My apologies if this is the wrong forum, there are so many I couldn't decide which was best.
So basically my sister, who is a christian (although backslidden, imo), told me last week that she had an affair with another married man, a Muslim, whom she was best friends with. He confessed to his wife and cut off all contact with my sister - she, on the other hand, is wanting me to keep it a secret from everyone for two reasons.
1) her marriage was already failing when she started the affair, so what good would it do to tell her husband as in her eyes they are only together on a technicality and she doesn't want to work it out
2) she says she repented so she doesn't need to tell anyone else
My sister is a very difficult person to read - she says God speaks audibly to her, yet her life appears to produce no fruit. She also says she doesn't need to read the bible because she knows when He is speaking. I'm baffled and also don't know what to do with the confession. I've prayed for her but she doesn't seem to want to deal with any of it; she just wants to avoid all confrontation past the initial conversation we had about it.
I've not gotten angry, I've not damned her - I told her it was a mistake, it was adultery and she needs to receive God's forgiveness and to also forgive herself. As time has gone on, she seems to be content to ignore the whole thing and squash it down.
As i am not allowed to talk about it to people we know, this was the compromise for me - I need mature, Godly advice on how I should conduct myself and handle this. I harbour no ill feelings towards her, I just feel like she is setting herself up for a bigger fall later by hiding.
She has zero intention of staying married as soon as the virus lockdown is lifted and divorce is definitely on the cards anyway. Her husband is not a christian. I know this is garbled I'm just very confused about the whole situation.
So basically my sister, who is a christian (although backslidden, imo), told me last week that she had an affair with another married man, a Muslim, whom she was best friends with. He confessed to his wife and cut off all contact with my sister - she, on the other hand, is wanting me to keep it a secret from everyone for two reasons.
1) her marriage was already failing when she started the affair, so what good would it do to tell her husband as in her eyes they are only together on a technicality and she doesn't want to work it out
2) she says she repented so she doesn't need to tell anyone else
My sister is a very difficult person to read - she says God speaks audibly to her, yet her life appears to produce no fruit. She also says she doesn't need to read the bible because she knows when He is speaking. I'm baffled and also don't know what to do with the confession. I've prayed for her but she doesn't seem to want to deal with any of it; she just wants to avoid all confrontation past the initial conversation we had about it.
I've not gotten angry, I've not damned her - I told her it was a mistake, it was adultery and she needs to receive God's forgiveness and to also forgive herself. As time has gone on, she seems to be content to ignore the whole thing and squash it down.
As i am not allowed to talk about it to people we know, this was the compromise for me - I need mature, Godly advice on how I should conduct myself and handle this. I harbour no ill feelings towards her, I just feel like she is setting herself up for a bigger fall later by hiding.
She has zero intention of staying married as soon as the virus lockdown is lifted and divorce is definitely on the cards anyway. Her husband is not a christian. I know this is garbled I'm just very confused about the whole situation.
