- Paul's got this question,

"Why is living together sin?

"Didn't King David andothers have concubines?

Pat?- Let me tell you something,

you might not believe it,but you're not a king,

and kings had harems in those days,

and we don't have harems today.

You probably couldn't takecare of 'em if you had 'em.

You know, I mean you really couldn't.

I mean one wife's enoughfor heaven's sake,

you're gonna have three orfour of a thousand of 'em.

No, but look, the Bible talks about sin.

He said whoever joins yourbody to another person,

you become one flesh with them.

You join your body to a prostitute,

you become one flesh with her,

and the Bible says fornication,

sex outside of marriageis considered fornication,

and that is considered a sin.

There are a lot of other sins

that on a scale of one to 10,

they're probably a whole lot worse,

like being resentful, andslander and things like that,

but nevertheless, you say why is it a sin?

Well 'cause the Bible says it is,

and God wants to bring up children,

He wants to have Godly offspring,

and He's ordained familya husband and a wife

in love with one anotherto bring forth children

and bring up Godly offspring,that's what God wants.

He doesn't want you wasting your substance

on something else, all right?

- Amen, Olivia says, "Hi Pat,I have a rough family life

"because of my brother's mental health.

"It's hard for me to loveand forgive him all the time

"because he continuesto do the same things.

"How do you continue to love someone

"when they treat you horribly?"

- Real simple on that one.

You say, look he's got a sickness,

it's like he's got a broken leg,

and if my brother had a broken leg,

he is hobbling around on crutches,

you wouldn't say, how canI love somebody like that,

you just do it.

The same thing with a mental problem.

If they have a mental sickness,

just ignore some of theawful things they say

because they're sick, and pray for them,

that's what you wanna do, all right?

- All right, Michael saysin James 5:16 it says,

"therefore confess your sins to each other

"and pray for each otherso that you may be healed.

"I don't understand the rational

"after having confessed our sins to God

"to then also confess themto one another to be healed.

"Only God can forgive sins."

- Well you're exactly right,

the speaking of between you and God,

God is the one who forgives sin.

Remember Jesus said,why do you call me good?

Only God's good.

You know, but look, the wholeidea of accountability groups

is a good thing.

I think the whole ideaof unburdening yourself

to somebody you can trust is a good thing.

I think Alcoholics Anonymous has got it.

If you have a problem with alcoholism,

you need somebody who'swalked that path with you,

and you need to pair up with them,

and he needs to understandwhat you're going through

because he can tell youwhat he's been through,

so that kind of thing is a good thing,

but the idea of having a whole group,

a lot of people just don't wanna reveal

some of their innermost secrets

and that's okay, youdon't have to, all right?

- All right, this viewer says,

"Hi, Pat, recently I wasat my friend's house,

"and she and I were talking about God.

"My friend said, 'Howcan we be happy in heaven

"when our loved ones are in hell?'

"How can we truly behappy if someone we love

is in hell while we are in heaven?"

- That's a speculative question

that you will leavewhen you get to heaven,

because in heaven, you'll bein the presence of the Lord.

There will be such glory,there'll be no sorrow,

no sickness, no regret whatsoever.

The former things have gone away,

all things have become new,

you'll be in the presence of God almighty

and His love will so fill you

that you won't beworried about this other.