Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AA
Program Code: AA000007
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00:05 In a world surrounded by darkness,
00:08 there is a voice that whispers to every young heart, 00:13 urging them to find the treasure of truth. 00:22 Those who follow the path will discover eternal riches 00:26 beyond their wildest dreams. 00:28 Join us now for an "Amazing Adventure, 00:31 A Journey for life with Jesus." 00:36 Good evening friends welcome again. 00:38 This is night number seven of this ten part series 00:41 called "Amazing Adventure, A Journey for life with Jesus." 00:46 We would like to welcome all of our viewers 00:48 across the country and around the world. 00:50 We'd also like to welcome our local group right here 00:53 in Richardson, Texas. 00:55 I'm glad to see 00:56 all of your smiling faces this evening again. 00:59 Again, if you have not received your lessons yet, 01:01 please go to the Amazing Facts Kids website, 01:03 you can order the lessons, they are interactive. 01:06 I know a number of our children right here at the local site 01:09 have filled out their lesson guides 01:11 and they are well on their way 01:12 to getting their Bible at the end of the series. 01:14 Well, let's stand together as we sing 01:16 our theme song "Life is an Adventure". 01:30 Life is an Adventure Following the King 01:35 Every day with Jesus Makes us want to sing 01:40 Walking in the Spirit He will lead the way 01:45 With His Word to guide us Glowing deep inside us 01:51 Nothing can divide us Following the King 01:57 Life is an adventure Following the King 02:02 Every day with Jesus Makes us want to sing 02:07 Conquering with kindness Everywhere we go 02:12 Voices we are raising Jesus we are praising 02:17 Life is so amazing Following the King 02:22 Life is so amazing Following the King 02:30 Please remain standing. 02:32 I'm going to invite our helpers to comes forward this evening. 02:35 Byron will be giving us our scripture reading tonight. 02:38 Byron what are you reading for us? 02:41 1 Corinthians 10:31, "Therefore whether you eat, 02:46 or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God." 02:52 All right, thank you very much, 02:54 and our prayer is coming to us from Emily, is that correct. 03:00 Dear Jesus, thank you for this wonderful day 03:02 that You have given us 03:03 and bless this church as we go through tonight, 03:06 watch over us and bless Pastor Doug as he teaches to us, 03:12 help us to learn more about You, 03:14 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. 03:18 Thank you very much. Please be seated. 03:19 I'm going to invite Pastor Doug to come forward. 03:21 Pastor Doug, its Bible question time. 03:23 Evening, Pastor Ross. 03:24 I'm always excited about this time 03:27 and your questions come in fresh each day, 03:29 so looking forward to it. 03:31 Okay, well let's go right to the video 03:34 and we will get our first question for tonight. 03:37 My name is Tendaisne, I'm 8-years-old 03:39 and my question is how often should we pray? 03:44 Good question, how often should we pray? 03:47 Now there is a scripture that tells us 03:49 we should pray without ceasing. 03:51 What does that mean 03:52 that we go around on our knees all day long praying? 03:56 No, some people take it that way and they get sore knees. 04:00 What it means is, be an attitude of prayer 04:03 that God is with you and near you all the time, 04:06 but you can read in The Bible in Psalm 55:17, 04:09 King David said, morning, evening and at noon will I pray. 04:15 Not only that Daniel in Daniel 6, 04:18 it tells us that he had a pattern three times a day, 04:21 ever since he was a child, 04:23 he would take time aside for God to pray. 04:26 Now, how many of you always pray over your food before you eat? 04:29 It's always good to thank God for your food 04:31 and ask Him to bless your food. 04:33 How many of you eat three times a day? 04:35 Well, so that's your start, 04:37 you are at least praying over your food three times a day. 04:39 But you should have private time with God every day. 04:42 Every morning in our house I take time to read the Bible, 04:46 we encourage the Batchelor boys to have their own private time, 04:49 then we read something together as a family. 04:52 Before we go to sleep at night, we kneel, we pray together 04:55 and you should during school or lunch or something, 04:57 take a few moments and pray and talk to God 05:00 and just ask Him for continued strength 05:02 that you can be a good witness 05:03 but never forget that Jesus said, 05:06 I'm with you always. 05:09 So talk to Him all through the day, that's the best thing. 05:12 Pastor Doug, we have a question that somebody wrote in. 05:15 If there is only one Jesus, how can people 05:18 on the other side of the world see Him when He comes? 05:21 That's a good question, 05:22 now we included that because we get a lot. 05:24 Do you still have our globe somewhere? 05:26 You know I thought we take our globe, 05:27 we borrowed last night and use it as an illustration. 05:31 Now, let's pretend that Pastor Ross is Jesus 05:33 and the world turns like this 05:36 and as he comes, the world is turning, 05:39 he sweeps around the world. 05:41 The Bible says that the righteous are caught up 05:44 to meet Him in the air, 05:46 so comes from this direction as the world slowly sweeps around, 05:49 vacuum's everybody up and then he heads back to glory, 05:53 so it never says in the Bible 05:55 every eye will see Him at the same time. 05:58 It says every eye will see Him when He comes. 06:00 And so if the world turns like that, 06:02 every eye is going to see him, isn't that right? 06:04 That's all you got to remember. 06:06 All right, well, thank you very much, Pastor Doug. 06:08 We have another video question, 06:10 and we will play that at this time. 06:12 My name is Nicholas, I'm 8-years old 06:14 and my question is why didn't God create 06:17 everything that at once? 06:19 Why didn't God create everything at once? 06:22 Well, I think that He wants us to enjoy the things that He made 06:26 and, you know, the Lord seem to break up the creation. 06:29 Keep in mind does God have angles that watch, 06:33 they were enjoying the creation. 06:35 The Bible tell us in the Book of Job, 06:38 all the sons of God shouted for joy 06:41 when they saw the world being created, 06:43 and so they were enjoying it, 06:45 and God was spreading out the splendor 06:48 and the magnificence of His creation. 06:50 Now, while we're on the subject of creation, 06:53 we don't normally do this but I'm going to ask Nathan, 06:56 if you will come up here for a second 06:58 and look, Nathan is the other, 07:00 he is the youngest of the Batchelor tribe 07:02 and you know I just came all the way from California, 07:04 I got to use him once, you don't mind. 07:06 Look in there and find out 07:07 if you can find something in that chest, 07:08 open it gently, Nathan, 07:09 that you might use to bake a cake. 07:11 I want to illustrate something. 07:13 You know lot of people in the world 07:14 don't believe in creation, are you aware of that. 07:17 They believe in another theory about how we got here. 07:20 What is it called? Evolution. 07:23 And evolution is the idea that everything just 07:26 kind of happened by accident over millions of years. 07:28 Now how many of you know what this is? 07:30 Don't turn it? What it's called? 07:35 They call it an egg beater, they don't use this any more, 07:37 but they used them for about a hundred years 07:38 until they got the electric ones and some people still use them. 07:41 But, go and put that on the ground 07:43 and just spin it for a second, 07:44 I don't think it will hurt the carpet, 07:45 don't spin too fast. 07:47 Now, I understand that there is a shortage of oil 07:48 so who knows we are in Texas, right, 07:50 might find something. 07:52 You notice there are three parts to that. 07:55 Okay, you can lift that up and show them, how it spins now. 07:58 You got the handle, you got the crank, 08:01 and you got the mixers. 08:03 It's a very simple invention. 08:06 But this doesn't happen by itself. 08:10 If you dug one of those out of the ground, 08:11 would you think that it came from nature, 08:13 it just evolved because lightening hit the ground 08:16 or does somebody have to make that. 08:19 Just those three moving parts together 08:21 require intelligence, don't they? 08:24 There is a design there, there is organization. 08:26 You notice when these things are spinning, 08:27 they don't hit each other. 08:28 Someone had to plan that. 08:31 That would never happen by accident. 08:33 What's more complicated, 08:34 an egg beater or one single cell of life. 08:39 A single cell of life that God made 08:41 is a thousand times more complicated, 08:43 Okay, we think you can take that back, 08:45 just don't play with it during the program. 08:49 That to me is a very simple illustration 08:52 that helps us understand God had to create. 08:55 There is so much complexity and so much design 08:59 in our bodies and nature that there had to be a God. 09:02 If we don't believe that 09:03 an egg beater happened by accident, 09:06 how much more difficult and complicated is, is life. 09:09 We get another one. 09:10 All right, we do, we do have a written question here. 09:13 This is a question probably a lot of folks are wondering, 09:16 If killing is wrong, why did God help David to kill Goliath? 09:21 You know, a lot of people have asked that question 09:24 because one of the Ten Commandments 09:25 says, "Thou shalt not kill." 09:30 But, you know, 09:31 that is not the best translation from the Hebrew. 09:34 Jesus quotes that same commandment in the New Testament 09:37 and he says, "Thou shalt not commit murder." 09:41 Killing, if you pull up a weed you are killing, 09:45 if you step on net, 09:46 how many of you have swattered the mosquito before? 09:50 Killers every one of you. 09:53 Is that what the commandment is talking about? 09:55 No, there is a difference between killing and murder. 10:00 When a solider defense his country, is he a murderer? 10:04 No, it's he is defending his country. 10:07 If a policemen has to shoot somebody 10:10 who is threatening someone's life 10:12 or if he has to shoot a murderer 10:13 because they are going to hurt someone else, 10:15 do you call the policeman a murderer? 10:18 Or he is just executing justice. 10:20 When David went against Goliath 10:23 that giant was threatening the whole army, 10:25 he was threatening the country. 10:27 They wanted to enslave God's people 10:28 during times of war. 10:30 God even sent His soldiers like Joshua to fight battles 10:33 to protect the freedom of His people. 10:36 So they can even worship God 10:37 and so I know it's a difficult subject 10:39 and God doesn't want anything to die. 10:41 God creates everything to be alive. 10:44 In heaven there will be no more death. 10:46 But the commandment actually says, 10:47 "Thou shalt not murder." That's how Jesus quotes it. 10:51 Now, Pastor Doug, 10:52 our last question for tonight is a video question. Okay. 10:56 My name is Jesse and I'm 8-years old 11:00 and my question is why did God make people different? 11:04 What, by the way that's the youngest of the Ross tribe. 11:10 Why did God make us all different? 11:12 What would the world look like 11:13 if God made people like someone in the cookie factory 11:17 so he just started stamping us all out 11:19 and we all looked exactly the same? 11:21 You all have got different finger prints, 11:23 everybody in the world, 11:25 the iris in your eye they can check that, 11:27 and no two people in the world have 11:28 the exact same iris in their eye. 11:31 God is so unique, no two stars are the same, 11:34 he has them all named. 11:36 You know, the Bible says, 11:37 He can either number the hairs of our head. 11:39 Now, that's not so hard for me, right. 11:41 But, that's a miracle, He has got names for the stars, 11:45 He wants, He likes things to be unique 11:48 and He loves that you are an individual. 11:50 And that's why He made us all different. 11:52 All right, well, thank you very much, Pastor Doug. 11:53 We're going to invite 11:54 the Amazing Adventure singers to come forward. 11:56 They are going to be giving us a song called the "Tree Song". 12:12 I saw a tree by the riverside 12:16 One day as I walked along 12:21 Straight as an arrow and pointing to the sky 12:26 Growing tall and strong 12:31 How do you grow so tall and strong? 12:35 I said to the riverside tree 12:40 This is the song that my tree friend sang to me 12:48 I've got roots growing down to the water 12:53 I've got leaves growing up to the sunshine 12:57 And the fruit that I bear is a sign of the life in me 13:05 I am shade from the hot summer sun-down 13:11 I am nest for the birds of the heaven 13:15 I'm becoming what the Lord of trees has meant me to be 13:23 A strong young tree 13:34 I saw a tree in the winter time 13:38 When snow lay on the ground 13:43 Straight as an arrow and pointing to the sky 13:48 And winter winds blew all around 13:52 "How do you stay so tall and strong?" 13:56 I said to the wintertime tree 14:01 This is the song that my tree friend sang to me 14:09 I've got roots growing down to the water 14:14 I've got leaves growing up to the sunshine 14:18 And the fruit that I bear is a sign of the life in me 14:26 I am shade from the hot summer sun-down 14:32 I am nest for the birds of the heaven 14:36 I'm becoming what the Lord of trees has meant me to be 14:44 A strong young tree 14:56 I saw a tree on the city street 15:00 Where buildings blocked the sun 15:05 Lean and lovely I could see 15:10 It gave joy to everyone 15:15 "How do you grow in the city street?" 15:19 I said to the downtown tree 15:25 This is the song that my tree friend sang to me 15:33 I've got roots growing down to the water 15:38 I've got leaves growing up to the sunshine 15:42 And the fruit that I bear is a sign of the life in me 15:50 I am shade from the hot summer sun-down 15:56 I am nest for the birds of the heaven 16:00 I'm becoming what the Lord of trees has meant me to be 16:08 A strong young tree 16:15 I've got roots growing down to the water 16:19 I've got leaves growing up to the sunshine 16:24 And the fruit that I bear is a sign of the life in me 16:32 I am shade from the hot summer sun-down 16:37 I am nest for the birds of the heaven 16:42 I'm becoming what the Lord of trees has meant me to be 16:50 A strong young tree 17:05 Amen. Thank you. 17:08 That song was based on the 1 Psalm. 17:12 "Blessed is the man who walks 17:14 not in the counsel of the ungodly, 17:16 he would be like a tree planted by the streams of water." 17:21 I enjoyed that very much, thank you. 17:23 Okay, tonight we have got an exciting lesson. 17:25 Matter of fact the lesson tonight is a real adventure 17:28 and I want to welcome everybody who is studying with us 17:31 around the country and other parts of the world. 17:34 And our presentation tonight 17:35 is dealing with the subject of God's super food. 17:39 If you gonna go on this adventure to heaven, 17:41 those adventures need to have strength, 17:44 they need to have endurance 17:46 and you know the Bible tells us 17:49 that there are some secrets, that if you follow these secrets 17:52 you are going to have a longer, stronger life, 17:55 I know it's true. 17:58 God has an outline for super food in the Bible 18:01 and we are going to learn about that tonight, 18:03 these things are true. 18:05 You know, a couple of years ago our family went to Australia 18:09 and we stopped by the Australian zoo there 18:12 and while we were there 18:13 we took a picture of not the prettiest animal, 18:17 Harriet the tortoise, 18:19 but the oldest animal in the world. 18:22 Matter of fact Harriet originally was picked up, 18:25 they are not exactly sure how old she was 18:28 picked up by Charles Darwin 18:30 when she was only about ten inches across 18:32 like a dinner plate in 1835. 18:38 Brought back to England with two other tortoises 18:40 and matter of fact they named them Tom, Dick and Harry. 18:43 And poor Harriet for hundred years 18:46 they were calling her Harry 18:47 before someone found that Harry was a Harriet. 18:52 They didn't do very well in England, 18:54 her brother and sister died because of the cold climate 18:57 and so someone brought her back to Australia 18:59 and she lived in the botanical gardens there 19:01 for years and years and outlived many people 19:05 and we went to see her, she was 176 years old 19:10 and you know I took those pictures we watched her eat. 19:14 She is a vegetarian 19:16 that has something to do with her long life. 19:19 Now she just passed away a little more than a year ago. 19:21 But, you are not doing too bad 19:23 if you lived to a 176 in this life. 19:27 You know the Bible says 19:29 that there are things you can do in your life 19:31 by your living patterns that will help you 19:34 to be stronger and have a longer life 19:36 to be more abundant and joyful. 19:39 Question number 1. Let's get to our lessons, okay. 19:42 Does God care? 19:43 Does the Bible tell us that God cares 19:45 about the health of our bodies? 19:48 Answer, 3 John 1:2 it says, 19:55 "I pray that you may prosper in all thing and be in health, 19:59 just as your soul prospers". 20:02 God cares about our physical prosperity 20:05 just like our soul prosperity. 20:08 What good is it if, if you go through life 20:10 and you say, you know, I know Jesus 20:12 but I just feel terrible because of my bad living habits. 20:16 The Lord wants you to feel good in your heart 20:18 and he wants you to feel good 20:19 in your body and to be strong. 20:22 Did Jesus spend time just teaching 20:24 or did He also heal people? 20:27 Have you ever been healed by the Lord? 20:30 God has miraculously healed me before 20:33 on more than one occasion. 20:35 Where I fell bad, I felt sick, I had pain, 20:37 I prayed and God did something, he took it away. 20:40 I believe that God can heal but there is things 20:43 that you can do it to help God strengthen and heal you. 20:47 "Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, 20:51 preaching the gospel of the kingdom, 20:53 and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people." 20:59 The Bible tells us that God wants us to have abundant life. 21:02 You can read about that in John 10:10, 21:05 Jesus said that man in the picture 21:08 his name is Banana George, 21:09 I think he is 93 years old now, 21:12 that picture was taken I think he was in his 80's. 21:15 And he is not just water skiing, 21:16 he is water skiing barefoot, and you know what else, 21:20 I don't think he's got dentures 21:21 so that rope would fly out of his mouth. 21:24 He is probably hanging on with his own teeth. 21:27 He says, Jesus said I have come that, 21:29 by the way his favorite food is bananas 21:31 that's why he wear yellow all the time, 21:35 "I have come that they might have life, 21:37 and have it more abundantly." 21:39 The Lord wants us to have good health and an abundant life. 21:42 Now let me tell you 21:44 what the most important part of your health is, 21:47 sitting on top of your shoulders on top of your neck 21:51 you got a big bubble called the head. 21:54 Your head has got the most sacred organ of all, 21:58 it's called your brain. 22:00 When you are an adult it will weigh 22:01 two and half, three pounds. 22:04 Do you know that your brain when you are thinking 22:06 uses about 25 watts of electricity 22:08 that's enough to power a bulb? 22:10 Your brain is only about two percent of your body's weight, 22:13 but it uses about 20, 25 percent of the body's energy and blood. 22:19 I know sometimes after teaching 22:20 or preaching for couple of hours, 22:22 I'm really tired, all I have done is stand 22:24 but a whole lot of fast thinking has to happen 22:27 and your brain works. But, it's not a muscle. 22:31 Your brain is what's telling your fingers to move, 22:34 I can do this with my eyes closed 22:35 because my brain is telling me. 22:37 And your brain is telling your eyes to follow me 22:41 while I move and it's focusing 22:43 your brain is keeping your heart temperature 22:45 or your body temperature, it's keeping your heart beating. 22:47 You are not even thinking about your breathing, 22:48 but you have breathing your whole life, did you know that? 22:51 You brain is regulating a million functions 22:53 in your body all at the same time. 22:56 And it's your brain that God speaks to. 22:59 When God wants to speak to you, 23:00 He doesn't speak to your knee or your elbow, 23:04 you could lose you feet and your hands 23:06 and can God still save you? 23:08 You can, matter of effect there are some people 23:10 who lose their arms and their legs 23:12 and they still have amazing lives. 23:14 But if you lose your head you are in trouble, right? 23:18 So this is the most sacred holy of holies, your brain. 23:21 You want to take care of your mind. 23:23 The devil wants young people's minds 23:25 to be all cloudy from poor living practices 23:29 where they can't hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. 23:31 That's why this lesson is so important tonight, 23:34 because God want to speak to you 23:36 and he wants you to be able to hear Him 23:38 and understand His truth 23:39 and some kids can't understand 23:42 because of the way they are living. 23:43 Number 2. 23:45 What food did God plan for people to eat 23:49 when He first made Adam and Eve in the creation? 23:51 What was the original ideal diet that God had for people to eat? 23:56 You can read this in Genesis 1:29. 24:00 God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed 24:05 and every tree whose fruit yields seed." 24:09 There will be food for you. 24:11 And then after Adam and Eve sinned, 24:13 then God added vegetables to the diet. 24:15 He says in Genesis 3:18, 24:18 "You shall eat the herb of the field." 24:20 So, the original diet for man 24:22 was what you call a vegetarian diet, nothing had to die. 24:28 The lions did not chased down 24:31 and jump on the baby deer and eat them. 24:34 The wolves did not eat the lambs. 24:36 Snakes did not bite. 24:37 Mosquitoes did not suck blood. 24:40 In the beginning everything was perfect, nothing died. 24:43 And that mean what did the animals eat? 24:46 Man and animals ate a vegetarian diet. 24:49 And during that time man lived a long time. 24:52 That was the ideal diet for man. 24:55 Now, then after the flood and after sin, 24:57 all kinds of problems came into the world 24:59 and people started to kill animals 25:01 but He wanted them to return to the ideal diet 25:05 and God showed how much better off they get could feel 25:08 when He saved them out of Egypt. 25:11 Matter of fact God gave the children of Israel, super food. 25:14 You remember when Moses lead 25:15 the children of Israel out of Egypt 25:17 and they went into the wilderness. 25:19 What kind of food did He give them? 25:21 Manna from heaven, they call it, it's like angles food. 25:24 And it says in Deuteronomy 6:24 25:27 and I hope you are writing some of these verses down 25:30 specially if you don't have a lesson. 25:32 "And the Lord commanded us 25:33 to do all these statutes for our good always, 25:38 that he might preserve us alive." 25:41 Now after 40 years of eating the food, 25:43 that God had given them in the wilderness, 25:45 and those children must have had fun, 25:46 we talked about this yesterday 25:48 going out and gathering that manna, 25:50 and making it into cookies, you can make manna cookies, 25:53 you can make manna muffins, you can make manna rolls, 25:55 you can probably make manna doughnuts if you want it. 25:57 They made all kind of things probably out of manna, 25:59 it was like their flour. 26:01 40 years of eating that food 26:02 how was the health of the children of Israel? 26:05 Psalm 105:37 "He brought them out 26:09 there was none feeble among the tribes". 26:12 That means there wasn't one sick person 26:14 among over probably over two million people. 26:19 No hospital, no infirmary, no clinic, 26:22 everybody was healthy because they were eating, 26:25 they were getting sunshine, 26:26 they were walking everyday and getting exercise. 26:29 You know in America, with all of our conveniences 26:31 there is a lot of sickness and disease 26:33 even though we got a lot of hospitals, 26:35 because people sit at home, they don't exercise, 26:38 they use a remote control and cruise control in their car 26:41 because you don't want get your toe to tired 26:43 pressing on the gas pedal. 26:45 And you don't even have to dial your phone any more 26:47 with your fingers, you just talk and it dials. 26:50 And so we don't get enough exercise 26:52 and we stay inside offices all day long 26:54 and you stay inside houses 26:55 watching television or playing video games, 26:58 you don't get the sunshine 27:00 and there is a lot more sickness. 27:02 When he brought that nation into the Promised Land, 27:04 there wasn't one feeble person. 27:07 God wants us to be healthy. 27:08 Let me give you another story in the Bible. 27:10 Don't forget this Daniel 1. 27:12 What did I say, Daniel 1. 27:15 If you forget everything else, 27:16 just read that whole chapter and you will get the story. 27:19 You can read in Daniel 1 about when Nebuchadnezzar 27:22 the great Babylonian king, he conquered the land of Israel. 27:26 And when he did, he carried away back to Babylon 27:29 thousands of the people to service craftsmen 27:32 and artisans in his kingdom 27:34 and he took some of the young people 27:36 and he said I'm going to train them to sit in my court, 27:38 to be advisors, to be ambassadors 27:40 and he found the brightest 27:42 and the most promising of the young people. 27:45 He brought them to the Babylonian training school 27:48 and he said we are going to feed you 27:50 from the Babylonian cafeteria 27:52 and among those young man were four individuals 27:55 their names were Daniel, Hananiah, 27:58 Daniel, Shadrach Meshach, and Abednego. 28:01 Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 28:03 I'm getting their Hebrew names, 28:04 their Babylonian names, I'm mixing them all up. 28:07 And those four young man were very thankful 28:09 that they had the privileges of the palace 28:11 but there was a problem. 28:14 Question number 3. 28:17 What decision did the boys make and what was the result? 28:21 When they found out that they were going 28:23 to be required to eat the Babylonian food, 28:26 which had lot of things in it 28:27 that God's word said was unclean and not good. 28:31 They made a decision, it says 28:33 "Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself 28:38 with the portion of the king's meat, 28:41 and with the wine which he drank." 28:44 You know the Bible says there's some things you can eat 28:46 and some things you can drink that defile you. 28:49 For instance in 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17. 28:53 "Do you not know that you are the temple of God 28:57 and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" 28:58 Your body is God's temple. 29:01 And the warning is very serious. 29:03 "If anyone defiles the temple of God, 29:06 God will destroy him. 29:08 For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are." 29:12 God, He wants to live in your body. 29:14 And He lives in your mind. 29:16 And He wants it to be a pure dwelling place. 29:19 Don't we treat a church with special respect 29:22 because it's a dwelling place. 29:23 We call it the house of God. 29:25 While your body is supposed to be 29:27 a dwelling place for God's Spirit. 29:29 He wants you to take care of your body. 29:32 He made your body 29:34 and then when the devil kidnapped the world, 29:35 Jesus brought your body back again, 29:37 remember the story about the sailboat. 29:39 And so you should take care of your body, 29:41 not only to honor God, because you will feel better. 29:44 Let's go back to our story of Daniel. 29:47 Daniel and his friends 29:48 said to the man in charge of them, Ashpenaz. 29:52 I tell you what give us a ten days test, he said 29:55 "Test your servants for ten days, 29:57 let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink" 30:01 so he said okay, what I have got to lose. 30:03 So they didn't made them eat the Babylonian food 30:06 and the Babylonian wine, they drank water 30:09 and they ate the vegetables for ten days. 30:11 What does the Bible say was result 30:13 after only ten days of eating God's super food? 30:16 Oh, the answer is up here on the screen. 30:18 "And at the end of ten days 30:21 their features appeared better and fatter, 30:25 fatter means that they were fuller, 30:27 they are ready, don't forget 30:29 they just crossed the desert and so they filled out. 30:32 "Fatter in flesh than all the young men 30:35 who ate from the portion of the king's delicacies." 30:39 And when they were tested it says 30:42 Nebuchadnezzar finally tested them after three years. 30:44 Listen to what he says about those four young men. 30:46 "And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, 30:50 that the king inquired of them 30:52 he found them ten times better than all of the magicians 30:56 and the astrologers that were in all his realm." 30:59 Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah 31:02 were ten times smarter, ten times stronger. 31:05 They were better than anybody else 31:07 that had been in that university with them 31:10 and they were eating a simple diet, 31:12 not only that that chapter ends by saying, 31:14 Daniel lived until the reign of King Darius or Cyrus. 31:18 Daniel lived to somewhere near a 100 years of age. 31:22 If we follow God's plan in the Bible, 31:24 you will live longer and you will live stronger, 31:27 you feel a lot better. Number 4. 31:29 Why did Daniel and his friends 31:31 also refuse to drink the king's wine? 31:35 Answer, you can read in the Bible. 31:38 It says "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, 31:42 it's raging and whoever is led astray by this is not wise". 31:47 For you, I hope you don't ever plan on drinking alcohol, 31:50 it's bad, and you know what the Bible says 31:52 about those who drink alcohol. 31:54 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 31:56 "Nor drunkards will inherit the kingdom of God." 32:00 Alcohol is a drug, matter of fact 32:02 it is the most deadly drug in North America, 32:05 but you have all seen wine, 32:07 you have all seen beer commercials 32:09 and they try to make it look like its fun. 32:12 Pastor Doug used to drink wine and beer and alcohol. 32:15 And I had got lot of trouble, I wreck cars, 32:17 I was in jail nothing but problems. 32:20 You know most of the people they go to the hospital 32:23 are there because of accidents 32:25 or sickness connected with alcohol. 32:28 Most of the people that are in mental institutions are there 32:31 because of disease or birth effects connected with alcohol. 32:35 Most of the people that are beating children 32:38 and spouses and families, 32:39 somebody has been drinking alcohol 32:42 and it is a big problem in the world. 32:44 So Christians shouldn't have anything to do with that. 32:47 The devil wants to make it look like its fun. 32:49 Who is the strongest man in the Bible 32:50 that ever lived, Pastor Doug. 32:54 No. It was the Samson. 32:56 You know what the angles said to Samson's mom. 32:59 You are going to have a baby 33:01 and you are going to get pregnant now, 33:03 be careful what you eat in everything 33:04 because that baby is going to deliver Israel 33:07 and when he is born don't let him drink any wine. 33:10 John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit 33:13 and when the angel came to talk 33:14 to his father in the temple, he told him. 33:17 "For he will drink neither wine nor strong drink. 33:21 He will be filled with the Holy Spirit." 33:24 You know when somebody is filled with wine, 33:26 they are filled with a different kind of spirit. 33:28 Have you ever seen a liquor store 33:29 and it says wine, beer and spirits 33:33 and why they call it spirits, it's not the Holy Spirit. 33:37 It's the spirits of devils 33:38 they come into people when they drink. 33:40 And so one of the things you want to do is 33:42 you stay away from drugs, 33:44 stay away from alcohol which is a drug. 33:46 Keep your mind clear. 33:47 The devil wants a lot of young people today to use drugs 33:50 so they can't hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. 33:54 Question number 5. 33:56 What was it about the king's food 33:58 that Daniel knew would defile him? 34:01 Now, there is a reason the king, 34:02 that Daniel said he couldn't eat the Babylonian food, 34:05 The Bible said that some food is clean 34:08 if they were among the animals. 34:10 Now the Bible doesn't say you have to be vegetarian 34:13 but you will be a lot better off if you are. 34:17 But if you are going to eat meat, 34:18 you can only eat the clean meats. 34:20 You know the clean and the unclean distinction of meat, 34:24 it goes all the way back in food, 34:26 all the way back to Noah. 34:27 Now I've got a question. 34:29 How many of you here are related to Noah? 34:32 Let me see your hands. Every hand ought to go up. 34:38 Everybody here, do you know you're all brothers and sisters. 34:41 Everyone here is related to Noah 34:43 because the whole world was destroyed 34:44 except Noah and his family, right. 34:46 So everyone here came from Noah. 34:48 Was Noah a Jewish? 34:51 No, he wasn't. 34:53 The first Jew actually was from the tribe of Judah 34:56 or the first Hebrew was Abraham. 34:59 But we're all related to Noah but God told Noah 35:01 when he put the animals on the ark 35:02 to make the distinction between the animals. 35:05 He said, "You shall take with you 35:07 seven each of every clean animal, 35:10 two of the animals that are unclean". 35:12 So way back in Noah's day 35:13 they knew some animals were clean, 35:15 some animals were unclean. 35:17 You know what happened after the flood? 35:20 All the vegetation was destroyed. 35:22 Man began to eat more animals 35:24 and probably began to eat the wrong kind of animals. 35:26 Look at the life span. 35:27 I got a picture up here on the screen. 35:30 There you got how long people lived before the flood. 35:33 You see Noah there in the middle, 950 years. 35:37 Look what happened to their life span after the flood 35:40 when they started eating more and more of animal products. 35:45 Their life span has got shorter and shorter and shorter 35:47 it's pretty well proven now, that vegetarians live longer. 35:51 National Geographic just did an article about that, 35:54 and they interviewed people in Loma Linda 35:56 because they live longer than most people 35:57 and the main reason is that they don't smoke, 35:59 they don't drink and most of them were vegetarians. 36:02 And there is a lady there 100 years old 36:04 that was working out, driving her own car. 36:07 And so these are facts God does have super food in the Bible 36:10 and He wants you to know about that 36:12 because it will help you feel better, 36:13 it will help you to be a better witness for Him, 36:16 help you get more done and you can hear the Holy Spirit. 36:19 Now, what's the difference between 36:20 the clean and the unclean mammals? 36:24 Leviticus 11:3, "Whatever divides the hoof, 36:28 having cloven hooves and chewing the cud you can eat." 36:31 That means an animal like a goat or sheep, 36:34 it's got a cloven hoof and it chews the cud. 36:37 You've ever seen animals do that? 36:39 They are clean to eat, they are vegetarians 36:42 but there are some animals they got cloven hoof 36:44 but they don't chew the cud. 36:45 It says right there in the Bible, Deuteronomy 14: 6 36:49 "The swine, that's a swine, pig is unclean for you, 36:54 because it has cloven hoof but it does not chew the cud, 36:58 you shall not eat their flesh." 37:00 The Bible says they are an abomination 37:04 and there is a lot of people in the world 37:05 that man he is taking his lunch to work with them. 37:09 Lot of people in the world eat pork. 37:10 Now you know most of the food in the Bible that is unclean. 37:14 Bible says that buzzards are unclean, 37:16 the Bible says storks are unclean, 37:17 the Bible says you are not supposed to eat rats and mice. 37:20 In other parts of world where they eat puppy dogs. 37:25 You know China they just had the Olympic there. 37:28 Do you know that dogs and pigs are related? 37:31 They are in the same category. 37:32 Even Jesus used a dog and pig together. 37:36 He said they're very similar. 37:37 Pigs I understand make good pets 37:38 but you are not supposed to eat them. 37:41 Even the Muslims know that, Jews know that 37:44 and Christians ought to know that, 37:45 it's in the Bible that they are-- pigs are garbage cans. 37:49 God has some animals that are scavengers, 37:51 they will eat anything. 37:53 Has your mother ever come into your room 37:55 and said wow this place it looks like, 37:57 it looks like a Deerfield, 38:00 they don't ever say, it looks like a deer meadow. 38:02 They say it looks like a pigpen, right. 38:05 Here any of you ever heard that before. 38:07 You know, why, because what's the dirtiest 38:09 animal in the world? Pigs. 38:12 Why would you want to eat the dirtiest animal in the world. 38:14 They are garbage cans, they eat garbage. 38:16 And you think I'd never eat garbage 38:18 but if you eat the garbage can that's even worse, right? 38:24 God doesn't want us to eat those things that are unclean. 38:27 Listen to what the Lord says about 38:29 how He is going to judge people in the last days. 38:31 Isaiah 66: 15-17 "Behold the Lord will come with fire 38:36 and with His chariots, like a whirlwind, 38:38 to render His anger with fury. 38:41 Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, 38:46 eating swine's flesh" now swine is a pig, 38:50 "and the abomination" and the what's that word, 38:53 mouse he puts pigs and mice in the same category 38:57 would you eat a mouse. No. 38:59 "Shall be consumed together, says the Lord." 39:02 Now Pastor Doug knows what he is talking about. 39:05 You want to see a picture of me? 39:07 Believe it or not, that's me... years ago. 39:11 See what my little car says there, 39:13 it says, wholesale prime beef 39:15 and you can't read the bottom, it said sticks. 39:17 I used to have my own meat business 39:19 and I used to buy all kinds of beef and sell it 39:22 and I ate meat three times a day and I didn't feel very good. 39:26 When I lived up in the mountains in a cave, 39:28 I had no refrigerators, so I eat mostly beans and vegetables 39:30 I felt pretty good, felt pretty strong. 39:33 I came down to town I went into a meat business, 39:35 I started to eat lots of stake and meat, my mind was foggy, 39:40 I didn't feel very good, I didn't have as much energy. 39:43 And I asked a friend one day can I get 39:45 some prime pork for a customer. 39:47 He laughed at me. 39:48 He said there is no such thing as prime pork. 39:50 He says, they are all dirty. 39:51 The U.S Department of Agriculture says 39:53 you shouldn't eat it. 39:54 What about the fish, God makes the distinction in his word 39:58 between clean and unclean fish. 40:00 Leviticus 11:9 "These you may eat of all that 40:04 are in the water whatever in the water has fins and scales, 40:07 you might eat, needed both thing fins and scales. 40:10 But, if they didn't have fins and scales like crab 40:15 or clamps or lobster or shrimp. 40:19 The Bible says they are scavengers all those things 40:20 you are looking at there, they all live on the bottom, 40:23 they eat what the other fish drop 40:25 and we are not going to talk about what the other fish drop. 40:27 But they eat that so, why would you want to eat them. 40:31 That's right, they are scavengers 40:33 and then they are not only scavengers 40:35 like pigs that go around root things up 40:37 and they get scavengers in the water like cat fish 40:39 and clamps and then they got scavengers in the air 40:42 like buzzards and crows and the carnivorous animals. 40:46 The birds, the only birds that people were allowed to eat 40:49 the clean birds is what they call the foraging birds. 40:51 They are the ones who go around like the little chickens, 40:53 and then they peck and they pick up the seeds like the dove 40:55 and the quail and the turkey. 40:57 Those where pheasant, those were foraging birds. 41:00 The other birds were birds of carrion, 41:03 you are not supposed to eat them, or the raptors, 41:05 the hunting birds and it tells 41:08 "Every raven after its kind, and the short eared owl, 41:11 and the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind." 41:15 Those were all considered unclean. 41:17 Now, here is my question for you. 41:20 Does it make a difference what we eat? It does. 41:25 What you eat and what you don't eat can make you feel good 41:27 or not feel good. 41:30 And you know the devil clouts the minds 41:32 of a lot of young people in the world 41:33 because they are eating the wrong thing. 41:34 Tell you what you know, I got so much to cover 41:36 but I want to do little illustration. 41:37 Pastor Ross, why don't you help me 41:39 in bringing that table up to me. 41:41 I got to get somebody to help me. 41:42 Who hasn't helped me yet? 41:44 I feel you guys in the middle why don't you both come? 41:47 You haven't helped, you haven't helped yet. 41:48 All right come on you two, come up here. 41:51 Sometime I always take them on the edges. 41:54 All right, I may help you see if you find some sweet in there. 41:58 You've already helped, who hasn't? 41:59 You want to come up? You haven't helped yet? 42:02 Who hasn't had a turn yet? 42:03 You haven't had a turn yet come on, sorry, okay. 42:07 You find something sweet, hold that up 42:08 so we can all see what it is. 42:10 Look in there and see if there is 42:12 something else you could drink. 42:14 Grab that put it on the table for me. 42:18 Okay, all right, you read pretty good? 42:23 Let me see here, I want to come here come here. 42:27 Let see here what does that say right above my thumb? Sugar. 42:30 Sugar, how many grams? 31 grams. 42:33 31 grams of sugar and that's per serving 42:36 there is two servings in here. 42:38 So, 31 and 31 is 62 grams of sugar 42:43 and if there are above four teaspoons 42:46 I'm sorry there's four grams per teaspoon 42:50 let's see how many teaspoons would that be. 42:55 That will be about 15 is that right? All right. 42:59 I would like for you to put 15 teaspoons in here, 43:02 you all count them out for. 43:05 One, two, three, 43:12 four, five, six, 43:19 seven, eight, nine, ten, 43:26 Is that what you put on in your cereal in the morning. 43:27 Eleven, twelve, thirteen, I know some of you, 43:33 you put more on your sugar across the flakes, don't you? 43:34 Fourteen, fifteen. 43:37 Okay, that's just what's in the candy bar. 43:42 Now, this has got. 43:43 I can't find it here, where is it, 43:46 so the sugar is 65 grams, isn't that what that says. 43:51 65 grams, tell you what that's not counting 43:54 the 50 something grams of 44:00 57 milligrams of caffeine, 44:04 phosphoric acid that will clean off battery terminals 44:08 and some people drink this. 44:10 Now, we don't have time but why don't you see 44:14 if you could pour the rest of this sugar in that cup, okay. 44:18 I'll bring that for you, 44:19 you think you could pour that in there. 44:21 Try and pour without spilling too much. 44:25 We measure that out in advance, 44:28 how many of you have drunk one of these before. 44:30 Aha, don't confess. 44:34 You never, you probably could never eat 44:36 one of these by yourself. 44:39 You know what's amazing to me. 44:41 You're all starting to act like, you've already had one. 44:45 Some of you will eat this and drink that in one sitting, 44:50 how much sugar are you getting? 44:53 But, it doesn't matter because you always pray 44:56 over your food, right. 44:58 As long as you pray over it will be okay, Yeah. 45:02 No, no, you know, thank you very much, 45:05 you can go back down. 45:06 Pastor Ross, you might get this for me. 45:12 The Bible says God is not mocked, do not be deceived 45:16 what a person sows, they will also reap. 45:19 And there are some people they think it doesn't matter 45:21 I'll just pray over it. It does matter. 45:24 There is something called cause and effect 45:27 at what you do it's going to make difference. 45:29 You've got to be careful. 45:30 Lot of kids are eating so much sugar, 45:32 they are just like this at school 45:33 and they are not doing very well. 45:35 I know because I grew up in sometimes for breakfast 45:38 all I had was a Hostess Twinkie and a cup of coffee. 45:41 And then I wondered why I did so poorly in school 45:45 and if you eat good food, the Bible says eat what is good. 45:49 You know why there is sin in the world today? 45:53 God told Adam and Eve not to eat something 45:58 they weren't supposed to eat. 46:00 Did they listen? No. 46:01 He told Eve "Thou Shalt not eat of it." 46:05 And they did eat of it. 46:06 Question number 6. 46:07 Why does God say all these things about our food? 46:12 It says "The Lord commanded us 46:14 to observe all of these statutes, 46:17 to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, 46:22 that he might preserve us alive." 46:25 He cares about us, right. 46:27 Can you have a banana split and then go to school 46:29 and think everything is going to be okay? Yes. 46:32 No, no, and hopefully your mom and dad 46:37 won't let you to do that. 46:38 It says in the Bible "Eat that which is good." 46:41 Now some people say, you know, all these people 46:42 that believe in evolution they say, 46:44 people are supposed to eat meat because after all, 46:47 right here you got a tooth. 46:49 Pastor Doug has all his own teeth, see that. 46:54 I bought them with my own money. 46:57 We got this canine teeth and they say 46:59 that means you are suppose to eat flesh, 47:00 because you got this canine teeth. 47:03 This fellow here, he has got pretty good canine teeth too, 47:06 don't you think. 47:08 But, you know what? He is vegetarian. 47:12 He is one of the strongest animals and he is a vegetarian. 47:14 Elephant is a biggest animal, he is a vegetarian, 47:18 Giraffe is the tallest animal, he is a vegetarian. 47:21 These animals know about their super food 47:24 and so this idea that you got to eat meat 47:28 or you got to eat all these sweet things 47:30 or you're just not going to feel good, it's not true. 47:32 You will feel much better, if you follow God's diet. 47:35 Number 7. 47:37 What should guide me in choosing how I live and what I eat? 47:41 1 Corinthians 10:31 that was our scripture verse to start with. 47:47 "Whether you eat or whether you drink, 47:52 do all to the glory of God." 47:54 All right, I need some more helpers here 47:55 I'm gonna go to this side now. 47:57 Tell you what? 47:58 We'll just go right down the line here one, 48:00 you want to help again? 48:01 One, two, three, four, five, six 48:03 come up, little quick. 48:07 We are running out of time. 48:10 You all know how to break these and shake them. 48:11 Take one break it, shake it real quick. 48:14 And I hope this works. Is someone missing one? 48:18 Here shake it break it, Okay, here we go. 48:22 What does a red light mean at a traffic sign? Stop. 48:26 What does green light mean? Go. 48:29 And yellow light means? Caution. 48:32 One time a kid said it means go real fast. 48:35 Because so many people parents they see the lights turn yellow, 48:38 because they want to get through light, all right come here. 48:39 Right, all two red lights together, 48:41 let me help you with this. 48:44 Oh, good I thought you have to dart 48:46 there for a minute, all right. 48:48 All right, yellow, where is yellow? 48:49 Yellow over here. Two Yellows. 48:51 Reds you guys stand together. 48:52 Two greens you stand together. All right. 48:54 Some foods are perfectly good, and God wants you to enjoy them. 48:59 Now, I'm going to call out a food you tell me 49:00 red, green or yellow? 49:02 I didn't say the food yet. 49:06 Bananas? Green. 49:09 Hold up your light green light. Bananas are good. 49:12 Grapes? Green light. 49:15 Ice cream? Green. Red. 49:21 Yellow, come on, the God says he has taken us 49:24 to a land of milk and honey right? 49:26 A little bit yellow means caution. 49:31 Coco-cola? Red. Red light. 49:35 I hope I won't get sued for this. 49:40 Coffee? Oh, red light, very good. 49:44 Alcohol? Red. 49:48 Strawberries? Green. 49:51 Zucchini? Green. 49:54 Some of you said red. 49:57 Broccoli? Green. 50:00 That's right. Let me think what else we could say here. 50:03 Potato chips? Red. Green. 50:09 Yellow. All right, you get the idea so pork? Red. 50:16 Bacon? Red. 50:19 Did you know bacon is pork? Yes. 50:23 Ham? Red. 50:26 All right very good. You get the idea. 50:28 Thank you, we are running out of time. 50:29 You could keep those guys. Thank you very much. 50:34 Well, I have surprises for you don't worry. 50:36 I'm just about out of time, and I have got more to say 50:39 may be some of you will ask question about health, 50:42 but God wants you to feel good. 50:43 You know when Jesus comes back he is going to give us 50:47 new glorified bodies. 50:50 But we need to take care of these bodies, right? 50:53 What would you think if somebody said they wanted to borrow 50:56 your family's brand new car? 50:58 Here don't play with them now, 51:00 don't play with your light sticks. 51:01 They wanted to borrow your family's brand new car 51:03 and they say I'll bring it back in a week 51:05 and you tell your dear friend you said, okay. 51:07 So they take your car on vacation 51:09 and they go driving off through the wilderness 51:13 and they don't even use the road and they beat the thing up 51:15 and they are scraping it against trees, 51:17 and they don't check the oil, 51:18 they don't put water in the radiator 51:20 and they put the wrong gas in the tank 51:21 and after a week they come. 51:23 You hear this noise coming up the street 51:25 and you looked out there and you see 51:26 this monstrosity come driving towards you, 51:29 and there are sparks flying out from underneath 51:32 because the tires are worn off and its driving on the rims. 51:35 And smoke is ballooning out from under the hood 51:38 and they pull up and they open the door and it falls off, 51:40 and the head light hanging out like an eye ball 51:42 and then they you say where is my car, 51:46 this is your car, hey thanks a lot we had 51:47 a lot of fun on vacation. 51:50 And they say can we borrow it again next year. 51:52 What would you say? No. 51:55 If they do that, to the one you lent them 51:58 then you don't want to ever lent them another one. 52:01 Who does your body belong to? Jesus. 52:04 How many of you want a new body when Jesus comes? 52:07 Do you think he is going to give you a new body 52:09 if you destroy the old? 52:12 If you destroy the one He has given you? 52:15 You need to take care of your body, not only to honor God 52:18 because it's His property but you'll feel better 52:21 and you'll live longer. 52:24 I'm a grandfather did you know that. 52:28 I can walk on my hands. 52:30 You want to see me walk on my hands? Yes. 52:33 Awe, it hurts though but I'll do it again if you like. 52:39 I got to do this real quick, we are almost out of time. 52:47 Okay, that's all I can do. 52:53 For our friends who are watching we still got 52:55 one more question left, it's got numbers 8, 52:58 a bunch of secrets about health 53:00 so you could live longer and stronger. 53:03 Look at those things, you can also find out more about it 53:05 at the Amazing Facts website. 53:07 Don't you all want to feel better 53:09 and live longer and be stronger? Yes. 53:12 God has super food for you 53:13 if you follow the rules in the Bible. 53:16 Let's ask Him to help us do that, amen. 53:18 Can we pray right now? Let's ask the Lord to help us. 53:22 We need to make some changes in the way we eat and drink. 53:25 So that we bring glory to Him. 53:27 Father in Heaven, thank you for the principles 53:30 You give us in Your word, so we can know 53:33 how we can bring glory to you by taking care of our bodies. 53:37 Give us victory and self control, 53:39 be with all those that are watching 53:41 so that we might have more strength to give You glory 53:44 and to take care of ourselves 53:45 and be better witnesses in Jesus' name, amen. 53:50 God bless you friends. Thank you friends for tuning. 53:52 When is our next meeting? Tomorrow. 53:55 Tomorrow and our study tomorrow was going to be 53:57 "whistling through the graveyard." 53:59 You don't want to miss it. |
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