The following program
presents principles designed
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to promote good
health and is not intended
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to take the place of
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personalized professional care.
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The opinions and ideas
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expressed are
those of the speaker.
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Viewers are
encouraged to draw their own
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conclusions about the
information presented.
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Welcome to Wonderfully Made.
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My name is Lee
Wellard, a Lifestyle Educator
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from Wildwood Lifestyle Center.
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And today we have
with us Dr. Scott Grivas,
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welcome to the
program Dr. Grivas.
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Thank you, Lee.
Today, we're looking at very
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sensitive topic one
that is foundational
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to our understanding
of being able to view
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the treatment as well as
the prevention of disease.
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Today, we're gonna be looking
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at the philosophy of health.
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When we're talking about
the philosophy of health,
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what do we really talking about?
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I think I would
describe it as a belief system
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that motivates the action.
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We need to know what
is truth and then we need
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to practice the
truth. And you know,
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today Lee on every
corner in the health arena
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you hear a voice
saying, this is the way come.
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And you start to walk that path,
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and then you begin
to hear another voice
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from another corner, no
you're on the wrong way,
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come this way,
this is the truth.
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And I think when
we're dealing with such a
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sacred topic as the
health of human beings
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that we have got
to know what is truth?
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So, we can then follow it.
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That's interesting
when you brought up
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that there are many
voices, How do we know
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which voice, you know
Jesus said you shall hear
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My voice and those who,
who are open to understand
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and to listen to the
voice of the Holy Spirit?
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How do people
out there listening,
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how would they know what
is the correct philosophy
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as we approach the
understanding of disease,
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its causes as
well as its treatment.
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Sure, well I would
encourage our viewers
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to begin to study the
Bible as also a health book.
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To the law and
to the testimonies.
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Here is the truth.
And when we're dealing
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with the variety of
opinions, many speculations
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and the various
philosophies that you hear?
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We can become so
easily confused unless
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we know what has
God written for us that
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we can look at and know
and put all of our weight on
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in regards to health patterns
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for healthful
living. Only God who made
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these bodies
possibly knows how for us
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to live in them. Right.
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And He has given us instruction.
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Right, so speculation
is an inspiration. Right.
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And so, as a
physician one who is approaching
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the study of
disease and treatment.
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Your foundation is
going to be inspiration,
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it's the Bible, it's
the Bible. Has to be.
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And how has that
changed your mindset,
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you've had years
of study understanding
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difficult concepts, a
lot of scientific background,
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and how is that you
know, adapted your mind has
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it been a
struggle as you've looked
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at the word of God,
and how is that change
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your mindset now when you
come to approaching disease?
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Well, I was not trained
in medicine in accordance
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with all that is
written. I had a very good
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medical training for
which I'm very grateful.
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I learned a lot of the sciences,
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the health sciences
that physicians need
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to know physiology,
anatomy, bio-chemistry,
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nutrition and so
forth. But when it comes
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to the discussion of
treatment of disease,
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then the word of God
goes in one direction,
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and secular medicine
is headed in another.
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And so, it sometimes
difficult to try to get
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these two together,
and for me you ask me,
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was it a challenge?
Indeed, because when
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I am confronted
with another human being
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who has a problem,
naturally my reflex is
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to use what I have learned.
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But as I have
studied more and more,
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I now recognize
that I am not able
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to just rely on
that. I must pray,
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I must ask the
Lord. What do you want me
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to do in this
particular situation?
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And how can I use
those remedies which
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you have pointed out in
your word are foundational
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to bring true
healing to men and women
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when they are
empowered by the Holy Spirit.
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So, that obviously
wasn't part of your training
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as a medical
student, I'm expecting
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you don't expect
the sermon everyday
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from your professor,
but then must have been
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at some point a
time where you started
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to see that the Bible
and what it said specially
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we got in our
health had a critical part
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to play in your understanding of
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the treatment of disease.
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When I was in
training as a young man,
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somewhere along that road,
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I remember
somebody gave me a book
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and it was called
"None of These Diseases."
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And I looked at
that book and there was a
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picture of stethoscope,
doctor's medical bag,
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and a Bible. And I
looked at that and I said
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this is strange mix.
What is this all about?
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But as I began
to look into this,
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I begin to understand the wisdom
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that book
contained, because this author
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who was a physician,
was pointing the physician
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bag to the great
physician who said,
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if you will follow my plan,
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I will put none of
these diseases upon you.
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Now, when you came
out of medical school,
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and you start to
get your feet wet,
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you started to see patients.
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Did you feel that you have
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the answers to
their problem? Of course.
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You had a pill for everything.
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If you have an
ill, I have a pill.
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Okay. And you get
the bill. Right, correct.
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And at one point did
the Bible become more
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important tool to
understand about disease?
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Well, it was certainly
after I became a Christian,
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then I studied the
Bible more and more.
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And then I could see the
pattern of Christ ministry
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of healing, right, which
gave me a different model?
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It wasn't as I had been
trained that human beings
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through their
own wisdom are able
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to bring healing to
man. It was that no only
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the Lord heals
through His Spirit,
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but if the human agent is
in connection with Christ,
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then God can use
him as an instrument.
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Was that a humbling
experience at the time?
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Ah! Very much because you know,
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it's no longer I
that does the healing.
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Right, right. And
pray, how important was
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pray in your
ministry as a physician,
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as a new Christian
and seeing Christ methods.
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Was it little hard to
start praying with patient?
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Yes, and in fact, not
only was it hard for me
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to initiate that, but
it was a little difficult
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in the academic
setting where I was
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for others to
even appreciate it.
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Now, did the patients
who you were praying for,
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did they
appreciate, there is praise
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or did they feel you
know, that they didn't want
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that as part of their treatment,
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how did they respond to that?
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It wasn't the
patients that were objecting,
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it was the other
medical arena. Right.
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Because we just
are trained that way,
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that religion and
medicine you know,
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it's not an easy
mix. And so, to lay aside
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that gourmet of I
am the healer, right,
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and to get down on
your knees and acknowledge,
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I cannot bring healing
or health to an individual.
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But I can ask the
Lord to bless my efforts,
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and to show me what to
do, and then He will be
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the one who comes
to that individual,
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and begins that
work of restoration.
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And yes, it is a
humbling experience,
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but it is a beautiful experience
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that the Lord gives us. Amen.
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And did you find the
other physicians around
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you share the same
understanding philosophy,
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compassion, some of the things
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that that you were adopting.
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Well, there are,
yes, there were some,
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but in the regular
practice of medicine
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it's more
difficult to bring those
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concepts to the
front. And so, I would have
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to admit to that I'm
sure that there are many,
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many God fearing
you know, men and women
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in the medical field that
are doing their best trying,
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yes, to bring healing
in the way that they know,
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some are praying
with their patients.
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But honestly in
the world's system
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there isn't given a lot
of space for the Christian
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influence of
looking only to Jesus as
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the healer of disease.
And I think that's what
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we want to really
impress individuals with
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that while we can do
some things as a physician
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you know, I mean
God uses even those
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who don't yet
have a knowledge of Him
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as an
instrument. But how much more
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can He use an individual
who is tune with his mind,
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and who praise and
ask for help to assist him
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in things that
he is doing. Amen.
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That is a
powerful ministry then.
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I remember one of the
first times I came to Wildwood,
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and I was sitting
behind the desk and you ask me,
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if I would come with
you and visit a patient.
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I remember you
getting on your knees before
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you even went in
to see the patient,
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and then praying in
that room with the patient
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in the beginning
and also the end,
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and that really
impressed me, and you could just
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sense the
influence of the Holy Spirit.
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Praise God. And you
could just tow it brought a
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sacred atmosphere into the room.
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And then maybe
some who're listening
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who have this desire to pray,
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but they feel certain
constraints and limitations,
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how could we
encourage these people?
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Well, who we have
to be respectful of
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another's ideas.
We don't wan to force
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any spiritual
influence on those who are not
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ready for that, but
we can often just simply
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make a
statement, would you object,
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if I offered a prayer,
right, for your healing
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to the God of heaven?
Some little way of putting
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in that patient's mind
the knowledge that listen,
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I cannot bring healing,
I will be your assistant
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in this, I'll be the
helper that the Lord uses,
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but my efforts
can go only so far.
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There is a work that
must be done in this body
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that a pill can't do,
right, a drug is not gonna
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be able to do. And
then humanly speaking
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it would be
impossible for us to do without
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that divine influence.
And so, working together
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humanity with
divinity just as it was
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pictured in Jesus,
the human and the divine,
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then we see a power in
this world that will be a
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restoring power,
a revitalizing power
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to help man become
altogether whole again,
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and that's what we
want in a healing ministry.
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Amen. And getting back
to the philosophy of health
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when you were in
school studying about
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the cause of disease,
did you find that was a
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different emphasis than
when you read the Bible.
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Did you find there
was a little conflicting
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perspective on
the cause of disease?
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How is the Bible shaped your
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understanding of
the cause of disease?
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We looked at some
things like for instance,
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lung cancer we do
that that was related
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to cigarette
smoking, I mean everyone
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recognize that, but
for many, many diseases
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we had not a clue as
to you know, what was
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the cause the
etiology, why this occurred?
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And especially as it
relates to individual
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choice you see, my
impression was as a
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young physician,
if you got sickly
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you were just an unlucky person,
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you were just unfortunate,
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but I had the
answer you see. Right.
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And it wasn't until I
myself became very ill
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as a young person, as
a physician because of
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in attention to the
laws of life and health that
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I began to wrestle
with this question,
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why am I sick? And you know,
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the adage physician heal
yourself and I tried that,
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and I found
that it did not work,
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nor could my
colleagues really bring
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the healing that I needed.
They could offer me a pill,
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but it never would
bring that ultimate healing
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that I was so needful
of. And that is one of
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the steps in my
conversion experience
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where I learned that
the medical profession,
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the medical arts can
only go so far. Right.
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And then there is
that divine intervention
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that people need and
God did that for me. Amen.
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He took me the next
step when the physician says,
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Scott I'm sorry,
this is all we can do.
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I said, Lord help me!
Amen. So, we're not saying
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that physicians don't
have a very important place
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and the understanding
in treatment. Right.
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And in surgery and
many of the blessings
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that we have today,
but what we're saying
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on addition to that
is there's a spiritual
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component that it
lies at the foundation of
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many diseases that
we also need to address.
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Exactly, in fact you
know, even the envelope of
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the medical profession
you know, the staff with
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the serpents is
Biblical. Yes, that's right.
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Look and live. Amen.
And so, if we can take
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the scientific
knowledge that God has given us,
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and then combine that
with that divine intervention
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that only Jesus can bring,
then we will see the results
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that will be a
blessing to humanity. Amen.
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Let's take a look now
to some of the causes from
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the Biblical's perspective.
We address that a little bit
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about the spiritual
component, but we also see
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in the Bible that
there are lifestyle practices
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as well that make a
tremendous difference
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in the recovery
of one's disease.
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God has placed in
condition upon our healing,
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and that is best exemplified
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in the scripture Exodus 15:26,
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"If you will diligently
listen to the voice of
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the LORD thy God." Do that
which is right in His side.
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Keep His commandments, His
statues, and His judgments,
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then I will bring none
of these diseases upon you.
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And so, here God is inviting
humanity to work with Him,
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to make the choice, to
cooperate with Him to keep
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this body temple
which He made in perfect
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operating order. And
the God of heaven who made
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this wonderful
creation, establish it under
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divine law and order,
it works, it functions
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under law. And as we
understand those principles,
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as we then follow
what God has told us to do
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in the matter of
health, then we can reap
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those benefits.
If we are negligent,
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if we abuse the body,
if we do not pay attention
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to the right things to
put in the body whether
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it's in eating or drinking,
then we should anticipate
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that sickness will
come, it may take a while,
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but it sure it will come. Amen.
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How important do you
see the role of educating
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your patients toward
the healthier lifestyle?
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Again for a person to
have an intelligent choice
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they must know. And so,
a lot of what we do in our
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patient care is
teaching them always
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something better. I
believe that's the watch
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word of true
education in showing people
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how to have the
abundant life that Jesus said,
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I came to give
you. And so, we have
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to start from the
bottom and work up,
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and teach them how to
eat, how to drink, how to rest,
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how to labor you
know, the importance of
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outdoor living, and
sunlight, and fresh air,
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and all of these simple things
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that were from the
beginning, but have,
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have been so
covered over by centuries of
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human tradition,
and custom that it's
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sometimes hard for
people even to know what these
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principles are unless we
go back to the scriptures.
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Right, right. And
they're very simple.
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So, in your practice as a
physician you've often had
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to look to the
Bible for the answers,
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I'm sure there
would be many times
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that you been stumped.
Oh! Yes. In a condition,
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and you've just cried out, amen,
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to the Lord for guidance.
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Not just many
times, everyday, everyday,
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every patient. Okay! Praise God.
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How can we help you
know, there will be some people
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who are watching
this, and they maybe feeling
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that you know, they
haven't had the benefits
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of the training
such as you've had.
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How would you encourage
them to look at the Bible
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through the
perspective of understanding
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health from a
lifestyle perspective,
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a spiritual
perspective? Well, I often point
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people back to the
Book of Beginnings, Genesis.
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And I will refer them
for the, to the first two
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Chapters there in Genesis,
Chapters 1 and Chapter 2
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because here is
God's health plan.
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It was the plan
that God had established
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from eternity in order
to provide an environment,
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so that this human
family, all human beings could
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live on this earth
be perfectly happy,
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perfectly healthy, and holy.
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In other words,
in the image of God,
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and that
apparently has not changed.
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God has said, I don't
change something once I iterate,
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it is forever. Amen.
And if you look at headily
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to the prophecies that
deal with life on the new
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earth after this experience
of sin has done away with,
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it's gonna be the same
plan. Amen. Living the same way.
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So, I tell people
when you come to the Bible
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and you begin to incorporate
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in your lifestyle those
principles that are found
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in Genesis 1 and 2,
what you're learning
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is heaven's lifestyle today,
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because you're
not gonna be changing.
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Amen. Dr. Grivas,
what role do you see a drug
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medication in
God's plan of healing
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or is there a place,
how do you understand
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that from a
Biblical perspective?
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Sure, drug
medication has a place,
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but I don't see it
as the primary focus
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as we have made it
in the western world.
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As I told you when I
was training that was
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the foundation for
medical intervention
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was pharmacology.
If there is an illness
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then we, we as
physicians we learn what drugs
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do we give to
counteract that, that disease,
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but from a Biblical perspective,
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we see a different approach.
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In fact, the Lord
tells us very emphatically
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that drugs do not cure
disease, take for instance
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Jeremiah 46 verse
11. In vain shall you use
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many medicines, but
you will not be cured
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and what we need to understand
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is what are we doing,
when we use a drug medication?
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Drugs can be
used to help let say,
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stabilize a very unstable
situation for a short time
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in order to give that
individual time to even
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make lifestyle
changes. Alright, okay.
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And in the acute
emergency situation
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these can be life
saving. And so, we need
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to put the balance
there, but we're not saying
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we never use a drug,
but often times drugs
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are used when they
wouldn't need to be used
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at all, if we
understood the simpler remedies
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which God has pointed
out to us in the scripture.
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I think that's a
really good point to bring out
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because as we've
said, we're not saying
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that you shouldn't
take medicines specially
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in acute conditions
or emergency settings.
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However what we
are saying is that,
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if you have a poor
lifestyle it may necessitate
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the use of drug
medication, which wouldn't be
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the best approach
because we've brought it about
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through our own choice.
Dr. Grivas, I would like
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to ask you a
question regarding God's plan
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in you know, reeducating
us in the medical perspective.
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It's very hard
sometimes to change orientation
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specially when we use
to it, and you've obviously
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had some
struggles yourself, sure,
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coming into your
understanding especially
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from a Biblical perspective.
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What was that
enabled you to have a deeper
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understanding and
appreciation of these things?
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Well, certainly we
talked about the Bible itself,
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but then you
know, there is so much
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today available to us
even in the scientific area
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for we call it lifestyle
medicine where physicians
00:24:53.85\00:24:59.13
are beginning to
understand the importance
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in the value of
nutrition of exercise of water,
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of sleep and rest
and all of these things.
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So, the Lord in His
graciousness has flooded
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this world with light on
these particular subjects
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that are not just
only found in the Bible,
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but so much now in the,
what is called alternative
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medicine
literature, we can find these
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principles
interwoven. And so, people can,
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can look at these
from these various health
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book periodicals,
books on such things
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as hydrotherapy, the
scientific use of water
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in treating disease.
The herbal medications
00:25:52.56\00:25:57.05
that are coming into such
prominence now in medicine,
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the botanical
medicines. There are so many
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books available, if people want
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to avail
themselves of this knowledge.
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Amen. Now,
something that often God gets
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the blame for His disease,
when something wonderful
00:26:13.91\00:26:17.91
happens in nature, we say,
00:26:17.92\00:26:19.06
Oh! Isn't Mother
Nature wonderful?
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But when something bad
happens it's an act of God.
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Right. And so,
sometimes we see that God gets a
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lot of the blame
for things going wrong,
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is God an author of
disease or certain diseases
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or sometimes He
brings it upon us to allow us
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to suffer that we may find him,
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how is your perspective?
How do you look at that?
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God is not the
author of disease;
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He is the author of
life and an abundant life,
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and so, we don't
want to get too confused.
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God often allow
certain things that take place
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that are not His
primary will for the individual.
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The Book of Job
for instance gives us a
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complete picture
when Job who was following
00:27:05.69\00:27:10.45
what he knew and God
accounted him righteous,
00:27:10.46\00:27:14.42
it didn't keep
him from getting sick
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because there was an enemy.
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And the Lord has
told us that in this earth
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at this time, it is not just us
00:27:21.15\00:27:23.90
and the Lord down
here, we have an enemy.
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And so, we need to
put the blame where
00:27:26.90\00:27:30.47
it needs to be on
an enemy, not upon God.
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Amen. In closing, we
hope this information
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is being helpful to you
at home from understanding
00:27:36.99\00:27:40.12
from a Biblical perspective,
as well as a medical
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perspective the
cause of disease.
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Sometimes, if we
don't understand the cause,
00:27:47.18\00:27:49.30
we tend to look
for temporary crutches
00:27:49.31\00:27:53.25
as long term
solutions, and God has as plan
00:27:53.26\00:27:56.48
for us today.
We'd like to thank you
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for coming
today, and joining us.
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Please join us again
next time on another program
00:28:00.21\00:28:03.68
of Wonderfully Made.
My name is Lee Wellard
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from Wildwood Lifestyle Center
00:28:05.70\00:28:07.67
and look forward to you
seen you again next time.
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