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As Paul said RE: being unequally yoked with unbelievers:

1 Corinthians 5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

And then "Where we place ourselves under the control of unbelievers instead of Christ".

1 Peter 2
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

 

So lets go marry whoever we will, Christian or not. And lets forget what Jesus says, and let unbelievers use us any way they see fit.

 

That may be your desire but not my desire for myself.

Perhaps others may comment for themselves as well.

 

I'm consistent in not being unequally yoked to unbelievers. Many are not.

 

That depends upon your definition of "yoke".

e.g.
If you go to a grocery store owned by an unbeliever you "yoke" yourself to him/her when you purchase something and subsequently pay for the commodity.

In that exchange you put your stamp of approval upon the merchant's value system because the profit she/he receives from your momentary settlement he/she uses to sustain and promote his/her godless lifestyle.

 

Isn't Paul saying that believers should not be partners with unbelievers?

part•ner \ˈpärt-nər also ˈpärd-\ noun
[Middle English partener, alteration of parcener, from Anglo-French, coparcener—more at PARCENER] 14th century
1 archaic: one that shares: PARTAKER
2 a: one associated with another especially in an action: ASSOCIATE, COLLEAGUE
b: either of two persons who dance together
c: one of two or more persons who play together in a game against an opposing side
d: a person with whom one shares an intimate relationship: one member of a couple
3: a member of a partnership especially in a business also: such membership
4: one of the heavy timbers that strengthen a ship’s deck to support a mast—usually used in plural.—part•ner•less \-ləs\ adjective


Merriam-Webster, I. (2003). Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary. (Eleventh ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

 

My point, which I think you picked up on, is that: We each draw the line of complicity with evil in the sand differently as the scripture is fuzzy in that area.

We do have a general principal of avoiding offense to the brother/sister in particular the babes in Christ.

Of course we each will answer for the "X/Y Coordinates" of that line and offenses thereby at the Bema seat (Deeds done in the body).

 

This is true, but the civil magistrate is God's secular arm of the law. Nowhere are we told to adopt the magistrates role and manner of dealing with people. If I cannot lay up treasure as a Christian, how can I shoot someone for stealing treasure I myself cannot collect?

 

All wars are about money so the principle I set forth remains. We are taking this thread off topic by heading in this direction. We should open a "What If" thread exploring everyone's responses to violence as a Christian.

 

That is why we need a new thread so we can see everyone's convictions about violence and how we handle it according to scripture.

 

We're not talking about the Jews. But try to find a war that wasn't about money or territory.

 

I believe 6000000+ Jews perished in Germany during WWII. Who could deny this? But, again, we are straying off topic. My apologies to the OP.

 

I don't want to move beyond what scripture says. It has a lot to say about believers and separation from the world. Believers not being unequally yoked with unbelievers. The removal of unbelievers from Israel and their plight among the nations. If you would like to discuss any of this, maybe we can stop taking this thread off topic and begin a new one?