Equally Yoked?

Posted : 23 Nov, 2009 09:29 PM

i would also like to respectfully disagree with your assessment of your being 'placed' in an 'unequally yoked' marriage, purposely. can God use the lessons learned by our mistakes?...certainly! but i don't think God would lead us into them. yes, there are times where God will intervene on our behalf, but i'm sure you would agree that much heartache and pain could have been averted, if His guidelines/ laws are followed from the start. the Word must be taken in context. i believe hosea was 'told' by God to marry the prostitute gomer as a lesson to the people at the time, who had fallen into sin. the Word clearly states that believers are 'not' to knowingly enter into relationships with non-believers. 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[b]? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." 17"Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord.Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you." 18"I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty." i think that is quite clear. i was a backslider when i met my now ex-wife, and as such entered into a forbidden relationship. did not have the opportunity you had as the divorce was forced on me. but i do accept that my failure to obey God's plan for believers was the beginning of the end...God bless