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Unequally yolked
pstrevnglstchrls:
I am truly amazed at the use of scripture and forgetting the rules of grammar. When I was in grammar school, the idea in language was kinda like algebra, if you put two negatives together they make a positive. in the king james version the scripture starts Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers the not and unequally in this sentence is negative which make it a positive which allows the scripture to read Be ye equally yoked together with unbelievers cause I knda think that this is what Jesus did when he came down here. He got equal with a bunch of unbelievers, If I am wrong please correct me thanks
Deborah-Leigh:
Here is the part I see..................
2 Tim 4:3 For the time is coming when people will not tolerate, endure sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching for something pleasing and gratifying, they will gather to themselves one teacher (ONE YOLK) after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors (YOLKS) they hold. 4. And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths (OTHER YOLKS) and man-made fictions (SOME MORE YOLKS). As for you, be calm and cool and steady, accept and suffer unflinghingly.......
The true yolk is Christ. .......The yolks of bondage and blindness is mamon, the world, the carnal, the flesh, the Beast!
I believe we are all yolked unequally with Christ. Who is equal with Jesus Christ? Who has equality with the Spirit of God that is Christ? Christ is the believer. He is faithful. We are still learning, being tried, tested, purified. Christ IS NOW, WAS THEN AND FOREVER WILL BE the righteousness of God. This same Christ is dwelling in us, through unmerited favor, unequalled blessing and incomparable goodness of God towards us.
It is God who loves us. It is God who sent Christ to us. It is God who loves us as He loves Christ. John 17:21..I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and definitely recognize that You sent Me and that YOU HAVE LOVED THEM (US!) AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME(CHRIST) It is God who calls and chooses us and drags us to His Son Christ. It is Christ's work in us that He will complete only when He comes again to complete in us the salvation He has won and works in us. Heb 9:28 Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon HIMSELF and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to FULL SALVATION those who are eagerly, constantly, and patiently waiting for and expecting Him."
We are all unequally yolked to Christ. Who is Christ among us? It is us who will be perfected in the end when He makes right what is wrong, He will make dark into light, unblief into belief, unfaithfulness into faithfulness, the unjust will be made just and the unrighteousness will be made righteous and every knee will bow. We are united in mind here in this Forum, that ALL will be saved and NON lost and that God's WILL, will be done.
We will be like Him but not AS HIM. He will make our diversity unitiy. He is yesterday, today and tomorrow the first fruites. There will always be inequality with that and God makes it equal by sharing with us His inheritance AFTER His Son perfects His image in us that is given to us through the Spirit of God that is Christ through the love of God that drags us, chooses, us selects us and calls us to Christ. Christ works HIS image in us. All things are created for Christ.
OUR oneness between one another is unified through Love. God is Love. The work is Christ. the Spirit of God at work in us. He, Christ is our yolk.He Christ is unequally yolked to us. This, as I see it, will be made equal when He comes again and every yolk is destroyed. This yolk that is Christ is our hope for salvation now. False yolks of bondage will be destroyed. Of course Christ our yolk will not be destroyed. HE will be lifted up as on the cross on earth He was lifted up, so too shall we see Him lifted up in His Glory when He comes and we will see Him face to face and behold His glory.This experience is something to really anticipate, expect and get excited about seeing and witnessing. We are invited to this grand entry of Christ when He comes for us.....1 Cor 13:12...but then, when perfection comes we shall see in relaity and face to face!......."
What an amaizing thing to look ahead towards. .... His is the light. His is the Glory. He is the yolk placed on us through the love of God for us working in us now. Everything else is...mamon, of the world, carnal, of the flesh, the Beast......unequal, irreconcilable.....unequally yolked!
We do not come to Christ. He call us and God drags us. His yolk is light and easy for He is meek and humble and we are unequal, but blessed,........ being purified unto hope and salvation...and under His yolk, we are being made free, like He is, through His gift to us...being transformed into eagerly, constantly, patiently and expectantly waiting for HIM!....as we learn to live under His yolk, His call, His love and His blessing towards us :).......This is the part I see....in part
Peace to you
Arcturus
Michele:
THank you All for your thoughtful replies.
So what scripture says to do in this situation IS:
*Keep on worshiping and learning about God no matter what anyone says or thinks...this is a good example.
*Don't worry about your child's or anyone else's salvation cause it's God who chooses You and Not the other way around, therefore non of us who are seeking God could ever "Bring" someone to God unless God has already Chosen them to become a believer. This fact should render "worry" for those of us her were taught that it's our job and responcibility to "win" souls for God and "Save" people from "eternal hellfire damnation"...Should render the worry Nonexistant! Should!
*Be like Jesus, loving, forgiving, kind, nonhypocritical, Non judgemental....
*Do Not worry what others think about you, continue loving God even if your criticized.
*You do not have to shove God down anyones throat and you don't have to discuss God with them unless they ask, then try to give a good anwer?
When I get terrified for my non believing loved ones, and worry about what my child will believe, I try to keep telling myself what the scriptures truly say (what i am now re-learning they truly say anyway) That God's in control. Even if everyone you love decides to be athiest, it's because God hasn't called them yet? Yes? And you just keep on loving them and worshipping your heart out.
When I get lost in my old thoughts and the old bad things the "church"taught me about eternal damnation/torture, etc......I keep saying to myself that that's NOT what the Bible says, never did say that and just knowing THAT one thing helps me more than anything else to quit the worry and fear..............Now if only I could retrain my mind to KNOW this. When I feel any fear I know it's because I still have not yet let go of the old False teachings that all Fundamental Christians are brought up to believe.
How can I KNOW that "HEllfire" is BULL!? Can I convince myself? Can you convince Me? I want nothing more than to believe that. If I can LEARN that down to every fiber of my being, then I can say truthfully that if "worst comes to worst" that there is NOOO Eternal Torment awaiting ANYone I love, NO MATTER what they do, say or believe in this lifetime.......................
I appreciate any help in this matter! I need the name of the Bible and the other book where it shows how "Hell" is mistranslated/misinterpreted or whatever and only means "Grave/Death"....I think if i could see it with my own eyes it'd help it sink in for me. Can somebody help me out with knowing what to buy?
After I get that ALL Important Fact through my head once and for all, maybe I could contine my research on how to be a better person/true christian and do the research on how to help others on their own journeys with God.
To answer the person here who said they have articles that disprove evolution etc.....please post them here if you don't mind.
PERsonally, I do not have a problem with evolution. WE do NOt know how God Created the world do we? Science and everything that gets discovered Should lead us closer to the "Mind of God". My problem with science as is stands today is how people try to use it to "disprove" God....that is certainly something that cannot be done anyway, but they try! That's my problem with evolutionists who try to say we popped up spontaneously from slime....I have no problem if we did occur that way, it's just that they try to say that it "just happened" and had nothing to do with a "Creator". And then I think "so where did the atoms and minerals and etc....come from that the first life was supposedly formed from" and They say "The Big Bang" and I say "What Made the Big Bang Occur" and They say "nobody knows for certain' and I say "God" and they say "So who created God" !!!!
I dont know if i want to spend my life debating with people who are Looking for reasons not to believe, because God hasn't called them yet? Seems like a time/life waster doesn't it? But if God wants me to gather as much "evidence" of Him as possible to help others on their way to Him..then I want to do that.
The problem is most of the time I don't know what exactly to do.
I know I am so very Tired of worrying about everyone I love's "Salvation" and I am ready to try to learn to let God handle it for me. But I'm thinking I have to learn how to do this also....which is why I"m here....
So if you can offer me helpful advice, point me to scriptures, proofs, anything, I so appreciate it!
Thanks!
Michele
hillsbororiver:
--- Quote from: Michele on November 12, 2006, 08:17:40 AM ---How can I KNOW that "HEllfire" is BULL!? Can I convince myself? Can you convince Me? I want nothing more than to believe that. If I can LEARN that down to every fiber of my being, then I can say truthfully that if "worst comes to worst" that there is NOOO Eternal Torment awaiting ANYone I love, NO MATTER what they do, say or believe in this lifetime.......................
I appreciate any help in this matter! I need the name of the Bible and the other book where it shows how "Hell" is mistranslated/misinterpreted or whatever and only means "Grave/Death"....I think if i could see it with my own eyes it'd help it sink in for me. Can somebody help me out with knowing what to buy?
--- End quote ---
Hello Michele,
Have you studied these articles yet?
http://bible-truths.com/lake16-A.html
http://bible-truths.com/lake16-B.html
http://bible-truths.com/lake16-C.html
There is a wealth of scriptural authority contained within these papers.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Study and pray for understanding, don't stress about things that are in His hands, He is more than capable.
His Peace and Wisdom to you Sister,
Joe
Beloved:
Arcturus
I really loved what you guys are writing in this thread.. It is really wonderful but I tried to point out My faux pas in the above post. I am the one who started this post and inadvertently named it (Unequally Yolked) It should be Unequally Yoked. (the center part of the egg is not the topic)
2 Tim 4:3 For the time is coming when people will not tolerate, endure sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching for something pleasing and gratifying, they will gather to themselves one teacher (ONE YOLK) after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors (YOLKS) they hold. 4. And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths (OTHER YOLKS) and man-made fictions SOME MORE YOLKS
As for you, be calm and cool and steady, accept and suffer unflinghingly.......The true yolks Christ. .......The yolks of bondage and blindness is mamon, the world, the carnal, the flesh, the Beast!
I believe we are all yolked unequally with Christ. Who is equal with Jesus Christ? Who has equality with the Spirit of God that is Christ? Christ is the believer. He is faithful. We are still learning, being tried, tested, purified. Christ IS NOW, WAS THEN AND FOREVER WILL BE the righteousness of God. This same Christ is dwelling in us, through unmerited favor, unequalled blessing and incomparable goodness of God towards us.
What you said Arturus was very nteresting and as you said when the believer has Chrst in them then the unbelivers are in the unequal position ....at least for this age.
I know many readers have overlooked this mis-spelling of this word. I really apologise again and hope that all of you out there can take this Yolk (Joke)...I know another stupid pun. We are all...still ...marred vessels and some of us have more cracks and dings.
Beloved
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