"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
(Amos 3.3)
(Amos 3.3)
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Amos 3.3
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It's a searching verse, especially when it comes to issues of fellowship, marriage, and so forth.
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It just goes to show also that one can be reading through the Minor Prophets and suddenly come across a well known verse such as this.
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That sounds like a modern take on the text rather than how it was originally meant.
I refer to it from time to time.
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It is extremely hard to walk together unless you are both of the same mind, because I think if they aren't in agreement then one person usually ends up being an influence over another.
For instance in marriage if the partner is not Christian then one will compromise hence our instructions to not be unequally yoked.
In a friendship also and I am by no means saying you can only be friends with a Christian but there will always be that closeness and fellowship that can only be found with a believing friend. I have a small circle of friends, other than two who live far away, they are not Christian sadly and there is that void there, even though they are nice people.
So I would say we can't truly walk together if we are not agreed.
For instance in marriage if the partner is not Christian then one will compromise hence our instructions to not be unequally yoked.
In a friendship also and I am by no means saying you can only be friends with a Christian but there will always be that closeness and fellowship that can only be found with a believing friend. I have a small circle of friends, other than two who live far away, they are not Christian sadly and there is that void there, even though they are nice people.
So I would say we can't truly walk together if we are not agreed.
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(I have started a number of threads and I sometimes FYI them to ppl I have interacted with...)Reminds me of my daughter and her boyfriend.
What conversation are you hoping this thread generates?
Sounds like your daughter and bf are rather like-minded, then!
I think the Amos verse contains a very important principle, which can be applied to the NT fellowship theme.
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