YOUR DATING LIFE IS NOT A MISSION FIELD

FOREIGN WIVES. Ezra 9-10; 2 Corinthians 6:14.

How does God feel about dating or marriage outside your own race? Can white people and black people get married? Does it make any difference? God told the Hebrews NEVER to inter-marry with the “Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, … Egyptians, and Amorites.” Ezra 9:1. When Solomon took foreign wives, it was a disaster. The BibleContinue reading “FOREIGN WIVES. Ezra 9-10; 2 Corinthians 6:14.”

Choose a Spouse You Can Agree With. Ezra 9:3, 5-6

Why did God command His people “not to marry foreign women”? Because He knew such a marriage would weaken their convictions and lead to compromise. The New Testament says “do not be unequally yoked.” The image is similar to putting a horse and a donkey under the same harness—such arrangements do not work well, andContinue reading “Choose a Spouse You Can Agree With. Ezra 9:3, 5-6”

Unequally Yoked.

Now there’s an archaic phrase. You’ve no doubt heard the analogy to two unmatched beasts of burden. For example, a horse and an ox cannot work together under the same yoke. They are unequal in height and gait, and cannot work together. God warns His children to “be not unequally yoked with unbelievers” 2 CorinthiansContinue reading “Unequally Yoked.”