Unequally Yoked "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?"What does it mean to be unequally yoked? Definition of Yoke...(Latin word means to join) - a wooden bar or fram by which two draft animals are joined at the heads or necks for working together. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary)
In Deuteronomy 22:10, God forbid the people of Israel to yoke a donkey and oxen together. The yoke would grant too much weight on one and choke the other as they move forward. They would not travel smoothly, helping each other. One would carry all the weight while draging the other.
Spiritually, being attached to a person who does not share Jesus as Savior can cause just as much heartache as the yoked donkey and oxen. Naturally, it could be anyone who couldn't equally pull their own weight in business or even friendship. The "unequally yoke"factor is the Word of God however, "Spiritually", do some of us carry this too far? I have heard statements that "those folks" we shouldn't associate with or they need to be converted to what we believe in. Is that belief in line with scripture?
I can understand this mindset if there is no common faith but do we not associate with people of certain denominations even though they share the belief in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit just because they are of another denomination? Do we sometimes take this as far as becoming judgmental? Self righteous? Or just plain Ignorant? The word says not to be unequally yoked with "Unbelievers". Can we be unequally yoked with the scripture?
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