To start off let me give you my background. I was raised in a conservative christian home. And I consider myself a Christian believer by faith. I am 22 years old and I live with my parents. In February of 2015 I met this amazing guy. He was everything I've always wanted but never knew I truly needed. Only one thing was wrong...He was a Jehovah's Witness. But by the time i found out he was i had already fallen really hard for him. He was born into jw and never got baptized. He lived with his mom and grandma still because he helped them after his father passed four years ago now. He never felt like he "belonged" in the religion for different reasons. So in November of 2015 he moved out of his mothers house and moved into a small rental house. He quit going to all of the JW meetings & events. Oh..We started dating in July of 2015 and my parents weren't too happy because of his religion but soon grew to love him. He also started coming to church with me. Sometime fall of last year we started talking about marriage. And I talked to my parents about it. They knew he had not accepted christ as his savior because he was so confused about what he even believes anymore because he was basically raised into a organization that believes so many crazy things that are not at all biblical...then he found out that they decieved him which took him a long time to process for him. Anyways... Flash foward to today he and I still want to get married but my parents won't give us their blessing because he does not believe and is therefor not a christian. They want us to wait until he becomes a christian to marry. Which is obviously going to take a long time because he is so confused what to believe anymore and he needs therapy for healing for dealing with grief for his dad and from getting out of an extreme scary organization. And help with dealing with the consequences "shunning" of leaving the organization. I love him so much and want to be by his side and help him heal. But I also want to honor my parents by obeying them. But I don't want to wait for so many different reasons. ANY advice?????
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You are still young and therefore you do have the luxury of having the ability to wait.. I would use the time to help your BF grow in the knowledge of salvation, this time will also be a blessing to you in growing in the knowledge of salvation because it is when we are called upon to explain our Faith and have that Faith challenged that we then get serious and investigate more deeply the Scriptures.. In the end we come out of that process with much more wisdom and understanding about our LORD Jesus Christ.
May you be blessed in your efforts with your BF and may the Holy Spirit guide you and move Him to everlasting life with God..
May you be blessed in your efforts with your BF and may the Holy Spirit guide you and move Him to everlasting life with God..
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Hi; good to see you on the forums; God bless His Word to you.
John 1.1; John 1.14; John 3.16; John 3.36; Romans 8.1-39; Colossians 2.9; John's First Epistle chapters 1 thru 5; and many others.
Just to say I won't try to argue with you; it's all about how you yourself read and honor Scriptures such as those and many others.
John 1.1; John 1.14; John 3.16; John 3.36; Romans 8.1-39; Colossians 2.9; John's First Epistle chapters 1 thru 5; and many others.
Just to say I won't try to argue with you; it's all about how you yourself read and honor Scriptures such as those and many others.
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You and he sit down with John 14:6, John 3:16-17, John 3:3, John 5:24, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 8:1, then........ Romans 10:8-13. All he has to do is believe it, confess it, receive it, and rejoice in it. There is no structure necessary, before or after. Unlike some denominations and all cults, there isn't a "works" standard. Believe it, confess it, receive it, and both of you go on your way rejoicing.
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PS: Remember that for someone just to say that he/she believes (with some perceived advantage on the horizon also) is not an heart motivated acknowledgment that these things are actually true for time and eternity.
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