A question sent in on the Ask Aaron Anything link:
How does God truly feel about interracial relationships? I have never gotten a straight answer, from what I understood he didnt see color, but yet he also says you shouldnt be unequally yoked is that strictly a non christian and a christian or in general? I lived in California almost my whole life, and didnt see a thing wrong with it, nor did i even notice a difference, but as i made my way further and further south, the racism was awful, and it was very frowned upon. Ive heard that if its not right it wont be accepted. And for most people it just isnt right. so whats the deal? is it ok by god or no? please help i have to know.
Answer:
It is Godly to have Jungle fever! It is Godly as long as once you go black you never go back (LOL). I am playing around so calm down if you are starting to turn red, shake, or come up with some crazy come back. However, I am serious because when you marry, no matter what race they are, do not go back; stay in covenant. It is totally fine to have interracial marriages! I think of Ruth the Moabitess and Boaz in the book of ruth; the thing that drew Boaz to Ruth was not her race but her virtue. I think of Moses who married a black woman. His sister Miriam said something negative and she was struck with leprosy. So Moses had Jungle fever and God protected Him from the naysayers and made Miriam’s skin a little whiter with leprosy since she loved white so much.
Look, as far as I am concerned do not marry someone for the color of there skin look at their relationship with Jesus and their character. God does tell his people in scripture to not marry an unbeliever. 2 Cor. 6:14 ”Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?” We are shown in the old testament that when people were told not to marry another race it was because they would begin to worship their gods. It had nothing to do with the color of their skin.
So whatever race you are attracted to or eventually marry have fun and feel no condemnation. Be in covenant and be a great example of a Godly relationship. I will tell you this; you may have issues merging lives and cultures together, and you may have some racist persecution but besides the hardships that may accompany a interracial marriage that should not stop you because marriage no matter what has hardships.
I think Paul and Stevie say it best in this inspiring song… Got to love the graphics on this… (LOL)
Well said Aaron. Also I think that it is best to understand that equality in the eyes of God has nothing to do with the color of someones skin that ugliness was placed on us by society. As Pastor Aaron stated there are challenges in all marriages, I personally believe that interracial relationships are a blessing…very few of us every take the opportunity to learn and participate in other cultures and we are missing out on a lot of great things and with being in a interracial relationship that is a bonus that you receive.
Finally a straight answer about the whole situation. See I had never seen anything wrong with it, up until i moved further and further south. And the further down south I got the more it was frowned upon, so here I am this innocent child when it came to this subject, and i was being talked about for the friends that I had, and i started to second guess myself, wondering if it was a bad thing, or if it was just the world still living in 1920, and I really wanted to know how god looked @ it, which i kind of figured what the answer would be, but just had to know.
Shannon,
Thanks for the question. I hope it helped and that you could laugh a little from the blog when you are having to face some racism. I tell you what Racism is to me are real reflection of a lack of relationship with Christ. I love that our church is filled with so much color and I pray that we continue to have a multi-race church.
if god did not want interracial merriage we would be all one color but you see in his eyes we are all one. marriage is based on faith not color color is not love faith is love. thats whats wrong here with the world we do not live on faith.let’s live by the law of the bible and if we did that everything would be beter.when the ones that go to hevean we live by the law of the bible.
I am sure god does not truly have an opinion on the subject.