Worship: For Heaven’s Sake The Tower of Babel was built by descendants of Ham, says Pastor Flemons. Ham had mocked his father, Noah, for his naked drunkeness after the flood. And Noah cursed him and his descendants. These primarily built the Tower of Babel because they were fearful of another flood. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health’s Sake Pastor Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, continued discussing diseases of the digestive system. But his take on leaky gut syndrome is bashed by a system that claims to know nothing of the origin of the disease. (Read more below.)
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TOPICS THIS WEEK
Worship: January 9 – The Literal Week; January 10 – Tower of Babel; January 11 – The Call of Abraham; January 12 – Abraham in Canaan; January 13 – The Test of Faith; January 14 – Destruction of Sodom [All topics per Patriarchs and Prophets by Ellen G. White]
Wellness: DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM January 9 – Acid Reflux, GERD, Gastritis, Ulcers; January 10 – Leaky Gut Syndrome; January 11 – Crohn’s Disease; January 12 – Liver Cirrhosis, Pancreatitis; January 13 – Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Colitis, Diverticulitis; January 14 – Cancers of the Digestive System
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Words of Encouragement
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
Romans 14:12-13 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
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For Heaven’s Sake…
They didn’t believe God. God promised that there would not be another worldwide flood. The rainbow was, and now is, a token of that promise. Still, they were fearful and rebellious. They decided to build “a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven” (Genesis 11:4). “That shows the power of communication,” says Pastor Flemons. And they would have succeeded. We only have to look at NASA to confirm that.
But God “came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth” (Genesis 11:5-9).
And that is the origin of all the different languages and peoples around the world. “We all came from one race,” says Pastor Flemons. The body structure will adapt at the cellular level to the region. Hair and features changed over generations. God made it that way. The body is “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14).
For Health’s Sake…
The medical field claims to not know the cause of most diseases, says Pastor Flemons. Hence, the term idiopathic. So it is with leaky gut syndrome. Wikipedia defines leaky gut syndrome as “a hypothetical, medically unrecognized condition.” WebMD says this:
“‘Leaky gut syndrome’ is said to have symptoms including bloating, gas, cramps, food sensitivities, and aches and pains. But it’s something of a medical mystery.
“’From an MD’s standpoint, it’s a very gray area,’ says gastroenterologist Donald Kirby, MD, director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic. ‘Physicians don’t know enough about the gut, which is our biggest immune system organ.’
“‘Leaky gut syndrome’ isn’t a diagnosis taught in medical school. Instead, ‘leaky gut really means you’ve got a diagnosis that still needs to be made,’ Kirby says.”
Yet, Wikipedia continues with this: “Claims for the existence of “leaky gut syndrome” as a distinct medical condition are mostly made by nutritionists and practitioners of alternative medicine.[1][3] Proponents claim that a ‘leaky gut’ causes chronic inflammation throughout the body that results in a wide range of conditions, including chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, migraines, multiple sclerosis, and autism.[1][3] As of 2016, there is little evidence to support the hypothesis that leaky gut syndrome directly causes this wide array of diseases, although research is ongoing.[1][4][5][6][7][8]
“Various treatments are touted for ‘leaky gut syndrome’, such as dietary supplements, probiotics, herbal remedies, gluten-free foods, and low FODMAP, low sugar, or antifungal diets, but there is little evidence that the treatments offered are of benefit.[1] None have been adequately tested to determine if they are safe and effective for this purpose.[3] The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) does not recommend the use of special diets to manage the main symptoms of autism.[1]“
Pastor Flemons says there is little evidence, because they never will spend the necessary millions of dollars in so-called good research to simply “prove that all we have to do is follow God’s plan to heal leaky gut.”
Nevertheless, the fact is this, says Pastor Flemons:
“Leaky gut syndrome is a problem within your small intestine, where there is damage to the intestinal wall. And it has become more permeable, allowing things that should stay in the small intestine to go into the bloodstream. Therefore the blood gets bombarded by a lot of foreign matter, foreign protein, and other things. As a result, the immune system reacts to that and becomes hypersensitive. That hypersensitivity causes it to attack various portions of the body itself. … So it can cause all types of autoimmune diseases and lead to allergies, and autism. … But I think autism comes more from vaccinations. That’s my personal opinion. … The point is leaky gut … is a real condition. And whether they admit it or not, when we treat people with God’s plan, and heal the leaky gut, most of their symptoms, if not all, go away. That’s a fact. …
“It is caused by poor lifestyle habits–eating all the wrong foods. … If you drink with your meals and water down those digestive juices, you end up with poor digestion. Foreign protein gets into your small intestine … and damage your intestinal wall.”
(The full WebMD article is accessible here: http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/features/leaky-gut-syndrome#1)
(The full Wikipedia article is accessible here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome)