Convocation on Equally yoked - Bible Counseling - Liberal Arts & Humanities

1. ““Equally Yoked”Equally Yoked”
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2. ““Equally Yoked”Equally Yoked”
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A Better Understanding of ‘Equally Yoked’
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3. • In the image of GodIn the image of God he created them; malehe created them; male
and female he created them.and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27Genesis 1:27
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4. • Be perfect, therefore, as your
heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
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5. Family IdentityFamily Identity && Roles…Roles…
YourYour Family roleFamily role may be son or daughter …it may bemay be son or daughter …it may be
parent …or grandparentparent …or grandparent and associated with your family’sand associated with your family’s
‘Civil Identity’ and your specific surname:‘Civil Identity’ and your specific surname: YourYour SurnameSurname
is that specific family name passed down-line, generation afteris that specific family name passed down-line, generation after
generation, in a family lineage from whom the origins of yourgeneration, in a family lineage from whom the origins of your
surname to-the very youngest new born.surname to-the very youngest new born. YourYour MiddleMiddle
namename is a name given by your joint parents traditionally - byis a name given by your joint parents traditionally - by
inter-marrying families to protect the family against frauds,inter-marrying families to protect the family against frauds,
phoneys, and fakes out to use your reputable ‘names’ as aphoneys, and fakes out to use your reputable ‘names’ as a
tactic or strategy to profit in multicultural finance.tactic or strategy to profit in multicultural finance. YourYour
First nameFirst name is a personal name given to you as a newborn byis a personal name given to you as a newborn by
your parents - to be used in every day conversations - with ayour parents - to be used in every day conversations - with a
specific meaning – concerning the reputation to ‘live up to’ inspecific meaning – concerning the reputation to ‘live up to’ in
society.society.
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6. • Be ye not unequally yoked together...
II Corinthians 6:14
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7. Social IdentitySocial Identity
• YourYour Social IdentitySocial Identity is your sense of belongingnessis your sense of belongingness to ato a
collective of identified important groups such as;collective of identified important groups such as;
• CitizenshipCitizenship: a Nation,: a Nation, ResidenceResidence:: Home, Property:Home, Property:
OwnershipOwnership,, deeds, and co-ownership in Real estate, e.g.,deeds, and co-ownership in Real estate, e.g.,
vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include motorvacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include motor
homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, etc.,homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, etc., ProfessionProfession: your trade,: your trade,
vocation, skill, craft boards or union,vocation, skill, craft boards or union, TitlesTitles: in clubs,: in clubs,
associations, organizations, etc.,associations, organizations, etc., Education: CredentialsCredentials,,
degrees, diplomas, certifications, documentation of schoolsdegrees, diplomas, certifications, documentation of schools
successfully attended. Socio-economicsuccessfully attended. Socio-economic ClassClass: Amount of: Amount of
money in bank, in stocks and bonds investments, in bank notesmoney in bank, in stocks and bonds investments, in bank notes
and certificates.and certificates.
- Intro to Social Psychology

8. ““Social Identities”Social Identities”
• CitizenshipCitizenship::
U.S. CitizenU.S. Citizen
• ResidenceResidence::
WashingtonDCWashingtonDC
• Ownership:Ownership:
Owns HomeOwns Home
• ProfessionProfession::
PsychologistPsychologist
• Education:
Ph.D. DegreePh.D. Degree
• Titles:Titles:
““Doctor”Doctor”
• ClassClass::
Middle ClassMiddle Class
• CitizenshipCitizenship::
Canada / VisaCanada / Visa
• ResidenceResidence::
WashingtonDCWashingtonDC
• Ownership:Ownership:
LeasingLeasing
• ProfessionProfession::
ManagementManagement
• Education:
M.B.A.DiplomaM.B.A.Diploma
• Titles:Titles:
““Director”Director”
• ClassClass::
Middle ClassMiddle Class
Example 2
- Intro to Social Psychology
Example 1
Examples

9. • Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one
another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10
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10. Your “Civil Identity”Your “Civil Identity”
• ““YourYour Civil IdentityCivil Identity is actually a uniqueis actually a unique
mosaic of your present:mosaic of your present:
Ethnicity, Political Party, Race, Color,Ethnicity, Political Party, Race, Color, ReligionReligion,,
Disability, Sex, Sexual (Pleasure Preference)Disability, Sex, Sexual (Pleasure Preference)
Orientation, Marital Status, Family Status, …Orientation, Marital Status, Family Status, …
etc.”etc.”
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11. ““Civil Identity”Civil Identity”
- Ethnicity:
- Politics:
- Religion:
- Race:
- Color:
- Age:
- Sex:Sex:
- Sex preference:
- Marital status:
- Ethnicity:
- Politics:
- Religion:
- Race:
- Color:
- Age:
- Sex:Sex:
- Sex preference:
- Marital status:
- Intro to Social Psychology
‘de facto’ (in fact, in reality)
personalitypersonalitypersonalitypersonality

12. Some Examples:Some Examples:
• Ethnicity: Euro-American
• Political Party: Republican
• Race: Anglo, Color: Light
• Religion: Christian
• Disability: None Known
• Age: 21 ½
• Sex: MaleMale
• Preference: Heterosexual
• Marital Status: Single
• Ethnicity: Euro-American
• Political Party: Republican
• Race: Anglo, Color: Light
• Religion: Christian
• Disability: None Known
• Age: 21
• Sex: FemaleFemale
• Preference: Heterosexual
• Marital Status: Single
Example 1Example 1 Example 2Example 2
- Intro to Social Psychology

13. Keep God’s CommandmentsKeep God’s Commandments
• And you shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,
and with all your strength: this is the first
commandment.
• And the second is like, namely this, You shall love
your neighbor as yourself. There is no other
commandment greater than these.
Mark 12:30-31
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14. • Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:14
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• In the same way, you husbands must give honor to
your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you
live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she
is your equal partnerequal partner in God's gift....
1 Peter 3:7

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• Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck, write them on
the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3

17. • And above all these things put on charity,
which is the bond of perfectnessthe bond of perfectness. Colossians
3:14
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18. ““Personal Identity”Personal Identity”
• Your ‘Your ‘PersonalityPersonality’ is just’ is just
how your capability ishow your capability is
manifested in the waymanifested in the way
you personally:you personally: observeobserve,,
uphold, and promoteuphold, and promote
what is right, such as-what is right, such as-
• Law abidingness,Law abidingness,
• Morality/Morality/ abiding inabiding in
social moressocial mores, and, and
• Heartfulness/emotionalHeartfulness/emotional
stability.stability.
• Your ‘Your ‘CharacterCharacter’ is the’ is the
actual way your seen byactual way your seen by
your peers as having theyour peers as having the
capacity of just how youcapacity of just how you
personally and actively:personally and actively:
fight againstfight against--
• Crime/infractions of theCrime/infractions of the
law,law,
• Immorality/violatingImmorality/violating
social mores, andsocial mores, and
• Infatuation/lust.Infatuation/lust.
- Intro to Social Psychology/The Superego
…is the sum of your social identity, civil identity, family identity and…

19. • Have you not read that He who made them at the
beginning… …the two shall become one ...
So then, they are no longer two but one...
Therefore what God has joined together,
let not man separate.
Matthew 19:4-6
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20. • For the wife does not have authority over her own
body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband
does not have authority over his own body, but the
wife does. Do not deprive one another I Corinthians
7:3-5
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21. ““Be ye not unequally yoked…”Be ye not unequally yoked…”
II Corinthians 6:14II Corinthians 6:14
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22. Some “Suggested” SchoolsSome “Suggested” Schools
• Liberty U., Lee U., Houghton Coll., Southern Adventist U.,Liberty U., Lee U., Houghton Coll., Southern Adventist U., JohnsonJohnson
U., California Lutheran U., Northland Coll., Milligan Coll., Coll. of theU., California Lutheran U., Northland Coll., Milligan Coll., Coll. of the
Ozarks, Cedarville U., Anderson U., Samford U., Bryan Coll., Corban U.,Ozarks, Cedarville U., Anderson U., Samford U., Bryan Coll., Corban U.,
Hendrix Coll., Southwestern U., Centre Coll., Bethel Coll., Central Coll.,Hendrix Coll., Southwestern U., Centre Coll., Bethel Coll., Central Coll.,
Eastern U., Belmont U., Luther Coll., Eastern Mennonite U., SouthernEastern U., Belmont U., Luther Coll., Eastern Mennonite U., Southern
Methodist U., Macalester Coll., Muhlenberg Coll., Gustavus Adolphus Coll.,Methodist U., Macalester Coll., Muhlenberg Coll., Gustavus Adolphus Coll.,
George Fox U., Southeastern U., Emory U., St. Olaf Coll., Hope Coll.,George Fox U., Southeastern U., Emory U., St. Olaf Coll., Hope Coll.,
Roberts Wesleyan Coll., Concordia U., NE, DePauw U., Whitworth U.,Roberts Wesleyan Coll., Concordia U., NE, DePauw U., Whitworth U.,
Lafayette Coll., Wittenberg U., Taylor U., Abilene Christian U., Sewanee-Lafayette Coll., Wittenberg U., Taylor U., Abilene Christian U., Sewanee-
U.of the South, Valparaiso U., Texas Christian U., Ohio Wesleyan U.,U.of the South, Valparaiso U., Texas Christian U., Ohio Wesleyan U.,
Franklin Coll., Ouachita Baptist U., U. of Mobile, Gordon Coll., CovenantFranklin Coll., Ouachita Baptist U., U. of Mobile, Gordon Coll., Covenant
Coll., California Baptist U., Millsaps Coll.,, Goshen Coll., Allegheny Coll.,Coll., California Baptist U., Millsaps Coll.,, Goshen Coll., Allegheny Coll.,
Union U., Westmont Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Waynesburg U., BiolaUnion U., Westmont Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Waynesburg U., Biola
U., Wheaton Coll., Regent U., Presbyterian Coll., Baylor U., Davidson Coll.,U., Wheaton Coll., Regent U., Presbyterian Coll., Baylor U., Davidson Coll.,
Rhodes Coll., Transylvania U., Pepperdine U., Wofford Coll., OklahomaRhodes Coll., Transylvania U., Pepperdine U., Wofford Coll., Oklahoma
Baptist U., Indiana Wesleyan U., Trinity U., Asbury U., Hanover Coll.,Baptist U., Indiana Wesleyan U., Trinity U., Asbury U., Hanover Coll.,
Chapman U., Messiah Coll., Nebraska Wesleyan U., Illinois Coll.,Chapman U., Messiah Coll., Nebraska Wesleyan U., Illinois Coll.,
Augustana Coll. – SD, Point Loma Nazarene U., Erskine Coll., AugsburgAugustana Coll. – SD, Point Loma Nazarene U., Erskine Coll., Augsburg
Coll., Calvin Coll., Azusa Pacific U., Concordia Coll., U. of Evansville, NorthColl., Calvin Coll., Azusa Pacific U., Concordia Coll., U. of Evansville, North
Central Coll., Vanguard U. of SoCal, Seattle Pacific U., Oklahoma ChristianCentral Coll., Vanguard U. of SoCal, Seattle Pacific U., Oklahoma Christian
U., Patrick Henry Coll., Albion Coll., LeTourneau U., Oral Roberts U., JohnU., Patrick Henry Coll., Albion Coll., LeTourneau U., Oral Roberts U., John
Brown U., Oklahoma City U., Wartburg Coll., Alma Coll., U. of Tulsa,Brown U., Oklahoma City U., Wartburg Coll., Alma Coll., U. of Tulsa,
Grove City Coll., Belhaven U., American U.Grove City Coll., Belhaven U., American U.
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23. “Open Bible” Exam
To the best of your own understanding, what does the
Holy Bible really mean to be ‘Equally Yoked’ and
please give a true life example.
2. Why does ‘Equally Yoked’ mean to have a special
focus on religious beliefs and Spirituality?
3. Just how free are people to believe in Holy Bible
injunctions or doctrine that guides couples in a true
plan of Salvation?
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