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> COMING UP.

PAT ROBERTSON IS BACK IN

STUDIO TO ANSWER YOUR

VOICEMAILS FROM THE SPIRITUAL

TO THE PERSONAL.

GET HIS EXPERT ADVICE ON TOPICS

SUCH AS IS IT OKAY FOR

CHRISTIANS TO CARRY GUNS?

IS IT A SIN TO BUY MADE IN

CHINA?

SHOULD I GO TO A GAY WEDDING?

HOW CAN I FIND MY PURPOSE IN

LIFE AND MORE.

YOUR QUESTIONS TAKE CENTER

STAGE ALL SHOW LONG ON TODAY'S

700 CLUB.

> WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL

EDITION OF THE 700 CLUB.

I'M PAT ROBERTSON.

IT'S NICE TO BE BACK WITH YOU.

I HAVE A PRIVILEGE OF ONCE A

MONTH COMING INTO ANSWER YOUR

QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE IN

CHARGE OF THIS PARTICULAR

PROGRAM.

WE DO YOUR QUESTIONS FROM ALL

ACROSS AMERICA AND CANADA.

YOU CALLED AND LEFT YOUR

VOICEMAIL QUESTIONS.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HEAR YOUR

VOICES ON THE AIR AND THE

LOVELY MS. WENDY IS HERE WITH

ME AND WE WILL WORK TOGETHER.

YOU ARE LOOKING WELL MY

FRIEND.

NOT TO BAD FOR AN OLD MAN.

I'M STILL HANGING IN THERE.

WE HAVE AMAZING QUESTIONS

AND YOU HEARD SOME OF THEM.

YOUR QUESTION.

THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM TODAY.

GET READY TO GET SOME -- YOUR

QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY OURS

ANSWERS.

ED FROM FLORIDA STARTS OFF

ROUND 1. GO HEAD.

MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU HAD

BEEN DIVORCED AND YOUR EXSPOUSE

IS STILL LIVING IS IT A SIN TO

GET REMARRIED?

THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU DIDN'T SAY WHAT

THE REASON WAS FOR THE DIVORCE.

I MEAN IF THE -- FOR EXAMPLE,

ADULTERY YOU AREN'T BOUND BY

THAT RELATIONSHIP.

THERE'S SUCH THING AS DESERTION

AND I CALL IT THE PAULINE

PRIVILEGE.

IF YOUR SPOUSE IS STILL LIVING,

IS IT A SIN TO REMARRY?

THE QUESTION IS HOW COME --

WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE

DIVORCE?

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITHOUT

KNOWING MORE ABOUT IT.

THERE'S CERTAIN CLEAR RULES IN

THE BIBLE AND I CAN GIVE YOU

MORE INFORMATION IF I HAD MORE

INFORMATION ON WHY YOU GOT

DIVORCED.

LET'S GO TO MICHELLE FROM

CALIFORNIA WITH THIS QUESTION

FOR PAT.

MY QUESTION IS, I HAVE A

FRIEND WHO DOES NOT KNOW JESUS

PERSONALLY.

SHE LIVES HER LIFE AS IF SHE IS

A CHRISTIAN, SHE DOES A LOT OF

GOOD WORK, VOLUNTEERS AND ALL

KINDS OF THINGS.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE

CHRISTIANS WILL BE REWARDED FOR

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR LIVES

F MY FRIEND ACCEPTED CHRIST

WOULD HER PREVIOUS GOOD WORKS

COUNT FOR HER REWARDS IN

HEAVEN?

I WANT TO TELL YOU NO

AMOUNT OF GOOD WORKS WILL GET

ANYONE TO HEAVEN.

THE REASON WE GET TO HEAVEN IS

BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF JESUS

CHRIST WHO PAID THE PRICE FOR

OUR SINS.

THAT IS HOW COME YOU GET TO

HEAVEN.

GOOD WORKS DON'T HAVE ANYTHING

TO DO WITH IT.

BY GRACE YOU ARE SAVED BY FAITH

AND NOT OF YOURSELF, IT'S A

GIFT OF GOD.

I MEAN BEYOND THAT, THE FACT

THAT SOMEONE HAS GOOD WORKS, I

MEAN, GOOD FOR THEM.

I'M ALL FOR IT.

THAT DOESN'T GET THEM TO

HEAVEN.

SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT

GOOD WORKS ARE JUST I'M A GOOD

PERSON, WILL GET THEM THERE.

YOU HEAR THIS I'M A GOOD

PERSON STUFF.

IT'S AN EXCUSE, YOU KNOW.

I DON'T KICK LITTLE LADIES DOWN

THE STREET AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A

NICE PERSON.

YOU HEAR THAT OVER AND OVER.

IS HE A GOOD PERSON.

GOOD PERSON WON'T GET YOU TO

HEAVEN.

ONLY JESUS.

ALL RIGHT.

> WANDA FROM OREGON WITH THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE

SHOULD PRAY FOR OUR ENEMIES.

COULD YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF

WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY?

THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

THE BIBLE SAYS PRAY FOR

THOSE THAT SPITEFULLY USE YOU

AND PERSECUTE YOU.

THE EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE

SUFFERING CONSTANTLY AND THEY

WERE UNDER ALL KINDS OF

PRESSURE.

JESUS WAS SAYING I WANT YOU TO

PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES BECAUSE

GOD IS MERCIFUL TO THE GOOD AND

THE BAD.

IF YOU PRAY FOR THEM IT'LL BE

FOR YOUR BENEFIT.

YOU SEE, IF YOU HARBOR HATRED

IN YOUR HEART IT'LL CORRUPT

YOU.

THE MOST FREEING THING IN THE

WORLD IS TO -- I'M GOING IT --

INSTEAD OF HATING THAT GUY --

HE IS MEAN TO ME AND I SHOULD

HATE HIM BUT INSTEAD I WILL ASK

THAT GOD WOULD TURN HIM INTO A

BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE

PRAYING.

THAT HE MIGHT FIND YOU AS I

HAVE FOUND YOU.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TALKING

ABOUT.

AMEN.

> COROLLA FROM NORTH

CAROLINA.

YOU ARE UP.

WE KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNIST

PARTY OF CHINA DOES FOR THE

MONEY THAT THEY MAKE ALL OVER

THE WORLD.

GETTING STUFF MADE IN CHINA SO

I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS NOT

HORRIBLE SIN TO BUY THINGS MADE

IN CHINA.

THANK YOU.

IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE IN

TODAY'S WORLD TO LIVE IN THE

WORLD WITHOUT BUYING SOMETHING

MADE IN CHINA.

THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF STUFF WE

NEED.

THE THING I WOULD -- WE SHOULD

HAVE DONE IS TO BREAK THE

DEPENDANCY ON CHINA.

THEY MAKE A LOT OF THINGS AND

IT'S NOT A SIN TO BUY FROM THEM

BECAUSE THEY -- YOU DON'T

REALLY KNOW WHAT IS MADE IN

CHINA, WHAT ISN'T.

THE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE

US DO IS DISENGAGE FROM CHINA.

I THINK WE SHOULD PUT HEAVY

TARIFFS ON THEM AND DO

EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FREE

OURSELVES FROM CHINA.

RIGHT NOW OUR ECONOMY IS IN A

WAR WITH CHINA AND WE DON'T

HAVE MUCH OF A SUPPLY OF

MINERALS.

THEY HAVE TO BE BOUGHT IN

CHINA.

YOU KNOW I'M THINKING OF THESE

SEMI CONDUCTORS THAT HAVE JUST

BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

NOW TAIWAN SEMI CONDUCTOR IS

THE BIGGEST PROBABLY IN THE

WORLD AND THE CHINESE WOULD

LOVE TO TAKE OVER TAIWIN.

INTEL USED TO BE THE LEADER IN

MAKING CHIPS BUT THEY LOST

THEIR EDGE BECAUSE THEY HAD A

KIND OF A TYRANT AS A LEADER

AND HE DESTROYED THEIR WORK

FORCE, THEIR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

CHINA HAS CHIPS.

THEY HAVE THINGS WE HAVE TO

HAVE.

ALL RIGHT.

> FRANK FROM ARIZONA WITH

THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.

MY QUESTION IS ABOUT FIRST

SAMUEL 16.

14.

IT

SAYS AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM THE

LORD TROUBLED HIM.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE LORD HAD

AN EVIL SPIRIT IN HIM.

I APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD

EXPLAIN THIS.

FRED YOU KNOW I HAVE READ

THE BOOK ON DAVID THAT HASN'T

BEEN PUBLISHED YET.

I WAS LOOKING AT THAT.

SAUL APPARENTLY HAD DEEP

DEPRESSION AND I THINK THAT

THEY USE IT AS AN EVIL SPIRIT

FROM THE LORD.

I CAN'T BUY THE FACT THAT HE WAS

DEMON POSSESSED.

HE WAS OBSESSED WITH KEEPING

POWER AND HE LOST CONTROL OF

THINGS SO HE JUST WENT INTO THE

DEPTHS OF DESPAIR AND HATRED

AND EVIL.

I THINK THAT TO SAY THAT -- I

DON'T THINK THAT GOD PUTS EVIL

SPIRITS ON ANYONE.

TO SAY IT'S AN EVIL SPIRIT FROM

THE LORD I DON'T BELIEVE THAT

-- THAT WAS A DESCRIPTION OF

WHAT SOMEONE WAS WRITING ABOUT.

AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT

COULD LIFT THE SPIRIT WAS THE

PERSON HE WANTED TO KILL.

THE MUSIC WOULD STILL HIM.

I THINK THAT -- YOU GO IN THE

MENTAL THING AND I -- I HAVE --

IN MY BOOK I GO INTO SOME

DETAIL OF WHAT WENT WRONG WITH

HIM.

IT WAS A MENTAL HATRED THAT

DEEPENED IN TO DEPRESSION

BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HOLD ONTO

POWER SO BADLY.

THEN HE ATTR IB UTED HIS

PROBLEMS TO THE PERSON WHO

PLAYED THE MUSIC TO MAKE HIM

HAPPY.

> MARY FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS

ANOTHER INTERESTING QUESTION.

> I AM A GIVER.

I DO EVERYTHING I CAN POSSIBLE

FOR EVERYBODY.

I DON'T HATE NOBODY.

I DON'T HAVE NO GRUDGES AGAINST

ANYONE.

I LOVE EVERYBODY.

I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET HEALED

FROM THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING

ON IN MY LIFE.

I HAVE SEVERAL THING THAT I

WOULD LIKE TO HEAL.

I PRAY.

I HAVE BEEN PRAYED OVER.

I EAT VERY WELL.

THANK YOU PAT FOR YOUR ANSWER.

MARY THE BIBLE SAYS A MAN

WILL LIVE GOOD BY THE FRUIT OF

HIS LIPS AND YOU START

CONFESSING HEALS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE ARE YOU DOING

ALL THE THINGS.

THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU STAY IN

PRAYER AND IF YOU HAVE ALL THE

-- HE WILL FORGIVE BUT YOU SAY

YOU FORGIVE.

MAKE SURE THAT'S TRUE.

THAT THERE IS NOT ANYONE

HOLDING A GRUDGE.

I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO CONFESS

IN YOUR MIND, IN JESUS NAME I

AM HEALED.

I CLAIM BY THE STRIPES OF JESUS

I HAVE BEEN HEALED.

I'M ALREADY HEALED.

DO NOTHING BUT CLAIM IT.

DO NOT CONFESS PROBLEMS.

DO NOT CONFESS THE FACT THAT

YOU ARE CONSTANTLY SICK.

DO NOT CONFESS YOUR SICKNESS

BUT CONFESS THE FACT THAT BY

HIS STRIPES I AM ALREADY

HEALED.

A MAN WILL LIVE BY THE FRUIT OF

HIS LIPS.

SPEAK IT, SPEAK IT MORE.

OKAY?

AMEN.

YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE

BUT IT WORKS.

I WAS OUT WALKING.

THAT'S THE WAY GOD SET THE

WORLD UP.

MY KNEES WERE HURTING I

STARTED SPEAKING TO MY KNEES

AND IT WORKS.

> JUDY FROM NEBRASKA.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR PAT.

I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT IS

THE FUNNIEST QUESTION ANYONE

EVER ASKED HIM?

THANK YOU, I LOVE THE PROGRAM.

THE FUNNIEST QUESTION.

I TRY TO TREAT THEM SERIOUSLY

IF I CAN.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

DONE ALL KINDS OF STRANGE

THINGS AND THEY WONDER WHY THE

LORD ISN'T DOING THINGS FOR

THEM.

I CAN'T POINT TO ONE AND SAY

THAT'S THE FUNNIEST ONE.

> DAVE FROM MICHIGAN HAS THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

I MISS YOU, PAT.

MY QUESTION, MY MIND WANDERS

WHEN I PRAY.

I TRY TO CONCENTRATE BUT IT

STARTS DRIFTING I START

THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS,

JUST DAILY LIFE.

JUST NOTHING REALLY IMPORTANT

BUT JUST DRIFTING.

BECAUSE OF THIS DOES MY PRAYER

LIFE MATTER?

IS THE HOLY SPIRIT OR -- IS GOD

HEARING MY PRAYER?

THAT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US.

DON'T FEEL BADLY ABOUT IT.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT OUR

MINDS THAT JUST WON'T FOCUS.

THE WAY TO GET THIS BET CERTIFY

TO -- FILL YOUR MIND WITH THE

WORD OF GOD.

SO APPROXIMATE WHEN YOU ARE

PRAYING BEGIN TO PRAY THE WORD

OF GOD.

THINK OF SOME SCRIPTURE THAT

YOU HAVE HEAD AND FOCUS ON THAT

IN NAME OF JESUS AND THEN YOU,

YOU KNOW HOW SHOULD I YOUNG MAN

CLEANSE HIS HEART BY TAKING

HEED TO EQUATE YOUR WORD.

THE IDEA OF YOUR MIND DRIFTING

IS COMMONPLACE FOR ALL OF US.

YOU KNOW IT HAPPENS TO ME.

IT HAPPENS TO YOU, IT HAPPENS

TO ALL OF US.

OUR MIND IS SO FULL OF STUFF

AND YOU HAVE TO -- YOU HAVE --

YOUR DAILY WORK, YOU HAVE YOUR

FAMILY, YOU HAVE YOUR

OBLIGATIONS, YOU HAVE STUFF

THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TOMORROW.

YOU HAVE THE FOOD YOU EAT.

IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR

THE BILLS OF THIS?

AND YOUR MIND IS ON THE -- ON

THAT SO YOU HAVE TO SPEND SOME

TIME JUST RELAXING AND THEN

SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD.

READ IT OUT OF THE BIBLE

SOMEWHERE, TAKE A -- TAKE ONE

OF THE PSALMS, SOME OF THE

PROVERBS, TAKE SOMETHING AND

TAKE A FEW WORDS AND KEEP --

LET THAT BE THE FOCUS OF YOUR

PRAYER.

AMEN.

> DIANE FROM VIRGINIA WITH

THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.

PAT I WAS WONDERING WHY

JESUS HAS TO BE OUR INTERCESSOR

WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN GOD PUTS

OUR SINS AWAY FROM US AND

REMEMBERS THEM NO MORE.

SOMEHOW I MISSED THAT.

SHE SAID SHE WONDERED WHY

JESUS IS HER INTERCESOOR WHEN

WE ARE BORN AGAIN GOD PUTS OUR

SINS AWAY.

BECAUSE HE -- HERE IS HOW

YOU APPROACH THE LORD.

YOU PRAY TO THE FATHER IN THE

NAME OF JESUS.

HE IS THE ACCESS.

IF IT WASN'T FOR HIS BLOOD I

DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE

FATHER BUT YOU PRAY IN THE HOLY

SPIRIT.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ACTIVATING

YOUR PRAYER.

YOU PRAY TO THE FATHER IN THE

-- IN THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS

UNDER THE POWER OF THE HOLY

SPIRIT.

WHY DOES JESUS HAVE TO BE THE

INTERCESSOR?

BECAUSE HE DIED.

YOU DIDN'T DIE, PAUL DIDN'T DIE

FOR YOU.

I DIDN'T DIE FOR YOU.

JESUS DID.

HE PAID THE PRICE FOR YOU SO

YOU COME INTO COURT AND SAY

HERE IS MY ACCESS INTO YOUR

CHAMBER, YOUR HONOR THROUGH

JESUS.

HE IS THE HIGH PRIEST.

> BETH FROM CALIFORNIA, GO

HEAD.

IS IT OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN

TO CARRY A GUN OR TO BUY A GUN

FOR SAFETY PURPOSES?

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOUR

MINISTRY.

THANK YOU.

I REMEMBER IT -- ONE OF THE

PILGRIMS WHO CARRIED A GUN AND

HE SAID WHY ARE YOU CARRYING A

GUN?

HE SAID WELL, IF YOUR TIME

HASN'T COME YET YOU -- WHY DO

YOU NEED A GUN?

HE SAID I MAY MEET AN INDIAN

WHOSE TIME HAS ALREADY COME.

I THINK SELF DEFENSE IS IN LAW

IS CONSIDERED A -- AN EXCUSE

AND TODAY'S WORLD BUT -- I DO

THINK THAT THE 2nd AMENDMENT IS

VERY IMPORTANT, THE RIGHT TO

KEEP AND BEAR ARMS IS

IMPORTANT.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW IF A DICTATOR WANTS TO

TAKE OVER A COUNTRY HE WILL

FIRST DISARM THE PEOPLE AND

THEN HE CAN CONTROL THEM.

THE IDEA OF HAVING WEAPONS IS

NOT A BAD THING BECAUSE IF THEY

TAKE AWAY YOUR GUNS THEN THEY

CAN RUN -- RUSH OVER YOU.

IS IT RIGHTFUL TO DO IT, YES,

BUT THE IDEA OF PLAY LIKE IN

THE WESTERN MOVIES, THAT'S JUST

NONSENSE.

YOU DON'T SHOOT PEOPLE BUT IN

SELF DEFENSE, IF YOU WANT TO --

PROTECT YOUR HOME, IF SOMEONE

INVADES YOUR HOME YOU ARE --

YOUR BEDROOM AND SOMEONE BREAKS

IN AND THIS ARE A KILLER THEY

ARE TRYING TO -- HURT AND YOU

YOUR WIFE OR CHILDREN, BY ALL

MEANS YOU HAVE A WEAPON TO

PROTECT YOURSELF.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH

THAT.

> OUR NEXT CALLER IS JUDY

FROM FLORIDA.

HI PAT.

MISS YOU VERY MUCH.

WHEN WE GET INTO TROUBLE AS

CHRISTIANS, DIFFERENT THINGS

COME OUR WAY, IS THAT THE

RESULT OF SOMETHING WE HAVE

SOWN PREVIOUSLY IN OUR LIVES?

ARE WE REAPING WHAT WE SOW OR

IS THAT JUST LIFE IN GENERAL?

THANK YOU.

>

I THANK YOU FOR THAT LOVE

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

WE DO REAP WHAT WE SOW.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

THE SAME TIME, YOU LOOK AT THE

BOOK OF JOB AND HE HADN'T DONE

ANYTHING WRONG BUT THE DEVIL

GOT AFTER HIM.

THERE'S TROUBLE AND I BELIEVE

IN SAYING TO SATAN I BIND AND

THE FORCES OF EVIL.

SATAN IS YOUR ENEMY.

HE ROA MS SEEKS WHO HE CAN

DEVOUR.

I SAY SATAN I COMMAND YOU, I

BIND YOU AND THE SPIRITS OF

EVIL FROM COMING AFTER ME.

YOU DO REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT

BUT, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE

TROUBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY

MEAN ITS SOMETHING YOU DID

WRONG.

> ROUND 2 START AFTER THIS SO

STAY TUNED.

> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700

CLUB AND OUR SPECIAL EDITION OF

YOUR VOICEMAIL QUESTIONS AND

PAT'S HONEST ANSWERS.

WE HAVE PAT ROBERTSON WITH US

IN THE FLESH TODAY.

HE IS HERE TO ANSWER YOUR

QUESTIONS.

WE WILL START WITH JOAN FROM

PENNSYLVANIA.

HI PAT.

I HAVE A NEICE WHO IS GAY AND

HAS A PARTNER.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO

RESPOND TO A MARRIAGE

INVITATION WHEN I DON'T AGREE

WITH THIS LIFESTYLE.

ALSO, AM I CONDONING THIS IF A

GIFT IS EXPECTED?

YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOUR

CONSCIENCE SHOWS YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A

BLESSING TO SOMETHING YOU FEEL

IS WRONG.

YOU KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE

THEM GIFTS OR, YOU KNOW, SEND A

CONGRATULATIONS.

IF YOU FEEL IT'S WRONG AND YOU

STAND BY YOUR PRINCIPLES.

THE THOUGHT ALWAYS, YOU HATE

THE SIN BUT YOU LOVE THE

SINNER.

SO YOU NEVER STOP LOVING THAT

PERSON AND YOU NEED TO EXPRESS

THE FACT THAT YOU LOVE THEM BUT

YOU DO NOT CONDONE WHAT THEY

ARE DOING.

THE BIBLE IS -- YOU KNOW THE

LAST STAGE OF -- FALLING AWAY

FROM GOD IS THE HOMOSEXUAL

RELATIONSHIP.

IT'S WHY THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID

AND GOD GAVE THEM UP TO

UNNATURAL PASSIONS.

YOU READ IT, IT'S IN THE BIBLE

VERY CLEARLY IN ROMANS AND YOU

DON'T HAVE TO CONDONE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE GIFTS TO

BLESS IT.

IT'S A SHAME BUT AT THE SAME

TIME YOU DON'T EVER STOP

LOVING.

YOU ALWYS LOVE AND YOU ARE

ALWAYS OPEN AND WILLING TO TALK

TO SOMEONE.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SHUT THEM

OFF BUT ARE YOU NOT GOING TO

NECESSARILY HAVE TO BLESS THEM.

AMEN.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS SO GOOD.

> JOHN FROM GEORGIA HAS THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

MY QUESTION IS -- WITH A

SICKNESS OR DISEASE TO BE

HEALED IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE

-- AND THE LOVED ONE PASS AWAY

WHAT DOES THE PRAYER MEAN.

WAS IT LIKE A FAITH -- OR WAS

IT ANSWER IN ACCORDANCE TO HIS

WILL?

THE ULTIMATE FOR ANYONE WHO

IS A CHRISTIAN IS TO BE WITH

THE LORD.

IF YOU PASS FROM THIS LIFE INTO

THE OTHER WORLDS THIS NO MORE

TEAR, NO MORE SORE OUR, NO MORE

SICKNESS, IN HEAVEN THEY HAVE

COMPLETELY FREE TAKE WHERE --

WHATEVER WAS HURTING THEM.

IF YOU ARE PRAYING FOR THEIR

HEALING AND THEN THEY DIE.

I HAVE DONE THAT AND OTHERS

HAVE TOO.

THEY ARE NOW IN HEAVEN SO IN A

SENSE YOUR PRAYER HAS BEEN

ANSWERED BECAUSE GOD HAS TAKEN

THEM HOME.

HE SAID PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT

OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS

SAINTS.

IT'S A PROBLEM AND YOU WILL

HAVE TO ASK GOD WHEN WE GET

THERE, HOW COME ALL THESE

PEOPLE DIDN'T GET HEALED.

AT THE TIME TIME WE SEE

THOUSANDS GET HEALED.

> CHERYL FROM CALIFORNIA.

> OUT OF ALL THE BOOKS HAVE

YOU WRITTEN WHICH ONE IS YOUR

FAVORITE AND HOW LONG DID IT

TAKE YOU TO WRITE IT?

ONE CALLED THE END OF THE

AGE BECAME QUITE POPULAR AND I

WROTE THAT IN A LITTLE OVER A

MONTH.

IT JUST CAME TO ME.

MY LATE ZEST ON THE BOOK OF

DAVID AND IT'S CALLED THE

SHEPHERD KING AND IT TOOK QUITE

A WHILE.

THE ONE THAT -- I WALK WITH THE

LIVING GOD IS A VERY -- BOOK

AND IT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS TO

GET THE THING TOGETHER.

I WOULD THINK THAT IF A CHAPTER

AND IT WOULD COME TO MIND AND I

WOULD DICTATE THAT.

I THOUGHT IT ALL CLOSED UP AND

IT WOULDN'T.

IT WASN'T READY YET.

I ADDED THE LORD SHOWED ME

SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO

INCLUDE T TAKE ACE WHILE BUT

THAT BOOK TO ME IS -- IT'LL BE

THE BEST.

DAVID THE SHEPHERD KING.

I CAN'T WAIT.

THANK YOU.

I DON'T HAVE A PUBLISHER

YET.

I'M SELF PUB ISSUING.

> A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE SAID

THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT ONCE ARE

YOU SAVED YOU ARE ALWAYS SAVED.

I ON THE OTHER HAND HAVE

FOLLOWED THE HOLINESS AND BE

BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY PERSON

WHO CAN REMOVE YOUR NAME FROM

THE BOOK OF LIFE IS YOU AND YOU

ONLY.

WE CALL THIS BACK SLIDING.

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THESE

DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS?

SOMEONE SAID I BELONG TO A

-- GROUP THAT BELIEVES IN BACK

SLIDING AND PRACTICES IT.

YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW -- ONCE

SAVED ALWAYS SAVED.

I THINK THAT IS A DOCTRINE THAT

ISN'T ACTUALLY ACCURATE.

YOU KNOW THE BIBLE GIVES US

CONSTANT WARNINGS TO FEAR TO

FALL AND WE LIVE FOR THE LORD

AND THE BIBLE SAYS -- YOU KNOW

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT

TO -- AWAY FROM SOME OF US DID

GO GO AWAY AND THIS IS

ATOWEN THAT -- TOKEN.

THAT'S A DANGEROUS DOCTRITE BUT

YOUR QUESTION HAD SEVERAL

POINTS TO IT WHICH IS HARD TO

ANSWER FOR ME RIGHT NOW.

ONCE SAVED -- WHAT ELSE WAS IT?

I DON'T.

YEAH.

SHE SAID ONCE ARE YOU SAVED ARE

YOU ALWAYS SAVED.

SHE IS SAYING THAT THEY BELIEVE

BACK SLIDING TAKES YOU OUT OF

BEING SAVED.

YOU CAN -- YOU KNOW -- THE

LORD SAID -- GOD HOLDS YOU NO

HIS HAND AND NOBODY CAN TAKE

YOU OUT.

YES YOU CAN FALL AWAY BUT IT

HAS TO BE A SERIOUS APOSTASY

THAT THE BIBLE -- WE DON'T HAVE

ANY EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE -- MAYBE

THE CHRISTIANS ACTUALLY WENT

AWAY FROM GOD.

THE IDEA YES I CAN FALL AWAY

AND THEN GET SAVED AGAIN I JUST

DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE WAY IT

IS.

YOU COME TO THE LORD AND IT'S

LIKE BEING ADOPTED.

YOU DON'T GET ADOPTED FIVE OR

SIX DIFFERENT TIMES.

I GUESS SHE IS RIGHT IN

THAT IF YOU SLIDE AND NEVER

REPENT.

THE BIBLE SAID I'M

CONVINCED OF BETTER THINGS.

THE ONLY THING IS THEY WOULD

COUNT THE BLOOD OF CHRISTIAN

UNHOLY THING AND TURN

COMPLETELY AWAY FROM A POWER OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE BIBLE

SAYS WE ARE CONVINCED IN BETTER

THINGS ABOUT YOU.

THAT -- THE IDEA IS I'M GOING

TO REST ON THE FACT THAT ONCE

SAVED ALWAYS SAVES SO I CAN DO

WHAT I WANT TO DO.

NO WAY, NO HOW.

OKAY.

GOOD WORD.

> TOM FROM MAN SHIFTER WITH

THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.

GOD SAID HE SEES MARRIAGE

AS ONE FLESH.

MY QUESTION IS IF ONLY ONE OF

THE TWO IS SAVED IS THE UNSAVED

SAVED AS WELL?

THANK YOU.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT YOU ARE

NOT BORN HOLY.

I MEAN IF YOU HAVE ONE SPOUSE

THAT IS SAVED -- THE CHILDREN

ARE BORN HOLY.

AT THE SAME TIME THE FACT THAT

YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T

AUTOMATICALLY MEAN THAT YOUR

SPOUSE IS A CHRISTIAN.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU PRAY FOR

THEM AND HOPE FOR THEM BUT --

YOU ARE -- IT DOESN'T TRANSFER

TO ONE PARTNER TO THE OTHER.

I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION.

THE ANSWER IS NO.

THEY BECOME ONE FLESH IN

MARRIAGE BUT DOESN'T MEAN BOTH

ARE SAVED.

EXACTLY.

YOUR BODIES HAVE COUPLED

TOGETHER AND YOU CAN HAVE A

CHILD AND THE CHILD IS BORN

HOLY.

YOUR SPOUSE DOESN'T NECESSARILY

SHARE -- YOU HOPE THAT YOU CAN

WIN THE SPOUSE BY LOVE AND

WHATEVER IT TAKES.

THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN

DECISION.

YOU CAN'T RIDE ON THEIR

COAT TAILS.

> THERESA WITH THIS QUESTION.

WHILE I'LL WATCHING I

ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE

CLAIMING THEIR PRAYER.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT

CLAIMING THE PRAYER IS.

MY QUESTION IS WHAT DOES IT

MEAN WHEN SOMEONE CLAIMS THEIR

PRAYER?

THEY AREN'T -- CLAIMING

SOMEONE'S PRAYER BUT THEY ARE

-- THEY ARE CLAIMING A PROMISE.

YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE PUT THAT

AND SAYS THIS IS A PROMISE OF

GOD AND I WOULD LIKE TO CLAIM

THAT.

GOD SAYS IF YOU COME TO ME YOU

CAN -- FIND JOY IN PEACE AND

SAY I WOULD LIKE TO CLAIM THAT

JOY IN PEACE.

YOU ARE NOT CLAIMING A PRAYER.

YOU ARE CLAIMING THE ANSWER TO

PRAYER THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR

SEVERAL PEOPLE AND IS NOT JUST

FOR ONE.

YOU SAY I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE

FOR ME TOO.

I HEAR THE WORD RECEIVE

MORE THAN CLAIM.

I HEAR I RECEIVE IT.

I RECEIVE IT.

IT'S A LITTLE OF BOTH.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST RECEIVE IT.

> MIRIAM FROM CALIFORNIA.

MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS IS

HITTING THE YOUNG ADULTS AGES

19 TO 25 EXTREMELY HARD.

FEAR, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, WHAT

IS A GOD STORY TO TELL THEM TO

ENCOURAGE THEM?

WHAT'S -- THEY HAVE TO HAVE

HOPE F YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HOPE

YOU ARE LIVING IN A WORLD THAT

IS FULL OF CRIME, FULL OF EVIL,

FULL OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WAR

AND HOPELESSNESS AND IT'S SO

EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP INTO

THAT.

IF YOU WATCH THE NEWS DAY AFTER

DAY YOU WILL GO TO YOUR MIND SO

YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY

FOUNDATION AND OF COURSE THEY

WILL BE MENTALLY TROUBLED WITH

THAT.

YOU CORRECT IT BY SAYING LET'S

LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.

YOU HAVE TO BE INTO THE WORD.

THE WORD IS A LAMP UNDER MY

FEET AND A LIGHT UNDER MY PATH.

WE HAVE TO HAVE THE WORD.

THE YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE

WORD.

THEY DON'T TEACH THESE THINGS

IN THE SCHOOLS ANYMORE.

THAT'S WHERE HOPE?

IF YOU DON'T HAVE HOPE ARE YOU

IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.

THAT'S TRUE.

> OUR NEXT CALLER IS DAVID

FROM RICHMOND HILL.

MY QUESTION IS WHEN JESUS

DIED ON THE CROSS, THEY ARE

ALWAYS SAYING HE DIED FOR THE

PAST SINS, THE PRESENT SINS AND

THE FUTURE SINS.

THEN WHY WOULD PEOPLE WORRY

ABOUT SINNING IN THE FUTURE IF

THEY ARE ALREADY FORGIVEN?

IT ISN'T THAT THEY ARE

ALREADY FORGIVEN BUT THE WAY IS

OPEN FOR EVERYBODY TO BE

FORGIVEN.

YOU HAVE TO CLAIM IT.

YOU HAVE TO LIVE FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN

AGAIN HE CAN'T SEE THE KINGDOM

OF HEAVEN.

YOU HAVE TO BE BORN AGAIN AND

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A

TRANSFORMATION IN YOUR OWN

LIFE.

IT'S LIKE SOMEONE LEFT A LEGACY

AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT

THERE BUT YOU CAN ONLY GET IT

IF YOU FOLLOW CERTAIN RULES.

THE RULES ARE VERY CLEAR.

HAVE YOU TO BE BORN AGAIN.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSFER.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR LIFE TO

JESUS AND RECEIVE WHAT HE HAS

FOR YOU.

HAVE YOU TO GIVE UP YOUR LIFE

IF YOU ARE GOING TO HOLD ONTO

YOUR LIFE THEN SOME OF THESE

THINGS DON'T APPLY TO YOU.

IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.

THANK YOU.

> NEXT UP JANET FROM FLORIDA.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU TODAY

IS WHEN WILL WE RECEIVE OUR

GLORIFIED BODIES?

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL YOU ARE GOING TO GET

YOUR GLORIFIED BODY AT THE

RESURRECTION.

WHEN YOU GO TO BE WITH THE LORD

YOUR SPIRIT WILL BE IN HEAVEN

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE

WILL BE A JOINING TOGETHER WITH

THE BODY UNTIL AFTER THE LORD

COMES BACK.

I BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE.

> AND MELISSA FROM VIRGINIA.

MY QUESTION IS WHEN WE DIE

AND GO TO HEAVEN AND OUR LOVED

ONES DIE IF -- THEY ARE NOT

SAVED OR THEY DON'T GO TO

HEAVEN, WOULD WE JUST FORGET

THEY EXIST OR WOULD WE KNOW

THAT THEY DIDN'T GO TO HEAVEN?

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

THE BIBLE SAYS THERE WILL

BE NO SICKNESS, NO SORROW OR

SUFFERING.

IF YOU KNEW A LOVED ONE WAS IN

HELL YOU WOULD ALWAYS HAVE

SUFFERING SO APPARENTLY THE

LORD WILL TAKE THE MEMORIES

AWAY FROM YOU.

GOD HAS THE ABILITY TO FORGET

SIN.

HE DOESN'T REMEMBER YOUR SIN.

I BELIEVE IN HEAVEN THAT WE

WILL BE SO CAUGHT ONE THE GLORY

OF GOD THAT WE WON'T BE

CONCERNED ABOUT THING THAT ARE

LEFT IN THE PAST.

IT'S -- YOU KNOW YOU ARE DEAD

AND YOUR SPOUSE IS DEAD AND YOU

ARE IN HEAVEN AND YOUR SPOUSE

ISN'T.

THAT'S IN GOD'S HANDS.

HE WILL GIVE YOU PEACE ABOUT

THAT BUT THERE WILL BE NO

SORROW IN HEAVEN.

YOU WON'T BE HAVING ANY REGRET.

OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE TORMENTED

FOR ALL ETERNITY IF YOU HAD

THAT MEMORY.

GOD WILL TAKE THAT AWAY AND --

BECAUSE HEAVEN IS GOING TO BE

REAL.

IT WON'T BE REAL UNLESS WE ARE

FREE FROM THESE MEMORIES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

GOOD WORK.

> STILL AHEAD, PAT ANSWERS

MORE OF YOUR VOICEMAIL

QUESTIONS.

ROUND 3 OF THIS SPECIAL EDITION

OF THE 700 CLUB.

YOUR QUESTION COULD BE UP NEXT

SO STAY TUNED.

> WELCOME BACK TO THE 700

CLUB.

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE PAT

ROBERTSON BACK.

HE WILL ANSWER YOUR VOICEMAIL

QUESTIONS AND WE ARE KICKING

OFF ROUND 3 RIGHT NOW WITH

JACKIE FROM FLORIDA.

GO HEAD.

HI.

-- MAKING MAJOR MISTAKES.

I CRAVE AND SEEK GOD BEFORE A

DECISION BUT END UP MAKING THE

WRONG CHOICES BY CHOOSING THE

WRONG SCHOOL OR CLASSES FOR MY

CHILDREN OR BUYING A HOME

THAT'S A LEMON TWICE.

WHAT SHOULD I BE DOING TO AVOID

THESE COSTLY ERRORS?

THANK YOU, PAT.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YOU KNOW HOW DO WE GET FROM

SCREWING UP OR YOU ARE LOOKING

AT SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE A LOT

OF MAJOR, MAJOR MESS TAKES.

YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THERE

WILL BE A VOICE IN YOUR EAR

SAYING THIS IS THE WAY, WALK IN

IT.

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

AND YOU COME TO A POINT AND YOU

SAY, GOD, YOU WANT ME TO DO

THIS OR NOT?

YOU KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT

ISRAEL HAD A -- HAD A TRIBE

THAT CAME TO THEM AND THEY --

APPEARANCE WASO REALISTIC THAT

THEY ACCEPTED THEM ON FACE

VALUE AND DIDN'T ASK OF THE

LORD.

WHEN YOU COME TO A CROSSROADS

SAY GOD IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT

ME TO DO?

THEN THE BIBLE SAYS THE PEACE

OF GOD WILL BE ANNUM PARE IN

YOUR HEART SO TAKE TIME TO

LISTEN.

YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP SCREWING

UP.

YOU JUST SAY I'M A TOTAL SCREW

UP AND I JUST -- TOO BAD.

NO.

DON'T DO THAT.

ASK HIM AND THEN TAKE YOUR TIME

TO LISTEN.

THE PEACE OF GOD IS AN UMPIRE

IN YOUR HEART.

IF THE PEACE IS THERE THEN GO

HEAD.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

AMEN.

GREAT ADVICE.

> MICHELIN FROM LOUISIANA.

I HAVE A 50-YEAR-OLD SON

THAT LIVES WITH ME.

HE IS SO MEAN AND HATEFUL

TOWARD ME.

HE SCREAMS AT ME, EMBARRASSES

ME IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

HE DOES NOTHING AROUND THE

HOUSE OR YARD.

I PAY FOR EVERYTHING OF COURSE.

HE WON'T MOVE OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

WOW.

I SAY YOU HAVE -- WHEN A

SON IS DISOBEDIENT THEY BROUGHT

HIM TO THE ELDERS AND SAID THIS

GUY WON'T LISTEN AND HE IS A

DRUNK AND WHAT CAN WE DO AND

THE ELDERS WOULD SAY STONE HIM

TO DEATH.

THAT'S THE WAY THEY DEALT WITH

REBELLIOUS CHILDREN.

STOP PAYING HIS BILLS.

MAKE THAT BUM, KICK HIM OUT OF

THE HOUSE.

IF HE WON'T LEAVE GET THE

POLICE AND THROW HIM OUT.

WHOEVER HEARD OF A 50-YEAR-OLD

SPONGING ON HIS MOTHER AND

GIVING HER GRIEF?

KICK HIM OUT.

CALL THE POLICE.

SAY I WANT TO YOU GET RID OF MY

SON.

YOU CAN EXPEL HIM.

YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN HIS

REBELLION.

IF HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY

THEN MAYBE HE HAS TO GO TO

WORK.

50 AND HE ISN'T WORKING?

THIS IS TERRIBLE.

YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN

SOMETHING THAT HE IS DOING

THAT'S WRONG.

I MEAN THIS SERIOUSLY.

DON'T HESITATE TO CALL THE COPS

AND SAY THIS -- THIS SON OF

MINE IS A BUM AND I WANT HIM

OUT OF MY HOUSE.

HE WON'T LEAVE.

WOULD YOU PLEASE GET HIM OUT?

IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO COURT TO

GET A RESTRAINING ORDER DO SO.

STOP PAMPERING HIM.

YOU ARE PARTICIPATING IN

SOMETHING THAT HE IS DOING

THAT'S OUTRAGEOUSLY WRONG.

SHOULD SHE GET PEOPLE FROM

HER CHURCH FIRST BEFORE SHE

GOES TO THE COPS?

PEOPLE FROM CHURCH DON'T

KNOW WHAT TO DO.

YEAH.

I KNOW THAT BUSINESS -- YOU

GET TWO ELDERS.

THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING.

OKAY.

CALL THE COPS.

> TIM FROM ARIZONA WITH THIS

QUESTION.

WHAT GIVES YOU THE GREATEST

JOY?

THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN

WONDERING ABOUT FOR A LONG

TIME.

I HAVE -- AND MY PARENTS TOO.

WHAT GIVES ME THE GREATEST

JOY IS HEARING THE WORD OF GOD.

IF YOU JUST TALK TO ME I DON'T

CARE IF YOU WANT TO REBUKE ME.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU WANT TO

ENCOURAGE ME.

I JUST WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.

THAT'S THE GREATEST JOY TO HAVE

GOD SPEAK TO ME AND OF COURSE

WHEN I SEE A REVELATION IN THE

BIBLE, THERE'S SOMETHING I

HADN'T SEEN BEFORE.

GOD OPENS A DOOR OR BLESSES ME

IN SOME WAY, THAT GIVES ME A

LOT OF JOY.

THE BIGGEST THING IS HEARING MY

VOICE TO KNOW THAT HE IS THERE

WITH ME, THAT I AM IN TOUCH

WITH THE AUTHOR OF LIFE.

THE GOD WHO CREATED EVERYTHING

AND THAT I CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO

HIM AND HE WILL TALK TO ME.

I THINK THAT IS THE GREATEST

JOY OF ALL AND I SAY TO HIM,

LORD, I -- IF YOU WANT TO --

GIVE ME A -- A REBUKE AND SAY

I'M DOING SOMETHING WRONG JUST

TALK TO ME.

IF YOU WANT TO SAY

CONGRATULATIONS TO ME TALK TO

ME.

I JUST WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.

THAT DOES IT.

AND ANYONE CAN DO THIS.

GOD IS NO RESPECTER.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BE STILL

AND LISTEN.

> AND ANN FROM VIRGINIA WITH

THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.

IS IT OKAY TO DO IVF WHEN

YOU HAVE INFERTILITY?

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG

WITH IT.

I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF

BRINGING FORTH LIFE, IVF IS

WHAT YOU ARE -- IVF.

I THINK THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY

APPROPRIATE.

I DON'T KNOW -- THERE'S SOME

CONFUSION SOMETIMES AS TO WHO

THE PARENT IS AND THIS, THAT

AND THE OTHER.

THAT GETS TO BE CONFUSING BUT

IT'S WITH YOUR SPOUSE TO HAVE

THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN

ANY WAY THEY CAN HELP YOU BRING

FORTH CHILDREN IS ABSOLUTELY

FINE.

NO PROBLEM.

AMEN.

> HERE IS A CALLER FROM

WASHINGTON NEW YORK.

GO HEAD.

IF YOU ARE RETIRED AND KNOW

THE AMOUNT THAT YOU WILL TITHE

ON A MONTHLY BASIS DOES IT

MATTER IF IT'S THE FIRST CHECK

YOU THAT WRITE, THE SECOND

CHECK OR THE LAST CHECK AND

ALSO, CAN WE DEFINE GRACE IN

LAYMAN'S TERMS?

CONFUSING.

WHICH CHECK DO YOU WRITE?

I THINK THAT -- THEY SAY THAT'S

BEST THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT

YOU LOOK AFTER THE LORD'S MONEY

FIRST.

IF YOU LOOK AFTER IT FIRST YOU

WILL BLESS THE REST IT.

I DON'T THINK -- GOD ISN'T SOME

-- YOU KNOW ACCOUNTANT WHO SITS

THERE WITH A GREEN EYE SHADE

AND KEEPING COUNT OF WHAT YOU

ARE DOING.

I THINK THAT -- WE ONLY GIVE

OUR BEST GIFTS TO GOD AND

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

FIRST FRUITS.

> IC MAKE SURE THE SPENDING.

YOU DON'T SPEND SPEND SPEND

AND WHAT'S LITTLE BIT LEFT YOU

GIVE AWAY.

THIS COMES FIRST AND THEN I

SPEND SPEND SPEND FOR WHATEVER

AND THEN VERY SO MUCH FOR

SAVING.

THE IDEA IS THAT YOU HAVE SO

MUCH TO GIVE TO THE LORD, SO

MUCH FOR SAVING THEN THE REST

YOU -- YOU CAN SPEND BUT YOU

WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU THAT HAVE

SOMETHING SAVED.

WHEN YOU GIVE TO THE LORD THAT

TO ME IS A MULTIPLICATION.

ALWAYS SAY I'M GIVING TO YOU

AND I'M PUTTING YOUR HANDS AND

I ASK THAT YOU -- IN JESUS NAME

IT'S

YOURS.

SO, ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT

WHATEVER MONEY YOU HAVE THAT --

THE LAST THING IS NOT -- WHAT

LITTLE BIT LEFT I GIVE TO THE

LORD.

I GIVE HIS FIRST.

HER SECOND QUESTION SHE HAD

TWO WAS DEFINE GRACE IN

LAYMAN'S TERMS.

GRACE IS UNMERITED FAVOR

AND IT MEANS YOU DIDN'T DESERVE

IT.

IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T

DESERVE.

YOU DIDN'T WORK FOR IT BUT IT

COMES BECAUSE GOD LOVES YOU.

AMEN.

BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU.

> OUR NEXT CALL CERTIFY CORY

FROM HOT SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA.

QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS --

HOW DO I FIND MY PURPOSE IN

LIFE WITH GOD?

TIME A CHRISTIAN BUT I DON'T

KNOW WHAT MY PURPOSE IN LIFE

IS.

GOD MADE YOU IN A

PARTICULAR WAY AND ALONG THE

WAY HE MADE YOU TO DO SOMETHING

THAT YOU LIKE.

ONE SUGGESTION IS WHAT MADE YOU

HAPPY WHEN YOU WERE FIVE YEARS

OLD?

SERIOUSLY.

I'M NOT JOKING.

WHEN YOU WERE FIVE WHAT MADE

YOU HAPPY?

WHEN YOU WERE 10 WHAT MADE YOU

HAPPY AND YOU WILL FIND THAT IF

YOU FIT INTO WHAT MAKES YOU

HAPPY THAT IS GO INTENDED YOU

TO BE.

I'M GIFTED IN STARTING

ORGANIZES.

I LIKE TO DO THAT.

GOD GIVES THAT TO ME BECAUSE

THAT'S -- THAT IS WHAT I LIKE

TO DO.

AND YOU SAY WHAT IS MY PURPOSE

IN LIFE?

GOD IMMEDIATE TO YOU DO A

PARTICULAR THING AND WHEN YOU

FIND THAT -- THAT WILL BE YOUR

PURPOSE.

DON'T TRY TO FIT YOURSELF, YOU

WANT TO BE LIKE SOMEONE ELSE.

YOU WANT TO BE LIKE JOHN

ROCKEFELLER OR LIKE BILLY

GRAHAM OR SOMETHING.

IT'S -- YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT

UNIQUE AND THE BIBLE TALKS

ABOUT THEY WILL HAVE A STONE --

ON THE STONE WILL BE WRITTEN A

NAME AND THAT NAME WILL

DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU

ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOU.

HOW DO YOU FIND IT?

YOU FIND IT IN WHAT IS -- THE

THING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND

THAT YOU -- YOU ARE GOOD AT

DOING.

THAT IS -- THAT WILL BE YOUR

PURPOSE.

AMEN.

GREAT ADVICE.

> WHEN WE COME BACK YOUR

FINAL ROUND OF YOUR VOICEMAIL

QUESTIONS.

THAT'S COMING UP RIGHT AFTER

THIS.

STAY TUNED.

> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SPECIAL

FINAL ROUND OF YOUR VOICEMAIL

QUESTIONS.

PAT'S HONEST ANSWERS.

WE WILL START WITH DEBORAH FROM

KANSAS.

THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR

PAT, IS PARADISE AND HEAVEN THE

SAME THING OR DID PARADISE GO

AWAY WHEN JESUS IS

RESURRECTION?

THANK YOU?

I THINK -- I THINK PARADISE IS

THE PLACE OF JOY AND HAPPINESS.

I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER NAME

FOR HEAVEN.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY SPECIFIC

CONCEPT OF PARADISE BUT I THINK

THAT FROM A PARADISE IS WHERE

GOD IS, WHERE THE ANGELS ARE,

WHERE THERE'S HAPPINESS AND JOY

AND WE LIVE ON THIS EARTH AND

THIS IS ONE REALM.

PAUL SAID I WAS CAUGHT UP IN TO

THE 3rd HEAVEN.

I THINK THE REGION RIGHT ABOVE

EARTH IS LIKE THE DEVIL'S

DOMAIN.

UP THERE IS THE PLACE WHERE GOD

DWELLS AND PARADISE IS JUST

ANOTHER NAME IN MY OPINION FOR

HEAVEN.

OR HAWAII.

WHO HAWAII.

HAWAII.

WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW.

THEY HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS.

I SAW A RAINBOW EVERY DAY

THERE FOR TWO WEEKS ONCE.

IT'S THE CLOSEST THING ON

EARTH.

> THIS CALLER IS FROM

GEORGIA, GO HEAD.

HI PAT.

I WAS WONDERING, CAN YOU

EXPLAIN WHAT IS THE MEANING OF

THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES IN

HEAVEN, THANK YOU.

THE IDEA IS THAT THERE ARE

SO MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVED

BEFORE US AND THEY HAVE GONE

ONTO BE WITH THE LORD AND THEY

HAVE LIVED FOR GOD AND THERE

ARE MANY, MANY OF THEM AND WE

ARE SURROUNDED BY THE CLOUD OF

WITNESSES.

JUST IDEA OF A CLOUD OR JUST

MANY OF THEM AND THAT'S WHO

THEY ARE.

THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVED FOR

THE LORD.

THEN THEY GO AND LIST ALL THE

ONES THAT ARE IN THE BIBLE.

THIS AND THAT ONE AND THE OTHER

ONE.

IT'S JUST THAT IS -- TO NAME A

FEW.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND

THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS WHO

LOVE THE LORD AND WITH HIM IN

HEAVEN.

> UP NEXT JOHN FROM

CALIFORNIA.

MY QUESTION FOR PAT, THE

BIBLE TALKS ABOUT

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

WHY DOES GOD'S DEFINITION OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS?

WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO BE LIKE

BY BEING RIGHTEOUS?

GIVE YOU THE GREEK WORD --

THE GREEK WORD FOR

RIGHTEOUSNESS IS -- TO BE LIKE

GOD.

GOD IS RIGHTEOUS AND

RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BE LIKE HIM.

I THINK THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING

ELSE IS -- THERE'S SEVERAL

WORDS THAT TIE TOGETHER.

ONE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.

THE OTHERS JUSTIFIED AND MADE

HOLY BY GOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS

IS TO LIVE LIKE GOD HIMSELF.

AMEN.

> OUR NEXT CALLER IS TAMMY

FROM WAYCROSS GEORGIA.

IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND

YOU CAN'T FIND A CHURCH THAT

YOU ARE SATISFIED IN AND YOU

STAY HOME AND WATCH IT ON TV

CAN YOU STILL GO TO HEAVEN?

I MISS CHURCH BUT I MISS THE

OLD CHURCHES THE WAY IT USED TO

BE.

I GOT ANSWERS TO THAT.

CHURCH GOING HAS NOTHING TO DO

WITH YOUR SALVATION.

YOU ARE SAVED BECAUSE OF THE

BLOOD OF JESUS AND BECAUSE OF

YOUR FAITH IN HIM.

BELIEVE ME RIGHT NOW THERE IS

SOME REALLY WONDERFUL CHURCHES

THAT PREACH THE WORD, LOVE GOD,

AND JUST KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

FOR THEM.

THE BIBLE SAYS DON'T FOR SAKE

THE ASSEMBLING OF YOURSELF

TOGETHER BECAUSE IT HELPS TO BE

TOGETHER WITH OTHER BELIEVERS.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

YOUR SALVATION.

THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO HELP

YOU ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE WE

ARE ON A JOURNEY BETWEEN EARTH

AND HEAVEN AND THE CHURCH IS IN

BETWEEN FOR US.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

I APPRECIATE WENDY BEING HERE

AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN ABOUT A

MONTH FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF

YOUR QUESTIONS AND HONEST