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Hey everyone! I was blessed to stumble upon this wonderful youtube with Paster Justin; in the video, he explains the importance of being equally yoked with people you date.

I found the video to be helpful, and true. So I wanted to share it with everyone! The video starts out with a funny skit that shows Samson and Delilah--an example of a unequally yoked couple, but it the skit bothers you, just forward the youtube to 3:50 to get to the good stuff. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ePPBWJy8E

Unequally yoked dating is an interesting topic.It is mentioned in many parts of the Bible. Such as here:

2 Corinthians 6:14 - 18 NIV :

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

“I will live with them
and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
and they will be my people."

Therefore,

“Come out from them
and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
and I will receive you.”

And,

“I will be a Father to you,
and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.

*However, I am a bit picky about the unequally yoked thing. When my husband and I were only dating and then became engaged and eventually married, we might be considered "unequally yoked". We were both Christians, but different types. Although, we both believed in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. I believe it's okay if you are both Christians but have some different values. Although, it is slightly "unequally yoked", I believe it's talking more of a Christian and someone who doesn't believe at all dating each other. If perhaps there is Christian dating a totally different denomination, it may be a bit more unequally yoked.

I eventually turned my beliefs around when my husband was able to explain them to me and use Biblical scripture and historical context of that time; including original meanings of some of the words to explain to me and things made true sense for the first time in my life and leaned more towards that because I felt it was truly right and acceptable by God. I'm far more interested in learning about God's word than I was before.

Although, there are also verses that say if you are unequally yoked:

1 Peter 3:1 - 6 NIV:

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

1 Corinthians 7:12 - 15 NIV:

To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

*This seems to show that if we are unequally yoked, we shouldn't give up on them and try to show them the way through our actions and how we live our life (unless of course the marriage is abusive or has cheating going on and may have a Biblical stance for a divorce). When we feel we may be unequally yoked, it's good to pray about it, evaluate the situation, and study his word to see how to truly handle the situation.