Message by Larry Thacker Jr. from May 17, “Opposites Distract”
You’ve heard the phrase, “opposites attract.” we say it because it seems so often to be true. Howe many couples do you know who are so different from one another that you wonder how they got together? I think God has something to do with that. Those opposite traits often complement each other, making the whole greater than the sum of the parts. I certainly feel that way about my relationship to Linda. I have to know that if God really wanted me here at BBT He’d have used something else, but I know that He used Linda, and barring such intervention I would never have ended up here on my own.
But there is one thing that makes a couple truly incompatible, belief. I say this with caution for obvious reasons. Many Christians are in such relationships for a variety of reasons. I am not suggesting that they should get out of them in cases of marriage or even business contracts. In fact Paul addresses marriage specifically in 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 and says one should not. What a terrible reflection on the Lord that would be!
Our text is 2 Corinthians 6:14-20. This passage is often used to discourage marriage between Christians and unbelievers. It certainly does have that application, but that’s not the subject Paul is writing about here. Let’s look at the context and see what he is really saying.
