I married a Muslim – do I throw my Christianity away?
Married 1 Peter 3:1-2
Everyday I wake up next to the man that I married. He is a Muslim and I am a follower of Jesus. When we decided to get married, neither of us was practicing our faiths, so it was an easy decision. In fact, our faiths looked quite similar in many ways and he had convinced me that they were indeed very similar.
Even though I knew I had married a Muslim, his decision to start practicing (just one year after getting married) came as a huge surprise to me. It totally upset the balance that we had as two people, each living out our faiths in a very nominal way. Along with anger at him for changing (as we all do!!), I also felt a growing resentment towards this religion that was stealing my loving, caring husband and replacing him with someone who was so focused on rules, regulations and merciless rituals. Our romantic relationship took a serious turn for the worse.
The fact that he keeps the rules affects my life a lot. For example, if we have to be somewhere at a certain time (especially it is something for me, it seems), he’ll want to wait just a little longer before leaving so that he can get the next prayer in. During Ramadan it is especially challenging because he will basically not touch me all day – and definitely will not kiss me. This is hard for me, not because I want to kiss him all day (or maybe I do! 
), but because I see marriage as an open, living, breathing expression of love and commitment to each other. Sometimes, physical expression is needed to say what words cannot. I do think that he errs on the side of caution, especially during Ramadan, in hopes that he will make up for all the other days of the year that he is not following everything to the letter. I have to rely on God’s grace and wisdom to know how to respond to some of these things that my husband throws at me.
Lately, I’ve been grappling with how I will respond when he wants our daughter to start praying. This probably won’t happen for a while, but I fear the day that it does. I try to put things into perspective by weighing what is actually right and wrong. There is nothing wrong with washing, definitely nothing wrong with praying, or even praying at a certain time (this tradition, I believe, actually came from the Christian church a long, long time ago). The problem I will have is with our daughter having to state that Mohammed is a prophet and denying the divinity of Jesus. I keep praying that my husband will come to know Christ before this becomes an issue.
At the same time, there are many things that I can take from Islam and transfer to my own faith. Their view of God, His omnipotence, His omnipresence, and His sovereignty, is very core to how they see God. (If we could just throw in the knowledge of God’s love for us all, that would be great!!). I’ve learned to treat our Scriptures with more reverence. The goal I strive for is to find a balance between knowing God as a holy, pure and powerful God as well as knowing Him personally, as my Saviour, my friend and the One who loves me more than I could ever imagine!
Ironically, it was this sudden fervour of his that drove me back to my roots – my relationship with Jesus. Surprisingly, I am actually from a Christian family, grew up attending Sunday School , DVBS, Bible Camp, and even Bible College. I was a leader in my church and looked up to by many people, as a role model in the faith. What was the problem? In one short word … Pride. I never thought it could happen to me… I was firmly against marrying a non-believer but put in the right circumstances we are capable of anything.
Within a couple months of his awakened faith, I was invited to my friend’s church at Christmas. I went only because I thought it was the least I could do, being a nominal Christian and all. God had plans for me though. I don’t remember what the message was that day, but it made me want to return. So I did. The next Sunday, the message was about God’s all-encompassing love and His forgiveness, no matter how deep the sin. I sat in the front row with my dear friend. I wept. God had taken my heart of stone and softened it – miraculously; instantly. Words really cannot explain what happened in this short moment.
Here I am today, a follower of Jesus. There are many verses that encourage me, one that I think of almost every day is this one: “Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behaviour of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.” (1 Peter 3:1-2, NIV). I am challenged to look at my marriage, not as a mistake, but as a sign of God’s forgiveness, grace and love.
Prayer Requests for (Christian) women married to Muslim men:
- - That our love for Jesus would grow daily, through time in the Word and on our knees.
- - That we would be led by Spirit in how we live and share Christ – choosing words carefully.
- - That we would be well connected to a church body – and sought to be understood and supported.
- - Unity, wisdom and discernment in child-rearing.
- - A deep steadfastness in the knowledge of God’s love, knowing that God loves our husbands even more than we do.
- - The courage to stand in prayer for our beloved husbands. God has allowed us to become married (whether by disobedience or subsequent conversion) and will give us what we need to live as an example of Jesus in our homes, so that our beloveds would meet Jesus.
- - Pray against fear – the future is unknown and that can be very scary for a woman married to a Muslim – pray for increased faith and trust that He who holds our lives has good plans for them.
Editors Note: we have the offer of a Christian women wanting to help other women married to Muslim men. Feel free to leave comments and questions below in the comment section for now. We can always start a Marriage forum if we get enough replies.
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Marhaba Emily
I’m sure the following thoughts would’ve crossed your mind at some point but hey- I’m gonna say it anyway!
1. Your marriage wasn’t a mistake- mistakes never happen.. not with God around!
This is God’s way of calling to you:
(a) I mean your husband deciding to practice Islam shows that he has been having an internal struggle or he’s been guided to do so.. you don’t just wake up one day and decide to practice.. there’s something beyond that- an inspiration. You wouldn’t have had your faith rekindled in Christ if it weren’t for him becoming serious with Islam. Thank God for that!
(b) God is preparing you all- your whole family actually! First he calls on a believer so she can be an example for the rest.. A man is the head of the house, yes, but a woman is its neck
Your prayers are heard and everything is in accordance to God’s plan.. You’ll gently guide him to the right direction with the help of God. Your husband has to feel and see for himself, the difference. He’s logical, he’s all that. He’s getting to understand how Islam is about struggling and oppressing (no offense to any muslims here) and how Christianity is about embracing.. He needs to see and feel the difference for himself and that he’ll do soon.. keep praying and have faith! God works in mysterious ways and thats the fun of it all! Thank God for preparing you and your family.. thank Him, knowing that everything is in accordance to His plan and ask Him to reveal Himself to your husband 
(c) Don’t worry about your daughter.. everything is in accordance to God’s divine plan for you all
Know and trust that in your heart.. Peace isn’t the absence of war- it is living in the presence of God 
You keep well now and do continue praying.. I’ll pray for y’all too
Salaam Elmassieh7 Ma3aake!
- Maya
mayouches
I know you may have meant no offense to Muslims…but how can I not be offended when someone in ignorance calls my religion oppressive? I was raised Christian so I am a convert to Islam….would I have chosen an oppressive religion for myself? Again, I know you mean no offense, but don’t talk about things that you have no authority to talk about. Have you ever lived as a Muslim? If so, then I apologize and you are allowed your opinions, but if not, then please let those of us with firsthand experience share about our religion. What do you find so oppressive? Our modest clothing? Our right to own property? Our right to stay home and raise our children and have our husbands be the sole provider of the family? Our right to forgo this previous right and work outside of the home if we view it as a want or a necessity? Our right to an education?
I’ve been a Christian. And although Christians don’t often practice the Bible word for word, if they did, you’d probably find yourself oppressed.
Old Testament
“And a man will choose…any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman…Sin began with a woman and thanks to her we all must die” Ecclesiastes, 25:18, 19 & 33.
“And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.” Ecclesiastes 7:26
New Testament
1 Timothy 2:11-15:”A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent…”
Ephesians 5:22-24: “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife…wives should submit to their husbands in everything.”
1 Corinthians 14:34-35: “…women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says, If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.”
1 Corinthians 11:7-9:”For a man…is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman but woman for man. For this reason, and because of the angels, the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.” (Christian women are supposed to cover their hair as well. have you ever seen a depiction of Mary without her veil?)
I don’t like to make Islam and Christianity an “us versus them” type of deal. My family is Christian, I love them very much, and I pray that God will accept them into Heaven. But to tell this woman that the husband that she loves practices a religion of struggle and oppression is wrong. Her husband can teach her about the religion he practices. Also, to tell her that he’ll see the logic of Christianity is wrong, because only God knows the outcome of this marriage. I once thought that it was my place to make my husband see the “difference.” Make him see how Christianity was far superior….but instead I found that I was at fault!
And also, you said Islam is about struggle like that is a bad thing? Islam is about struggling in the sense that if we are given a struggle in life, we are to accept it as Allah’s will and use it to improve our faith; I don’t see how this is any different than Christianity, though, and can’t figure out why this would be seen negatively.
Nicole,
You say you have made a study of Islam. Then perhaps you can help me answering the following question as men can’t give an answer to it.
For the men the virgins await him in paradise when he dies, if Allah accepts him, but what are there for the women?
Thank you.
I don’t know why people think this ‘virgins in paradise’ argument proves Islam false. For one thing, the ‘72 virgins’ we often hear about in the media is not found anywhere in authentic Islamic sources. You can read about this discrepancy in the following two links:
http://ramadan4u.blogspot.com/2007/09/72-virgins-myth.html
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2001-08/25/article5.shtml
I suggest you read the Qur’an for yourself if you really want to know what is said about paradise.
For your convenience, though, here’s a link to an Islamic source discussing what can be found in Paradise. Who better to ask about Islamic Heaven than a Muslim, right? Please stop believe everything you read or hear. America is full of Islamaphobes.
sorry…i forgot the link: http://www.islamreligion.com/category/60/
Nicole
You are the first person who directed me to references in the Qur’an re paradise. Don’t assume that everything that is said is Americanisms, the idea about the virgins I got from Muslim men, that is why I said the men can’t answer my question. I wasn’t trying to prove Islam false. Elsewhere in this post I commented on different religions.
The verses you quoted about women in the Bible is one way of looking at it. (I could not find your reference on Ecclesiastes, 25:18, 19 & 33). Jesus came and showed us a different approach to women without making an issue out of it.
In John 8:1-11 the Religious leaders brought a woman to Jesus caught in adultery. They quote the Law of Moses but leave out the part that says both the man and the woman must be stoned. Jesus avoids the trap of unjustly condemning her together with the religious leaders. In the end he says, “Then neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin.”
Luke 10:38-42 To appreciate what Jesus did here, e must take note that women were not allowed to be taught religious matters, only the men. Paul sat at the feet of Gamaliel learning to be a Pharisee. Here we find Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus. Martha’s reaction tells us that she expected her sister to help her in the kitchen. That was the woman’s place! Jesus was (quietly) doing an exceptional thing here. Later when the brother of the two sisters die (John 11:1-44), Jesus uses the opportunity to teach the industrious Martha a deep theological truth (not Mary). He doesn’t write Martha off as the kitchen worker, but honour’s her in a special way.
Jesus wants a love relationship with us (John 15:9-17). We can read what Jesus is saying here in a legalistic way as rules and laws that we need to obey, but I think that is not what Jesus meant. In verse 15 he says that he shared his Father’s heart with us. He treats us as friends not as servants who merely obey their master’s orders. Friends stick together, help one another to do what is right (most times). I thin this is what Jesus is inviting us to do, to be loyal to him.
Nicole, this is what I wish for you, to discover Jesus’ love for you personally.
Nicole
You are the first person who directed me to references in the Qur’an re paradise. Don’t assume that everything that is said is Americanisms, the idea about the virgins I got from Muslim men, that is why I said the men can’t answer my question. I wasn’t trying to prove Islam false. Elsewhere in this post I commented on different religions.
The verses you quoted about women in the Bible is one way of looking at it. (I could not find your reference on Ecclesiastes, 25:18, 19 & 33). Jesus came and showed us a different approach to women without making an issue out of it.
In John 8:1-11 the Religious leaders brought a woman to Jesus caught in adultery. They quote the Law of Moses but leave out the part that says both the man and the woman must be stoned. Jesus avoids the trap of unjustly condemning her together with the religious leaders. In the end he says, “Then neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin.”
Luke 10:38-42 To appreciate what Jesus did here, e must take note that women were not allowed to be taught religious matters, only the men. Paul sat at the feet of Gamaliel learning to be a Pharisee. Here we find Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus. Martha’s reaction tells us that she expected her sister to help her in the kitchen. That was the woman’s place! Jesus was (quietly) doing an exceptional thing here. Later when the brother of the two sisters die (John 11:1-44), Jesus uses the opportunity to teach the industrious Martha a deep theological truth (not Mary). He doesn’t write Martha off as the kitchen worker, but honour’s her in a special way.
Jesus wants a love relationship with us (John 15:9-17). We can read what Jesus is saying here in a legalistic way as rules and laws that we need to obey, but I think that is not what Jesus meant. In verse 15 he says that he shared his Father’s heart with us. He treats us as friends not as servants who merely obey their master’s orders. Friends stick together, help one another to do what is right (most times). I think this is what Jesus is inviting us to do, to be loyal to him.
Nicole, this is what I wish for you, to discover Jesus’ love for you personally.
good question Peter,
quite surprisingly; one of the female companions of the Prophet Muhammad pbuh asked him this very question. He said, after noticing a lack of proper understanding of the woman, that they will get what whatever they desire and what no eyes have seen, no ears have heard and no imagination can grasp.
this answer, ultimately, even explains the 72 virgins. The Prophet pbuh has also said many times that paradise, hell, the hereafter, God, are things that can not occur in to the human mind. They are beyond perception.
In traditional Islamic theology, the only similarity between fruits, virgins, trees, houses in heaven and in earth is just in the name.
similarly with hell, the torture, the hot fire, the liquids… the only similarity is in the name
so why God uses these terms?
well to make relations for the minds of believers. Since there is no similarity between this world and the hereafter; God mentions things that are the closest in relation
like a child who can not understand sexual pleasure because it transcends his biological maturity. so we would explain giving a similarity… i.e. it is more pleasureful than the chocolate you love most. or when you hug your mommy.
similarly with heaven and hell..
i hope this helps and you can then expand on the issue
Hi Nicole,
May I point out that you have cherry picked scripture to reinforce your stand point and used scripture out of context . When one is reading scriptures they must read the whole portion of scripture to get the full picture.
May I also remind you Nicole that many people who call themselves Christian actually are not true believers.
I for one cover my head when in prayer and do not believe that a woman should teach a man. A woman is to teach only woman and children.If Christian woman where more in subject to their husband there would be less divorces etc.. I think staying at home to raise a family is the best way to keep house and home under God’s guidance. We TRUE Christian women are to seek holiness and die to the self life. that is the world, the flesh and the devil. I find keeping to the scriptures a joy and delight. The Holy Spirit is the one who convicts me of sin and who leads me in the right path. We are against worshipping the TV or any sort of entertainment. or money etc… so you see Nicole if you ever were a true Christian you would never have left the Lord Jesus as He is so gentle and loving. I think you may have only experienced nominal Christianity that really is Christian in name only but not in spirit.
So the very thing you said to another is what you are guilty of yourself because how can you judge or compare Christianity with Islam when you never were truly born again in the first place?
I trust that you and your husband will be blessed and that both you and he will seek God with all of your heart because the lovely thing is that God is no respector of persons and He is the One who judges the heart . He sees beyond Islam and its fear or terror. He also sees beyond the comprimise of some Christians and the heart of those who are born of the spirit
…what God demands is our full commitment to Him and Him alone and to have no other Gods before Him and to love our neighbour as ourselves. I wish you no harm but every blessing.
When the time comes in your life and you need a healing for some sickness ask Jesus to heal you or your loved one and you will see what I mean. Jesus is alive for evermore. He will answer your prayers. I know because I was unable to walk properly and I was healed in my home. God bless, Joni
To Nicole
With all due respect to muslims, all i want to say from my heart is this- Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God loves you…just as much as He loves the muslims. Please do not turn your heart away from the One true God.
I pray that Shalom-which means the perfect peace of God be with you and your husband.
God’s blessings be with you and may you draw closer to the heart of God-who loves you more than you can ever imagine!!
With much love,
Elizabeth Low
convert to islam and see what life is like then if u to get along better then u know its the right religion for u if not convert back i know alot of christian women who married muslim men then they converted to islam and has never looked back or look soooooooo happy to be a muslim but just rember if ur muslim COVERRRRRRRRRR and make your husband cover to
Hamza, You may be impressed, but I am not. A western lady married a Muslim man. Christians met up with her and shared the Good News about eternal life with her. She decided to commit her life to Jesus, but the Immam found out about it. They took her to a church building where they circumcised her and left her in a puddle of blood. They phoned the Pastor of the church and informed him that she will be nothing else but a Muslim and informed him where he could find her. The Pastor found her in a dazed condition reciting the shahada. Once you enter into Islam, there is no turning back.
The Bible reveals to us that God is love. His love is not determined by our actions. So the remarkable thing is that still God loves these people who treated this lady so atrociously.
I doubt that you’re here to discuss any issues peter,
I don’t buy that story one bit… you can leave Islam… the Quran says, “There is no coercion in religion”… some of the companions of the Prophet, who immigrated to Ethiopia, even became Christians but the Prophet didn’t do anything to them…
Hi Maghi85,
Greetings to you. I only wish what you are saying is true but unfortunately, even though the Quran says there is no coercion in religion, Im afraid your fellow man in Islam do not go by your good book; if they did they would think differently and cease from killing and harming Christians.
Let’s pray for peace upon all mankind where people can live and breath God’s good air and make right choices according to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I am sure kindness and harmony would work wonders . We can learn from one another and have respect for the individuals faith.
After all we all belong to the human family.
Thank you for this. It is very close to my heart as my daughter converted to Islam earlier this year, one month after she met and married a Muslim boy whom she did not know.
It is a very violent marriage which she will not leave.
I asked God to help me fast and pray then your booklet came through my door. Thank you
Louise, My heart goes out to you as I am also a parent. The Church father Augustine was a wayward young man, giving himself over to the ways of the world and he became involved in all sorts of cults. His mother, Monica, a Christian, kept on praying for him. She prayed twenty years! Shortly before her death he committed his life to the Lord Jesus and was used mightily by the Lord to impact the church in a great way. She saw the fruit of her prayers.
Don’t give up. Keep on praying, we serve the living Lord.
Louise, I am married too to a muslim but i know,the Lord allows things so that you’re daughter will reach out to the muslim people which the Lord loves too….keep on praying and She will be used to His glory, romans 8:28, everything works together for good to those who loves him..
my husband is being blessed and now knows how christians are…i am claiming for his salvation and i know and do believe that the Lord will save him as He promised…be a blessing to your son in law…and Glorify the Lord Jesus!
Hi Louise,
Thank you for sharing your daughter’s situation here – it enables us to pray. I can’t say I agree with Joni’s conclusion that the marriage is not recognized by God – it may not be His desire, but He gives us all free choice, whether those are good or bad decisions. He also allows us to live with the consequences.
BUT, more importantly, in your daughter’s, situation is the fact that relationship is violent. There is absolutely no tolerance for violence. I would look into local community resources that might help you in helping her through this situation.
Violence is never the answer, but she needs to somehow come to see that on her own – pray, pray and pray some more! God can do amazing things! Seek counsel for yourself in figuring out how to broach the subject with her.
I will pray with you, not only for that, but also for revelation for her AND her husband. Feel free to post more on here if things change or if you need support. I can only imagine how difficult this must be for you.
Blessings!
~Emily
My Dear Louise,
I too am a parent. I have seven girls Your daughter has made a choice which sounds like the wrong choice. Marriage outside of God’s will is not a marriage at all. Scripture tells us Not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Muslims do not believe in Jesus Christ as we do. Also it says that What God has joined together let no one put asunder. Well Louise, I’m afraid that God does not contradict His word. God would not join a Christian woman to a Muslim man when they are both going opposite directions. They should be of the one faith and not unequally yoked. So if God has not joined them together in the first place then putting the marriage asunder does not apply to such marriages.I think your daughter is (Biblically) free to divorce this man. She should not stay in a violent marriage.
Marraige built on fear is hell on earth and your daughter should not have to suffer. God will make a way for her if she turns her heart to the Living Loving Saviour. Fast & Pray with all of your heart. Blessings to you.
Let me share of my testimony,I am a catholic and i became to know and receive Jesus as my lord and my savior when i was at teen age. I was baptized and so I am a born again christian and my family too…..maybe because I am young that time and not so totally committed to the Lord…I came to know this man when I went to another country to work, he is an arab and a muslim, we went home in my country and got married, and of course our pastor didn’t agree to marry us,so just had civil marriage, got pregnant so we have to go back to his place,but we had problem of my visa he can’t get visa for me so he decided to get my baby with him and me was left behind,that time it is really hard for me to be away from my son which is only 4 months old and people are talking about me telling that my husband just left me and took my baby away and laughing at me,for one year that i was alone,i really cried to the Lord and became more commited to him and asked Him that if not His will that I married my husband,then He will make a way for me…for one year,i really trust in the Lord that let His will be done, I give to him everytjing… but the Lord answered my prayers,exactly one year of waiting and trusting Him,He gave me my visa and I’m reunited with my son….
So i am here in the arab country and really decided to serve the Lord.By the grace of the Lord,my Husband was blessed by my family and now see how true christians are, because as they see and thinks here,Christians doesn’t pray,they love night life,like going to disco,bars and drinks and easy people that they will just have sex with their boyfriends so when I show him that true christians are not like that and set an example and tell him about the teaching of Jesus,,He allows me to read my Bible,and pray with my kids… ..So i know,God allows things to happen so that other people will know the truth
ma’am nicole,i don’t know the situation of your daughter,but only one thing,tell her to go back to the Lord.
Dear Joni,
With all due respect I beg to disagree a little with you even as I pray for your seven daughters that the Good Lord will spare them such very costly mistake. Joni, you cannot talk of “yoked” but not “joined” as you tried to argue because a yoke is one stick used to bind two animals to one task. God’s ideal is to as much as possible eliminate the inequality and the consequencies of such in the task – this time it is marriage, with its cumbersome responsibilities.
The violence is a consequence of the inequality in the yoke that this child of God allowed the devil to put on her neck. unfortunately. God honours that yoke, so they are joined by God or better put, the joining is allowed and honoured by God as Paul tries to explain to the Corinthians. I, therefore, do not quite agree with you that she is free to walk out of the union for God even punished Isreal for breaking the covenant she made with Babylon. May the Lord help those about to commit like blunders!
Hi Mbah,
Thanks for your response. May God help us to understand His will.
In Nehemiah 13 v 23- 31 and Ezra 10;10-44 it mentions the sin of marrying strange wives, (or husbands) if you read this chapter you will see a list of men who had to put their wives away,even some who had children by them. Also remember that it is in the old testament where God says,’ What God has joined together let no man put asunder’. And it is also in the old testament where God puts asunder what He has not joined together.
Regarding Paul in 1 Corinthians chapter 7 relating to marriage, look closely at verse 12 where Paul states that what he is saying is not from the Lord but from himself. I think Paul was talking to couples that were already married where one converted to Christianity while the other was still unconverted. Paul was advising them to stay together as the converted partner could have a saving effect on the unsaved one. The difference being these two were already joined together by God prior to salvation.
Paul reminds us in verse 23 that ‘we are bought with a price and not to be servants of men’. He also says, ‘ Brethren let every man wherein he is called therein abide with God. ‘ I honestly cannot see that God nor Paul would agree to joining two people who are unequally yoked together. What fellowship has light with darkness? Or how can two walk together lest they be agreed?
Why would God want his daughter to remain in an unholy and abusive situation.?
I cannot quote on what you mention about Israel. Please give me chapter and verse. May God bless us all as His human family and give us wisdom , patience and insight into His Holy will.
God bless you,Joni
Mbah & Joni, I am afraid our opinions count for little as Louise’s daughter apparently does not want to leave this violent relationship. I agree with Emily, we can only pray for both the daughter and her husband. Only an intervention by God will bring about a change in that situation.
Pieter,
I agree with you, Emily and the girl who should not leave that marriage. I agree 100% with the prayer option but we are also learning from all this, especially to prevent further heartaches. Keep Christ’s love flag flying!
amen for that! instead of suggesting things that came from our own understanding,let us join together in prayer that the will of the Lord will happen for Louise’s daughter. May she recommit her life to the Lord…that the blessing of the Lord will be with her..
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
Dear Joni,
I reply to this (I believe) out of love for the Church of Christ. Unfortunately, but for the sacrifice of Calvary, she would have been worse than Israel and even the Moslems that most of her membership critisize and possibly hate. Our problems stem from the wrong ideas handed down by teachers and pastors who had not had time eneough to understand the God they zealously serve. Like Jonah, they would be angry with God for allowing worms to eat shelters (he was not interested in the tree more than the shelter it afforded him) but would want Him to destroy nations because of their perverted understanding. to be direct with you Joni, read Ezk chapter 17.
You quote Ezra chapter 10 but fail to read verse 2 to see whose programme Ezra was implementing or did Nehemiah at any time claim that God sent him to slay them? What answer do the crussaders have? Nehemiah refers to his interpretation of Solomons sin but did not show that God asked Solomon to divorce those wives as prove for his action. Why did God allow the marriage of Naomi’s children and even put the linage of the messiah, King David (the man after God’s own heart), and Solomon who proceeded from a marriage smeared by murder. Why did God tell the prophet to take a harlot as wife and refuse that he divorce her? surely we do not need to go on with this! if you need to know more write me through blembah
God’s ideal is for a marriage where both partners are vibrant christians. You however will have to choose your partner and if you make thw wrong choice, He expects you to use your choice to glorify Him by presenting Christ to the world in moment by moment decisions. The God who confused the language of the world at Babel, gave the key to these languages to the Church on the day of Pentecost (when the Church spoke the languages of the world) intending that, empowered by His Spirit, we should learn the “languages” of the world to present Christ in reciever comprehendable terms.
1 corinthians 13-14
and a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her,let her not send her husband away. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife,and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean,but now they are holy!
that is how the Lord loves those who go back to him and serve him… He is a forgiving and a loving God!…. So let us go back to the Lord and claim his forgiveness…and he will restore our lives! PRAISE THE LORD!
That’s quite interesting and funny at the same time. When we will reach the conclusion that the difference between our religions in superficial? I see Christians picking Quran verses to accuse Islam, where almost about the same verses exist in the testament, and Christians defend it by saying it was taken out of context, but again, the Quran verses Christians brought were taken out of context.
What I want to say is leave this poor woman handle her life with her husband instead of throwing accusations and marketing your shitty religions.