Post by Betty on Dec 6, 2007 6:19:03 GMT -5
Unequally Yoked
Devotion:
Lessons On Living
Scripture References:1 Kings 3:12 Timothy 2:41 Kings 11:32 Corinthians 6:14
Title: Unequally Yoked
Author: Woodrow Kroll
1 Kings 3:1
Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he
brought her to the City of David until he had
finished building his own house, and the house of
the Lord, and the wall all around Jerusalem.Unequally Yoked
We often receive letters at Back to the Bible
from heartbroken parents whose children were
raised as Christians but have chosen to marry
unbelievers. We also get letters from Christians
who married outside the faith and now are
experiencing the heartaches that such unions
bring. In the long run, marriage to an unbeliever
invariably brings grief. No one discovered that more tragically than did
Solomon. In his early years as Israel’s king, he
made a treaty with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. The
custom of that day was to seal such arel
ationship by marriage. This was not a union of
two people who loved each other; it was a
business deal. But such an arrangement made
Solomon responsible to see that all the needs of
his Egyptian wife were met, including her
religious needs. As time passed, Solomon made
more treaties and collected more wives with
various religious backgrounds. In the end,
1Kings 11:3 tells us he had 700 wives (not to
mention 300 concubines) and "his wives turned
away his heart."The Bible warns us not to be intimately involvedwith unbelievers. Paul calls it being "unequally
yoked" (2 Cor. 6:14). This involves not only
marriage but also business partnerships and othe
rrelationships where moral and ethical issues are
at stake. Such alliances will entangle us with
the values of the world (2 Tim. 2:4) and
seriously compromise our walk with the Lord. If you are contemplating becoming involved
intimately with an unbeliever, heed God’s
warning. Save yourself and others from a grea
tdeal of heartache. Don’t bind yourself to someone
to whom you cannot bind yourself spiritually. If
you are already involved, ask God to protect you
from harming your relationship with Him. Pray
earnestly for the unbeliever in your life and set
a godly example for him or her. If you can’t pull together, don’t get together.
Devotion:
Lessons On Living
Scripture References:1 Kings 3:12 Timothy 2:41 Kings 11:32 Corinthians 6:14
Title: Unequally Yoked
Author: Woodrow Kroll
1 Kings 3:1
Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of
Egypt, and married Pharaoh’s daughter; then he
brought her to the City of David until he had
finished building his own house, and the house of
the Lord, and the wall all around Jerusalem.Unequally Yoked
We often receive letters at Back to the Bible
from heartbroken parents whose children were
raised as Christians but have chosen to marry
unbelievers. We also get letters from Christians
who married outside the faith and now are
experiencing the heartaches that such unions
bring. In the long run, marriage to an unbeliever
invariably brings grief. No one discovered that more tragically than did
Solomon. In his early years as Israel’s king, he
made a treaty with Pharaoh, king of Egypt. The
custom of that day was to seal such arel
ationship by marriage. This was not a union of
two people who loved each other; it was a
business deal. But such an arrangement made
Solomon responsible to see that all the needs of
his Egyptian wife were met, including her
religious needs. As time passed, Solomon made
more treaties and collected more wives with
various religious backgrounds. In the end,
1Kings 11:3 tells us he had 700 wives (not to
mention 300 concubines) and "his wives turned
away his heart."The Bible warns us not to be intimately involvedwith unbelievers. Paul calls it being "unequally
yoked" (2 Cor. 6:14). This involves not only
marriage but also business partnerships and othe
rrelationships where moral and ethical issues are
at stake. Such alliances will entangle us with
the values of the world (2 Tim. 2:4) and
seriously compromise our walk with the Lord. If you are contemplating becoming involved
intimately with an unbeliever, heed God’s
warning. Save yourself and others from a grea
tdeal of heartache. Don’t bind yourself to someone
to whom you cannot bind yourself spiritually. If
you are already involved, ask God to protect you
from harming your relationship with Him. Pray
earnestly for the unbeliever in your life and set
a godly example for him or her. If you can’t pull together, don’t get together.
