- Welcome back to The 700 Club.

It's time for your questions

and honest answers from Pat.

We'll start with Sharon's question.

She says, Pat, I recentlywent through a divorce

due to infidelity by my husband.

Is it okay for me to datesomeone who is a Christian?

- Well the answer is, of course.

The Lord said, a man should leave

his mother and father

and cleave to his wife,

and the twain shall be one flesh

and what God joined,

no man put asunder.

But he said, for the cause of infidelity

the husband has alreadybroken the marriage bond

and you're not bound.

The brother or sister isn't bound

in a case like that,

so if you want to go date a Christian,

enjoy it.

- Amen, sounds great!

All right, this viewer says,

my 11 year old granddaughterbarely speaks to me

because I was sick for 3 years

to the point of barely leaving my room,

except to use the bathroom.

She now holds it against me

and wants very little to do with me.

I wrote her a letter

on my daughter's text message,

and tried to explain what happened

and how sorry I was

that I wasn't able to see her

or her brother during that time.

My daughter is no help at all

and just kind of shrugs her shoulders,

and says my granddaughter has a right

to her own feelings,

and she can't help how she feels.

Do you have any suggestions

as to what I could do

to change the situation?

- Yeah, wait for the kid to grow up.

Little girls,

they get all emotional about things,

and she's just going into puberty

and her body's all screwed up,

and she doesn't know what she believes

and what she doesn't.

And so, she's resentful at her grandmother

because she was sick

is just nonsense.

So all I can say is pray for her

and wait for her to grow up,

Because she will.

Just keep loving her

and she'll come out of it,

and realize what an idiot she is,

but that (laughs),

maybe she won't.

Little girls hold these resentments

and they think that somehow

you are rejecting her,

and there's nothing youcan do to change it,

except wait for her to grow up.

- Good advice.

This viewer says,

I need clarification on Deuteronomy 28:63.

When I read this verse,

it just doesn't feel like it was coming

from my glorious God, who I love.

Why would God find pleasure

in destroying His children,

despite them going against His Word?

- Well, it's the way theBible describes things,

and Moses is writing about God.

But He took pleasure in building you up

and God takes pleasure in the prosperity

of His people.

And that's what the Bible says,

but also, when they wererebelling against Him,

I think the word, takes pleasure,

is kind of an overstatement,

but He was as diligent,

if I can use that term,

in bringing you down

as He was in bringing you up.

You break His laws,

you reject Him,

you begin to worship idols,

and God says,

Okay, you've had your time,

now I'm going to have mine.

This is the kind of love that God has.

But the answer is,

there is judgment, folks.

There isn't all just sweetness and light.

If you break God's law,

and you reject Him,

and you turn against Him,

there are going to be consequences.

And that's what it says, All right?

- All right, here's one from Hannah.

She says,

Hello Pat, I'd like to hear your advice

on reconciling with the fact that someone

who was unsaved has died.

Often people will say thatsomeone went to heaven

because they were a good person.

However, we know this iscontrary to biblical truth

and can be counteredby several Scriptures.

What would be the best alternative way

to respond to such a situation

from a place of both compassion and truth?

- I would recommend youkeep your mouth shut.

A loved one has died,

somebody else's loved one,

and they say,

Well, they are with the Lord.

You can smile and say,

well, that's your opinion.

But don't move into a situation of grief

and begin to lay the Scripture on them.

Of course, you have to be born again.

Of course, you have tohave your sins forgiven.

Of course, you have to accept Jesus,

but let that come slowly.

Don't be the messenger of doom,

that will just turn people against you.

It's just not wise.

The Bible says, don't forsake wisdom,

and it would be unwise to tell somebody,

no, your loved one is in Hell right now.

Oh, that's nice.

Thank you so much for that advice.

You don't want to do that.

- You don't want to do that.

You don't want to add grief onto grief.

- No, I mean, just don't do it! (laughs)

- Oh, dear! (laughs)