Medicine

GOD’S WAY TO HEALTH

Review: That which brings Biblical healing to our bodies is multifold. Just as we discipline our soul to read and pray and worship from God’s word and thus strengthen our spirit, we must use the same discipline to strengthen our bodies.
1 – We saw previously that our actions towards God’s word will bring forth some healing. Actions like submissiveness and obedience to the Lord is vital to our health (Pro 4:20-22).
2 – Secondly we saw that our Christian attitudes of love and joy and peace, compassion and forgiveness will heal us whereas anger and unforgiveness will promote ill-health. (Pro 17:22; 15:13)
3 – In our third study we saw the importance of accountability. Every Christian should be under the accountability of the church so they may call for the elders to pray for them in time of sickness (James 5:14-16).
4 – In this study we will take time to look at alternative medicine.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINED

There was a day when creation was taught as true and evolution was the alternative belief but today evolution is taught as true and creation is viewed as an alternative belief.
The same is true with medicine. There was a day when God’s method of health was taught by God’s people and the lost world believed in an alternative medicine and trusted men who had little or no knowledge of God’s word to heal them.
Today, Christian and sinner alike, as a whole pretty much trust in modern medicine which to a great extent excludes God’s word all together. That is why I entitle this study ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: GOD’S WAY TO HEALTH.
The Bible will direct man in every area of life. It gives us wisdom how to manage our families, finances, feelings, faith, friends and even our food.
Is it important that we eat Biblically?
I Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

We know that our spirit is dead till we accept Jesus Christ as Savior. After we are saved, we are to nourish our lives according to God’s Word so we might become stronger spiritually for the Lord.
Within our bodies God’s spirit lives. It is also important that we take care of the temple where the Holy Ghost lives. Most families clean and pick up around their house inside and out weekly. What is more important the cleaning around the house we live in or the cleanliness of the temple where God’s Holy Spirit lives?
Satan wants to break down our bodies. Know that what we eat does affect our health, our thinking, and our ability to perform for the Lord. If Satan can touch our health, he wins by keeping us from serving the Lord.
When God gave Biblical laws to Israel He gave them laws to govern their lives and nation. He gave ceremonial laws and He gave dietary laws.
We rejoice in the New Covenant because we are saved by grace through faith and we are on our way to heaven.
But understand, God gave the dietary laws so His children would stand out and be healthier and wiser than all the people of the world.
Whether you keep God’s dietary laws or not will not affect your salvation. It will however affect your health, your relationships to others, your attitudes and actions in life, your service to God and much more.
*Much of what I will give you in this message and the next will deal with:
a. Biblical foods that will affect you daily life for good
b. Biblical foods that if eaten can heal physical and mental problems you already have. They can rejuvenate new vigor in your life.
c. Non-Biblical foods that you are eating today that are poisoning the temple that God gave you.
d. Foods you should eat and shouldn’t eat
Balance the Scriptures:
I Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
This scripture relates to doing things physically for God’s glory.
I Timothy 4: 4:1-5 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies… 3 commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
There is nothing wrong with eating meats of all types (other than the one’s God forbids). Verse five speak of those meats which God has sanctified (set apart) by His Word. [See Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14:1-21]
Psalms 104: 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Testimony: My daughter studied health since she was ten years old. After she got married she found out she had a problem and it wasn’t her husband. She couldn’t conceive. She had a number of miscarriages. Some suggested endometriosis. 1) She fasted and prayed. 2) She called for the elders of this church to anoint her with oil and pray. 3) She ask for wisdom from others who had been where she was. (She saw the importance of taking large doses of vitamin E and other vitamins). And three months later she was pregnant. After six babies by the age of thirty-one some believed that her dad used to much oil when she was anointed.

Hippocrates was known as the father of medicine. He was fairly balanced. He said, “Make your food your medicine and your medicine your food.
What does that mean? It means eat good foods and you will have healthy bodies. Your foods will affect not just your physical health but your mental health. Few doctors tell you this today. Let me give you two examples that you will relate too:
1) People that are addicted to caffeine are not very sociable, talk-able and often grouchy and unkind till they get their morning fix! Right?
2) People that are addicted to sugar have highs and lows emotionally in life. Lack of sugar can bring depression, quietness and seclusion. Whereas a high sugar intake makes one quite talkative at times to the point of silliness.

Here are some healthy Biblical foods:
I -- Fruits are great for you. They have natural sugar or that which God puts in them. Eat them raw. Eats apples, oranges, bananas, tangerines, pineapples, etc just like they come off the tree.
Fruits with seeds help prevent cancers. Pomegranates, figs, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds (be cautious of to much salt and oil).
 One apple is equivalent to 2 cups of coffee!
 Cooking fruits and vegetables as well as meats can destroy up to 83% of the vitamin content in food. ***
 Eat fresh fruits daily. Eat fresh salads daily (Best salad dressings -would be Olive oil with vinegar). (Spiritual application: Galatians 5:22-23)
*** Your body cells die by the tens of millions every day and those cells are reproduced with enzymes you place in your body. If you are putting 100% enzymes in your body (from fresh fruits and vegetables) your cells produce 100% healthy cells. If you put cooked foods in your body then your cells that die are being replaced by half-dead cells.

II – Meats are healthy as well if eaten in moderation. When you read God’s dietary laws (Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14) you discover what meats God told Israel to eat and what meats God told them not to eat by faith. Today we know why God said this.
a. You may eat cattle, sheep, goats, oxen, deer and animals such as this. But, don’t eat the badger, the bear, the rabbit or the pig. Now the only animal people fuss about not being able to eat today is the pig or swine. Why did God say don’t eat pork? The pig has no sweat glands. All of its poisons are kept inside his body and when he dies those poisons remain in his meat which you eat. Inside the meat of pork are millions of microscopic worms. That is why you are told to cook pork thoroughly before eating. God knows it is not healthy, but doesn’t bacon taste good (Lev 11:1-8). Verse eight gives you a command you need to know about. The moment a person or animal dies the poisons penetrate through the skin. All of the disease within comes out. That is why God says don’t touch that dead animal or person. (The pig poisons stay within – Selah).

b. You may eat bass but you shouldn’t eat catfish. You can eat sea trout but you shouldn’t eat shark. You can eat any fish that has scales but you shouldn’t eat lobster, shrimp (I love shrimp) clams, or any shell fish. Why? Bottom dwellers, shellfish, catfish and others eat the waste, garbage and debris of the water’s bottom. They taste good to the mouth but they are not healthy to the body. Any doctors that tells you that pork and shell fish are good for you are ignorant of God’s Word and ignorant of nutrition (Lev 11:9-12).

c. The birds for food such as the turkey, the pheasant, the doves, the quail are find to eat, but God says don’t eat the eagle, vulture, owl, stork, crow, etc. God continues to tell them of various insects they can eat that are healthy and what is not healthy.
- You can and should at times eat meat***
- You would be wise to eat God’s way
- The reason wild game is best for you is because of the natural estrogen, antibiotics within. (If you don’t eat meat it can have a serious impact on your physical and mental abilities in the future.
***If you are sickly, you would be wise to stay off all meat till your bodies heals itself. Why? 1) It takes 3 hours for your body to digest vegetables, fruits, fish and fowl. It takes 14 to 20 hours for your body to digest various meats, 2) Enzyme percentage, 3) If you eat those meats that God calls abominable it can takes weeks to excrete the poisons from your body. If you eat those abominable meats daily or weekly, the poisons remain within your body all the time.

III – WATER –Water is God’s drink both physically and spiritually. The deep waters of God’s word cleanses your soul as natural water from deep within the earth purifies your body. Surface water is dangerous! Selah!
a. Water has the ability to rid the body of poisons. The body is 70% water. Your blood constitutes 92% water.
b. Six to eight glasses of water is recommended daily. You don’t drink all six glasses at one time but the same is true spiritually.
You would do well to take time often in the day to drink from the Word. The reason for the information about water is when mild dehydration sets in your metabolism decreases 3%. Your thinking slows and hunger pains begin. You think of food or tea or coke when one glass of water will shut down hunger pains 100% of the time.
c. Lack of water causes day time fatigue. Often people grab for something sweet or unhealthy which gives them a temporary high. Thirty minutes to an hour later, they are fatigued again and again they reach for something else.
d. So often joint pain, back pain, and headaches are caused by dehydration. Six to eight glasses of water can overcome those pains because the water is washing poisons out of your system.
e. A 2% drop in water hydration in your body triggers fuzzy short-term memory. (Drinks lots of water before Church and take care of your other duties as well)
f. Statistics show that 5 glasses of water a day decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, breast cancer by 79% and bladder cancer by 50%.

IV – JUICING --
a. One of the best ways to clean your body out while putting natural sugars and 100% enzymes back into it is to juice.
b. That means to take apples, carrots, pineapples, pears, grapes, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, beets etc and juice them in a juicer and drink the juice. NO! You don’t put them all in at one time. (Material was passed out last week for those who were interested. If you would like more material please ask.)
c. The reason for juicing deals with healing. To juice, you can take in your body 3 or 4 carrots and 2 small apples in a glass thus giving you 100% enzymes to rebuild cells. You couldn’t eat that much without feeling bloated and full. In juicing the body is able to absorb 92% quicker for healing.
d. If you want to remove warts, acne, arthritis, inflammation, and many other diseases but don’t feel like you have the strength to go on a one or two week fast with just water, then go on a week or two fast with juices. You have to get off of coffees and sugars if the juicing is to benefit you.

*** Some years ago a drink came available that you can make at home that some say will help clean the cholesterol out your arteries. It is called jogging in the jug. You combine 64oz of pulp apple juice; 64 oz of Welch’s grape juice; ¼ cup of honey; 3/8 cup of red apple cider vinegar. Sip on about 4 ounces a day.

V –FIBER – Fiber is found in the cell wall of all plant cells. It is found in some fruits, most vegetables and all whole grains. But we often throw the fiber away because we don’t realize the benefit of fiber.
Fiber is the skin of an apple and potato. It is the walls of all types of beans and vegetables. It is one of the most important parts of bread. Yet, today most bread has had the fiber completely removed.
100% whole wheat bread has 20 amino acids, these are building blocks for proteins which our bodies need to build tissue. There are 8 amino acids that our bodies can’t make. Those amino acids come from the whole kernel grain of bread.
Get your fiber! (beans, peas, oats, barley, wheat, corn, bran, brocholli, carrots, potatoes)
a. Fiber prevents constipation, hemorrhoids and gallstones.
b. Fiber decreases obesity and heart disease.
c. Fiber reduces diabetes, varicose veins, and diverticular disease.
d. It reduces high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer. Wikipedia, 2008

Illustration: Nauru is an island in the South Pacific. It is only 8.1 miles around. It is the world’s smallest island nation. The people of the island were healthy and almost disease free of western diseases.
In 1907 phosphate was discovered on the island and the people of the island became the second wealthiest nation in the world next to the U.S. Because of this wealth the people chose to live and eat like the Americans.
In 1907 there was no evident health problems. The next generation began to develop diabetes, appendicitis and obesity. Doctors predicted that heart disease and cancer would come in the next few generations.
Now I quote the Wikipedia encyclopedia 2008. “An increased standard of living since independence has had some negative effects on the population. Nauruans are among the most obese people in the world, with 90% of adults overweight. Nauru has the world's highest level of Type 2 diabetes, with more than 40% of the population affected. Other significant diet-related problems on Nauru include renal failure and heart disease. Life expectancy has fallen over the pass few years to 58.0 years of age for males and 65.0 years for females.
(*Young people of America, life expectancy in America will drop in your generation. You won’t live as long as your parents if you don’t change the way you eat.)

Foods that we eat most that lack nutrition and are very harmful to the bodies are: 1) Sugar in any form, candy, chocolate, most cereals in the store because there is no fiber and much sugar. 2) Pork, 3) White breads, 4) fried foods, 5) caffeine, 6) to much red meats and 7) sodas, in any form.
You would be wise to drink more water and herbal teas with honey and stay away from the cokes and caffeine.
Cokes and soda’s are deadly and diet drinks are worse than the sugar drinks.
The following story is said to be true:
1 In many states, the highway patrol uses coke to remove blood from highways after a car accident.
2 If you place a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke, it will be gone in two days.
3 If you put a can of coke in the toilet bowl and let it sit for 1 hour it will flush your stains away.
4 Cokes has been used to remove rust spots from Chrome car bumpers.
5 Coke is great to remove corrosion from car battery terminals. Just pour it on and watch it bubble away.
6 It will loosen a rusty bolt. Apply a cloth soaked in coke for several minutes.
7 One active ingredient in coke is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail n four days.
8 To carry coke syrup, the commercial truck must use the hazardous material sign reserved for highly corrosive material.
9 The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years.

Remember, you are what you think and you are what you eat.
Your personal walk with the Lord will bring you peace and joy spiritually and your personal decisions to eat properly will built up your immune system and bring you healing to your body.
The best doctor for your own body is you! 80% of decisions that the doctors make are made upon answers to the questions they ask you.