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Bring It On-Line: - October 18, 2016

Is it adultery if he spent time with another woman but didn't have sex? Is church the "Congregation" or "Assembly" and not a building? Read Transcript


Time to bring it on with your e-mail questions.

And Pat, this first one comes from Caroline, who says,

"I got married to a guy who constantly cheated.

I stayed for our son.

I broke up with him after five years,

and then got back with him two years later

thinking he had changed.

We remarried.

Now I find out he cheated after three years of marriage,

even though they say they didn't have sex.

Is it adultery if he spent time with another woman,

but didn't have sex.

Can I leave him?

My trust is gone.

Oh, I think you were sort of foolish to get

remarried to somebody who is a serial adulterer.

And I dare say that he's done the same thing.

The trust is gone.

The marriage bond has been broken.

And I think, as far as the Bible,

I would say you are free to leave.

You don't have to stay in a relationship like that.

Yeah.

That's it.

I mean, he's going to philander.

That's his nature.

And if you think that's good for you,

well, by all means hang around.

But I think you'd be better off to be free.

Yeah.

Well, there's a son involved too.

So you need to be careful what you expose him too.

That's right.

Exactly.

OK.

This is David, Pat, who says, "I read on the internet

that the church Jesus was talking about actually

meant congregation, or assembly of believers, and not

a building.

Also in the Old Testament God said

he doesn't live in man made buildings.

So why should we go to a building every Sunday?

Well, you don't have to go to a building every Sunday.

But the Bible says don't forsake assembling yourselves together.

The word in Greek is ecclecia, which

means the called out ones.

And the called out ones were in a community.

They would ring the bell, and call out

an assembly of the people.

They'd come together in the ecclecia

And that's the church.

The Church is not a building.

You're exactly right.

It's the body of believers.

But going to a building is not what God talks about.

What he talks about is get together

with those who love the Lord.

Don't forsake the assembling of yourself together.

So the term, the one that's called the assemblies of God,

probably maybe closer to it.

All right.

This is a viewer who says, "I feel

like when I'm in the will of God I remain confident.

But once I fall into sexual sin, that joy and confidence

in myself goes away.

I know I'm nothing without Jesus,

and I know that we're saved by grace through faith and not

by our works.

But through the years I've let God down many, many times.

I just want to be a good Christian.

I know I'm accepted in the beloved,

but I feel separated and sad when I don't please God.

Please help.

How should I go about handling this?

All right.

David prayed.

You remember, he had sex with Bathsheba.

And they had a child.

And he killed her husband.

And it was bad stuff.

So he says in the Psalm, he said,

restore unto me the joy of my salvation,

and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

You will not have joy if you live in sin.

So you say you fall into sexual sin.

Ask the Lord to forgive you.

He'll do it.

Ask him to cleanse you.

He'll do it.

And then begin to walk in the liberty of the children of God.

I wish we had longer.

But that's it.

We leave you with today's power minute.

"The things which are impossible with men

are possible with God."

We'll see you tomorrow.

Buh-bye.

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