1 – Bishop, based on your experience as a married man of God, what should a man do when his wife refuses to be intimate with him? Especially when the man is converted, but his partner is not?  

Answer:

The Holy Spirit is a guide to those who are true believers. I doubt that when He is invoked with all of your strength, you will not find a solution. However, in His absence, it will certainly be hard to resist.

2 – Bishop, what should widows who had an active sex life do if they really loved their husbands, but are now alone – they can’t and don’t want anyone else, or rather, they are unable to love someone else – they would rather be alone and lead quiet lives, with God?

However, there are times when strong sexual desires surge, a real torment, a real war against a fleshly need. I would even say that it is a physical need (since they already had an active sex life), they think about masturbation, which is a form of relief, but they think it’s a sin before God – a conflict between reason and fear of God. With all this, should they continue to suffer? What should they do bishop? What do you advise? I’ll await your response.

Answer:

My opinion is that if a widow or widower prefers to be alone and lead a quiet life with God, then why get married? Why would you chase after problems if you don’t have any?

“…but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.” 1 Corinthians 7.9

But do not wait to solve any intimacy problems and get caught on the Devil’s hook, trapped in a hellish marriage.

Problems will always exist. You get rid of one today and tomorrow there will be another one. Be careful not to live frantically searching for solutions and ignore the faith of salvation!

The Lord Jesus warns:

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16.33

3 – Bishop, until today, I have not met an unmarried man who is able to resist a woman’s advances, and walk away unharmed. It is easy for those who are married to say: You have to resist!’ ‘You have to wait!’ We live in a colorful world, a world of nothingness… What is the secret to overcoming these temptations once and for all? Can someone share his or her experience as a single person? I need help.

Answer: And you are never going to meet that person. However, when it comes to salvation of the soul, it is better to live under a cold shower than muddy a good conscience and neutralize your faith.

When a person is born of water and Spirit, there is nothing like reading the Bible to erase any blaze of sexual desire.

In addition, “… God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. “ I Corinthians 10.13

Note: There is no way of living in this world without having to endure afflictions.

Whether you are filled with the Holy Spirit or not, it does not matter, afflictions will always comes, until we die.

4 – Bishop, I am unable to maintain an alliance with God. I can’t even remain a faithful tithe giver of the House of God. Help me.

Jeane Castro

Answer:

Confessing that you are not able to keep your alliance with God just shows that you have not considered it important in your life.

Jeane, if you’re sweaty, filthy and stinky, are you able to put off taking a bath until a later time?

I doubt that anyone or any other matter would prevent you from taking a bath right away, right?

I doubt that if you are starving, you can calm down your stomach until a later time.

The same goes for the Salvation of the soul. There is no way that you can put it on the back burner until later.

Therefore, when you say that you are unable of maintaining an alliance with God, it’s because it has not been as significant in your life as the other things.

If you continue to think like that, you will never be saved.

Note: This Sunday (19^th) at 6Pm, I will be talking about this subject “Faith and Sex” in Avenida João Dias, 1800 – Santo Amaro (SP) – Brazil. I’ll be answering some intriguing and sensitive questions that were posted on this blog.

Unless we receive another direction from the Holy Spirit.

God bless you!