DO NOT Be Unequally Yoked Together With Unbelievers
February 28
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy Chapters 22-24
DO NOT Be Unequally Yoked Together With Unbelievers
As
Moses continued to reiterate the various miscellaneous laws to the Israelites,
he says the following in Deut 22:10: "You
shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together".
While the ox
was a clean beast, the donkey was unclean. God wanted Israelites to avoid
polluting themselves with unclean persons or things. Further, the ox and donkey,
being different cannot associate comfortably in pulling a plough together. The donkey
being much smaller and able to take shorter steps would not be able to
synergize with the ox.
In the New
Testament, we have the following directive from Apostle Paul: "Do not be unequally yoked together
with unbelievers" (2 Cor. 6:14). The yoke is a very clear symbol of
marriage. The picture is of two oxen pulling a plough together - symbolizing a
husband and a wife united and working together for the Lord. A believer is a
child of God as per John 1:12 while an unbeliever is the child of the devil (John
8:44; 1 John 3:10). It is NEVER good for
any believer to have the devil related as a father-in-law! Further, if a believer marries an unbeliever, this is in clear
violation of the command of Scripture.
Let us understand clearly that God cannot, under any circumstances, sanction the marriage of His child with an unbeliever. Always remember this statement: “DO NOT be unequally yoked together with unbelievers”.
