Unequally yolked?

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charisenexcelcis

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Okay the deal is I'm 17 pregnant and about to get married. So the church thinks its their duty to tell us that we are sinning (maybe it is) Yes, we messed up once but we aren't doing it anymore. I just became a Christian last week confused and I'm not mature enough as a Christian to go to a mature bible study. I've been watching church on T.V. I like Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes. Until I find a church I like, I probably won't be going to church.
I understand. There is a congregation out there that is waiting for the opportunity to love you and nurture you. I pray that you will find it and that you will serve God as a family. Remember that no child is a mistake. You action may have been sin, but God purposed for this child. Two of my three grandchildren came to be in a fashion that did not please Him, but they are all wonderful gifts from God.
 
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Praise the Lord you've found Christ before your child is born. You are his precious child and he rejoices that you have received him and are seeking to know him better. Pray for discernment in all matters and go to the bible for advise. Perhaps you should live apart for a time until you wed? is that what they are telling you? I'm so happy for you that you've found the Lord... please be sure that you build a strong foundation in the word of God and please do try to find a church, this is so very important for your spiritual growth. I too did the tv church for a long time but now have recently found a wonderful church and I rejoice... with others! God Bless you and your little family & dont feel too bad about the pastors telling you you are sinning... that is their job. You need to decide in your walk with God if you will choose to be offended with rebuke or choose to look inward and see if there is something to it. This will be a true test of spiritual maturity... can you handle the truth about your inperfection? I have a fair bit of trouble with that too... I'm not where i wanna be but I aint where i used to be thank you Joyce Meyer for those words.
 
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forgivenandloved

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We are getting married next week. My fiancee and I have been looking hard for a church. There's so many churches in our area you'd think we'd have no trouble.
 
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mcubed

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A few years or so ago I was talking to Yashua, just going on and on, like about babbling woman, about all my sin. I kept saying to Him I “keep doing this (a specific sin)….” and “I do that ….”. and in the middle of once again “begging” for forgiveness I said to Him don’t even know how many times I asked you to forgive me, you remember”, and I specifically heard my PAPPA/ L-RD say “NO I DON’T REMEMBER”. I cocked my head back in amazement and I remembered “He removed my sin as far the East is from the West, and He remembers my sin no more”. Now that time has passed He has removed fully one of those "specific sins" that so easily beset me from me. I have been saved for 20 years and this I know He takes me from glory to glory and His mercy is renewed every morning.Which I am soooooooo grateful!!! G-d on purpose chose to allow you to give life to a child, you wouldn't be pregnet if He didn't. I am soooo grateful that you know our Savior, your life will never be the same nor will your child’s and all the generations to follow. As we grow in Him we know the things like where we are suppose to go to church; He is not confusing... G-d is not the author of confusion....
 
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forgivenandloved

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So your husband is Yashua and he forgot your sin?
 
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mcubed

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Personally, I would have to say in a way yes. G-d provides for me, He actually talks with me, my “bestest” friend, He helps me raise my son, we actually communicate with each other, never abusive in any way, His love is patient, kind, always forgives me without ever beating me up emotionally for my bad-- always, I never worry about being good enough for Him, He loves me, I love Him, we like each other, we gat along, He is always there for me, never lets me down, He sets me straight when I need set strait when I am wrong, always honest- never lies to me, gives me enough freedom to be me but never lets me go “too far”, He is sooooo funny, half of the time His Word makes me laugh especially when I read Isaiah and really see His statistic humor about false gods… and I could I could keep going…I would say a a man in the natural really has a run for his money to try to be a better husband…lol When I first got saved I wanted to know every thing the “Christians” know about my Messiah, so I ran off and got a silly little degree in Theology, still not really knowing Him in an intimate way. What took a four years later was for me to find out I was actually suppose to have this personal relationship with Him. All in hinds-sight now, which is 20/20, Life on life’s terms happened …. My first husband moved home to heaven quite young, but my second husband left me for a “little” 19 year old. One of the greatest passages in Scripture came to life for me in the most personal way possible… see G-d’s Word means what it meant to the people at the time it was written to the people it was written to, but because it is alive it transients all time and will meet us right where we are at and speak directly into our lives… it is always for the here and the now—for today!! Now this whole chapter is worthy of a long discourse but Yes, He took all of my shame and is all of our husbandmen for we are His bribe but He is my personal Husbandman too.
Isaiah 54:4-6
4 "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The LORD will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.
It doesn’t matter what the shame of our youth is, or what age is, He still takes it away. See Yashua is very personal… He removes my personal sin that I commit and the sin against me. The Scripture says Isaiah 1:18, that "Come now, let us reason together,” Says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. The Bible also says “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). Now trust me I have some real, my own, personal sins, that I am not going to tell about that G-d has just as equally freed me from and forgave me. The Scripture say that He has removed our sins as far as the East is from the west, and remembers our sin no more. I personally believe that G-d chooses not remember our sin it’s not like amnesia but He makes the choice to.
 
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greatkraw

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Okay the deal is I'm 17 pregnant and about to get married. So the church thinks its their duty to tell us that we are sinning (maybe it is) Yes, we messed up once but we aren't doing it anymore. I just became a Christian last week confused and I'm not mature enough as a Christian to go to a mature bible study. I've been watching church on T.V. I like Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes. Until I find a church I like, I probably won't be going to church.
Very many Christians feel that the Holy Spirit is overworked and needs help.

It is HIS responsibility to convict (ie CONVINCE) of sin...........

We may provide information but God does the convincing.

Christians too quickly add rules and taboos that God never sanctioned.

WE all jump to conclusions based on incomplete information.

Jesus is compassionate and only HE can slowly untangle a complicated and messed up life.:D
 
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forgivenandloved

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Personally, I would have to say in a way yes. G-d provides for me, He actually talks with me, my “bestest” friend, He helps me raise my son, we actually communicate with each other, never abusive in any way, His love is patient, kind, always forgives me without ever beating me up emotionally for my bad-- always, I never worry about being good enough for Him, He loves me, I love Him, we like each other, we gat along, He is always there for me, never lets me down, He sets me straight when I need set strait when I am wrong, always honest- never lies to me, gives me enough freedom to be me but never lets me go “too far”, He is sooooo funny, half of the time His Word makes me laugh especially when I read Isaiah and really see His statistic humor about false gods… and I could I could keep going…I would say a a man in the natural really has a run for his money to try to be a better husband…lol When I first got saved I wanted to know every thing the “Christians” know about my Messiah, so I ran off and got a silly little degree in Theology, still not really knowing Him in an intimate way. What took a four years later was for me to find out I was actually suppose to have this personal relationship with Him. All in hinds-sight now, which is 20/20, Life on life’s terms happened …. My first husband moved home to heaven quite young, but my second husband left me for a “little” 19 year old. One of the greatest passages in Scripture came to life for me in the most personal way possible… see G-d’s Word means what it meant to the people at the time it was written to the people it was written to, but because it is alive it transients all time and will meet us right where we are at and speak directly into our lives… it is always for the here and the now—for today!! Now this whole chapter is worthy of a long discourse but Yes, He took all of my shame and is all of our husbandmen for we are His bribe but He is my personal Husbandman too.
Isaiah 54:4-6
4 "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The LORD will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.
It doesn’t matter what the shame of our youth is, or what age is, He still takes it away. See Yashua is very personal… He removes my personal sin that I commit and the sin against me. The Scripture says Isaiah 1:18, that "Come now, let us reason together,” Says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. The Bible also says “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). Now trust me I have some real, my own, personal sins, that I am not going to tell about that G-d has just as equally freed me from and forgave me. The Scripture say that He has removed our sins as far as the East is from the west, and remembers our sin no more. I personally believe that G-d chooses not remember our sin it’s not like amnesia but He makes the choice to.
Okay, So basically you have a personal relationship with God. How does God talk to you?
 
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machew

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Okay the deal is I'm 17 pregnant and about to get married. So the church thinks its their duty to tell us that we are sinning (maybe it is) Yes, we messed up once but we aren't doing it anymore. I just became a Christian last week confused and I'm not mature enough as a Christian to go to a mature bible study. I've been watching church on T.V. I like Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes. Until I find a church I like, I probably won't be going to church.
Here is a good example of how a situation similar to yours was handled:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1210087652765
 
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I worry a little about the children of inter-racial marriages, because there are prejudiced people out there, and the children of inter-racial marriages can be treated badly by members of both races.
 
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Graybeard

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I worry a little about the children of inter-racial marriages, because there are prejudiced people out there, and the children of inter-racial marriages can be treated badly by members of both races.
Isn't your President a product of an inter-racial marriage?
 
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MaggieMye

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We need to remember that MOSES married a BLACK WOMAN! AND...God did NOT have a problem with that!!

Unequally yoked refers to a follower of Christ being yoked to an unbeliever. This could refer to marriage and also friend ship...we are told to not be OF the world, nor a friend of the world. IF you are able to witness to unsaved friends and you believe that God is directing you to be an example of His love to them, that is good. But if not, then you would be unequally yoked. Christians can also be unequally yoked among Christians in that Evangelicals and Pentecostals would be unequally yoked....connecte to...nominal Christians that claim the name, but are not walking the walk. IMO, even Evangelicals and Pentecostals could be unequally yoked....in that one is being led by the Spirit and the other by the written word...both are good, but not equal in understanding or in power of ministry...supernatural power. The color of one's skin is irrelevant. We Are ALL made in His image.

Maggie
 
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