Im 21years old and shes 18. We are both Iraqi descent but im also half Assyrian. My entire family is all Christian. Her family is Muslim. She lives in Australia and I live in U.S (California) I have enough money to go see her as well. I really really REALLY have strong feelings for this girl.... shes one of the very very few girls I've met around my age group who is a virgin and who doesn't go out partying/drinking or any of that junk. I would be literally shattered if our parents wouldn't allow us to be together. We've even talked about marriage... I literally think this girl is perfect for me in every way besides the muslim part. I just don't know what to do... I know if I don't try I'll be crushed for ages. I know this sounds crazy and maybe even pathetic but I just can't help these feelings... I pray everyday to Jesus that it all works out and for her to find him and be saved. Need some insight guys. This has been keeping me awake at night for the past few weeks. By the way I forgot to mention we've been talking on fb/skype ...etc for 4 years ... and she just recently revealed her feelings to me. I liked her the whole time but didn't think she liked me in that way. She says she loves me because my strong morals and trying to always be pure.
Hi Alang,
I know that you really want who is compatible with you and want someone that you can really love, but if you marry her, you are not only going against God's will, but you are putting a great stumbling block in your spiritual development with God.
Marriage is more than a mental, physical, and emotional relationship. It is a spiritual relationship as well.
The bible says, "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness" (2 Corinthians 6:14).
If you marry her, rather that your spiritual relationship being light with light, it will be darkness with darkness. Marriage is joining together as one, not two separate individuals just living in harmony.
"and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh (Mark 10:8).
It goes on to say, "
9"What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate (Mark 10:9).
Marriage is not just a ceremony, but a joining together of the individuals by God. Tell me do you think this will be a true joining together by God, if your partner is not of God?
Yes the bible says the scripture that Mike said, "
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy" (1Co 7:12-14).
First, let's look that Paul says it is himself speaking, rather than the Lord. Why do you think he says this? This scripture is to be given much less authority than the scripture from the Lord that says, "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers" (2 Corinthians 6:14). Paul didn't want unbelievers yoked with believers, nevertheless he was talking to those who have already married, so families weren't broken up.
Salvation is not about doing good works. Salvation is about the believer by faith in Jesus being made righteous in God, because of God's righteousness. That is the goodness of God in the believer does good works because the love of God compels them through the Holy Spirit.. When someone is saved (by true faith they have asked for the gift of God's righteousness to be credited to them because Jesus paid the penalty for their sins) they are raised in Christ and become part of his body having his mind and spirit.
"we have the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:16).
"Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it" (1 Corinthians 12:27).
"Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own" (1 Corinthians 6:19).
Jesus says, "On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you" (John 14:20).
An unbeliever is not part of this holy relationship. An unbeliever is unholy for they are not in Christ, no matter how many good works they do for they are living in their own righteousness which is sin laden, not Christ's righteousness.
"All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6).
The righteous acts of an unbeliever are as filthy rags to God. A believers righteousness is from God, not themselves.
Do you believe anyone will be with God after death because they are good and do good things regardless of the gospel, or do you believe someone has eternity with Jesus because of Christ dying to pay for their sins?
I want to continue with you, but it is important that I know this first.
In Christ, Olivia