I see programs about ghost hunters, are these people for real? What are "ghost"? Do fortune tellers open the door to Satan? What about fortune cookies? How can I pray effectively, do I have to pray in the spirit and what does this ... ...
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Terry: WELL, IN THE
TIME WE HAVE LEFT, WE'D LIKE
TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR E-MAIL
QUESTIONS.
THIS FIRST ONE IS FROM HEIDI
WHO SAYS, "I SEE A LOT OF
GHOST HUNTERS ON TV, AND
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE
REAL.
WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE, AND
EVEN CHILDREN, HAUNTING
PLACES.
WHY ARE THEY NOT AT PEACE IN
HEAVEN, OR IN HELL.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO PLACES TO
RESIDE WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS
WORLD, RIGHT?
ARE THESE PEOPLE IN LIMBO?"
Pat: THEY ARE NOT
PEOPLE.
THEY'RE DEMONIC FORCES.
THEY'RE PLAYING LIKE THEY
ARE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE
TRYING TO DECEIVE.
PAUL SAID WHEN YOU DIE, YOU
WILL REIGN IN THE FLESH OR
DEPART AND BE WITH THE
LORD.
YOU EITHER DEPART AND GO TO
HEAVEN OR HELL.
BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE A
GHOST.
THAT IS STRICTLY FICTION.
IT IS BASED ON THE DEMONS.
THEY MAKE BELIEVE IT IS
GHOSTS.
THE GHOST IN THE CASTLE IS
CHAINED AND HE IS CLANKING
AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
IT MAKES NICE -- IT MAKES
SCROOGE BEHAVE HIMSELF.
Terry: JUDY SAYS, "DID
I REALLY NEED A PERSON TO
SAY THEY'RE SORRY IN ORDER
FOR ME TO FORGIVE THEM?"
Pat: NOT REALLY.
THAT WAS THE TOUCHSTONE, IF
SOMEBODY ASKED YOU SEVEN
TIMES 70, YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO TURN THEM DOWN.
BUT, NO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO
SAY THEY'RE SORRY.
IT IS UP TO YOU.
Terry: ELIZABETH SAYS,
"DO FORTUNE-TELLERS OPEN THE
DOOR TO SATAN, AND WHAT
ABOUT FORTUNE COOKIES?"
Pat: I THINK FORTUNE
COOKIES OPEN THE WAY TO AN
EXPANDED WAISTLINE.
Terry: AND A GOOD CUP
OF COFFEE.
Pat: THEY COME OUT OF A
MACHINE AND THE LITTLE SLIPS
OF PAPER ARE ALL
MANUFACTURED.
YOU'LL MEET A STRONG, DARK
STRANGER.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY
OPPORTUNITY.
SOMEBODY SITS THERE AND
THINKS THEM UP.
BUT FORTUNE-TELLERS, YOU'RE
OPENING UP THE DOOR TO
DEMONIC BECAUSE YOU'RE
MOVING INTO ANOTHER REALM,
AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR OCCULT
GUIDANCE.
YOU OUGHT TO BE ASKING GOD
FOR GUIDANCE.
THE BIBLE SAYS, ARE YOU
GOING TO TURN TO SPIRITS
THAT PEEP, OR THE LIVING
GOD.
Terry: THIS IS CHRIS,
WHO SAYS, "I WAS WATCHING A
PASTOR ON TV, WHO SAYS OUR
PRAYERS ARE NOT ANSWERED
BECAUSE WE DON'T PRAY IN THE
SPIRIT.
DOES THIS MEAN SPEAKING IN
TONGUES, AND IF SO, WHAT DO
YOU DO IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THIS GIFT?
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW
HOW TO PRAY EFFECTIVELY."
Pat: YOU HAVE A SPIRIT,
AND YOUR SPIRIT COMMUNES
WITH GOD.
THOSE THAT PRAY IN THE
SPIRIT, IN TONGUES, THE
BIBLE SAYS EDIFY THEIR OWN
SPIRIT.
BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY PRAY
IN THE NATURAL, WITH YOUR
MIND, AND HAVE GOD ANSWER
IT.
SO I THINK PEOPLE MAKE THESE
STATEMENTS -- THEY'RE
PROBABLY PARTIALLY
UNDERSTOOD AS TO WHAT PEOPLE
ARE REALLY SAYING.
GOD IS A SPIRIT.
AND THEY THAT WORSHIP HIM
MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND
IN TRUTH.
THAT'S WHAT JESUS SAID.
SO WHEN WE'RE COMMUTING WITH
GOD, WE'RE TALKING, IN A
SENSE, IN A SPIRITUAL
MANNER.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE
SPEAKING IN TONGUES IN ORDER
TO DO THAT.
Terry: ASHLEY SAYS,
"WHAT EXACTLY IS SEXUAL
IMMORTALITY.
I KNOW IT IS A SIN.
IF SOMEONE COMMITS THIS SIN
ONCE OR MORE THAN ONCE, WILL
HE STILL BE FORGIVEN?"
Pat: ALL IM MORALITIES
WILL FORGIVEN.
I WOULDN'T PRESUME ON HIM IF
YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
THEY TALKED ABOUT SOMEONE
WHO GOT THE HOTS FOR HIM
WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN, AND
SHE WAS APPARENTLY SOME KIND
OF RELIGIOUS WORKER.
AND JUST BEFORE THEY WERE
GETTING READY TO CONSUMMATE
THE ACT, SHE SAID, OH, GOD,
FORGIVE US FOR WHAT WE'RE
ABOUT TO DO.
HE BROKE OUT LAUGHING.
AND IT BROKE THE MOMENT.
PLEASE FORGIVE US FOR WHAT
WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO.
IMMORTALITY IS SEX OUTSIDE
OF MARRIAGE.
JESUS SAID IT IS POSSIBLE TO
LOOK ON A WOMAN AND IN YOUR
MIND COMMIT ADULTERY BECAUSE
IN A SENSE, YOU'RE
COMMITTING THE ACT IN YOUR
MIND.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS OUR
MINDS SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
THE LORD.
AND IN ORDER TO AVOID
IMMORTALITY, THE BIBLE SAYS
WE OUGHT TO GET MARRIED.
THAT'S WHAT PAUL SAID.
AND HE SAID, I RUN INTO YOU,
YOUNG MAN, BECAUSE YOU'RE
STRONG AND YOU HAVE OVERCOME
THE EVIL ONE.
THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
PRESSURE ON A YOUNG PERSON,
COMING INTO MAJORITY, TO
HAVE SEXUAL FULFILLMENT, AND
THEREFORE THE TEMPTATIONS
ARE VERY, VERY REAL.
AND THE TERRIBLE THING WE'RE
DEALING WITH NOW IS THE
INTERNET, WHICH LEADS US
INTO ALL KINDS OF EVIL.