On Dating a Christian: Are You Sincerely a Believer?
Some people visit Christian dating
websites and are not active believers. They might have a reverence
for the faith, but are not studying the word of God or living their
lives accordingly. This can be quite frustrating for those who
sincerely take God at his word and hope to connect with a like-minded
believer.
If one is serious about a committed
relationship with someone, he or she must be equally focused on his
or her personal relationship with Christ. During the dating phase
with a believer, there will be spiritual tests that won’t be
anything like the worldly dater is used to. He or she will find at
times that it is much harder to date a believer than an unbeliever.
This is because Christian singles pray much, may attend fellowship
services, and follow the precepts in the Holy Bible. If one is not
reading the word of God, then he or she has no clue what to expect
when dating a Christian.
It is always best to bypass dating
someone who is a Christian if you are unwilling to do the things that
he or she does. The Christian is warned in his or her Bible not to
be unequally yoked with unbelievers. So if one doesn't believe in
a Holy God, he or she should avoid deceiving the Christian.
Too often faithless people have
wandered on Christian single dating sites in the hopes of meeting
someone because they agree with the character traits that a Christian
is supposed to possess. However, they themselves are not interested.
Rather, they desire to capitalize off the Christian’s blessings.
For some people, they have learned the
hard way why it is much better to be one’s self and visit dating
websites that cater to one’s own kind.
How do you know if someone who claims
to be Christian really is?
- He or she will mention God, prayer, Bible and other things in his or her conversation.
- You will feel something different with this person that you have never felt with others.
- You might be curious about spiritually growing.
- There will be a fellowship invite where you will meet the Christian’s friends.
- You will most likely meet relatives and they might ask about your plans to marry.
- There will be a discussion about marriage and children.
- You may be tested in many ways so that the Christian can access whether the connection is indeed divinely inspired or a trick from Satan. (If you don’t believe in an evil archenemy of the people of God, you will have some challenges dating a Christian).
Nicholl McGuire authored Know Your Enemy: The Christians Critic, When Mothers Cry and Floral Beauty on a Dead End Street
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