BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED
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BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE TRUTH
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED MEANING
There is a phrase
in the Bible called "Unequally yoked" that some of you may
have read about by Paul, which states ...
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2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not UNEQUALLY YOKED together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness?
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But, what is unequally yoked? Many Christians have associated the
Scripture with marriage. They believe that Paul is saying
that a Christian believer is not to marry an unbeliever.
But, is that the
TRUE interpretation?
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED MEANING
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE STUDY
Let's
look at the words ... "Unequally yoked"
A
"yoke" is
a wooden crosspiece bound to the necks
of a pair of
oxen,
or occasionally horses. This keeps BOTH working TOGETHER at
the same goals, harnessing their strengths. So,
to
become yoked to something means to be bound to someone or
something to the point that you are being pulled by it, as
much as it by you. Unless you work TOGETHER at a common
goal.
So to be
UNEQUALLY YOKED means to be connected to others who do not
have the same goals thereby causing an imbalance in
direction. This would hinder one’s spiritual growth. This is
why many believe that Paul is speaking of a Christian
believer not marrying an unbeliever.
But Paul also
wrote this, which IS about marriage and this very topic ...
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1 Corinthians 7:13-14
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth
not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let
her not leave him.
For the unbelieving husband
is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband:
else were your children unclean; but now are they
holy.
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As you can see ... If someone is
married to an unbeliever the spouse and even children can be
sanctified by the union.
The 1 Corinthians
7:13-14 Scriptures were within the FIRST letter to the
Church which was at Corinth and the 2 Corinthians 6:14
Scripture was within the second letter to the SAME Church at
Corinth.
So, we know that IF those folks in
the Church of Corinth who read the first letter and were
told By Paul about the unbelieving spouse being sanctified
by the Faith of the believing husband or wife and would've
interpreted the part in 2 Corinthians 6:14 in the second
letter the way some folks do now, they would've said ...
"Whoa
there Paul ... BUT YOU SAID" ...
In addition ...
We know the 2 Corinthians 6:14
Scripture does NOT mean that we are to avoid unbelievers
altogether, cuz we are taught by our Lord to reach out for
and teach unbelievers ... AS PAUL WAS DOING.
Soooooooo, this brings to mind a
question ...
Was Paul talking about marriage or
was he speaking generally about Christians who are supposed
to be doing God’s Works becoming entangled in worldly
matters as to become unequally yoked to man’s world trends ...
Just like a
Christian that sets out to reach a lost soul. What if the
intent of the husband was to bring the unbelieving wife to
become a Christian?
Does this change
the playing field?
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED MESSAGE
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE CONCERN
Then again ...
Maybe Paul was referring to those who were already married
in one Scripture and preventative measures before becoming
married in the other. That is a matter of interpretation I
suppose and believe me there is MUCH debate on this matter.
One more interesting thing one may
wanna consider ...
Paul said the following statement
just before he made his statement about the unbelieving
spouse being sanctified by the believing spouse:
So, this brings up another question.
If ALL Scripture is inspired by the
Holy Spirit, was Paul filled with the Spirit when he made
that statement?
Paul thinks so:
Here is something
else Paul said ...
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1 Corinthians 7:7-9
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But
every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this
manner, and another after that. I say therefore to the
unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they
abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them
marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE FACTS
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED CONCERN
He is suggesting we stay unmarried
... Here is his explanation:
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1 Corinthians 7:33-35
But he that is married careth for the things that are
of the world, how he may please his wife. There is
difference also between a wife and a virgin. The
unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord,
that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but
she that is married careth for the things of the
world, how she may please her husband. And this I
speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare
upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye
may attend upon the Lord without distraction. |
So it APPEARS
that Paul is suggesting everyone remain unmarried as he
chose to do.
BUT ... Is that
what he is saying?
NOTE: Paul did
say: “But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after
this manner, and another after that” ... Which means that we
all have our own calling and purpose which God judges
accordingly.
One size does not
fit all.
We know that he is NOT saying EVERYONE should remain single
as how would the population continue?
We know that
there ARE folks to be married from
the get go ...
Man and woman WERE to become one ...
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Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one
flesh. |
Jesus repeated it
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Matthew 19:5
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and
mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain
shall be one flesh? |
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE DEBATE
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED EXPLANATION
And even Paul echoed this TRUTH ...
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Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they
two shall be one flesh ... |
Tho Paul spoke of the symbolically
of the Church.
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Ephesians 5:32
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ
and the church.
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So as we can all see ... It is
always best to research the whole Bible and then ponder and
pray about ALL the information that you discover as to
interpret the SPIRITUAL meaning of all Scripture properly as
in the end ...
It IS between you and GOD !!!
We receive
letters from husbands
and wives that are married to unbelievers. I have feared
that if they hear of what some believe of the "unequally
yoked" theory that they may feel that they are being told
they are living in sin.
I mean ... The theory may appear to be saying that Paul said an
unbelieving spouse was sanctified by the Faith of the
believing spouse ONLY because they had already married at
that point and this was NOT applicable to those that
married the next day or next year or two thousand years
later ...
However, this is only a POSSIBLE interpretation.
It
came to light because some wanted to interpret something
Paul said in his next writing to say that we are not to
marry someone that is not a believer cuz it would make us
"unequally yoked" so they had to come up with something that
made sense ...
When it could have very well been talking about
Christians who were supposed to be doing works of God, being
caught up in worldly trends ... Resulting in being
unequally yoked. Instead of it meaning a believing soul
could not marry an unbelieving soul.
Paul
may have been talking about the members of the Church
hooking up with worldly souls in day to day life.
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE WARNING
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED TODAY
This brings up a few questions to the mind and heart ...
Here
are a few scenarios I would like to share, so you can feel
me ...
Let's
say ... A couple gets married and they are BOTH
Christians. One falls as we all oft times do. Let's say
they lost their child in a car accident and the wife just
cannot believe that a loving God would allow her child to be
taken away from her, so she SAYS she does not believe any
longer. The man is slowly working to restore her faith and
came to seek fellowship on this matter. Do we tell the man
to walk away as not to be unequally yoked?
Then
again ... What if a couple married and ONE was a
Christian and one was not and all this time the believer
is working on the faith of the unbelieving partner that they
chose to be with for the rest of their life ... Do we tell
them they are obligated to depart?
What
if a couple married and were both just young party people
and were both NOT believers as of yet. As time passed,
one became a believer while the other did not but she is
working on her husband. Should we advise that she
immediately go wake up lil Timmy and say come, we are
getting outta here cuz Daddy is an unbeliever and I ain't
about to be unequally yoked and be in contention with God as
my friends at the Oasis suggested?
Is the
"RULE" in 2 Corinthians 6:14 applicable to the above
scenarios?
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2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not UNEQUALLY YOKED together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness? |
In
other words ... Is the "Unequally yoked" (As it is being
interpreted to mean that one cannot be married to an
unbeliever) applicable in one or all of these scenarios? Or
are we as Christians to attempt to determine the validity of
the marriage for them?
Maybe
we get to say that because they were already married as
believers then the Sanctification process kicks in? Or
because one was and one was not, something changes. or maybe
because they were BOTH not believers, some other rule of
thumb applies?
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE VOW
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED PURPOSE
I mean ... These souls married AFTER the words of Paul were shared.
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1 Corinthians 7:13-14
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth
not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let
her not leave him.
For the unbelieving husband
is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband:
else were your children unclean; but now are they
holy.
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So,
the question becomes ... Are they living in sin?
Understand these are actual people within the counseling
program and letters we receive. They are the Christian souls
that you see all around you. These are children of God.
WHO
ARE WE TO JUDGE THE HEART OF THEIR MARRIAGE?
This
brings to mind when Jesus was presented with a woman who was
caught IN THE ACT of adultery. The LAW demanded that she be
put to death. But Jesus, knowing the LAW very well ... Gave
us the SPIRIT of the law:
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John 8:7
He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a
stone at her. |
The
Religious "interpreters" of the law, knew not the SPIRIT of
the law, much less of God's plan of GRACE ...
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John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but GRACE and TRUTH
came by Jesus Christ. |
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE ARGUMENT
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED FIGHT ABOUT
I seek
not to join the ongoing debate of the "Unequally yoked"
Scripture.
I am
just concerned about some married Christian souls being
judged by the beliefs of others ...
HERE
IS WISDOM ...
The simple question of would a single Christian want to hook up
with another single Christian ... Or an unbeliever, is a
given. Of course that would be the ideal scenario for most.
But,
we all know it is not a perfect world ...
Each
single Christian could marry at some point and find
ourselves in any one of the scenarios mentioned above and I
believe that these souls who once held dear to their
interpretation, would have a different perspective.
I mean
come on folks ... TRUE LOVE has few barriers.
It will sweep you off your feet without any premeditation.
It is SPIRITUAL as it is LOVE and GOD is LOVE.
Sooooooo ... To those who are married and may find
themselves to be "unequally yoked" at any time during your
marriage ... Please remember that the interpretation and
words shared from a Christian Single's perspective do not
define your Love and marriage .
I have
went to such extremes with this topic cuz I know of many
souls that visit the Oasis who are married and one partner
is not Christian. They are our friends and brothers and
sisters in Christ.
I
cannot fathom what they would feel like if they were told
they are living in sin. Especially if it was just the one
Scripture being presented to them without the WHOLE picture
being shared and someone telling these brothers and sisters
in Christ that they are being deemed by God as unequally
yoked with their spouse of years.
Let’s
be REAL !!!
God
very well may have wanted one to be the tool that HE would
use to reach the other. THAT sounds like Love and Grace to
me.
Here
is PROOF.
I have
seen MANY husbands and wives that were reached by their
believing spouse and became Christians in the last 15 years
of this Ministry and I am thinking that angels rejoiced with
each conversion. DESPITE the balance of the yoke in their
marriage bond. God may find the balance very equally yoked.
What God brings together let no man try and pull apart ...
So,
why do some folks believe the Unequally Yoked Scripture is
saying that believers are not allowed to marry unbelievers?
Well,
besides the obvious reason that it sounds like it may be
saying that (tho the word marriage is never mentioned) ...
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE BELIEF
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED LIE
Many say that belief in this interpretation stemmed from a law of the
Israelites.
They are NOT saying that we should
be under the old law of the Israelites as most know this
TRUTH.
The
Apostles learned from the Holy Spirit that the Jewish customs
and some of the Jewish Laws were NOT to be placed upon the
Gentiles (Anyone who is not Jewish)
As well they should not be under
the Old Covenant ... As God has made a
New Covenant and that is why it is said that the
Holy Spirit directed
this:
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Acts
15:28-29
It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us,
to require no more burden than these necessary things,
that you abstain from meats offered to
idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication:
from which if you keep yourselves, you’ll do well. |
In short if you are not Jewish
... YOU are a GENTILE. You are not BOUND to JEWISH customs of
the Old Covenant.
SEE THE
New Covenant
STUDY TO LEARN MORE.
No, many of
these souls that believe in the "Unequally Yoked" Scripture
suggesting that believers are not allowed to marry
unbelievers believe the Jewish law is symbolic of this new
law tho I did not read of this law when the Holy Spirit gave
HIS list.
You see ...
The Israelites
were not to marry outside of the Israelite nation. Many
believe that this law was put in place to prevent the
bloodline from being defiled.
So naturally they connect this law
with the "unequally yoked" Scripture meaning unbelievers
should not be joined with believers.
BEING UNEQUALLY YOKED BIBLE VERSE SUMMARY
WHAT IS UNEQUALLY YOKED CONCLUSION
HOWEVER ... There were lots of God's chosen people who did marry those who were not
Israelite women.
Moses got him a
woman from Ethiopia ...
Moses' brother
and sister pointed the LAW out to Moses and were against
Moses due to the marriage ...
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Numbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron
spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman
whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian
woman. |
Uh huh
... One would THINK they should.
Was
Moses punished for this APPARENT violation of the law?
NO ...
God punished Miriam for disrespecting Moses.
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Numbers 12:9-10
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them;
and He departed. And the cloud departed from off the
tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white
as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold,
she was leprous. |
Again
the woman named Ruth was a Moabite:
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Ruth 1:4
And they took them wives of the women of
Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of
the other RUTH. |
Ruth married
Boaz which was the bloodline to David:
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Matthew 1:5-6
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat
Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat
David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of
her that had been the wife of Urias ...
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These
are just a couple examples.
So we see ...
There are
exceptions to every rule.
Not to mention
our carnal interpretation of God’s law oft times lacks
Spiritual insight as Jesus pointed out many times when
Pharisees quoted their interpretation of law to Him.
One size does not
fit all.
Check
out the
Mercy Not
Sacrifice
study when you get a chance.
So, am I
saying believers should go marry unbelievers or that those
who believe that believers should marry believers are wrong.
God forbid.
No, I would
imagine it would be better and easier IF they were both
ALREADY Christians.
No, I am
saying that we should never allow our beliefs and
interpretations of specific Scriptures that we apply to our
own lives to be a stone that you cast at another.
Ladies
and gents ... Only GOD can judge such matters of the heart.
So please be careful applying the interpretation of this
Scripture or any specific Scripture to other Christians cuz
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God is not subject to man's limited carnal understanding of
His Word.
God is looking
for ways to get us IN to Heaven.
NOT keep us out.
Let that be the
reason He sacrificed His only Son to give us GRACE.
God judges the
HEART of every matter.
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