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If tattoos is all you are struggling with, then God love you.
I struggle everyday with alcohol, cigarettes, and sexual desires, it's not hard to stop by and have a beer, I smoke a pack a day, and I lust over women that I don't even know, and God still loves me.
I am an addict, and I'm addicted to the world, I don't see a day, where I will not struggle with these things, but I don't see a day where my Father will give up on me either, I just keep trying not to give up on Him.
I struggle everyday with alcohol, cigarettes, and sexual desires, it's not hard to stop by and have a beer, I smoke a pack a day, and I lust over women that I don't even know, and God still loves me.
I am an addict, and I'm addicted to the world, I don't see a day, where I will not struggle with these things, but I don't see a day where my Father will give up on me either, I just keep trying not to give up on Him.
We live by the life of Christ inside of us not from Old Covenant laws. We follow the law of the Spirit of life in Christ. The Holy Spirit inside us will lead us in our lives now that we are dead to the law and alive to Christ.
We can't pick and choose when it comes to the Law. If we break one - we break them all. If you eat bacon - you are breaking the law and are guilty as if you were a practicing homosexuality lifestyle. We live in a New Covenant now...it's much better...
We can trust the Holy Spirit to lead us in our lives now when it comes to something as benign as a tattoo.
James 2:10 (KJV)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
We can't pick and choose when it comes to the Law. If we break one - we break them all. If you eat bacon - you are breaking the law and are guilty as if you were a practicing homosexuality lifestyle. We live in a New Covenant now...it's much better...
We can trust the Holy Spirit to lead us in our lives now when it comes to something as benign as a tattoo.
James 2:10 (KJV)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Matthew 15:17
Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
Absolutely..not
He makes pretty clear that whatever you eat doesnt defile you but actions. So your bacon may be eaten.
Matt 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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Matt 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
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[FONT=equity_text_b_regular]It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid.” (Luke 16:17)
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Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
Absolutely..not
He makes pretty clear that whatever you eat doesnt defile you but actions. So your bacon may be eaten.
Matt 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
....
Matt 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
..
[FONT=equity_text_b_regular]It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid.” (Luke 16:17)
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“Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law” (John7:19)
Law stands whatever you think or say there it is
If you eat pork...you are not keeping the Law.....as Jesus said in John 7:19
The law is not for us in the New Covenant.
1 Timothy 1:9 (KJV)
[SUP]9 [/SUP] Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
We are the righteous now in Christ. He fulfilled the Law for us so now we walk in love as love is the fulfillment of the law.
We live by faith in Christ and in His finished work for us - the gospel of the grace of Christ. The righteous in Christ live by faith.
Romans 1:16-17 (NASB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
[SUP]17 [/SUP] For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."
The keeping of the Old Covenant law is NOT of faith.
Romans 3:28 (NASB)
[SUP]28 [/SUP] For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Galatians 3:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM."
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Tattoos would appear to be harmless if it is not something offensive,but we have to look at it according to God's point of view.
If we set the rules that would give us freedom,and spiritually help us,our rules would not be so strict,which the occult,nature worship,is what I am thinking of that believes in spiritual evolution.
The Bible says we do not own our self,for we are bought with a price,and are the temple of the Lord,and to not to defile the temple.
It would seem like,according to God,that however we are born,it should stay that way,and not be tampered with,for if God wanted us to have tattoos we would be born with them.
If we get tattoos are we saying that what God created is not good enough that we have to add to our body to enhance it's appearance.
God said women should adorn themselves,not with jewelry,or make up,or plaited hair,but with the inner man,which is in the sight of God of great price,so we know tattoos would be wrong.
If we set the rules that would give us freedom,and spiritually help us,our rules would not be so strict,which the occult,nature worship,is what I am thinking of that believes in spiritual evolution.
The Bible says we do not own our self,for we are bought with a price,and are the temple of the Lord,and to not to defile the temple.
It would seem like,according to God,that however we are born,it should stay that way,and not be tampered with,for if God wanted us to have tattoos we would be born with them.
If we get tattoos are we saying that what God created is not good enough that we have to add to our body to enhance it's appearance.
God said women should adorn themselves,not with jewelry,or make up,or plaited hair,but with the inner man,which is in the sight of God of great price,so we know tattoos would be wrong.
Jesus believed that the Old Testament was divinely inspired, the veritable Word of God. He said, ‘The Scripture cannot be broken’ (John 10:35). He referred to Scripture as ‘the commandment of God’ (Matthew 15:3) and as the ‘Word of God’ (Mark 7:13).
I believe the OC was inspired and the Law had it's place. But we now have a New Covenant Jesus said ..build on better promises and His blood speaks of better things.
The purpose of the law was :
1) To reveal our sinful state. Rom 3:20
2) To inflame sin Rom 7:8
3) To minister death in us Rom 7:10-11
4) To lead us to Christ Gal 3:24
The law is good! But the purpose of the law was not for righteousness or salvation at all, it was to manifest sin in our lives, so that the purpose of grace which is in Jesus is to manifest salvation. Grace does not set aside the law, but completely satisfied it.I really encourage you to study up on the New Covenant..it'll bless you and you'll fall deeper in love with your Lord who loves you dearly...
I believe the OC was inspired and the Law had it's place. But we now have a New Covenant Jesus said ..build on better promises and His blood speaks of better things.
The purpose of the law was :
1) To reveal our sinful state. Rom 3:20
2) To inflame sin Rom 7:8
3) To minister death in us Rom 7:10-11
4) To lead us to Christ Gal 3:24
The law is good! But the purpose of the law was not for righteousness or salvation at all, it was to manifest sin in our lives, so that the purpose of grace which is in Jesus is to manifest salvation. Grace does not set aside the law, but completely satisfied it.I really encourage you to study up on the New Covenant..it'll bless you and you'll fall deeper in love with your Lord who loves you dearly...
Leviticus 19:28 "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD."
People try to get around this verse by saying that since it is in the Old Testament it is not for us today. Moral Old Testament laws are still for us today though. If you get rid of the moral law in verse 28, will you also get rid of the moral law in the next verse?
Leviticus 19:29 "Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness."
There are tons of moral laws in the Old Testament that should still be held today, such as bestiality and human sacrifice.
Leviticus 18:23 "Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion."
The Christian's body does not belong to them. The Bible tells us that our body belongs to God. If God wanted us to have tattoos, we would have been born with them. Our body is the temple of the Holy Ghost and should not be defiled.
1 Corinthians 6:19 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
And from a logical point of view, tattoos have a Pagan and Satanic history. Today the world is covered in tattoos, especially the ungodly people in Rock and Roll bands and violent gangs. As Christians, we should not conform to the world, nor should we look anything like them.
I believe the OC was inspired and the Law had it's place. But we now have a New Covenant Jesus said ..build on better promises and His blood speaks of better things.
The purpose of the law was :
1) To reveal our sinful state. Rom 3:20
2) To inflame sin Rom 7:8
3) To minister death in us Rom 7:10-11
4) To lead us to Christ Gal 3:24
The law is good! But the purpose of the law was not for righteousness or salvation at all, it was to manifest sin in our lives, so that the purpose of grace which is in Jesus is to manifest salvation. Grace does not set aside the law, but completely satisfied it.I really encourage you to study up on the New Covenant..it'll bless you and you'll fall deeper in love with your Lord who loves you dearly...
People try to get around this verse by saying that since it is in the Old Testament it is not for us today. Moral Old Testament laws are still for us today though. If you get rid of the moral law in verse 28, will you also get rid of the moral law in the next verse?
Leviticus 19:29 "Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness."
There are tons of moral laws in the Old Testament that should still be held today, such as bestiality and human sacrifice.
Leviticus 18:23 "Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion."
The Christian's body does not belong to them. The Bible tells us that our body belongs to God. If God wanted us to have tattoos, we would have been born with them. Our body is the temple of the Holy Ghost and should not be defiled.
1 Corinthians 6:19 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."
And from a logical point of view, tattoos have a Pagan and Satanic history. Today the world is covered in tattoos, especially the ungodly people in Rock and Roll bands and violent gangs. As Christians, we should not conform to the world, nor should we look anything like them.
I believe the OC was inspired and the Law had it's place. But we now have a New Covenant Jesus said ..build on better promises and His blood speaks of better things.
The purpose of the law was :
1) To reveal our sinful state. Rom 3:20
2) To inflame sin Rom 7:8
3) To minister death in us Rom 7:10-11
4) To lead us to Christ Gal 3:24
The law is good! But the purpose of the law was not for righteousness or salvation at all, it was to manifest sin in our lives, so that the purpose of grace which is in Jesus is to manifest salvation. Grace does not set aside the law, but completely satisfied it.I really encourage you to study up on the New Covenant..it'll bless you and you'll fall deeper in love with your Lord who loves you dearly...
the new covenant is already in play.(and in protection, regardless if you understand or not) you don t need to study it. simply believe. a saviour saves. repent, repent believe, repent believe, the key factor is believe. still a saviour saves no matter what the equation you use. (food for thought) lol
