If God has already purposed His will, can our prayers change His will? Are there any steps, besides being close with God, to protect a person from demonic influences? Is it ever okay to disobey authority?
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LET'S ANSWER SOME
QUESTIONS.
Terry: THIS FIRST IS
FROM JULIETTE WHO SAYS, "IF
GOD HAS ALREADY PURPOSED HIS
WILL, CAN OUR PRAYERS CHANGE
HIS WILL?"
Pat: JESUS SAID, YOU
KNOW, PRAY THAT YOUR FLIGHT
BE NOT ON THE SABBATH IN THE
WINTERTIME.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE
TRIBULATION COMING IN THAT
PART OF THE WORLD.
HE SAYS YOU CAN CHANGE THAT
BY YOUR
PRAYERS.
SO I THINK OUR PRAYERS -- I
DON'T UNDERSTAND THE
INTERPLAY BETWEEN US AND
GOD, BUT OUR PRAYERS DO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.
BUT THE WILL OF GOD DOES
STAND.
HE HAS A PLAN AND A WILL
THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
CHANGE.
AND JESUS HIMSELF SAID, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE TIME I COME
BACK, THE DAY, NOBODY KNOWS,
NOT EVEN THE ANGELS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THE
FATHER HAS KEPT TO HIMSELF.
WHAT WE DO WON'T HAVE ANY
EFFECT ON IT.
BUT DO I KNOW THE MYSTERIES,
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MAN
AND GOD, NO.
BUT WE KEEP TRYING TO
LEARN.
Terry: KAREN SAYS, "ARE
THERE ANY STEPS BETWEEN MAN
AND GOD THAT CAN PROTECT MAN
FROM DEMONIC INFLUENCES?"
Pat: READ THE WORD AND
SPEAK, SPEAK.
SATAN, I BIND YOU AND THE
FORCES OF EVIL.
DON'T HESITATE TO USE THOSE
WORDS AND MEAN THEM.
IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
THE OTHER THING IS, BE
FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
BE ANOINTED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT.
WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
LIVE IN THE SPIRIT.
IN THAT SPIRITUAL REALM, YOU
WILL HAVE AUTHORITY OVER
DEMONIC POWER.
Terry: AND PRAISE, I
THINK, TOO.
Pat: ABSOLUTELY.
Terry: A VIEWER
SAYS, "IS IT EVER OKAY TO
DISOBEY YOUR AUTHORITY?"
Pat: LOOK AT WHAT THE
APOSTLE PETER SAID.
WHETHER IT IS RIGHT FOR YOU
TO OBEY GOD OR OBEY YOU,
YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE.
THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES TOLD
THEM THEY COULDN'T SPEAK,
AND THEY SAID WE CANNOT BUT
SPEAK THE THINGS WE HAVE
SEEN AND HEARD.
Terry: GAIL SAYS, "I
HAVE VISITED CHURCHES WHERE
THE WHOLE CONGREGATION
SPEAKS IN TONGUES WITHOUT AN
INTERPRETER, DOESN'T IT SAY
NO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO
SHOULD SPEAK AND NOT WITHOUT
AN INTERPRETER.
AND ALSO DOESN'T 1
CORINTHIANS SAY EACH ARE
GIVEN DIFFERENT GIFTS, SO
WOULDN'T ALL HAVE THE GIFT
OF TONGUE TONGUES."
Terry: THERE ARE TIMES
IN A CHURCH WHERE THERE IS
PRAYER, AND PEOPLE ARE
QUIETING PRAYING --
Pat: RAG E PRAYING IN
THE SPIRIT, AND PRAYING IN
THEMSELVES.
BUT THERE IS THE ABILITY TO
BRING MESSAGES, AND THERE IS
THE ABILITY TO WORSHIP GOD
IN THE SPIRIT.
ALL OF US WHO ARE
SPIRIT-FILLED CAN PRAY IN
THE SPIRIT, IN TONGUES.
BUT IF THEY'RE PRAYING, AS
TERRY SAID TO THE LORD, AND
THEY'RE ALL PRAYING
TOGETHER, THAT'S OKAY.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY
BRINGING MESSAGES AT THE
SAME TIME, THEN IT IS
CHAOS.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT.
Terry: AVERY SAYS, "I'M
A HAIRDRESSER, AND I LIVE
PAPAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, AND
THE TIPS I RECEIVE HELP GET
BY.
I WAS WONDERING, IS IT WRONG
TO CLAIM MY TIPS AT THE END
OF THE YEAR FOR TAXES?
I'M AFRAID IF I DO, I
WOULDN'T GET MUCH BACK AT
THE END OF THE YEAR?"
Pat: EVERYBODY HATES TO
PAY TAXES, BUT THE TRUTH IS,
YOUR TIPS ARE TAX ABLE
INCOME.
GOD WILL BLESS YOU.
Terry: DON'T BE AFRAID
OF GIVING GOD WHAT HE ASKS
FOR AND HE'LL GIVE YOU ALL
YOU NEED.
Pat: TAX EVASION IS ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY PUT YOU
IN JAIL FOR.
YOU WOULD
Terry: EMMA SAYS, "I'VE
BEEN STRUGGLING OVER THIS
QUESTION, IF A CHRISTIAN
DIES LOVING AND BELIEVING IN
CHRIST AND YET WITH A DRUG
ADDICTION AND THE ACT OF
USING, WOULD HE GO TO HELL
BECAUSE HIS DRUG USE IS AN
ACT.
PLEASE ANSWER."
Pat: WHY WOULD YOU TAKE
A CHANCE?
IF YOU KNOW TAKING DRUGS IS
WRONG AND YOU ABUSE YOUR
BODY.
BUT DOES GOD FORGIVE YOU?
MAYBE THE THIEF ON THE
CROSS, AND HE SAID, LORD,
REMEMBER ME.
AND JESUS SADE SAID, THIS
DAY YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN
PARADISE.
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED A
DEATH-BED REPENTANCE.
BUT YOU'RE TAKING DRUGS AND
YOU PASS OUT AND YOU DIE --
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
THE ANSWER IS, I WOULDN'T DO
IT.
BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST AND YOU SHALL BE
SAVED -- THAT'S WHAT THE
BIBLE SAYS.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
BYE-BYE.