Tattoos
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I don't think tattoos are sinful, unless the person themselves thinks it's a sin and does it anyways. The only verse that prohibits tattoos is in Leviticus and if you take it in context it was only for a time since it also states not to cut your hair but Christians do that now and don't consider it a sin. So, it was specific to the people at that time only in order to separate them from the pagans. So I think this falls under the disputable matters that Romans 14 talks about, meaning it is not a big deal.
M
I would never get a tattoo. I would probably regret it everyday and try to rip it off.. lol! Some people got it before they have been saved, and some believe it is a sin, Im leaning toward more on the side that it is a sin, and this is because I wanted once to get one but there was a voice telling me no and no it wasnt mine,lol! it said "I love you as you are!" 
!... This is only me though but people will do as they want if they really want it, all you can do is give them the information that it is wrong and its up to them what they do with the information!! Just remember to control yourself!! !!!.
!... This is only me though but people will do as they want if they really want it, all you can do is give them the information that it is wrong and its up to them what they do with the information!! Just remember to control yourself!! !!!.
I follow Leviticus 19:28 on this topic -
You shall not make cuts in your flesh for a person [who died]. You shall not etch a tattoo on yourselves. I am the Lord.
כח. וְשֶׂרֶט לָנֶפֶשׁ לֹא תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם אֲנִי יְהוָֹה:
But as I am aware, most Christians do not adhere to Torah laws, so it is their individual choice.
I personally think tattoos can easily make someone look 'cheap'. Unless you are Oded Fehr from The Mummy. Lol.
You shall not make cuts in your flesh for a person [who died]. You shall not etch a tattoo on yourselves. I am the Lord.
כח. וְשֶׂרֶט לָנֶפֶשׁ לֹא תִתְּנוּ בִּבְשַׂרְכֶם וּכְתֹבֶת קַעֲקַע לֹא תִתְּנוּ בָּכֶם אֲנִי יְהוָֹה:
But as I am aware, most Christians do not adhere to Torah laws, so it is their individual choice.
I personally think tattoos can easily make someone look 'cheap'. Unless you are Oded Fehr from The Mummy. Lol.
M
a few months before i got saved, i one day just decided "im going to get "Jesus Saves" tattooed right above my inner elbows and a cross on my thumb....i have NO IDEA why i wanted these tattoos. i didnt know God. i was living in sin. etc. it was so random, but i wanted them. i had absolutely no idea i was going to get saved a few months later (one night, alone, in front of my house)....i wonder if God may, have possibly* wanted me to get the tattoos because i am very known by many people who knew the sinful life i lived (where i live). with mainly drug addiction, and homosexuality...i mean, that random desire i had to get the tattoos in first place to give glory to a God i did not know, had to come from somewhere right?
M
The only thing that determines if you are saved is if you let Jesus Christ into your heart... But the gospel does say that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, and that you are not your own, that you were bought with a price, so to only feel that something glorifies God and going only on that feeling is not to take into consideration what God says about it, or even being ignorant about it.. we as Christians have to listen to God and about everything we do, if we like something or want to do something we have to consider letting God in on it, this is very important when we want to honor God in EVERY aspect of our life!
its says that we are not our own and we have to honor God with our bodies, so doesn't that mean that we have to take every precaution to make sure that our bodies honor God, that means that before we do something to our bodies such as getting something such as a tattoo, we have to make sure that it doesnt dishonor God, even if its not written somewhere in the Bible that it is a sin to get a tattoo, we have to let God in on it, and if God doesnt want you to get it then wouldnt you be sinning if you didnt listen to God.
its says that we are not our own and we have to honor God with our bodies, so doesn't that mean that we have to take every precaution to make sure that our bodies honor God, that means that before we do something to our bodies such as getting something such as a tattoo, we have to make sure that it doesnt dishonor God, even if its not written somewhere in the Bible that it is a sin to get a tattoo, we have to let God in on it, and if God doesnt want you to get it then wouldnt you be sinning if you didnt listen to God.
Hi Ms. Elii:
Well, it's very much an individual thing. A lot of Christians do it and get faith based designs, which are proven effective as conversation-starters.
You are right that we should seek to honor God with our bodies; some Christians would say that this is the very motive for them to get faith based designs done.
Blessings.
Well, it's very much an individual thing. A lot of Christians do it and get faith based designs, which are proven effective as conversation-starters.
You are right that we should seek to honor God with our bodies; some Christians would say that this is the very motive for them to get faith based designs done.
Blessings.
Well, a lot of Christians get faith based tattoo designs, don't they? It must not be rushed into, mind you. And the parlor needs to be regulated and clean, and you need to have complete confidence in the artist. And be sure about the placement, as well.
So before you do it, you'll have a lot to think about.
Blessings.
So before you do it, you'll have a lot to think about.
Blessings.
J
I can really relate to this, before i truly became saved i got the verse "With God All Things Are Possible" mathew 19:26 tattooed on my back from shoulder to shoulder. i too was living in sin, but i really like the idea of getting a meaningful tattoo that i know i wouldnt of regretted.
Now on the topic i do believe that the bible says its really bad to mark your body of the deceased (r.i.p. tattoos) and i do believe that god made you in his image and you shouldnt alter it. This is why now that im saved, i will never get anymore tattoos in the future.
Now on the topic i do believe that the bible says its really bad to mark your body of the deceased (r.i.p. tattoos) and i do believe that god made you in his image and you shouldnt alter it. This is why now that im saved, i will never get anymore tattoos in the future.