> THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS

SPONSORED BY CBN.

> COMING UP, PAT ROBERTSON

RETURNS TO THE STUDIO TO ANSWER

YOUR QUESTIONS FEATURING YOUR

VOICE MAILS. GET PAT'S TAKE ON

TOPICS SUCH AS CAN YOU LOSE

YOUR SALVATION? IS IT WRONG TO

TELL CHILDREN ABOUT SANTA? WHAT

HAPPENED TO MARY AND JOSEPH?

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON DIGITAL

CURRENCIES? WHAT DOES IT MEAN

TO STEP OUT IN FAITH AND MORE.

YOUR VOICE MALES TAKE CENTER

STAGE ALL SHOW LONG ON TODAY'S

"700 CLUB."

> WELCOME, FOLKS. I'M SO GLAD

TO BE BACK WITH YOU ON THIS

SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE 700

CLUB" FROM COAST TO COAST AND

ALSO FROM CANADA, YOU CALLED

AND LEFT YOUR VOICE MAIL

QUESTIONS. THE LOVELY WENDY

GRIFFITH IS WITH ME TODAY, AND

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR YOUR

VOICES, IT'S YOUR PROGRAM, AND

WE'LL GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS AS

BEST I'M ABLE. SO, WENDY, LET'S

GET UNDER WAY.

ALL RIGHT, PAT. IT'S SO GOOD

TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE LOOKING VERY MUCH IN

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

WITH THE RED SWEATER ON FOR

CHRISTMAS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AN

AMAZING DAY. WE'RE SO EXCITED

TO HAVE YOUR VOICE MAIL

QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO KICK

IT OFF WITH SHARON FROM

VENTURA, CALIFORNIA.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST SAY THANK

YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR VIEWERS

TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PERSONALLY

YOU RESPOND. IT IS VERY

IMPORTANT FOR US. MY QUESTION

IS IS IT OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN

PERSON TO BEFRIEND A

NONBELIEVER, SOMEONE WHO BOLDLY

CONFESSES THAT THEY DENOUNCE

CHRIST? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME.

WELL, I THINK YOU CAN'T WIN

THE LORD UNLESS YOU'RE WITH

HIM. SO I THINK TO GO OUT,

JESUS AMONG SINNERS, AND THEY

CRITICIZED HIM FOR DOING IT.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH

IT. THE THING OF IT IS IS IF

SOMEBODY IS CONTINUALLY

BLASPHEMOUS AND SAYING TERRIBLE

THINGS ABOUT YOUR SAVIOR, IN MY

OPINION, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE

ANYTHING MORE TO DO WITH THEM.

YEAH. THEY MIGHT START

INFLUENCING YOU.

LET'S HOPE THAT DOESN'T

HAPPEN.

GOTTA BE CAREFUL WHO YOU

HANG OUT WITH. BEVERLY FROM

KENNER, LOUISIANA, HAS THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

WE MISS YOU. HAPPY HOLIDAYS

TO YOU. MY QUESTION FOR YOU

TODAY IS I KNOW GOD IS

OMNIPRESENT AND KNOWS ALL

THINGS, BUT WHO CAN SATAN

INFLUENCE SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD? IS HE OMNIPRESENT?

DOES HE KNOW ALL THINGS ABOUT

OUR LIVES?

HE'S NOT GOD, BUT HE DO HAVE

AN ARMY OF DEMONS, AND I THINK

THERE'S A LOWER ARCKY, HE'S THE

HIERARCHY, AND THERE ARE

VARIOUS CLASSES OF DEMON, AND

SO I THINK SATON HAS HIS

TROOPS. IF YOU READ JOB, HE

SAID HERE IS SATAN, HE'S

WALKING TO AND FRO IN THE

WORLD. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY

CERTIFICATE VANT SHOWN? SO

SATAN IS NOT OMNIPRESENT, BUT

HE DOES SHOW UP SO OFTEN IN THE

LIVES OF PEOPLE.

HE SURE DOES. CLYDE FROM

MORGANTOWN, NORTH CAROLINA, HAS

ANOTHER QUESTION FOR PAT.

MY QUESTION TO YOU NOW IS

I'VE BEEN CONFUSED ABOUT IT, IN

THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE BOOK

OF GENESIS, IT TALKS ABOUT

MELCHIZEDEK, KING OF SALEM. AND

IT MENTIONS HIM SEVERAL TIMES.

AND EVEN THEY WERE GIVING

OFFERINGS AND TITHES TO HIM. IT

ALSO MENTIONS HIM IN THE BOOK

OF HEBREWS IN THE NEW

TESTAMENT. COULD YOU CLEAR UP

THIS MATTER? BECAUSE I'M

CONFUSED ABOUT WHO THIS KING,

MELCHIZEDEK, WAS, AND WHAT WAS

HIS PURPOSE FOR BEING IN THE

SCRIPTURES?

THE NAME MELCHIZEDEK IN

HEBREW IS MELIK IS KING AND

CHISEDEK IS THE KING OF

RIGHTEOUSNESS, SO HE WAS

RIGHTEOUS AND THE KING OF

SALEM. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS HE

HAS NO BEGINNING AND NO END.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY

DON'T DESCRIBE WHERE HE CAME

FROM BUT ABRAHAM GAVE HIM A

TITHE, SO HE APPARENTLY WAS A

PRIEST OF GOD, AND HE HAD A

NAME MELKING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

AND ALSO SALEM. BUT THAT'S ALL

WE KNOW ABOUT HIM. HE SHOWED

UP, AND THE THING IS THE

CONCEPT WAS ABRAHAM WAS BLESSED

BY MELCHIZEDEK AND ABRAHAM GAVE

HIM A TITHE. AND SO IF THERE'S

A PRINCIPLE INVOLVED, IT IS YOU

TITHE WHERE YOU ARE BLESSED.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S THE

ANSWER. THAT'S THE PERFECT

ANSWER. WOW! I LOVE IT. OKAY.

JANET FROM JACKSONVILLE,

FLORIDA, HAS THIS QUESTION FOR

PAT.

THIS IS MY QUESTION. AFTER

WE ALL RECEIVE OUR GLORIFIED

BODIES LIKE JESUS' GLORIFIED

BODY, DO YOU THINK WE WILL HAVE

ANY EXTRA POWERS WITH THEM OR

WERE THEY JUST RESERVED FOR

JESUS BECAUSE HE'S THE LORD?

THANK YOU. AND I'M SO GLAD TO

HEAR THAT YOU'RE ON THE AIR.

GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. I DON'T

KNOW WHY -- YOU KNOW, JESUS

SAID DON'T REJOICE AS THE DEVIL

HAS SUFFERED TO YOU, REJOICE

YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN

HEAVEN. IT'S GOING TO BE SO

GLORIOUS IN HEAVEN, IT'S GOING

TO BE SO WONDERFUL. BUT AS FAR

AS HAVING EXTRA POWER, I MEAN,

LIKE KIND OF -- YOU'RE IN THE

PRESENCE OF GOD. WHO NEEDS IT?

YOU'LL BE IN THE PRESENCE OF

THE ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING

GOD, AND BEYOND THAT, WHY WOULD

YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE?

NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS

HEARD.

GOD HAS PREPARED TO LOVE

THEM. EXACTLY.

NEXT UP B.J. FROM THE

BEAUTIFUL PHOENIX, ARIZONA.

MY QUESTION IS, PAT, IS IT

WRONG FOR US AS CHRISTIANS TO

HAVE CHRISTMAS TREES SET UP IN

OUR HOUSE? THANK YOU FOR

ANSWERING ME, PAT. I MISS YOU

VERY MUCH ON "700 CLUB."

VERY SWEET, AND I THANK YOU

FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK

ADDING A YULETIDE IS OKAY.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH

CHRISTMAS TREES AND DECORATIONS

AND ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

I THINK THE THING THAT IS TO

HAPPEN AT CHRISTMAS HAS BECOME

SO COMMERCIALIZED, IT JUST

TURNS YOUR STOMACH. REMEMBER

THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING A MASS

FOR CHRIST. THAT'S THE NAME,

CHRISTMAS, A MAST FOR CHRIST.

THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF THE

BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR, AND THAT

WAS SO IMPORTANT. BUT IF YOU

WANT TO HAVE DECORATIONS, AND

YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL THINGS COME

IN FROM OUT OF THE WOODS, AS

LONG AS YOU DON'T ATTACH ANY

SPIRITUAL MEANING TO THEM,

THERE'S NOTHING IN MY OPINION

WRONG WITH WITH IT.

AND I KNOW FOR ME, PAT, WHEN

I SEE THE LIGHTS IN MY

NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT,

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A REAL

DARK NIGHT, AND YOU SEE THESE

BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I

THINK ABOUT THE LIGHT OF THE

WORLD WHICH IS JESUS.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN I

LIVED IN NEW YORK, AND I WENT

DOWNTOWN TO FIFTH AVENUE, AND

EVERYTHING WAS AGLOW AND ALL

THESE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS THAT I

THOUGHT THEY'RE DOING THIS FOR

MY SAVIOR, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.

AMEN.

NICE QUESTION.

EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. OKAY.

THIS CALLER IS FROM OCOSTA,

WASHINGTON.

DEAR, DEAR PAT, I'D LIKE TO

KNOW THIS, DO YOU MISS US AS

MUCH AS WE MISS YOU? GOD BLESS

YOU, PAT. YOU'RE A WONDER.

YOU'RE A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.

GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.

YES, I MISS YOU. I MISS

BEING HERE. I ENJOY THAT. I WAS

ON THE AIR FOR 60 YEARS, AND,

OF COURSE, I MISS IT. BUT AT

THE SAME TIME I DON'T

NECESSARILY MISS HAVING TO GET

ON THE VIEWS AND SAY HOW

HORRIBLE LIFE IS AROUND THE

WORLD. BUT I MISS BEING WITH

YOU AND WENDY AND ALL THE TEAM.

WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE

HERE, AND I LOVE THEM, AND I'M

GLAD THEY LOVE ME. SO IT'S KIND

OF LIKE -- IT'S LIKE FATHER

COMING HOME. I HAVE ALL THESE

THINGS AND BACK WITH THE FAMILY

AGAIN.

AND THANK GOODNESS YOU ARE

HERE WITH US ONCE A MONTH.

YEAH.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL.

I'M 92, AND I'M SUPPOSED TO

GO TO 120 IF THE LORD SO

DESIRES. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S OUR PRAYER. THAT'S

OUR PRAYER. JERRY FROM DENVER,

COLORADO, HAS THIS QUESTION FOR

PAT.

MY QUESTION IS THAT WE ARE

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST NOW. I'VE

HEARD SOME SAY THAT WE HAVE TO

WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN AND THEN

BECOME THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, BUT

I BELIEVE THAT THE BRIDE, THE

CHURCH, IS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

NOW. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS TO

WHAT YOU SAY.

I AGREE WITH YOU. WE ARE THE

BRIDE OF CHRIST RIGHT NOW, AND

ALSO I BETROET YOU TO A

HEAVENLY LOVER. I MEAN, JESUS

IS OUR HUSBAND, AND THE CHURCH

IS HIS BODY, AND WE ARE PART OF

THAT BODY.

NEXT UP FROM TORONTO,

ONTARIO.

MY QUESTION IS IS IT A SIN

TO ASK THE DOCTORS TO TAKE A

LOVED ONE OFF LIFE SUPPORT?

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY

TOUGH QUESTION, AND IT HAS TO

BE DONE -- TO TAKE -- YOU KNOW,

SOMEBODY IS SUFFERING, AND YOU

KNOW THERE'S NO HOPE FOR THEM

TO LIVE ANY LONGER, AND THE

TIME HAS COME, KIND OF LIKE TO

PULL THE PLUG. IN THE IDEA OF

KEEPING SOMEBODY ALIVE

ARTIFICIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW

THEY'RE GOING TO DIE, AND IT'S

JUST RUNNING UP BILLS AND

MAKING IT DIFFICULT, AND I

REALLY THINK THERE'S NOTHING

WRONG WITH IT. WHAT I DO OBJECT

TO IS THIS EUTHANASIA AND THESE

DOCTORS THAT ARE PUTTING PEOPLE

-- THEY'RE KILLING THEM OFF

PREMATURELY AND DR. KA VORKIAN

AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE, I'M

TOTALLY AGAINST THAT. BUT AS

FAR AS SAYING IT'S TIME TO TAKE

SOMEBODY OFF LIFE SUPPORT, YOU

KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE WITH

THE LORD. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS

LIFE IS ONLY A PORTION OF WHAT

ETERNITY HAS FOR ANY OF US.

AMEN. GREAT ANSWER. MARY

FROM FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA,

HAS THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.

I'D LIKE TO ASK PAT, ARE

THERE REALLY MANSIONS IN HEAVEN

OR IS IT A STATE OF BEING?

I THINK IT'S A BAD

TRANSLATION IN THE KING JAMES

BIBLE, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE,

THERE ARE MANY DWELLING PLACES.

THERE ARE MANY DWELLING PLACES.

SO THERE'S ROOM FOR YOU. I'M

GOING TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR

YOU WITH THE IDEA OF MANSIONS,

I'VE GOT A BIGGER HOUSE THAN

YOU DO, AND I'VE DONE GOOD

WORKS, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A

10-STORY MONSTER, AND THAT'S

GOING TO BE MY HOUSE, THAT'S A

BAD TRANSLATION.

I HAVE A FEELING WE'RE STILL

GOING TO LIKE IT MORE THAN WE

LIKE ANY HOUSE THAT WE COULD

POSSIBLY EVER LIKE HERE.

I JUST KIND OF TELL YOU ALL

ABOUT HEAVEN, IT'S GOING TO BE

SO WONDERFUL AS WE ARE, YOU

KNOW, GOING TO BE IN THE

SPIRITUAL LIFE, AND THE THINGS

THAT ARE IMPORTANT HERE ON

EARTH WILL NO LONGER HAVE ANY

SIGNIFICANCE. BUT IT'S GOING TO

BE SO GLORIOUS WHAT GOD HAS FOR

THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.

AMEN. AMEN. WELL, UP NEXT,

ROUND TWO OF THIS SPECIAL

EDITION OF YOUR VOICE MAIL

QUESTIONS AND PAT'S HONEST

ANSWERS. YOUR CALL COULD BE THE

NEXT QUESTION WE TAKE. SO STAY

TUNED.

WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL

EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB." WE

ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE PAT

ROBERTSON WITH US IN STUDIO

TODAY TO ANSWER YOUR VOICE MAIL

QUESTIONS, AND WE'RE KICKING

OFF ROUND TWO WITH JUDY. SHE'S

FROM SHELBYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHEN

DO YOU THINK WE RECEIVE OUR

RESURRECTION BODIES? THERE IS A

SCRIPTURE SOMEWHERE IN THE

BIBLE THAT SAYS WE WILL ALL GET

OUR RESURRECTION BODIES AT THE

SAME TIME. WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER

TO THIS?

OH. I THINK AS I READ THE

BIBLE, I THINK THAT WE'LL BE IN

HEAVEN IN PARADISE, BUT WE WILL

NOT HAVE OUR RESURRECTED BODY

UNTIL THE LORD BRINGS AN END TO

ALL THINGS, AND THEN WE WILL

RECLOTHE WITH THE RESURRECTION

BODY. NOW, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE

THINGS THAT I'VE NEVER BEEN

INVOLVED IN IT, AND SO I DON'T

KNOW. BUT THAT'S WHAT I

BELIEVE. I BELIEVE WE WILL BE

SPIRITUAL BEINGS, BUT AT THE

RESURRECTION, WHEN EVERYBODY --

THOSE WHO DIE IN CHRIST SHALL

NOT GO BEHIND THOSE WHO DIE IN

THE LORD. SO YOU DIE IN CHRIST,

AND THEN YOU'RE RESURRECTED,

AND THOSE IN CHRIST WILL BE

CALLED TO BE WITH HIM IN THE

AIR. AND I THINK THERE'S GOING

TO BE A GENERAL RESURRECTION,

AND THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE THE

BIBLE TEACHES.

AMEN. NEXT UP ANITA FROM

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DO YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER

OF THE CHURCH TO BE SAVED, TO

GO TO HEAVEN?

NOT AT ALL. I THINK -- WHAT

BRINGS YOU HIS FAITH, THAT'S

WHAT SAVES YOU. YOU'RE SAVED BY

FAITH. THE BIBLE SAYS DON'T

FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLING OF

YOURSELF TOGETHER AS SOMETHING,

SO TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF

OTHERS, WHERE TWO OF YOU AGREE

ON EARTH IS TOUCHING ANYTHING,

SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN

ONE. AND I BELIEVE THE BIBLE

TEACHES THAT WE ARE TO

CONGREGATE WITH COMMUNAL

PEOPLE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO

LIVE BY OURSELVES. BUT DO YOU

HAVE TO JOIN A CHURCH TO BE

SAVED? OF COURSE NOT. NO WAY.

TECHNICALLY, YOU DON'T EVEN

HAVE TO GO TO CHURCH, ALTHOUGH

YOU BENEFIT.

EITHER OF THOSE, YOU'RE

EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU'RE SAVED

BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS,

FAITH IN HIM IN HIS

CRUCIFIXION, RESURRECTION, I

BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST MY

SINS, AND I'M LIVING FOR HIM.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

THE THIEF ON THE CROSS NEVER

HAD TIME TO GO TO CHURCH.

BECAUSE HE BELIEVED. ALL RIGHT.

JEANNIE FROM WROUNSVILLE,

TEXAS.

MY QUESTION IS ON WINE. I

ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE AT DINNER

TIME. AND I KNOW JESUS' FIRST

MIRACLE WAS CHANGING WATER INTO

WINE, YET THERE'S A PENTECOSTAL

GROUP THAT I LOVE TO WATCH ON

TV, BUT THEY'RE FANATICAL ON

WINE. THEY TALK LIKE IF YOU

TAKE A SIP OF WINE, YOU'RE

GOING STRAIGHT TO HEELL. THE

APOSTLE PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY TAKE

A LITTLE WINE FOR YOUR STOMACH.

HE DIDN'T SAY TAKE A LITTLE

GRAPE JUICE. SO HOW DO YOU FEEL

IT ABOUT IT? I'D JUST

APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER.

I AGREE WITH YOU. YOU

REMEMBER ON THE DAY OF

PENTECOST, THE DISCIPLES COME,

THEY WERE SPEAKING IN TONGS AND

PRAISING GOD. THEY WERE DRUNK

WITH WINE, AND PETER SAID, NO,

YOU DON'T GET DRUNK IN THE

MORNING. BUT, OF COURSE, AT THE

WEDDING FEAST IN CANAAN, YOU

KNOW, THE FEAST THAT YOU SAVE

THE BAD STUFF UNTIL NOW, NOW

YOU'VE GOT THE GOOD STUFF. YOU

DON'T TALK ABOUT GRAPE JUICE

THAT WAY. IT'S WINE. BUT THE

BIBLE SAYS WINE IS A MOCKER AND

STRONG DRINK IS RAGING. SO YOU

CAN BE A WINO, YOU CAN BE AN

ALCOHOLIC WITH A LITTLE BIT OF

WINE, BUT IN TERMS OF A GLASS

OF WINE SENDING YOU TO HELL, NO

WAY. IT'S NOT SCRIPTURAL. AND

SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT

JUST REMEMBER, PAUL SAID,

THOUGH IF MEAT MAKES MY BROTHER

TO OFFEND, I'LL EAT ON MEAT AS

LONG AS THE WORLD STANDS. SO IF

YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS A

TENDENCY TOWARD ALCOHOLISM, AND

YOU KNOW ONE GLASS OF WINE

WOULD SEND HIM OVER THE EDGE,

THEN YOU DON'T DRINK THE WINE.

THAT'S THE RULE.

OR MAYBE IF YOU'RE WITH THAT

PENTECOSTAL FRIEND, AND THEY

THINK IT'S BAD, THEN YOU DON'T

DO IT.

WELL, IF YOU CAUSED HIM TO

SIN, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT'S A

LEGALISM, JUST DON'T JOIN THEIR

CHURCH, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

BE CAREFUL WITH IT. BE

CAREFUL WITH IT. ALL RIGHT.

EVELYN FROM HENDERSON, NEVADA.

GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION.

IS IT A LIE TO TELL CHILDREN

SANTA CLAUS BRINGS GIFTS BY BY

SLEIGH AND REINDEER? HOW DO YOU

CONNECT SANTA AND THE REAL

REASON FOR CHRISTMAS, THE BIRTH

OF CHRIST?

LOOK, YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT.

KIDS WANT TO BELIEVE IN SANTA

CLAUS. I HAD THE HARDEST TIME

TEACHING MY YOUNG SON, GORDON,

THAT SANTA CLAUS, THOSE PEOPLE

DOWN ON THE STREET WERE A BUNCH

OF RUMMIES, AND THEY WERE

DRESSED UP IN RED SUITS AND

THAT SANTA WASN'T REAL BECAUSE

WE HAVE INVESTED SANTA CLAUS

WITH THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

ALMIGHTY, AND HE ISN'T. SO

WE'VE GOT TO -- I MEAN, HAVING

A LITTLE MYTH FOR KIDS IS KIND

OF GOOD. THEY LIKE TO

FANTASIZE. BUT I THINK WE'VE

GOT TO GET THEM TO THE POINT

WHERE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT GOD

IS THE ONE, NOT SANTA CLAUS,

AND IT'S HARD TO DO. PARENTS GO

TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PRESERVE

THE MYTH OF THE LITTLE ELF AND

HIS REINDEERS AND ALL THAT

STUFF. BUT I DO THINK IT'S NOT

A SIRN TO LET KIDS FANTASIZE,

BUT THEY HAVE TO QUICKLY AS YOU

CAN, THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND

THAT GOD IS THE ONE, NOT SANTA

CLAUS.

I SAW SANTA AND HIS REINDEER

YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY. I WAS ON

MY WAY TO WORK, STILL DARK,

6:00 IN THE MORNING. THERE WAS

A TRUCK NEXT TO ME ON THE ROAD,

AND IT WAS ALL THE REINDEER AND

SANTA IN A SLEIGH GOING

SOMEWHERE. BUT THEY WEREN'T

FLYING. SO ANYWAY.

WHAT'S NEXT?

JAMES FROM CAPE CORAL,

FLORIDA. GO AHEAD.

MY QUESTION FOR PAT IS WHAT

IS YOUR OPINION ON THIS NEW

DIGITAL CURRENCY THAT'S

SUPPOSED TO BE ISSUED BY THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WHAT

WILL IT DO TO MY MONEY IN MY

BANK THAT'S IN DOLLARS AND ALL

MY STOCKHOLDINGS, ET CETERA?

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MAN WHO

WAS IN THE CRYPTOSTUFF, THEY'RE

GETTING READY TO PROSECUTE HIM.

HE TOOK --

MILLIONS.

HE WAS THE MINI MADOFF. I

DON'T -- I DON'T SEE ANY

DIGITAL CURRENCY, ALTHOUGH SOME

OF THOSE COINS ARE RUNNING UP

IN VALUE. THEY'RE WORTH A LOT

OF MONEY THESE DAYS. BUT I

DON'T SEE ALL THIS -- THE

GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO TAKE

YOUR MONEY AWAY AND ISSUE THESE

FUNNY CRYPTOS. BUT WHAT COULD

HAPPEN, AND THIS IS MORE TO THE

POINT IS THEY HAVE CONTROL OF

YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, AND THAT IS

DANGEROUS. BUT IN TERMS OF SOME

CRYPTO, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT

IT.

THE STOCK MARKET IS SCARY

ENOUGH. I'M JUST STAYING WITH

STOCKS. APRIL WITH LOS ANGELES,

CALIFORNIA, HAS THIS QUESTION

FOR PAT.

MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO

THE ENEMY INJECTING THOUGHTS

INTO OUR MINDS. I UNDERSTAND

THAT HE CAN INJECT THOUGHTS,

BUT CAN HE HEAR THE THOUGHTS

THAT WE PRAY TO THE LORD? THANK

YOU. I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT

THAT.

THERE'S NO QUESTION THE

DEVIL CAN BRING DOUBT IN YOUR

MIND. THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH

JESUS. AS GOD SAID, THAT'S THE

STANDARD PLOY ALWAYS, DID GOD

SAY -- YOU KNOW, ADAM AND EVE,

GOD SAID, IF YOU EAT THAT

FRUIT, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. AND

THE DEVIL CAME AND SAID YOU

WON'T DIE. SO HE'S ALWAYS

LYING. HE'S THE FATHER OF LIES.

BUT CAN HE PUT THOUGHTS IN YOUR

HEAD? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY

QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND THE

BIBLE SAYS HE'S LIKE A ROARING

LION SEEKING WHOM HE CAN

DEVOUR. SO YOU HAVE TO BE ON

GUARD ABOUT THIS. IT'S SO EASY

TO LET YOUR THOUGHTS WANDER,

AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,

HE'S INJECTED SOMETHING. AND MY

RECOMMENDATION IS SATAN, I BIND

YOU AND THE FORCES OF EVIL, I

COMMAND YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE.

I BIND YOU IN THE NAME OF

JESUS, AND JESUS IS MORE

POWERFUL.

SO HE CAN PLANT DOUBT, BUT

YOU CAN'T HEAR OUR SILENT

THOUGHTS. GREAT. AUDREY FROM

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, WITH THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

I JOIN YOU IN LOVING HORSES,

AND WHEN A CHILD, I BEGGED FOR

A HORSE, AND THINKING MY DAD

WAS FROM MONTANA, SURELY HE

WOULD GIVE ME A HORSE, IT NEVER

HAPPENED. BUT I'M STILL A HORSE

LOVER. DO YOU STILL RIDE, PAT?

AND WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE

HORSE?

I HAD A BIG HORSE NAMED

EUFALA, AND HE WAS 18 HANDS.

AND HE WAS TRAINED INTO -- AND

I GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS

READING THE HIGH LEVELS, AND

THEY WERE GREAT FUN. BUT THE

ANSWER IS RIGHT NOW I'M NOT

RIDING AT ALL. I HAD ONE OF

THOSE SMALL ONES THEY SOLD ME

DOWN IN FLORIDA I WISH I NEVER

BOUGHT. AND HE GOT SPOOK AND

RAN AWAY. AND I DID EVERYTHING

TO STOP HIM, AND HE WOULDN'T DO

IT. AND I WENT OFF, I BROKE

EIGHT RIBS AND KIND OF MASHED

MYSELF UP PRETTY BADLY. BUT I

LOVE RIDING. I ENJOYED IT FOR

SO LONG. AND I GOT TO THE POINT

IN THE DISCIPLINE, I WAS A

PRETTY GOOD RIDER. AND MY BIG

HORSE, HE WAS A LUCATANO, AND,

OH, HE WAS A SWEETHEART. I

GUESS MY FAVORITE, THOUGH, WAS

THE STALLION NAMED ARISTOCRAT.

HE AND I WERE REALLY CLOSE.

THEY GET CLOSE TO YOU. AND A

HORSE HAS GOT THE ABILITY TO

READ YOUR MIND. YOU KNOW, IF

YOU ARE AFRAID OF HIM, HE'LL

SENSE THAT. IF YOU'RE

CONFIDENT, HE'LL SENSE THAT.

AND SO IT'S A WONDERFUL BOND,

AND I LOVE RIDING. BUT THE

ANSWER IS -- AM I RIDING? NO, I

DON'T. AND I DON'T HAVE A HORSE

THAT I HAVE IN THE PAST. I'VE

HAD MANY, MANY HORSES. BUT I

DON'T HAVE ONE NOW.

AND YOU'RE RECOVERING FROM A

TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT.

YEAH, EXACTLY. MY BALANCE

ISN'T WHAT IT SHOULD BE. I GET

ON A HORSE, I COULD HURT

MYSELF.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE PRAYING FOR

THAT FULL RECOVERY WITH HIS

KNEE.

AMEN.

ETHEL FROM PRINCETON, WEST

VIRGINIA, MY HOME STATE. GO

AHEAD.

MY QUESTION IS DO ANGELS

SOMETIMES APPEAR TO US AS HUMAN

BEINGS? DO THEY SOMETIMES LOOK

LIKE HUMAN BEINGS WHEN THEY

APPEAR TO US WITHOUT ANY WINGS

KIND OF TO HELP US OR MINISTER

TO US IN TIME OF NEED?

THE BIBLE SAYS THERE ARE

MINISTERING SPIRITS THAT LOOK

AFTER THE HEIRS OF SALVATION.

SO ANGELIC BEINGS DO APPEAR, I

THINK, AS PEOPLE. AND SO THEY

ARE POWERFUL. YOU KNOW, ONE

ANGEL KILLED ABOUT 85,000

PEOPLE. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE

AMAZING. AND I WON'T GO INTO

ALL THE THINGS ABOUT ANGELS,

BUT THEIR MINISTERING SPIRIT

SET TO CARE FOR THE AILS OF

SALVATION. AND THERE THEY ARE.

IT USED TO BE WHEN WE WENT ON

THE TELETHON, I WOULD SAY,

LORD, SEND THE ANGELS. SEND THE

ANGELS. SEND THE ANGELS INTO

THAT CITY AND PREPARE IT FOR US

SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE

DID. SO THEY ARE WAITING IN THE

SENSE FOR INSTRUCTION, BUT

THEY'RE MINISTERING SPIRITS.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO OFFEND THE

ANGELS OF GOD.

CAN THEY SHOW UP WITH SKIN

ON, THOUGH, AND LOOK LIKE US?

OF COURSE THEY CAN.

WOW!

THEY CAN APPEAR ANY WAY THEY

WANT TO. BUT A LOT OF TIMES

IT'S A POWERFUL BEING. JOSHUA

SAW SOMEBODY, AND HE SAID WHO

ARE YOU? AND HE SAID, WELL,

I'VE COME -- I'M CAPTAIN OF THE

LORD'S HOST. BUT HE LOOKED LIKE

A HUMAN BEING.

WOW! GREAT ANSWER. THANK

YOU, PAT. KEVIN FROM RIGHT HERE

IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, HAS THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

WHAT WAS THE MARK OF CAIN?

WAS IT A PHYSICAL MARK? DID GOD

PUT SOMETHING ON HIM TO SHOW

THAT HE HAS BEEN MARKED? WHAT

WAS THE MARK OF CAIN?

THE BIBLE ISN'T VERY CLEAR

EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, BUT HE

KILLED HIS BROTHER, AND GOD

SENT HIM INTO EXILE. AND WAS IT

A SPIRITUAL THING? WAS IT

SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD

UNDERSTAND? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T

REALLY KNOW. I DOUBT VERY

SERIOUSLY IT WAS LIKE A TATOO

OR SOMETHING. I THINK IT WAS

SOMETHING IN HIS SPIRIT THAT

GAVE OFF THE AIR THAT HE WAS AN

OUTLAW. AND THAT TO ME WAS THE

MARK OF CAIN. BUT THE BIBLE

DOESN'T SAY FOR SURE WHAT IT

WAS.

PAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE

ARE ENJOYING THIS SO MUCH,

HAVING YOU WITH US. AND WHEN WE

COME BACK, WE'RE GOING TO KICK

OFF ROUND THREE OF THIS SPECIAL

VOICE MAIL EDITION OF "THE 700

CLUB." PHILIP, VICKY AND ANNE,

YOUR QUESTIONS ARE NEXT.

WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE, TO

THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF "THE

700 CLUB." HOPE YOU'RE GETTING

IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. WE ARE

SO HAPPY TO HAVE PAT WITH US.

HE'S ANSWERING YOUR VOICE MAIL

QUESTIONS TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO

KICK OFF ROUND THREE WITH

KAREN. SHE'S FROM PORTLAND,

OREGON.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WITH

ALL OF THE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH THAT

YOU'VE DONE, WHAT ARE A COUPLE

OF WORDS OF WISDOM THAT YOU

WOULD OFFER TO PEOPLE JUST

SEEKING TO HONOR THE LORD WITH

THEIR LIVES?

THE GREAT THEOLOGIAN CARL

BARTZ WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A

GREAT MAN OF WISDOM, AND THEY

SAID WHAT DID YOU LEARN OUT OF

ALL YOUR TEACHINGS? AND HE

SAID, WELL, I LEARNED JESUS

LOVES ME, THIS I KNOW BECAUSE

THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO. AND MY

WORD IS, YOU CAN TRUST THE

LORD. I HAVE SEEN GOD MOVE IN

SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND HE

IS THERE TO LOOK AFTER HIS

CHILDREN. AND SO MY ADVICE IS

YOU CAN RELY ON GOD. YOU CAN

TRUST GOD. I REMEMBER WHEN I

WAS LOOKING AT THE NAME OF MY

BOOK, WE THOUGHT ONE TITLE

MIGHT BE "I GAMBLED ON GOD."

AND WE SAID THERE'S NO GAMBLE

TO IT.

HUH-UH.

BUT YOU SAY WHAT DID I

LEARN? YOU CAN TRUST THE LORD.

AND I HAVE WALKED WITH HIM FOR

MANY, MANY YEARS AND NEVER,

EVER HAS HE FAILED ME. NEVER

HAS HIS WORD GONE BAD. HIS WORD

IS ALWAYS TRUE, AND HE'S ALWAYS

FAITHFUL.

HE'S ALWAYS FAITHFUL. AND

WHEN YOU ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING

-- IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, YOU

ASK GOD FOR THREE THINGS,

WISDOM --

FAVOR AND HE'S GIVEN ME ALL

THREE.

THANK YOU, PAT. MARY FROM

SCOTCH PLAINS, NEW JERSEY, HAS

THIS QUESTION FOR PAT.

IN THE LORD'S PRAYER, IS IT

DEBTS OR TRESPASSES? AND WHAT

IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

TWO?

I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WRITING THE

GREEK, AND, YOU KNOW, FORGIVE

US OUR DEBTS, I THINK -- I

BELIEVE THEY'RE ABOUT THE SAME

THING. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE

DIFFERENT. IT'S JUST A QUESTION

OF WHICH TRANSLATION OF THE

BIBLE YOU ARE READING. BUT THE

IDEA IS YOU'RE ASKING -- YOU

HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GOD, SO

FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE

FORGIVE THOSE WHO -- OR FORGIVE

US OUR TRESPASSES, WE FORGIVE

US WHO TRES PASSED AGAINST US.

FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE

FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS, IT'S THE

SAME THING.

AND IT'S ALSO FORGIVE -- THE

SIN IS ALSO A WORD THEY USE.

THERE'S FORGIVE US OUR SINS AS

WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO SIN

AGAINST US.

ALL THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, JOCELYN

FROM JOPLIN, MISSOURI, GO AHEAD

WITH YOUR QUESTION FOR PAT.

WHAT HAPPENED TO JOSEPH? DID

HE PASS AWAY BEFORE JESUS DID?

AND HOW LONG DID MARY LIVE

AFTER JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED?

JESUS LOOKED AT JOHN, AND HE

SAID, "JOHN, BEHOLD YOUR

MOTHER." AND SO MARY WENT TO

LIVE WITH JOHN. WE DON'T KNOW

HOW LONG. AS FAR AS JOSEPH,

SOMEHOW HE WAS OLDER THAN MARY,

AND HE MUST HAVE DIED, BUT THE

BIBLE JUST DOESN'T TELL US WHAT

HAPPENED TO HIM. HE WAS THERE

FOR THE PURPOSE OF, YOU KNOW,

THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE TO

JOSEPH, DON'T BE AFRAID TO TAKE

MARY TO WIFE BECAUSE WHAT IS

CONCEIVED IN HER IS BY THE HOLY

SPIRIT. AND SO JOSEPH WAS THE

ONE WHO GOT INSTRUCTED TO TAKE

THE MOTHER AND CHILD TO EGYPT

AND TO TAKE THEM BACK FROM

THERE AND SHOW THEM WHERE TO

LIVE AND ALL THE REST OF IT.

AND JOSEPH WAS A CARPENTER. BUT

BEYOND THAT, HE WAS THERE FOR

THE TEENAGED YEARS OF HIS SON,

JESUS. BEYOND THAT, WE DON'T

KNOW. THE BIBLE DOESN'T TELL

US. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

TO HIM.

AMEN. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT

PHILIP FROM GAITHERSBURG,

MARYLAND.

I KNOW IN THE FIRST BOOK OF

TIMOTHY THAT PAUL CALLS HIMSELF

THE CHIEF OF ALL SINNERS, AND

HE ALSO CALLS HIMSELF A BLAS

FEMMER AND A PERSECUTOR AND A

VIOLENT MAN. SO MY QUESTION IS,

DO THESE MEMORIES OF PAST SINS

CONTINUE WITH US INTO ETERNITY?

GOD HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE

THNGS AND PUT THEM INTO THE

SEA OF OBLIVION. AND WHEN YOU

GO INTO ETERNITY, YOU'RE NOT

GOING TO REMEMBER YOUR SINS,

AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

REMEMBER THE SINS OF OTHERS. I

THINK WHAT PAUL WAS -- HE WAS

TRYING TO SHOW HOW HUMBLE HE

WAS, AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE

CHIEF OF SINNERS, AND ALL HE'S

DOING IS JUST CONFESSING THAT

I'M REALLY NOTHING. I AM A

SERVANT, I'M NOTHING. I AM LESS

THAN NOTHING. I MEAN, HE JUST

-- IT WAS A MARK OF HUMILITY

AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH

CARRYING HIS SINS ON INTO

HEAVEN.

AMEN. GREAT ANSWER. ALL

RIGHT. VICI FROM CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, HAS THIS ANSWER FOR

PAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT DOES

IT MEAN WHEN YOU STEP OUT IN

FAITH THAT YOU LEAVE THE

CONSEQUENCES TO GOD? IT JUST

SOUNDS A LITTLE SELFISH. SO CAN

YOU EXPLAIN THAT?

I THINK MAYBE YOUR WORDS

"STEP OUT IN FAITH," NONE OF

THESE THINGS COME OUT OF THE

BIBLE. BUT THE IDEA IS YOU

TRUST GOD, AND SOMETIMES WHEN

YOU -- FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I LEFT

NEW YORK, I CAME OUT WITH A

WIFE AND I THINK --

THREE.

-- THREE CHILDREN. BUT I

CAME OUT DEPENDING ON GOD, AND

BY TAKING THAT STEP, HE AT THIS

POINT HAD TO TAKE CARE OF ME

BECAUSE HE SAID DO THIS. I

SAID, ALL RIGHT, I'LL DO IT.

AND HAVING DONE IT, HE IS

RESPONSIBLE TO PICK UP THE

PIECES AND KEEP ME FROM

TROUBLE. SO IT'S WHEN YOU GO

OUT ON YOUR OWN AND IT'S

SELFISH THAT GOD'S NOT GOING TO

STAND WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE

GOING OUT ON YOUR OWN, BUT YOU

STEP OUT IN FAITH, AND GOD IS

THERE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING.

AND HE -- EVEN THOUGH YOU

ONLY HAD $77 AND THREE KIDS,

GOD SUPPLIED ALL OF YOUR NEEDS.

EVERYTHING, DAY AFTER DAY

AFTER DAY AFTER DAY.

AMAZING.

BUT YOU CAN'T DEMAND TOO

MUCH. I LIVED ON SOYBEANS. I

GOT A BAG OF SOYBEANS FOR TWO

BUCKS. $2, ONE BAG OF SOYBEANS.

AND WE HAVE SPLIT SOYBEAN SOUP.

SOYBEAN PANCAKES.

SOYBEAN PANCAKES, WE HAD

EVERYTHING YOU EVER HEARD OF.

BUT I LIVED ON THAT, YOU KNOW,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT -- BUT I

WASN'T DEMANDING A LOT OF OTHER

THINGS. BUT GOD WAS SUPPLYING.

AND HE WANTS TO SEE IF WE'RE

FAITHFUL. AND IF WE ARE, HE'LL

OPEN UP THE DOORS.

DO NOT DESPISE THE DAYS OF

SMALL BEGINNINGS. THANKS, PAT.

AND FROM CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,

HAS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR PAT.

I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S

BEEN BOTHERING ME FOR A WHILE.

WE ARE TOLD THAT HEAVEN IS

PERFECT, THERE ARE NO SORROWS,

NO ILLNESS, NO CRYING. LUCIFER

HAS BEEN WITH GOD FROM THE

START AND WAS THE MOST

BEAUTIFUL ANGEL. CAN YOU TELL

ME WHERE HE GOT HIS SPIRIT OF

JEALOUSY AND EVIL FROM?

HE WAS PERFECT IN ALL HIS

WAYS. HE'S CALLED THE COVERING

CHERUB, BUT INEQUITY WAS FOUND

IN HIM. WHAT IS THE INIQUITY?

IT WAS PRIDE. SATON LOOKED WHAT

GOD HAD CREATED, AND HE SAID I

CAN DO IT BETTER THAN GOD. AND

THAT IF YOU WANT KNOW WAS THE

ORIGINAL SIN, WAS PRIDE. I CAN

DO IT BETTER THAN GOD. AND YOU

KNOW THAT SONG "I DID IT MY

WAY? " THAT'S THE SIN. AND

WHERE DID IT COME FROM? WELL,

IT CAME OUT OF HIS OWN SPIRIT.

HE LOOKS AT -- YOU KNOW, HE

BEGAN TO THINK I CAN DO A

BETTER JOB THAN GOD CAN. THAT'S

PRIDE. THAT'S THE ORIGINAL SIN.

THAT ALWAYS -- THAT'S SUCH A

GREAT QUESTION, PAT, BECAUSE I

ALWAYS WONDER, HOW DID --

YOU'RE IN HEAVEN ALREADY, AND

THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY

SIN THERE, BUT STILL HE GOT THE

SPIRIT --

I DON'T KNOW IF THE BIBLE

SAYS THERE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE

ANY SIN THERE, BUT THIS WAS NOT

HEAVEN. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL

ORIGIN OF CREATION.

RIGHT.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE

WHOLE UNIVERSE, AND IN THAT

BEGINNING, GOD MADE A CREATED

BEING WHO WAS THE COVERING

CHERUB AND THE COVERING CHERUB

LOOKED AT GOD AND SAID KI DO IT

BETTER THAN YOU CAN. THAT'S

ALL.

THANK YOU. I FINALLY

UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. THANKS FOR

WRITING IN. NANCY FROM CLINTON

TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN, HAS THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

MY HUSBAND AND I WATCH "THE

700 CLUB" EVERYDAY. AND WE ARE

SO BLESSED. THANK YOU, PAT AND

GORDON AND ALL YOU OTHER

WONDERFUL PEOPLE. OUR QUESTION

TODAY IS WHAT IS YOUR BELIEF ON

ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED? IF

SOMEONE WAS A CHRISTIAN MOST OF

THEIR LIFE, AND THEN TURNED

FROM THE LORD LATER IN LIFE,

WOULD THAT PERSON BE GOING TO

HEAVEN?

I'M NOT GOD, AND I DON'T

KNOW WHAT'S IN SOMEBODY'S

HEART. SO I CAN'T GIVE A

HYPOTHETICAL ANSWER TO A

HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. BUT THE

BIBLE SAYS NOBODY CAN SNATCH

THEM OUT OF MY FATHER'S HAND,

AND I, THE FATHER, WON, AND I

HOLD THEM IN MY HAND, AND I

BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ADOPTED %

INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, AND THE

LAST THING WE NEED TO BE

WORRIED ABOUT IS AM I GOING TO

LOSE WHAT I'VE ALREADY GOT. BUT

I DO THINK THAT IT IS A

TERRIBLE PRESUMPTION TO SAY

ONCE SAVED I'M ALWAYS SAVED AND

BECAUSE OF THAT, I CAN LIVE ANY

WAY THAT I WANT TO. THAT, I

THINK, IS WRONG, AND PAUL SAID

THEIR CONDEMNATION IS JUST. I

THINK TO PRESUM ON GOD ON THE

BASES OF SOME THEOLOGICAL

NOTION IS A MISTAKE. BUT IN

TERMS OF WORRYING ABOUT LOSING

YOUR SALVATION, THAT'S WHAT IS

WRONG, AND GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU

TO BE WORRIED ALL THE TIME THAT

YOU'LL LOSE IT. HE'LL KEEP YOU

IN HIS HAND, THAT'S WHAT HE

SAYS.

AMEN. WILLIAM FROM ASHEBORO,

NORTH CAROLINA, HAS ANOTHER

QUESTION FOR PAT.

YES, MY NAME IS LILLIAN. MY

QUESTION IS, CAN PEOPLE STILL

GET SAVED DURING THE

TRIBULATION?

I THINK SO. IT'S ALWAYS OPEN

AS LONG AS PEOPLE ON EARTH -- I

DON'T BELIEVE GOD'S GOING TO

SHUT IT ALL DOWN. BUT THE TIME

WILL COME WHEN THERE WILL BE A

STRONG DELUSION, AND EVEN -- IF

IT WERE POSSIBLE, THE BIBLE

SAYS, THE ELECTED WILL BE

DECEIVED. SO THERE IS A STRONG

DELUSION THAT IS COMING ON THE

EARTH, AND THAT MAY BE PART OF

THAT TRIBULATION.

FEELS LIKE WE'RE THERE

ALREADY.

WE MIGHT BE RIGHT NOW, A

STRONG DELUSION THAT IS TAKING

US AWAY FROM GOD, AND WERE IT

POSSIBLE, EVEN THE LEFT WOULD

BE DECEIVED, BUT THE BIBLE

DOESN'T SAY IT WAS POSSIBLE. SO

STAY IN THE WORD. FAITH COMES

BY HEARING, HEARING BY THE WORD

OF GOD. SO STAY IN THE BIBLE

AND STAY TRUE TO THE LORD, AND

DON'T LET THE DEVIL PUT

SUGGESTIONS INTO YOUR MIND THAT

GOD ISN'T GOOD. GOD IS A GOOD

GOD, AND HE LOVES YOU.

AMEN. AMEN. SANDRA FROM

KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS WITH THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

I'M CALLING ABOUT THE

QUESTION, WHATEVER IS LOOSED ON

EARTH IS LOOSED IN HEAVEN. WHAT

DOES THAT EXACTLY MEAN? WHAT

COULD BE LOOSED ON EARTH THAT

WOULD BE IN HEAVEN?

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A

COMMANDLESS. YOU KNOW, THE

RABBIS USED TO PUT BURDENS ON

PEOPLE AND SAY "YOU CAN'T DO

THIS, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. THIS

IS A SIN." SO THE BIBLE SAYS IF

YOU GET TOGETHER, AND YOU AGREE

THAT THIS IS WRONG, AND YOU AS

THE CHURCH TAKE THAT COMMAND

OFF, THEN IT'S RATIFIED IN

HEAVEN. AND THE APOSTLES MET

TOGETHER AND SAID SHOULD WE

KEEP THE JEWISH LAWS? AND THEY

SAID, NO, WE DON'T. BUT HE SAID

YOU DO THESE NECESSARY THINGS,

YOU ABSTAIN FROM BLOOD, AND YOU

AVOID FOREIGN INDICATION, AND

THAT'S WHAT THEY BOUND THAT.

BUT THE REST OF IT THEY LOOSED.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TALKING

ABOUT. IT'S COMMANDMENTS,

RIGHT?

THAT'S INTERESTING. THANK

YOU, PAT. WELL, COMING UP OUR

FOURTH AND FINAL ROUND OF THIS

SPECIAL VOICE MAIL EDITION OF

"THE 700 CLUB." WE'LL BE BACK

RIGHT AFTER THIS. STAY TUNED.

WELCOME BACK TO THIS SPECIAL

EDITION OF "THE 700 CLUB." WE

ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE PAT

ROBERTSON IN THE STUDIO,

EVERYONE FOR ROUND FOUR OF --

AMEN.

I WAS GOING TO SAY BRING IT

ON. WE USED TO CALL IT BRING IT

ON, BUT IT'S YOUR QUESTIONS,

YOUR VOICE MAIL QUESTIONS.

WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH ANNETTE

FROM NORTH CAROLINA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

ON THE AIR. I HAVE A QUESTION.

WITH SO MANY MINISTRIES AROUND

THE GLOBE SAYING THAT WE REACH

SO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

AROUND THE WORLD, WHY IS THE

WORLD NOT IN A BETTER PLACE IF

SO MANY MINISTRIES ARE REACHING

SO MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE

WORLD?

WELL, ANNETTE, PART OF THE

FACT IS THE BIBLE SAYS TEACH

THEM. AND I THINK THEY CAN COME

TO THE LORD WATCHING TV BUT NOT

NECESSARILY GET DISCIPLED. AND

FOR SOME REASON, IT'S -- WE

SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE WANTING JESUS, THEY MAKE

DECISIONS, BUT ARE THEY IN A

CONGREGATION, ARE THEY MEETING

TOGETHER, ARE THEY GROWING IN

THEIR FAITH? AND THE ANSWER IS

APPARENTLY NOT. BUT MILLIONS OF

PEOPLE -- THERE ARE MORE

CHRISTIANS, I THINK PROBABLY

2.3 BILLION CHRISTIANS OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU ARE

STILL THE LARGEST RELIGION IN

THE WORLD, BUT ISLAM IS COMING

ON PRETTY CLOSE BEHIND AND --

IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, PAT,

BECAUSE SHE'S, LIKE, THERE ARE

SO MANY MINISTRIES, AND WE'RE

ALL SAYING WE'RE SAVING SO MANY

PEOPLE AND FEEDING SO MANY

PEOPLE, WHY ARE THERE STILL SO

MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING? WELL,

DIDN'T JESUS SAY THE POOR --

THE POOR ARE ALWAYS WITH

YOU. BUT THAT'S A HARD

QUESTION. BUT THERE ARE

BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE

WORLD, AND SO FAR, YOU KNOW --

WE'VE REACHED A LOT OF THEM.

THEY SAID INDIA WAS THE MOST

SPIRITUAL COUNTRY AND SWEDEN

WAS THE MOST UNGODLY. AND THEY

SAID WE ARE A NATION OF INDIANS

GOVERNED BY SWEEDS. AND YOU

LOOK AT THE SUPREME COURT, YOU

LOOK AT THE SMALL GROUP THAT

HAVE TAKEN POWER IN AMERICA,

AND THEY HAVE TWISTED US AND

TAKEN US AWAY FROM GOD. SO ALL

AROUND THE WORLD, A LOT OF

PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE LORD,

BUT A LOT OF THEM HAVEN'T. BUT

THERE ARE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN

THE WORLD THAT ARE NEVER

REACHED. SO YOU HOPE TO DO THE

BEST YOU CAN. BUT ALL OF US ARE

DOING A LITTLE BIT. AND I ASK

THEM TO CALL THE REMANT. THE

REMNANT WILL STILL BE THERE.

AMEN. PHIL FROM CONROE,

TEXAS, WITH THIS QUESTION FOR

PAT.

MY QUESTION IS FROM JESUS,

MARY AND JOSEPH LEFT TO GO TO

EGYPT TO FLEE HEROD, HOW LONG

DID THEY SAY THERE BEFORE THEY

LEFT?

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. I

THINK IT PROBABLY WAS A COUPLE

OF YEARS.

DIDN'T JOSEPH GET A DREAM?

AND THEN HE KNEW IT WAS OKAY TO

GO BACK.

EXACTLY. BUT HOW LONG WERE

THEY THERE? I THINK MAYBE ABOUT

A COUPLE YEARS. THEN THEY CAME

BACK AND HEROD WAS NO LONGER IN

POWER. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. LINDA FROM RIGHT HERE

IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, WITH THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT

HAPPENS TO YOUR SPIRIT THE

MOMENT THAT YOU DIE? DOES IT

AUTOMATICALLY GO WITH GOD, OR

JUST WHAT HAPPENS?

WELL, I THINK, FRANKLY,

AFTER YOU DIE, YOUR SPIRIT

HANGS AROUND FOR MAYBE THREE OR

FOUR DAYS BEFORE IT GOES

ANYWHERE. I THINK THAT IN MY

OPINION IS WHAT HAPPENS. BEYOND

THAT, AS JESUS SAID TO THE

THIEF ON THE CROSS, THIS DAY

YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN

PARADISE. SO THAT MOMENT HIS

SPIRIT WENT TO BE WITH HIM IN

PARADISE. SO WHEN YOU DIE, YOUR

SPIRIT, I BELIEVE, THERE'S A

FOUR-DAY PERIOD BEFORE THE

SPIRIT LEAVES, AND THEN IT GOES

TO BE WITH THE LORD AND

AWAITING THE RESURRECTION.

THANKS, PAT. WELL, JOYCE

FROM JOPLIN, MISSOURI, HAS THIS

QUESTION FOR PAT.

MY QUESTION IS WHEN GOD

SAVED JONAH OUT OF THE BELLY OF

THE FISH, AND THEN HE LATER

MADE A PLANT TO GROW OVER HIM

TO KEEP HIM COOL, WHATEVER

HAPPENED TO JONAH? DID HE GO ON

TO CONTINUE TO PROPHESIZE FOR

THE LORD OR DID HE GO

PREACHING, OR WHATEVER HAPPENED

TO HIM?

HE WENT THROUGH -- AND SAID

THERE'S JUDGMENT COMING, AND

THE PEOPLE LITCHED TO JONAH,

AND THEY REPENTED, AND THEN HE

GOT MAD AT GOD, AND GOD, YOU

KNOW, HE SAID, LOOK, I

PROPHESIZED JUDGMENT. I KNEW

THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT

THEY'LL ALL TURN, AND THEN

THEY'LL THINK I'M A FALSE

PROPHET BECAUSE I SAID THE

COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE

DESTROYED. WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM

AFTER THAT? THE BIBLE DOESN'T

MAKE CLEAR. BUT HE -- HE WAS A

GREAT PREACHER, AND NONE EVER

LITCHED TO HIM. AND BEYOND

THAT, IT WAS A WICKED COUNTRY,

AND THEY TURNED TO THE LORD

BECAUSE OF THE PREACHING OF

JONAH. THAT'S ALL WE KNOW. SO

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM AFTER

THAT? I HAVE NOT A CLUE, AND I

DON'T THINK ANYBODY DOES

BECAUSE THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY

ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SOMEBODY SHOULD MAKE A MOVIE

AND MAKE IT UP. ALL RIGHT.

SUZANNE FROM PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA HAS THIS QUESTION

FOR PAT.

MY QUESTION IS WHEN I PRAY

IN MY MIND, NOT OUT LOUD, DOES

GOD STILL HEAR ALL THOSE

PRAYERS? I SPEND SO MUCH OF THE

DAY IN PRAYER THAT WAY.

THE ANSWER, OF COURSE, GOD

HEARS. BUT, LISTEN, A MAN SHALL

EAT GOOD BY THE FRUIT OF HIS

LIPS. AND THERE COMES A TIME

YOU NEED TO DECLARE. AND, YOU

KNOW, WHEN GOD CREATED THE

EARTH, HE SPOKE. WHEN THE LORD

CAST OUT DEMONS, HE SPOKE. WHEN

HE SAID BE HEALED, HE SPOKE.

AND I THINK THE CREATIVE WORD

IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO PRAYING

QUIET, OF COURSE, THE LORD

HEARS IT. BUT BE SURE THAT YOUR

CONFESSION REFLECTS YOUR

BELIEF. DON'T START OFF AND SAY

I THINK I FEEL HORRIBLE TODAY.

YOU HAVE JUST CURSED YOURSELF

TO A BAD DAY. SO IF YOU START

OUT THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD

HATH MADE, AND YOU WILL EAT

GOOD BY THE FRUIT OF YOUR LIPS.

OKAY. MARY LOU FROM SCOTCH

PLAINS, NEW JERSEY, WITH THIS

QUESTION.

MY QUESTION IS WHAT

TRANSLATION IS YOUR PERSONAL

BIBLE? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO

KNOW WHICH VERSION YOUR

PERSONAL BIBLE IS.

I LIKE THE NEW

INTERNATIONAL. BUT YOU KNOW

WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THAT

THING? THEY HAVE GONE WOKE WITH

IT, AND INSTEAD OF HE, IT'S

ALWAYS THEY. AND IT'S JUST

AWFUL. YOU READ IT, AND YOU

THINK, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING

ME. THEY'VE RUINED IT, THE NEW

VERSION. SO I'VE GOT A COPY OF

THE OLD WAY OF DOING IT.

THE NIV.

THE NIV. BUT THEY'VE RUINED

IT. INSTEAD OF HE, IT'S THEY.

WELL, TODAY'S IS FROM PSALM119,

IT'S A LIGHT UNTO MY FEET AND

UNTO HIS PATH. I THANK YOU FOR

BEING WITH US. I THANK WENDY

AND ALL THE CREW FOR MAKING

THIS POSSIBLE, AND LORD

WILLING, A MONTH FROM NOW, I'LL

BE BACK. BYE BYE.

WE CERTAINLY ENJOYED IT. GOD