who says he won't consider me for marriage because I am not as devoted to the Lord as he is? But that he is fighting falling for me?
2006-11-25 15:27:13 · 15 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hmm this is a tough question to answer because I don't know your walk with the Lord is-
If you do not except Christ as your savior then he is right because the bible does tell us ---->Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?" (2 Cor. 6:14, KJV).
However if you have excepted Christ and just have not grown strong with the Lord yet, then he needs to help minister to you and help you grow. Becoming devout to the Lord takes time, even after you excepted Christ you have to grow. It is not an over night process. It took my husband years to become strong and spirital/
In the beginning when I met my husband, I was the first one to ever take him to church and he excepted Christ. However it was a couple years of reading the bible and opening his mind to Gods views is where he became devout. Since he gave his heart to Christ, I knew he was the right person for me because I knew Jesus would extend his faith in time. The most important aspect to me is that he let Jesus in. I knew he was the right person to marry from that day on. He was not even close to being devout at that time. If you have excepted Jesus then I would tell him this is his sign that you can be equally yoked. Just as Jesus died on the cross for Jews and Gentiles and uniting us all as one. Through Jesus you both can become devout together.
Now just pray for God to show you how to become close to him!
2006-11-25 15:29:23 · answer #1 · answered by Utopia 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If this is a real issue in your relationship, see a counselor. The only one I can think of is a favorite many people would know -
1 Corinthians 13:1-8, 13
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails....
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
God Bless.
2006-11-25 15:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by C.D.N. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
2006-11-25 15:41:54 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what do you mean by the fact you are not as devoted to the Lord as he is? if it means that you could care less as far as where God would have him to go then that could be a possibility. I am just saying the truth hon. If you wish to marry him then you have to follow him wherever God leads him and you have to be willing to go. If you have no desire in what he desires to do for God then there is a danger to your potential marriage. I am only saying the truth in Christian love. And no there is no scriptural verse to back up what you wish to prove.
2006-11-25 15:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by ben_ukraine19 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How about the one where the guy is standing in the Temple saying "Oh Lord I am so glad I am not like all those other sinners over there who do not follow your laws" Meanwhile there was a man doubled over on his knees striking his breast saying, "Forgive me Lord for I am a miserable sinner" and the Lord said that the one who was on his knees was the one that went away righteous because he did not come for the righteous but , he came for the sinners.
2006-11-25 15:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there is likewise many scriptures that tells those that unbelievers are going to hell. i flow to the well being club with somewhat some atheists. have self assurance me they're formidable sufficient to allow you recognize once you're no longer even talking to them that there is not any God. believe adventure that this atheist has advised her grandmother purely that. Grandma is sweet to warn her that hell heavily isn't cooler for her because of the fact she would not have self assurance. If she would not prefer grandma to assert such issues to her then she should not be complicated her in the 1st place. i do no longer think the story with reference to the motor vehicle. there is extra to this tale.
2016-10-17 13:32:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romans 8: 28
Maybe he put you both together for a reason and your friend IS fighting againt what the Lord wants.
He is there to help you get closer to God.
Can you begin to LOVE God as much as he does?
Pray about it.
2006-11-25 15:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by bob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask him to help you to become" devoted".If he truly loves you he should be willing to help you with your spiritual life,not only as a boyfriend,but as a Brother in Christ. Tell him that you are trying your best righ tnow,and that should be all that matters.
How about matthew 7:1?
2006-11-25 15:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by Myaloo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
matthew 7:1
2006-11-25 15:41:42 · answer #9 · answered by White Male Feminist 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please do not consider marriage with this person, you will spend your life in miserable conflict with him over who is better. Don't degrade yourself like that. It might hurt right now, but Drop him, if you don't want to spend a miserable life. (Please take this from someone who knows)
2006-11-25 15:49:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋