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> COMING UP.
PAT RETURNS TO THE STUDIO TO
ANSWER YOUR VOICE MAIL
QUESTIONS.
HEAR HIM WEIGH IN ON THE ISSUES
THAT MATTER TO YOU.
SUCH AS, IS THE ANTICHRIST
ALIVE TODAY?
CAN YOU LOSE YOUR SALVATION?
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW BIRTH
DEFECTS?
SHOULD A NEW CHRISTIAN REVERSE
A SEX CHANGE?
AND MANY MORE.
GET READY FOR A SUPERSIZED
QUESTION SESSION ON TODAY'S 700
CLUB.
> WELCOME TO THIS EDITION OF
THE 700 CLUB.
I AM PAT ROBERTSON.
IT IS SO GOOD TO BE BACK WITH
YOU AND WENDY IS HERE WITH ME
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
GREAT TIME.
IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO
LONG.
I'M SO GLAD TO BE HERE.
SO THESE ARE YOUR CALLS FROM
ALL ACROSS AMERICA, ACROSS
CANADA.
YOU HAVE LEFT YOUR VOICE MAIL
QUESTIONS AND WE ARE GOING TO
HEAR YOUR VOICES.
THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM AND WE'LL
GIVE YOU ANSWERS AS BEST WE
CAN.
BUT FIRST, THERE IS
SOMETHING WITH TREMENDOUS
PROPHETIC SIGNIFICANCE.
EZEKIEL 38 BEING PLAYED OUT
BEFORE OUR EYES.
A PERFECT STORM.
A GROWING ALLIANCE BETWEEN
RUSSIA, IRAN AND TURKEY.
READ YOUR BIBLE, IT IS ALL IN
THERE.
AND YOU HAVE GOT A WEAK U.S.
PRESIDENT AND A RACE TOWARD A
NUCLEAR BOMB FOR IRAN.
> YESTERDAY THE LEADERS OF
THE DANGEROUS ALLIANCE MET IN
TEHRAN FOR AN INTERNATIONAL
SUMMIT.
THAT COULD MEAN DISASTER FOR
ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.
CHRIS MITCHELL HAS THAT STORY
FROM JERUSALEM.
Reporter: ONE MAJOR SUBJECT
FOR THE THREE LEADERS, HOW TO
DIVIDE THEIR SPHERES OF
INFLUENCE INSIDE SYRIA.
AN ISSUE OF GREAT CONCERN TO
ISRAEL.
IN AGAIN THE WORK OF RUSSIA,
IRAN AND TURKEY CONTRIBUTING TO
A COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF
THE CRISIS IN SYRIA IS
EFFECTIVE.
IRAN CALLED TO REMOVE ALL
U.S. TROOPS EAST OF THE
EUPHRATES RIVER AND AN END TO
ISRAELI AIR STRIKES INSIDE
SYRIA.
THE RUSSIANS WILL DECIDE TO
LIMIT THE FREEDOM OF ACTION.
SAY ISRAELI AIR FORCE IN SYRIA.
Reporter: THIS COULD
REPRESENT A THREAT TO ISRAEL.
SINCE IT NEEDS FREEDOM OF
ACTION INSIDE SYRIA TO STOP
IRAN'S MILITARY AND THE FLOW OF
PROXIES LIKE HEZBOLLAH INSIDE
LEBANON.
HERE IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
MANY OBSERVERS SEE THE SUMMIT
BETWEEN THE THREE MAJOR POWERS
IN THE REGION AS A SIGNAL TO
THE UNITED STATES.
IT IS A CLEAR SIGNAL THAT
RUSSIA IS A STRONG POWER AND
TWO OTHER STRONG MIDDLE EASTERN
POWERS SUCH AS TURKEY AND IRAN,
THOSE ARE THE MOST POPULOUS
STATES IN THE REGION, WORKING
TOGETHER, INCORPORATING AND
THEY MAY INCORPORATE OBVIOUSLY
AGAINST THE AMERICAN INTEREST.
Reporter: MIDDLE EAST
INTEREST EMPHOTOGRAPH INBAR
SAYS BOTH ALLIES OF THE U.S. IN
THE REGION SEE AMERICA AS A
WEAK POWER UNDER THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
BIDEN IS NOT CONSIDERED
SERIOUSLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
NOT CONSIDERED A SERIOUS ACTOR
BECAUSE AMERICA IS WEAK.
AND LEADERS ARE TREATING WITH
RESPECT ONLY POWERFUL LEADERS
AND POWERFUL NATIONS THAT ARE
READY TO ACT MILITARILY.
ANALYSTS WARN THE
COMBINATION OF THE GROWING
ALLIANCE OF RUSSIA AND TURKEY
AND IRAN ALONG WITH A WEEK U.S.
ADMINISTRATION AND IRAN RACING
TOWARD A NUCLEAR BOMB ALL PUT
INCREASING PRESSURE ON ISRAEL.
IN THIS ISSUE, IT IS QUITE
CLEAR THE IRANIANS ARE
PROGRESSING QUITE QUICKLY TO
HAVE THE BOMB, TO HAVE THE
MISSILES TO CARRY IT, THEY HAVE
TO OVERCOME THE ORGANIZATION
AND THIS MAKES ISRAELI ACTION
QUITE URGENT.
Reporter: CHRIS MITCHELL,
CBN NEWS, JERUSALEM.
> WELL THAT IS HAPPENING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, READ YOUR
BIBLE, EZEKIEL 38 IS GOING TO
BE FULFILLED X THAT IS GOING TO
BE THE NEXT THING IN PROPHESY.
AND THERE IT IS.
PERSIAN SHA, TURKEY, IT IS ALL
THERE.
IT IS ALL LINING UP AGAINST
ISRAEL IN THE LATTER DAYS.
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE
SAYS?
THERE IT IS, RIGHT IN FRONT OF
YOU.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THOUGH?
PEOPLE AE WONDERING YOU KNOW.
WELL IT IS NOW.
NOW.
THIS IS THE NEXT MAJOR THING
IN PROPHESY.
WOW.
EZEKIEL 38.
IT IS HAPPENING.
IT IS SETTING UP.
I MEAN WITH TURKEY MAKING A
DEAL WITH RUSSIA AND SYRIA
AGAINST ISRAEL, IT IS ALL
LINING UP.
OKAY.
READ YOUR BIBLE.
READ YOUR BIBLE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT SOME EXCITING
QUESTIONS.
COLLEEN FROM BURBANK,
CALIFORNIA STARTS US OFF WITH
THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.
PAT, MY QUESTION IS WHEN
CHRIST RETURNS TO EARTH, WILL
PEOPLE NOT DIE ANY MORE?
OR WILL IT BE AFTER THE 1000
YEARS OF PEACE THAT THERE WILL
COME A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WON'T
DIE ANY MORE?
WELL, I THINK THAT IN THE
RESURRECTION PEOPLE ARE NO
LONGER GOING TO DIE BUT THEY
WILL BE DYING UNTIL JESUS COMES
BACK AGAIN.
I THINK OUR SPIRITS WILL LIVE
AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE.
BUT I DON'T SEE ANY CESSATION
OF HUMAN LIFE.
PEOPLE WILL BE GOING ON YOU
KNOW, MARRYING, GIVING AND
MARRYING, DOING ALL THAT STUFF
UNTIL THE LORD COMES BACK.
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
BUT HIS RETURN, AS WE ALL KNOW,
IS MUCH SOONER THAN WHAT
HAPPENS WE EVER THOUGHT.
WOW.
OKAY.
GOOD ANSWER,.
> JIM FROM KANSAS WITH THIS
QUESTION FOR PAT.
COULD YOU TELL ME IS IT
NECESSARY TO PRAY OUT LOUD FOR
GOD TO HEAR ME?
OR WHEN I SAY MY PRAYERS AT
NIGHT BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, IS
IT OKAY THAT I THINK THROUGH
THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO SAY?
JIM, THE LORD KNOWS YOUR
THOUGHTS.
HE KNOWS OUR DESIRE BEFORE WE
EVEN ASK.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU
READ THE BIBLE, THERE IS
SOMETHING ABOUT VERBALIZING
WHAT YOU WANT GOD TO DO.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU SAY TO THE
MOUNTAIN BE MOVED.
YOU TELL THE DISEASE TO LEAVE.
YOU SPEAK TO DEMONS TO BE
APART.
YOU CAN PRAY AND GOD WILL HEAR
YOUR PRAYERS.
BUT THERE COMES A TIME YOU NEED
TO VERBALIZE THEM.
IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION,
BUT I DO THINK IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
JESUS SAID THIS TIME GO WITHOUT
BY PRAYER TRYING TO CAST A
DEMON.
THAT IS THE KIND THAT NEEDS
PRAYER.
MOST OF THEM COME UP IN WORDS.
> SUSANNE FROM TAMPA, FLORIDA
WITH THIS QUESTION FOR.
SEES US IS SAID WORK WHILE
IT IS DAY FOR THERE WILL COME A
TIME WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK.
WHAT DID HE MEAN BY THAT?
I THINK WHAT HE IS SAYING IS
IT IS GOING TO BE A TIME OF
SUCH STRESS IN OUR WORLD.
HE SAID HE SET THOSE DAYS WOULD
BE SHORTENED.
THOSE DAYS WILL BE SHORTENED.
SO I THINK THE TIME IS COMING
WHEN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW AFRAID
TO GO OUT AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL
WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DO
SO.
BUT THIS HAPPENED FROM TIME TO
TIME.
YOU KNOW IT IS NOT JUST ONE
TIME.
THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FREE TO
SPEAK THE GOSPEL.
AND THERE HAS BEEN A TERRIFIC
OPPRESSION AGAINST THEM.
THEN ANOTHER TIME THEY HAVE
BEEN FREE.
THEN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.
SO IT HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT
HISTORY.
> OUR NEXT CALLER IS B. J.
FROM TEXAS.
MY QUESTION IS, IF I DECIDE
TO GIVE UP ALL TREATMENT AND
JUST LET NATURE TAKES ITS
COURSE, IS THAT CONSIDERED
SUICIDE?
I DO NOT THINK SO.
I THINK THE CURRENT TREATMENT
OF CHEMOTHERAPY KILLS CELLS, IT
TAKES AWAY THE PERSON'S ABILITY
TO FIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT IS BEING
DONE AS CANCER TREATMENT IS NOT
APPROPRIATE.
SO WERE YOU TO STOP TREATMENT
AND TRUST THE LORD AND BEGIN TO
SPEAK DAILY, I HEARD ONE VERY
EMINENT PASTOR TALKING ABOUT
HIS MOTHER WHO HAD CANCER AND
SHE WAS WASTING AWAY TO DIE.
AND SHE SAID THEY WOULD NOT
ALLOW THE WORD CANCER TO BE
SPOKEN IN HER PRESENCE.
ALL SHE COULD DO WAS SPEAK THE
WORD OF GOD.
AND SHE LIVED TO BE MANY YEARS
OLD, 88 OR SOMETHING.
I LOVE THAT.
AND IT WAS A MARVELOUS
TESTIMONY.
BUT PLEASE, I CANNOT TELL
SOMEBODY TO STOP TREATMENT,
THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE.
DON'T EVER SAY YOU HEARD IT
HERE, BECAUSE I WOULD NOT
COUNCIL ANYBODY TO DO THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF PEOPLE
SAY THIS IS ALL THEY CAN DO, I
BELIEVE GOD WILL TAKE OVER.
BUT I DO THINK CHEMOTHERAPY IS
ABSOLUTELY THE WRONG ANSWER FOR
CANCER.
THEY HAVE GOT TO HAVE SOME
OTHER WAY AND THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT STEM CELL THERAPY, THEY
ARE TALKING ABOUT OTHER KINDS
OF TREATMENT.
BUT THE CHEMO, WITHOUT
QUESTION, KILLS THE CELLS AND
TAKES AWAY THE PERSON'S ABILITY
TO FIGHT.
WELL WITH ALL THE MONEY THAT
GOES INTO RESEARCH, YOU WOULD
THINK BY NOW WE WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING BETTER.
YOU WOULD THINK SO.
BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY KEEP
PLAYING ON THE EDGES.
YEAH.
BUT I DO THINK WE ARE
LOOKING AT SOMETHING CALLED
INFLAMMATION.
AND YOU KNOW THERE IS SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED
BY INFLAMMATION AND CANCER.
THERE ARE SO MANY TOXINS IN THE
AIR, SO MANY CARCINOGENIC
MATERIAL IN THE WATER, IT IS
JUST TERRIBLE.
SO MUCH FOR THAT.
I CAN'T SIT HERE AS A DOCTOR
AND GIVE YOU ADVICE.
IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
> THIS QUESTION IS CHRIS FROM
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
GO AHEAD.
MY QUESTION IS, I'M PRAYING
TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND
DIRECTION AND I'M LOOKING FOR
AN ANSWER.
I'M NOT HEARING ANYTHING.
I KEEP PRAYING, AND SITTING IN
SILENCE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD
BE DOING?
IS THERE A SCRIPTURE I SHOULD
BE READING, TO GET THE ANSWERS
IN.
THE BIBLE SAYS SOMETHING.
I THINK YOU OUGHT TO TAKE THIS
TO HEART.
WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING, IF YOU
HAVE AGAINST ANY, FORGIVE SO
THAT YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER MIGHT
FORGIVE YOU.
I THINK YOU MIGHT SEARCH YOUR
HEART TO SEE IF THERE IS
ANYTHING IN THERE THAT IS
PREVENTING GOD'S MOVEMENT.
BUT HE SAYS IF YOU HAVE AGAINST
ANY FORGIVE AS YOUR HEAVENLY
FATHER MIGHT FORGIVE YOU.
SO I DO THINK YOU SHOULD
CONSTANTLY STRETCH YOUR HEART.
YOU MANAGED YOUR HUSBAND OR YOU
MANAGED YOUR WIFE OR YOU
MANAGED YOUR PARENTS OR YOU
MANAGED YOUR SUPERVISOR.
ARE THERE THINGS IN YOUR LIFE
THAT CAUSE YOU BIT TERRENCE
THAT YOU ARE RESENTFUL ABOUT?
AND THAT IS THE HEART OF YOUR
HEART.
AND THEN BEGIN TO DECLARE.
I WILL HEAR THE WORD OF THE
LORD AND WAIT ON HIM AND EXPECT
IT.
GOD WILL SPEAK TO YOU.
BUT THE BIBLE SAYS BE STILL AND
KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP TALKING ALL
THE TIME AND XPECT O EAR
FROM GOD.
SO BE STILL AND LISTEN AND
WATCH WHAT HE DOES.
AMEN.
THAT IS THE HARDEST PART, ISN'T
IT?
> CONSTANCE, FROM WICHITA,
KANSAS HAS THIS QUESTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR PAT.
WHEN DOES IT MEAN TO TAKE
COMMUNION UNWORTHILY?
WHAT IT MEANS, VERY SIMPLY,
IS IF YOUR HEART ISN'T RIGHT, I
HEARD A TEACHING JUST A COUPLE
OF DAYS AGO.
HOW COME THEY GOT STRUCK DOWN?
THEY WERE LYING TO THE HOLY
SPIRIT BUT THE POWER OF GOD WAS
SO PRESENT AND WHEN YOU TAKE
COMMUNION, IF YOU HAVE SIN IN
YOUR HEART, AND YOU ARE COMING
BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AND
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS
BECAUSE OF THIS, SOME PEOPLE
ARE SICK AND SOME DIE.
AND THEY USED TO SAY IN THE
BAPTIST CHURCH, WELL IT IS A
MEMORIAL.
IT ISN'T MUCH OF A MEMORIAL.
I MEAN, IT IS DANGEROUS STUFF.
THE AVERAGE YOU TAKE COMMUNION,
YOU HAVE HAD AN ADULTEROUS
AFFAIR BUT I'M GOING TO ACCEPT
THE LORD.
IF YOU REALLY FEAR GOD, THAT IS
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE UNWORTHY.
DO YOU HAVE SIN IN YOUR HEART?
AND YOU SHOULD NOT GO INTO THE
COMMUNION SERVICE IF YOU KNOW
THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING
THAT IS REBELLIOUS AGAINST GOD
HIMSELF.
GOOD WORDS.
> ALL RIGHT OUR NEXT CALLER,
JENNIFER FROM CINCINNATI, OHIO.
SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS
CONFUSED ME IS THE PROMISES OF
GOD.
GOD MADE A PROMISE WITHIN
SCRIPTURE IT WAS TO A SPECIFIC
PERSON OR GROUP OF PEOPLE IN A
SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO HOW CAN WE BE ASSURED THOSE
SAME PROMISES APPLY TO US?
VERY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN VERY
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES?
I THINK, JENNIFER, THAT IS
VERY PERCEPTIVE, BECAUSE INDEED
WHEN YOU READ THE BIBLE,
CERTAIN PROMISE WERE MADE.
IF MY PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLED BY
MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES
AND PRAY, GOD IS TALKING TO THE
ENTIRE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL.
MY PEOPLE CALLED MY NAME IN
ISRAEL.
AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
BUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE
TIMES, THOUGH, THAT GOD WILL
QUICKEN TO YOUR HEART SOMETHING
THAT IS IN THE BIBLE.
IT WAS MEANT TO ANOTHER GROUP
BUT YOU KNOW IT IS THE SAME
TRUTH AND THEY ARE UNIVERSAL
TRUTHS FOUND IN THE WAY PEOPLE
ARE DEALT WITH.
I FIND I CAN LEARN MORE FROM
THE SCREW UPS OF THE PEOPLE IN
THE BIBLE WHERE THEY MADE
MISTAKES, AND GOD DEALT WITH
THEM.
SO YOU SAY DOES THAT APPLY TO
YOU?
YES.
WELL I WAS PRAYING ONE DAY AND
I WAS READING ISAIAH 58, AND
GOD BEGAN TO SHOW ME THIS IS
THE PATH I HAVE CHOSEN TO DEAL
BREAD TO THE HUNGRY, IF YOU SEE
THE NAKED CLOTHE THEM, IF YOU
SEE THE HUNG HOMELESS, TAKE
THEM INTO THE HOUSE.
IF YOU DO THAT YOUR LIGHT WILL
GO FORTH SPEEDILY, ET CETERA,
ET CETERA, AND YOU'LL CALL ON
MY ANSWER.
I SAID I HAVE READ NEW
TESTAMENT AND THIS IS OLD
TESTAMENT.
BUT I THINK IT IS SO GOOD, AND
I'M GOING TO MAKE IT MINE.
I STARTED THAT DAY OPERATION
BLESSING.
SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE FED,
CLOTHED AND HOUSED ABOUT 400
MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR.
SO THAT PROMISE WAS YES, IT WAS
OLD TESTAMENT.
BUT I KNEW IT WAS FOR ME
PERSONALLY IN NEW TESTAMENT.
AND DOESN'T HE USE HOW HE
DEALT WITH ISRAEL, BOTH THE
BLESSINGS AND THE CURSES TO
EACH US?
ABSOLUTELY.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
WE LEARN FROM THESE THINGS.
AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE
PRINCIPLES IN THE BIBLE THAT I
HAVE PUT DOWN AS LAWS OF THE
KINGDOM.
AND I THINK THEY APPLY TO
EVERYBODY.
ABSOLUTELY.
AMEN.
> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE A CALLER
FROM DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.
IT IS SO NICE TO SEE THE TWO
OF YOU.
MY QUESTION, PAT IS IN PSALMS 1
WHEN IT SAYS THE REWARDS OF THE
WICKED, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WELL THE REWARDS OF THE
WICKED ARE JUDGMENT AND DEATH.
THAT IS WHAT THE REWARD OF THE
WICKED IS.
YOU WILL SEE WITH YOUR EYES THE
REWARD OF THE WICKED.
IT MEANS GOD IS GOING TO PUNISH
THEM AND DEAL WITH THEM.
AND FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, THERE IS
ANOTHER THING.
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DON'T
STAND IN THE COUNCIL OF THE
UNGODLY OR SIT AND SOIL THE
SCORN AND THAT SORT OF THING.
THERE IS A REWARD FOR GOD'S
PEOPLE.
BUT THE REWARD OF THE WICKED IS
TO BE CUT OFF FROM GOD AND BE
PUNISHED BY HIM.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT REWARD.
YOU SURE DON'T.
> JOHN FROM MURPHYSBORO,
TENNESSEE.
WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO
DIE, HAVING NEVER HEARD THE
GOSPEL FROM NO FAULT OF THEIR
OWN, CURRENTLY IN THE PAST
PRIOR TO CHRIST COMING FROM
HEAVEN?
WELL THERE ARE TWO THINGS IN
ANSWER TO THAT.
NUMBER ONE A VEILED REFERENCE
TO THE FACT THAT WHEN JESUS
DIED, THE PERIOD WHEN HE WAS
CRUCIFIED, AND BEFORE HIS
RESURRECTION THAT HE DESCENDED
INTO HELL AND PREACHED TO THOSE
IN BONDAGE.
SO THEY HAD A CHANCE.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, GOD
HAS REVEALED HIMSELF THROUGH
THE GREAT UNIVERSE THAT HE HAS
MADE.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STARS,
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SUN, YOU
CAN LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT OF THE
PLANETS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GRASS
GROWING.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE WONDERS OF
GOD'S CREATION.
AND THROUGH THAT, YOU HAVE TO
TURN TO GOD.
AND YOU KNOW THEY TALKED ABOUT
THAT MAN WHO WAS MAKING IDOLS
AND PEOPLE WERE WORSHIPING
IDOLS AND HE REALIZED HIS HAND
WAS CREATING THESE IDOLS.
AND HE SAID I WANT TO WORSHIP
THE ONE WHO CREATED MY HAND
BECAUSE MY HANDS ARE MAKING
THESE IDOLS.
AND THAT IDOL WORSHIPER CAME TO
GOD, BECAUSE HE HAD ENOUGH
SENSE TO REALIZE.
AND GOD HAS GIVEN TO EVERY
HUMAN BEING A DESIRE TO SEEK
AFTER GOD AND TO FIND HIM.
THERE IS NO HUMAN BEING.
I DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY ARE
BUSH NATIVES OR WHOEVER THEY
ARE, WHO CAN'T LOOK AT THE
UNIVERSE AND THEIR OWN LIFE AND
CHILDREN AND EVERYTHING THEY
HAVE GOT AND THINK THERE'S GOT
TO BE SOMEBODY BEYOND THIS.
THE CREATION GIVES TESTIMONY TO
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.
IT SURE DOES.
AMEN.
> LANA, FROM BROWNWOOD,
TEXAS.
DO YOU THINK THE ANTICHRIST
IS ALIVE RIGHT NOW IN THIS
WORLD?
I DON'T THINK SO.
I KNOW WHEN HITLER WAS HERE,
THEY THOUGHT HITLER WAS THE
ANTICHRIST.
THEY THOUGHT MUSSOLINI WAS THE
ANTICHRIST.
THEY HAVE HAD SO MANY.
BUT I CERTAINLY THINK WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE MUSLIMS, WHO DENY
CHRIST, AND DENY THE EXISTENCE
OF HIM AND THE PREEMINENCE OF
JESUS CHRIST, AND SAY THAT HE
WILL SUBMIT TO ALLAH IN THE
FINAL DAYS, I THINK THAT COMES
CLOSER TO WHAT I WOULD EQUAL
ANTICHRIST.
BUT THE ANTICHRIST FIGURE AS
NOT YET COME ON THE SCENE,
ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN MANY
PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY SOME
PEOPLE HAVE SAID HE LOOKS LIKE
THE ANTI CHRIST.
IT IS HARD TO SAY IS HE HERE?
IS HE NOT HERE?
HE COULD BE BORN.
HE COULD BE BORN.
ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
> ALL RIGHT, COMING UP.
WE HAVE PAULA FROM TORONTO AND
STEVEN FROM HOUSTON.
YOUR VOICE MAIL QUESTIONS ARE
IN THE QUEUE.
ROUND TWO BEGINS RIGHT AFTER
THIS, SO STAY WITH US.
.
> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700
CLUB.
WE ARE SO EXCITED YOU ARE HERE
AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED PAT IS
WITH US TODAY IN THE FLESH TO
WE ARE YOUR VOICE MAIL
QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH
LILLIAN FROM NEW YORK CITY TO
LEAD OFF ROUND TWO.
> PAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ABSENT
FROM THE BODY IS TO BE PRESENT
WITH THE LORD.
WELL, THANK YOU, LILLIAN.
THAT IS WHAT PAUL SAID.
WHEN I'M, HE SAID YOU KNOW, I'M
IN A STRAIT BETWEEN TWO WHETHER
TO BE APART AND BE WITH THE
LORD WHICH IS FAR BETTER OR TO
REMAIN IN THE FLESH WHICH IS
NEEDFUL FOR YOU.
IF I AM IN THE FLESH, PERHAPS
I'M ABSENT FROM THE LORD.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE OUT OF
THIS BODY AND WITH THE LORD.
AND HE IS JUST REFERRING TO HIS
OWN PERSONAL DESIRE AS TO WHAT
HE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
HE WOULD, HE SAID HE WOULD MUCH
BETTER BE WITH JESUS THAN HE
WOULD BE STAYING HERE.
HE KNOWS HIS SERVICE TO THE
CHURCH WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO
LIVE IN THIS WORLD.
BUT IF YOU ARE ABSENT FROM THE
BODY, YOU ARE WITH THE LORD IN
THE OTHER WAY.
OKAY.
AMEN.
> GEORGE FROM EL DORADO,
KANSAS WITH THIS QUESTION FOR
PAT.
I HAD A QUESTION I WANTED TO
KNOW IF A PERSON HAS ACCEPTED
CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOR AND BEEN
BAPTIZED, GONE TO CHURCH AND
THEN CHANGED LIFESTYLE TO THE
LGBTQ LIFESTYLE, ARE THEY STILL
SAVED?
GEORGE, I WOULD HAVE TO KNOW
THE INDIVIDUAL TO SAY.
THE BIBLE IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT
IT IS VERY HARD TO, YOU KNOW
THE BIBLE WE THOUGHT BETTER OF
YOU.
BUT IT SAID THERE REMAINS NO
MORE SACRIFICE TO SOMEBODY THAT
DOES THAT.
BUT TO MOVE, TO SAY I KNOW GOD,
AND THEN GOING TO SOMETHING
THAT GOD SAYS IS AN ABOMINATION
DOES SEEM TO BE SKIRTING ON
DANGEROUS ICE.
BUT I'M NOT IN THE POSITION TO
SAY WELL, ALL RIGHT, THESE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HELL, I
JUST CAN'T DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS.
BUT I WOULD SAY TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THE THINGS FROM GOD IS
VERY, VERY DANGEROUS.
AMEN.
> CHRIS FROM CHARLESTON,
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS THIS
QUESTION FOR PAT.
MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES
ABUNDANT LIFE LOOK LIKE?
I'M NOT SURE IF I'VE MISSED IT
OR WHAT.
JESUS SAID I HAVE COME AS
THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND I HAVE
IT MORE ABUNDANTLY.
THE ABUNDANT LIFE IS WALKING
WITH JESUS, OF HAVING HIS
MIRACLES.
HAVING HIM TALK TO YOU.
OF HAVING HIS BLESSING.
YOU KNOW, HE WILL BRING ALL
KINDS OF GOOD THINGS TO A
PERSON'S LIFE.
WELL I TALKED TO HIM, I'M
ASKING FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
AND JUST HIS PRESENCE IS SO
WONDERFUL.
THAT IS THE ABUNDANCE YOU WILL
HAVE.
ABUNDANCE OF JOY.
THAT IS WHAT THE ABUNDANT LIFE
IS.
IT ISN'T NECESSARILY A WHOLE
LOT OF MONEY AND PROSPERITY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALTHOUGH HE WILL GIVE THAT AS
WELL.
HE WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING
FROM THEM WHO WALK UPRIGHTLY.
AND HIS LIFE IS ALWAYS
ABUNDANT.
YOU LOOK AT NATURE.
IT IS ABUNDANT.
HE DOESN'T STINT ON ANYTHING.
HE DOESN'T STINT ON A BEAUTIFUL
SUNSET.
HE DOESN'T STINT ON THE
FLOWERS.
HE DOESN'T STINT ON THE VARIETY
OF CREATURES THEY HAVE ON THIS
EARTH.
IT IS ABUNDANT AND THAT IS
GOD'S NATURE.
IT IS ABUNDANT.
HE IS NOT STINGY.
AND HE HAS GOT PLENTY.
HE NEVER RUNS OUT, ALL RIGHT?
HIS LOVE IS EXTRAVAGANT.
ABSOLUTELY.
> PAULA FROM TORONTO,
ONTARIO.
GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.
WE KNOW THAT ABORTION IS A
SIN.
WHAT IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS
ADVISED BY HER DOCTOR TO HAVE
AN ABORTION DUE TO HEALTH
REASONS AND SHE GOES AHEAD AND
GETS THE ABORTION?
IS THAT CONSIDERED A SIN IN THE
EYES OF GOD?
PAULA, AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON
THE INDIVIDUAL.
IF IT IS THE LIFE OF THE
MOTHER, IF HAVING A BABY, SAY
IT IS AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, AND
HAVING A BABY WILL KILL HER, I
THINK SELF-DEFENSE IS CERTAINLY
A REASON TO DO SOMETHING.
AND I, IT IS HARD TO SET DOWN
RULES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHAT IS
SIN, WHAT ISN'T SIN.
BUT I THINK THE BIBLE SAYS
WHATEVER IS NOT OF FAITH IS
SIN.
AND I THINK WHAT DO YOU
BELIEVE?
BUT I THINK IF SOMEBODY IS
ADVISED THAT THE CARRYING OF A
BABY TO TERM WILL ACTUALLY
TERMINATE HER LIFE, THEN I
THINK THERE IS A REASON TO GO
FORWARD WITH THE TERMINATION OF
THE BABY.
BUT SOME PEOPLE DISAGREE.
THEY THINK YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T
DO THAT.
YOU TAKE CARE OF THE BABY AND
LET THE MOTHER DIE.
I DISAGREE WITH THAT, BUT I'M
SURE THERE ARE LEGITIMATE
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION.
YEAH, THAT IS A TOUGH CALL.
THANKS, PAT.
> SEAN FROM DAYTON, OHIO, GO
AHEAD.
I'M JUST WONDERING AFTER
JESUS RAISED LAZARUS FROM THE
DEAD, HOW LONG DID HE LIVE
AFTER THAT?
WE DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN.
BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT A
PERSON'S SPIRIT STAYS AROUND
AFTER THEY DIE SEVERAL DAYS.
AND JESUS SAID I'M GOING TO
WAIT FOR AWHILE.
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE LAZARUS
WAS GOOD AND DEAD.
AND SO, AT THAT POINT, THAT IS
NOT A RESURRECTION.
THAT IS A RESUSCITATION.
AND I IMAGINE LAZARUS LIVED A
NORMAL LIFE.
SO IF THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN
THAT TIME WAS SAY 50 YEARS OLD
AND HE WAS 30, THEN HE HAD 20
MORE YEARS TO LIVE.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HIS
SITUATION WAS OR HOW OLD HE
WAS.
BUT SOMEWHERE OVER THE LIFE
SPAN OF PEOPLE IN THAT ERA,
THAT IS HOW LONG HE LIVED.
I IMAGINE HE WENT ON TO HAVE
A BEAUTIFUL LIFE AFTER THAT.
YOU HOPE HE DID.
AND TOLD THAT STORY MANY,
MANY TIMES.
HE HAD TWO NICE SISTERS THAT
MEANT WELL.
> TONY FROM VIRGINIA BEACH,
VIRGINIA HAS THIS QUESTION FOR
PAT.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
PASSAGE?
MINE IS PSALMS 86 AND PSALMS
23.
YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF
NAMING EACH ONE, I THINK.
WITH MINE OF COURSE IT IS
ROMANS 8 : 28.
GOD WILL SHAPE EVERYTHING TO
GOOD FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM.
THERE ARE SO MANY.
THE BIBLE IS FILLED WITH
WONDERFUL PASSAGES AND TO PICK
ONE OUT DOES VIOLENCE TO THE
REST OF THEM.
THE BIBLE IS A BOOK OF GOD'S
LOVE STORY TOWARD YOU AND ME.
THERE ARE SO MANY MARVELOUS
PROMISES IN THERE.
I JUST FINISHED A BOOK ON
DAVID AND THE 23rd PSALM OF THE
LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT
WANT, MY BOOK IS GOING TO BE
CALLED THE SHEPHERD KING, AND
IT IS THE LIFE OF DAVID.
IT IS JUST SO EXCITING.
BUT TO SEE YOU KNOW, HE
COMPARED HIMSELF TO ONE OF THE
SHEEP BEING LED BY THE
SHEPHERD.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD AND
THEN HE WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE.
SO THE 23rd PSALM OF COURSE
EVERYBODY KNOWS AND THEY LOVE
IT.
I LOVE THAT ONE TOO.
> KARLA, FROM MARLIN, TEXAS
HAS THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.
MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU
HAVE A TEENAGER OR A CHILD
STRUGGLING WITH A MENTAL
ILLNESS OR SPIRITUAL CRISIS,
HOW DO YOU HELP THEM IN THEIR
TIME OF NEED?
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. PAT.
THANK YOU, KARLA.
I THINK THE BIG THING IS YOU
KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO LISTEN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE GOT A
TEENAGER, YOU DON'T DICTATE,
YOU LISTEN.
AND THESE TEENAGERS ARE
URGENTLY WANTING SOMEBODY TO
LISTEN.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING THROUGH?
WHAT ARE THEIR PROBLEMS?
AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THE
PERSON THEY ARE TALKING TO IS
TRUSTWORTHY.
SO IF YOU CAN GAIN A TEENAGER'S
TRUST, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT
YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM
AND YOU LOVE THEM, AND I THINK
MORE THAN ANYTHING, THEY WANT
UNCONDITION AL LOVE.
I DON'T LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU
ARE GOOD LOOKING, I DON'T LOVE
YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE A GREAT
ATHLETE, I DON'T LOVE YOU
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO SMART.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE OF WHO YOU
ARE.
YOU ARE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF
GOD AND I THINK IF THEY FEEL
ACCEPTANCE, THAT IS WHAT THEY
NEED.
BUT THE THING MOST PARENTS DO
NOT LISTEN.
WHAT IS THAT CHILD TRYING TO
SAY?
AND GIVE THEM TIME TO TALK AND
EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
DON'T ALWAYS BE TELLING THEM
WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
THINK.
BUT LISTEN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AS
A PARENT.
WOW.
THAT IS SO GOOD.
SOMEBODY RECEIVED THAT.
I HAVE 23 GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GRANDCHILDREN
AND FOUR KIDS.
I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH
LITTLE ONES.
WOW, DID YOU SAY 23?
23 GREAT.
AND ONE OF THEM IS A TEENAGER.
SO IF I STAY AROUND A LITTLE
BIT LONGER I'M GOING TO HAVE A
GREAT GREAT.
OH MY GOSH, THAT IS
INCREDIBLE.
IT IS NICE.
A BIG FAMILY.
> CHRISTINA FROM UNIONVILLE,
NEW JERSEY HAS THIS QUESTION
FOR PAT.
TWO DAYS AGO MY COLLEAGUE'S
LITTLE 11-YEAR-OLD BOY DIED
THREE MONTHS AFTER A LIVER
TRANSPLANT.
MR.ROBERTSON, WHY DOES GOD
ALLOW CHILDREN TO DIE?
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
THE BIBLE SAYS PRECIOUS IN
THE SIGHT OF THE LORD THE DEATH
OF HIS SAINTS.
AND YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BABY HAS
A GREAT DEAL OF PROMISE.
BUT WE HAVE IN AMERICA ABORTED
50 MILLION, 60 MILLION BABIES.
LITTLE CHILDREN, JESUS SAID
SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN TO
COME UNTO ME AND FORBID THEM
NOT SUCH IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
SO THAT LITTLE CHILD, AT THIS
POINT, HAS BEEN SPARED A WHOLE
LIFETIME OF SUFFERING AND HE IS
IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
SO DON'T SAY WHY DOES GOD TAKE
SOMEBODY?
BECAUSE HE IS GIVING THEM
SOMETHING AS A BLESSING.
BUT WHENEVER A LOVED ONE LEAVES
US, OUR HEARTS ARE TORN APART.
WE GRIEVE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT IF THEY KNOW
THE LORD, THEY ARE GOING TO BE
IN HEAVEN FOREVER.
AND WE WOULDN'T WISH TO TAKE
AWAY FROM THEM THE JOY THEY
WILL HAVE BEFORE THE PRESENCE
OF THE LORD.
THE HEAVEN IS REALLY NICE.
THIS WORLD IS A PRETTY GOOD
PLACE.
I'M HAPPY TO LIVE IN IT AND GOD
HAS BLESSED ME AND WE ARE ALL
BLESSED TOGETHER.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HEAVEN IS
WONDERFUL.
I HAVEN'T SEEN AND HASN'T HEARD
THE THING GOD HAS PREPARED FOR
THEM THAT LOVE HIM.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE BEYOND
ANYTHING WE CAN CONCEIVE OF.
SO WHY DOES GOD ALLOW THEM TO
DIE.
WHY DOES GOD WANT SOMEBODY
TO BE HAPPY?
OKAY.
AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE OUR
LOVED ONES AGAIN.
EXACTLY.
THERE WILL BE GLORIOUS REUNIONS
IN HEAVEN.
ABSOLUTELY.
> I LOVED MY PAPA, TOM, SO
MUCH.
HE WAS THE SHERIFF OF MINGO
COUNTY.
AND WHEN I PICTURE HIM IN
HEAVEN, HE HAS HIS BIG COWBOY
HAT ON AND HE IS THE SHERIFF IN
HEAVEN.
AND I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN A
VISION OF HIM IN HEAVEN AND HE
IS THE SHERIFF.
I DON'T KNOW THAT SPIRITS
WEAR COWBOY HATS AND CARRY SIX
SHOOTERS OR NOT.
> STEVEN FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS
WITH THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.
IN LIGHT OF JESUS' WORDS
ABOUT THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS
AND WHO IS GETTING INTO HEAVEN,
HOW DO WE DEFINE RIGHTEOUSNESS?
YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING.
I READ THAT.
AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT HE IS
NOT TALKING OF A SALVATION.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE END OF
THE WORLD.
WHEN HE WILL GATHER PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WORKS
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
BUT THESE PEOPLE HE SAID I'M
GOING TO GATHER THE SHEEP AND
THE GOATS.
AND I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU FED
ME.
I WAS NAKED AND YOU CLOTHED ME.
I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU CAME TO
SEE ME.
I WAS SICK AND YOU VISITED ME.
AND THESE ARE THE RIGHTEOUS AND
THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SAY WHEN DO
WE DO THAT?
AND HE SEPARATES THE SHEEP FROM
THE GOATS.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT IS AT THE
END OF THE AGE.
HE IS DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO
ARE MY BRETHREN.
WHO ARE THE BRETHREN?
THE BRETHREN ARE THE ONES WHO
ARE SAVED.
THE PEOPLE OF GOD, MAYBE THE
JEWISH PEOPLE, MAYBE THE
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE.
SO THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD THAT
WE LIVE IN IS GOING TO
DETERMINE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO IN
RELATION TO US.
IT IS INTERESTING.
SO ARE THEY GIVING US A HARD
TIME LATER ON THEY HAVE TO
SEPARATE SHEEP FROM GOATS, THAT
IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THAT ONE.
VERY GOOD WORK.
IT IS QUITE A STORY, ALL
RIGHT?
> COMING UP, WE HAVE ROUND
THREE OF THE SPECIAL VOICE MAIL
EDITION OF THE 700 CLUB.
STAY TUNED.
YOUR QUESTION COULD BE UP NEXT.
.
> WELCOME BACK TO ROUND THREE
OF YOUR VOICE MAIL QUESTIONS
AND OUR SPECIAL.
GUEST: TODAY, PAT ROBERTSON
IN THE FLESH, TO ANSWER THEM.
ASHLEY FROM MASSACHUSETTS WITH
THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.
I HAVE BEEN A NONRELIGIOUS
PERSON FOR MANY YEARS AND
DURING THIS TIME I UNDERWENT A
FULL SEX CHANGE.
RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN LEARNING
CHRISTIANITY AND NOW REALIZE
THAT CHANGING MY BODY WAS
WRONG.
MY QUESTION IS, SHOULD I
CONTINUE TO LIVE AS A FEMALE?
OR SHOULD I TRY, NOW, TO MODIFY
WHAT I CAN TO LIVE AS A MALE,
AS I WAS BORN?
YOU ARE ASKING ME A MEDICAL
QUESTION THAT I'M NOT SURE I'M
QUALIFIED TO ANSWER.
BUT I WOULD SAY IF YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU WERE BORN A BIOLOGICAL
MALE, YOU WANT TO RETURN TO IT.
THE TROUBLE IS I TELL YOU, IN
TODAY'S WORLD, ONE OF THE
REASONS SO MANY KIDS COME OUT
OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ABOUT
SEVEN.
IS IT 7 MILLION PEOPLE WHO MOVE
THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE
THEY ARE DOING ALL THE SEX
CHANGE STUFF.
I MEAN SOME LITTLE GIRL THINKS
SHE IS A BOY WHEN SHE IS 5
YEARS OLD.
AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
THEY GIVE HER HORMONES AND MAKE
HER INTO A MAP.
AND TAKE AWAY HER ABILITY TO
HAVE CHILDREN.
I MEAN, IT IS JUST BUTCHERY
THAT TAKES PLACE.
IT MAKES ME SICK AT MY STOMACH
TO THINK THESE LITTLE CHILDREN
DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THEY
WANT TO BE.
YET THEY DO SURGERY ON BOYS.
THEY SHOOT ALL KINDS OF
HORMONES INTO BOYS AND GIRLS
AND CHANGE THEIR SEX.
AND ANY DOCTOR THAT DOES THIS
OUGHT TO GET PROSECUTED, IN MY
OPINION.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
YEAH.
BUT THE QUESTION IS.
DO I GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS
BEFORE?
AND THE ANSWER IS, IF IT IS
POSSIBLE, YES.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WAS DONE TO
YOU, UNLESS YOU HAVE HAD
SERIOUS SURGERY, YOU CAN
PROBABLY REVERSE WHAT IT WAS.
AND BY ALL MEANS DO SO, IF YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO.
AND THINK ABOUT ROMANS 8 :
28.
HOW GOD CAN USE THIS TESTIMONY.
GOD CAN USE WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IN HER LIFE.
THERE WAS A GIRL ON ONE OF
THOSE NATIONAL TELEVISION SHOWS
SINGING ACTUALLY THAT.
I'M SO SORRY I DID THIS.
I WANT TO GET BACK TO WHAT I
WAS BEFORE.
AMEN.
BUT TO LET LITTLE CHILDREN
MAKE THAT DECISION.
IT IS CRIMINAL.
AND MANY TIMES TAKE IT AWAY
FROM THEIR PARENTS.
I MEAN, WHAT IS BEING DONE
TO KIDS IN SCHOOL TODAY IS
APPALLING.
AND I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT
AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT I HAVE
TO DO, I'M GOING TO START AN
ACADEMY FOR YOUNG.
GRADE 1-12.
WOW.
I WANT TO.
BREAKING NEWS.
BREAKING NEWS.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, I
CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
I'M GETTING READY TO HAVE A
REGIONAL ACADEMY FOR YOUNG
CHILDREN.
I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL
IDEA.
WE SO NEED IT, PAT.
I KNOW.
I'M TRYING TO GET IT UNDERWAY
RIGHT NOW.
BUT TO TEACH THESE KIDS ABOUT
THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE.
AMEN.
OR TO TEACH THEM ABOUT THE
TRUTH OF SOCIALISM AND THE
AMERICAN YOU KNOW, THE FREEDOM
WE ENJOY.
BUT THIS, THIS STUFF IS GOING
ON ABOUT, I MEAN, IT JUST, IT
TAKES MY BREATH AWAY TO THINK
THAT A DOCTOR WOULD PERFORM
SOME OF THESE OPERATIONS ON
LITTLE CHILDREN THAT HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
I KNOW.
IT IS HEARTBREAKING.
> CYNTHIA FROM CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS HAS THIS QUESTION FOR
PAT.
I WAS WONDERING, PAT, IF YOU
COULD EXPLAIN IN TODAY'S WORLD
WHAT IT MEANS TO WATCH IN THE
TERM WATCH AND PRAY?
WELL, I THINK WE, WHAT DOES
WATCH MEAN?
YOU ARE LOOKING AT GOD.
YOU ARE WAITING.
WAIT ON THE LORD AND HE WILL
GIVE YOU THE DESIRE OF YOUR
HEART.
WAITING IS SOMETHING THAT WE
TALK ABOUT, THAT YOU KNOW, AND
THEY PRAYED STRETCHED FOR HIM.
THE LORD TELLS US TO WATCH.
I THINK TO BE ALERT.
YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
THOSE THAT DRINK, DRINK AT
NIGHT.
AND THE THINGS THEY DO ARE IN
THE DARK.
AND HE SAYS YOU KNOW, YOU
SHOULD BE ALERT AND THE LORD
SAYS WATCH AND PRAY.
THAT MEANS KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN
TO WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND YOU.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN TO THE
MOVING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN TO ALL THE
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
AROUND YOU.
AND PRAY.
WATCH AND PRAY.
PRAY THAT WHEN THAT DAY COMES,
HE WON'T CATCH YOU UNAWARE.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD.
I THINK YOU FOUND THE RIGHT
WORD.
ALERT.
STAY ALERT.
> JACKIE FROM TACOMA,
WASHINGTON, GO AHEAD WITH THIS
QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO
ABOUT DONATING THEIR ORGANS.
JACKIE, I THINK IT IS A VERY
WORTHY THING TO DO.
PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE A PROPER KIDNEY OR THEY
DON'T HAVE A PROPER ORGANS.
VARIOUS TYPES OF THINGS THAT
ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.
AND WHEN YOU LEAVE, THAT BODY
OF YOURS IS GOING TO GO INTO
DUST.
YOUR SPIRIT WHICH WILL LIVE ON
IS GOING TO BE WITH THE LORD
AND SO YOU ARE IN HEAVEN
ENJOYING HIM.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE
DONATED YOUR ORGANS, WHETHER IT
IS YOUR HEART OR YOUR LUNGS OR
KIDNEYS OR WHATEVER TO SCIENCE,
I THINK IS A WORTHY THING TO
DO.
YEAH.
I REALLY DO.
AMEN.
I'M NOT IN AWE IN TERMS OF
CREMATION.
I THINK WE BURN OUR, THAT USED
TO BE TO BURN UP SOMEBODY BUT
TO DONATE SOMEBODY IS A VERY
WORTHY THING IF YOU ARE SO
INCLINED.
> JIM FROM KANSAS CITY,
MISSOURI HAS THIS QUESTION FOR
PAT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW,
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE
PROPHET EZEKIEL?
BECAUSE THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY
ANYTHING WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO ISAIAH
AND JEREMIAH.
EZEKIEL, I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED
ABOUT THAT.
JIM, I'M AFRAID I DON'T KNOW
ANY MORE ABOUT IT THAN YOU DO.
HE LIVED, HE WROTE SOME VERY
IMPORTANT WORDS.
AND THEN HE FADED OFF THE
SCENE.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SUBSEQUENT
INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.
I'M SORRY.
MUST HAVE BEEN UNEVENTFUL.
HE, WHEN WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT EZEKIEL 38 THE PROPHESY
IS GOING TO BE LIVED OUT BEFORE
US.
SO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
EZEKIEL.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM ON
THE NATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM
IN AMERICA.
ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
I KNOW, RIGHT?
SO HIS WORDS LIVE ON.
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM PERSONALLY
I HAVE NO IDEA.
> DEBBY FROM LAKE CHARLES,
LOUISIANA HAS THIS QUESTION FOR
PAT.
I WAS WONDERING, WHAT KIND
OF TASKS OR JOBS WILL WE BE
DOING IN HEAVEN?
IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT
CROSSED MY MIND.
THANK YOU.
WELL DEBBY, I THINK YOU
KNOW, THERE ARE A BILLION
TRILLION STARS IN THE UNIVERSE
THE SIZE OF OUR SUN.
AND THERE ARE PLANETS OUT THERE
BY THE TRILLIONS.
AND THE UNIVERSE IS VERY LARGE
AND THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
THINGS GOING ON.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW, WHEN GOD
PUT ADAM IN THE GARDEN, HE SAID
YOU TEND THIS GARDEN.
SO PEOPLE HAD TO LOOK AFTER
THINGS.
I MEAN, HE WAS TO TEND THE
GARDEN, LOOK AFTER THE ANIMALS.
SO I THINK IT IS THE SAME THING
IN HEAVEN.
THERE WILL BE SOMETHING TO DO.
AT POSSAL PAUL SAID THE SAINTS
WILL JUDGE THE ANGELS.
SO MAYBE WE'LL SPEND HALF OF
ETERNITY JUDGING ANGELS, AND
MAKING DECISIONS IN RELATION TO
THEM.
DO YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE A
TV SHOW IN HEAVEN?
I HOPE NOT.
I THINK OUR TELEVISION WILL BE
WE'LL HAVE INSTANT THOUGHT.
RIGHT.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS
HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE THE GLORY
OF GOD.
AND THIS WILL OCCUPY US
FOREVER.
WE'LL BE CONSUMED WITH THE
GLORY OF GOD.
BUT GOD IS SO POWERFUL AND HE
IS SO ALMIGHTY.
AND HE IS SO ALL ENCOMPASSING.
AND TO GET INTO HIS PRESENCE IS
GOING TO BE FULLNESS OF JOY.
WE'LL HAVE A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING.
YEAH.
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THE CONSCIOUSNESS WE
HAVE IN HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE
TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE
HAVE NOW.
WELL, AMEN.
WOW.
> STILL AHEAD.
LAST CALL.
OUR FOURTH AND "FINAL ROUND" OF
YOUR VOICE MAIL QUESTIONS IS
COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.
.
> WELCOME BACK TO OUR "FINAL
ROUND" OF OUR SPECIAL EDITION
OF THE 700 CLUB YOUR VOICE
MAILS AND PAT HERE TO ANSWER
THEM.
WE'LL START WITH JOE FROM GRAND
PRAIRIE, TEXAS.
HI, ABOUT THE.
MY NAME IS JOE.
I HAIL FROM THE GREAT STATE OF
TEXAS.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU, AS THE END
TIME APPROACHES, EVERYBODY IS
TALKING ABOUT GREAT REVIVAL
COMING UPON THE EARTH.
HOWEVER IS THAT SCRIPT WRAL?
ALL I CAN SEE IS TORMENT AND
LOTS OF PERSECUTION.
I WAS JUST READING THE OTHER
DAY WHERE THE APOSTLES YOU
KNOW, SAID IN THE LATTER DAYS,
THEY HAVE A MOVE OF GOD AND
THEY SAID THAT THIS IS A
PROPHESY THAT WAS SPOKEN OF BY
THE PROPHET.
AND HE SAID IN THE LATTER DAYS
I'LL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT OF MY
OWN FLESH AND YOUR SONS AND
DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE A WAKE
REVIVAL.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF
THE GREATEST MOVES OF GOD IN
THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
RIGHT NOW.
NOT GOING TO BE.
WE ARE HAVING IT NOW.
AND IS THERE GOING TO BE A
GREAT REVIVAL?
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE.
IS THERE GOING TO BE
PERSECUTION?
YES.
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE SHORT-
LIVED, I THINK.
BUT IT IS GOING TO BE INTENSE.
AND JESUS SAID THIS GOSPEL OF
THE KING WILL BE PREACHED IN
ALL THE WORLD AND THEN THE END
IS GOING TO COME.
SO THERE IS TREMENDOUS
PERSECUTION AGAINST CHRISTIANS.
THE MIDDLE EAST IS HORRIBLE
WHAT IS BEING DONE.
WHAT THE MUSLIMS ARE DOING TO
CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD IS
AWFUL.
AND OTHER PERSECUTING OF
CHRISTIANS.
COMMUNISTS IN CHINA ARE
PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS.
SO THERE IS PERSECUTION RIGHT
AS WE SPEAK.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS
A MASSIVE GREAT REVIVAL.
I AM SO GLAD I'M IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE ONE OF THE GREATEST
TIMES WHERE THE POWER OF GOD IS
MANIFESTED.
PEOPLE BY THE THOUSANDS AND
MILLIONS ARE COMING TO JESUS.
WE ARE SEEING MIRACLES ALL THE
TIME.
EVERY DAY THERE ARE MIRACLES.
SO YES, IN THE MIDDLE OF BOTH
THINGS, BUT YOU WILL BE HATED
OF ALL THE NATIONS FOR MY
NAME'S SAKE AND THEN THE END'S
GOING TO COME.
ANYHOW WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL
THE WORLD FOR A WITNESS.
PRAISE GOD.
VERY ENCOURAGING WORDS.
> WAYNE FROM LAVERNE,
MINNESOTA HAS ANOTHER QUESTION
FOR PAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR PAT.
IN JOSHUA 10 THE SUN AND MOON
STOOD STILL.
IT IS A REAL PUZZLE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COULD BE.
IF YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR
THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE
HEARING FROM IT.
I STRUGGLE WITH THAT MY
FRIEND.
ONE THING FOR SURE IS, THE SUN
DIDN'T STOP.
THERE IS ONE THING THAT HE DID
WHEN HE SAID THE SUN STOOD
STILL.
HE EARTH ROTATES.
AND OF ALL THE PLANETS, THIS
MEANS YOU HAVE A LONG DAY.
AND YOU KNOW THE SUN DOESN'T
COME DOWN.
BUT YOU HAVE A 24-HOUR
REVOLVING ABOUT THIS PLANET.
SO DID THE PLANET STAND STILL?
MAYBE.
DID THE SUN?
NO WAY.
IT DIDN'T AFFECT THE SUN.
DIDN'T AFFECT THE MOON.
BUT IT DID AFFECT, WE DON'T
KNOW FOR SURE.
THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAVE TO
HAPPEN IF THAT WAS FULFILLED.
JOSHUA'S PRAYER WAS
ANSWERED.
BUT THE EARTH WAS ROTATING
AROUND.
THE EARTH HAS TO STOP, AT THIS
POINT, SO YOU HAVE A LONG DAY.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THE
RECORDS ALL THE WAY BACK.
DID SUCH A THING ACTUALLY
HAPPEN?
BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
IT IS THE ONLY WAY IT COULD
HAPPEN.
THE SUN DIDN'T, NO WAY YOU ARE
GOING TO CHANGE WITH THE SOLAR
SYSTEM.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT DANA FROM
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO WITH
THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION.
IF SOMEBODY IS A CHRISTIAN,
DEDICATED CHRISTIAN, AND THEY
ARE SICK, AND THERE HAS BEEN
SINCERE PRAYER FOR HEALING AND
CONTINUED BELIEF FOR THEIR
HEALING AND THEY WANT TO BE
HEALED.
AT SOME POINT WHEN THEY
CONTINUE TO GET ILL, DO THEY
HAVE A CHOICE WITH THEIR WILL
TO GO ON TO HEAVEN?
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY
RELEASE.
GOT DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR PRAYER.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOMEBODY VERY,
VERY CLOSE TO ME THAT SAID I
WANT TO GO HOME.
I WANTING TO TO BE WITH JESUS.
THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE SICK BUT
THEY WANT TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW
BUT GOD WILL NOT NECESSARILY
ANSWER THEIR PRAYER.
YEAH, AMEN.
AMEN.
GOD HAS PERFECT TIMING.
AND WE HAVE ANOTHER CALLER.
ANGELIQUE FROM CLIMATE FALLS,
OREGON.
MY QUESTION IS HOW BIG IS
HEAVEN?
AND DOES IT EXPAND?
WILL EVERYONE FIT IN HEAVEN?
OR WILL HEAVEN RUN OUT OF ROOM?
OR IS IT ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE CAN BE LET INTO
HEAVEN?
AND ONCE WE ARE THERE, CAN WE
BE KICKED OUT FOR SINNING?
ANGELIQUE, HEAVEN IS SO BIG
YOU CAN'T CONCEIVE OF IT.
I WAS PRAYING ONE TIME I SAID
LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO
DO?
HE SAID HEAVEN IS VERY LARGE
AND YOUR JOB IS TO FILL IT UP,
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
THAT WAS THE JOB.
BUT BELIEVE ME, THERE IS PLENTY
OF ROOM.
HEAVEN IS ENORMOUS.
AND GOD WANTS US TO MAKE SURE
THAT HEAVEN IS FILLED WITH
PEOPLE WHO WILL LOVE AND SERVE
HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.
> WELL THANKS SO MUCH FOR
THESE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS ALL
THE TIME WE'VE GOT.
WE LEAVE YOU WITH THESE WORDS
FROM THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.
THE GRASS WITHERS, THE FLOWER
FADES, BUT THE WORD OF GOD WILL
STAND FOREVER.
TOMORROW WE'VE GOT A NEW YORK
TIMES DEBBY MACOMBER IS GOING
TO BE HERE.
SHE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HER
NEXT BLOCKBUSTER NOVEL.
> IN THE MEANTIME, MY THANKS
TO MY DEAR CO-HOST, WENDY, FOR
BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE
QUESTIONS.
THANKS TO THE STAFF, WE HAVE A
GREAT CREW HERE.
I LOVE THEM AND APPRECIATE
THEIR SKILLS.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.