I was doing the Sabbath School this morning, and in describing how the Jews had embellished and expanded what God had said about those who were uncircumcised or unclean, I used as an a example of today, 2 Corinthians 6:14:

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"

And I got a reaction that I did not expect. How do you all see this verse, what is it talking about, marriage, contracts, social contacts, political groups, etc... What level of interaction are we talking about here?

Of your listed items, it would apply to marriage, contracts, and political groups. Having a social contact would not qualify as applicable because we are told to live in the world but not be of the world. We have to have contact, and people can only be taught of God through such.

Mrs. White applies the text to marriage, alliances, political questions, business relations, medical work, etc. Here is one quote where she explains the breadth of the term.



Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Paul explained what he meant:

1. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?
2. And what communion has light with darkness?
3. And what accord has Christ with Belial?
4. Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?
5. And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?

• Choose your friends wisely. They should be of the same faith and share the same moral values.
   
• Choose your alliances wisely. You may enter into alliances with others of a different faith, but for a purely wise reason. Take for example the matter of freedom of religion in politics. Even though the Church does not share the same faith as the Mosque or the Temple, nevertheless it may form an alliance with them for the sake of securing the future of religious liberty for all. The terms of the alliance must then be clearly understood be to be specifically confined to that.
   
• Finally, consider this forum. We do not all have the same perspective on any particular subject; but we do have one thing in common: our affiliation with the Seventh-day Adventist Christian denomination, an awareness of its unique contribution to theology, the divisive issues that plague the organization, its weaknesses and also its strengths.

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I like the example you gave, "a social contact would not qualify as applicable because we are told to live in the world but not be of the world." The context was we were speaking of how the Jews had formed traditions and ideas which had surpassed to the extreme or not given to them at all. There are some which have the idea that we should only be with Adventist members, and only marry or be married to other Adventist, or along those lines, and I had to deal with it quickly.

I gave the verse in Mark 7:8-9 King James Version (KJV)

8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

and 1 Corinthians 7:14 "For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy."

Well, lets go to the question they posed, would you allow your young son or daughter to date or get engaged and chose to marry someone outside the church(not in a church) or a non-Adventist.

Rick, would or could the answer be different if someone is not a Christian vs. not an Adventist Christian?

Allow is strong word. There is an issue here that is outside the scope of the thread: should parents be final arbiters of who their children marry? Anyway ...

• Should an SDA marry a non-SDA? I won't advise it unless the SDA is more or less accommodating of other Christian denominations.
   
• Should a Christian marry a non-Christian? I DEFINITELY won't advise it. What has the temple of Christ to do with, for example, the mosque of Mohammed, a false prophet who denies the Divinity of OUR LORD, hmmmm?

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Good question.

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What if they do not go to any church at all, like most people now a days, is that a non Christian?

How do you see this verse then....

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Membership on a piece of paper does not a Christian make.