JL, she is right, it really is nothing. You are not betraying God by praying to him. Jesus himself did not tell the Jews to pray to him, but to God, just as Jesus did.
The more I read the words of Jesus, the more I see his mission was to try and take legalism out of the faith. He was preaching a God of love, a God who wanted to touch the lives of all his human creations. He wasn't trying to teach others to follow certain laws, or doctrines. He made a point to show that if love and the law contradicted each other, then love was to override the Law. He never told us to love one another EXCEPT those who don't believe. His words about the top two commandments are to love God above all else, and to love one another as you love yourself. If you love God with all your heart and soul, you can not but love yourself as his beloved creation. And everyone else on this earth are also His creations, no less worthy of His and our love, reguardless of their religious beliefs.
If you truely believe that Jesus died for your sins, then you can never actually remove that belief. You do not have to hide your faith for anyone, nor do you need to deny your faith for anyone. You do not have to become Jewish for her, and she does not have to become Christian for you. Neither do you have to hide your faith from your to be children.
Anyone who truely loves God would never make that demand. And neither would someone who truely loves one another as they love themselve make that demand. Would YOU like to be forced by someone to change YOUR beliefs? Then neither of you who claim to love each other should make any demands of change on the other. If the demands MUST be met, then the love just isn't pure enough yet, and the marriage should be postponed until both of you truly understand what pure love is.
God loves us all, sinners and non-believers, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, whatever religious belief you have, as Paul stated, there is NOTHING that can remove God's love from us.
That is what pure love is. Pure love doesn't demand. God knows this. Pure love doesn't threaten. God also knows this. Pure love doesn't try and force anyone. God, in his wisdom, sent us Jesus to show us this. It's time we listen to the words of God, passed on to us through Jesus and the prophets.
Place your trust in God. If this marriage is to be, the love will be pure and undemanding, and therefor will last. If it isn't, then the demands will place unloving regrets and stress on the marriage, and it will fail.
There is only one place you should be looking for advice. Please go back to Him and find His will.
The more I read the words of Jesus, the more I see his mission was to try and take legalism out of the faith. He was preaching a God of love, a God who wanted to touch the lives of all his human creations. He wasn't trying to teach others to follow certain laws, or doctrines. He made a point to show that if love and the law contradicted each other, then love was to override the Law. He never told us to love one another EXCEPT those who don't believe. His words about the top two commandments are to love God above all else, and to love one another as you love yourself. If you love God with all your heart and soul, you can not but love yourself as his beloved creation. And everyone else on this earth are also His creations, no less worthy of His and our love, reguardless of their religious beliefs.
If you truely believe that Jesus died for your sins, then you can never actually remove that belief. You do not have to hide your faith for anyone, nor do you need to deny your faith for anyone. You do not have to become Jewish for her, and she does not have to become Christian for you. Neither do you have to hide your faith from your to be children.
Anyone who truely loves God would never make that demand. And neither would someone who truely loves one another as they love themselve make that demand. Would YOU like to be forced by someone to change YOUR beliefs? Then neither of you who claim to love each other should make any demands of change on the other. If the demands MUST be met, then the love just isn't pure enough yet, and the marriage should be postponed until both of you truly understand what pure love is.
God loves us all, sinners and non-believers, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, whatever religious belief you have, as Paul stated, there is NOTHING that can remove God's love from us.
That is what pure love is. Pure love doesn't demand. God knows this. Pure love doesn't threaten. God also knows this. Pure love doesn't try and force anyone. God, in his wisdom, sent us Jesus to show us this. It's time we listen to the words of God, passed on to us through Jesus and the prophets.
Place your trust in God. If this marriage is to be, the love will be pure and undemanding, and therefor will last. If it isn't, then the demands will place unloving regrets and stress on the marriage, and it will fail.
There is only one place you should be looking for advice. Please go back to Him and find His will.
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