Does God permit divorce if the spouse refuses to stop cheating? If they weren't believers why did they get to see Heaven? Is my son right in taking the communion to his wife at home?
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All right.
Welcome back to the 700 Club.
It's time to bring it on
with your e-mail questions.
And let's start with
Jess, who writes in.
Does God permit
divorce if the spouse
refuses to stop cheating?
What if you tried everything
to make your spouse happy
and they refused to
stop cheating, Pat?
Well, you know,
that's what Jesus said.
Except for fornication--
or adultery-- I mean,
if that has broken the marital
bond the brother or sister can
certainly-- the
marriage is dissolved.
That man has dissolved the
marriage by his actions.
WENDY GRIFFITH: So they
have biblical rights.
If your spouse is--
Absolutely, according
to what Jesus says.
That's not the Pauline thing.
That's Jesus himself.
OK.
WENDY GRIFFITH: All right.
Kathi says, my 34-year-old
son recently died
and I started watching life
after death stories on YouTube
and have seen them
on the 700 Club.
They've been very
comforting to me.
I've probably seen 50 and they
all have similar experiences.
The details are different
but the basic message
is the same, that God is love.
Not all of these
people were believers
but they still felt
God's unconditional love.
If they weren't believers why
did they get to see heaven?
Look, I can't comment
on fictional stories
that you've seen on
YouTube, or on some story.
I'll tell you what
the Bible has to say.
It is appointed
unto man once to die
and after that the judgment.
So after judgment you're
going to account for what
you've done in this body.
And either you have
accepted the Lord
and he's forgiven
you all your sin,
or you will have to
account for that.
Chauncey Crandall, who's
had people die-- the ones
who-- the sinners have found
that they've gone to hell
and it's not-- they wake
up in some paradise.
If you're a sinner and
you're breaking God's laws
and you don't believe
in the Lord-- hey,
I wouldn't hold you out
a whole lot of hope.
I would now.
I mean, you can always--
there's always redemption now
while you're living.
But once you're dead
the deal is sealed.
Keep that in mind.
All right.
What else?
WENDY GRIFFITH: All right.
Mae writes in, my son gets
an extra communion packet
of bread and wine from
the communion plate
on the first Sunday
for my daughter-in-law
and takes it home
to her after church
because she prefers
not to attend church.
Is my son right in taking
the communion to her?
You know, I don't think God
is all hung up on ceremony.
Jesus said, they
that worship him
worship in spirit and in truth.
And the Bible says don't forsake
yourself-- the assembling
of yourself together.
So I think to stay apart
from any kind of church
is breaking God's plan.
But taking communion in
a fashion like that--
WENDY GRIFFITH: Unless
you're sick, and, you know--
Huh?
Unless you're sick and
you just can't get there.
But Jesus said, do this
in remembrance of me.
Do you think you
can take communion
at home so people think--
Of course you can
take communion at home.
Where two or more gather
together in my name there
I am in the midst.
Of course you can.
WENDY GRIFFITH: Yeah.
All right.
WENDY GRIFFITH:
That's what I think.
All right.
John says, I have been a
Christian for 30 years.
Four weeks ago I began
having panic attacks
when it's bed time.
I've sent the spirit of fear
and timidity out of our home.
I sleep two to four
hours every three days
and it's really affecting
my whole atmosphere.
I enjoy Bible reading and it's
even made me too tired to read.
Please give me some ideas how
to defeat this spirit of fear.
I'm not sure that's spiritual.
I think you're dealing
with something physical.
I think you need to
consult a doctor who
deals with sleep disorder,
and to see what you've got.
There's something,
I think, chemical
that is causing your
motor to run over time.
And you're not resting.
And I don't see that
as a spirit of fear.
But I don't know you
so I can't be precise.
But you're asking for something
and that's what doctors do.
They check off certain
potential symptoms
to see if that's
the one that works.
So I really would go
to a physician who
deals with sleep
disorder and see
if there isn't something
that's triggering this.
WENDY GRIFFITH: How tormenting.
You're trying to go
to sleep and then
you're having panic attacks
right when you need rest.
That's right.
So hopefully a doctor--
Well, I don't think
that's the spirit of fear.
It didn't sound that way.