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There has been a lot of threads wrestling the subject I want to discuss here, yet I want to state it as clear as possible.
I have a friend I discussed things today with that was unequally yoked with another. He does not claim to be Christian right now, and she is definitely not, but all the same they were unequally yoked.
She had slept around with many guys, drank a lot of alcohol still, still smokes and smokes marijuana as well, and has a lot of issues that would make them bad companions for each other. My friend does none of these things, though he heard in a wrong way "the forgiveness/blindness" psuedo truth preached to him.
I too have had relationships (not dating relationships) with women that were unequally yoked or imbalanced. I kept using forgiveness like a VISA card that had no limit on them...but in truth, I was blinding myself to the fact that we were not equally yoked.
What does unequally yoked mean? I believe it means that you see eye to eye, both in past, present and future matters. God does not change like shifting shadows, and he sees our lives as completed from the beginning...and as so, if we are to marry, the LORD also has set apart our spouses so that we can be equally yoked and "true partners."
I just want to emphasize that there is a reason for the way you are the way you are and God meant for you to be that way. Likewise, with your spouse, God will have set them apart as He has set you apart.
There is true forgiveness and there is false forgiveness. True forgiveness leads the way to holiness. False forgiveness is like it says in Jude? about making a license for sin and debauchery.
I feel abashed that so many Christians are willing to make an excuse for sin instead of standing up for holiness.
If God has made you a certain way, you have every right to expect that of your spouse. If He kept you safe, He will keep them safe as well. This applies to everything from drugs, alcohol, sex, and every other debauchery..
God bless
tony
I have a friend I discussed things today with that was unequally yoked with another. He does not claim to be Christian right now, and she is definitely not, but all the same they were unequally yoked.
She had slept around with many guys, drank a lot of alcohol still, still smokes and smokes marijuana as well, and has a lot of issues that would make them bad companions for each other. My friend does none of these things, though he heard in a wrong way "the forgiveness/blindness" psuedo truth preached to him.
I too have had relationships (not dating relationships) with women that were unequally yoked or imbalanced. I kept using forgiveness like a VISA card that had no limit on them...but in truth, I was blinding myself to the fact that we were not equally yoked.
What does unequally yoked mean? I believe it means that you see eye to eye, both in past, present and future matters. God does not change like shifting shadows, and he sees our lives as completed from the beginning...and as so, if we are to marry, the LORD also has set apart our spouses so that we can be equally yoked and "true partners."
I just want to emphasize that there is a reason for the way you are the way you are and God meant for you to be that way. Likewise, with your spouse, God will have set them apart as He has set you apart.
There is true forgiveness and there is false forgiveness. True forgiveness leads the way to holiness. False forgiveness is like it says in Jude? about making a license for sin and debauchery.
I feel abashed that so many Christians are willing to make an excuse for sin instead of standing up for holiness.
If God has made you a certain way, you have every right to expect that of your spouse. If He kept you safe, He will keep them safe as well. This applies to everything from drugs, alcohol, sex, and every other debauchery..
God bless
tony
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