And then let's talk a moment about pork,
ham, bacon, pepperoni. These are some of
the things that the scripture tells us
we should not
eat. The ushers have already locked the
doors. And of course, this has to do
with anything that comes from a pig, a
hog, a swine. And I know some of you
love pork chops. You love ham and cheese
sandwiches. I grew up on all that. I
love bacon. But for our health's sake,
we have to be willing to make some
changes. God knows what's best for us.
And back in the Bible days, the pig was
considered unclean. It was never
considered a source of food. And one of
the main reasons why was the pig will
eat anything. A pig eats waste and
garbage. This is kind of gross, but a
pig will eat its own dead child. A pig
will eat other sick and infected
animals. They're scavengers. And what's
interesting is the pig has one of the
quickest and poorest digestive systems
of any animal. Takes only four hours.
And that's not good because the
digestive system is so quick and so
poor. Many times the toxins from the
food are not properly eliminated and
they are stored in the pig's fat. That
means that pig can eat all kinds of
filth and garbage. It can eat other
infection.
4 hours later it's sent to the slaughter
and butchered and a few days it's on
your plate at home. You're having ribs.
The problem is the toxins were never
properly eliminated from the pig. On the
other hand, the animals that God says
are okay for us to eat like cow, lamb,
deer, buffalo, these animals eat fresh,
clean vegetation. Their digestive system
is much more sophisticated. In fact, a
cow basically has three stomachs. And
that fresh, clean vegetation is
processed through a digestive system
that takes 24 hours. Think about it. 24
hours versus 4 hours. Would you rather
eat an animal that eats waste and filth
or an animal that eats fresh, clean
vegetation, an animal that poorly
processes the food and stores the toxins
in its fat? Or an animal that properly
eliminates the toxin from his body? I
don't know about you, but I don't want
to take a chance of putting that kind of
junk in my body. And as I said, I love
bacon, but a few years ago, we switched
over and started eating turkey bacon. I
can't tell the difference now. I love
pizza, but I don't eat pepperoni
anymore. I made changes not only for my
health's sake. I made changes to honor
God. And I believe that if I'll do what
I can to take care of myself, God will
do what I can.