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Series Code: AFNB
Program Code: AFNB001821S
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00:05 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:08 NUCLEAR SUBMARINES, OR BOOMERS, ARE MODERN ENGINEERING 00:12 WONDERS EQUIVALENT TO A TIGHTLY PACKED, SELF-CONTAINED CITY 00:16 WHERE A CREW OF 140 SHARE THE SPACE OF A THREE-BEDROOM HOUSE. 00:20 A NUCLEAR SUB CAN STAY SUBMERGED UP TO 90 DAYS. 00:24 THERE IS LITTLE CONTACT WITH FAMILY DURING THIS TIME. 00:27 ALONG WITH THE PRESSURE OF BEING PREPARED TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR 00:30 WEAPONS, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST STRESSFUL MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS. 00:34 TO COMPENSATE, THE NAVY TRAINS THE BEST CHEFS FOR THESE SUBS. 00:38 A MEAL MIGHT BE PRIME RIB, SAUTÉED MUSHROOMS, BAKED 00:42 POTATOES, FRESH BREAD, AND REAL CHOCOLATE CAKE. 00:46 THEY SAY AN ARMY TRAVELS ON ITS STOMACH AND THAT'S WHY THE 00:48 MILITARY SPENDS MILLIONS EVALUATING WHAT THE SOLDIERS 00:52 EAT. WHY IS IT THAT MANY CHRISTIANS 00:54 THINK GOD DOESN'T CARE WHAT HIS SOLDIERS EAT? 00:57 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT WHETHER YOU EAT OR DRINK OR 01:00 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. 01:03 SINCE OUR BODIES ARE GOD'S TEMPLE, WE SHOULD PRESENT THEM 01:06 TO HIM AS A LIVING SACRIFICE AND NOT ABUSE THEM WITH GLUTTONY, 01:11 ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE SOLDIERS IN HIS ARMY. 01:14 SO JOIN ME, TODAY, FOR THIS PROGRAM AS WE UNCOVER MORE 01:17 AMAZING HEALTH FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 01:25 WELCOME, FRIENDS, TO OUR FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH PROGRAM. 01:28 SO GLAD TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE. AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IF 01:33 THE REFORMATION WAS TO CONTINUE, WHAT ARE SOME MESSAGES THAT THE 01:37 CHRISTIAN WORLD REALLY NEEDS TO HEAR. 01:41 BUT I LIKE TO ALWAYS START WITH AN AMAZING FACT. 01:43 I'M GOING TO NEED TO READ SOME OF THIS FROM MY NOTES TONIGHT 01:46 BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DETAILS I CAN'T REMEMBER. 01:48 THE MOST POWERFUL SUPER COMPUTER USED TO BE IN THE U.S. 01:51 IT WAS CALLED THE BIG BLUE - MADE BY IBM. 01:54 NO LONGER. NOW IT'S IN CHINA. IT'S THE 93 PETAFLOP SUNWAY 02:02 TAIHULIGHT INSTALLED AT THE NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER 02:07 IN WUXI, CHINA - I'VE BEEN TO WUXI - IT HAS MORE THAN 02:10 10.5 MILLION LOCALLY MADE PROCESSOR CORES - ONE COMPUTER. 02:15 YOUR COMPUTERS MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE. 02:18 AT ITS PEAK, THE COMPUTER CAN PERFORM 93 TRILLION CALCULATIONS 02:24 PER SECOND, WHICH IS A WHOLE ROOM OF SUPER PROCESSORS, AIR 02:30 CONDITIONERS AND POWER CABLES. STILL, THIS IS ONLY 0.4 PERCENT 02:36 OF WHAT ONE HUMAN BRAIN CAN DO IN PROCESSING IN A SECOND, WHICH 02:41 MEANS THIS SUPER COMPUTER IS ABOUT HALF AS SMART 02:44 AS A MOUSE BRAIN. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US 02:50 THAT WE ARE FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE. 02:53 YOU KNOW, IN YOUR BRAIN, THAT TWO AND A HALF POUND 02:56 ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPUTER. IT'S FILLED WITH BILLIONS OF 03:01 NEURONS AND THEY'VE DISCOVERED NOW THAT WITHIN THE NEURONS ARE 03:05 THESE DENDRITES AND THEY USED TO THINK THAT THEY WERE JUST KIND 03:08 OF INTERCONNECTING CABLES, BUT THE SCIENTISTS HAVE COME TO 03:12 DISCOVER THAT EACH ONE OF THESE LITTLE DENDRITES, WHICH ARE JUST 03:15 SUPER MICROSCOPIC CABLES WITHIN THE NEURONS, ACTUALLY EACH IS A 03:24 COMPUTER IN ITSELF. AND SO, THE STATISTICS THAT THEY 03:28 HAD ABOUT THE COMPUTING ABILITY OF THE HUMAN BRAIN, THEY'RE 03:32 FINDING OUT THAT IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN THEY EVEN THOUGHT, 03:36 WHICH MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING 03:39 THROUGH ETERNITY. THAT'S JUST ONE REASON I JUST 03:41 COULD NEVER ACCEPT EVOLUTION. WHY WOULD YOU EVOLVE A BRAIN 03:46 THAT YOU DON'T EVEN USE 70 PERCENT OF IT IN ONE LIFE? 03:51 WHY WOULD YOU EVOLVE WITH SO MUCH EXTRA CAPACITY? 03:56 I THINK THAT GOD MADE THESE THINGS. 03:58 NOW, OUR MESSAGE TONIGHT IS DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF 04:01 HEALING, HEALTH, AND HOLINESS. LET'S LOOK AT OUR LESSON, IT'S 04:06 GOING TO BRING OUT A NUMBER OF POINTS. 04:08 FIRST QUESTION: WHY IS GOD CONCERNED WITH OUR PHYSICAL 04:11 HEALTH? BECAUSE, FIRST OF 04:14 ALL, HE LOVES YOU. LOOK IN MATTHEW 4:23. 04:18 WHAT WAS THE MINISTRY OF JESUS LIKE? 04:20 JESUS WENT ABOUT ALL GALILEE TEACHING IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES AND 04:23 PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM, AND HEALING ALL MANNER 04:27 OF SICKNESS AND ALL MANNER OF DISEASE AMONG THE PEOPLE. 04:31 JESUS SPENT ALMOST AS MUCH TIME HEALING AS HE DID TEACHING. 04:35 HE WANTS US TO BE WELL. HE CREATED MAN HEALTHY 04:39 IN THE BEGINNING. HE WANTS US TO HAVE LIFE. 04:41 YOU READ IN 3 JOHN, VERSE 2, "BELOVED, I WISH ABOVE ALL 04:45 THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT PROSPER AND BE IN HEALTH, EVEN AS YOUR 04:50 SOUL PROSPERS." HOW IMPORTANT IS PHYSICAL 04:53 PROSPERITY TO GOD? HE SAID, 'EVEN AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS'. 04:56 WHY? WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? BECAUSE GOD COMMUNICATES 05:01 TO YOU THROUGH YOUR BRAIN. YOUR BRAIN IS SORT OF LIKE THE 05:05 BRIDGE BETWEEN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY AND GOD. 05:07 HE DOESN'T COMMUNICATE TO YOU THROUGH YOUR TOES OR THROUGH 05:12 YOUR ELBOW. AND YOU MIGHT THINK HE SPEAKS TO 05:14 YOU THROUGH YOUR STOMACH, BUT GOD SPEAKS TO YOU 05:18 THROUGH YOUR HEAD. AMEN. 05:20 AND YOUR HEAD IS A COMBINATION OF SOME KIND OF A SPIRITUAL 05:23 ORGAN AND THEY STILL DON'T KNOW IF THOUGHTS ARE PHYSICAL. 05:28 LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW, RIGHT NOW, IN 05:30 THIS ROOM IN YOUR MINDS AND IN MINE WHILE I'M TALKING TO YOU 05:33 AND I'M TAKING IN THINGS VISUALLY. 05:35 I'M WATCHING SOME OF YOU YAWN AND THINK WHAT THAT DOES TO ME 05:36 WHILE I'M TALKING. (LAUGHTER) 05:38 AND I'M SEEING ALL OF THIS AND I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT 05:42 I'VE GOT TO SAY NEXT AND THERE'S JUST THOUSANDS OF THINGS GOING 05:45 ON IN MY MIND AND ARE THOSE TANGIBLE? 05:49 WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRES YOU, IS THAT JUST A COMPUTER 05:54 PROCESS OR IS THERE SOMETHING OUTSIDE INFLUENCING YOUR BRAIN? 05:58 BUT YOUR BRAIN IS ALSO AN ORGAN. IT'S FED BY BLOOD. 06:02 IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S THE CENTER OF - ALL THE NERVES IN 06:04 YOUR BODY KIND OF END IN YOUR BRAIN, BUT YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T 06:07 FEEL. IF YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY 06:10 AND YOUR MIND IS CLEAR, IT IS EASIER FOR YOU TO BE 06:14 A WITNESS FOR THE LORD. AMEN. 06:16 YOU WILL FEEL BETTER WHICH MAKES YOU A HAPPIER PERSON, 06:19 WHICH MAKES YOU A BETTER WITNESS. 06:21 IF YOUR HEAD IS CLEAR, YOU UNDERSTAND SPIRITUAL THINGS 06:24 BETTER - IT'S EASIER FOR YOU TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE AND 06:27 COMPREHEND THE WILL OF GOD IF YOUR MIND IS CLEAR. 06:31 AND SO THE DEVIL IS WORKING OVERTIME TO TRY TO FOG UP THE 06:34 MINDS OF HIS PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM SICK SO THAT THEY'RE JUST 06:39 NOT ABLE TO LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE THE WAY HE WANTS THEM TO. 06:43 HE WANTS US TO HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE. 06:45 AND THAT'S OUR NEXT VERSE, JOHN CHAPTER 10, VERSE 10, "I AM COME 06:49 THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY." 06:52 I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF THIS GUY, HIS NAME WAS BANANA JACK. 06:55 I THINK, IN THE PICTURE, HE'S SKIING - HE'S NOT ONLY SKIING 06:58 HE'S SKIING BAREFOOT AND HE'S 90 YEARS OLD. 07:02 HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE DENTURES BECAUSE HE'S HOLDING 07:04 THE ROPE IN HIS TEETH. I LIKE TO SPRINKLE A 07:08 FEW AMAZING FACTS HERE. I WAS READING BACK IN 2014 ABOUT 07:14 JANETTE AND ALAN MURRAY WHO SET A RECORD FOR RUNNING THE MOST 07:19 CONSECUTIVE MARATHONS OF ANYBODY IN HISTORY TOGETHER. 07:23 STARTING JANUARY 1, 2013, EVERY DAY THROUGH THE YEAR, THEY RAN A 07:28 MARATHON AND THEY RAN COMPLETELY AROUND AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA, 07:34 RUNNING 366 - THEY DID ONE EXTRA FOR GOOD MEASURE - MARATHONS - 07:39 26.2 MILES EVERY DAY AND SHE WAS 63 AND HE WAS 68 YEARS OLD. 07:51 AND, ALONG THE WAY, THEY CONSUMED 10,000 BANANAS, 07:54 THOUSANDS OF AVOCADOS, SMOOTHIES - THEY'RE BOTH VEGETARIANS - 07:57 VEGAN VEGETARIANS. PART OF THE REASON THEY DID THIS 07:59 WAS TO PROMOTE A VEGETARIAN DIET BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED IT WAS 08:02 LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR HER RECOVERY FROM CANCER. 08:07 AND THE JURY IS IN, FRIENDS, IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU MAY BE HEARING 08:12 FROM SOME OF THE MEAT AND DAIRY INDUSTRY, A VEGETARIAN DIET IS 08:17 DEFINITELY HEALTHIER FOR PEOPLE. THERE'S FAR LESS DISEASE - I 08:23 LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY, YEARS AGO, AND I'LL MAYBE SAY 08:25 MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. GOD PROMISED THE CHILDREN OF 08:28 ISRAEL, WHEN HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF EGYPT, THAT IF THEY WOULD 08:30 SERVE AND OBEY HIM HE WOULD REMOVE ALL SICKNESS FROM THEM. 08:35 DID HE KEEP HIS PROMISE? AMEN. 08:37 YOU KNOW, HE PRESCRIBED THEIR DIET. 08:39 THEY ATE ANGEL'S FOOD FROM GOD EVERY DAY. 08:42 AND, AFTER 40 YEARS OF FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF HEALTH AND 08:46 SANITATION THAT GOD HAD GIVEN MOSES, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 08:49 TESTIMONY IS IN PSALM 105, VERSE 37? 08:52 AMONG THIS PEOPLE - THIS NATION - OF UP TO 2 MILLION PEOPLE, IT 08:57 SAYS HE BROUGHT THEM FORTH - THERE WAS NOT ONE FEEBLE PERSON 09:00 AMONG THEIR TRIBES. CAN YOU IMAGINE 2 MILLION PEOPLE 09:04 IN A CITY AND THE HOSPITAL IS EMPTY? 09:07 NOBODY - NOBODY, YOU KNOW, THE NURSES AND DOCTORS ARE JUST KIND 09:12 OF FOLDING THEIR ARMS AND THEY'RE WATCHING THE CLOCK 09:14 BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY TO TAKE CARE OF BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S 09:16 WELL. YOU KNOW ONE REASON THAT THERE'S 09:20 A HEALTHCARE CRISIS IN NORTH AMERICA? 09:24 IT'S BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND 09:29 YOU FOLLOW ALL THE BEST HEALTH LAWS, YOU'LL EVENTUALLY GET OLD 09:32 AND DIE. BUT GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO 09:36 SPEND THE LAST 30 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE DYING. 09:40 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE ABOUT MOSES. 09:42 IT SAYS MOSES CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN - 120 YEARS OLD - GOD SAID, 09:45 'MOSES, IT'S TIME TO DIE. 09:46 I WANT YOU TO CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN AND WE'LL DEAL WITH IT 09:48 UP THERE.' MOSES CLIMBS THE MOUNTAIN, GOD LAYS HIM TO REST, 09:52 AND IT SAYS HIS STRENGTH WAS NOT ABATED, HIS VISION WAS STILL 09:55 CLEAR - 120 YEARS OLD - ACTIVE, PRODUCTIVE, CLEAR - AND THEN, 10:02 ALL OF A SUDDEN AT THE VERY END (SNAPS FINGERS) HE DIES. 10:05 ISN'T THAT KIND OF HOW YOU'D LIKE TO GO? 10:06 YES. I KNOW SO MANY DEAR OLD PEOPLE 10:10 WHO TOOK CARE OF THEIR HEALTH AND JUST KIND OF FELL 10:12 OVER IN THEIR GARDEN. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST - EVERYTHING 10:14 SORT OF HOLDS TOGETHER UNTIL THE END. 10:16 BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE BAD LIVING 10:19 PRACTICES - NOT COMPLETELY - SOME THINGS I KNOW ARE 10:22 HEREDITARY AND SOME THINGS ARE ACCIDENTS, BUT A LOT OF THE TIME 10:26 THE BAD LIVING PRACTICES IN WESTERN SOCIETY - PEOPLE START 10:31 GETTING HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION AND 10:34 ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND THEY'RE ON MEDICATION AND THAT MAKES 10:36 THEM SICKER AND THEY SPEND THE LAST 30 YEARS BEING SICK AND 10:42 IT'S OVERWHELMING THE EXPENSES OF OUR SOCIETY. 10:47 I'LL TELL YOU THE CURE FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROBLEM IN AMERICA 10:52 RIGHT NOW. CONGRESS CAN'T FIX IT, BUT IF 10:56 THERE WAS A REVIVAL OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE ON YOUR 10:59 KNOWING YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND PEOPLE 11:03 TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES, IN TEN YEARS THE HEALTHCARE 11:05 CRISIS WOULD BE GONE. DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS, 11:09 WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT WITH THE REST OF 11:11 TODAY'S PRESENTATION. IT'S NO SECRET, FRIENDS, 11:14 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TODAY ARE SUFFERING FROM HEALTH ISSUES 11:18 THAT LEAD TO CRIPPLING DISEASE AND SHORTER LIVES. WE SPEND 11:22 BILLIONS EVERY YEAR ON GOOFY HEALTH FADS THAT OFTEN END UP 11:25 HURTING OUR BODIES MORE THAN HELPING. 11:28 BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT THE BIBLE HAS THE EXACT PRESCRIPTION 11:32 THAT YOU NEED TO LIVE A HEALTHIER AND A HAPPIER LIFE? 11:36 AMAZING FACTS WANTS TO SEND YOU A SPECIAL FREE RESOURCE CALLED 11:40 AMAZING HEALTH FACTS . THIS ATTRACTIVE FULL-COLOR 11:43 MAGAZINE PRESENTS EIGHT POWERFUL BIBLICAL HEALTH LESSONS IN A 11:46 DIRECT AND CAPTIVATING WAY, GIVING YOU PRACTICAL, 11:49 EASY-TO-FOLLOW GUIDANCE ON BETTER LIVING TODAY. 11:53 BACKED BY MODERN RESEARCH, EACH LESSON IS PACKED WITH COLORFUL 11:56 AND INTRIGUING FACTS THAT WILL HELP YOU KEEP YOUR BODY, MIND, 11:59 AND SPIRIT STRONGER THAN EVER. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE 12:03 PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #806 OR 12:07 VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. AND, AFTER YOU READ THIS 12:09 INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, BE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 12:13 LET'S RETURN NOW TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE 12:16 AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 12:20 WHY IS OUR HEALTH SO IMPORTANT TO GOD? 12:23 THE BIBLE SAYS, IN 1 CORINTHIANS 6, VERSE 19, "YOUR BODY IS THE 12:27 TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST... THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN 12:32 YOUR BODY. HE DWELLS WITHIN YOU. CHRIST SAID HE WILL BE IN YOU. 12:37 SO HE WANTS YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THIS MIRACULOUS MACHINE THAT 12:40 HE'S GIVEN YOU. AND YOU'LL FEEL BETTER. 12:43 AGAIN, ROMANS 12, VERSE 1, PAUL SAYS, "I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE 12:47 BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD, THAT YOU PRESENT YOURSELF A 12:50 LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE UNTO HIM." 12:55 YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU BROUGHT A SACRIFICE TO THE TEMPLE IT WAS 12:58 TO BE A HOLY, PURE, UNBLEMISHED SACRIFICE. 13:01 WHAT IS A GOOD BIBLE LIVING RULE - OR WHAT IS A GOOD BIBLE LIVING 13:06 RULE FOR ALL CHRISTIANS? SIMPLE PRINCIPLE THAT WE SHOULD 13:09 ALL FOLLOW, 1 CORINTHIANS 10, VERSE 31, "WHETHER THEREFORE YOU 13:14 EAT OR WHATEVER YOU DRINK, DO ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD." 13:19 NOW, HELP ME, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO EAT AND DRINK TO GOD'S GLORY, 13:24 DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO NOT EAT AND DRINK TO 13:27 GOD'S GLORY? AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EATING 13:30 AND DRINKING THINGS THAT ARE NOT BRINGING GLORY TO GOD AND IT'S 13:33 NOT GOOD FOR THEIR BODIES EITHER. AND THE CHURCH, I THINK, 13:37 NEEDS TO DISCOVER THIS TRUTH - OR REDISCOVER, I SHOULD SAY, 13:41 THIS TRUTH. LET'S BE SPECIFIC, IF YOU DON'T 13:44 MIND, WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING OUR BIBLE QUESTIONS ANOTHER 13:47 NIGHT, SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE USING ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? 13:53 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU DRIVE BY THE LIQUOR STORE 13:55 AND IT SAYS, 'BEER, LIQUOR, AND SPIRITS' (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE WHEN 14:01 A PERSON DRINKS THE BEER AND THE LIQUOR THEY BECOME POSSESSED BY 14:06 OTHER SPIRITS. THAT'S RIGHT. 14:09 LET'S FACE IT, HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT WHEN A PERSON HAS A 14:14 LITTLE BIT TO DRINK THEY START DOING THINGS THEY NORMALLY WOULD 14:17 NOT DO. THEIR JUDGMENT IS IMPAIRED, THEY 14:19 SAY THINGS THEY'RE OFTEN SORRY ABOUT, THEY DO THINGS THEY'RE 14:22 OFTEN SORRY ABOUT, AND I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE YOU WAKE UP AND 14:28 YOU'RE IN JAIL, YOU DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE THERE. 14:31 OR YOU WAKE UP AND YOU FIND OUT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING TERRIBLY 14:34 EMBARRASSING THAT YOU CAN NEVER FORGET ABOUT, OR YOU'VE HURT 14:37 SOMEBODY YOU CARED ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A SPIRIT TOOK OVER. 14:43 WHY WOULD A CHRISTIAN WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD LOWER THEIR 14:46 RESISTANCE TO TEMPTATION? NOAH DRANK, STUMBLED AROUND - 14:53 NOAH DRANK, STUMBLED AROUND NAKED. KING DAVID TRIED TO GET 14:57 URIAH DRUNK SO HE'D GO AGAINST HIS CONSCIENCE. 15:00 LOT DRANK AND HE SLEPT WITH HIS DAUGHTERS. 15:02 YOU LOOK IN THE BIBLE, IT'S NOT A GOOD RECORD. 15:05 GIVE WINE TO HIM THAT IS READY TO PERISH. 15:08 YOU READ IN PROVERBS 20, VERSE 1, "WINE IS A MOCKER, STRONG 15:11 DRINK IS RAGING; AND WHOEVER IS DECEIVED THEREBY IS NOT WISE." 15:15 GOD WANTS US TO BE WISE. AMEN. 15:18 ALCOHOL IS ADDICTIVE. IT DESTROYS BRAIN CELLS. IT 15:23 DRAMATICALLY AFFECTS A PERSON'S ABILITY TO REASON. CHRISTIANS 15:27 SHOULD NOT DRINK ALCOHOL. AMEN. 15:29 AND EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU COULD MAKE A BIBLICAL ARGUMENT 15:31 THAT THEY DRANK A LITTLE WINE IN THE BIBLE, NOW THAT YOU KNOW 15:33 BETTER AND SINCE IT'S THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE DRUG IN OUR SOCIETY, 15:37 WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THAT BY YOUR EXAMPLE AND MAKE 15:40 SOMEONE ELSE STUMBLE EVEN A LITTLE BIT? 15:44 WHAT'LL GOD DO TO THOSE THAT DESTROY THEIR BODIES? 15:48 THIS IS SERIOUS. NOW DON'T SAY, 'PASTOR DOUG, 15:50 YOU'RE BEING LEGALISTIC.' YOU TAKE IT UP WITH 15:51 THE NEW TESTAMENT. IT'S WHAT GOD SAYS. 15:57 1 CORINTHIANS 3:16 AND 17, "YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD. 16:02 IF ANY MAN DEFILE" - NOW WHERE DID WE JUST SEE THAT WORD, 16:05 'DEFILE'? DANIEL. 16:07 DANIEL SAID HE PURPOSED IN HIS HEART HE WOULD NOT DEFILE 16:09 HIMSELF. AND DID GOD BLESS DANIEL THROUGH 16:12 THE WHOLE BOOK OF DANIEL? BLESS HIM WITH A CLEAR MIND, A 16:15 LONG LIFE, A GREAT MINISTRY? STARTS OUT BY SAYING HE PURPOSED 16:19 HE WOULD NOT DEFILE HIS BODY BECAUSE HE BELIEVED - HE WANTED 16:23 HIS BODY TO BE A DWELLING PLACE FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 16:26 WAS DANIEL SPIRIT FILLED? READ IN DANIEL CHAPTER 6, IT 16:30 SAYS THE KING SAW AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT WAS IN HIM. 16:33 HE WAS SPIRIT FILLED - WOULD NOT DEFILE HIMSELF. 16:37 THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'RE THE - NEW TESTAMENT - YOU'RE THE TEMPLE OF 16:39 GOD...IF ANY MAN DEFILES THE TEMPLE OF GOD, HIM WILL GOD 16:42 DESTROY." NOW, PRAISE THE LORD, 16:45 IF YOU'RE ALIVE THERE'S A CHANCE TO REPENT. 16:47 AMEN. BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY ALL HAVE 16:48 DONE IT BEFORE, I KNOW I HAVE. BUT HE'S CALLING ON US TO BE 16:52 HOLY, TO BE PURE, AND TO BE HEALTHY. 16:57 WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT TO? SO, IS MURDER A SIN? 17:00 YES. WHAT ABOUT SELF MURDER? 17:04 YES. NOW, IF YOU TAKE POISON AND 17:09 YOU KNOW IT'S POISON, AND IT TAKES 24 HOURS TO KILL 17:12 YOU, IS THAT A SIN? YES. 17:16 BUT WHAT IF THE POISON YOU TAKE IS GOING TO TAKE A WEEK? 17:19 AND YOU KNOW IT'S POISON, IT SAYS, 'THIS'LL KILL YOU IN ONE 17:21 WEEK' AND YOU TAKE IT. IS THAT STILL KIND OF SUICIDE? 17:25 WHAT IF IT TAKES 20 YEARS? AT WHAT POINT IS IT OKAY IF YOU 17:31 KNOW IT'S GOING TO KILL YOU? AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ON 17:35 EVERY PACK OF CIGARETTES? WARNING: THIS IS 17:40 KNOWN TO CAUSE CANCER. THIS IS KNOWN TO 17:43 CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS. IT'S KNOWN TO CAUSE 17:46 ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. TOBACCO IS THE SECOND MOST 17:50 COSTLY DRUG ADDICTION IN NORTH AMERICA, IS WHAT IT 17:52 DOES TO OUR SOCIETY. NOW, I KNOW PEOPLE WATCHING 17:55 AND PEOPLE OUT HERE YOU HAVE STRUGGLED OR MAY BE STRUGGLING 17:59 WITH THIS OR ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS. 18:02 I HAVE TOO. IT WAS A BIG STRUGGLE. 18:06 NOW QUITTING SMOKING IS NOT HARD, I'VE DONE THAT A HUNDRED 18:08 TIMES. (LAUGHTER) STAYING QUIT IS THE HARD PART. 18:12 THAT'S WHAT MARK TWAIN SAID, 'QUITTING SMOKING IS EASY, I'VE 18:14 DONE IT A HUNDRED TIMES.' SO I DID. 18:16 I'D QUIT AND THEN I'D START. I'D QUIT AND THEN I'D START. 18:18 AND I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE - MY MOTHER SMOKED, MY FATHER SMOKED, 18:21 MY GRANDPARENTS SMOKED AND I WAS A SMOKER BEFORE I PICKED UP MY 18:25 FIRST CIGARETTE, JUST BY THE SECOND HAND SMOKE IN MY LIFE. 18:29 SO IT WAS VERY EASY FOR ME TO START. 18:32 IT WAS VERY HARD TO QUIT. BUT HOW MUCH CAN WE 18:35 DO THROUGH CHRIST? ALL. 18:37 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH 18:39 MONEY I'VE SAVED? AMEN 18:42 YOU COULD DO A DOWN PAYMENT ON A HOUSE FOR WHAT 18:43 YOU'LL SAVE IF YOU QUIT SMOKING. AND HE CAN GIVE YOU THE VICTORY. 18:49 WHATEVER IT IS. THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE 18:51 ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS AND DRUGS. IT'S NOT JUST ALCOHOL 18:56 AND CIGARETTES. GOD DOESN'T WANT US 18:58 TO ABUSE ANY DRUG. NOW, THERE ARE SOME NECESSARY 19:00 MEDICATIONS, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED 19:04 TO THINGS AND IT CONTROLS THEIR LIFE. 19:09 WHAT'S A GOOD BASIC HEALTH RULE FOR CHRISTIANS? 19:13 EVERY MAN THAT HAS THE MASTERY IS TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS. 19:18 SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK, THINK IN 19:22 THE CONTEXT OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT. YOU'VE GOT A GREEN 19:26 LIGHT, WHAT'S THAT MEAN? GO. 19:28 GO. RED LIGHT? STOP. 19:31 STOP. YELLOW? GO REAL FAST. (LAUGHTER) NO, WHAT DO YOU 19:37 DO WHEN YOU SEE A YELLOW? NO, YELLOW MEANS CAUTION, RIGHT? 19:42 SLOW DOWN. SOME THINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY NO. 19:48 YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT THE THINGS THAT GOD CALLS AN 19:50 ABOMINATION. IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT MEAT - 19:55 YELLOW LIGHT - EAT THE CLEAN MEAT AND DO IT IN MODERATION. 20:01 IF YOU'RE GOING TO EAT SWEETS - IT'S NOT JUST MEAT - YOU KNOW, 20:04 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT - A TREAT, THAT'S OKAY FROM TIME TO 20:06 TIME, BUT IF YOU'RE EATING DESSERTS WITH EVERY MEAL, IT'S 20:09 GOING TO START TO SHOW. AND THEN, OF COURSE, GREEN 20:13 LIGHT IS BLESSING - GO. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU 20:15 CAN OVERDO ANYTHING. YOU SHOULD BE TEMPERATE. 20:17 NOW, I DID SOME RESEARCH. HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THE 20:20 FRUIT WAS ON THE FORBIDDEN TREE? I'M PRETTY CONVINCED IT WAS 20:25 ACTUALLY A CHOCOLATE TREE. (RAUCOUS LAUGHTER) I HEARD ABOUT 20:31 A GUY, FORGIVE ME, BUT HE FOUND A GENIE - TRUE STORY - AND HE 20:36 RUBBED THE BOTTLE AND THE GENIE CAME OUT AND HE SAID, 'OH, YOU 20:39 GET THREE WISHES.' AND THE GUY SAID, 'I WANT A BANK ACCOUNT 20:44 WITH A BILLION DOLLARS IN IT.' POOF! 20:46 HE'S GOT THIS BANK ACCOUNT THAT'S GOT A BILLION DOLLARS - 20:49 SWISS BANK ACCOUNT. HE SAID, 'NOW I WANT A 20:54 BEAUTIFUL, RED, ITALIAN SPORTS CAR.' POOF! 20:57 HE'S GOT A MASERATI. HE SAID, 'NOW, THE THIRD THING, 21:01 I WANT TO BE IRRESISTIBLE TO WOMEN.' POOF! 21:04 HE TURNED INTO A BOX OF CHOCOLATES. (LAUGHTER) I'M 21:10 SORRY, I JUST THOUGHT WAS FUN. SO, BEFORE I SAY THIS, I NEEDED 21:18 TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS PRETTY SERIOUS. 21:22 LAST MONTH, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, OCTOBER 2017, A 21:26 TROUBLING NEW REPORT RELEASED FRIDAY BY THE CENTERS FOR 21:29 DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION SHOWS ALMOST 40 PERCENT OF 21:33 AMERICAN ADULTS AND NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF ADOLESCENTS ARE 21:37 OBESE. THE HIGHEST RATES EVER 21:41 RECORDED IN THE U.S. EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HEARD THIS FOR 21:44 YEARS, IT ISN'T GETTING BETTER, IT'S GETTING WORSE. 21:47 WE'RE BEING DESTROYED BY ABUNDANCE. 21:49 IT USED TO BE PEOPLE WERE DYING EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF 21:51 MALNUTRITION AND STARVATION. NOW THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN OUR 21:54 COUNTRY THAT ARE DYING FROM OVER EATING - OVER NUTRITION, 22:00 YOU COULD SAY. THE BIBLE IS PRETTY CLEAR - 22:02 GALATIANS 6, VERSE 7, "DO NOT BE DECEIVED; GOD IS NOT MOCKED, FOR 22:07 WHATEVER A PERSON SOWS, THEY WILL ALSO REAP." 22:11 ONE OF THE BIG OFFENDERS IS SODA. 22:14 IT'S LIQUID CANDY, IS WHAT IT IS. 22:17 I'VE GOT A FRIEND AND I HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR AWHILE. 22:20 I SAW HIM AGAIN HE'D LOST 30 POUNDS. 22:21 I SAID, 'BROTHER, YOU LOOK GREAT. 22:22 WHAT DID YOU DO?' HE SAID, 'I DID ONE 22:24 THING.' 'WHAT WAS THAT?' HE SAID, 'I STOPPED 22:25 DRINKING SODA. THAT'S ALL I DID. 22:28 DON'T EXERCISE ANY MORE, DIDN'T CHANGE MY DIET. 22:30 I GAVE UP THE SODA AND LOST 30 POUNDS.' YOU SEE KIDS ALL THE 22:34 TIME WALKING AROUND NURSING A SODA POP AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING 22:38 WITH OBESITY AND THEN IT LEADS TO DIABETES AND THEIR LIVES - 22:41 THEY START GETTING SICK BEFORE THEY EVEN BEGIN TO LIVE. 22:46 THIS IS NOT GOD'S PLAN, BUT WE NEED THE POWER OF GOD TO MAKE 22:50 THESE PRACTICAL CHANGES, AMEN? AMEN. 22:52 ARE BIBLE HEALTH PRINCIPLES STILL PRACTICAL TODAY? 22:56 LOOK AT SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT GOD GIVES IN HIS WORD. 22:59 VERY SIMPLE THINGS - YOU FIND THIS IN LEVITICUS 13:46 - 23:03 QUARANTINE PROCEDURES CONTROL CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. 23:07 YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT THE EBOLA CRISIS, THEY FOUND THE CURE WAS 23:10 HYPER-LEVITICUS. THEY STARTED FOLLOWING THE 23:14 QUARANTINE PROCEDURES IN LEVITICUS AND THEY 23:16 PUT A STOP TO IT. HUMAN BODY WASTE 23:19 SHOULD BE BURIED. IT'S JUST SIMPLE SANITATION. 23:23 I'VE BEEN IN COUNTRIES - YOU KNOW, MOST OF US, WE'VE GOT 23:26 COUNTRIES WHERE YOU'VE GOT PLACES DEDICATED AS A BATHROOM. 23:28 I'VE BEEN IN A FEW PLACES WHERE THERE ARE ONLY A FEW PLACES THAT 23:31 ARE NOT THE BATHROOM. AND THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF 23:34 DISEASE PROBLEMS. WASHING THE BODY INSIDE 23:38 AND OUT CONTROLS GERMS. YOU NEED TO DRINK LOTS 23:40 OF WATER - GOOD WATER. PEOPLE SOMETIMES NEVER DRINK 23:43 WATER AND I HAVEN'T EVEN SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE 23:46 ADDICTION TO CAFFEINE. THEY'RE HAVING - I READ 24,000 23:50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF 23:53 OVER-CAFFEINE RELATED PROBLEMS - AND A LOT OF THEM ARE KIDS. 23:59 MORAL LIVING PREVENTS SEXUAL DISEASE. 24:03 THAT'S SELF-UNDERSTOOD TRUTH. DO YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 24:07 ANIMAL FAT AND BLOOD SHOULD NOT BE EATEN? 24:10 AND, BY THE WAY, IT SAYS THAT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TOO. 24:13 READ ACTS CHAPTER 15. YET A LOT OF CHRISTIANS - YOU'LL 24:15 NEVER HEAR PASTORS TALK ABOUT THAT. 24:18 AND IT'S NOT JUST THE FOOD YOU EAT - HATRED, BITTERNESS IS 24:23 DETRIMENTAL TO ONE'S HEALTH. SOME PEOPLE ARE SICK BECAUSE OF 24:26 WHAT THEY'RE EATING; A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SICK BECAUSE 24:28 OF WHAT'S EATING THEM. THEY ARE MAD, THEY'RE BITTER, 24:32 THEY KEEP NURSING GRUDGES, THEY CAN'T FORGIVE, AND IT AFFECTS - 24:36 THE STRESS AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH. AND, OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, 24:39 OVEREATING OF EVEN GOOD FOOD IS VERY HARMFUL. 24:44 I UNDERSTAND THESE SUMO WRESTLERS, THEY HAVE A BRIEF 24:47 TIME OF GLORY AND THEY HAVE VERY SHORT LIVES. 24:51 OUR BODIES NEED PROPER REST. THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN 24:55 PEOPLE ARE SO SHORT ON SLEEP AS OUR AGE NOW BECAUSE OF THE 24:58 COMPUTERS AND THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTS AND SO MUCH TO ENTERTAIN 25:02 THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT RESTING AND IT WILL SHORTEN YOUR LIFE SPAN. 25:07 THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD EXERCISE AND WORK. 25:09 GOD TOOK MAN AND HE PUT HIM IN THE GARDEN. 25:11 HE SAID, 'DRESS IT, KEEP IT, WORK.' HE WANTS US TO BE ACTIVE 25:15 AND YOU'VE GOT TO STAY BUSY. GOD GAVE YOU A BODY WITH MUSCLES 25:19 AND IF YOU DON'T USE THEM, THEY ATROPHY AND ALL KINDS - YOUR 25:22 BONES GET WEAK - AND GOD - IT'S VERY SIMPLE: USE IT OR LOSE IT. 25:27 IT'S ALSO TRUE WITH YOUR FAITH. YOU'VE GOT TO SHARE IT WITH 25:29 OTHERS OR YOU LOSE IT. AMEN. 25:31 YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE IT AWAY IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT. 25:33 HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. THE BIBLE SAYS A HAPPY SPIRIT 25:38 IS HEALTH TO THE BONES. WHAT WILL PEOPLE IN HEAVEN - OR 25:42 WILL PEOPLE IN HEAVEN KILL AND EAT ANIMALS? 25:44 NO. NO. IT SAYS THEY WILL NOT HURT 25:47 AND DESTROY IN ALL MY HOLY MOUNTAIN, SAYS THE LORD. 25:51 SO HOW CAN I MAKE THESE CHANGES THAT GOD WANTS ME TO MAKE? 25:56 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE WILL TAKE AWAY - EZEKIEL 11:18 - THE 26:00 DETESTABLE THINGS THEREOF AND, NOTICE THIS, "AND I WILL GIVE 26:04 THEM ONE HEART AND I WILL PUT A NEW SPIRIT IN THEM THAT THEY MAY 26:09 WALK IN MY STATUTES AND KEEP MY ORDINANCES. HOW CAN WE DO IT? HE 26:14 PUTS A NEW SPIRIT WITHIN US. NOW IT'S DIFFICULT MAKING 26:19 CHANGES IN OUR LIVES, AMEN? AMEN. 26:23 DO YOU KNOW I WAS ADDICTED TO ICE CREAM FOR 40 YEARS? 26:27 I GOT A SERMON YOU CAN LISTEN TO ONLINE, IT'S CALLED COLD 26:29 CONFESSION - IT'S A TRUE STORY. I'M NOT SAYING ICE CREAM'S A 26:32 SIN - EVERYONE CLEAR ON THAT? IT WAS FOR ME. 26:35 I WAS ADDICTED AND I STRUGGLED AND IT WAS A BATTLE. 26:40 AND IT WASN'T UNTIL ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, FINALLY, I WAS ABLE 26:45 TO BE FREE. I HAD TO HAVE ICE 26:48 CREAM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND SO I KNOW WHAT 26:52 A STRUGGLE IS. 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