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00:04 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:09 >>IN JANUARY 2010, A MINIVAN STRUCK AND KILLED A MAN CROSSING 00:13 A BROOKLYN STREET - ESPECIALLY TRAGIC BECAUSE THIS WAS NO 00:17 ORDINARY MAN. JOE ROLLINO WOULD HAVE BEEN 00:21 105 YEARS OLD IN MARCH. HIS FRIENDS SAID HE WAS 00:24 THE MODEL OF HEALTH. A WORLD WAR II VET WITH THREE 00:28 PURPLE HEARTS, ROLLINO GOT HIS START IN THE 1920S AT THE CONEY 00:31 ISLAND CARNIVAL, BILLED AS 'THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD'. 00:36 FIVE-FEET FIVE-INCHES TALL AND WEIGHING 150 POUNDS, FOR HIS 00:40 SIZE HE WAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST MEN EVER. 00:44 HE COULD MOVE 3200 POUNDS WITH HIS BACK, LIFT 475 POUNDS WITH 00:49 HIS TEETH, AND 635 POUNDS HE COULD LIFT WITH ONE FINGER. 00:55 AT JOE ROLLINO'S 103RD BIRTHDAY PARTY, A FRIEND GAVE HIM A 00:58 QUARTER AND ROLLINO BENT IT WITH HIS FINGERS. 01:01 HE THEN APOLOGIZED BECAUSE HE USED TO DO IT WITH A DIME. 01:05 DID I MENTION THAT JOE ROLLINO DIDN'T DRINK OR SMOKE, HE 01:08 EXERCISED DAILY, AND HE WAS A LIFE-LONG VEGETARIAN? 01:12 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE ALSO MAKES A CONNECTION BETWEEN A VERY STRONG 01:15 MAN AND A UNIQUE LIFESTYLE. THE BIBLE SAYS SAMSON DID NOT 01:20 DRINK AND HE STAYED AWAY FROM UNCLEAN FOODS. 01:23 WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE TO A HEALTHY 100? 01:25 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE FOLLOW GOD'S HEALTH PLAN. 01:29 SO JOIN ME NOW, AS WE TAKE A DEEPER LOOK INTO THIS 01:32 LIFE-CHANGING SUBJECT. 01:38 >>TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE 01:39 SHARING A TOPIC THAT I THINK THE CHRISTIAN WORLD IS LONG OVERDUE 01:48 TO UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE AND PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY 01:52 BECAUSE THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS PRINCIPLE FROM THE BIBLE 01:55 THAT IS VERY PRACTICAL. NOW, OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT IS 02:00 DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF HEALING, HEALTH AND HOLINESS. 02:05 IT BEGINS WITH A STORY THAT YOU FIND IN A BOOK OF PROPHECY AND 02:09 IT'S IN DANIEL CHAPTER 1. IT TELLS THAT AFTER KING 02:12 NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD CONQUERED BABYLON, HE TOOK SOME OF THE - 02:17 THE BRIGHTEST AND THE BEST OF THE NATION AND HE BROUGHT THEM 02:20 WITH HIM BACK TO BABYLON AND HE SAID, 'LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO 02:23 TRAIN YOU IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE CHALDEANS. 02:25 WE'RE GOING TO FEED YOU FROM OUR CAFETERIA FOR THREE YEARS AND 02:28 WE'RE GOING TO PREPARE TO YOU TO BE AMBASSADORS REPRESENTING YOUR 02:31 PART OF THE WORLD AND GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON.' AND YOU 02:37 THINK, 'WELL, THAT WILL BE REALLY GOOD. 02:38 YOU'D BE EATING FROM THE BABYLONIAN CAFETERIA.' 02:41 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT. BABYLONIANS ATE THINGS THAT GOD 02:47 HAD TOLD HIS PEOPLE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT. 02:49 SO DANIEL AND HIS THREE FRIENDS THAT HAD BEEN CARRIED OFF TO 02:52 BABYLON: SHADRACH, MESHACH, ABEDNEGO - THEIR HEBREW NAMES 02:57 WERE HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AZARIAH - THEY SAID, 'WE CAN'T EAT THAT. 03:00 PLEASE LET US EAT PULSE' - OR VEGETABLES - 'AND JUST GIVE US A 03:06 CHANCE.' AND THE MAN WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE EUNUCHS, HE SAID, 03:09 'I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IF YOU START LOOKING SCRAWNY AND SICK, 03:12 I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR HEALTH AND EDUCATION - MY HEAD'LL BE ON 03:15 THE BLOCK.' THEY SAID, 'YOU GIVE US TEN DAYS.' NOTICE IT SAYS IN 03:19 DANIEL 1, VERSE 8, "BUT DANIEL PURPOSED IN HIS HEART THAT HE 03:23 WOULD NOT DEFILE" - HE WOULD NOT WHAT? 03:25 >>DEFILE. >>"DEFILE HIMSELF WITH A 03:28 PORTION OF THE KING'S MEAT." SO THEY PROPOSED, TO ASHPENAZ, 03:33 PRINCE OF THE EUNUCHS, "PROVE YOUR SERVANTS" - 'TEST US' - 03:36 "FOR TEN DAYS, LET US HAVE PULSE TO EAT AND WATER TO DRINK." 03:40 - 'WE'RE NOT GOING TO EAT THE BABYLONIAN FOOD AND THE 03:41 FERMENTED WINE.' AND THE BIBLE SAYS HE CONSENTED TO THAT - "AND 03:47 AT THE END OF THE TEN DAYS THEIR COUNTENANCES APPEARED FAIRER AND 03:50 FATTER IN FLESH" - YOU KNOW, THEY HAD JUST COME ACROSS THE 03:53 DESERT - AND "...HE FOUND THEM TEN TIMES BETTER" - SMARTER - 03:58 "THAN ALL THE MAGICIANS AND ASTROLOGERS WHO WERE IN ALL HIS 04:02 REALM." AND THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DANIEL 04:05 CLOSES BY SAYING, "AND DANIEL CONTINUED UNTIL THE TIME OF KING 04:08 CYRUS" - DANIEL LIVED TO ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE. 04:12 HE MUST HAVE BEEN 15 TO 17 WHEN HE WAS CARRIED OFF. 04:16 SO, IT'S INTERESTING THAT, AT THIS VERY IMPORTANT BOOK OF 04:21 PROPHECY IT WOULD MAKE A POINT THAT DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS HAD 04:25 PURPOSED THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODIES EVEN WHEN THEY WERE 04:29 TEMPTED BY THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOCIAL 04:32 PRESSURE TO COMPROMISE, THEY SAID, 'NO, THIS IS WHAT GOD SAYS 04:35 ABOUT TREATING OUR BODIES AS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WE 04:38 WILL NOT DEFILE OUR BODIES. THIS IS A TRUTH THAT HAS BEEN 04:43 LOST BY MUCH OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND IT'S AN AREA WHERE 04:47 THERE NEEDS TO BE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION, AND THAT'S 04:50 ALSO TRUE EVEN WITHIN OUR DENOMINATION. 04:54 LET'S LOOK AT OUR LESSON. IT'S GOING TO BRING 04:55 OUT A NUMBER OF POINTS. FIRST QUESTION: WHAT WAS THE 04:58 ORIGINAL DIET THAT GOD DESIGNED FOR HUMANS? 05:02 YOU READ IN GENESIS 1, VERSE 29, "AND GOD SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE 05:07 GIVEN YOU EVERY HERB BEARING SEED AND IN EVERY TREE IN WHICH 05:12 IS THE FRUIT OF A TREE YIELDING SEED; TO YOU IT SHALL BE FOR 05:15 MEAT." AND THE WORD 'MEAT' THERE, IT'S 05:17 KING JAMES - IT JUST MEANS 'FOR FOOD'. 05:19 AND SO, THE ORIGINAL DIET THAT GOD GAVE TO MAN WAS A VEGETARIAN 05:25 DIET CONTAIN - IT WAS ACTUALLY FRUITS, GRAINS, AND NUTS - BEANS 05:30 - BUT LATER GOD EXPANDED THE DIET. 05:33 THAT'S THE NEXT QUESTION: AFTER ADAM AND EVE SINNED, - WHEN THEY 05:36 WERE EVICTED FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THEY COULD NO LONGER EAT 05:38 FROM THE TREE OF LIFE. GOD THEN SAID, 'ALRIGHT, I 05:41 WANT TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING SUPPLEMENTAL.' 05:43 WHAT WAS ADDED TO THEIR DIET AT THAT POINT? 05:46 GENESIS 3, VERSE 18 HE SAID, "YOU SHALL EAT THE HERB OF THE 05:51 FIELD." - MEANING VEGETABLES. NOW, I FIND SOMETIMES PEOPLE 05:56 DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FRUIT AND A VEGETABLE. 05:59 LET ME TEST YOU. APPLE. >>FRUIT. 06:04 >>FRUIT. ORANGE? >>FRUIT. 06:06 >>ZUCCHINI? >>FRUIT. (LAUGHTER) 06:10 >>SEE? FRUIT. ONION? >>VEGETABLE. 06:17 >>VEGETABLE. BRUSSELS SPROUTS? >>VEGETABLE. 06:22 >>INEDIBLE. (LAUGHTER) 06:26 >>IT'S REAL SIMPLE: THAT ANYTHING THAT IS THE 06:29 PRODUCT OF THE BLOSSOM IS THE FRUIT. 06:32 AND ANYTHING THAT'S ANY OTHER PART OF THE PLANT, WHETHER IT'S 06:34 THE STALK OR THE LEAVES OR THE BULBS, IT'S A VEGETABLE. 06:38 AND SO, AFTER ADAM AND EVE AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF KIDS OUT 06:43 THERE ARE REALLY SORRY THAT ADAM AND EVE SINNED BECAUSE THEY 06:46 DIDN'T WANT VEGETABLES ADDED TO THEIR DIET. 06:48 BUT AFTER THEY SINNED AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD NO LONGER 06:51 STAY IN THE GARDEN, GOD SAID, 'YOU CAN ALSO EAT THE HERB OF 06:53 THE FIELD.' BUT THE ORIGINAL DIET FOR MAN WAS A VEGETARIAN 06:56 DIET. AND - I'LL JUST TELL YOU 07:00 RIGHT NOW, I AM BIASED. I'M A VEGETARIAN. 07:04 I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER IT. 07:06 THE BIBLE DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU TO BE A VEGETARIAN. 07:09 BUT ARE YOU AWARE THAT WE WILL BE VEGETARIANS IN HEAVEN? 07:12 >>AMEN. >>YES >>AMEN. 07:14 >>WHEN GOD ASKED ADAM TO NAME THE ANIMALS, HE DID NOT LOOK AT 07:17 THE COW AND SAY, 'WHOPPER'. (LAUGHTER) AND HE DID NOT 07:20 LOOK AT THE CHICKENS AND SAY, 'MCNUGGETS'. 07:22 (LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THEM, HE 07:27 WASN'T SUPPOSED TO THINK ABOUT EATING THEM. 07:29 AND IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER SIN AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FLOOD 07:32 THAT ANIMALS BECAME A PART OF THE DIET. 07:34 WHAT MAMMALS DOES GOD SAY WE COULD EAT? 07:37 NOW, I TOLD YOU I'M A VEGETARIAN. I ENCOURAGE THAT. 07:41 BUT THE BIBLE DOES SAY YOU'RE GOING TO EAT MEAT, BUT THEN IT 07:43 SAYS IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT MEAT THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA. 07:46 YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS IN LEVITICUS 11, VERSE 3, "WHATEVER 07:50 PARTS THE HOOF, AND IS CLOVEN FOOTED AND CHEWS THE CUD, THESE 07:56 YOU CAN EAT." SO IT NEEDED TO HAVE A 07:58 CLOVEN HOOF - IT NEEDED BOTH CHARACTERISTICS, NOT JUST ONE. 08:04 BUT EVEN SOME MEAT IS NOT HEALTHY. 08:07 FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW A CAMEL? 08:08 A CAMEL CHEWS THE CUD BUT IT'S GOT A PAW. 08:12 NOW SOME OF YOU ARE REALLY BOTHERED BY THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE 08:14 GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THE CAMEL OUT OF YOUR FRIDGE TONIGHT RIGHT 08:17 AFTER (LAUGHTER) WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A PROBLEM IN CHRIST'S 08:20 TIME. HE SAID, 'YOU STRAIN A GNAT AND 08:21 YOU SWALLOW A CAMEL' - WHICH IS UNCLEAN. 08:24 HE SAID, 'YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING A LITTLE BITTY BUG IN 08:25 YOUR WATER, BUT THEN YOU GO EAT CAMEL STEAK WHEN YOU GO HOME AND 08:28 GOD SAYS IT'S UNCLEAN. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AROUND CAMELS? I HAVE. 08:34 YEAH. I WOULDN'T WANT TO EAT ONE. 08:36 NOW, SOME THINGS, THEY CHEW THE CUD BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A CLOVEN 08:41 HOOF. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF 08:42 ANIMALS THAT HAVE A CLOVEN HOOF, BUT THEY DON'T CHEW THE CUD. 08:46 YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT CATEGORY? 08:47 AH, THIS ONE'S VERY POPULAR. PUERCO - THE PIG, THE HOG, THE 08:55 SWINE - "THOUGH IT DIVIDES THE HOOF, HAVING CLOVEN HOOVES, 09:00 YET DOES NOT CHEW THE CUD, IS UNCLEAN TO YOU." 09:03 HE GOES ON TO SAY, "THEIR FLESH YOU SHALL NOT EAT, AND THEIR 09:07 CARCASS YOU SHALL NOT TOUCH." THERE WAS AN ABOMINATION. 09:11 PIGS ARE FILTHY. I USED TO TAKE CARE OF MY 09:14 NEIGHBOR'S PIGS WHEN HE WOULD GO ON VACATION AND, YOU KNOW, I'D 09:17 ALWAYS TRY AND FIND SOME NEW WORD TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT ALL I 09:20 CAN COME UP WITH IS TO TELL YOU THAT PIGS ARE PIGS. 09:23 THEIR NAME IS THE DEFINITION. YOU CAN'T IMPROVE ON IT. 09:26 (LAUGHTER) YOU EVER BEEN BY - OR DRIVEN BY A PIG SLAUGHTER HOUSE? 09:31 EVEN THE BIBLE SAYS - LIKE THE SOW THAT WAS WASHED RETURNS TO 09:36 WALLOWING IN THE MIRE. AND THEIR FLESH IS 09:40 FULL OF DISEASE. THEY'RE SCAVENGERS. 09:45 GOD MADE SOME ANIMALS THAT ARE SCAVENGERS AND THEY'RE MADE TO, 09:49 KIND OF, CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT. 09:50 THEY EAT GARBAGE. WHY WOULD YOU - YOU WOULDN'T 09:54 EAT GARBAGE BUT YOU'LL EAT THE GARBAGE CAN (LAUGHTER) 09:57 WHEN YOU EAT A PIG. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS? 10:00 'THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO THE MARKET' (LAUGHTER) 'THIS LITTLE 10:04 PIGGY STAYED HOME. THIS LITTLE PIGGY HAD ROAST 10:08 BEEF' - EVEN A PIG WON'T EAT PORK. 10:10 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW I - I REMEMBER READING ONCE - I 10:17 THINK IT WAS ONE OUT OF FIVE AUTOPSIES DONE IN NORTH AMERICA 10:20 - THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE CADAVERS HAD SYMPTOMS OR 10:24 EVIDENCE OF TRICHINA POISONING. TRICHINOSIS IS A VERY TRICKY 10:33 DISEASE IN THAT WHEN THE MUSCLE TISSUE CONTAINING TRICHINA CYSTS 10:37 ARE EATEN BY A HUMAN, IT SAYS THE CYSTS ARE THEN DIGESTED IN 10:40 THE STOMACH THEN RELEASE THE LARVAE WHICH "...MIGRATE TO THE 10:44 INTESTINE, BEGIN A NEW LIFE CYCLE. 10:46 FEMALE TRICHINA WORMS LIVE ABOUT SIX WEEKS AND IN THAT TIME THEY 10:49 MAY RELEASE 15,000 LARVAE. THE MIGRATION AND ENCYSTMENT OF 10:53 LARVAE CAN CAUSE FEVER, PAIN, OR EVEN DEATH." 10:56 IT CAN CAUSE STIFFNESS IN JOINTS AND KNEES AND PAIN AND IT'S 10:59 OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED. A PERSON THINKS, 'I'VE GOT 11:02 BURSITIS' OR 'ARTHRITIS' AND THEY GOT PIGITIS IS WHAT IT IS 11:06 (LAUGHTER) IT'S FROM - IT'S VERY COMMON AROUND THE WORLD. 11:12 THERE'S A PICTURE OF A FELLOW. HE'S GOT HIS LUNCH ON HIS 11:13 BOX - BACK OF HIS BIKE. ONE NUTRITIONIST WROTE A FEW 11:20 YEARS AGO - AND THIS IS AN OLD ARTICLE, BUT I LIKE 11:21 THE WAY HE WORDED IT. SEPTEMBER 6, 1999. 11:25 A "NUTRITIONIST SAID BACON WASN'T TECHNICALLY MEAT ANYMORE. 11:28 IT DIDN'T BELONG TO ANY FOOD GROUP AT ALL. 11:31 IT WAS A SALTY NITRATE-RIDDEN, FAT-LADEN CARCINOGENIC THING." 11:36 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO EAT A CARCINOGENIC THING? 11:42 BECAUSE IT TASTES GOOD. ARE YOU GOING TO BE CONTROLLED 11:45 BY THE SPIRIT OR BY THE FLESH? NOW SOME OF YOU ARE SAYING, 11:49 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU'RE COMING DOWN PRETTY HARD ON THOSE OF US WHO 11:52 ARE, YOU KNOW, EATING MEAT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 11:55 YOU KNOW, GOD DESIGNED HUMANS TO EAT MEAT AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE 11:58 GOT THESE CANINE TEETH, YOU KNOW?' 12:01 I'VE HEARD THAT ARGUMENT BEFORE. THAT'S NONSENSE. 12:05 THIS FELLA'S GOT CANINE TEETH TOO. 12:07 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) AND HE'S A VEGETARIAN. 12:13 AS IS THE HIPPO AND THE ELEPHANT - I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR I WANT TO 12:16 TAKE THIS ILLUSTRATION BUT - AND, ACTUALLY, THE DIGESTIVE 12:21 SYSTEM OF A CAT OR A CARNIVORE OR A DOG IS VERY SMOOTH. 12:27 VEGETARIAN ANIMALS HAVE A MORE COMPLEX DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. 12:31 WHERE THEY'VE GOT THE BROKEN UP INTESTINE AND WE'RE IN THAT 12:39 CATEGORY. WE THRIVE ON A VEGETARIAN DIET. 12:43 PEOPLE SAY TO ME ALL THE TIME, 'OH PASTOR DOUG, YOU KNOW, YOU 12:45 CAN'T BE HEALTHY IF YOU'RE VEGETARIAN. 12:48 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ENOUGH B-12 AND PROTEIN.' 12:51 THAT IS A MYTH. THAT IS TOTALLY AN UNEDUCATED STATEMENT. 12:54 I'VE BEEN A VEGETARIAN FOR FORTY YEARS. 12:57 I LOVE WHEN I GO TO SUBWAY AND I ORDER A VEGGIE AND THEY SAY, 'DO 13:00 YOU WANT ANY CHEESE?' I SAID, 'NO. 13:01 I'M A VEGAN TOO.' I SAID, 'NO, JUST ALL VEGGIES.' 13:04 I SAY, 'I'M A VEGETARIAN.' 'REALLY?' 13:06 I SAID, 'YEP.' I SAID, 'DO I LOOK 90 YEARS OLD?' 13:10 (LAUGHTER) AND THEY GO, 'WOW, YOU'RE NOT' - (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) 13:18 I USUALLY CONFESS THAT I'M KIDDING AT THAT POINT. 13:20 YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY I WAS 90, I SAID, 'DO I LOOK 90?' 13:23 (LAUGHTER) OF COURSE, ONCE I SAID, 'DO I LOOK 70?' 13:25 AND THEY SAID, 'YEAH, ABOUT 70.' (LAUGHTER) SO I HAD TO UP IT A 13:29 LITTLE BIT. BUT, NO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAVE 13:34 BEEN A VEGETARIAN 40 YEARS AND I FEEL GREAT. 13:37 YOU GET - YOU KNOW, IF YOU - A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH 13:40 HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED. IF YOU USE STRAWBERRY PRESERVES 13:43 YOU'VE GOT YOUR FRUITS, GRAINS, AND NUTS RIGHT THERE. 13:45 THE WHOLE THING. (LAUGHTER) YOU'VE GOT PROTEIN, 13:47 YOU'VE GOT B-12 - YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED. 13:49 AND SOMEBODY SAYS, 'YOU WON'T GET ENOUGH,' DON'T BELIEVE THAT 13:52 FOR A MINUTE. LOOK WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN THE BIBLE. 13:56 IT'S KIND OF A PRIMITIVE CHART BUT YOU SEE HERE, THESE ARE THE 13:59 PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE FLOOD. 14:02 YOU'VE GOT SETH, METHUSELAH, NOAH - THEY'RE LIVES WERE 14:05 MEASURED IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS. 14:07 AFTER THE FLOOD, ALL OF THE VEGETATION WAS DESTROYED. 14:10 YOU REMEMBER, GOD TOOK THE CLEAN ANIMALS ON THE ARK BY SEVENS AND 14:15 THEY, OSTENSIBLY, WOULD SACRIFICE THEM. 14:19 THEY WERE ALLOWED TO EAT OF THE SACRIFICE, BUT MEAT EATING 14:21 BECAME A LOT MORE PREDOMINANT AFTER THE FLOOD. 14:25 AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIFE SPAN. 14:28 ONE OF THE PLACES IN THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE THE LONGEST IS 14:31 THE HUNZA PEOPLE IN THE HUNZA VALLEY IN INDIA - LARGELY 14:34 VEGETARIAN - VERY COMMON FOR THEM TO LIVE OVER 100 YEARS OF 14:37 AGE. THEY DON'T HAVE A FRACTION OF 14:40 THE MODERN DISEASES THAT WE EXPERIENCE. 14:43 >>DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING FREE 14:46 RESOURCE. 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YOU READ IN LEVITICUS 11, VERSE 15:29 9, "THESE YOU CAN EAT OF ALL THAT ARE IN THE WATERS: WHATEVER 15:33 HAS FINS AND SCALES...THEM YOU SHALL EAT." 15:37 YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NAVY DID SOME RESEARCH BACK 15:43 AFTER WORLD WAR II BECAUSE A NUMBER OF PILOTS AND SAILORS 15:47 WERE FLOATING AROUND IN THE OCEAN - THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT 15:50 THEY COULD AND COULDN'T EAT OF THE FISH THAT KIND OF GATHERED 15:53 AROUND THEIR LIFE RAFTS AND THEY SAID, 'WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SOME 15:55 CRITERIA THAT THEY CAN REMEMBER - SOMETHING SIMPLE.' AND THEY 15:58 DID ALL THIS RESEARCH AND ONE OF THEM SAID, 'YOU KNOW, IT SAYS IN 16:03 THE BIBLE THAT IF IT HAS FINS AND SCALES IT'S SAFE.' AND THEY 16:07 SAID, 'WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.' AND DID ALL THE 16:08 RESEARCH. THEY SAID, 'THAT'S PROBABLY THE 16:10 BEST RULE OF THUMB WE CAN TELL THE SAILORS.' THEY FOUND A LOT 16:14 OF TOXINS IN THE SCAVENGERS. CATFISH DO NOT HAVE SCALES. 16:21 MY BROTHER AND I USED TO CATCH CATFISH OFF MY DAD'S BACK PORCH. 16:24 HE WAS RIGHT ON BISCAYNE BAY IN MIAMI BEACH. 16:26 AND, TAKING THE HOOK OUT OF THE CATFISH, MY BROTHER'S FINGER GOT 16:31 POKED BY THE DORSAL FIN AND IT WAS SO TOXIC HE COULD NEVER BEND 16:35 HIS FINGER AGAIN. AND PEOPLE EAT THOSE THINGS. 16:39 WE ATE 'EM TOO BACK THEN. SHARKS, THEY'VE GOT 16:42 CARTILAGE ON THE OUTSIDE. THEY'RE SCAVENGERS. 16:46 AND SOME OF YOU ARE WONDERING, WHAT ABOUT TUNA. 16:49 TUNA HAS SCALES - VERY SMALL, BUT THEY'VE GOT SCALES. 16:52 AND SO, THEY NEEDED THESE THINGS. 16:53 SO WHAT WOULD BE UNCLEAN? "BUT IN THE SEAS" - LEVITICUS 16:57 11:10 STILL - "IN ALL THE SEAS OF THE RIVERS THOSE THAT DO NOT 17:01 HAVE FINS AND SCALES, ALL THAT MOVE IN THE WATER OR ANY LIVING 17:04 THING WHICH IS IN THE WATER, THEY ARE AN ABOMINATION TO YOU." 17:08 NOW THERE'S NO TIME IN THE BIBLE WHEN GOD CALLS SOMETHING AN 17:11 ABOMINATION IN ONE PART THAT IT IS THEN BLESSED IN ANOTHER PART. 17:14 ANYTHING THAT'S DECLARED BY GOD AN ABOMINATION STAYS AN 17:17 ABOMINATION. AND, BY THE WAY, THESE ARE NOT 17:22 LAWS JUST FOR ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE, THESE ARE LAWS THAT 17:24 GOD GAVE TO HUMANITY IN THE BEGINNING. WHAT ABOUT THE BIRDS? 17:28 IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT MEAT, WHAT BIRDS ARE CLEAN? 17:31 WELL, THE WAY THEY RAISE SOME BIRDS, I DON'T WANT TO EAT 17:35 ANYTHING BUT, BIBLICALLY, IT NEEDED TO BE A FORAGING BIRD. 17:40 THE ONES THAT ARE UNCLEAN - IT SAYS, "EVERY RAVEN AFTER ITS 17:42 KIND," - AND THE "OWL, AND THE NIGHT HAWK, AND 17:46 THE CUCKAW, AND THE HAWK AFTER ITS KIND." 17:48 - THE SCAVENGERS - THE RAPTORS - THEY WERE UNCLEAN - THE 17:54 OMNIVORES. THE FORAGING BIRDS LIKE THE 17:58 PHEASANT AND THE QUAIL AND THE CHICKEN AND THE TURKEY, YOU'LL 18:02 BE HAPPY TO KNOW, ARE IN THE CLEAN CATEGORY. (LAUGHTER) 18:06 PIGEON IS CLEAN, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL NEVER STARVE IN NEW YORK 18:11 CITY. (LAUGHTER) I WOULDN'T EAT ANY OF THOSE, THOUGH. 18:16 BUT THEY WERE TYPICALLY IN THAT CATEGORY. 18:19 SO, ARE THE LAWS ABOUT THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS PART OF 18:22 MOSES' CEREMONIAL LAW THAT ENDED AT THE CROSS? 18:25 THIS IS THE ARGUMENT - HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE? 18:27 NO, YOU READ IN GENESIS 7, WHEN GOD WAS TELLING NOAH TO BRING 18:32 THE ANIMALS ON THE ARK, EVERYONE SAYS, 'OH YEAH, THEY WENT ON THE 18:35 ARK TWO BY TWO.' NOT ALL OF THEM. 18:37 THE UNCLEAN ANIMALS WENT BY TWO. THE CLEAN ANIMALS WENT BY SEVEN. 18:42 "COME INTO THE ARK YOU AND ALL YOUR HOUSEHOLD..." AND IT SAYS 18:45 OF THE BEASTS THAT ARE NOT CLEAN THEY'LL BRING BY TWO. 18:49 OF THE CLEAN BEASTS, THEY COME BY SEVENS. 18:53 LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE THE STAG AND SEVEN DOES. 18:56 YOU HAVE THE BULL AND - OR SIX COWS AND THE BULL - AND SO THEY 18:59 MAY HAVE DIVIDED IT UP LIKE THAT. 19:01 AND SO, HOW MANY HERE ARE RELATED TO NOAH? 19:06 THAT'D BE ALL OF YOU. (LAUGHTER) HOW MANY OF YOU NEVER 19:08 RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN THE PASTOR ASKS A QUESTION? 19:10 (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) SOME OF YOU WERE HONEST ENOUGH TO FINALLY 19:14 RAISE YOUR HAND FOR THAT QUESTION. 19:17 BUT WE'RE ALL RELATED TO NOAH. SO GOD MAKES A DISTINCTION OF 19:20 CLEAN AND UNCLEAN RIGHT BACK THERE IN THE BEGINNING. 19:24 THESE THINGS - WE KNOW TODAY THAT THERE'S HEALTH PRINCIPLES. 19:28 BY THE WAY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DID AN ARTICLE A FEW YEARS AGO 19:33 CALLED THE BLUE ZONES . DID ANY OF YOU HERE 19:35 EVER SEE THIS MAGAZINE? IT TALKED ABOUT THE AREAS OF 19:37 THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE THE LONGEST. 19:40 THEY CAME UP WITH THREE GROUPS: THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN SARDINIA 19:44 - THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN - 19:49 SOME OF THE OLDEST IN THE WORLD, AND THE THIRD CATEGORY WAS 19:52 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS THAT LIVE IN LOMA LINDA. 19:54 OR SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, BUT THAT'S JUST AN ENCLAVE DOWN 19:58 THERE AND SO THEY SAW THERE WAS A CONCENTRATION. 20:00 AND SO, THEY SPECIFICALLY SAID SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 20:04 WHAT DO THEY ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? THEIR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. 20:09 >>AMEN. >>FOLLOWING THE BIBLICAL 20:11 CRITERIA, AMONG OTHER THINGS, HAVING A DAY OF REST HELPS ALSO. 20:15 AND THEY LIVE A LOT LONGER. I WAS VISITING A SISTER TODAY, 20:21 93 YEARS OLD UP AND AROUND DOING FINE. 20:25 THIS IS A PICTURE OF ONE OF MY CHURCH MEMBERS, 111 AND STILL 20:29 GOING - VIOLA COOK. AND IT JUST WAS AMAZING TO ME, 20:36 HER BROTHER-IN-LAW TOLD ME - ART REED - GAVE ME SOME GOOD ADVICE 20:41 - IF YOU FORGET EVERYTHING I SAY TONIGHT, REMEMBER THIS: I SAID, 20:43 'ART, HOW COME YOU'RE SO OLD AND SO HEALTHY?' 20:45 HE SAID, 'THREE THINGS: STOP EATING WHILE YOU'RE STILL A 20:49 LITTLE HUNGRY, WAKE UP WHEN YOU'RE STILL A LITTLE SLEEPY, 20:54 AND STOP TALKING WHEN YOU STILL HAVE SOMETHING LEFT TO SAY.' 20:56 (LAUGHTER) SECRET TO LIFE. 21:01 DOES GOD SAY THAT EATING UNCLEAN FOOD IS A SERIOUS OFFENSE? 21:07 SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'OH, THE BIBLE LAWS ABOUT HEALTH ARE 21:09 RECOMMENDATIONS.' THE BIBLE DOESN'T CALL THEM 21:11 RECOMMENDATIONS, IT CALLS THEM LAWS. 21:13 LISTEN TO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH 66, VERSES 15 AND 17: 21:17 "FOR BEHOLD, THE LORD WILL COME WITH FIRE AND WITH HIS CHARIOTS, 21:20 LIKE A WHIRLWIND, TO RENDER HIS ANGER WITH FURY. 21:24 THOSE WHO SANCTIFY THEMSELVES AND PURIFY THEMSELVES..." 21:28 - THEY'RE DECLARING THEMSELVES SANCTIFIED AND PURE - "'EATING 21:30 SWINE'S FLESH AND THE ABOMINATION AND THE MOUSE, SHALL 21:36 BE CONSUMED TOGETHER,' SAYS THE LORD." 21:39 'OH, PASTOR DOUG, ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT MY BLT SANDWICH 21:42 IS NO MORE? IT TASTES SO GOOD.' YOU KNOW, 21:47 WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, THERE ARE SO MANY 21:49 GOOD THINGS TO EAT. I'M SURPRISED - PEOPLE SAY TO 21:52 ME, 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU'RE A VEGETARIAN. 21:54 WHAT DO YOU EAT?' (LAUGHTER) WELL, I EAT GREAT. 22:00 LOTS OF THINGS. YOU GROW UP LEARNING A CERTAIN 22:03 WAY AND YOU THINK THAT'S THE ONLY WAY. 22:05 YOU'VE GOT TO JUST LEARN TO DO GOOD - LEARN A NEW WAY - AND 22:07 YOU'LL BE FINE. SOME PEOPLE THINK, 'WELL, IF GOD 22:10 DOESN'T WANT US TO EAT IT, WHY DID HE MAKE IT?' 22:13 AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A BUMPER STICKER THAT YOU WOULD FIND 22:15 SOMEWHERE ON BUBBA'S TRUCK: 'GOD MADE IT SO WE CAN KILL IT AND 22:20 EAT IT.' HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY OF THE 22:22 ANIMALS FOR US TO KILL AND EAT. 22:24 PEOPLE QUOTE THIS VERSE IN 1 TIMOTHY 4:4, "FOR EVERY CREATURE 22:28 OF GOD IS GOOD," - HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE? 22:31 - "AND NOTHING TO BE REFUSED IF IT IS RECEIVED WITH THANKSGIVING 22:35 AND PRAYER." NOW THEY DON'T READ THE CONTEXT 22:38 - THEY DON'T READ WHAT IT SAYS BEFORE OR AFTER. 22:40 IT SAYS, FIRST OF ALL, THAT IT'LL BE SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD 22:41 OF GOD. THAT MEANS THE CREATURES THAT 22:44 ARE APPROVED IN THE WORD OF GOD CAN BE SANCTIFIED BY PRAYER. 22:48 BUT THIS NOTION THAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE - AND THIS IS WHERE - 22:52 BOY, I HOPE THIS SINKS IN WITH THINKING CHRISTIANS OUT THERE - 22:55 THE IDEA THAT WE'RE FREE NOW FROM THE LAWS ABOUT HEALTH 22:59 BECAUSE WE JUST PRAY AND GOD BLESSES WHATEVER WE EAT. 23:03 YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT THAT FROM YOUR CHILDREN. 23:06 HOW MANY ARE PARENTS OUT THERE? ARE THEY RAISING THEIR HANDS? 23:11 IF YOU WERE GETTING READY FOR WORK ONE DAY AND YOUR KIDS WERE 23:14 FIXING THEIR OWN BREAKFAST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A LITTLE OLDER, 23:16 AND YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE POURING SUGAR FROSTED FLAKES IN THEIR 23:22 BOWL AND THEY'RE PUTTING SUGAR ON TOP OF IT, THEN THEY GO IN 23:25 THE FREEZER AND GET A SCOOP OF CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, THEN THEY 23:27 GET SOME CARAMEL SYRUP, AND YOU SAY, 'WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU 23:30 THINK YOU'RE DOING?' 'DON'T WORRY, MOM, DAD, I'M 23:34 GOING TO ASK JESUS TO BLESS IT.' 23:36 (LAUGHTER) WOULD YOU SAY, 'WELL, THAT'S 23:39 OKAY, AS LONG AS YOU PRAY OVER IT, 23:41 THAT'LL BE OKAY.' HOW MANY WOULD ACCEPT THAT? 23:44 THEN WHY DO WE THINK THAT WE CAN TEMPT THE LORD BY GOING AGAINST 23:49 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH IN THE BIBLE AND SAY, 'BUT I 23:51 PRAYED OVER IT.' WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT THAT, IT'S TALKING 23:56 ABOUT THERE WAS A BIG CONTEST BETWEEN THE JEWISH CHRISTIANS 24:00 AND THE GENTILE CHRISTIANS AND THE JEWISH CHRISTIANS SAID, 24:02 'OH, THAT MEAT HAD BEEN OFFERED TO AN IDOL. 24:04 YOU CAN'T EAT IT.' AND PAUL SAID, 'LOOK, THE IDOL'S 24:06 NOTHING.' YOU PRAY OVER IT - HE WAS TALKING ABOUT CLEAN ANIMALS 24:09 THAT MAYBE THEY HAD BOUGHT IN A GENTILE MARKETPLACE - GOAT OR 24:13 TURKEY OR SHEEP OR WHATEVER IT WAS - AND THE JEWS HAD A VERY 24:18 SENSITIVE CONSCIENCE, THEY SAID, 'BUT IT WAS A GENTILE 24:20 MARKETPLACE. THEY BUTCHER THINGS AND THEY 24:22 OFFER THEM TO GODS BEFORE THEY BUTCHER THEM.' PAUL SAID, 'LOOK, 24:26 IT'S SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD. 24:27 GOD'S WORD SAID YOU CAN EAT THAT GOAT - THAT SHEEP - AND YOU'VE 24:30 PRAYED OVER IT. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.' 24:32 HOW MANY OF YOU EAT CHINESE FOOD IN A CHINESE RESTAURANT? 24:34 I DO. I DID THIS WEEK. 24:36 AND WHEN I WENT IN, THERE WAS A BUDDHA IN THE RESTAURANT. 24:42 NOW, SOME CHRISTIANS MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 24:44 THEY MIGHT SAY, 'I CAN'T EAT IN THERE, THERE WAS A BUDDHA. 24:46 I'LL BE SUPPORTING BUDDHA IF I EAT IN THAT RESTAURANT.' 24:48 (LAUGHTER) PAUL WAS SAYING, 'LOOK, YOU PRAY OVER YOUR FOOD. 24:52 DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT - THE COOK MIGHT BE 24:54 A BUDDHIST - IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.' THIS WAS THE ISSUE. 24:57 IT WASN'T SAYING YOU COULD EAT ANYTHING. 25:00 THAT'S IRRESPONSIBLE. WE ALL KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. 25:04 WHAT YOU EAT IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR HEALTH. 25:06 HOW MUCH YOU EAT IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR HEALTH. 25:10 SOME WILL SAY, 'WHAT ABOUT THE VISION THAT PETER HAD IN ACTS 25:13 CHAPTER 10?' SOME OF YOU REMEMBER, IT TELLS 25:16 US THAT CORNELIUS, A GENTILE, AND HIS FAMILY FULL OF GENTILES, 25:21 AN ANGEL SAYS, 'YOU MUST HEAR FROM PETER.' 25:25 THEY SEND MESSENGERS TO PETER. NORMALLY JEWS DID NOT PREACH 25:27 TO THE GENTILES IN THOSE EARLY DAYS. 25:30 PETER'S UP ON THE ROOF, HE'S PRAYING, HE'S HUNGRY. 25:33 GOD GIVES HIM A VISION OF A SHEET THAT COMES DOWN FROM 25:35 HEAVEN, FULL OF ALL THESE UNCLEAN ANIMALS AND GOD SAYS, 25:37 'ARISE AND EAT.' NOTICE WHAT PETER SAYS: 'NOT SO, LORD. 25:42 I HAVE NEVER EATEN ANYTHING COMMON OR UNCLEAN.' AND THE 25:46 BIBLE SAYS, 'DO NOT CALL UNCLEAN WHAT I HAVE CLEANSED.' AND HE'S 25:51 WONDERING - THIS HAPPENS THREE TIMES - HE NEVER TAKES ANYTHING 25:53 OUT OF THE SHEET - IT'S A VISION - YOU CAN'T EAT A VISION. 25:55 HE NEVER TAKES ANYTHING OUT OF THE SHEET. HE NEVER EATS IT. 25:59 AND HE'S WONDERING WHAT THE VISION MEANS. 26:01 AND SOME GENTILES KNOCK ON THE DOOR DOWNSTAIRS AND PETER 26:04 EXPLAINS WHAT THIS VISION IS ABOUT. 26:06 HE SAID, 'GOD HAS TOLD ME NOT TO CALL ANY MAN' - THAT'S A FUNNY 26:11 WAY TO SPELL 'PIG' - IT DOESN'T SAY GOD SHOWED ME NOT TO CALL 26:15 ANY SWINE UNCLEAN.' HE SAID NOT TO CALL ANY MAN UNCLEAN BECAUSE 26:18 THE JEWS WERE CALLING THE GENTILES UNCLEAN. 26:21 THIS VISION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH FOOD. 26:24 IT HAD TO DO WITH TAKING THE GOSPEL TO THE GENTILES. 26:27 SO PASTORS THAT SAY THAT, THEY'RE BEING DISHONEST. 26:30 THEY KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING THERE. 26:33 DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAT WE EAT? 26:35 DO YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE ALL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SIN AND 26:37 TEMPTATION? BECAUSE OUR FIRST PARENTS ATE 26:41 SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO EAT. 26:48 >>DON'T FORGET TO REQUEST TODAY'S LIFE-CHANGING FREE 26:50 RESOURCE. NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS 26:52 FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT 26:55 TO YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. 26:57 TO GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT, SIMPLY TEXT 27:00 THE KEY WORD ON YOUR SCREEN TO 40544 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS 27:05 SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN. AND BE SURE TO SELECT A DIGITAL 27:08 DOWNLOAD OPTION ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 27:10 >>IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD WITH 27:13 AMAZING FACTS WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT. 27:17 AND MOST IMPORTANT? 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