He yoked himself in solidarity with this whole, suffering, sinful mass of dying humanity.
2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
Marriage becomes something so important and necessary in their lives that they ignore God's warning about being
yoked with someone of an opposite faith.
They wouldn't cop out to hiring a little girl who suggested «Unequally
Yoked: A geeky atheist picks fights with her Catholic boyfriend» as her approach or anything.
In 2 Corinthians 6:14, Paul bluntly says Christians shouldn't be, «
yoked together with unbelievers,» a passage generally understood to refer to marriage among other things.
The revolution he sought was not a violent leveling spasm but a gradual transformation of human souls, from
yoked and cowering to free and upright — though he was enough of an inborn skeptic to doubt whether men truly wanted freedom.
Paul says «do not be unequally
yoked with an unbeliever» in 2 Corinthians.
Therefore, what God has
yoked together let no man put apart.»
Paul warned against Christians being «unequally
yoked» for good reason.
We just have to ignore the people we are unevenly
yoked with.
Husband and wife are best not to be unequally
yoked which applies to one God view.
We are told in 2 Corinthians 6:14 to not be
yoked together with unbelievers.
Sexual looseness is repeatedly condemned; husbands are urged to love their wives; marital fidelity even when «unequally
yoked together with unbelievers» (K.J.V.) is counseled though warnings are given against assuming voluntarily such a relationship (I Cor.
While I hoped that she would stay with me, I did offer to leave if she just could not handle being «unequally
yoked.»
«He can relate to those who've been through that,» she tells me, «and help them to be equally
yoked next time.»
Its pleasure is enhanced when the illustration is skillfully
yoked to a familiar theme and yields an easily digested moral lesson.
6:14 — rejecting any activity that meant being «unequally
yoked together with unbelievers.»).
In 2Corinthians 6, when Paul says that we are not to be
yoked together with unbelievers, can we not see that as a principle or command that we are to consider as a guide in our relationships.?
When I was young, I was constantly lectured about interracial relationships and about being «unequally
yoked together.»
Today's post is an excerpt from
Yoked: Stories of a Clergy Couple in Marriage, Family and Ministry, a collection of true stories is written by Mihee and Andy.
HA «Unequally
Yoked: A geeky atheist picks fights with her Catholic boyfriend» This of course means her love of having a boyfriend brought her to Jesus.
We've all read the verse that says, «Do not be
yoked together with unbelievers.»
(Exodus 22:19 NAB) Do not be
yoked together with unbelievers.
«Unequally
Yoked: A geeky atheist picks fights with her Catholic boyfriend,» now she's given in for love and become equally
yoked as a Catholic.
When Paul so wisely instructed the Corinthians to not be unequally
yoked, seeking perfection was never mentioned.
Who to the wind has
yoked the storm clouds?
In our quest to uphold biblical instruction about not being unequally
yoked and intermarrying (2 Corinthians 6:14, Deuteronomy 7:3), Christian dating has snowballed into a race to find spiritual perfection.
When a young ox was to be trained, he was
yoked with an older and stronger one and the yoke was so made that the end worn by the young ox was longer than the other, making the older ox pull a larger share of the load.
When it comes to dating and more importantly, marriage, I am fully behind the idea of being «equally
yoked» (2 Corinthians 6:14) with another Christian.
The simple fact of being married did not make you unequally
yoked.
Or, is it for being the putz that you are... not being equally
yoked?
Mihee Kim - Kort is an ordained Presbyterian (PCUSA) minister, mother of three, and prolific writer, whose books include Making Paper Cranes, Streams Run Uphill, and
Yoked (a book co-authored with her husband about being a clergy couple).
Is it likely that an unbelieving boyfriend or girlfriend will spiritually benefit from an unequally
yoked relationship?
You've likely already heard the arguments against being «unequally
yoked» and possibly even rolled your eyes at all the familiar speeches.
Libresco, who had long blogged under the banner «Unequally
Yoked: A geeky atheist picks fights with her Catholic boyfriend,» said that at the heart of her decision were questions of morality and how one finds a moral compass.
Talk about unequally
yoked!
Yoked to the memory of the Holocaust - that is what he writes - and he goes on as follows: «Whether we like it or not, the statute of limitations is running out on the Holocaust.»
Interfaith and interdenominational courtships are sprinkled with «unequally
yoked» arguments from the skeptics.
It is my sense that Paul was warning the early church not to be «
yoked» with folks who didn't allow God to make a real difference in their lives — inside and out.
From Veronica: Dana, how do you deal with the idea of being «unequally
yoked» and the criticism you must get for that?
Fred and I have determined that the equally
yoked question should not be about us having the same faith, but rather, deep faith.
The bible also records Paul instructing believers not to
yoked to non-believers, again, this is not an interracial thing either.
The Bible teaches that our wedded love should never be, given our opposite views (read unevenly
yoked), yet it is stronger than ever.
Unfortunately, dropping ALL Patheos blogs is unhelpful — sites like Unequally
Yoked (Leah Libresco), Bad Catholic (Marc Barnes) and Cranach (Gene Veith) are all maintained by individuals, and joined Patheos after their initial founding.
can some one site one example from the new testament of a Christian who was
yoked to the military?
If you explore their world, it won't take long to come across a reference to this passage: «Do not be
yoked together with unbelievers.
They understand that any law relaxing rules for illegals has no hope of Republican support unless it is
yoked to skilled - immigrant reform.
Today, with Londoners grumbling under
the yoke of belt - tightening austerity measures, the city's appetite for lasers and massive sports arenas seems to be shrinking fast.
A new phrase from Japan is poka -
yoke, meaning «avoid error.»
Not long ago it wasn't that uncommon to see a US president fly to Saudi Arabia to plead for more production and relief from the economic
yoke of high oil prices.