Would you, would you not?

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Rachel777

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But one thing is love others as God would do,and a different one is love everyone as a couple.
God tell us to love everyone but not in that way.
I think is doesn't work because Christians and Non-Christians have differents life views so that makes Christians road hard.
so, Why date an Non-Christian if you wouldn't get married him/her?
 
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Muskokaman

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Heres a question for you all what if your married with 3 children both of you were non practising christians to begin with or lets say for the sake of argument they were both atheists only one of the two came to his or her faith what then?
 
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Sarah88

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zeroturbulence said:
Thank you for this question, Sarah.

The first passage from Corinthians goes along with the 'yoke' scripture and in its original context it is Paul under a lot of stress trying to stop a large exodus of christians who were leaving to worship Belial. Consider what he wrote before the yoke scripture:

11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. 12 We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. 13 As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also. - (2 Cor. 6:11-13)

He is desperately trying to win over the heart of the christians in Corinth because they are leaving in droves to worship Belial.


As for the other two scriptures, they are from the time when God was still only interested in advancing his chosen people, the Isrealites. In the old testament, God says that one day he shall send a savior to save all people. That day is here and God is interested in saving everyone, not just the Isrealites.

Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. - (Isaiah 45:22)
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Thank you for answering, Zero :)

I still firmly believe these verses refer to marriage and dating. Even if they didn't, I just have to look at the examples around me to never want to venture in that direction. All I've seen is heartache and problems for every member of the family. And, remember, I too am living under that. I have a christian mother and a non-christian father. Even though both are wonderful parents, we've had a lot of issues with that. So, in my experience that doesn't work at all.
 
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Sarah88

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Muskokaman said:
Heres a question for you all what if your married with 3 children both of you were non practising christians to begin with or lets say for the sake of argument they were both atheists only one of the two came to his or her faith what then?
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Good question! The Bible says to those that are in that condition to remain how they are. That is, if the non-believer wants to stay married then the believer should stay married but if the non-believer wants to leave then the believer is free. Because of the believer, the children are sanctified. The verses say it pretty well:

1 Corinthians 7:12-16

12 To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. 15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. 16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?
 
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zeroturbulence

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I believe it can work if the two people involved respect each other's beliefs. Problems arise when one starts trying to impose their belief on the other.
 
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zeroturbulence

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And the other thing is.. hopefully the non-christian person will start asking the christian person about their faith and why God seems to sepak to them and only answer their prayers. :)
 
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Bobbyking

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Allow me to response in a different way. I am married for 18 years. Before I tied the knot with my current wife, both of us made an informed decision to be wholly committed to our Christian faith and to only one God. That does not mean that we do not have our struggles, challenges and failures. But what is more important is that in every struggle, challenge and failures, we are able to see all of them through our faith in Jesus Christ; trusting Him to help us and overcome our problems. This is the main point; marrying a Christian allow you to develop and grow in your faith TOGETHER. That brings another issue, some of us are Christians but not too willing to go deeper in our faith and walk with God.

How about you? What do you want? If you are someone who wants to go deeper in your faith, even in your marriage, then make the choice to find someone who share the same passion as you. This is what I meant when I said that my wife and I made an informed decision. :)
 
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zeroturbulence

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I don't need a spouse or anyone else to help me with my faith. My faith is already deep. God saved me from a deep depression and even granted me a small miracle. That is all I need to know that He is indeed the one true living God and that Jesus is indeed who he says he is. No one is going to change my mind about that.
 
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