Would you tend to see this as referring to Christians and non Christians should never marry, nor do business partnerships with unsaved, or would you say that one should marry just like minded, as in if one was say Baptist and non charasmatic, should not marry one strongly charasmatic?
How do you view the concept of being "unequally Yoked?"
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Paul sees this concept as representing intimate relationships between unsaved people and saved people. I agree with that idea.
Door number one, otherwise, how far do you go? e.g., a 4-point Calvinist could not marry a 5-point Calvinist? lol
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The context of A yoke conveys the idea of two bulls joined to the task of pulling a plow, but they are not well matched.
They are unable to pull the plow in a straight line. This is what it looks like when one partner follows Christ, and the other does not.
A believer and a nonbeliever united in marriage is not therefore a good fit.
However, I for one think that Paul was talking more of a marriage relationship but Paul doesn't limit it to just the union of marriage.
The very nature of the Christian demands that he be separated from that which is unholy. When a saved person marries an unsaved partner, it sets up an impossible situation; and the same thing applies to business partnerships and religious “fellowship.”
What about between say a strong Baptist and someone into strong charasmatic theologies though, are they not pulling different directions in some way?
What about someone who was 5 point calvinist and one who is into "full free will/"
Even in business activities, think one could be compatible if both agree on how to run their business morally and ethically even if both are not Christian
If both are genuine believers (and pentacostals, such as AOG, despite their odd viewpoint, are genuine believers) then there is no unequal yoking provided they understand one another. I know of couples in which one is Baptist and the other is Assembly of God. They manage their differences with the love of Christ.
That would be treating each other as equal partners in christ, but do think would be much harder if one was into say Word of Faith movement
Yes, WOF movement members are questionable Christian believers. Their beliefs don't espouse us serving God and doing His will. Instead they seem to believe that God is supposed to do our will.
I don't know of any saved Pelagians, do you?
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Many current churches and pastors seem to be pushing it though
Yes, that would be the line that think would be unequally yoked between a wife and husband
Any partnership will fail, if some is antagonistic toward Christ. A zealous disbeliever. Or, someone's own ungodly living prevents mutual relationships.
Another sign of apostasy.
We seem to have forgotten that the theology of Charles Finney was heresy