Did the nurse have a right to interrupt our discussion about God? What can I do to help my wife get back to the ordinary life we used to have? Could a couple with a common law marriage go to heaven when they die?
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- Well, you all have sentin some wonderful questions,
and so Pat, we're gonna start with George,
who says, "My spouse and I weresitting in a doctor's office
and had a discussion aboutGod with two other people.
The nurse interrupted us andtold us to change the subject.
She was obviously offended.
Did the nurse have a right to do that?
- Oh, of course not, that's an intrusion
that I can't believe,
but you know what youmight ask that nurse?
You know, what's eating you?
Tell me about you.
- I want to come to thatoffice and see that.
(laughing)
- Yeah, really.
- Wait for me, I'll be there.
- Well, seriously, I mean, that--
- Yeah.- The idea that a nurse
would interfere with peopletalking about the Lord,
that's ridiculous.
Now if, okay, it dependson what you were saying.
I mean, if you were arguing and fighting,
that's a totally different matter.
- We live in such a cultureof lack of tolerance
of things, though.- Yeah, but I mean
the fact that the nursewould interfere with a
patient talking about something,that would be ridiculous,
but I would ask that nurse if, you know,
tell me about you, what'sgoing on in your life?
Okay.- This is Matthew,
who says, "I'm a Christianman married to my wife
for eight years in April.
I thought our marriage wasalright, until I found out
that she's been talking online
with a gay woman that she likes.
I am worried that thisgay woman might be taking
my wife away from me, and that
her faith in Jesus is fading away.
She spends more timeonline with this woman
than going to church.
What can I do to help my wife back
to the ordinary life we used to have?
- That's a serious thing,and what are you gonna do?
Are you gonna tell her she can't do it,
and then she'll rebel?
She's being captured, you know?
That's what it is, is a capture,
and you need to deliver her from that,
but I think she needs help,
and you see, what would you do?
That is a tough one, I mean, really.
- It really is a tough one.- What would you--
- Maybe a conversation, you know,
just to talk with her aboutit if she's willing to.
Sometimes people aren'twilling when they're doing--
- Yeah.- Something that they--
- Well, perhaps you canfind a woman in the church
who is a Christian who is solid
who would talk to your wife about this
because this is an infatuation
and when it's all over,she's got to come back to you
because she'll be left with nothing,
and I think she needs to facewhere she's going, you know?
If she continues in thisso-called relationship,
she will throw away everything she's got
and when it's all over with,she won't have anything.
All right.
- This is Judy, Pat, who says, "Hi, Pat.
I was watching The 700 Club yesterday
and a question was askedabout whether or not
a couple who had a common-law marriage
would go to Heaven when they died.
I kept waiting for youto say that the reason
anyone would not go to Heaven
was because Jesus was nottheir Lord and Savior.
That's why people go to Hell.
Could you clarify that, because I'm sure
other people thought like I did.
- Well, I thought that waskind of an unspoken thing.
Of course, you have to come to the Lord.
People are always thinking ifI do this I'm going to Hell.
If I don't do this, I won't.
Christianity is an exchange life.
It's a whole new life in Jesus.
Your life is transformed,and that's what it is.
Except a man be born again,he cannot see the kingdom,
he cannot enter the kingdom,
and you have to be born again,
and I think in this program,it goes without saying,
so maybe I didn't make it clear, but
the fact that somebody isdoing a particular thing
is not going to send them to Hell,
or not send them to Hell.
What Heaven is about
is entering into a newlife in Jesus Christ.
All right.
- Evans wants to know who is Melchizedek?
- Well, he's a person theysay without ancestors.
The word melech in Hebrew is King,
zedek is a word for righteousness,
and he's the king of righteousness.
He was also the king of Salem,
so he was sort of like an epiphany,
but they talk about Abrahamgave tithes to Melchizedek
but he doesn't have any ancestors.
You don't know who he is, but he appeared.
He was king of righteousness,
and that's what Melchizedek means,
and you know, Abraham gave him tithes,
which is to say he predatedthe law that was given
on Mount Sinai to Moses, all right?
- This is a viewer who says,"My fiance cheated on me
with an ex, and the ex-girlfriend lied
and said she was pregnant atthe same time I was pregnant.
I don't know why she did this.
What do I do now?
Do I move on or try to forgive
so our baby has a father?
- I think you should doeverything you can to forgive.
You know, he cheated, butyou've got to forgive him
and yes, your baby need--
I don't know what kind ofrelationship you've got.
It sounds like somethinglike one of those daytime--
- Talk shows.- Oh, yeah.
Horror stories, but I justdon't know which kind of life--
You need to get your life together.
You need to find the Lordmore than anything else.
And rather than going inall these relationships,
get your relationship with God first
and then you can take careof these other things.