PREFACE
Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart,
‘’Tis woman’s whole existence.
By: Byron
Who is "Unequally Yoked?"
If you were a Christian when you married and you married a non-Christian, you are unequally yoked. This whole book is for you. You will need to do every step.
If you and your husband were non-Christians when you married and you became a Christian since you married, you are unequally yoked. The whole book can be beneficial to you; but any area where it says you have sinned because you are unequally yoked is not true. You did not deliberately become unequally yoked.
Scripture says you should not be unequally yoked. Scripture also gives you a plan whereby your husband can be saved. God has not gone against His word by saving you first. God just saved you before He saved your husband. He would not save you unless He plans to save your husband or unless He knows that your husband is going to leave you.
Scripture says you are not to leave your husband but if he leaves you, let him go. You are not bound by the marriage. God does not go against His own word. What He plans to do is an accomplished fact.
Many people believe Inter-denominational marriages (Methodist, Pentecostal, Catholic, Baptist, etc.) are unequally yoked. Even though there are problems in inter-denominational marriages. This is not what the Bible calls unequally yoked. In an inter-denominational marriage, you still have the basics in common. You both put your faith and trust in Jesus; have the same Holy Spirit to guide you and use the Holy Scriptures (Bible) as your guide. You are not unequally yoked - you simply worship the same God in a slightly different manner.
Some people think inter-racial marriages are unequally yoked. There are problems in inter-racial marriages. But, if you are both Christians, you have a common foundation (Jesus, Holy Spirit and Bible) to work from - you are not unequally yoked. Otherwise, Ruth could not have been in Jesus’ family tree. She was a pagan who converted to the Jewish religion. Ruth was not a Jew racially.
To singles: there are many people who profess to be Christians and are not. Jesus said you could identify them by their fruit. The fruit of the Spirit is:
Christians receive all these characteristics when they are born again (born of the Spirit). The more they use the fruit, the stronger it will become in the person. Baby Christians, New Converts, evidence them in a mild form - mature Christians portray them more prominently.
Now you know how to recognize a Christian - (1 Cor. 6:14-18; Ja. 4:1-10)