Marriage of a Christian and non-Christian forbidden?
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:40 pm
Could someone lay out the Biblical grounds for the idea that a Christian may not marry a non-Christian?
I recently told someone that the Bible forbids this and received this reply:
I remember Steve talking about this on the radio show, but of course have no idea what the date was to try and look it up.
Thank you!
P.S. My brief answer was going to be:
I recently told someone that the Bible forbids this and received this reply:
While there is some relevant material in Steve's What Is Marriage and Divorce and Remarriage, none of it specifically addresses the "unequally yoked" topic or goes into great detail about the implications of marriage being supposed to represent Christ and the church.except that no one really knows what the hell writers meant when they wrote it and thus some very conservative types would agree with you, while many others would not. At least for Catholics, it's discouraged but not forbidden -- see HERE.
Some more elaboration of all the reasons for believing marriage is to reflect Christ and the church, and why this kind of marriage is not only totally against loyalty to Christ but is super foolish as well would be appreciated.Ephesians 5:31-32 ESV wrote:31 "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
I remember Steve talking about this on the radio show, but of course have no idea what the date was to try and look it up.
Thank you!
P.S. My brief answer was going to be:
But I don't think that's convincing enough.There definitely is some disagreement, but I don't think it's only *very* conservative types. If someone is a Christian it means they follow Christ and their loyalty to Christ comes first above all else in life. Given "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. it seems that marriage between a Christian a non-Christian contravenes this stated purpose.