
saying, "Okay, Lon, I'm--
00:33:13.71\00:33:16.06
I get what you're saying,
00:33:16.09\00:33:17.15
but what about all of
my bad habits I've got?
00:33:17.18\00:33:19.03
I mean, I'm into
smoking, I'm into drinking,
00:33:19.06\00:33:20.98
I've had chemical dependency,
drugs, sex, pornography,
00:33:21.01\00:33:24.14
gambling,
coffee, donuts, weight.
00:33:24.17\00:33:27.06
I'm a TV couch
potato." Maybe you're a tomato.
00:33:27.09\00:33:33.21
Video games.
00:33:33.24\00:33:34.76
You know what, friend?
None of these are your problem.
00:33:34.79\00:33:39.50
The Devil's got all of us
00:33:39.53\00:33:41.23
hooked on these
and zillions of others.
00:33:41.26\00:33:44.21
And the wages of sin is what?
00:33:44.24\00:33:46.06
The Bible says,
hey, you are history.
00:33:46.09\00:33:48.58
But that's why Jesus is come,
00:33:48.61\00:33:51.10
because He wants
to take your problem,
00:33:51.13\00:33:53.07
make it God's problem.
00:33:53.10\00:33:54.93
And that's why God gives us
00:33:54.96\00:33:56.46
this final specification
for our health and happiness
00:33:56.49\00:33:59.44
to help us get rid
of all our bad habits.
00:33:59.47\00:34:01.69
Every one of them, in fact Paul,
00:34:01.72\00:34:03.10
God's great champion for
liberty and freedom says,
00:34:03.13\00:34:06.36
folks, you can't get
rid of your bad habits,
00:34:06.39\00:34:08.00
you can't do it on your own.
00:34:08.03\00:34:09.11
He said, I've tried.
00:34:09.14\00:34:10.39
What's the secret?
00:34:10.42\00:34:12.00
"T", trust in God, divine power.
00:34:12.03\00:34:17.66
You know, even hospitals
today in their 12-Step programs,
00:34:17.69\00:34:20.34
chemical dependency programs,
00:34:20.37\00:34:22.19
they're actually
utilizing this final
00:34:22.22\00:34:24.03
and most
important principle of all.
00:34:24.06\00:34:26.96
I wonder if you've
watched "60 Minutes",
00:34:26.99\00:34:28.94
they've had a rerun on
this too, of how special now,
00:34:28.97\00:34:32.15
prayer has been
scientifically, directly linked
00:34:32.18\00:34:35.20
to physical recovery
for surgery patients.
00:34:35.23\00:34:38.75
And this is one gift
God never refuses to give us
00:34:38.78\00:34:41.63
whenever we ask
for it, divine aid.
00:34:41.66\00:34:44.80
It helps lead
us to right choices
00:34:44.83\00:34:47.23
and you know what,
that one is free too.
00:34:47.26\00:34:49.94
Listen to Proverbs 3; 5-6.
00:34:49.97\00:34:53.11
"Trust in the Lord
with all your heart,
00:34:53.14\00:34:55.38
and lean not to
your own understanding;
00:34:55.41\00:34:57.58
In all your
ways acknowledge Him,
00:34:57.61\00:34:59.90
and He shall direct your paths."
00:34:59.93\00:35:02.98
God says, friend, trust Me,
00:35:03.01\00:35:04.29
if you're having
problem with too much caffeine.
00:35:04.32\00:35:06.55
Trust Me with your weight.
00:35:06.58\00:35:08.71
If you can't be fit as a fiddle,
00:35:08.74\00:35:10.12
because you're
shaped like cello, trust Me.
00:35:10.15\00:35:13.62
God says. Trust
Me with your food.
00:35:13.65\00:35:16.63
It's good for you, I made it.
00:35:16.66\00:35:18.48
But you don't need to
torture 30 feet of intestine,
00:35:18.51\00:35:21.45
to please 3 inches of tongue.
00:35:21.48\00:35:25.03
God say's, I
know how to help you,
00:35:25.06\00:35:26.41
I can heal you, I
can give you strength,
00:35:26.44\00:35:28.69
I can give you will
power, I can give you victory.
00:35:28.72\00:35:31.39
You say well, that
sounds really good to me,
00:35:31.42\00:35:33.44
I want to be
healthy, I want to change.
00:35:33.47\00:35:35.79
But I can't. I've tried.
00:35:35.82\00:35:37.39
I'm an addict. I'm hooked.
00:35:37.42\00:35:39.25
I'm bulimic, I'm
anorexic, I'm a binge eater,
00:35:39.28\00:35:42.46
I've smoked for 60 years.
00:35:42.49\00:35:44.12
friend, God does not
expect you to do it on your own.
00:35:44.15\00:35:48.12
God wants you to
give Him your habit.
00:35:48.15\00:35:51.18
He wants your weight problem,
he wants you, today, now.
00:35:51.21\00:35:55.11
In fact, Jesus
says in John 15:5.
00:35:55.14\00:35:58.31
"...without Me
you can do nothing."
00:35:58.34\00:36:02.71
Friend, in our own strength,
we can't overcome wrong habits.
00:36:02.74\00:36:05.41
Uh-huh. That's
why the Savior came.
00:36:05.44\00:36:09.01
He's here, He's
longing to help us,
00:36:09.04\00:36:10.83
His promises, our enabling,
00:36:10.86\00:36:13.94
that we can claim
with the apostle Paul,
00:36:13.97\00:36:15.61
say this with me,
from Philippians 4:13.
00:36:15.64\00:36:18.29
"I can do all
things through Christ
00:36:18.32\00:36:22.41
who strengthens me."
00:36:22.44\00:36:24.15
You believe that?
00:36:24.18\00:36:25.76
Friend, with His help
you can live an abundant,
00:36:25.79\00:36:28.57
healthy, joyful life,
right here, right now,
00:36:28.60\00:36:31.81
and enjoy eternal
life in the earth made new.
00:36:31.84\00:36:34.83
Will you reach out to
Jesus? He's reaching out to you.
00:36:34.86\00:36:39.30
While our appeal song is sung,
00:36:39.33\00:36:40.56
I want you to use your power
of choice and choose Jesus.
00:36:40.59\00:36:44.94
Will you trust in divine aid?
Make the decision of your life.
00:36:44.97\00:36:50.80
Trust Me, God says, to
help you turn back the clock.
00:36:50.83\00:36:58.08
To make our life complete
00:36:58.11\00:37:02.71
Is just like my Lord
00:37:02.74\00:37:10.16
To give up peace, so sweet,
00:37:10.19\00:37:13.58
Is just like my Lord
00:37:13.61\00:37:20.06
To take a man
who's wrecked by sin
00:37:20.09\00:37:26.73
and then make him whole again
00:37:26.76\00:37:31.68
It's not unusual
00:37:31.71\00:37:36.05
It's just like my Lord
00:37:36.08\00:37:42.66
I've seen Him
take a broken heart
00:37:42.69\00:37:48.44
And make it smile
00:37:48.47\00:37:53.48
I've seen Him make a
poor lost sinner's life
00:37:53.51\00:38:00.12
Worthwhile
00:38:00.15\00:38:04.12
Lives that once
were dulled by sin
00:38:04.15\00:38:10.02
At His touch, now glow again
00:38:10.05\00:38:14.86
Oh, praise His holy name
00:38:14.89\00:38:19.50
Is just like my Lord
00:38:19.53\00:38:25.40
Amen, let us
pray, Father in heaven,
00:38:29.52\00:38:32.42
Lord I want to thank you
00:38:32.45\00:38:33.49
for the adequacy
of Your plan, for us,
00:38:33.52\00:38:36.72
through the voice of prophesy
00:38:36.75\00:38:38.01
that covers every
dimension of our lives.
00:38:38.04\00:38:41.36
For our happiness,
thank You for Your grace,
00:38:41.39\00:38:44.13
to help make some
changes as we choose
00:38:44.16\00:38:46.78
to turn our problems
and our habits over to You.
00:38:46.81\00:38:49.83
You're the great physician,
Lord, You never make a mistake.
00:38:49.86\00:38:54.42
Give us the strength and
the power as we choose You,
00:38:54.45\00:38:57.28
to set aside the impure things
00:38:57.31\00:38:59.07
that fog up our brain
and disease our bodies,
00:38:59.10\00:39:01.49
so that we can let the
lovely sunshine of Jesus
00:39:01.52\00:39:05.22
shine through us instead.
00:39:05.25\00:39:07.70
Help us to be Christians
not only in name and profession
00:39:07.73\00:39:10.64
but in
whatsoever we eat and drink.
00:39:10.67\00:39:13.93
May it be, from now
on, to the glory of God.
00:39:13.96\00:39:18.11
I pray that you'll accept
every sincere commitment here,
00:39:18.14\00:39:21.71
as we pray now.
00:39:21.74\00:39:23.66
As our heads are bowed,
00:39:23.69\00:39:24.73
I want those row
captains to pass the containers
00:39:24.76\00:39:27.71
and ask you to
take a commitment card,
00:39:27.74\00:39:30.95
it's very important that in you
00:39:30.98\00:39:32.47
hearing a
presentation like this,
00:39:32.50\00:39:35.20
we make a
tangible response to God.
00:39:35.23\00:39:38.92
I hope, if you
haven't been familiar
00:39:38.95\00:39:40.36
with filling out a
card, you will do one today.
00:39:40.39\00:39:42.47
It's kind of like
the old temperance cards
00:39:42.50\00:39:44.10
we had years ago,
00:39:44.13\00:39:45.56
writing something down
sends a message to your brain
00:39:45.59\00:39:48.81
and later on you
can claim victory,
00:39:48.84\00:39:51.20
as you say, Lord I sign that,
00:39:51.23\00:39:52.96
You give me the power
to put it into practice.
00:39:52.99\00:39:54.78
I want everyone to
take one right now,
00:39:54.81\00:39:57.56
two responses, number 1,
00:39:57.59\00:40:00.65
I hope everyone will check,
00:40:00.68\00:40:01.93
I would like to have
a happy life in Christ.
00:40:01.96\00:40:06.38
Would you check that one?
00:40:06.41\00:40:08.72
And the second one, I
would like to have help
00:40:08.75\00:40:10.81
with tobacco,
alcohol, other problems.
00:40:10.84\00:40:15.02
Check number 2 if
you need some help.
00:40:15.05\00:40:16.83
We have doctors and individuals,
00:40:16.86\00:40:18.41
counselors who can assist you
00:40:18.44\00:40:19.71
and provide you some
additional assistance.
00:40:19.74\00:40:21.60
Check number 2 and we'll be
sure to get in touch with you.
00:40:21.63\00:40:25.10
Number 3 I hope it's
clear now, from the Scriptures,
00:40:25.13\00:40:28.27
what the Bible teaches,
00:40:28.30\00:40:29.97
for example about unclean meats,
00:40:30.00\00:40:32.69
if that was clear
please check number 3.
00:40:32.72\00:40:36.39
And finally there
may be individuals
00:40:36.42\00:40:37.80
who see some things more
clearly than ever before,
00:40:37.83\00:40:40.08
and they'd like
to check number 4,
00:40:40.11\00:40:41.40
I would like to unite
with a group of people
00:40:41.43\00:40:43.45
who follow all the scriptures.
00:40:43.48\00:40:45.75
We had a baptism this morning,
00:40:45.78\00:40:47.10
we're having one
right after this service,
00:40:47.13\00:40:49.03
having another one tonight.
00:40:49.06\00:40:50.49
Many of the down
linked locations,
00:40:50.52\00:40:52.50
please check those and
put them in that container
00:40:52.53\00:40:54.64
as it goes by.
00:40:54.67\00:40:56.68
And let's continue to pray.
00:40:56.71\00:40:58.63
Heavenly Father,
Lord, You know every secret
00:40:58.66\00:41:01.85
and these people who
are making their commitments
00:41:01.88\00:41:05.09
and Jesus gave
His life for them,
00:41:05.12\00:41:07.67
His love for them
is greater than ours
00:41:07.70\00:41:09.24
and it may be
perhaps, for Your glory
00:41:09.27\00:41:12.15
and the good of each person,
00:41:12.18\00:41:14.43
we accept Jesus and
His plan for our lives,
00:41:14.46\00:41:16.65
to restore us.
00:41:16.68\00:41:19.12
Lord, keep us in your
heart of love, in Jesus name.
00:41:19.15\00:41:24.00
Amen.
00:41:24.03\00:41:25.72
Before we make a
little transition
00:41:25.75\00:41:27.19
into our anointing service,
00:41:27.22\00:41:29.82
I want to just
remind all of our audiences,
00:41:29.85\00:41:32.03
all around the world,
remember, tonight, at 7:15,
00:41:32.06\00:41:35.23
the presentation
"The best is yet to come."
00:41:35.26\00:41:40.85
And now I want you
to invite everyone here,
00:41:40.88\00:41:43.29
including wherever you
are in your downlink locations
00:41:43.32\00:41:45.40
to stay by for
our healing service.
00:41:45.43\00:41:49.21
This is a New
Testament Anointing service.
00:41:49.24\00:41:53.17
And I want to tell you
that an anointing service
00:41:53.20\00:41:54.79
is one of the
most solemn services
00:41:54.82\00:41:56.29
that I have ever conducted
00:41:56.32\00:41:57.35
and I usually get
a little chocked up
00:41:57.38\00:41:58.78
because it is so
special, 'cause miracles happen.
00:41:58.81\00:42:01.58
Always.
00:42:01.61\00:42:03.55
But I'm encouraged in
the book of James 5: 14-16
00:42:03.58\00:42:07.74
that Christians
ought to do this,
00:42:07.77\00:42:09.15
because by the way, even
our Seventh-day Adventist church
00:42:09.18\00:42:12.65
unfortunately
has become very much
00:42:12.68\00:42:14.33
like the Roman
Catholic faith in believing that
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.46
this is like last rights.
00:42:16.49\00:42:19.31
This is extreme unction,
00:42:19.34\00:42:20.45
you don't do this
till the person's dying.
00:42:20.48\00:42:23.36
That is not what James tells us.
00:42:23.39\00:42:26.18
James says this should be
00:42:26.21\00:42:27.46
shared with people all
the time, who feel sick.
00:42:27.49\00:42:32.11
And he say's this,
"Is any sick among you?
00:42:32.14\00:42:35.02
Let him call for
the elders of the church
00:42:35.05\00:42:37.89
and let them pray over him,
00:42:37.92\00:42:39.09
anointing him with oil
in the name of the Lord,
00:42:39.12\00:42:41.59
and the prayer of
faith shall save the sick,
00:42:41.62\00:42:44.70
and the Lord shall raise him up
and if he have committed sins,
00:42:44.73\00:42:48.02
they shall be forgiven him.
00:42:48.05\00:42:49.81
Confess your
faults one to another,
00:42:49.84\00:42:51.70
and pray one for
another, that ye may be healed.
00:42:51.73\00:42:54.31
The effectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man availeth much."
00:42:54.34\00:43:00.62
Now, I want to explain
00:43:00.65\00:43:01.68
what this healing
service is all about.
00:43:01.71\00:43:04.05
Jesus did more healing than
He did preaching, by the way.
00:43:04.08\00:43:07.61
But not all who are
anointed today, with oil,
00:43:07.64\00:43:11.37
which is the
symbol of the Holy Spirit,
00:43:11.40\00:43:13.03
not all will be instantly cured
00:43:13.06\00:43:14.93
or immediately
healed at this service.
00:43:14.96\00:43:18.84
Yet this service is
designed, as we just read,
00:43:18.87\00:43:21.78
to draw everyone who's
anointed closer to God,
00:43:21.81\00:43:25.74
and our sins will be forgiven.
00:43:25.77\00:43:28.27
And we will be healed in
terms of spiritual healing.
00:43:28.30\00:43:33.18
God knows that some of us,
00:43:33.21\00:43:34.45
if we were given perfect healing
00:43:34.48\00:43:36.48
and perfect life again,
00:43:36.51\00:43:37.54
we would not be able to endure
00:43:37.57\00:43:38.60
whatever trials
are down the road
00:43:38.63\00:43:40.07
so He knows
what's best, doesn't He?
00:43:40.10\00:43:41.57
That's why we always
pray, "Thy will be done."
00:43:41.60\00:43:44.09
And Revelations 14: 3
00:43:44.12\00:43:46.30
has a very
interesting passage that says,
00:43:46.33\00:43:49.18
"Blessed are those who die
in the Lord from henceforth."
00:43:49.21\00:43:53.93
Blessed are the dead,
those who have to die.
00:43:53.96\00:43:56.64
So just because a
person may be ill,
00:43:56.67\00:43:59.22
or have to perish
or die, doesn't mean
00:43:59.25\00:44:02.40
you don't have enough faith.
00:44:02.43\00:44:05.83
We're promised in
John 14: 14, John 12: 26
00:44:05.86\00:44:10.31
that the prayer of
faith, God will hear.
00:44:10.34\00:44:14.79
And that if we want
to chose to serve Him,
00:44:14.82\00:44:16.42
he will hear us.
00:44:16.45\00:44:17.49
He is honored to hear us.
00:44:17.52\00:44:19.64
Psalm 66:18 says it can't be
00:44:19.67\00:44:22.06
just sort of a half
hearted, partial faith.
00:44:22.09\00:44:24.44
It's the kind of faith,
as I had the chair here,
00:44:24.47\00:44:26.14
you got to put your
whole weight on Jesus.
00:44:26.17\00:44:28.43
Can't be presumptuous,
00:44:28.46\00:44:30.25
and we can't go on
maybe disregarding health laws
00:44:30.28\00:44:33.17
and say well,
you know I'm eating
00:44:33.20\00:44:34.45
just everything wrong.
00:44:34.48\00:44:35.99
I'll maybe cash in my chips here
00:44:36.02\00:44:38.34
and see if the
anointing will make me well.
00:44:38.37\00:44:40.31
But I don't intend to
stop drinking or smoking
00:44:40.34\00:44:42.50
or living a awful life.
00:44:42.53\00:44:44.23
See God knows in some
cases, if He would heal us
00:44:44.26\00:44:47.37
it would just be encouraging
us to keep on sinning.
00:44:47.40\00:44:51.31
We got to consider
some spiritual laws.
00:44:51.34\00:44:53.76
He tells us we need
to confess our sins,
00:44:53.79\00:44:55.57
we may need to go out and make
something right with someone
00:44:55.60\00:44:57.58
that we'd got something against.
00:44:57.61\00:44:59.70
I can't read your
heart up here, this morning,
00:44:59.73\00:45:01.80
so you can do that quietly
00:45:01.83\00:45:02.93
because 1 John 1: 9
says if we confess our sins
00:45:02.96\00:45:06.28
He's faithful to
forgive us our sins.
00:45:06.31\00:45:08.65
Something important though,
00:45:08.68\00:45:09.72
especially if
we're in poor health,
00:45:09.75\00:45:11.26
we need to make
sure that we're cheerful.
00:45:11.29\00:45:13.86
And we trust God
regardless of our disease.
00:45:13.89\00:45:17.32
Because a merry heart
does good like a what?
00:45:17.35\00:45:19.62
A medicine.
00:45:19.65\00:45:20.68
We don't go
around gloomy and say,
00:45:20.71\00:45:21.86
well, I didn't feel
anything happen to me
00:45:21.89\00:45:23.35
so I must be
headed for whatever.
00:45:23.38\00:45:25.72
No, we pray,
God, Your will be done
00:45:25.75\00:45:27.43
and in Your own time,
and ladies and gentlemen,
00:45:27.46\00:45:29.84
I want you to listen
to me very carefully.
00:45:29.87\00:45:31.74
Every sincere prayer here now
00:45:31.77\00:45:33.74
as we anoint you for
healing, will be heard.
00:45:33.77\00:45:36.38
And God promises He
will answer that prayer.
00:45:36.41\00:45:39.58
For healing, some of
that could happen here today,
00:45:39.61\00:45:43.58
I have seen it
happen in our meetings
00:45:43.61\00:45:45.19
we've had
individuals who are crippled,
00:45:45.22\00:45:47.07
who jumped up and
they started running
00:45:47.10\00:45:48.69
and they're
perfectly normal again.
00:45:48.72\00:45:50.34
We've seen that. Miracles.
00:45:50.37\00:45:52.97
But some miracles
are a little bit slower.
00:45:53.00\00:45:55.71
Jesus even healed some people,
00:45:55.74\00:45:57.08
it took a little bit more time
for them to gradually recover.
00:45:57.11\00:46:00.29
But it will still take place,
somewhere down in the future.
00:46:00.32\00:46:03.23
And fine that we know that
if we've asked for healing,
00:46:03.26\00:46:06.05
for sure, God
will answer that prayer
00:46:06.08\00:46:07.93
if He forgives our sins
and we have eternal life
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.97
He will give us perfect
life in our future to come,
00:46:10.00\00:46:12.73
isn't that right?
00:46:12.76\00:46:14.10
So we're going to ask
the elders and the pastors
00:46:14.13\00:46:16.59
to come down
right now to the front.
00:46:16.62\00:46:19.08
We want then to line up here,
00:46:19.11\00:46:20.58
right in front of the platform
00:46:20.61\00:46:22.88
and they're going
to administer the oil
00:46:22.91\00:46:26.10
for each person
who'd like to participate.
00:46:26.13\00:46:28.86
As they come and
take their places,
00:46:28.89\00:46:30.30
those of you and
I hope many of you--
00:46:30.33\00:46:32.18
we'd like to invite
everyone, if you'd like to,
00:46:32.21\00:46:34.05
we'll move now right from
the middle here to the sides,
00:46:34.08\00:46:37.10
wherever you're
located in your downlink sites.
00:46:37.13\00:46:40.05
Your elders, your
pastors are assembling
00:46:40.08\00:46:41.77
at the front of this auditorium.
00:46:41.80\00:46:43.62
You move to the
sides of your church.
00:46:43.65\00:46:45.50
Ladies and
gentlemen, just go right ahead,
00:46:45.53\00:46:46.79
move up and to the sides,
we'd like to invite anyone
00:46:46.82\00:46:49.15
who'd like to come
forward to participate
00:46:49.18\00:46:51.42
and receive this
sacred anointing service.
00:46:51.45\00:46:55.17
Just move right to the sides,
00:46:55.20\00:46:56.44
near the-- on both sides there,
00:46:56.47\00:46:58.87
near the grand
stands, and the curtains.
00:46:58.90\00:47:02.43
We have enough to serve you here
00:47:02.46\00:47:04.06
so it shouldn't take very long.
00:47:04.09\00:47:06.18
We're going to do a part of this
00:47:06.21\00:47:07.34
right here on satellite,
00:47:07.37\00:47:09.82
I'll give you just a
moment to move into positions
00:47:09.85\00:47:12.08
so then we can have our
special anointing prayer,
00:47:12.11\00:47:15.41
committing your life,
00:47:15.44\00:47:17.03
and your particular
case to the great physician,
00:47:17.06\00:47:21.56
and Jesus never makes a mistake.
00:47:21.59\00:47:24.32
I'd like to invite you.
00:47:24.35\00:47:25.86
Whether you're a
member of this church or not.
00:47:25.89\00:47:27.55
If you feel your heart
00:47:27.58\00:47:28.82
would like to be
consecrated to Jesus,
00:47:28.85\00:47:31.39
and during this
special anointing service,
00:47:31.42\00:47:33.94
feel the assurance of peace
that He's forgiven your sins
00:47:33.97\00:47:37.31
and knowing too that then God
00:47:37.34\00:47:39.00
will have answered your
prayer in His own timing
00:47:39.03\00:47:40.92
as to when to give you
that particular anointing
00:47:40.95\00:47:44.07
and that
re-vivifying health and vigor.
00:47:44.10\00:47:49.48
It could be
physical, it could be mental,
00:47:49.51\00:47:51.85
it could be emotional.
00:47:51.88\00:47:53.40
You come forward.
00:47:53.43\00:47:54.55
Assist the
person who's beside you,
00:47:54.58\00:47:56.23
who perhaps would like to come
00:47:56.26\00:47:57.47
and doesn't feel like
they're able to get in line
00:47:57.50\00:48:00.21
and we'll come forward here.
00:48:00.24\00:48:01.88
Let's have a prayer right now
00:48:01.91\00:48:03.29
as we bring the first
group of candidates forward here
00:48:03.32\00:48:06.82
and have them take their places
00:48:06.85\00:48:08.31
right in front of these
pastors and these elders.
00:48:08.34\00:48:12.46
Think we have some marshals
00:48:12.49\00:48:13.54
at each side to
bring them in groups.
00:48:13.57\00:48:15.87
Take your places there
00:48:18.43\00:48:19.53
and we'll bow our
heads for a prayer.
00:48:19.56\00:48:22.88
Come on right down
the first 6, first 8,
00:48:22.91\00:48:25.55
someone should be giving them
some direction if they would.
00:48:25.58\00:48:28.28
On each side let's
have some individuals.
00:48:28.31\00:48:30.07
Maybe our hostesses can help.
00:48:30.10\00:48:31.95
Keep them coming. All
right, let's pray together.
00:48:31.98\00:48:33.84
Lord, precious savior, Jesus,
00:48:33.87\00:48:38.60
you know every
secret of our lives,
00:48:38.63\00:48:41.36
you know every
one of these people,
00:48:41.39\00:48:43.62
Jesus gave His life for them,
00:48:43.65\00:48:46.11
His love for them
much, much greater than ours.
00:48:46.14\00:48:49.43
And if it could
be to your glory,
00:48:49.46\00:48:51.84
Father to the
good of each person
00:48:51.87\00:48:53.63
just now who's
asking for anointing
00:48:53.66\00:48:55.76
by the elders of the church,
00:48:55.79\00:48:57.97
we ask in the name of Jesus
00:48:58.00\00:48:59.55
that you'll reach out
and touch their heart.
00:48:59.58\00:49:02.94
If not healing today,
00:49:02.97\00:49:05.99
give us the
grace to be comforted
00:49:06.02\00:49:07.95
to know that underneath
of the everlasting arms
00:49:07.98\00:49:10.15
that will never let us go.
00:49:10.18\00:49:12.40
And may your
presence sustain us.
00:49:12.43\00:49:15.27
Please accept every
sincere commitment just now
00:49:15.30\00:49:18.16
as we submit ourselves to You.
00:49:18.19\00:49:21.55
For Your healing
touch, in Jesus' name.
00:49:21.58\00:49:25.38
Amen.
00:49:25.41\00:49:26.60
Why don't we sing that song
00:49:32.64\00:49:33.98
that Phil is playing
right now, just quietly.
00:49:34.01\00:49:36.76
My Jesus I love thee.
00:49:36.79\00:49:39.29
We're going off
the air on our telecast
00:49:39.32\00:49:41.27
as we sing this song,
but everyone together,
00:49:41.30\00:49:43.04
wherever you
are, sing it with me.
00:49:43.07\00:49:45.20
My Jesus, I love Thee
00:49:45.23\00:49:51.35
I know Thou art mine
00:49:51.38\00:49:57.07
For Thee all the follies of sin
00:49:57.10\00:50:04.44
I resign
00:50:04.47\00:50:07.94
My gracious Redeemer
00:50:07.97\00:50:13.24
my Savior art Thou
00:50:13.27\00:50:18.90
If ever I loved Thee
00:50:18.93\00:50:24.52
my Jesus 'tis now
00:50:24.55\00:50:30.97
Hum that softy wherever you are.
00:50:31.00\00:50:33.40
Just hum it.
00:50:33.43\00:50:34.46