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The 700 Club - October 29, 2012

Hear Jeffery Thompson's account of the afterlife after he died on the operating table during a routine surgery. Plus, find out what happened to make Paige Torgersen turn her sad and desperate life into one of joy and purpose. Read Transcript


A GUEST AT HER OWN FUNERAL.

THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHERE I

UNDERSTOOD WHAT DEATH WAS.

ONE MOTHER TAKES A TRIP. I

COULDN'T TOUCH OR FEEL ANYTHING.

BEYOND THE GRAVE.

WHY AM I HERE?

LORD, WHY AM I HERE?

[APPLAUSE]

PAT: WE HAVE A SPECIAL SERIES

FOR YOU, HEAVEN AND HELL, LIFE

AFTER THE GRAVE.

IT IS GOING TO BE POWERFUL.

LET ME TELL YOU THIS HURRICANE

GOING ON IS CALLED SANDY.

IT IS THE BIGGEST ONE IN TERMS

OF AREA THAT HAS EVER BEEN

RECORDED.

ONE EXPERT ACTUALLY ESTIMATES WE

MIGHT HAVE AS MUCH AS 100

BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.

TREES FALLING, POWER LINES

COMING DOWN, MANY MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.

THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE OF

POTENTIAL FLOODING IN NEW YORK,

SUBWAYS FLOODING.

DOWNTOWN AREA OF NORFOLK IN

VIRGINIA.

UNDERWATER, SOME OF THE AREAS.

TERRY: NOTHING LIKE WE HAVE

BEEN HEARING.

PAT: OH NO.

WE HAVE BEEN SPARED.

FOR THAT IS WE ARE GRATEFUL.

PRAY FOR THOSE THAT WILL BE

SUFFERING.

IF YOU HAVE HAD POWER CUT OUT

FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, ESPECIALLY

IF YOUR POWER IS CONNECTED TO

LIGHTS AND HEAT.

TERRY: ABSOLUTELY.

WE ARE HOPING IT IS NOT GOING TO

BE AS BAD.

THE COUNTRY COULDN'T BE HIT WITH

SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT A WORST

TIME.

PAT: TORNADOS HURRICANES,

EARTHQUAKES.

TWO REPORTS FROM CBN NEWS,

BEGINNING WITH MARK MARTIN HERE

HE IS.

REPORTER: TRAVEL ALONG MUCH OF

THE EAST COAST IS ON HOLD,

WASHINGTON'S REGION ENTIRE

PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM SHUT DOWN.

MANY MAJOR HIGHWAYS CLOSED AND

ALL AIR TRAVEL CANCELLED UNTIL

SANDY PASSES.

WHEN THERE ARE MAJOR FLIGHT

CANCELLATIONS, IT AFFECTS

TRAVELERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

REPORTER: MANY AFFECTED FROM

CAROLINAS TO CANADA AND WEST TO

GREAT LAKES.

THIS STORM IS GOING TO HAVE

THE WORST CHARACTERISTICS OF

NOR'EASTER.

REPORTER: HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH

TIDES ALREADY FLOODING PARTS OF

VIRGINIA.

CBN'S OPERATION BLESSING IS

PROVIDING SANDBAGS AND

PROTECTING THIS CHURCH.

OPERATION BLESSING IS MAKING

PREPARATIONS TO GO WHEREVER IT

IS NEEDED MOST.

LAND FALLS EXPECTED FOR NEW

YORK, NEW JERSEY AREA, STORM

SURGE IS THE GREATEST CONCERNED.

NEW JERSEY, LONG ISLAND, NEW

ENGLAND, YOU WOULD BE PUSHING

WATER BACK INTO AN AREA THAT

WOULD CONTAIN WATER LEADING TO

INCREASED STORM SURGES.

RIGHT NOW A STORM SURGE IN

LONG ISLAND SOUND OF SEVEN TO

TEN FEET.

WE HAVE SEEN ESTIMATES AS HIGH

OF 11 FEET ABOVE TYPICAL HIGH

TIDE.

THAT WOULD LEAD TO UNPRECEDENTED

FLOODING.

THE LAST TIME WE SAW ANYTHING

LIKE THIS WAS NEVER, WAS NEVER

REPORTER: OFFICIALS EXPECT POWER

CREWS FROM ACROSS THE TRUES ON

STAND BY ESTIMATED 10 MILLION

PEOPLE COULD LOSE POWER WILL

LAND FALL HOURS AWAY.

NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS ARE IN

THE THICK OF PREPARATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THE

HUDSON RIVER IS CHURNING UP.

HERE IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK

MANY PREPARE FOR THE WORST WHILE

HOPING FOR THE BEST. BIG

APPLE HEEDING THE CALL TO BE

READY FOR THE WORST OF MONSTER

STORM, SANDY.

POWER PLANT WORKERS PLACE

SANDBAGS NEAR THE POWER GRID.

HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WINDS AND

MASSIVE FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO

HIT THE NATION'S MOST POPULOUS

CITY, HARD.

THEY ARE EXPECTING A STORM SURGE

FOUR TO EIGHT FEET.

EVEN THE CITY'S SUBWAY STATIONS

HAVE BEEN ORDERED SHUT DOWN BY

THE GOVERNOR IN PREPARATION OF

THE STORM.

IF YOU DON'T EVACUATE, YOU

ARE NOT JUST PUTTING YOUR OWN

LIFE IN DANGER.

YOU ARE ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF

OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

NEW YORK JOINS A LONG LIST OF

OTHER STATES TO DECLARE STATES

OF EMERGENCY AHEAD OF SANDY.

AFTER HARD LESSONS LEARNED FROM

HURRICANE KATRINA, MANY NEW

YORKERS ARE TAKING THIS STORM

SERIOUSLY. WE WENT TO

READYFOOD.GOV.

ALL THE NECESSARY THINGS I

NEED.

WE'LL SEE.

BRING IT ON, HURRICANE SANDY!

DESPITE DARKENING SKIES, THIS

COUPLE PRESSED AHEAD WITH THEIR

WEDDING PLANS.

WE ARE PACKING UP AND BEING

EVACUATED OUT OF OUR HOTEL.

IT IS PRETTY CRAZY.

TOURISTS SEEM UNPHASED BY THE

APPROACHING HURRICANE.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A

HURRICANE OR A STORM.

IT IS A HURRICANE.

LISA IS HER NAME?

SANDY.

OKAY.

THAT IS BETTER.

MEANWHILE, SANDY IS SURE TO

LEAVE A LASTING MARK ON THIS

CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS.

WORST OF SANDY'S WRATH IS

EXPECTED TO COME ASHORE LATE

TODAY OR EARLY TUESDAY ALONG THE

NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY COAST.

REPORTING IN NEW JERSEY,

CHARLENE ISRAEL, CBN NEWS.

PAT: THANKS, CHARLENE, SANDY

IS SLOWING DOWN THE PRESIDENTIAL

RACE, HERE IS LEE WEB.

REPORTER: THAT'S RIGHT, PAT,

HITTING NORTH CAROLINA, NEW

HAMPSHIRE, AND OHIO,PRESIDENT

OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY HAVE

CANCELLED EVENTS IN SEVERAL OF

THE KEY STATES.

PRESIDENT ASKED AMERICANS TO

PULL TOGETHER AND HELP ONE

ANOTHER.

TO CHECK ON NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS

AND ELDERLY.

PAUL RYAN ASKED AMERICANS TO

PRAY FOR THOSE IN SANDY'S PATH

AND THE STORM AFFECTS EARLY

VOTING.

MANY POLLS ARE CLOSED.

THIS COULD BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN EVER,

PASSED THE TWO BILLION DOLLAR

MARK.

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MITT ROMNEY

HAVE RAISED 1.7 BILLION DOLLAR

AND MAJOR POLITICAL ACTION

COMMITS HAS RAISED 3 BILLION

DOLLARS.

AMERICANS WILL CHOOSE NEXT

TUESDAY BETWEEN TWO VISIONS FOR

THE COUNTRY, THAT WAS THE FOCUS

OF REGENT UNIVERSITIES

ANNIVERSARY.

EFREM GRAHAM WAS THERE.

REPORTER: POLITICAL HEAVY

WEIGHTS FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS

SECRETARY DIDI MYERS AND EDWIN

DALE.

60 MINUTES CORRESPONDENT STEVE

KROFT MODERATED THE DEBATE.

CAN'T BE A WORLD POWER, CAN'T BE

THE LEADER OF THE WORLD IF YOU

ARE BROKE.

DEBATERS TALKED ABOUT

ABORTION, FOREIGN POLICY AND

TAXES.

BOTTOM LINE IS TWO PARTIES AND

TWO COMPETING VISIONS FOR

AMERICAN AMERICA, REPUBLICAN'S

VISION. NUP FOUNDER'S

VISION.

VISION OF A COUNTRY THAT

BELIEVES RIGHTS COME TO PEOPLE

FROM GOD.

AND THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT

IS LIMITED.

DEMOCRATS VISION.

GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE A ROLE

IN MOTIVATED AND INSTIGATING THE

CHANGE IT CAN THROUGH TARGETED

INVESTMENTS AND CREATE

OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT

DON'T HAVE ANY.

THE POLLS MAKE ME TIGHT.

MITT ROMNEY AT 50 PERCENT TO

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 47.

FORMER PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR ED

REN DALE WARNED DEMOCRATS AS A

POSSIBLE UP STATE WHICH HASN'T

BACKED A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT

SINCE 1988.

CLASH OF TITANS AUDIENCE MEMBERS

WANT TO SEE MORE UNITY.

AT 25, NOMINY IS VOTING FOR THE

FIRST TIME.

AMERICANS NEED TO GET

TOGETHER FOR AMERICA.

I THINK HERE HEARING THAT

TONIGHT, HOW REFRESHING IS THAT?

THAT IS THE CRITICAL ISSUE.

JUSTIN COOK CAME TO HEAR FROM

THESE POLITICAL HEAVY WEIGHTS

BEFORE HE DECIDES HOW TO VOTE.

I WAS AN INDEPENDENT COMING

IN AND UNFORTUNATELY STILL AN

UNFORTUNATE.

REPORTER: EFREM GRAHAM, CBN

NEWS.

REPORTER: PAT, HOW WOULD YOU

RATE THIS DEBATE?

PAT: I THINK IT WAS SUPERB.

CANDIDATES ARE TAKING MOST OF

THE BIG CROWDS.

I THINK IN TERMS OF SUBSTANCE,

WE HAVE HAD FORMER PRIME

MINISTERS, SCHOLARS FROM HARVARD

HARVARD, SECRETARY OF TREASURY,

WE HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS SPEAKERS.

I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT DEBATE.

IT DID THE NATION PROUD.

I THINK IT DID THE SCHOOL PROUD.

BEFORE WE GET ON ANY FURTHER

TERRY, YOU AND I NEED TO PRAY

FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST.

THIS STORM IS GOING TO SWING

INTO THE DELMARVA PENINSULA

AFFECTING NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK,

NEW ENGLAND AND MAY GO OUT INTO

OHIO.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE

LOSING POWER, BEING COLD, MAYBE

WITHOUT FOOD.

IT IS A VERY SERIOUS THING.

IT IS THE BIGGEST STORM IN TERMS

OF ACTUAL MASS AND VOLUME THAT

HAS EVER APPROACHED THIS NATION.

WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING THIS

BIG.

MAYBE THE BIGGEST FOR US IN A

WHILE.

THEY ARE PREDICTING, 95 MILES AN

HOUR WINDS.

PAT: IT IS PICKING UP.

IT IS NOT JUST LOOKING FOR THE

EYE.

IT IS THIS GIGANTIC WEATHER

SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO BRING IN

AIR.

THERE IS A WARM TREND COMING IN

THAT CAN CREATE SNOW.

IT COULD BE LIKE A NORTHEASTER.

SNOW IN THE APPALACHAINS, COUPLE

OF FEET OF SNOW.

TERRY: I THINK IT HAS

ALREADY STARTED.

PAT: LORD, IN JESUS' NAME, I

PRAY THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THESE

THAT ARE SUFFERING.

WE PRAY, LORD, THAT YOU MIGHT

PROVIDE SHELTER.

THAT YOU MIGHT PROVIDE WARMTH,

FOOD FOR THOSE IN THE PATH OF

THIS DREADFUL STORM, LORD, YOU,

ALONE ARE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF

THE NEEDY.

PLEASE DO IT, NOW.

PLEASE REACH OUT TO THESE WHO

ARE IN THE PATH OF SUFFERING AND

HELP US TO HELP THEM, LORD, IN

JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

TERRY: AMEN.

PAT: TERRY.

TERRY: ELECTION DAY IS RIGHT

AROUND THE CORNER.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT EIGHT

DAYS CAN SET THE COURSE FOR THE

NEXT FEW YEARS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE PRAYING FOR

OUR COUNTRY.

LATER ON, A MOTHER HEARS VOICES

TELLING HER TO MURDER HER

CHILDREN.

FIND OUT HOW SHE RESPONDED, ALL

NEXT.

TERRY: MANY OF YOU HAVE

JOINED US AS WE PRAY FOR THE

ELECTION.

WE WANT TO PRAY WITH YOU, FOR

OUR LEADERS.

WE ASKED MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE

RECEIVED A MAILING.

IT HAS HAD A CARD THAT YOU CAN

SEND IN WITH YOUR PRAYER

REQUESTS.

WE HAVE OVER A QUARTER OF A

MILLION PRAYING.

MY PRAYER IS A SPIRITUAL REVIVAL

ASKING GOD FOR HIS MERCY AND

FORGIVENESS.

SOME SAY MY PRAYER IS FOR WIZ IN

ALL THOSE IN LEADERSHIP.

PAT: PEOPLE ALSO WORRIED

ABOUT THE ECONOMY.

THIS ISN'T GOING TO HELP.

SHUTTING DOWN THE STOCK MARKET.

16 TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICITS.

WE ARE IN TROUBLE.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING PRAY FOR THE

ECONOMY, PRAY FOR WISE LEADERS.

TERRY: YES.

PAT: FATHER, TERRY AND I JOIN

ON THIS STORM-TOSSED DAY.

GIVE US RIGHTEOUS WISE LEADERS.

LORD, WITH A FEW DAYS LEFT

BEFORE THIS MONUMENTAL ELECTION,

SELECT YOUR PEOPLE FOR THE

VARIOUS OFFICES THAT WILL BE

OPEN IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT THEY

MIGHT FULFILL YOUR DESTINY FOR

THIS GREATLAND.

GREAT LAND.

AND BLESSED WE PRAY IN JESUS'

NAME.

AMEN.

TERRY: AMEN.

ONE OF THE PRAYER REQUESTS I HAD

WAS SOMEONE ASKING FOR A REVIVAL

IN OUR COUNTRY.

WE HAVE NEEDED THAT FOR A LONG

TIME.

WE WANT TO BE SURE YOU HAVE A

BOOKLET THAT IS PUT TOGETHER

"REVIVE STEPPED TO REVIVAL IN

AMERICA."

CALL THE TOLL FREE NUMBER,

1-800-759-0700.

SAY I WOULD LIKE THAT RERIVAL

BOOKLET.

WE'LL GET IT OUT TO YOU RIGHT

AWAY.

COMING UP NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO

HEAR FROM A WOMAN THAT SAW HELL

AND LATER TALKED TO A MAN THAT

DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN.

GET THEIR STORIES.

ALL OF THAT IS AHEAD ON TODAY'S

SHOW.

PAT: PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT

HAPPENS WHEN I DIE?

IS THERE A HEAVEN?

IS THERE A HELL?

IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

THERE AND COME BACK.

EYEWITNESS REPORTS OF HELL AND

HEAVEN.

PAIGE TORGERSEN ENDURED A

LIVING HELL ON EARTH AS A CHILD.

THEN AS AN ADULT, PAIGE

EXPERIENCED THE REAL THING.

WHEN YOU FIRST MEET HER,

YOU'D NEVER KNOW, SHE IS

BEAUTIFUL, ARTICULATE, CARING

MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN.

BUT PAIGE TORGERSEN HAS A DARK

PAST AND THERE IS A REASON SHE

WANTS YOU TO KNOW HER STORY.

THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT I

DIDN'T SEE AS ABNORMAL BECAUSE I

DIDN'T HAVE A NORMAL PICTURE OF

LIFE.

NORMAL TO PAIGE WAS A MOTHER

THAT MARRIED SIX TIMES.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT FOR

US.

NORMAL WAS A BILOGICAL FATHER

THAT DRANK UNTIL HE PASSED OUT.

HE SAID LIFE WAS NOT WORTH

LIVING AND IT WAS MY FAULT.

AND STEPBROTHERS AND

STEPFATHERS WHO USED PAIGE AS A

SEX OBJECT.

HE WOULD BE HITTING MY

MOTHER.

I WOULD TRY TO OFFEND HER.

HE WOULD SPANK ME UNTIL I USED

THE BATHROOM ON MYSELF.

THESE IMAGES ARE PICTURE

PERFECT.

PAIGE AS A SIX YEAR OLD

CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY.

AT NINE WITH AN IMPISH GRIN.

CHEER LEADER AND HOMECOMING

QUEEN.

THE GIRL THAT LOOKED SO FULL OF

LIFE ON THE INSIDE WAS SLOWLY

DYING.

CONSTANTLY IN FEAR.

IT BEGAN TO TAKE EVERYTHING IN

AND PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT PLACE

SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO THINK

ABOUT IT.

THAT IS THE WAY I WOULD PAINT

THE PICTURE TO THE OUTSIDE

WORLD.

I WOULD NEVER TELL THEM. SHE

BROKE FREE FROM THE ABUSE AFTER

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

THE DAMAGE WAS DONE.

PAIGE BEGAN TO REPEAT THE SAME

TRAGIC MISTAKES AS HER MOTHER.

I CHOSE THE SAME TYPE OF

PEOPLE I HAD BEEN AROUND.

THEN SHE HAD HER FIRST CHILD,

A DAUGHTER.

STILL HOPING A BETTER MAN WOULD

COME ALONG. I THOUGHT WITH

THIS NEXT ONE HE IS GOING TO BE

THE ONE, THERE WOULD BE A

MOMENT, EVERYTHING WOULD GO

SOUTH.

ONE BOYFRIEND DID SEEM

DIFFERENT AT FIRST.

THEY EVEN HAD A SON TOGETHER.

THIS MAN WHILE NOT ABUSIVE,

EVENTUALLY TAUGHT PAIGE HOW TO

DESTROY HERSELF.

HE INTRODUCED ME TO DRUGS,

YES.

THAT BECAME MY ESCAPE.

I COULDN'T FUNCTION NORMALLY.

PAIGE FIRST HEARD THE VOICES.

TELLING ME TO KILL MY FAMILY

AND MY DAUGHTER.

MY DAUGHTER WAS THE LOVE OF MY

LIFE.

I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO

HURT OTHER PEOPLE.

THESE VOICES BEGAN TO GET WORSE

AND WORSE.

I WOULD PUT MY HAND OVER MY

EARS, I THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY

MIND.

AFTER FIVE MONTHS OF TORMENT,

PAIGE QUIT ALL DRUG USE AND THE

VOICES.

....

THE SAME DAY THOSE VOICES

STOPPED, THAT NIGHT WAS WHEN THE

LORD INTERVENED.

IT WAS THE MOST ANGELIC, THE

MOST PEACEFUL, LOVING VOICE YOU

JUST CAN'T IMAGINE.

I KNEW GOD WAS SPEAKING TO ME.

HIS PRESENCE WAS OVERWHELMING.

I WAS IN THE VERY BEGINNING

FEARFUL.

SUDDENLY THE FEAR WAS GONE.

I WAS COMFORTED, I HAD A PEACE

AND JOY I HAD NEVER HAD.

IT WAS LIKE I HAD A SUDDEN

REVERENCE FOR GOD I HAD NEVER

KNOWN.

HE SOMEHOWED ME MOMENTS FROM MY

CHILDHOOD AND BAD DECISIONS

OPENED THE DOOR ALONG THE WAY

FOR THE DEMONIC REALM TO CONTROL

MY FAMILY.

PAIGE SAYS THE VISION THAT

FOLLOWED WAS HORRIFYING.

SUDDENLY, I WAS IN A HOLDING

CELL.

I WAS IN A VERY DARK SCARY

PLACE.

I WAS SAYING WHY AM I HERE,

LORD?

I THOUGHT HE HAD COME TO RESCUE

ME.

I THOUGHT I HAD DIED AT THAT

POINT.

I COULDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

I COULDN'T FEEL ANYTHING.

I COULD HEAR THESE MOANS AND

CRIES AND VOICES, BUT I COULDN'T

SEE THEM.

IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE TORMENTING

ME.

I REMEMBER HAVING NO

COMMUNICATION AT THAT POINT WITH

THE LORD.

HE DIDN'T ANSWER ANYTHING I

SAID.

I COULDN'T CRY.

I COULDN'T SCREAM.

I IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHAT ETERNITY

WAS.

THERE WAS NO SENSE OF TIME

WHATSOEVER.

I COULD HEAR PEOPLE CRYING AND

WHALING.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY FUNERAL, I

AM LISTENING TO MY FUNERAL.

I WALKED TO THE DOOR, AS I

OPENED THE DOOR, I WAS SHOCKED.

I COULD SEE A BEAUTIFUL SCENE

OUTSIDE.

INSIDE IT WAS DARK AND SCARY.

NO SENSE OF LIFE WHATSOEVER.

THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHERE I

UNDERSTOOD WHAT DEATH WAS.

I TRIED TO CRY.

IT WAS CLEAR IN MY MIND I

TOTALLY MISSED GOD.

I COULD SEE CLEARLY, VISIONS OF

THE PARTY SCENES, THE SEXUAL

PROVERSION I PARTICIPATED IN,

THE THINGS I HAD DONE WILLINGLY.

I COULDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING

BEFORE I BECAME ACCOUNTABLE FOR

MY ACTIONS.

I REMEMBER TRYING TO TRY OUT TO

GOD AND BEGGING GOD FOR ANOTHER

CHANCE.

I STARTED SCREAMING AND CRYING.

GOD, YOU HAVE TO GET ME OUT OF

HERE.

I AM IN HELL.

I HAD A VERY REAL PICTURE OF

HELL.

THE DAMNATION I COULD HAVE

EXPERIENCED.

WHERE DOES A PERSON GO AFTER

A VISION OF HELL?

PAIGE SAYS SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE

TO GO OR WHAT TO DO.

HONESTLY, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD

TO PURSUE HIM.

I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO DESIRE A

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

I HAD TO FIND GOD.

I TO HAVE THAT JOY AND THAT LOVE

I HAD NEVER FELT.

I HAD ONLY FELT THAT LOVE DURING

THAT VISIT.

SHE BEGAN HER SEARCH FOR GOD

IN EARNEST.

I WAS READING THE BIBLE AND

PRAYING AND BEGAN TO FAST.

SUDDENLY, GOD STEPPED BACK INTO

MY LIFE IN SUCH A GREAT WAY.

HE SAID I WAS WAITING ON YOU.

I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU THE WHOLE

TIME.

I WAS WAITING ON YOU.

WHEN I REALIZED, WOW, IT WAS MY

CHOICE.

YOU WENT OUT OF YOUR WAY TO

VISIT ME AND TO TELL ME ALL

THESE WONDERFUL THINGS AND TO

SHOW ME WHAT I COULD HAVE NEVER

KNOWN.

AND YOU ARE HERE AGAIN AND I AM

NEVER, EVER GOING TO LOSE YOU.

SO I STARTED SHARING EVERYWHERE

I WENT.

I WOULD TELL HIM HOW MUCH I

LOVED HIM.

HE WAS EVERYTHING TO ME.

UM, I WOULD SAY I AM SORRY,

PLEASE FORGIVE ME.

THE REPENTANCE WAS VERY

IMPORTANT.

PAIGE FOUND A CHURCH AND GREW

IN HER RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

SHE RECONCILED WITH HER FATHER

BEFORE HE DIED AND FORGIVEN

THOSE THAT ABUSED HER IN THE

PAST.

TODAY SHE HAS A WONDERFUL

RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER AND

BECAME A CHRISTIAN, TOO.

PAIGE BELIEVES SHE WAS SPARED AN

ETERNITY IN HELL.

THAT IS WHY SHE IS SO PASSIONATE

TO TELL HER STORY. I WANT TO

SHOUT FROM THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN

PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN THEY LEAVE THIS WORLD.

THEY TAKE THEIR LAST BREATH,

THERE IS NO WAY OUT.

IT IS TERRIFYING.

IF YOUR HEART IS RIGHT.

IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET RIGHT

WITH THE LORD, ALL IT TAKES IS

THAT PRAYER AND THE REPENTANCE.

I HAD NEVER KNOWN LOVE OR HAD AN

IDENTITY AND MY IDENTITY IS IN

CHRIST.

I NEVER KNEW THE LOVE AND

RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

KNOWING JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR AND

ALLOWING HIM TO COME IN AND

TRANSFORM YOUR HEART AND CHANGE

YOUR LIFE, WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE

IT.

PAT: I LOVE IT.

WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE IT.

SOME OF YOU RIGHT NOW, LISTEN TO

ME, DON'T GO ANYWHERE T. YOU MAY

HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY MOLESTED.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A QUARTER

OF ALL DWIRL GIRLS, ARE MOLESTED

BY THE AGE OF 18.

MOLESTING TAKING PLACE FROM

STEPPARENTS, OLDER SIBLINGS, WHO

KNOWS.

COUNSELORS.

BOY SCOUT LEADERS EVEN REMEMBER

CATHOLIC PRIESTS.

PEOPLE FEEL ASHAMED.

YOU FEEL DIRTY.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

YOU THINK GOD HAS ABANDONED YOU.

GOD SHOWED PAIGE WHAT HELL IS

LIKE.

I THINK THE MOST AWFUL THING IN

THE BIBLE IS ETERNITY NEVER

ENDS.

IT IS GOOD FOR THOSE WHO HAVE

COME TO PARADISE.

TERRIBLE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE

CAST INTO THE WAKE OF FIRE.

THERE IS PUNISHMENT.

PAIGE HAS COME INTO A

RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD THAT

IS GLORIOUS.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP.

I WANT TO OFFER YOU THE CHANCE

RIGHT NOW TO SAY YES TO JESUS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO HELL.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HORRIBLE

IT IS.

IT IS FOREVER.

THERE IS NO TURNING BACK.

ONCE YOU ARE CROSS THE LINE AND

OUT OF THIS BODY, HELL IS

FOREVER!

EVER!

AND EVER!

YOU CAN'T DIE.

YOU SUFFER, TORMENTED, DAY AFTER

DAY, YEAR AFTER YEAR, FOREVER!

BOW YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW AND PRAY

WITH ME.

PRAY THESE WORDS JESUS, I KNOW

YOU LOVE ME.

JESUS, YOU SEEN THE THINGS I

HAVE DONE.

YOU KNOW THE SEXUAL SINS.

YOU KNOW THE BLASPHEMY, THE

INDIFFERENCE, THE CALLOUSNESS,

THE CRUELTY, THE LIES,

EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE.

I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME, LORD, I

RECEIVE YOUR DEATH THAT PAYS THE

PRICE OF MY SALVATION.

COME NOW, FILL ME WITH YOURSELF,

I WANT YOU, LORD.

AND I RECEIVE YOU FROM THIS

MOMENT ON AS MY LORD AND AS MY

SAVIOR.

THANK YOU, LORD THAT YOU HAVE

HEARD MY PRAYER AND THANK YOU

YOU HAVE COME INTO MY HEART.

FOR THOSE THAT PRAYED WITH ME, I

WANT TO SEND YOU SOMETHING

CALLED "A NEW DAY."

IT IS A COMPACT DISK HERE, 73

MINUTES OF CONCENTRATED

TEACHINGS ABOUT WHAT JUST

HAPPENED TO YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE

JUST DONE.

I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU FREE.

I WANT YOU TO CALL AND SAY I

PRAYED WITH PAT, GAVE MY HEART

TO THE LORD.

CALL NOW, TOLL FREE NUMBER,

1-800-759-0700.

TERRY?

TERRY: STILL AHEAD, THE LAST

THOUGHTS OF A MAN THAT HAD

SECONDS TO LIVE.

I REACHED UP TO GRAB MY WIFE

AND WANTED TO TELL HER I LOVED

HER.

TERRY: SEE WHAT THIS MAN SAW

BEYOND THE GRAVE WHEN WE COME

BACK.

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REPORTER: WELCOME BACK TO

"700 CLUB." PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS

SPOKEN OUT IN FAVOR OF GAY

MARRIAGE BALLOT MEASURES, MAINE,

MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON WILL

DESITE THE FATE NEXT TUESDAY.

FIRST TIME THE PRESIDENT HAS

ENDORSED AN INDEPENDENT MEASURE

ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

CBN FILM PRODUCED COSTA RICA.

IT ENDS WITH A MESSAGE OF GOD'S

REDEMPTION.

85 PEOPLE PROFESSED FAITH IN

JESUS.

DIRECTOR OF CBN COSTA RICA SAYS

IT GIVES HOPE.

MORE THAN A MILLION CHILDREN

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TERRY: FIVE YEARS AGO

JEFFREY THOMPSON HAD ROUTINE

SURGERY.

SOMETHING WENT WRONG.

JEFF'S HEART WENT OUT AND DIED

IN THE ARMS OF HIS WIFE.

I BEGAN HAVING STOMACH PAINS,

SEVERE STOMACH PAINS INITIALLY I

HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS.

THE STRESS JEFFREY THOMPSON

WAS UNDER RUNNING HIS LAW

PRACTICE HAD TAKEN A TOLL ON HIS

BODY.

I MAINTAINED THE STRESS.

EVENTUALLY IT BROKE DOWN.

JEFFREY DEVELOPED

DIVERTICULITIS AND NEEDED

SURGERY TO REMOVE PART OF HIS

INTESTINE.

AFTER THE OPERATION, HIS BODY

CONTINUED TO HEMORRHAGE.

I LOOKED INTO THE SURGEON'S

EYES AND SAW CONCERN.

MY INTERNAL CLOCK WAS TELLING ME

I ONLY HAD A FEW SECONDS OF

CONSCIOUSNESS LEFT.

I REACHED UP TO GRAB MY WIFE.

I WENT TO HIM.

IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THAT I

LOST HIM.

I COULD TELL HE LEFT.

HE TOOK MY HAND AND WAS GONE.

JEFFREY THOMPSON JOINS US NOW

LIVE.

THANKFULLY FOR THE REST OF HIS

STORY.

JEFF IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU

WITH US.

TERRY, HONORED TO BE HERE.

TERRY: YOU WERE A SUCCESSFUL

LAWYER, WORKING 70-80 HOURS A

WEEK.

EVENTUALLY TOOK A TOLL ON YOUR

BODY.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

IT DID.

MY PRACTICE TAKES US AROUND THE

COUNTRY.

I AM WITH A WONDERFUL FIRM.

WE HAVE CLIENTS IN EVERY STATE

WHICH REQUIRES A LOT OF TRAVEL.

IT TAKES IT OUT OF YOU.

IT BROKE MY BODY DOWN,

UNFORTUNATELY.

TERRY: YOU ARE GOING INTO

THIS SURGERY FOR A STOMACH

ISSUE.

NOTHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN

FATAL.

WERE YOU PREPARED FOR ANYTHING

BAD TO HAPPEN?

I WAS NOT.

MY WIFE AND I HAD A FEELING

NOTHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I TOLD MY ASSISTANT THE DAY

BEFORE SURGERY, TELL MY CLIENTS,

I AM UP AND RUNNING MONDAY.

THAT WAS MY IDEA, NOT GODS.

TERRY: SOMETIMES GOD SENDS

AN EARTHQUAKE TO GET OUR

ATTENTION.

HERE YOU ARE, YOU HAD THE

SURGERY, THE CORRECTION ACTUALLY

TOOK PLACE, 24 HOURS LATER THE

DOCTORS PULLED BACK THE SHEET,

VITAL SIGNS NOT GOOD.

WHAT DID THEY FIND?

I LOOK PREGNANT.

I WAS BLEEDING INTERNALLY.

WHEN I LOOKED DOWN, I REALIZED

NEEDILY SOMETHING WAS TERRIBLY

WRONG.

THE

TERRY: TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED

THEN, YOU WENT INTO THIS BLACK

OUT THAT WE HEARD DESCRIBED.

YOUR SENSES HEIGHTENED.

WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT MY

STOMACH, I BEGAN TO DIE.

I KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

I KNEW I ONLY HAD A FEW SECONDS

LEFT OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

I REACHED UP AND GRABBED MY

WIFE.

I WANTED TO TELL HER HOW MUCH I

LOVED HER.

SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE PERSON.

I BEGAN TO RISE OUT OF MY BODY

UP INTO THAT ROOM.

I HAD NEVER BEEN MORE ALIVE.

TERRY: WERE YOU AFRAID?

NO.

THAT WAS THE INCREDIBLE THING.

I HAD NEVER FELT SUCH PEACE AND

LOVE.

I COULD SEE EVERYTHING DOWN

BELOW ME.

I SAID THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.

LEAVE IT TO A LAWYER.

[LAUGHTER].

TERRY: I WAS JUST GOING TO

SAY.

[LAUGHTER].

I WAS WATCHING EVERYTHING IN

COMPLETE PEACE.

THEN THE LIGHT ENTERED.

TERRY: TELL US ABOUT THAT.

BEGAN AT THE CEILING, TERRY.

IT FILTERED OUT.

I STRUGGLE FOR THE WORDS, IT WAS

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I HAD

EVER SEEN.

ONLY THING I COULD COMPARE IT

TO, YOU SEE THE SON'S RAYS AND

KNOW IT IS THERE.

MULTIPLY IT TIMES A THOUSAND.

INCREDIBLE.

IT BEGAN TO FELTER IN THAT ROOM,

COLORS CAME FLOODING OUT.

MY SENSES BECAME ENHANCED.

TERRY: WHAT WERE YOU

THINKING AT THIS POINT?

I WAS ABSORBING IT ALL.

I WAS ENJOYING IT.

I WAS IN COMPLETE PEACE AND

COMFORT.

I WAS OVERWHELMED BY WHAT WAS

HAPPENING TO ME.

THERE WAS NO PAIN AND NO FEAR.

NOTHING BUT SWEETNESS.

TERRY: WHERE WERE YOU AT

SPIRITUALLY?

I HAD BEEN A CHRISTIAN SINCE

I WAS A TEENAGER.

LOVED GOD.

HELPED SUNDAY SCHOOL.

I HAVE HAD A LOVE FOR GOD IN A

LONG TIME.

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW MUCH HE

LOVED ME.

I HAD BEEN TOLD ALL ABOUT IT.

I READ IT.

TERRY: SUDDENLY, YOU ARE IN

THE PRESENCE OF WHAT YOU ARE

SENSING GOD HIMSELF.

WHAT DID THAT DO TO YOU AS A

PERSON, AS A CHRISTIAN?

AT THE MOMENT IT OVERWHELMED

ME.

HAD I HAD A BODY, I WOULD HAVE

GONE TO THE FLOOR.

NOTHING LIKE HAVING GOD POUR

INTO YOUR SOUL.

I WAS OVERWHELMED BY IT.

YOU ARE IN THIS AMAZING

PLACE, FEELING AND SEEING

EVERYTHING.

HOW DID YOU WIND UP GOING BACK

INTO YOUR BODY?

DURING THIS PROCESS, GOD

INFUSED A NUMBER OF THINGS INTO

ME.

I HAD A FLEEDING THOUGHT, WHAT

ABOUT MADELINE, MY WIFE.

WHAT ABOUT MY SON?

IT WAS A FLEETING THOUGHT.

I WANTED TO BE WITH GOD, BUT I

HAD A FLEETING THOUGHT.

GOD SAID YOU ARE GOING TO GO

BACK.

WHAT DID YOU FEEL THEN?

MOST IMMEDIATE THING THAT

HAPPENED, EVERYTHING STOPPED

BELOW ME.

WHAT ABOUT MADELINE AND WILL.

IT WAS IF SOMEONE PUT A PAUSE

BUTTON.

EVERYTHING WENT SILENT.

IT WAS COMPLETE PEACE.

I SHOT BACK IN MY BODY LIKE I

HAD BEEN HIT BY A LIGHTNING

BOLT.

THE DOCTOR WAS SAYING I HAVE TO

GET HIM BACK IN SURGERY.

HOW AM I GOING TO GET CONSENT.

HE SAID YOU CAN GIVE CONSENT.

TERRY: YOU TALK ABOUT GOD

INFUSING THINGS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU

HAVE EVER KNOWN.

HE LOVES YOU BEYOND ANYTHING WE

HAVE EVER KNOWN.

IF WE FULLY UNDERSTOOD THE LOVE

HE HAS, WE WOULD WAKE UP WITH

DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.

TERRY, I USED TO WAKE UP WITH A

KNOT IN MY STOMACH.

I WAKE UP WITH JOY IN MY HEART.

I HAVE TO BECOME A BETTER

PERSON.

BECOMING A BETTER PERSON DOESN'T

GET YOU TO HEAVEN.

YOU GET TO HEAVEN THROUGH CHRIST

AND HIS BLOOD.

WHEN I WAS PLACED UP TO GOD'S

LIGHTED, I REALIZED ALL THE

TIMES I COULD HAVE HELPED OTHERS

AND BROUGHT THEM TO CHRIST AND

FAILED TO DO IT

TERRY: WHEN YOU FEEL HIS

INTENSE LOVE, IT MAKES YOU WANT

TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY.

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS CHANGED

YOU?

I WAKE UP WITH PEACE AND JOY.

MY CAREER IS NOT EVERYTHING.

TERRY: YES.

MY GOD IS.

TERRY: YES.

IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

YOU THINK AND FEEL DIFFERENTLY.

I LOVE WHAT I CAN DO.

I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE FIRM I WORK

WITH.

THE PEOPLE I WORK ARE WONDERFUL

LOVING PEOPLE.

WE LOVE WORKING TOGETHER.

I STILL LOVE WHAT I DO.

NOTHING SWEETER THAN GOD'S LOVE.

TERRY: THAT IS AN AMAZING

POWERFUL PICTURE OF GOD DROPPING

HIMSELF INTO THE MIDDLE OF

SOMEONE'S LIFE JUST TO SAY I

LOVE YOU.

IT IS INCREDIBLE.

TERRY: WE HEAR THAT OVER AND

OVER AGAIN JEFF, EYE HAS NOT

SEEN, EAR HAS NOT HEARD THE DEEP

LOVE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR

STORY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE

OF JEFF'S STORY, ALL YOU HAVE TO

DO IS LOG ON TO CBN.COM.

WE HAVE THE COMPLETE STORY AND

VIDEO VERSION.

YOU'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO LISTEN

TO WHAT JEFF EXPERIENCED.

PAT?

PAT: WONDERFUL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HEAVEN IS

REAL.

HELL IS REAL.

LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN

THERE.

ALL THIS WEEK WE ARE TELLING YOU

STORIES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE

BEYOND THE VEIL.

COMING UP, WE ARE ANSWERING YOUR

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AFTER LIFE,

INCLUDING ONE, ARE THERE SPORTS

IN HEAVEN.

A YOUNG BOY THAT SAYS HE HAS THE

ANSWER.

WE'LL LET HIM DO THAT COMING UP

NEXT.

I ENDED UP IN A PLACE THAT WAS

COMPLETE TORMENT.

MY BODY WAS BURNING.

I NO LONGER WAS LONELY.

I WAS NO LONGER DEPRESSED.

I BECAME DEPRESSION.

I BECAME LONELINESS.

I BECAME A TORMENTED BEING OF

FEAR.

AS I BEGAN LOOKING OUT AND SAW

ALL OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE AND

EVERYBODY WAS SCREAMING IN PAIN,

THE MUTUAL THING EVERYONE SHARED

THERE WAS THEIR DESIRE TO SCREAM

OUT TO EVERYBODY ON EARTH, DO

NOT COME HERE.

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LIFE IS ABOUT

JESUS CHRIST.@@@@

PAT: LISTEN, THIS WEEK IS

GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ONE

SINGLE EPISODE.

THESE ARE POWERFUL.

WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT?

WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

APOSTLE PAUL, EVERYTHING I HAVE

GOTTEN, NOT HAVING RIGHTEOUSNESS

OF MY OWN BUT IN GOD IN CHRIST.

IF I MADE ACHIEVE THE

RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.

I WANT TO BE THERE TO BE

RESURRECTED TO BE PART OF

PARADISE WITH HIM.

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

BOY.

WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT SPORTS.

SOCCER.

SOME NATIONS CALL IT FUTBUL.

IT IS THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR

SPORT.

ONE NIGERIAN BOY NAMED ABRAHAM,

HE PLAYED THERE.

WE'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN WE SEE IT.

SIX-YEAR-OLD ABRAHAM WAS ALL

HIS MOTHER ANGEL HAD.

HER HUSBAND LEFT THEM WHEN HE

WAS THREE MONTHS OLD.

ABRAHAM WAS ALWAYS SICK.

I LOVED MY SON SO MUCH.

I DID ALL I COULD TO SAVE HIM.

HE SUFFERED FROM ASTHMA SINCE HE

WAS A BABY.

I WORKED HARD FINDING DOMESTIC

JOBS TO HELP PAY HIS BILLS.

ONE DAY HE WAS BARELY BREATHING.

BY THE TIME THEY CAME TO THE

HOSPITAL, ABRAHAM HAS ASTHMA,

TUBERCULOSIS, HIS BREATHING WAS

LABORED.

I TOLD THEM TO GO HOME.

ABRAHAM NEVER MADE IT.

HE DIED ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE

HOSPITAL.

WHEN I DISCOVERED HE WAS

DEAD, I WANTED TO DIE MYSELF.

ABRAHAM'S BODY KEPT UNTIL THE

NEXT DAY.

SOMEONE SAY THEY SHOULD CALL AN

EVANGELIST, THE PASTOR

ENCOURAGED THEM AND THEY SHOULD

BELIEVE IN GOD.

THEN HE SAID A PRAYER AND PLA ED

ED TAPES OF CBN SHOWS.

HOW CAN I PERSON WHO DIED

OVER 24 HOURS AGO RISE AGAIN.

I WAS ENCOURAGED ALL THINGS ARE

POSSIBLE.

AS THE CROWD WATCHED CBN'S

TURNING POINT, ONE OF THE HOST

BEGAN TO PRAY FOR MIRACLES.

AN AMAZING THING HAPPENED.

WE WERE ALL SURPRISED TO SEE

THE BODY MOVE.

HE CAME BACK TO LIFE.

PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED.

THEN HE AROSE.

WE THANKED GOD.

IT IS NO STORY.

IT HAPPENED.

THE BOY WAS DEAD.

AFTER 24 HOURS, HE ROSE UP

AGAIN.

IMMEDIATELY A GREAT

CELEBRATION BROKE OUT IN THE

VILLAGE.

DOZENS OF PEOPLE GAVE THEIR

LIVES TO CHRIST INCLUDING THE

DOCTOR THAT TREATED ABRAHAM.

I WAS AN IDOL WORSHIPPER.

I ACCEPTED CHRIST, MANY OF MY

DOCTOR FRIENDS GIVE THEIR LIVES

TO CHRIST, TOO.

WHEN ABRAHAM WENT BACK TO THE

HOSPITAL, THE DOCTOR GAVE HIM A

CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.

HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ASTHMA

ANYMORE.

WE CAN HARDLY REMEMBER WHAT IT

WAS LIKE TO BE SICK.

ABRAHAM HAS VIVID MEMORIES.

WE PLAYED A SOCCER GAME AND I

SCORED.

SO THEY SAID I SHOULD GO BACK

HOME.

THANK GOD FOR CBN AFRICA.

THIS MIRACLE HAS TRULY CHANGED

THE LIVES OF OVERS.

PAT: GREAT.

SWEET LITTLE BOY.

YOU HAVE TESTIMONYS?

TERRY: WE ARE GOING TO DO

E-MAIL IN A BIT.

YOU ARE WATCHING A STORY IN

AFRICA, CBN IS DOING WORK

WORLDWIDE.

YOU HAVE OFTEN SAID THE SUN

NEVER SETS ON THE WORK OF CBN.

IT IS TRUE, REALLY.

WE ARE GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO BE

PART OF THAT.

BEING IN PLACES WITH THE GOSPEL

MESSAGE.

WE ARE SHARING THESE STORIES

LIFE CHANGED OF JESUS CHRIST.

PARTNER WITH US, JOIN THE "700

CLUB," WE WELCOME YOU, $20 A

MONTH 65 CENTS A DAY. CALL THE

NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, SAY I

WANT TO JOIN THE "700 CLUB." YOU

WANT TO ANSWER E-MAIL?

PAT: LET'S GO FOR IT.

TERRY: WHY WAS HELL CREATED.

WHO DID GOD CREATE IT FOR?

DOES GOD SEND THE PERSON TO

HEAVEN?

DOES THE PERSON CHOOSE TO GO TO

HELL.

PAT: BIBLE SAYS HELL WAS MADE

FOR DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS.

GOD MADE THE UNIVERSE PERFECT.

UNTIL PRIDE CAME IN, HE GAVE THE

ANGELS THE OPPORTUNITY TO

WORSHIP HIM AND LIVE IN

PARADISE.

ONE SAID I CAN DO A BETTER JOB

OF RUNNING THE UNIVERSE, THERE

WAS A REVOLT IN HEAVEN AND THE

ANGELS CAME INTO THAT REBELLION.

HELL WAS SET UP FOR DEVIL AND

HIS ANGELS.

NOT FOR PEOPLE.

THIS WAS A NEW EXPERIMENT IN THE

SENSE THAT GOD MADE ON EARTH TO

SHOW THAT THE PRINCIPALITIES IN

POWER LOVE WOULD TRIUMPH.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT.

IN THE PROCESS, PEOPLE WHO

VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE TO FOLLOW

SATAN WILL GO WHERE SATAN GOES.

FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS

PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS

ANGELS THE LAKE OF FIRE.

DO PEOPLE GET SENT TO HELL OR

VOLUNTARILY CHOOSE?

THEY CHOOSE NOT TO FOLLOW THE

LORD.

THEY CHOOSE TO DO THEIR OWN

WILL.

GOD SAYS SINCE YOU WON'T ACCEPT

MY WILL, I AM GOING TO LET YOU

HAVE YOUR WILL.

YOUR WILL IS TO BE WHERE I AM

NOT.

YOU WON'T BE THERE.

AS A RESULT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO

BE A PART FROM GOD AND A PART

FROM GOD IS HELL.

YOUR OWN CHOICE.

TERRY: SOMETIMES WE CHOOSE

BY NOT CHOOSING.

JANE SAYS MY BOYS ASK ME WHY IS

ANYONE SENT TO HELL IF GOD

FORGIVES ALL?

PAT: IF SOMEONE CONTINUES TO

BE A REBEL, HE IS GOING TO

CONTINUE TO BE A REBEL.

GOD HAS GIVEN HIM FREE WILL.

HE HAS A WHOLE LIFETIME.

LET'S FACE IT.

GOSPEL IS AVAILABLE.

WE ARE HERE ON TELEVISION ALL

ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ALL

AROUND THE WORLD AND TRUE OF

DOZENS OF MINISTRIES AND

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF

CHURCHES.

GOSPEL IS BEING PREACHED

EVERYWHERE.

PEOPLE HAVE FREE WILL.

IF THEY DON'T CHOOSE IT, IT IS

THEIR OWN FAULT.

TERRY: I HEARD WE BECOME

ANGELS AFTER WE DIE.

IS THERE ANY BASIS?

NONE WHATSOEVER.

WE ARE LIKE THE ANGELS.

WE AREN'T ANGELS.

WE ARE SEXLESS BEINGS.

WE DON'T REPRODUCE IN HEAVEN.

IN THAT CASE -- WE DON'T HAVE

BODIES, WE HAVE SPIRITUAL

BODIES.

WE CAN DO THINGS THAT ANGELS CAN

DO.

WE ARE NOT ANGELS.

WE ARE NOW A LITTLE LOWER THAN

ANGELS.

THE TIME WE ARE RULING WITH

CHRIST ABOVE THE ANGELS.

WE WILL ACTUALLY JUDGE THE ANGEL

TERRY: ANNA, WHEN YOU GO TO

HEAVEN -- WILL HELL BE FOREVER.

PAT: GOD WILL REALLY PUNISH

YOU.

YES, HE WILL.

TERRIBLE THING TO FALL INTO THE

HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD.

GOD IS NOT MOCKED.

HE IS LOVING TO BE SURE.

BUT LOVE ALSO HAS WITH IT

COMPETENTNESS OF JUSTICE AND

MERCY TRUMPS JUSTICE.

THERE IS JUSTICE.

SOONER OR LATER GOD IS GOING TO

GIVE US WHAT WE DESERVE.

UNFORTUNATELY HELL IS FOREVER.

THE LAKE OF FIRE BURNS FOREVER.

THERE IS NO END.

THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR

THIS PROGRAM. TOMORROW WE'LL

HEAR FROM A DOCTOR THAT WENT TO

HEAVEN, CRACK ADDICT THAT WENT

TO HELL.

JESUS ANSWERED I AM THE WAY, THE

TRUTH AND THE LIFE.

NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER

EXCEPT THROUGH ME.

SEE YOU TOMORROW, BYE-BYE.

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