Unequal yoke

[Wayne222]

      The only thing we need to do for unbelievers is to show Gods true love to them. Feed them if there hungry. Give them a coat if they need one. Talk to them if there lonely. If there sick visit them. But don’t fellowship in there sins. If they want to get high don’t get high with them. If there mocking others don’t laugh. Tell them the gospel of Jesus at the right time. Don’t marry a unbeliever because your the temple of God. The Holy Spirit dwells in you. It’s a bad mix.

[steve morrow]

NOT  EQUAL --EQUAL  ---  DIFFERENCE

 

LUKE 8:11  now the parable is this the sower soweth  --THE WORD--

--8:12-- those by the wayside are they that hear then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts ---LEST  THEY  ---  SHOULD  BELIEVE  AND  BE  SAVED---

 

JOB 38:2  who is this that darkeneth knowledge with words without knowledge

PROVERBS 15:7  the lips of the wise disperse knowledge --but the heart of the foolish doeth not so--

 

PROVERBS 14:12  there is a way which seemeth right --but the end thereof are the ways of death--

 

ROMANS 10:2  for I bear them record that they have a zeal for  GOD  but not according to knowledge 

--10:3-- for they being --IGNORANT-- of  GODS  righteousness going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of  GOD 

 

EPHESIANS 5:11  and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness --but rather reproove them--

 

LUKE 9:4  and whatsoever house you enter into there abide and thence depart 

--9:5--  and  --WHOSOEVER--  will not receive you when you go out of that city shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them

JOHN 8:45  and because I tell you the truth you  believe  ME  not 

PROVERBS 12:17  HE  THAT  SPEAKETH  TRUTH  SHOWETH  FORTH  RIGHTEOUSNESS -- BUT  A  FALSE  WITNESS  DECEIT --

 

JOHN 3:20  for every one that doeth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be proved 

--3:21-- but he that doeth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest  --that they are wrought in  GOD--

 

2 THESSALONIANS 3:14  and if any man obey not our word by this epistle note that man   --and have no company with him  ---  that he may be ashamed--

PHILIPPIANS 3:3  for we are the circumcision which worship  GOD  in the spirit and rejoice in  --CHRIST  JESUS--  AND  HAVE  NO  CONFIDENCE  IN  THE  FLESH--

 

2 CORINTHIANS 6:14  be you not uneqaully yoked together  --WITH  UNBELIEVERS--for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness 

 

MARK 1:15  and saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of  GOD  is at hand repent you and   --BELIEVE--  THE  GOSPEL

JOHN 8:46  WHICH  OF  YOU  CONVINCETH  ME  OF  SIN  AND  IF  I  SAY  THE  TRUTH  --WHY  DO  YOU  NOT  BELIEVE  ME--

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST

  

[Debp]

On 5/10/2023 at 7:04 AM, Neighbor said:

partnering up or buying into what a person says or does because they are Christian  is a serious error. One that can cost dearly.  

Example: How many a person has been hit up by a salesperson from church, how many  that sell annuities and other products, like  stocks, essential oils, Cyber currency propositions, etc?

Are those individuals , those Christians, partnering up for benefit of anyone other than themself? No they are not! Their being Christian does not in of itself make for a grand recommendation for entering into a business deal or partnership. 

All that look like sheep may not be sheep either.

The above is true.

Years ago my roommate at Bible college told me about her disabled family member marrying a guy studying to become a pastor.   The guy would abuse her physically and even pushed her down the steps one time.

[BibleStudent100]

On 5/5/2023 at 9:52 PM, Wayne222 said:

 If someone does not fear God and doesn’t love the lord Jesus then you cannot love and marry them. You would be unequally yoke to them.

Since marriage binds husband and wife together, it is like a yoke. (Mt 19:6) Hence, for a Christian to marry an unbeliever would result in an ‘unequal yoking’ (2Co 6:14), making unity in thought and action very difficult.  Still, the reality is that some Christians disregard this sage advice and then find themselves in this position.  These individuals now have added further burdens to their lives, but they continue on with this unequal yoking and find themselves attending church by themselves, to give just one example of how an "unequal yoking" looks like. Of course, the "worldly" individuals are always encouraged to enter into a Bible study arrangement with a mature Christian so that hopefully, they "can be won without a word" (1 Peter 3:1).
 

[Vine Abider]

5 hours ago, BibleStudent100 said:

Since marriage binds husband and wife together, it is like a yoke. (Mt 19:6) Hence, for a Christian to marry an unbeliever would result in an ‘unequal yoking’ (2Co 6:14), making unity in thought and action very difficult.  Still, the reality is that some Christians disregard this sage advice and then find themselves in this position.  These individuals now have added further burdens to their lives, but they continue on with this unequal yoking and find themselves attending church by themselves, to give just one example of how an "unequal yoking" looks like. Of course, the "worldly" individuals are always encouraged to enter into a Bible study arrangement with a mature Christian so that hopefully, they "can be won without a word" (1 Peter 3:1).
 

Not a good idea, for exactly the reasons you state.  The brother I spoke about before, who got married to an unbeliever while he was mentally away from the Lord, is going through just that.  But He knows there's no condemnation.  So He thanks God for his wife and circumstance, and knows God loves the two of them and that He causes all things to work together for their good.

[steve morrow]

NO  CONDEMNATION ???

 

JOHN 3:18  HE  THAT  BELIEVETH  ON  HIM  IS  NOT  CONDEMNED  ---  but he that believeth not   --IS  CONDEMNED  ALREADY-- because he hath not believed in the name of the  --ONLY  BEGOTTEN  SON  OF  GOD--

 

ROMANS 8:1  there is therefore now no condemnation to them  ---  which are in  CHRIST  JESUS  --- who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit 

 

JOHN 14:15  IF  YOU  LOVE  ME  KEEP  MY  COMMANDMENTS 

JOHN 15:9  as  THE  FATHER  hath loved  ME  so have I loved you --continue in  MY  love--

--15:10--  IF --  you keep  MY  commandments --you shall abide in  MY  love--even as I have kept  MY  FATHERS  --and abide in  HIS  love

 

UNEQUAL  OR  EQUAL??

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST

[steve morrow]

CORRECTION  

JOHN 15:10  --IF--  you keep  MY  commandments you shall abide in  MY  love  even as I have kept  MY  FATHERS  ---commandments--- and abide in  HIS  love

[Neighbor]

Again from the other side of the coin: 

There is no guarantee that dealing with Christians is going to result in all things good.

One MUST ALWAYS do their due diligence, and never short cut it thinking aw they are Christians I need not scrutinize their proposition to deeply. After all they wouldn't steer me wrong.

WRONG, yes they would, have do so before to people, and will yet again, but with the illusion of also greeting with a Holy kiss.

Not that Chritians are crooks, but crooks are Christians or a lest wear the trappings of Christanity.

[Neighbor]

On 5/11/2023 at 7:50 PM, Wayne222 said:

The Bible says only in Christ for marriage. So we have to do the best we can by prayer and knowing the person if there walking with the lord . We may be in error but at least we are trying to do Gods will.

And Christians divorce at a slightly higher rate than to non-Christains. So go figure. It's a fool that thinks being Christian is going to be the end all in a relationship of any kind whatsoever. Being Christian is not a security blanket so much as it is an added responsibility to  our Lord and savior Jesus to honor Him for his Glory.   Christians fail in that duty and privilege frequently,  with some regularity.

[Vine Abider]

5 hours ago, steve morrow said:

CORRECTION  

JOHN 15:10  --IF--  you keep  MY  commandments you shall abide in  MY  love  even as I have kept  MY  FATHERS  ---commandments--- and abide in  HIS  love

So Steve, are we under law to keep it, or are we under grace? Galatians tells us we are under grace, therefore while "all things are lawful, not all things are profitable" to us.  1 Cor 10:23 

Therefore no, there still is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, even if they knowingly get married to an unbeliever, right?  Not advantageous (profitable), but also not condemning to those in Christ.