Do You Believe This Is Sin?

[Ron]

Do you believe (clear as Black & White) that if an Apostolic Man/Lady marries an unbeliever that they are "Sinning?"

Why or why not?

I await your resposnes.

[Truthseeker]

Yes

[rkentsmith]

Surely you jest?

[Felicity]

Originally Posted by Ron

Do you believe (clear as Black & White) that if an Apostolic Man/Lady marries an unbeliever that they are "Sinning?"

Why or why not?

I await your resposnes.

Oh boy.

Seriously, I don't think I've ever heard this question asked before.

When they become yoked with an unbeliever they're disobeying a very basic principle and command of Scripture so by doing that they are committing a sin.

But once they're married, that's it. It's a covenant that is not meant to be broken. They'll have to live with the bad decision they made and I don't believe that the woman if she married an unbeliever is living in ongoing sin because she disobeyed by becoming unequally yoked.

In many situations though the unbeliever becomes a believer. It happened with both my sisters. They both married guys who weren't in church but later both of them got saved and filled with the Holy Ghost.

And the Scripture does teach that the believing partner can win the non-believer as a result of her "conversation" ... in other words the way she lives her Christian life in front of her husband .... her Godly behavior and her prayer life ... can have such an impact that he also turns his life over to God.

Not a great answer probably but those are some thots that came immediately to mind.

[Ron]

Originally Posted by rkentsmith

Surely you jest?

No sir.

I do believe that they are breaking the command of scripture to be unequally yoked together.
However, like a baby that is born out of wedlock what's done is done, and the people involved will have to live with the cosequences.

[Felicity]

Originally Posted by Felicity

But once they're married, that's it. It's a covenant that is not meant to be broken. They'll have to live with the bad decision they made and I don't believe that the woman if she married an unbeliever is living in ongoing sin because she disobeyed by becoming unequally yoked.

Just wanted to expand a little on this.

God grants mercy, pardon and forgiveness and so because of this a person isn't living in ongoing sin as a result of having made a decision to marry an unbeliever. In fact, now he/she is bound to the person he/she married and they are in covenant with one another.

Another thought ....

In the Old Testament there is record of Israelite prophets, kings and others marrying those who were outside of the Jewish nation - pagans and heathens in fact.

Of Course!!! But a sin against the body not the spirit.

[Neck]

Originally Posted by Ron

Do you believe (clear as Black & White) that if an Apostolic Man/Lady marries an unbeliever that they are "Sinning?"

Why or why not?

I await your resposnes.

I believe it is not a good thing. The saint believes they can change the sinner. The sinner believes they can change the saint. Do you want to take the chance on losing?

[SoCaliUPC]

Now...when we say unbeliever...are you talking about a UPC person marrying someone who is not UPC?

[Ron]

An Apostolic marrying a non believer.