Participants: John Bradshaw
Series Code: IIW
Program Code: IIW001297A
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00:07 >: It has stood the test of time. 00:12 God's book, the Bible; 00:17 still relevant in today's complex world. 00:22 It Is Written, sharing hope around the globe. 00:29 ♪ [Music fades] ♪ 00:37 JB: This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw. 00:39 Thanks for joining me today. When you come to the Bible, 00:43 you come face to face with the God of heaven. 00:46 A God who is intimately concerned with what's 00:49 going on here, on the earth. God is not an absentee landlord; 00:52 He didn't just wind the earth up like a clock and leave it 00:55 to run and come back when the alarm finally rings. 00:58 God loves this world so much that the Bible says 01:01 He gave His only begotten Son, so that those of us 01:05 who believe in Him should not perish but 01:07 would be separated from sin, joined to Him, 01:11 and receive everlasting life. My guest today is 01:14 Dr. David DeRose, a doctor of internal medicine 01:18 and a doctor of preventive medicine. 01:20 He comes to us from Compass Health Consultants 01:23 in Northern California. Dr. DeRose, 01:25 thanks for joining me today. DD: Great to be with you, John. 01:27 JB: Jesus came to this earth, the Bible says, 01:30 to give us a more abundant life. Now, for some people that means 01:34 all of one thing and little of anything else. 01:36 But the abundant life that Jesus came to give us was 01:42 balanced life, wasn't it. A balanced life. 01:46 DD: It's interesting you should mention that, because as I 01:48 read through the Gospel of Mark, for example, I see Jesus very 01:52 concerned that we not go to extremes. 01:55 Let me give you an example. In March chapter 3, Jesus is 02:00 dealing with something that I believe we deal with today, 02:03 and that is many people who take the name of Christian-- 02:08 they take the name of God fearing-- 02:11 they're doing a disservice to the God of heaven. 02:14 I mean, in Jesus' day, think about it. 02:19 In Mark 3, Jesus comes in contact with a man 02:25 with a withered hand. It's interesting. 02:28 The context is He's in the synagogue. 02:31 He's in a place of worship-- JB: He's right there in church. 02:33 DD: That's right. He's there in church. 02:35 And yet it says, in verse 2, that those who were there 02:40 were watching Him closely, whether He would heal this man 02:45 on the Sabbath so that they would accuse Him. 02:48 The religious leaders don't have a balanced Christian experience. 02:52 They're so focused on "the rules of religious living" 02:56 that they're missing out on what's happening. 02:59 The real drama is this man's physical need. 03:01 JB: They weren't seeing his need anymore, they were so out of 03:04 balance that all they could do was think about circling the 03:08 wagons and defending the rules of the day. 03:13 DD: In the beginning, God gave the Sabbath 03:15 as a day of celebration, a day of rejoicing 03:18 in what God had done. It was humanity's first day, 03:21 their first full day was the Sabbath. 03:23 All they could do is rejoice in not what they had de, 03:26 but what the creator had graciously given them. 03:30 JB: After all, He gave it as a day or rest, 03:32 a day of rejuvenation, a day of fellowship, 03:34 a day of worship. A day off. 03:36 Who doesn't want a day off? DD: But the amazing thing is, 03:39 I think a lot of the reaction, John, goes back 03:42 to the same mentality that Jewish leaders had. 03:45 And they said, "I don't want to be bound about by something." 03:48 This man is bound on the Sabbath. 03:51 And what's amazing is what Jesus does. 03:53 He says, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do 03:58 evil, to save life or to kill." It says the leaders 04:02 remained silent. JB: They couldn't find it within 04:05 themselves to speak the truth because, well, 04:10 they couldn't handle that. DD: It says Jesus looked 04:12 around at them with anger. But His words, that He speaks, 04:18 are words of healing, because as that man stretches out his hand, 04:21 it says he stretched it out and it was made whole 04:24 like the other. Jesus, on the Sabbath, is saying 04:27 this is what Sabbath is about. This is what fellowship with Me 04:31 is about. If you think religion is a bunch 04:34 of rules and restrictions, look at Me, 04:37 the God of the Sabbath. JB: And Jesus said, 04:40 "If you've seen me, you've seen the Father." 04:43 DD: That's right. JB: So if you really want 04:44 to know what God is like, look at Jesus. 04:46 The Sabbath today, as part of this overall subject of living a 04:50 balanced Christian life, is there evidence that it's 04:54 actually good for you? DD: This is amazing. 04:58 Researchers, the Ansons, in Israel 05:02 looked at this question. They were looking more broadly, 05:06 they were trying to look over a period of 10 years, 05:08 a full decade, looking at everyone 05:11 living in Israel. And they were asking a question: 05:15 Would they see any rhythmicity to death rates? 05:20 Would there be times of year during the Day of Atonement, 05:22 Yom Kippur. Maybe the death rate would 05:24 go down or it would go up. Would there be any relationship 05:27 to the weekly Sabbath, for example. 05:28 So they're looking at this. Ten years of time, 05:31 they analyze it. Computer analysis, published 05:33 in the medical literature. They titled their study 05:37 "Death Rests a While." What they found is that on the 05:44 Sabbath, from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, 05:50 the Bible Sabbath, death rates plummet. 05:55 But not in everyone. You see, just like Sunday is the 06:00 day of rest in many places in the world, it's a day off, 06:03 it's a holiday for everyone regardless of what their 06:06 religious beliefs are-- at the time they wee doing this, 06:09 the day of rest in Israel was Saturday. 06:12 So whether you were a Jew or a Palestinian, you were off work 06:16 on that seventh day. So they asked a question: 06:18 Well, is it just a phenomenon of people not working? 06:22 No drop in death rates for the Palestinians. 06:26 JB: Only for those people who were observing the Sabbath from 06:29 a spiritual point of view, as an expression 06:32 of their relationship with God. DD: Whether that's the whole 06:36 explanation, or even the secular Jews that were still bonding 06:39 in community on that day. Because, when they wrote the 06:42 article in the medical journal they didn't make a big 06:45 point about the spirituality of the day, 06:47 but its social connectedness. And so it's quite interesting. 06:51 Also, you'll find this interesting, John. 06:53 The young children, less than 5 years of age, 06:57 they had no decrease in mortality. 07:01 So presumably only those that could fully appreciate what this 07:06 day of rest meant got the benefit. 07:08 JB: Sabbath rest is just part of rest as a whole. 07:12 It's important that people who are wanting to be well 07:15 physically and spiritually and emotionally take time to rest. 07:19 DD: That's right. JB: How important is rest? 07:21 DD: Well, rest is hugely important. 07:23 Most of the research we see is on daily rest. 07:27 Getting that adequate sleep, which for most people is seven 07:30 to eight hours, maybe eight and a half hours in some cases. 07:32 Even more sleep than that may be deleterious, but many of us are 07:36 short-changing ourselves on sleep. 07:39 It's messing up our hormonal rhythms, ramping up 07:42 stress hormone levels, increasing rates of diabetes, 07:45 high blood pressure, heart disease, 07:46 heart rhythm problems, mental health issues. 07:48 The list goes on and on. JB: Except, you know someone's 07:51 going to say, oh but I'm a night person, and I find that 07:54 once the kids go to bed and it's 10:30 at night, 07:56 I'm productive until 2 in the morning, and then I've got 07:58 to get up at 6 and go to work. DD: Well, there's just as few 08:01 interruptions early in the morning as there are 08:02 late at night. And the interesting thing is if 08:05 you look at hormonal rhythms in the body, like melatonin 08:08 and growth hormone-- which are two of 08:10 the hormones that restore us from the wear and tear of the 08:13 day-- those hormones are made best early in the night. 08:17 So getting to bed before midnight seems to have some 08:20 unique benefits. JB: Excellent. 08:22 So if we're living a balanced life, we've got to get rest. 08:24 And God built into our religious experience rest, when He wrote 08:28 the Ten Commandments. DD: That's right. 08:29 JB: Okay, in a moment let's talk about this idea of a balance 08:33 being moderation in all things. Don't go away. 08:35 I'll be back with Dr. DeRose; we'll have more 08:37 in just a moment. 08:40 ♪ [Gentle Music] ♪ >: Every Word is a one-minute 08:42 Bible-based daily devotional presented by 08:45 Pastor John Bradshaw and designed especially 08:47 for busy people like you. Look for Every Word on selected 08:51 networks, or watch it online every day on our website, 08:54 ItIsWritten.com. 08:57 ♪ [Rythmic melody] ♪ 09:04 JB: There were some fixtures in the life of Jesus that enabled 09:06 Him to stay connected to His Father and His faith. 09:09 One of them is mentioned in Luke 4:16. 09:12 "And he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up, 09:15 and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue 09:17 on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read." 09:20 The weekly Sabbath rest was important to Jesus. 09:23 But these days it's more common for people to reduce the Sabbath 09:26 to an hour, or a morning. The Bible says weekly Sabbath 09:29 rest is a memorial of Jesus' creative power 09:33 and His power to recreate. And it's also good for you. 09:36 For Jesus, it was indispensable, and not simply because 09:40 He was Jewish. Jesus saw the blessing of that 09:43 weekly time with God and the benefit of stepping back 09:45 from the busyness of life. And that's something that's 09:48 good for all of us. I'm John Bradshaw 09:51 for It Is Written. Let's live today by every word. 09:58 JB: This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw. 10:00 Thanks for joining me today. My guest today is 10:02 Dr. David DeRose. We're talking about balance in 10:05 the Christian experience, and looking at how that balance 10:08 promotes physical and spiritual health. 10:11 A moment ago I said that I would challenge this idea that some 10:15 people have that moderation means a little of everything, 10:19 or not overdoing it in certain areas of our life. 10:23 Now, we can see-- and you mentioned a moment ago-- 10:27 getting the right amount of rest means getting enough 10:29 and not too much. Too much is bad for you. 10:31 But how about when people say, "Well, I drink, but not a lot. 10:37 Everything in moderation. Just a little, 10:39 I'm a social drinker perhaps." Everybody would acknowledge, too 10:43 much alcohol bad for a person. But how much is too much? 10:47 DD: If you have an addictive relationship with something, 10:49 whether it nicotine or alcohol, pretty clear-cut that your 10:54 best path to success-- and some people would say 10:56 your only path to success-- is making a complete 11:00 break with the things that were pulling you down. 11:03 But beyond that, we can talk about things like 11:06 alcohol as well as other things that are often considered 11:09 popular in "moderation" that have some downsides 11:12 that most people are totally ignoring. 11:14 JB: What are the downsides about alcohol that people 11:17 are overlooking? DD: Well one, when it comes to 11:19 alcohol, is actually its risk of malignancy. 11:23 Cancer rates are clearly linked to even moderate drinking. 11:27 Classic scenario is breast cancer in women. 11:30 We're talking about a few drinks a week measurably increasing the 11:34 risk of breast cancer in women. JB: That's a significant thing 11:37 because there are all kinds of women who would think it's okay 11:39 to have a little wine here or there, or one drink a day, 11:42 and yet a few drinks a week raise measurably the risk 11:46 of breast cancer. DD: It's not just 11:47 a women's issue. Not all that long ago, 11:51 a huge European study called EPIC, 11:53 the European Perspective Investigation into Cancer and 11:56 Nutrition looked into alcohol intake and cancer risk. 12:00 And in the report the author said, in so many words, 12:04 there is no safe level of alcohol consumption 12:08 when it comes to cancer. JB: Now, 12:10 people think about nicotine. There are few people who would 12:14 say, "Well, a little isn't going to hurt you." 12:16 But evidently there are some. DD: Well, there are some 12:19 actual benefits to nicotine. For example, we know that people 12:23 that use nicotine have less of a serious inflammatory bowel 12:28 condition known as chronic ulcerative colitis. 12:31 JB: I wasn't expecting you to talk about benefits of nicotine, 12:33 being a physician and all, but that's fascinating. 12:36 DD: But let me tell you the flip side. 12:37 JB: But the flip side of that is-- 12:39 DD: There's another serious inflammatory bowel condition 12:41 that is more pervasive, affects more of the bowel, 12:44 than ulcerative colitis. That just affects the colon. 12:47 There's something called Crohn's disease. 12:49 It is also related to nicotine, but its risk is increased. 12:54 So, I don't know of any gastroenterologists, 12:57 intestinal specialists, that are recommending 12:59 as a preventive to use nicotine. Of course, it's a risk factor 13:03 for gastritis and ulcers and other things as well. 13:06 The point here simply is this, John: If we have a myopic 13:10 enough vision, and I suffer from myopia-- nearsightedness-- 13:14 but if we apply that problem to our look at certain lifestyle 13:20 factors we could say, oh yeah, there's some good in this. 13:23 But we don't want to settle for that, we want to look at 13:25 the big picture. JB: It seems that every time you 13:28 turn around you hear about the benefits of drinking red wine. 13:31 Tell me about these so-called benefits and 13:33 where the benefit really is. DD: Well, go back to Europe. 13:36 The Oxford vegetarian study. Looking at people 13:39 on a healthy diet, zero heart benefits from 13:45 moderate alcohol consumption. Nothing. No benefit. 13:48 Now, having said that, in America if you look at a person 13:51 on the average phytochemically depleted diet-- 13:56 in plain English, that means they're not eating 13:58 enough fruits and vegetables. There are things in alcoholic 14:02 beverages that have benefit. After all, every alcoholic 14:06 beverage I know is made from a plant that God gave us. 14:09 Okay? JB: That's right. 14:11 DD: So there's some good things in it. 14:12 So if you're not eating enough fruits and vegetables, there's 14:14 some evidence that moderate alcohol consumption-- 14:17 if you're sure you can keep it moderate-- might decrease 14:20 your risk of heart disease. But it will still increase your 14:23 risk of high triglycerides and high blood pressure and cancer 14:27 and gastrointestinal problems and cirrhosis and mental 14:30 health issues. JB: And so there's benefit on 14:31 the one hand and real problems on the other. 14:34 DD: And the benefit is only if you're on a poor lifestyle. 14:37 So I tell patients, and I tell people when I'm lecturing. 14:40 I say, "You don't want to be on a poor lifestyle so that 14:42 alcohol would help you." JB: Right. 14:44 Now, there's something that many people aren't getting enough of. 14:46 Lots of people are getting too much alcohol, but if you're 14:49 looking to live a balanced life many people are not getting 14:51 enough exercise. You can't really say, 14:54 "Well, I got my five minutes of exercise to day." 14:57 But how do we get enough exercise when we're just 14:59 too busy to get exercise. What do you do? 15:01 DD: I tell people, look at exercise as an investment. 15:05 And it pays you interest and dividends right away. 15:10 You're going to be more productive if you take 30 15:13 minutes out of your day-- I mean, 15:15 you may need to work up to it, I mean 30 minutes 15:17 may be too much for someone-- but if you work up 15:20 to getting significant amounts of exercise on a daily basis, 15:23 your mind will be clearer, your energy level 15:25 will be better, you will be more productive. 15:27 You're not wasting time in exercise, 15:29 you're investing time. JB: What are the best forms of 15:31 exercise a person can get? DD: Probably the single best 15:34 category of exercise, looking broadly 15:36 at the literature, is useful work. 15:39 Doing it outdoors is preferable. So, getting out in the garden, 15:44 chopping wood, pushing a lawn mower, 15:47 these things engage the mind, 15:49 they have a level of rest and stress relief that's not 15:53 afforded by walking on that treadmill while you're 15:56 watching CNN. JB: Walking on the treadmill 15:58 is going to be okay, right? DD: It's okay. 16:01 It gives you benefit. JB: Anaerobic exercise 16:03 that you get, that's all right. DD: It gives you 16:05 aerobic exercise. JB: Aerobic rather, 16:07 not anaerobic. But the very best, 16:09 what I'm hearing you say-- and we've discussed this 16:11 before-- is exercise that engages or benefits 16:16 the mind as well as the body. And that's a concept that's 16:20 foreign to a lot of people. Exercise where your mind is 16:23 distracted from the stressors of daily life and is connected to 16:28 those things that are going to give you a mental and an 16:30 emotional rest as well. DD: But it goes beyond that, 16:33 because not only are you distracted from problem. 16:37 When you're done with a 30-minute session on the 16:39 treadmill and you look back at the treadmill, 16:42 nothing's changed. But when you look at that 16:45 unchopped wood, and you see a pile of chopped wood; 16:48 when you see the plants planted in the garden, 16:50 there's a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment 16:53 that you don't get with the other forms of exercise. 16:55 JB: Right. So being balanced, 16:57 exercise should benefit you physically and emotionally 17:02 and ultimately spiritually. Correct? 17:04 DD: Yes. And many people have found that 17:06 some of their best thinking, whether it's spiritual or 17:09 creative work, happens when they're out engaged, 17:12 doing something. JB: Somebody that's 17:14 overweight-- and they know they are; 17:15 morbidly obese; just big, big big-- 17:18 what do they do? Where do they begin? 17:20 What should they do in order to regain their health and live 17:24 a balanced life? DD: One of the things that Jesus 17:26 said to a woman who was overcome with a sense of sin was 17:31 "Neither do I condemn you." And I think, 17:35 in the Christian world, we have this blessing of 17:39 realizing that no matter what we look like, our acceptance 17:43 with Jesus isn't the issue. If we start from that 17:47 perspective, that can empower us. 17:49 Because many people are so pressed down. 17:52 I mean, obesity is one of those things that you can't hide 17:55 from and everyone sees it. So, if we start treating people 17:59 as Jesus treated them, and if we see ourselves as Jesus sees us, 18:05 this can free us to embrace lifestyle change, 18:09 not as a burden but as a blessing. 18:12 JB: Instead of a radical change in what you eat, you might just 18:16 want to start making incremental healthy changes so that you get 18:18 to the place where what you eat isn't packing on the pounds, 18:21 but it's helping you take pounds off. 18:24 DD: I often tell people, I would rather them 18:26 make a few small changes that they plan to stick with 18:30 for the rest of their life than to make a bunch of huge 18:33 changes that they have no intention of embracing 18:37 on a lifelong basis. JB: And I would encourage 18:39 someone to do this: to claim the promises of God. 18:41 In Philippians it says, "It is God who works in you, 18:46 both to will and to do for his good pleasure." 18:48 So when we're thinking about living a balanced life, 18:50 no matter where we're starting from, it's possible to do 18:52 because Christ is with us. A balanced life. 18:55 God's gift to you. This is what He offers you, 18:58 and it's going to be productive and blessed. 19:01 I'll have more with Dr. David DeRose 19:03 in just a moment. 19:05 ♪ [Musical Interlude]] ♪ 19:14 JB: The Bible is known for its power to transform lives 19:17 spiritually, but does it offer insight for physical 19:21 transformation as well? Dr. David DeRose, 19:24 a board-certified specialist in both internal medicine 19:27 and preventive medicine, thinks it does. 19:30 He shares his perspectives in an eight-part series called 19:33 "Healing Insights from the Gospel of Mark." 19:36 And now, as a special offer from It Is Written, part one of that 19:40 series is available to you at no cost. 19:43 All you need to do is call (800) 253-3000 19:48 and ask for the free DVD called "Healing Insights 19:51 from the Gospel of Mark." If the line is busy 19:54 please do try again. You can write to 19:57 It Is Written, P.O. Box 6, Chattanooga, TN 37401, 20:02 and we'll mail a free copy to your address in North America. 20:06 It Is Written exists because of the kindness 20:08 of people just like you. It's only with your help that 20:12 It Is Written can continue to share the hope of the Bible 20:14 with people around the world. Your tax-deductible gift can be 20:18 sent to the address on your screen, or through our website, 20:21 ItIsWritten.com. Thank you for your continued 20:25 prayerful support. Again, our toll-free number is 20:29 (800) 253-3000, and you can find us online at ItIsWritten.com. 20:39 JB: Thanks for joining me today on It Is Written. 20:42 God wants us to live a balanced life. 20:44 That's not a life that says well a little bit of everything's 20:47 okay; but more of the good, less of the bad 20:51 until it's all of Jesus living His life in you. 20:54 That's the right balance. Now, Dr. David DeRose, 20:57 I'm so grateful you're here with me today. 20:59 And I just want to ask, what's the role of faith 21:01 in God, or trust in divine power, 21:03 in living a healthy, balanced life? 21:05 DD: Well, one of the big benefits is actually where 21:07 our focus is. You know, we mentioned earlier 21:10 in this account in Mark 3 about how it's said that Jesus looked 21:14 around at the religious leaders with anger. 21:19 The reason I singled that out is many people in Christian circles 21:22 haven't heeded Paul's admonition where he says, 21:26 "Be ye angry and sin not." We often label things, 21:30 in the Christian environment, apart from how God 21:33 labels them. When we see that Jesus had 21:37 emotions, real human emotions, He was angry at people who 21:41 weren't embracing God's values. For us to have such emotions 21:47 is not wrong. This actually may be showing 21:50 that our heart is beating in harmony with God. 21:53 And so as we have a trusting, faith walk with Jesus, 21:58 we will begin to see things with His perspective. 22:01 And those things that sometimes we criticize ourselves for or 22:04 that others would be critical of us over, we can actually see 22:09 that we're actually walking with Jesus, sharing His burden 22:13 for the world. JB: A lot of social issues today 22:15 are looked at very relativistically. 22:17 Well, that's your opinion. This is my opinion. 22:19 My opinion is shaped by this and that. 22:21 But really, in life and in life's great issues, what we're 22:24 striving to do is to see things as He sees them. 22:27 How does God see a certain thing. 22:30 What's the role of prayer in a healthy life, a balanced life? 22:33 DD: Well, you can't get away from the subject of prayer 22:35 in Mark's Gospel. We've been talking about that 22:37 off and on for some time, you and I, in our dialogues. 22:41 And, in March chapter 1, verse 35. 22:44 And, what I love about Mark's Gospel is it doesn't start 22:47 with Jesus' birth. I mean, that's important, 22:50 but it starts with the power of the Word. 22:52 John the Baptist is preaching and Jesus Himself realizes 22:56 the power of the Word. God's communication. 22:59 And so in Mark 1:35, Jesus is taking Himself away from all the 23:05 pressures, coming into the presence of His Father. 23:09 It's a powerful example for me. For all of us. 23:12 That if I want to see with Jesus' eyes, before-- I mean, 23:16 today it's so easy. You get up, you can have all 23:18 kinds of words bombarding your mind. 23:20 You can read all kinds of things. 23:22 Focus on that relationship with Jesus. 23:25 JB: Ultimately, in making decisions to live a balanced 23:29 life we have to come face to face with the idea that our 23:32 choice must be surrendered to God. 23:37 DD: It's true. And what's interesting to me in 23:39 the Gospels is Jesus, when He's in the midst of people who are 23:44 making repeatedly bad choices-- I'm thinking of the disciples. 23:49 They kept focusing what was in it for them. 23:52 You know, who was going to be the greatest. 23:54 But Jesus didn't abandon them. But they stayed in communion 24:01 with the Master. So if I'm focusing, 24:04 like the disciples, on walking with Jesus, 24:06 even though my decisions may be terrible. 24:08 Jesus may have to knock me over the head. 24:10 You know, say, what are you doing? 24:13 He's going to get my attention sooner or later. 24:15 I'm molded into His image as I spend time with Him. 24:19 JB: Yeah. There are some wonderful 24:21 verses in the Bible. I mentioned one before, "It is 24:25 God who works in you both to will and to do 24:27 for his good pleasure." That was Philippians 2:13. 24:30 "Don't you know that to whom you yield yourself servants to obey, 24:33 his servants you are to whom you obey, whether of sin 24:36 unto death or obedience unto righteousness." 24:38 You read that in Romans 6. "You are the servant of who 24:40 you choose to serve." "I'm crucified with Christ, 24:44 nevertheless I live. Not I but Christ lives in me." 24:49 And if I'm looking to live a balanced life, to eat better or 24:54 right, to pray as God would have me pray, to spend time in the 24:59 Word of God, to rest, even to enjoy Sabbath rest with God and 25:04 get my life kind of right-side up, my will must be 25:10 yielded to His will. You know, at the beginning of 25:13 Daniel 1, they find themselves down there in Babylon. 25:17 The king serves them the food. "Oh, no, not for me." 25:19 But before that, he had purposed in his heart that he wouldnít 25:22 defile himself with a portion of the king's meat. 25:25 Purposing in our heart, in our minds, 25:27 that it would be God's will being done and not ours. 25:30 DD: It's a powerful concept, because Daniel's secret was he 25:34 realized his body was a temple. That word "defile," 25:37 where Daniel said he would not defile himself. 25:39 You don't defile the dirt. You can only defile something 25:42 that's holy. Daniel is using sanctuary 25:45 or temple language. And so Paul picks up on this 25:49 theme, when he's writing to the Corinthian church, speaking 25:52 about our bodies being a temple. If I realize that, John, 25:55 then this is going to help me when it comes to making 25:58 those good decisions. I'm just not my own. 26:00 Like you said, I'm bought with a price. 26:03 JB: We belong to God. We want His will to be done, 26:06 not just so a bunch of healthy people can end up in the lake of 26:10 fire, but that with out healthy body we'll have a clear mind; 26:15 we'll hear the Word of God; we'll know God as He wants us to 26:17 know Him; and we'll be His not just now but forever. 26:22 And forever's going to be here sooner than we think. 26:24 DD: Right. JB: Dr. DeRose, thanks. 26:26 It's been a pleasure, a real joy. 26:27 I'm grateful for your being here. 26:29 Thanks for joining me today. DD: Thank you. 26:31 JB: And before we go, we'd like to pray with you and ask that 26:33 God would give you the blessing of a balanced life, and that's a 26:36 life lived completely in God. Real balance is found in an 26:41 entire surrender to Him. Let's pray that we can 26:44 experience that ourselves. Let's pray. 26:46 ♪ [Gentle Music] ♪ Our Father in heaven, 26:48 how grateful we are that You offer us 26:50 a more abundant life, not just in this world 26:55 but also in the world to come. We look forward to that time 26:58 being here soon. Until it is, let our mind be 27:01 Yours, our hearts Yours, our faculties Yours. 27:05 And some of us, we struggle so much and getting it right just 27:08 seems like a forlorn dream. But no, Lord, that cannot be. 27:12 Take possession of us. Connect our weakness to Your 27:15 strength; our unwillingness to Your willingness. 27:18 Make us what we can be in Christ and give us faith to believe 27:23 in You, each moment of every day. 27:26 We thank You today, and we pray in Jesus' name. 27:31 Amen,. DD: Amen. 27:34 ♪ [Musical Interlude] ♪ 27:48 ♪ [Theme Music]] ♪ JB: Thanks for joining me today. 27:50 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time. 27:52 Until then, remember: It Is Written: 27:55 Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:58 but by every word that proceeds 28:01 from the mouth of God. ♪ Theme Music Swells] ♪ |
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