Episode 11: Are You Unequally Yoked?

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Comfort, the healing, the the consolation, the answers that

you have been searching for Again by the grace of God.

Today, we're going to speak on a topic.

It's going to see when I told steering goes, or who it's going

to be in two parts because sometimes Oh, I see those very

important to really get the message across and it's going to

be difficult to, to just present it.

You know, looking at it from one point of view or, you know, when

there is two parts to the topic or the verse that we discussed.

So today's topic is yoking with unbelievers and God willing,

next Monday will be speaking about your cooking with

believers. So let's begin this by the grace

of God. What is a yoke?

Joking, obviously comes from the word yolk.

Yoke is a wooden cross piece. That is fastened, over the next

of to animals and attached to the plow.

I think it's also called a bullock attached to the plow or

a cart that they are to pull. So when the yolk is placed on

the necks of the two animals, mainly Bulls or even horses, the

animals are to work. and to strive together in the Aramaic

version, The scripture that will be reading we pertains to yoking

with unbelievers. The Aramaic word is Benes, Olga

lahari to and Benes Olga. Been a means children's Olga

means Partners couple so do not couple, do not be children of

couple for example, or do not couple with the unbelievers

which could refer to marriages, obviously and some sort of a

partnership or a Relationship. And as far as the unbelievers in

the Holy scriptures is concerned, it's solely pertains

to non-christians. Those who haven't received,

Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior, and I'm not being

baptized in the name of the Holy Trinity and have not confessed

the Lord to be their savior Christians, good or evil.

There are bad Christians there are good Christians.

I mean I you know I always say you're either a Christian or

not. Other Christian, let me rephrase

it. There are committed Christians.

There are Christians who are on fire for Christ and there are

lukewarm Christians which is very dangerous because Christ

states that he will spew us out. The lukewarm Christians will be

spewed out as we read in the Book of Revelation in and in any

case Christians good or you know committed or non-committed

faithful, you know lukewarm are referred to as brothers.

When we reading the holy scriptures in particular in the

Epistles of st. Paul, where he addresses the

brothers, these are the Christians brothers and sisters,

obviously because he's addressing his he has letters or

his Epistles to the churches who have received Jesus Christ.

And in Matthew, chapter 18, Jesus himself.

Matthew 18 · chapter mention

Praise be to his name, says, if your brother sins against you,

if your brother sins against you and he instructs us, what we do

in Galatians, check the sea, Verse 1, Paul writes, my

brethren, if any of you should be overtaken by a fault, you who

are in the spirit, the Holy Spirit should restore him in the

spirit of humility, see my brethren.

So, the Believers are referred to as Brethren's and the

non-believers here, the Believers, sorry.

It would Christians are referred to as Brethren's and the

non-believers are the Gentiles. So, in this program, let's

concentrate on The Outsiders, the non-believers The non

Christ. Christians or Believers, The

Atheist the worshipers of God without not by not through Jesus

Christ? You know, there are many gods

and the owned the one and true God is known through Jesus

Christ, worshippers of gods made by hand.

Notice, I said God's. So we're not going to

concentrate on the children of God or the Believers were

talking about the non-believers. And according to Galatians. 3

Galatians 3:26

verse 26 in the scriptures who are the children of God, those

who by faith have received Jesus Christ for your all the children

of God by faith in Jesus, the Messiah.

So one can be a child of God. One can be my brother or my

sister by faith in Jesus Christ to whom only and I'll emphasize

and stress. Only Bell Hood G God twice.

Speaks God the father and says this is my beloved Son in whom I

am pleased. Listen to him.

Matthew 3:17, Mark, 93. So the holy scriptures are

Matthew 3:17

instructing us not to have partnership with the

unbelievers. Now, let me from this point

stress, not to hate the unbelievers.

Not to despise the unbelievers, not to mistreat.

The unbelievers. Not to disrespect the underbrim

unbelievers, not to kill or to oppress them.

No, but we should not have a relationship with the

unbelievers according to the scriptures and don't jump the

gun. Hold on to your seats.

And just calm down. We're going to go through this

but remembering there is no hatred, there's no disrespect

but we Cannot commingle with the unbelievers.

But the scriptures tell us that we should be continually praying

for those who know not Jesus Christ who have not received and

believed the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior, we must be

praying for them and we must be at all times prepared ready to

introduce them to Jesus Christ to witness to them.

See, I say this you know, so that we don't have don't have

this understanding that. The unbelievers we should

totally avoid and have nothing completely neural.

No, no peace. No.

You know, we got to we got to wage war on the unbelievers that

is not what Christ has taught beloved in the Christian faith.

Nothing but love. Peace Harmony.

Although non compromising is also instructed but in love in

peace and Harmony in the first Epistle of st.

Paul to the Corinthians chapter 10, verse 27.

Listen to what he's saying, anything one of the Gentiles,

meaning the non-jews or today, the non-christians invites, you

And you are willing or you desire to go to his or her

invitation, eat. Whatever is before you he's

talking about food, that is offered to Pagan to Idols, eat

whatever is before you without any inquiry on account of

conscience. So don't totally draw the line

and cut relationship and not speak.

No communication. Because then how you're going to

introduce Jesus Christ to someone who does not know, you

know st. Paul says in the heat book of

How will they believe, if they've not heard of him?

How will they hear of him? If they are not preach to, how

will they preach? If they are not sent by the

church? Okay, so if a gentile invites,

you Paul, he's not saying, don't you dare step foot in the house

actually, Paul he's even more severe and we're going to look

at this next week. More severe with the Christians

who do not live a Christian Life.

He says you should not even eat with these People and we're

going to talk about this but with the Gentiles who probably

know not of Christ, don't have an understanding, haven't been

witness to preach to invite. You go to the / to that house in

love and peace. Not to compromise, never to

compromise and eat the food. But then Paul goes on to say

that, but if you're invited and you're told that this food is

for Idols, you should not eat it.

Okay let but we're not talking. About that and in the, in the

diac diaconate litany om Shapiro.

We say let us all stand up as it is right.

It's a lie. It's called a litany Royal

Proclamation. This is and these are this is

during the the holy feasts the shamash of the deacon proclaims

o Saviour of all men talking about Jesus Christ.

And especially of them that believe in you.

We beseech, you salvation is for every person the believer, the

number The Pagan. The the righteous salvation is

for all, but especially who attained salvation, those who

have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ.

It's there for the taking taking, but who receives it is

those who take it, those who believe in the Lord, and Savior,

Jesus Christ. You know, they may be

non-believers listening to this product cast at this very

moment. And I bid you welcome and I pray

that the Lord will the Heavenly Father by through whom only we

are brought to Jesus Christ. I pray that the holy spirit will

move you that you will Enlighten your mind and your thoughts that

you may draw knee to the light of the world who is Jesus Christ

to be taken out of the darkness. Praise be to his name.

Saint. Paul also writes in his first

letter to the Corinthians chapter 5, verses 9 to 10.

Listen to this, I have written to you in a letter, not to mix

with fornicators. Now, let me tell you from now,

this is talking about the Believers, but we're going to

talk about that next week. In any case I have written to

you in a letter not to mix with fornicators but I am not talking

about the fornicators who are This world.

Those who are not of the family of the children of God.

Or about the greedy or about extortioners or about Idol

worshippers otherwise you would be obligated depart to depart

from this world. So again, we're not to hate

unbelievers, new are not to despise and have nothing to do.

But the only thing that we need to have with unbelievers is to

introduce our Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ.

Yes, I'm going to answer the question, but why love has no

boundary? We are all children of God.

Well we could have to look at the scriptures and see how that

refutes the scriptures refutes. These philosophies, these

justification to prevent and to avoid fulfilling the scriptures

when we are instructed not to yoke with the unbelievers.

Now, as I said here, Paul actually implies to the

Believers and the rest of the verse.

If you continue to read this, this episode is part one.

We'll talk about the Believers in our next episode.

So let's tackle the why question but why, Love has no boundaries.

It cuts both ways they go. Anita love has no boundaries.

Well, let's tackle the why question first?

And then the issue of love Paul sets.

It nice and simple and gives us a reason st.

Paul in his Second Epistle to the Corinthians chapter 6 verses

14 to 16 explains. Why what cocoa mixture.

This is the positive version. What color mixture has the light

with Darkness? There's no relationship.

Actually you know they say that there is no. because it's the,

it's the It's the absence of light.

What kind of Mischief mixture? Has the light with Darkness?

We are the children of light. What Concorde?

What agreement? What Harmony has the Messiah

Christ with Satan. When Christ was being tempted

for 40 days and 40 nights, only three Temptations have been

recorded. He was tempted for 40 days and

40 nights did Christ, sit down after 5:00, the Satan clocks off

her The cries coughs. Aah.

Coughs clocks off and they said and Converse and you know, have

a relation there is no relationship whatsoever with

Christ and with Satan or what part has a Believer with an

unbeliever or what agreement has the temple of God, which we are

with that of demons for you all children of God, Believers are

the Temple of the Living. God Our bodies are the Temple of

the Living. God the Holy Spirit.

As it is said, I will dwell among them.

When your parents brought you at an infant age and you were

baptized. All right.

We'll talk about infants baptisms.

Let's not jump the gun. We'll talk about that, but at an

infant age or bought brought to the church, your parents being

your garden. Guardians, your sponsors, why?

I'm sorry, not your Guardians. And those who are to make the

decisions for you. And you were baptized in the

holy vessel of baptism. Three times, you're immersed in

water, in the name of the father of the son and of the Holy

Spirit, your temple received the Holy Spirit that body received

the Holy Spirit. Some say, well, how can children

receive the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit cannot work

through children. Please don't limit the power of

the Holy Spirit. That's blasphemy it is

blasphemy. When you limit God, when you

limit the father and the Son and the Holy Spirit to our

understanding Because I want to ask what moved those suckling

babies to cry out. Hosanna, it was the Holy Spirit.

So we our bodies have have received the Holy Spirit.

We are the temples of the Living God.

And as I said, we are all children of the light Children

of the day. We are not Children of the

Night, neither Children Of Darkness, 1 Thessalonians 5 5.

You know, it's like seeing a nun and a prostitute.

Commonly listen to my words commonly and casually

commingling notice I said commonly and casually not

implying intentionally purposefully with a vision and a

goal possibly to rescue to save and to bring light to life

through Jesus Christ to restore know.

But if it's commonly and casually and compromising Lee,

well, you know what, this is a child of God.

And who am I to judge? No, we do not judge beloved.

We do not judge of our own accord.

We judge according to the Judgment of our Lord and our

Savior, Jesus Christ through the scriptures.

You know, Jesus says, do not judge but if you want to judge

righteously and what is, Right? Other words of God, which the

church for 2021 years has used as the base of the canons, the

scriptures Oh, but we are all children of God.

Some may be saying we're all children of God.

Well, as much as I'd love to agree emotionally and, you know,

feeling good. And I don't believe it's right

as much as I'd like to do this. Well, I can't because I'll be a

hypocrite, then I will not be preaching.

The true scriptures scriptures refute that statement In

Galatians 3:26, we are children of God through our faith in

Galatians 3:26

Jesus Christ. So let's reverse that if we do

not have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, are we then still the

children of God? No.

Yes we are all God's creation. God's amazing handiwork.

God's amazing wisdom. We are all God's creation, but

called to Salvation which means the adoption as children through

God's, the only begotten son, Our Lord and our Savior Jesus

Christ. But love has no boundaries.

Robbie Love is Blind. I can love me.

Blind. I think love is not blind.

I mean you know and when we speak about love we have to

ascertain. We have to we have to make a

distinction. Is that the true love we're

talking about? Is that the love that we are to

give to the god. The true God known only through

his son. Our Lord and our Savior Jesus

Christ. Is it the love that was

portrayed and taught and presented to mankind by Jesus

Christ who revealed to us too. Through God.

That's a question. We need to ask.

But what if someone you love someone with all your heart?

You know, I meet someone and I love this person and it is there

is so much love in the heart. So much love in the heart were

talking about Christians not joking with uh non-christians

Christians. Not yoking o Believers with

unbelievers and we were my thing I presented.

Plenty of scriptures. But what if I love someone with

all my heart? Well, the first requirement of

the great commandment is to love the Lord, your God, with all

your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, And when

you love it means you are faithful.

You are caring. You are compassionate when you

love your Bae but you do not compromise.

You cannot compromise. Let me give you an example of

the issues we have with, in marriages sometimes.

And you know, sometimes I'm quite explicit and I say it as

it is. So He who has ears, let him hear

here and he who does not like to hear these things.

Let him not here. We have.

Husbands and wives couples who have issues in their marriages.

And you know, I'm not going to mention any name.

So don't even wait for that. And this is not gossip.

This is generally speaking. we have marital problems and I

wouldn't, I can't put a percentage to it, but there are

many times where The intimacy of a husband and wife, which is

blessed by God at times. It has been misused, for

example, the husband or the wife will say, well, you know what,

Robbie, what my partner expects for me, when it comes to

intimacy, I can't. I it just it's not with it.

I just can't offer that. I can't provide that because

it's not Within me. And then the other panel say

well, where is love? Love has some limitations, love

has respect. Love, has honor, love has

reverence, and I'm going to say this Where there is true,

genuine love that is bound by Christ's love.

Even if in a relationship between a husband and a wife

which is the same relationship as the church and Christ.

When there is love then, and I'm sorry to say the husband should

not see his wife as an object to do.

Whatever. He pleases when it comes to

intimacy. No, there has got to be

agreement because in love His agreement.

There is harmony. So when we love God with all our

hearts and let's let's stop the all our heart.

Well the first thing that comes in my heart is the love of God

which means a baby ins Harmony respect reverence and God is

saying to me as it did to the to the Israelites that your love

should not what I shouldn't say. You love you should not mingle

or Or be yoked with an unbeliever who hasn't received

me through my son. Jesus Christ, you see the point

I'm trying to make, you know, this is how we don't need to go

deeper than this. This is how serious we need to

be with our faith, not because today's society, and the norm,

and Hollywood, and liberalism, and capitalism, and isn't all

these you, no, no, no. We look at our Lord and our

Savior Jesus Christ, and the holy captures that he has left

for us. So if we truly love the Lord,

with all my heart and I love the Lord, with all my heart.

And I'm Excuse me, I want to have a relationship.

I want to have a partnership with someone.

Well then when I know that that person does not have the love of

God through Jesus Christ now. No despising, no murdering no,

giving up no riding off. Well, maybe the first thing that

I need to do is before I fall into that.

That deep love where, where I'll begin to compromise, Jesus

Christ. Maybe I need to stop and think

and say well you know what, my first mission, maybe God's

putting me here is to introduce to save this Soul.

Even you know, when you many people come when they want to be

married and we speak about baptism on having I say, listen

baptism is not only because I want to bless you is not.

I'm not baptizing you because to permit you to marry your Owner

even in in a 1 or 2 months time, you come back and say you know

what? Father don't worry about baptism

because we're not getting married.

No, I'll still pursue that because we're talking about the

soul, the salvation of the Soul. So if you truly love someone

and, you know, I'm I was swept off my feet of my feet, I truly

have emotions and I have love for this person.

The first thing you need to do is save the soul.

Regardless, whether this relationship will work out to

save the soul and BB D into God, John 14:15.

John 14:15

If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

So before you let your heart speak and move you, your

emotions, your feelings. Be sure that your heart is

spoken to and moved by God through the holy spirit.

Let me quote it again, and I should copyright this before you

let Heart speak and move. You be sure that you hear your

heart is spoken to and move by God through the Holy Spirit

don't compromise. We are not, we are not

permitted, we should not dare compromise the truth, the

sacrifice of Christ don't exchange, the love of God

through Jesus Christ. His son on the Christ on the

cross for you and Entire world for the love of one who does not

believe does not worship and Obey and does not obey God

through his son. Jesus Christ.

Jesus said, I am the way the truth, the life.

No one comes unto my father but me, not marriage.

Not Valentine's Day. Not 10, long-stem roses and

chocolates and teddy bears. And and my Art is over filled

with love. Jesus is the truth.

He is the love. Jesus, instructs and warns in

Matthew 10:37, he does, he that loves father the most treasured

Matthew 10:37

person on Earth, father mother, the most loved and respected and

honored person on Earth. More than me is not worthy of

me. He that loves son and daughter.

More than me is not worthy of me is talking about father and

Mother's Son and Daughter. How about when you love someone

more than God and in particular the unbelievers we're going to

take care of the Believers next week we're gonna give it.

We're going to give it to ourselves next next program but

this is what the scriptures are telling us.

Father, mother son daughter, not the knight in shining armor that

were waiting for. Not the blond hair and blue eyes

that we're waiting for. No, he's talking about flesh.

Blood. If we love more than Jesus

Christ, we are not worthy. Do you know why?

Because he loved you. And I more than he loved

himself, he laid down his life for you and I and we can't

compromise this because, oh, I feel loved now.

We got to be very careful. Again I'm not implying that no

conversation, is to take place at all with non-believers, you

know st. Paul says, if that's the case we

should be taken out of this world we should we all

Christians are going to go to Mars and we're going to all live

on mars or Jupiter or Pluto. No let's let's let's let's let's

invent a new Outlets let's discover new planet anywhere.

No that's not what the scriptures are saying but we

have to be alert. Stand firm, 1 Corinthians 613 be

alert and stand firm in the faith.

Be Valiant be strong, not to compromise, but to always share,

share the love of Jesus Christ with the unbelievers, understand

the circumstances of the unbelievers.

Just because the circumstances I've been difficult in one's

life but that does not justify, not receiving the Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

So the only communication you want to call it.

The only relationship partnership between a Believer

and a non-believer should be based on the vision that the

believer wants to draw near to the unbeliever.

So that He or she can be drawn closer to the Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ. This is what the script Spirit

the scriptures are teaching us. So next week or next program

we're going to talk about the Believers and see what Paul is

saying about a Believer Christian who is lukewarm or is

a stumbling block to another Christian, be it in a

relationship of a boyfriend and girlfriend or a husband and wife

or in a in a family. We've had a lot of lot of cases

where the wife has been quite spiritual, but the husband has

been nothing but a stumbling block.

Oh, vice versa, but we'll discuss that and I hope that we

truly honor and treasure and know the value of what it means

to be a Christian. What it means to have received

the Holy Spirit dwelling within us and what it actually means to

be called the children of God, not the creation of God.

So the children of God are brothers and sisters and that's

why many times when I greet people, I actually say good

afternoon, good evening, good morning, Brothers and Sisters in

Christ and Friends. See friendship, there's no

animosity but there is no compromise as well and I hope

that I've touched up on what you wanted to hear but not me but

the Holy Spirit and let us at all times.

Beloved glorify ascribe Glory. Praise.

Anna confession and worship to the father and the Son and the

Holy Spirit. Now not all times in forever.

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