Yoked together with whom?

Wednesday - 2/14 - Read Malachi 2:10-16

Today I want to speak to those who are not married yet, but want to get married at some point in the future. Of course, those who are married need to remember in their own marriages why this is such an important thing to God.

Are you looking for your soul-mate in life?

Why do you think that God was so opposed (Malachi 2:11,12) to the Israelites marrying outside the faith?

As we discovered, the phrase “broken faith” means to “act unfaithfully with respect to a prior agreement or covenant.”

If we are in a covenant relationship with God through Jesus Christ, should we look for a husband/wife who is covenant relationship with God too?

Why do you think this important or unimportant?

If you are looking to find God's person to marry, what's more important? Intimacy with God or intimacy with another human being? That's tough to answer isn't it?

Spend a little bit of time looking at 2 Cor. 6:14-16. List the contrasts in these verses. How do they apply to whomever we “yoked together” with in life?

Do you think this is for our good?

In what ways?

Where does faith enter into the applying of these concepts we're focusing on today?

Are you trusting God to guide you to the best person for you to marry?

Read Malachi 2:17-3:5 in preparation for next Sunday.