Kazuhiro

You know, a lot of people use this passage to claim that not only is a relationship between believer and nonbeliever a bad idea, but it also inevitably leads to fights and ugliness, usually due to the poor character of the non-believer.

I have to say I find this a little... I don't know, not offensive, but at least an over-generalization. I know just such a couple, both of them are dear friends to me, and if being "unequally yoked" is a problem, then their relationship issues are invisible.

Housesitter

How would you interpret that scripture?

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Boanerges

That is just the question I was going to ask- how do you interpret that scripture?

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Banarenth

How will the children be raised? Christian or other? When there is conflict between the two, which one takes precedence? Is the non-believer continually giving into the believer's views in every aspect? Because if they aren't, then it would be impossible to be a Godly husband/wife.

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Boanerges

It is God's Word not mine. What fellowship does spiritual darkness have with spiritual light? There will always be conflict. That does not mean the other person is not nice in many ways.

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Kazuhiro

Not giving in, but understanding their differences and finding that they are able to love each other. Religious discussions between them (and I have been present for some) never turn ugly no matter the context, and if anything it is the religious one who submits because she has the very strong belief that she should never make anyone feel judged. "It's not my place" is her mantra.

Anyway, they aren't married (they're 17 years old!), so a lot of the potential problems don't come up. But I think that if they had children together, then it still wouldn't be an issue.

My interpretation of the scripture is that believers and nonbelievers in such close quarters will be continually in conflict, to such a point where the closer they get to each other, the nastier things get. This seems to be the opposite of the couple I speak of.

Ausgirl

Well my interpretation of this scripture is that God says it's not a good idea - if God says so, then it isn't,,, no arguments.

Charles Kamau

Hello,
In this life lets be good. We have our Father in Heaven who has hinted us on ways out of many lifelong problems, this knowledge being one of such things. Why put such a wierd move to prove God wrong, or be the first to succeed in it, and help God to a lesson that it is not obvious.
My Friend, I can tell you, -I fear God. You will hook up with one and the best it can be is: He will be fairly cooperative for a good long period of three years, after which he becomes the Estate playboy since you are enslaved by your two bouncing children, and that you are saved so you know God hates Divorce.

Christian Commando

Well, lets be fully honest here.

Yes, while the Lord is against uneqully yoked marriage, He does provide provision for them. He declares, should an unequally yoked couple wish to marry, the unbeliever is covered by the blood of Christ thru the Believing spouce.

While married, the Believing spouce is not acceptable by God to leave the marriage. Yet declares, if an unbelieving spouce wishes to do so, they are free to, leaving the Believer, available again for marriage.

God declares so long as they are happy together, to let them be married as such. Yet the above is allowable if that should change.

But, God does give us the warnings that the above posters shared for a reason. It is not God's ordination for an unequally yoked marriage. He only ordains True children of His marrying.

Truth be known, there is no Biblical foundation for an unequally yoked marriage being condoned- (accepted and ordained) by God. For we can say all we want of any unequally yoked marriage being good when on its better times. But what will happen during trials or temptations for the couple where a strong belief and faith in God by both, are needed to keep the couple strongly united helping and supporting each other during those tough times?

Lastly- "one flesh".

This aspect for an unequally yoked marriage goes only so far as physical. As noted before, there is a clear contradiction between that of Light and that of Darkness. Therefore, God's original reasoning for a man and woman becoming "one flesh", engulfs both the physical and spiritual aspects of thier relationship.

People can claim otherwise all they want, but it's still impossible to develope both in an unequally yoked marriage. There cannot be a spiritual bond developed between a child of God married to a child of Satan. We can be sure, at some point in time, a trial or temptation of considerable influence, will cause undue strife in an unequally yoked marriage and a greater possibility of division between the spouces because of thier beliefs.

God Bless!!

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