Is Spiritual Maturity a Legitimate Concern when Dating?
To Some Degree it Is
It's obvious that a Christian does not want to date or marry someone who does not share their essential beliefs. But what if a person is a new Christian? Well, a new Christian could be and often is more spiritually mature than the older Christians. Some people were raised in a particular church or denomination and would not consider changing if God came down in person and specified another church or denomination.
When you look for a church, the number one thing you need to consider is doctrine. If you are looking for beautiful buildings or good lookin' guys and gals, you are definitely not spiritually mature.
When dating, spiritual maturity does not necessarily mean someone who is on the same spiritual level as you are. Spiritual maturity changes as you grow, and it is a good idea to grow together, but don't reject someone as a potential partner solely on the basis that you think they are not as spiritually "mature" as you are.
If your potential male partner reads his Bible and prays, but not do so daily, you can encourage him to so by doing it with him. If he believes the male is the head of the household (and he should), you can explain any scriptural differences of interpretation with scripture.
Now, if you accept the Bible to the literal, inerrant, infallible, inspired written Word of God and he doesn't or vice versa, even if he or she believes in Christ as their personal Savior and attends church regularly, even if it is the same church, you are not compatible on a spiritual level. This is a critical belief of basic Christianity and don't let the word literal be left out of the equation either. God's word is literally God's Word. The scriptures are His written Word and Jesus is the Living Word.
There some things you can and should compromise on, use the written Word as the basis of compromise and you should be fine.
Published by Butch West
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