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It usually doesn't work. You could be the exception, but not likely.
You marry someone and accept them for where they are at. Realizing you can't change them,. Knowing if they don't convert, and it leads to divorce, they are going to say, you knew what I was when we got married.
Not to mention all the other various problems you'll experience leading up to that.
I know you said dating, but aren't you dating with the hope of one day marrying?
You marry someone and accept them for where they are at. Realizing you can't change them,. Knowing if they don't convert, and it leads to divorce, they are going to say, you knew what I was when we got married.
Not to mention all the other various problems you'll experience leading up to that.
I know you said dating, but aren't you dating with the hope of one day marrying?
When I was available, I was adamant about finding someone who would encourage and nurture my spiritual growth.
I wanted a woman who had surrendered her life to God and was seeking to fulfill His will in her life. I was looking for a woman who believed in prayer, intercession, and reading/studying the Bible. I was looking someone who would encourage and challenge me to be more Godly and and want the favor returned(muah ha ha!).
Do you want to grow in your faith and in your relationship with God? Do you want to be more spiritually close to God?
If your answer is "yes", explain how someone who is not a Christian is going to do an even remotely close job as what a God-fearing and God-loving man would do.
I wanted a woman who had surrendered her life to God and was seeking to fulfill His will in her life. I was looking for a woman who believed in prayer, intercession, and reading/studying the Bible. I was looking someone who would encourage and challenge me to be more Godly and and want the favor returned(muah ha ha!).
Do you want to grow in your faith and in your relationship with God? Do you want to be more spiritually close to God?
If your answer is "yes", explain how someone who is not a Christian is going to do an even remotely close job as what a God-fearing and God-loving man would do.
2 Corinthians 6:
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."
Thomas has it right. The thing is about dating, is the purpose of dating is to meet a mate. So if there is no common foundation, like both being Christians, you are on the wrong foot from square one.
And woe betide should you actually fall in love with an unbeliever. I have a friend who got saved after she was married. She did nothing wrong there. But her husband is still not saved. She has prayed and prayed, and so have her daughters. She loves him and they have a good marriage, but it is not really complete, because she is watching him standing on the abyss, ready to walk into hell if he should suddenly die.
That alone is enough to break her heart. And if you find someone that actually becomes hostile to your faith, you are chancing walking away from God, to please this man.
Please do not date unbelievers ever! Better to remain single than to marry a man who does not know and serve Christ.
And woe betide should you actually fall in love with an unbeliever. I have a friend who got saved after she was married. She did nothing wrong there. But her husband is still not saved. She has prayed and prayed, and so have her daughters. She loves him and they have a good marriage, but it is not really complete, because she is watching him standing on the abyss, ready to walk into hell if he should suddenly die.
That alone is enough to break her heart. And if you find someone that actually becomes hostile to your faith, you are chancing walking away from God, to please this man.
Please do not date unbelievers ever! Better to remain single than to marry a man who does not know and serve Christ.
http://christianchat.com/christian-...hristian-dating-non-christian-same-thing.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-family-forum/98170-unequally-yoked.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/22378-equally-yoked.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/22378-equally-yoked.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-...d-dating-among-christian-couples-2nd-try.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/5127-yoked-non-believer.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-...what-does-being-unequally-yoked-mean-you.html
And that's just the threads with 15 or more responses, and not all of them... I just got tired of copy-pasting links.
Here's a good list of threads about this topic.
http://christianchat.com/search.php?searchid=1867309
http://christianchat.com/christian-family-forum/98170-unequally-yoked.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/22378-equally-yoked.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/22378-equally-yoked.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-...d-dating-among-christian-couples-2nd-try.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-singles-forum/5127-yoked-non-believer.html
http://christianchat.com/christian-...what-does-being-unequally-yoked-mean-you.html
And that's just the threads with 15 or more responses, and not all of them... I just got tired of copy-pasting links.
Here's a good list of threads about this topic.
http://christianchat.com/search.php?searchid=1867309
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This is particularly a bad idea for women. Men are meant to be the spiritual head of the family. They are to love their wives as Christ loves the church. How can a man, who is not right with God, lead you or any family, spiritually?
How can a man love you as Christ loves the church, when he himself doesn't know what that love feels like?
How can a man love you as Christ loves the church, when he himself doesn't know what that love feels like?
"Why do you think that way about _____(insert topic)?" he asks.
"Because that's what I read in my Bible." you reply.
"Well, what if your Bible is wrong? What's with you and your Bible, anyway? We're in the 2000's and things have changed. We don't live the way they did when Jesus was walking around. With you, it's always about what your Bible tells you to. Can't you think for yourself without that old archaic book?", the non-believing boyfriend retorts.
"Because that's what I read in my Bible." you reply.
"Well, what if your Bible is wrong? What's with you and your Bible, anyway? We're in the 2000's and things have changed. We don't live the way they did when Jesus was walking around. With you, it's always about what your Bible tells you to. Can't you think for yourself without that old archaic book?", the non-believing boyfriend retorts.
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I absolutely DO NOT believe that a Christian should date a non believer. As some of you stated, the goal of dating or "courting" should be to marry but how can I marry a man whose NOT following Christ. How would he know how to lead me if He's not following Christ? I think it's a big mistake and it won't work for a lot of different reasons but mainly because we will be living two totally different lifestyles which would cause a lot of confusion. The Bible says..."Come out from AMONG them and be ye separated". Light doesn't have anything in common with darkness, and by marrying a non believer we would be trying to mix the two and it won't work! I'm just not willing to settle or compromise.