IS JUDAS IN HEAVEN OR HELL? IF GOD KNEW ADAM AND EVE WOULD NOT OBEY HIM, WHY DID HE PUT THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?
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- We wanna answer some of your questions.
And Pat, this first comesfrom a viewer who says
"I've been hearing demonsconstantly harassing me.
I'd like to know why God is allowing
this to continue in my life.
I do use scripture against them and pray.
What am I possibly doing wrong
for this to continue?".
- I gotta tell ya, I don't know if
you've got demons or not.
It's your appraisal ofthis that it's demonic,
so I'll take your word forit and tell you what to do.
God isn't allowing anything.
The Devil, the bible says, walksabroad like a roaring lion.
Seeking whom he can devour.
So, like it or not,
we're all under attack orpotential attack by the Devil.
So it isn't of questionof God allowing it,
it's the question if you're allowing it.
You have authority in the name of Jesus.
And here's what you say.
Say "Satan, in the nameof Jesus, I bind you
and the forces of evil, leave me alone.".
Just that simple.
"I bind you, and the forces of evil."
And the bible says "Resist the Devil,
and he will flee from you.".
And that's what you do, all right?
- This is Jennifer, she says
"Is Judas in heaven or hell?".
- How do you think I know?
I don't know whetherJudas is in hell or not.
- Yeah, well nobody wants toanswer those questions, right?
- Well, I mean, he committed suicide.
He had betrayed the son ofGod, he had walked closely
with him, he'd been oneof this close disciples.
And he had allowed, they said the Devil
entered into him.
So he, talkin' about demon possession, he
was possessed by the Devil.
But then he, you know tookthe money that had been
given to him, 30 pieces ofsilver, threw it into the temple.
Said "This is the bloodof an innocent man.".
Then he went out and hanged himself.
So he committed suicide.
So the basic answer is after that,
he went to hell.
But I don't know if he hadsome kind of a last minute
repentance the lordreceived, I have no idea.
Maybe when I get to heaven,I'll know the answer.
I don't know it now, okay?
- This is a viewer who says
"I've always been toldthat God knows everything,
past present and future.
He should have known that Adamand Eve would not obey him
and what Satan intended to do long before
he created them.
Why did he still put the Tree of Knowledge
in the Garden of Eden?".
- All right, what wasthe Tree of Knowledge?
It went by, and Adamand Eve had been taught
if you refrain from eatingthat tree, that's good.
If you eat the tree, that's bad.
That was the tree of theknowledge of good and evil.
And good was refraining fromEve eating, or obeying God.
Evil was breaking his law.
God knew, of course he knewwhat was going to happen.
But he also knew thatthe creature he had made,
he gave with free will.
Because he wanted acreature who was like him.
Who was a free, moral being.
And yes he knew what would happen.
But he took that chance, in a sense,
when he created somebodymade in his own image.