Whether in business or relationships Christians are not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Starting a business with an unbeliever can put Christians in a terrible situation. It can cause Christians to compromise, there will be disagreements, etc.
You can easily be led astray and hinder your relationship with Christ. We must deny ourselves and take up the cross daily. Sometimes you have to drop relationships for Christ. Trust in God alone not yourself. There are so many reasons not to marry an unbeliever.
What does the Bible say? Amos Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? A yoke conveys the idea of two bulls joined to the task of pulling a plow, but they are not well matched. They are unable to pull the plow in a straight line.
This is what it looks like when one partner follows Christ, and the other does not. This is particularly true in marriage. Including their spouse.
Generally, unbelievers prefer to follow their own directions. This can cause frustration, friction, anger, and resentment. To be unequally yoked means two will be living life in opposite directions, so the plow cannot go in a straight line.
There can be no peace, no rest. The work is hard as a result, and the yoke is heavy. Another consequence can be that the Christian spouse abandons his or her faith under pressure from the other party. God addressed the issue of intermarriage when he gave his people the Ten Commandments and other rules they were to follow in order to live righteously and peacefully with one another and with God.
Common sense alone says it would be unwise [ Marriage between a Christian and a non-Christian will probably lead to a fracture of some kind. The marriage might break up because the two parties live according to different worldviews. A ripple effect is set in motion affecting children, friends, and extended family. Alternatively, the influence of a non-believer could fracture the relationship between God and the believing spouse.
Paul also addressed the possibility that a believing spouse might influence the wife or husband to consider the gospel. But Moses gives a warning:. However they rationalized it, the Israelites formed covenants between themselves and people who neither knew nor served God. In so doing, they were led astray. Over and over in Scripture, we see this theme repeated.
Two are Samson, who repeatedly sought out unbelieving women, a choice which in the end destroyed him Judges 14 , and Solomon, the wisest man in the world — until his many wives led him to worship other gods 1 Kings If Christ is truly King of our lives, our most intimate selves should be submitted to His influence.
How then can we unite a Spirit-led soul to one in rebellion against God? This is who everyone is apart from Christ. Therefore, those of us in Christ cannot be in a harmonious, God-pleasing relationship with an unbeliever.
There is no fellowship between light and darkness 2 Cor. God knows this. This is for our spiritual protection! Righteousness has nothing in common with a person who believes they are good enough apart from God:. Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial?
Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? It may look like these things from the outside, but will never be unified within. For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:.
0コメント