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A Match Made in HeavenA Match Made in Heaven

““Equally Yoked”Equally Yoked”

Pastoral & Lay Biblical CounselingPastoral & Lay Biblical Counseling

WebinarWebinar

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““Equally Yoked”Equally Yoked”

- Bible Counseling 101

(Equallyoked)

A Better Understanding of ‘Equallyoked’

for Pastors, Laymen, and Rank-in-file Church

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• In the image of GodIn the image of God he created them; he created them; male and female he created them. male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:27Genesis 1:27

- Bible Counseling 101

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• Be perfect, therefore, as your

heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48

- Bible Counseling 101

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Family IdentityFamily IdentityYour Your Family identityFamily identity is based on your surname is based on your surname and and

closely associated with your family’s ‘Civil Identity’ and closely associated with your family’s ‘Civil Identity’ and your specific surname: your specific surname: Your SurnameYour Surname is that specific is that specific family name passed down-line, generation after family name passed down-line, generation after generation, in a family lineage from whom the origins of generation, in a family lineage from whom the origins of your surname to-the very youngest new born. your surname to-the very youngest new born. Your Your MiddleMiddle name name is a name given by your joint parents is a name given by your joint parents traditionally - by inter-marrying families to protect the traditionally - by inter-marrying families to protect the family against frauds, phoneys, and fakes out to use family against frauds, phoneys, and fakes out to use your reputable ‘names’ as a tactic or strategy to profit in your reputable ‘names’ as a tactic or strategy to profit in multicultural finance. multicultural finance. Your Your First nameFirst name is a personal is a personal name given to you as a newborn by your parents - to be name given to you as a newborn by your parents - to be used in every day conversations - with a specific used in every day conversations - with a specific meaning – concerning the reputation to ‘live up to’ in meaning – concerning the reputation to ‘live up to’ in society. society.

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• Be ye not unequally yoked together...

II Corinthians 6:14

- Bible Counseling 101

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Social IdentitySocial Identity• Your Your Social IdentitySocial Identity is your sense of belongingness is your sense of belongingness

to a collective of identified important groups such as; to a 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, deeds, and co-ownership in Real estate, e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may e.g., vacation homes, office buildings, land, and may include motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, etc., include motor homes, RVs, cars, boats, planes, etc., ProfessionProfession: your trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or : your trade, vocation, skill, craft boards or union, union, TitlesTitles: in clubs, associations, organizations, etc., : in clubs, associations, organizations, etc., Education: CredentialsCredentials, degrees, diplomas, certifications, , degrees, diplomas, certifications, documentation of schools successfully attended. Socio-documentation of schools successfully attended. Socio-

economic economic ClassClass: Amount of money in bank, in stocks and : Amount of money in bank, in stocks and bonds investments, in bank notes and certificates.bonds investments, in bank notes and certificates.

- Intro to Social Psychology

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““Social Identities”Social Identities”

• CitizenshipCitizenship: : U.S. CitizenU.S. Citizen

• ResidenceResidence:: New York, NYNew York, NY

• Ownership: Ownership: Home is paid for Home is paid for

• ProfessionProfession: : CounselorCounselor

• Education: Ph.D. DegreePh.D. Degree

• Titles:Titles:““Doctor” Doctor”

• ClassClass: : Middle ClassMiddle Class

• CitizenshipCitizenship: : U.K. / VisaU.K. / Visa

• ResidenceResidence:: New York, NYNew York, NY

• Ownership: Ownership: RentingRenting

• 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

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• Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Romans 12:10

- Bible Counseling 101

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Your “Civil Identity”Your “Civil Identity”

• Your Your Civil IdentityCivil Identity is actually a unique is 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 , Disability, Sex, Sexual (Pleasure

Preference) Orientation, Marital Status, Preference) Orientation, Marital Status, Family Status, …etc. Family Status, …etc.

- Bible Counseling 101

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““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

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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

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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

- Bible Counseling 101

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• Do everything in love.

1 Corinthians 16:14

- Bible Counseling 101

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- Bible Counseling 101

• 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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- Bible Counseling 101

• Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them

on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3

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• And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectnessthe bond of perfectness.

Colossians 3:14

- Bible Counseling 101

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““Personal Identity”Personal Identity”

• Your ‘Your ‘PersonalityPersonality’ is ’ is just how your capability just how your capability is manifested in the is manifested in the way you personally: way you personally: observeobserve, , uphold, and uphold, and promotepromote what is right, what is right, such as-such as-

• Law abidingness,Law abidingness,• Morality/Morality/ abiding in abiding in

social moressocial mores, and , and • Heartfulness/emotional Heartfulness/emotional

stability.stability.

• Your ‘Your ‘CharacterCharacter’ is the ’ is the actual way your seen by actual way your seen by your peers as having your peers as having the capacity of just how the capacity of just how you personally and you personally and actively: actively: fight againstfight against--

• Crime/infractions of the Crime/infractions of the law,law,

• Immorality/violating Immorality/violating social mores, andsocial mores, and

• Infatuation/lust.Infatuation/lust.

- Intro to Social Psychology

…is the sum of your social identity, civil identity, family identity and…

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• 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

- Bible Counseling 101

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• 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

- Bible Counseling 101

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Liberal Arts Schools

Some “Suggested” SchoolsSome “Suggested” Schools• Liberty U., Lee U., Houghton Coll., Southern Adventist U.,Liberty U., Lee U., Houghton Coll., Southern Adventist U., Johnson U., Johnson U.,

California Lutheran U., Northland Coll., Milligan Coll., Coll. of the Ozarks, California Lutheran U., Northland Coll., Milligan Coll., Coll. of the Ozarks, Cedarville U., Anderson U., Samford U., Bryan Coll., Corban U., Hendrix Coll., Cedarville U., Anderson U., Samford U., Bryan Coll., Corban U., Hendrix Coll., Southwestern U., Centre Coll., Bethel Coll., Central Coll., Eastern U., Belmont Southwestern U., Centre Coll., Bethel Coll., Central Coll., Eastern U., Belmont U., Luther Coll., Eastern Mennonite U., Southern Methodist U., Macalester U., Luther Coll., Eastern Mennonite U., Southern Methodist U., Macalester Coll., Muhlenberg Coll., Gustavus Adolphus Coll., George Fox U., Coll., Muhlenberg Coll., Gustavus Adolphus Coll., George Fox U., Southeastern U., Emory U., St. Olaf Coll., Hope Coll., Roberts Wesleyan Coll., Southeastern U., Emory U., St. Olaf Coll., Hope Coll., Roberts Wesleyan Coll., Concordia U., NE, DePauw U., Whitworth U., Lafayette Coll., Wittenberg U., Concordia U., NE, DePauw U., Whitworth U., Lafayette Coll., Wittenberg U., Taylor U., Abilene Christian U., Sewanee-U.of the South, Valparaiso U., Texas Taylor U., Abilene Christian U., Sewanee-U.of the South, Valparaiso U., Texas Christian U., Ohio Wesleyan U., Franklin Coll., Ouachita Baptist U., U. of Christian U., Ohio Wesleyan U., Franklin Coll., Ouachita Baptist U., U. of Mobile, Gordon Coll., Covenant Coll., California Baptist U., Millsaps Coll.,, Mobile, Gordon Coll., Covenant Coll., California Baptist U., Millsaps Coll.,, Goshen Coll., Allegheny Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Union U., Westmont Goshen Coll., Allegheny Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Union U., Westmont Coll., Waynesburg U., Biola U., Wheaton Coll., Regent U., Presbyterian Coll., Coll., Waynesburg U., Biola U., Wheaton Coll., Regent U., Presbyterian Coll., Baylor U., Davidson Coll., Rhodes Coll., Transylvania U., Pepperdine U., Baylor U., Davidson Coll., Rhodes Coll., Transylvania U., Pepperdine U., Wofford Coll., Oklahoma Baptist U., Indiana Wesleyan U., Trinity U., Asbury Wofford Coll., Oklahoma Baptist U., Indiana Wesleyan U., Trinity U., Asbury U., Hanover Coll., Chapman U., Messiah Coll., Nebraska Wesleyan U., Illinois U., Hanover Coll., Chapman U., Messiah Coll., Nebraska Wesleyan U., Illinois Coll., Augustana Coll. – SD, Point Loma Nazarene U., Erskine Coll., Augsburg Coll., Augustana Coll. – SD, Point Loma Nazarene U., Erskine Coll., Augsburg Coll., Calvin Coll., Azusa Pacific U., Concordia Coll., U. of Evansville, North Coll., Calvin Coll., Azusa Pacific U., Concordia Coll., U. of Evansville, North Central Coll., Vanguard U. of SoCal, Seattle Pacific U., Oklahoma Christian U., Central Coll., Vanguard U. of SoCal, Seattle Pacific U., Oklahoma Christian U., Patrick Henry Coll., Albion Coll., LeTourneau U., Oral Roberts U., John Brown Patrick Henry Coll., Albion Coll., LeTourneau U., Oral Roberts U., John Brown U., Oklahoma City U., Wartburg Coll., Alma Coll., U. of Tulsa, Grove City Coll., U., Oklahoma City U., Wartburg Coll., Alma Coll., U. of Tulsa, Grove City Coll., Belhaven U., American U. Belhaven U., American U.

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““Be ye not unequally yoked…”Be ye not unequally yoked…”

II Corinthians 6:14II Corinthians 6:14

Bible Reference: The Layman’s Parallel Bible