Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 5/16/2009

Question
I am 17 and I an thinking of/dating a catholic she's 15 but I don't know what to expect with this one.

Answer
Hi Kyle,

Thank you for this question.  This is a good question to ask your pastor.  There is a strong Biblical warning against dating unbelievers.  If she is like many Catholics, she is trusting in sacriments to make her worthy of heaven and therefore is not trusting in Jesus alone to get to heaven.  IF that is true and you do trust in Jesus alone, then you should find someone else.... however if you both trust Jesus alone for salvation, there is not a strict prohibition in the Bible, but there will be complications down the road.

2 Corinthians 6:14-17
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said,  I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don