I CAUGHT MY 13-YEAR-OLD WATCHING PORN, WHAT DO I DO? CAN GOD CHANGE THE HEART OF A PERSON FROM BAD TO GOOD?
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- Welcome back to "The 700 Club",
it's time for your questions
and some honest answers from Pat.
We'll start with Jenny'squestion, she says,
"I caught my 13-year-old watching porn.
"What should I do?"
Pat?
- I wanna tell you thatthe impact of pornography
on a 10, 12, 13-year-old, is profound
and can effect themduring their entire life.
Those images they see
in those young brains can destroy them.
You said "What should I do?"
Well, I think you oughtasit down with your son
and explain to, and go overright over what he's watching
and say, listen, this isphony, these people are actors
and this isn't real love, it'snot real affection, it is,
these people have hadsurgery, they're enhanced,
they're not real, I meanhonestly sit and go over
with him what it is that he's looking at.
And then say, "Look, thisthing's gonna hurt you,
"and let me explain toyou what real love is."
I mean, don't be afraid to get into it.
You know?
Because that kid, I meanhe's coming into puberty
and at 13, 14, he can produce children,
so let me tell you it's avery, very difficult time
but it's time, youwouldn't wanna talk about,
I caught him watching porn is a bad thing.
No, no, no, sit down with him and say
let's go, what were the doingand where did it come from?
And then show the set they'rein, some make up room,
some little hotel room someplace that they're using
as a studio, I mean it's all phony.
Tell him that and goover it with him, okay?
- All right, Billy says, "Idid a spell to summon Satan.
"I had to sacrifice a mouse.
"I did it, but now I regret it.
"Will Jesus forgive me?"
- (laughs) Will the mouseforgive you? (laughs)
(both laugh)
- No seriously, listen.
People do funny things when their kids
and will the Lord forgive you?
Of course he will.
But what you've gotta dois repent and then realize
that you can't dabble with theoccult without getting hurt.
Stan wants, you know, what Satan wants
more than anything else is worship.
He wants somebody to worship you.
And even if it's negative he wants that.
So what you're doing, youwere trying to call up Satan
in a spell and you hadsome kind of a sacrifice.
Ask God to forgive you andthen confess what you've done
and then take the forgivenessand move on with your life,
but just stay away fromthat stuff, all right?
- All right, Mitchell says"Can God change the heart
"of a person from bad to good?"
- Well that's the wholedeal about being born again.
Except a man's born againthat's being born again
is changing some of his life.
You're going thisdirection, now you've turned
and you know, the Greek ismetanoia, you have a afterthought
and you say I'm going thewrong way and I change.
That's what the whole thingabout conversion is, all right?
- Well this viewer says, "I wasborn and raised a Christian.
"Yet when I was 17, Ifell from God, hated God.
"I blamed Him for all my struggles.
"I always thought I was a modern-day Job,
"made to suffer in life.
"I have since repented,but for some reason,
"I never feel forgiven.
"I've given my heart to Christ many times
"thinking I've backslidden to the point
"that I am not a Christian anymore.
"I just kept blaming God for my problems.
"How do I get out of this cycle?"
- Well what you'vegotta do is believe God.
Take a verse of the Bible,"Let the words of my mouth
"and the meditations of my heart
"be acceptable in thy sight."
And you say having a consciencecleansed from dead works
that you serve the living Godand say it over and over again
till it gets in your mind.
That's what you need to do.
You don't wanna keep living these things.
You make mistakes.
We all make mistakes.
And God knows we're made out of dirt.
We're flesh and bloodand he understands that.
And so you come to him, say,"Lord be merciful to me,
"a sinner, I have made a mistake
"and I ask your forgiveness,"and He'll do it.
But you've gotta then rely on the fact
that His word is true and youmust accept the Word of God
and say "This is what istrue and I received that
"and I will not take those lies."