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The whole "Equally Yoked" thing... - 4/25/2008 8:11:00 PM
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Striving2BVirtuous
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Just want some opinions here...I had a discussion with a friend of mine who felt that being equally yoked meant to NOT date outside of your denomination.
But I kinda see it as making sure that person is a Christian who is serious in their walk regardless of their denomination. I figured that denominations would or could be dicussed and agreed upon when thinking about getting married? Am I headed in the wrong direction with this notion? 
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RE: The whole "Equally Yoked" thing... - 4/25/2008 9:49:32 PM
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Equally yoked refers to being a believer, not what "religion" (denomination) you are.
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RE: The whole "Equally Yoked" thing... - 4/25/2008 9:58:57 PM
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shemaromans
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Hello, Striving!
I can't think of anywhere in the Bible where it discusses and categorizes denominations of Christians. It does mention house churches and the churches of various cities.
1 Cor 1:10-17 comes to mind. The gist is unity and the preaching of the Gospel. We can split hairs about doctrinal opinions, but the heart of the matter is Christ crucified.
2 Cor 6:13-15 tells us that we should not be yoked with unbelievers. It does not say anything about different denominations. It's a matter of light and darkness/righteousness and wickedness not mixing. "What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?" Two people from different denominations can be "yoked" if they're both Christians.
If you hold strongly to your denomination's viewpoints (and hopefully they're biblically-based), then marrying someone from a different denomination with differing opinions might be a problem. Then again, it might not. That's for you and your future spouse to determine with God's guidance.
< Message edited by shemaromans -- 4/25/2008 10:06:23 PM >
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RE: The whole "Equally Yoked" thing... - 4/26/2008 9:36:04 AM
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rgod
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quote:
Just want some opinions here...I had a discussion with a friend of mine who felt that being equally yoked meant to NOT date outside of your denomination.
But I kinda see it as making sure that person is a Christian who is serious in their walk regardless of their denomination. I figured that denominations would or could be dicussed and agreed upon when thinking about getting married? Am I headed in the wrong direction with this notion?
I am in agreement with you - if you are serious about your walk, then the other person should be too. But, I can see why a person would make the denominational comment. There are no denominations in the bible and I personally think that a lot of our divisions are unbiblical. But I spent some time working alongside Christians who didn't believe that the Holy Spirit operated today in any visible matter. It was so difficult because spiritually I was seeing a lot of different things, but couldn't just express that openly. All I could do was pray - and God answered those prayers - but it was very difficult to not be able to be direct. I couldn't imagine being in a marriage relationship where my husband didn't hold some similar type beliefs - I'd be frustrated all of the time. So, while I don't believe that "unevenly yoked" applies to denomination - I do believe that in practice, it makes sense to be with someone who believes very much as you do on key scriptural points - and this often falls along denominational lines.
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RE: The whole "Equally Yoked" thing... - 4/26/2008 10:52:12 AM
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shemaromans
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My brother's a Calvinist. SIL's an Arminian. Pretty big doctrinal differences regarding predestination and salvation. They have a wonderful marriage, though, which reveals that these differences don't have to create problems.
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RE: The whole "Equally Yoked" thing... - 4/26/2008 11:42:32 AM
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broyce1981
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Since the church was not intended to be divided, I can't believe that unequally yoked should mean you can't marry outside your denomination. Besides, there are a lot of people like me who do not consider themselves as belonging to any denomination. What then, should we do? In 1 Cor.7, Paul writes about widows remarrying. He says that the widow is free to marry who they wish, only in the Lord. Quite simply, marry a fellow believer.
I understand that certain issues can arise from some relationships between different denominations. However, that's a decision that's up to the couple to try and work out. I've seen some inter-denominational relationships work fine, and others where the couple was unable to resolve differences.
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