- [Terry] Okay, Pat, thisfirst one comes from Kris

who says, "I've recentlybeen working harder

"on my relationship with God

"and my anxiety has been getting worse

"the more I read the Bible.

"I worry that my sins may be unforgivable,

"and it keeps me up at night.

"What do you think, Pat?"

- Well, the Bible says it isn't God's will

that any should perish

but that all should come tothe knowledge of the truth.

And God is a gracious, forgiving God.

And the Bible says, "Blessthe Lord, oh my soul,

"and all that is withinme, bless His holy name,

"who forgives all their sinsand heals all our diseases."

God will forgive you ofeverything you've done,

and He wants to bless you

because He wants you tobe part of His family.

And I don't know what to say

except that you must trust the Word.

The Word is there for you to believe it,

and you believe it, all right?

- This is Teresa who says,

"Pat, recently I wasvacationing with my parents

"and found out that my motherholds Jesus responsible

"for the death of her daughter,my sister, back in 2012.

"My mother said, 'I don't love him.

"'He took my daughter from me.'

"What words can I say to my mother

"to help her heal theanimosity toward Jesus?

"She's getting up in age,

"and I'm very worried abouther relationship with the Lord.

"Thank you."

- Well, first of all,she holds a bad concept.

I don't know what it is,

but I do believe whatyou need to do is to say,

listen, Jesus Christ diedon the cross for you.

He was suffered for you.

He was nailed to the cross.

He was beaten.

He had a spear thrust in his side.

What do you mean he took your daughter?

He gave his entire life for you.

And that's what she needs to understand

is the death of Jesus,

where he himself was beaten.

He had a crown of thornspressed onto his head,

and he suffered more than you can imagine

because he loves you.

And why do you think

he would take somebody else away from you

when he died to save you?

And I don't know what,

if your mother doesn't believe the Bible,

it's gonna be a problem,but if she doesn't,

she's condemning herselfto a life of torment.

- Okay, this is Alan who says,

"Pat, in the Bible,

"does the word whirlwindhave a special meaning?

"When we've prayed abouta situation we're facing

"in which evil people are concerned,

"we heard the word whirlwindover our situation."

- Well, you know, whenthe disciples were praying

on the day of Pentecost,

there was the sound of a rushing wind.

The wind is a symbol of the Spirit.

It's wind or breath, it's pneuma.

And so, there was fire and wind.

The, you know, apostle,I mean the great prophet

was caught up to heaven in a whirlwind,

and there's something about that.

It's as if to say that's the Holy Spirit

and that's the breath of God.

And so what significance, I mean,

if that's what God's saying to him,

take that interpretation.

If you can think of somebody, that's fine,

but do know that one ofthe great prophets of God

was caught up to heavenin a whirlwind, all right?

- Okay, this is Dulla who says,

"In Mark 9 New King James Version,

"when a man brought hisson to Jesus to be healed,

"Jesus said, 'If you canbelieve, all things are possible

"'to him who believes.'

"The father said, 'Lord, Ibelieve. Help my unbelief.'

"How can you believe and thennot believe at the same time?

"Can you explain that to me?"

- Well, there are degrees of belief.

In other words, Jesussaid, "If you can believe,"

well, he's asking himto believe for a miracle

to raise a dead person,

you know, or somebody that had epilepsy,

whatever he had or casting out demons.

And he said, look, "I dobelieve and help my unbelief."

And what he's saying is Idon't really have enough faith,

and Jesus talked about having faith

as much as a grain of mustard seed

and we can move mountains.

But Paul said, "If you havefaith enough to move mountains,"

so there are degrees of faith, all right?

- Okay, this is Marie who says,

"Why do some scripturessay that we're all saved

"by Jesus dying on the crossand it's a gift from God,

"and some scriptures say

"that some of us will notenter the kingdom of heaven?

"I thought we are all saved

"but will have differentlevels of rewards in heaven.

"I'm confused."

- I'm not sure exactly what you're saying.

I didn't, you know,

I think you're confusingsome things together,

but I do think that thosewho believe in the Lord

are passed from death into life.

If you don't believe in theLord, it's a different matter.

We're not talking aboutuniversal salvation

for everybody in the world.

The Bible never teaches that.

There's some people who doteach it, but it's wrong.