HOW DO YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE IS A FALSE PROPHET? WHERE IS HELL? ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE I SEE THE PHRASE "THE GOD OF THE HEAVENLY ARMIES." PAT, WHAT ARE THE HEAVENLY ARMIES?
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- Time for some questions.
You ready?- All right, let's go for 'em.
- This is Jeffrey, who says,
"How do you know if someoneis a false prophet?:
- Well, you know, the Biblesays, "By their fruit,
you shall know them."
And I think, look at the fruit.
What do they do?
Look at their work, you know.
There used to be one manthat was going around
talking about his beloved, and actually,
he was living with thiswoman who wasn't his wife
and it was just a big fraud.
- Wow.- And, oh,
they've been a number,but what is their life?
"By your fruit, you shall know them.
That's how you know.
- This is Tim, who says, "Where is hell?
Is it in the middle of theearth or is hell in heaven?
Thank you, Pat Robertson.
I appreciate you. Iwatch you all the time."
- Well I'm glad you're watching.
You know, I really...
We use the term hell as being under
and heaven as being above, but look,
there's a huge universe out there
and Jesus talked about outerdarkness and I really...
There's a lake of fireand people have come back,
they've seen a lake of fire.
But there's so many planets
and this universe is so enormous
that hell could be anywhere.
But outer darkness isthe thing that really,
should scare people.
Can you imagine being cast off into space,
- Yeah.- wherever?
But I mean, we talkabout the lake of fire.
There's a lot of imagery in the Bible,
but I don't think it'snecessarily on this earth
or in the earth, all right.
- This is Jerry, who says,
"I'd like to know what Pat'scoffee cup says about horses.
I'm a horse lover too."
(Terry chuckles)- It says,
"Whoever said money can't buy happiness
never owned a horse."
(Pat and Terry laugh)
- [Terry] Well, there, the two of you
should be satisfied.- That's what it says.
All right.
- Okay.
This is Sandy, who says,
"I'm a believer and my son has cancer.
I pray constantly. I listento your show every day.
I keep saying I've given itto God, but I don't like it
that I stay nervous, sad,and upset all the time.
How can I get through this?"
- You've got to trust the Lord.
God says...
You know, James was talkingabout a double-minded man
and you won't receive anything.
I mean, when you're praying,
do you really believe you will receive it?
Believe and you'll receive it
and you will have the thing as you say.
But let...
Where does faith come?
Faith comes from theWord, hearing the Word,
and it's the Word of God.
But it's the Holy Spirit.
Ask God to give you faith in your heart.
All right?- Yeah.
This is Mike, who says,"I've often wondered:
Paul says if Onesimus owedPhilemon a debt, he would pay it.
Did Onesimus steal something?
Or was he an indentured servant
and he still owed time on a debt?
- I think you misreadthat a little bit later.
Onesimus was a slave
and he was with Paul andPaul was asking Philemon
to set him free, give him his freedom,
and Paul said to Philemon,"Look, you owe me
because I led you to the Lord.
You owe me your very soul
and count the debt against my,
but it had nothing to do withOnesimus owing him anything.
Onesimus was a slave thatrun away from his master.
All right, and Paul was saying,
you know, he's a brother in Christ.
Let him free. Okay.
- Sharon says, "All through the Bible,
I see the phrase, 'the Godof the heavenly armies.'
Pat, what are the heavenly armies?"
- Well it's the Lord ofHosts, Jehovah Sabaoth,
the Lord of Hosts.
The hosts are all the angels.
There're millions and millions of angels
and God is the author of all of this
and so the Lord of Hostsis all the angelic beings
and all the power of God.
It's part of what his army is.