Do Not Intermarry
Ezra 9:12-15 NKJV
[12] Now therefore, do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’ [13] And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this, [14] should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor? [15] O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!”
The words of Mark Gilbart-Smith is very appropriate to begin this discourse. "...the temptation to get romantically involved with a non-Christian tends to be framed differently. People tend not to hide it, but instead attempt to justify it—first to themselves and then to other Christians who are trying to warn them of the path they’re taking. If it feels right, then they go back to look at the Bible to try to prove that it’s right". That appear to summarize most attitudes toward interfaith marriage.
Whether it is in the Old testament or The New, God's opinion on the matter is the same. " Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what partnership does light have with darkness?".(MKJV). The read continues till v.17, ending with a command to come out from among such.
The people of Judah unfortunately had gone contrary to the word of God. They had intermarried with the caaninites. In the next chapter, we will witness the drastic separation of families from pagan wives. By today's standard, it will be regarded as too draconian. Kathy Keller outlines these passages in the Bible: " marry in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:39) and not “be unequally yoked” (2 Corinthians 6:14) and the Old Testament proscriptions against marrying the foreigner, a worshiper of a god other than the God of Israel (see Numbers 12 where Moses marries a woman of another race but the same faith)". Marrying a different race is not the crime. Its the faith. You cant serve two God's in your home.
Kelly finally submits, " when someone has already allowed his or her heart to become engaged with a person outside the faith, I find that the Bible has already been devalued as the non-negotiable rule of faith and practice". Our guidance is the word. Good morning.
Ezra 9:12-15 NKJV
[12] Now therefore, do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’ [13] And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this, [14] should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor? [15] O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!”
The words of Mark Gilbart-Smith is very appropriate to begin this discourse. "...the temptation to get romantically involved with a non-Christian tends to be framed differently. People tend not to hide it, but instead attempt to justify it—first to themselves and then to other Christians who are trying to warn them of the path they’re taking. If it feels right, then they go back to look at the Bible to try to prove that it’s right". That appear to summarize most attitudes toward interfaith marriage.
Whether it is in the Old testament or The New, God's opinion on the matter is the same. " Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what partnership does light have with darkness?".(MKJV). The read continues till v.17, ending with a command to come out from among such.
The people of Judah unfortunately had gone contrary to the word of God. They had intermarried with the caaninites. In the next chapter, we will witness the drastic separation of families from pagan wives. By today's standard, it will be regarded as too draconian. Kathy Keller outlines these passages in the Bible: " marry in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:39) and not “be unequally yoked” (2 Corinthians 6:14) and the Old Testament proscriptions against marrying the foreigner, a worshiper of a god other than the God of Israel (see Numbers 12 where Moses marries a woman of another race but the same faith)". Marrying a different race is not the crime. Its the faith. You cant serve two God's in your home.
Kelly finally submits, " when someone has already allowed his or her heart to become engaged with a person outside the faith, I find that the Bible has already been devalued as the non-negotiable rule of faith and practice". Our guidance is the word. Good morning.
Do Not Intermarry
Ezra 9:12-15 NKJV
[12] Now therefore, do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’ [13] And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this, [14] should we again break Your commandments, and join in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be angry with us until You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor? [15] O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left as a remnant, as it is this day. Here we are before You, in our guilt, though no one can stand before You because of this!”
The words of Mark Gilbart-Smith is very appropriate to begin this discourse. "...the temptation to get romantically involved with a non-Christian tends to be framed differently. People tend not to hide it, but instead attempt to justify it—first to themselves and then to other Christians who are trying to warn them of the path they’re taking. If it feels right, then they go back to look at the Bible to try to prove that it’s right". That appear to summarize most attitudes toward interfaith marriage.
Whether it is in the Old testament or The New, God's opinion on the matter is the same. " Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what partnership does light have with darkness?".(MKJV). The read continues till v.17, ending with a command to come out from among such.
The people of Judah unfortunately had gone contrary to the word of God. They had intermarried with the caaninites. In the next chapter, we will witness the drastic separation of families from pagan wives. By today's standard, it will be regarded as too draconian. Kathy Keller outlines these passages in the Bible: " marry in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:39) and not “be unequally yoked” (2 Corinthians 6:14) and the Old Testament proscriptions against marrying the foreigner, a worshiper of a god other than the God of Israel (see Numbers 12 where Moses marries a woman of another race but the same faith)". Marrying a different race is not the crime. Its the faith. You cant serve two God's in your home.
Kelly finally submits, " when someone has already allowed his or her heart to become engaged with a person outside the faith, I find that the Bible has already been devalued as the non-negotiable rule of faith and practice". Our guidance is the word. Good morning.
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