Ready for some email?

Let's go for it!

Let's bring it on, OK.

Yeah, let's bring it on.

OK, this is Dee, who says, "If a relative

does not behave civilly and is rude and demanding

at family gatherings, is it unforgiving

not to include them at future holiday events?

When confronted, they deny they did anything wrong.

Would it be better to, quote, "turn the other cheek"

and put up with this behavior?"

No.

You know, if the guy's got a pet skunk--

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--and he wants to bring the skunk to your party,

you say no.

Really.

That's an interesting analogy.

PAT ROBERTSON: It is.

Yes.

PAT ROBERTSON: But you don't have to put up with that mess.

You just say, look, when you behave yourself,

we'll invite you back, but right now,

it's not that we don't love you, but you can't-- I'm just not

going to have you in the middle of my party.

Sometimes making a decision like that

lets them know you really mean it.

Yeah.

OK.

OK.

This is a viewer who says, "My husband believes

he doesn't need to have a regular job, that God

will provide for us because he is now a preacher.

He used to have a good business, which he gave up

to go into his ministry.

He waits for God to open doors for him to preach,

but those opportunities are not very often.

He hasn't been to Bible school, since he

says the disciples didn't, that the Holy Spirit is enough.

I'm worried we will end up on the streets soon.

He mocks me for my lack of faith,

but I feel unloved because he has no income,

and I'm worried that he's lost his way spiritually.

What advice would you suggest to him and/or me?

How long are we to wait?"

Look, he's turning into what I would call a gospel bum.

He is misled.

He is confused.

He thinks he's being listened to from the Lord.

He hasn't been.

He is in a state of delusion.

Now, what could you do?

I recommend you get one or more mature pastors who

you have confidence in and know the Lord

to meet with your husband.

So you've got to talk to him.

And sometimes they've got to be shaped up, but you know,

this is utterly ridiculous.

He's going to put you in the poor house.

You're going to wind up on the streets.

You're going to lose your house.

You're going to lose your lifestyle

and wind up on the dole.

This isn't honoring to God at all.

Yeah.

Even Paul made tents.

Oh, sure he did.

Absolutely he made tents.

He was active all the time.

And he wasn't-- he said, I'm-- nobody's going to take my boast

away from me that I haven't asked anybody for anything.

I live-- I worked.

So your husband has a skill.

He's a professional businessman.

He knows what to do, and he needs to do it.

But I'm just not sure God called him to do anything

except what he was doing before, and he's missed God.

So he needs mature discussion with people who know better,

and maybe he'll listen to them, maybe he won't.

All right.

This is John, Pat, who says, "I have been saved and baptized

according to what is required.

I was told my name is to be in the Book of Life by my church.

They told me it's not in there.

What do I do?"

Your church is a cult. I recommend

you ought to get out of it.

There's no such thing in the Bible about your--

a church would know whether your name's in the Book of Life.

They have no way of knowing that.

What-- the thing, you said you have been saved,

you've given your heart to Jesus.

Go get a fellowship where they love you and they love the Word

and they're not-- This is a cult.

You're talking about a cult. Get out of it.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: Yeah.

This is Diana, who says, "In Genesis 12:3, God says,

'I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse,

and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.' If

we're under the New Testament now, and God loves everyone,

how would he also curse someone?"

PAT ROBERTSON: Look, there's a curse

upon all the people on the earth right now.

They broke with the covenant with God.

But God's promise is to Abraham, and what

you're quoting is a promise made to Abraham

and to his descendants, and that has

to do with the Jewish people.

So that's what he's talking about.

And I think you've just-- it's Old Testament.

You're too smart by half.

And I think there's too much of this stuff going on,

people who don't understand what the Bible talks about.

But God-- everybody, in a sense, is under a curse

until they come to Jesus.

But anyhow.

TERRY MEEUWSEN: I think it's confusing to people

to know, when can you apply something Old Testament

to your life and when is it--

I think the basic thing is the Old Testament.

You've got to remember who the thing was written to.

It was written to Abra-- this is a promise

that God made to Abraham and his descendants, period.

Right.

Here's a viewer question. "I tend

to find myself counting how many times I sin.

I know God made me righteous, but my mind always

goes back to what I should have done and could have done.

I want to learn from my mistakes and get closer to Jesus.

What should I do?"

What you should do is keep your eyes on the Lord

and get them off of you.

You're focused on you, what you've

done, what you haven't done, what you did do,

what you didn't do.

This is egocentric.

I don't care what it looks like.

It's a form of pride.

And what you need to do is get your eyes

on Jesus Christ, what he's done.

We're supposed to have our conscience clear of dead works

to serve the living God.

So start serving him.

Well, we leave you with today's Power Minute from Isaiah.

"No weapon formed against you shall prosper.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord."

That's all the time we've got for our dear friend and others.

We will see you tomorrow.

Bye bye.

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