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However if one is a follower of Christ & if looking for the "right person", it should be of the same religion, as in both must be followers of Christ.
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? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?....
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? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?....
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You do make a good point on if a rwo people have similar beliefs (religion) there maybe better off
However beliefs doesnt have to be around religion just simple morals
Like i believe in simple stuff like:
- treating others with respect especially around women
- being kind
- true to yourself
If two people have different religions but the same moral beliefs then it shouldnt matter about religion just the person your with
However beliefs doesnt have to be around religion just simple morals
Like i believe in simple stuff like:
- treating others with respect especially around women
- being kind
- true to yourself
If two people have different religions but the same moral beliefs then it shouldnt matter about religion just the person your with
God made Himself my 'bridegroom', even though I am unworthy of Him.
My wife could be any woman on this Earth and still I would love her no matter what religion she is.
If she can fathom love, she can fathom God.
She need not speak the words 'I believe in the Hebrew God and this doctrine'.
She may only need to hand a beggar her last change and I will know what lies in her heart.
My wife could be any woman on this Earth and still I would love her no matter what religion she is.
If she can fathom love, she can fathom God.
She need not speak the words 'I believe in the Hebrew God and this doctrine'.
She may only need to hand a beggar her last change and I will know what lies in her heart.
What you said is popular in the church today, and more in line with the new age movement, has nothing to do with real love and obedience to the word of God, but this is to be expected, as Jesus clearly said if you love me you will obey my commands!(not an option but a command)
But today its anything goes, do what you want, and ignore the truth!
The way is narrow, the way is hard, few will find it, and if you have a problem with this, please understand this is what Jesus said, so count the cost, repent and follow Jesus on the narrow road, not your own concieved notions or feelings, they will lead you into a ditch everytime.
Does ANYONE take this to heart and OBEY it? Paul was extremely emphatic about Light and Darkness coming together. He didn’t allow any wiggle room on this one. WHAT fellowship has Righteousness with Un-Righteousness or lawlessness? WHAT agreement is there between God and the World? A Sure Fire way to Shipwreck your faith is Marry an unbeliever or WORSE a Professing Christian who is totally deceived and Walking in Darkness! How Great is that Darkness, the Lord would Say.
Yet how many of you do just this? I know of a number of cases where Brothers in the Lord have complicated their lives by marrying an unbelieving or hypocritical woman. And of course this goes BOTH ways. Many women who claim to love God and serve Him, marry men who are practically reprobates. Understand also this is NOT addressing those who were already married and one spouse repents and becomes a follower of Christ. That is addressed in 1Cor7 thoroughly by the Apostle Paul. I am speaking of people who should KNOW better and disobey this important command resulting in chaos.
Certainly it’s extremely difficult to Marry in the Faith, especially today when the Entire so-called Church System is Corrupted to the core. But the Truth remains: ‘Come OUT from among them and be separate says the Lord. Do Not touch what is unclean!’ Perhaps those still unmarried or divorced should heed Paul’s advice and remain so for the Kingdom’s sake. Obviously this is HIGHLY personal decision and no one can really stop you from doing what you are determined to do. (not even God) But a decision this huge MUST be deliberated carefully and in Light of the Truth revealed to us in the Bible. God is NOT trying to deprive anyone of companionship here. He knows what is best for man in order to have a harmonious relationship for life. He said it’s not GOOD for man to dwell alone, (Gen2:18) Thus from the beginning, He has ordained marriage and never forbidden man to take a spouse.
But: ‘ONLY IN THE LORD!’ (1Cor7:39) is the Command. You Can’t marry someone on the assumption that they will eventually be converted to Christ by your example. WHAT about your example of disobedience in marrying them to begin with?! Remember, You Reap what you Sow. There are consequences to your actions! (no matter what the reprobated preaches are saying) Your faith in God is in SERIOUS Doubt from the start IF you go headlong into a Marriage with a person in Darkness. HOW could you proceed with a full knowledge of the Truth?! Perhaps you’re in Darkness as well. If you have no desire to Contend earnestly for the faith, Dig Deep and bring others into the Light of God, I would have to question you sincerity.
No wonder many of you are attracted to another worldly person. You’re lukewarm in the faith and have no burden whatsoever to unravel the lies keeping so many people in bondage to their sins. You accommodate everyone and NEVER Count the Cost of exposing their fallacies face to face. Marrying some person who claims to be a Christian because they attend church or have some kind of ‘Christian’ background, proves your lack of concern in the truth. Look at the Mess in the churches! The people have never Repented of their sins are still walking in the flesh. Everything about Church is designed to excuse bad conduct. Most marriages are already in shambles or fast approaching some kind of disaster. Divorce and re-marriage is rampant among professing Christians also, including the Pastors. Like the Pharisees Jesus rebuked, they think nothing of swapping out mates for ‘ANY’ reason and then claiming themselves Covered by the blood! HOW many cases can be sighted among them of divorced couples still attending the church and even teaching Sunday school, while they flaunt themselves with their current boyfriend / girlfriend before the entire congregation? It’s COMMON Practice!
In an environment where EVERYONE is assumed to be Saved and NEVER Challenged in the faith, you want to choose a spouse for life? Perhaps your desire to Wed is based more on desperation than faith. Surly Paul said it’s better to Marry than to burn with passion. (1Cor7:9) But perhaps your lack of self control is based more on the flesh than in the Spirit. Indeed a Pretty face can lead you astray, but external beauty does NOT reveal what’s in the heart. King Solomon was lead away from the faith by beautiful Pagan Women who lured him into the worship of idols. (1Kings11:1-10) Are you equal in Wisdom? Perhaps many of you should examine your own profession, who desire to marry outside the faith.
Undoubtedly the fleshly desire for intimate companionship is a strong emotion. But in Real Repentance you were supposed to have Crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (Gal5:24, Rom6:4-6) In Genuine Conversion there is a Radical Heart Change followed in tandem by Newness of Life! THIS is why the Churches are so Dead to God. The Gospel they preach produces no Purity of heart or godly conduct. WHICH is the PURPOSE of the Commandment! (1Tim1:6, 6:3-4)
Natural attraction to the opposite sex is part of being human. The Bible shows Eve in the Garden (as a perfect being) looking upon the Tree of Life and seeing that it was Pleasant to her eyes and Desirable to making one Wise. (Gen3:6) Her normal desires of the flesh were not sinful in themselves. The same is true of admiring physical beauty. It’s the indulgence of these things that’s wrong. Why? Because it naturally leads to obsession and deeper sin. Again, God is NOT trying to forbid you the pleasures of life! He is giving you a means to avoid spiritual destruction through obedience to His commands. ‘If you do well will you not be accepted?’ He told Cain. (Gen4:7) The Way of Peace and harmony is in Loving God above all things in this World. Teaching His ways to your Children, Talking of them when you sit in your house, when you rise up and when you lie down. You bind His Commands before your eyes and Write them upon your heart! (Deut6:4-9)
Is it Worth forfeiting your eternal soul to satisfy your fleshly desires? That’s what this boils down to, whether you want to believe it or not. Inevitably you are going to imitate Solomon and Strive to Please your spouse over and above God merely because you desire their intimacy. Jesus said you were to Love and follow Him over and above friends, relations, spouse, siblings or parents. (Matt10:34-39) In comparison you should HATE them (Lk14:26) if they try to sway you from the faith! You think that binding yourself to a worldly person in Holy wedlock is going to Pass with God??? It may be pleasant here on earth and all the deceived professing Christians around you may also think its fine and dandy you got married, but the Bible is very clear about these things.
From the heart flow the issues of life. (Matt15:18) Your Deeds Reveal who and what you really are. You can silence your conscience to the convictions of the Spirit, but one day you will answer to God for your sins. (2Cor5:10) Don’t fool yourself into thinking that God is going to ignore this kind of disobedience. He Will Not! (Col3:25) www.standingthegap.org
But today its anything goes, do what you want, and ignore the truth!
The way is narrow, the way is hard, few will find it, and if you have a problem with this, please understand this is what Jesus said, so count the cost, repent and follow Jesus on the narrow road, not your own concieved notions or feelings, they will lead you into a ditch everytime.
Unequally Yoked!
DO NOT be unequally yoked together with unbelievers! 2Cor6:14
Does ANYONE take this to heart and OBEY it? Paul was extremely emphatic about Light and Darkness coming together. He didn’t allow any wiggle room on this one. WHAT fellowship has Righteousness with Un-Righteousness or lawlessness? WHAT agreement is there between God and the World? A Sure Fire way to Shipwreck your faith is Marry an unbeliever or WORSE a Professing Christian who is totally deceived and Walking in Darkness! How Great is that Darkness, the Lord would Say.
Yet how many of you do just this? I know of a number of cases where Brothers in the Lord have complicated their lives by marrying an unbelieving or hypocritical woman. And of course this goes BOTH ways. Many women who claim to love God and serve Him, marry men who are practically reprobates. Understand also this is NOT addressing those who were already married and one spouse repents and becomes a follower of Christ. That is addressed in 1Cor7 thoroughly by the Apostle Paul. I am speaking of people who should KNOW better and disobey this important command resulting in chaos.
Certainly it’s extremely difficult to Marry in the Faith, especially today when the Entire so-called Church System is Corrupted to the core. But the Truth remains: ‘Come OUT from among them and be separate says the Lord. Do Not touch what is unclean!’ Perhaps those still unmarried or divorced should heed Paul’s advice and remain so for the Kingdom’s sake. Obviously this is HIGHLY personal decision and no one can really stop you from doing what you are determined to do. (not even God) But a decision this huge MUST be deliberated carefully and in Light of the Truth revealed to us in the Bible. God is NOT trying to deprive anyone of companionship here. He knows what is best for man in order to have a harmonious relationship for life. He said it’s not GOOD for man to dwell alone, (Gen2:18) Thus from the beginning, He has ordained marriage and never forbidden man to take a spouse.
But: ‘ONLY IN THE LORD!’ (1Cor7:39) is the Command. You Can’t marry someone on the assumption that they will eventually be converted to Christ by your example. WHAT about your example of disobedience in marrying them to begin with?! Remember, You Reap what you Sow. There are consequences to your actions! (no matter what the reprobated preaches are saying) Your faith in God is in SERIOUS Doubt from the start IF you go headlong into a Marriage with a person in Darkness. HOW could you proceed with a full knowledge of the Truth?! Perhaps you’re in Darkness as well. If you have no desire to Contend earnestly for the faith, Dig Deep and bring others into the Light of God, I would have to question you sincerity.
No wonder many of you are attracted to another worldly person. You’re lukewarm in the faith and have no burden whatsoever to unravel the lies keeping so many people in bondage to their sins. You accommodate everyone and NEVER Count the Cost of exposing their fallacies face to face. Marrying some person who claims to be a Christian because they attend church or have some kind of ‘Christian’ background, proves your lack of concern in the truth. Look at the Mess in the churches! The people have never Repented of their sins are still walking in the flesh. Everything about Church is designed to excuse bad conduct. Most marriages are already in shambles or fast approaching some kind of disaster. Divorce and re-marriage is rampant among professing Christians also, including the Pastors. Like the Pharisees Jesus rebuked, they think nothing of swapping out mates for ‘ANY’ reason and then claiming themselves Covered by the blood! HOW many cases can be sighted among them of divorced couples still attending the church and even teaching Sunday school, while they flaunt themselves with their current boyfriend / girlfriend before the entire congregation? It’s COMMON Practice!
In an environment where EVERYONE is assumed to be Saved and NEVER Challenged in the faith, you want to choose a spouse for life? Perhaps your desire to Wed is based more on desperation than faith. Surly Paul said it’s better to Marry than to burn with passion. (1Cor7:9) But perhaps your lack of self control is based more on the flesh than in the Spirit. Indeed a Pretty face can lead you astray, but external beauty does NOT reveal what’s in the heart. King Solomon was lead away from the faith by beautiful Pagan Women who lured him into the worship of idols. (1Kings11:1-10) Are you equal in Wisdom? Perhaps many of you should examine your own profession, who desire to marry outside the faith.
Undoubtedly the fleshly desire for intimate companionship is a strong emotion. But in Real Repentance you were supposed to have Crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (Gal5:24, Rom6:4-6) In Genuine Conversion there is a Radical Heart Change followed in tandem by Newness of Life! THIS is why the Churches are so Dead to God. The Gospel they preach produces no Purity of heart or godly conduct. WHICH is the PURPOSE of the Commandment! (1Tim1:6, 6:3-4)
Natural attraction to the opposite sex is part of being human. The Bible shows Eve in the Garden (as a perfect being) looking upon the Tree of Life and seeing that it was Pleasant to her eyes and Desirable to making one Wise. (Gen3:6) Her normal desires of the flesh were not sinful in themselves. The same is true of admiring physical beauty. It’s the indulgence of these things that’s wrong. Why? Because it naturally leads to obsession and deeper sin. Again, God is NOT trying to forbid you the pleasures of life! He is giving you a means to avoid spiritual destruction through obedience to His commands. ‘If you do well will you not be accepted?’ He told Cain. (Gen4:7) The Way of Peace and harmony is in Loving God above all things in this World. Teaching His ways to your Children, Talking of them when you sit in your house, when you rise up and when you lie down. You bind His Commands before your eyes and Write them upon your heart! (Deut6:4-9)
Is it Worth forfeiting your eternal soul to satisfy your fleshly desires? That’s what this boils down to, whether you want to believe it or not. Inevitably you are going to imitate Solomon and Strive to Please your spouse over and above God merely because you desire their intimacy. Jesus said you were to Love and follow Him over and above friends, relations, spouse, siblings or parents. (Matt10:34-39) In comparison you should HATE them (Lk14:26) if they try to sway you from the faith! You think that binding yourself to a worldly person in Holy wedlock is going to Pass with God??? It may be pleasant here on earth and all the deceived professing Christians around you may also think its fine and dandy you got married, but the Bible is very clear about these things.
From the heart flow the issues of life. (Matt15:18) Your Deeds Reveal who and what you really are. You can silence your conscience to the convictions of the Spirit, but one day you will answer to God for your sins. (2Cor5:10) Don’t fool yourself into thinking that God is going to ignore this kind of disobedience. He Will Not! (Col3:25) www.standingthegap.org
Actually Jesus said, 'my yoke is easy, my burden is light'.
You see, it is not a command that we obey His commands. It is a test of yourself.
It comes down to this; Do you feel that God is WORTHY of your love?
In your heart.
Whatever your answer may be, ask why. And look deeper.
God will not condemn you for finding out the truth within yourself.
If you feel that God is not worthy of your affection, He already knows this anyway.
It's nothing new to Him.
I've felt it before too.
He knew you before you were sewn in the womb. Think about that.
Think of the best dad in the world, and multiply it by infinity.
God created you. He knows every little desire. Every thought. Every suppressed emotion. Every lie we tell ourselves.
Everything.
Don't be afraid of knowing these things inside yourself as the truth.
I confess, I've hated God.
That was before I realised the many things that I didn't understand before.
'For the kingdom of God is not something we can look at. It is not something we will point to and say 'there it is'. The kingdom of God is within us'.
You see, it is not a command that we obey His commands. It is a test of yourself.
It comes down to this; Do you feel that God is WORTHY of your love?
In your heart.
Whatever your answer may be, ask why. And look deeper.
God will not condemn you for finding out the truth within yourself.
If you feel that God is not worthy of your affection, He already knows this anyway.
It's nothing new to Him.
I've felt it before too.
He knew you before you were sewn in the womb. Think about that.
Think of the best dad in the world, and multiply it by infinity.
God created you. He knows every little desire. Every thought. Every suppressed emotion. Every lie we tell ourselves.
Everything.
Don't be afraid of knowing these things inside yourself as the truth.
I confess, I've hated God.
That was before I realised the many things that I didn't understand before.
'For the kingdom of God is not something we can look at. It is not something we will point to and say 'there it is'. The kingdom of God is within us'.
However if one is a follower of Christ & if looking for the "right person", it should be of the same religion, as in both must be followers of Christ.
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? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?....
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? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?....
This is what the word of God says. Now it is each individual's choice to obey or not to obey the word. That choice will be between the person and God.
The only thing I can say is that, disobedience can bring unpleasant consequences.
The perfect law that gives freedom, means that all men belong to God. We are His. He sewed us in our mothers' wombs.
Discrimination is not a trait of Jesus.
The marriage is to be in the Lord. Not the man is to be in the Lord. It's mistranslated.
If we weren't to have anything to do with 'unbelievers', then why did Jesus have prostitutes as close friends?
Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Some people say when Paul says 'dissolve' He means for us to divorce.
Well, Jesus can't be wrong. So Paul must be mistranslated, simple.
It is God who has authority over marriage. When a man and women are joined, they become one flesh.
Divorce, is not possible in God's eyes. At least not for a person to divorce and then marry someone else.
Two people are still one flesh. It is adultery.
Similarly, what constitutes an unbeliever?
A 'Christian' who actually lives in total splendor, spends their weekends shopping buying meaningless things and being selfish, as opposed to the 'athiest' that, in their actions, do more good than the 'Christian'?
It's a very slippery slope to divide people simply by what we profess to believe.
The heart is a great teller of what a person really is.
Discrimination is not a trait of Jesus.
The marriage is to be in the Lord. Not the man is to be in the Lord. It's mistranslated.
If we weren't to have anything to do with 'unbelievers', then why did Jesus have prostitutes as close friends?
Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Some people say when Paul says 'dissolve' He means for us to divorce.
Well, Jesus can't be wrong. So Paul must be mistranslated, simple.
It is God who has authority over marriage. When a man and women are joined, they become one flesh.
Divorce, is not possible in God's eyes. At least not for a person to divorce and then marry someone else.
Two people are still one flesh. It is adultery.
Similarly, what constitutes an unbeliever?
A 'Christian' who actually lives in total splendor, spends their weekends shopping buying meaningless things and being selfish, as opposed to the 'athiest' that, in their actions, do more good than the 'Christian'?
It's a very slippery slope to divide people simply by what we profess to believe.
The heart is a great teller of what a person really is.