Numbers
Numbers 27-34
Numbers 34:1-2
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries
The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries
The Israelites are about to enter the land God promised to them almost 40 years earlier… I find it very interesting that before they set foot into the promise land. God explains to them the boundaries of the land…
All throughout the scriptures, God gives us boundaries not to restrict us, but to protect us… One area that we tend not to follow God’s boundaries is in our relationships. There are several areas of relationships I could cover but since marriage and family life are my passion, I’m going to focus on dating and marriage.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
If you are already married to an unbeliever this verse does not apply to you. You have already stepped out of God’s designed boundaries. Getting a divorce would only put you further outside of God’s boundaries
However, if you are a Christian and still dating or considering marriage, this verse definitely does apply to you. So many times God’s people were led away to worship idols because they were willing to compromise on who they were dating and marrying.
Case in point: The Midianite women
Numbers 31:16
16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people.
Numbers 31:16
16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord’s people.
In other words you and the person you are to wed better be on the same page; that includes faith, parenting, and a desire to do marriage God’s way!
If you have already married an unbeliever or someone you are not equally yoked with there are boundaries for you too…
1 Corinthians 7:12 – 14
12 To the rest I say that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
1 Peter 3:1
1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
1 Corinthians 7:12 – 14
12 To the rest I say that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him.
1 Peter 3:1
1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,
These boundaries are to protect your marriage. God’s design for marriage is holiness, not happiness! Too many marriages end when couples become unhappy with each other… If they follow the boundaries for married couples in Ephesians chapter 5:22-33
Which can be summed up as husbands love your wives as yourself and wives respect your husbands…
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