Question: I’m a Muslim man, and I am so in love with a Christian girl. She feels the same way about me, but she feels that it would be wrong to be with me and to marry me. I don’t have any problem with her believing, and I respect her with all of my heart. I don’t know what to do, and where to look [turn], and I don’t want to change my belief, like I don’t want her to do [this either]. PLEASE HELP
Sir, you are a very honest man, and I admire that. You are also very open about your feelings for this Christian girl that you love. I have no doubt that you love her deeply, and I admire that as well.
Even though she seems to have the same deep love for you, she realizes it would be against the Law of Christ for her to marry a person who is not a born again believer. In the New Testament of the Bible it clearly states: "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers…" (2 Corinthians 6:14a) [Some people use the word unevenly yoked, when looking for the answer. We do have another answer similar to this one, but from a Christian girl in love with a Muslim man, you might want to look at this one also.]
First, try to get past the thought of just marriage and the ‘honey moon.’ What comes after this? Of course you are going to want to start a family, now, what are the children going to be raised as, Muslims or Christians? Do you see what starts to happen?
Then you have the family difficulties, is she going to be accepted by your relatives, whom I would image are Muslim also. Do you start to get my "drift?" There are a multitude of problems that arise from being unequally yoked together, and God knows this, so He in love tells Christians not to intermarry with non-Christians.
Now, don’t despair, in one sense there is an easy solution to your problem. Receive the LORD Jesus Christ as your Savior. You say, but I can’t do that, because I am a devote Muslim, and my religion will not allow me to marry a Christian unless they agree to go along with my religion.
This is where you have to ask yourself as a Muslim, which is right, the Koran or the Bible. Is Christ the true way to God or Mohammed? Jesus says He is the only way to God and to heaven: "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you. I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
"And where I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." (John 14:1-6)
You see dear Muslim friend, when you die you have no sacrifice to bring to God as you meet Him. Muslims do not believe that Jesus died and rose again for our sins, but your Christian girl friend does have a sacrifice to bring before God so she will be allowed into heaven. She believes the blood of Jesus saves her.
"But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is not of this creation. Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption." (Hebrews 9:11-12)
You see dear friend, God loves you and everyone in the world, and that is why He died on the cross for our sins. Judas did not die on that cross, nor some other imposter, but Jesus the only Son of God died there for you and me. He died because He loves us and He knew there would be no other way for us to get to heaven. "For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)
You have a choice to make, if you want to marry a Christian girl, you too have to become a Christian. Yes, it may mean your family will disown you or even persecute you. You or your wife may even be killed if you become a Christian and marry her. This does not happen so much in the United States, but in many countries of the world, this is taking place. So I am not saying it will be easy as a Christian, but when you die you have this to look forward to, first you will be with Christ your Savior, and second, you will be with the Christian girl you love for eternity. The choice is yours, anything other than this will lead to heartache and remorse.
If you receive Christ and become one with Him, then you can marry one of His children.
Will you say "yes" to Jesus, God’s Son right now? Will you tell Him you are a sinner in need of salvation? Will you tell Him you believe He is God’s Son, born of the Virgin Mary? Will you tell Him you believe He died and rose again? Will you invite Him into your heart, and own Him as LORD (OWNER and GOD) of your life? If you will do this, and show you mean it by being baptized, then you can marry this godly Christian woman.
What is your choice?
Gary T. Panell The Scripture is taken from the New King James Version of the Holy Bible
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