Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!psuvax1!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: art@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Art Mulder) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Should Christians date Non-Christians Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 09:49:19 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article garyh@crash.cts.com (Gary Hipp) writes: > >God will never call you to marry a non-Christian unless you are one. > >Gary I've seen a lot of articles that took exception to the above statement. I think that by now I've read 3 or 4 "but look at this couple and how well it worked out for them" stories. That's great, and we should praise God for that. However my first reaction to stories like that would be to regard them as instances when God, in his infinite mercy, has taken a bad situation and made it work out for good. This does not change the fact that the original action was a sin, and therefore we should actively discourage others from pursuing that path. For example, in Genesis, when Josephs brothers beat him and sold him into slavery, that was wrong. However like Joseph said years later (after he had be made overseer over all Egypt) in Genesis 50:20 "...you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good..."(RSV) This doesn't change that what Josephs brothers did to him was wrong, it just shows how God can turn a wrongful act into a blessing, if he so chooses. Sure your spouse might come to the Lord. But, they might not, and consider the potential pain and struggles if they don't. Arguments/discussion welcome. ...art -- ----------- Art Mulder, McMaster University art@maccs.DCSS.mcmaster.ca Hamilton, Ont, Canada ...!uunet!utai!utgpu!maccs!art