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P
Again, what you think is irrelevant to God's instructions for us. He never did, and never will, come to you to clear it with you first. Marking and permanently marring is defacing and/or defiling. You want to justify it to yourself, go ahead. Apparently what God asks of you matters not either, since you twist scripture to accommodate your own little sin.
T
Actually 90% of the OT law was designed to keep them medically safe and keep them sanitary, this included marks in the body found in Leviticus 18. Gentiles were never under the law and Gentile Christians were never part of the Mosaic Covenant.
While I personally do not have any tattoo's, they are not a source of self righteousness for me. Righteousness is not personal performance to the law, it is a position with the Father and know many that have righteousness that have tattoos.
This whole OP is foolish, because it looks at the surface and not the heart.
While I personally do not have any tattoo's, they are not a source of self righteousness for me. Righteousness is not personal performance to the law, it is a position with the Father and know many that have righteousness that have tattoos.
This whole OP is foolish, because it looks at the surface and not the heart.
T
Phil, do you also put away your wife and daughter outside of the house for 7 days when they get their periods?
IF not,then why are making this instruction irrelevant that God gave you concerning women and their periods.
Oh that's right, this part of the instructions is not relevant for you or the women in your family today, because Tampax made it all better. Do you see how ridiculous some of you are now?
James 2.10 says if you break one of the laws you break them all.
Better be putting Mrs. Phil and your daughters out in the yard for 7 days bub or God shall surely smite you.
It is people like you that cause people to stop going to church.
IF not,then why are making this instruction irrelevant that God gave you concerning women and their periods.
Oh that's right, this part of the instructions is not relevant for you or the women in your family today, because Tampax made it all better. Do you see how ridiculous some of you are now?
James 2.10 says if you break one of the laws you break them all.
Better be putting Mrs. Phil and your daughters out in the yard for 7 days bub or God shall surely smite you.
It is people like you that cause people to stop going to church.
P
Don't be a smart aleck. It isn't making you appear very intelligent. I gave new testament scripture. Christ drove the money changers out for defiling the temple. The new testament ushered in a spiritual version of the old. The literal temple that was a building is now our body. God never said it was okay to start defiling His temple now that Christ has come.
If you people want to wear tattoos, go ahead. But you can stop making some kind of a public proclamation about how you're serving God and it is okay scripturally, because you aren't, and it isn't.
If you people want to wear tattoos, go ahead. But you can stop making some kind of a public proclamation about how you're serving God and it is okay scripturally, because you aren't, and it isn't.
K
Because the written ordinances of the mosaic laws do not apply to believers under the new covenant, and I am with others who say depends on what the tattoo is and why it was done.
Colossians 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
S
Most tattoos are done out of pride, rebellion, or out of self glory/or out of human commitment.
If the tattoo is done with right motive, and as a reminder and mark of your calling in Christ, then it is not a sin; but a Jesus face on your shoulder is likely still an idol rather than done in right motive.
When is a tattoo CLEARLY a sin? When it is done in remembrance of the dead (which is one of the most common and culturally acceptable tattoo types) or done out of earthly cultural pride (tribal tats, family crests, national symbols), and when it is clearly rebellious (skulls, naked women, serpents/dragons).
This is not to judge others, but to guide ourselves individually. We are not under the Letter of the Law, but under the Spirit of the Law. If we are intentionally causing others to stumble by our actions, we are not living in the Spirit.
Summary: tattoos are not inherently sinful, and yet they are also not inherently productive. Let's be wise, and seek the spiritual mark, not physical marks.
If the tattoo is done with right motive, and as a reminder and mark of your calling in Christ, then it is not a sin; but a Jesus face on your shoulder is likely still an idol rather than done in right motive.
When is a tattoo CLEARLY a sin? When it is done in remembrance of the dead (which is one of the most common and culturally acceptable tattoo types) or done out of earthly cultural pride (tribal tats, family crests, national symbols), and when it is clearly rebellious (skulls, naked women, serpents/dragons).
This is not to judge others, but to guide ourselves individually. We are not under the Letter of the Law, but under the Spirit of the Law. If we are intentionally causing others to stumble by our actions, we are not living in the Spirit.
Summary: tattoos are not inherently sinful, and yet they are also not inherently productive. Let's be wise, and seek the spiritual mark, not physical marks.
P
I never got a tat. Pretty amazing . Joined the merchant marines when I was 16..... been in the biker world forever....never went to prison except to minister but probably could have ended up there except for the grace of God and mama's prayers.....Still could get one someday , don't have anything against them really. However I feel they are not wise for young people as Some have got them and it did affect their life as far as Employment positions go and so forth which is sad.
T
I wont hijack the OP, but your understanding of what SIN is why you fail in this discussion. SIN is not a list of do's and do not's. SIN is a choice for the believer and a nature of the spirit in the lost.
You state but you define SIN by stating You need to look at Gen 3, 1 John 2 and James 1 to understand what SIN is. SIN is a choice not something we are helpless and defenseless against.
You state but you define SIN by stating You need to look at Gen 3, 1 John 2 and James 1 to understand what SIN is. SIN is a choice not something we are helpless and defenseless against.