A Long Hair, Tattoo Pastor

[missmuffet]

I was a satanist before I became a christian and got a tattoo on my upper left arm of a inverted pentagram. It is a symbol that today is representative of Satan and the satanic church.  Now as A christian I don't have the money to get it removed and would not get it removed even if I did. Because to me, every time I look at the star on my arm all I see, all I am reminded of every time I see it is , that there is nothing God can't save me from. To me, this star on my arm has become a symbol of the power of deliverance of Jesus Christ.  

My son has a very nice tattoo of a cross on his arm.I like it but my son hates it.My son is a born again Christian but he just does not like tattoos now and he thinks he acted hastily when he got it..But it is there to stay.

[missmuffet]

sure didn't take this thread long to get tacky...

What is able this thread that you find tacky oo?

[firestormx]

 

I was a satanist before I became a christian and got a tattoo on my upper left arm of a inverted pentagram. It is a symbol that today is representative of Satan and the satanic church.  Now as A christian I don't have the money to get it removed and would not get it removed even if I did. Because to me, every time I look at the star on my arm all I see, all I am reminded of every time I see it is , that there is nothing God can't save me from. To me, this star on my arm has become a symbol of the power of deliverance of Jesus Christ.  

My son has a very nice tattoo of a cross on his arm.I like it but my son hates it.My son is a born again Christian but he just does not like tattoos now and he thinks he acted hastily when he got it..But it is there to stay.

 

I will pray for your son that he will find peace with Jesus concerning this issue.

[other one]

 

I was a satanist before I became a christian and got a tattoo on my upper left arm of a inverted pentagram. It is a symbol that today is representative of Satan and the satanic church.  Now as A christian I don't have the money to get it removed and would not get it removed even if I did. Because to me, every time I look at the star on my arm all I see, all I am reminded of every time I see it is , that there is nothing God can't save me from. To me, this star on my arm has become a symbol of the power of deliverance of Jesus Christ.  

My son has a very nice tattoo of a cross on his arm.I like it but my son hates it.My son is a born again Christian but he just does not like tattoos now and he thinks he acted hastily when he got it..But it is there to stay.

 

it's a little pricey, but you can have them removed....

[missmuffet]

 

 

I was a satanist before I became a christian and got a tattoo on my upper left arm of a inverted pentagram. It is a symbol that today is representative of Satan and the satanic church.  Now as A christian I don't have the money to get it removed and would not get it removed even if I did. Because to me, every time I look at the star on my arm all I see, all I am reminded of every time I see it is , that there is nothing God can't save me from. To me, this star on my arm has become a symbol of the power of deliverance of Jesus Christ.  

My son has a very nice tattoo of a cross on his arm.I like it but my son hates it.My son is a born again Christian but he just does not like tattoos now and he thinks he acted hastily when he got it..But it is there to stay.

 

I will pray for your son that he will find peace with Jesus concerning this issue.

 

Thank you 

[missmuffet]

 

 

I was a satanist before I became a christian and got a tattoo on my upper left arm of a inverted pentagram. It is a symbol that today is representative of Satan and the satanic church.  Now as A christian I don't have the money to get it removed and would not get it removed even if I did. Because to me, every time I look at the star on my arm all I see, all I am reminded of every time I see it is , that there is nothing God can't save me from. To me, this star on my arm has become a symbol of the power of deliverance of Jesus Christ.  

My son has a very nice tattoo of a cross on his arm.I like it but my son hates it.My son is a born again Christian but he just does not like tattoos now and he thinks he acted hastily when he got it..But it is there to stay.

 

it's a little pricey, but you can have them removed....

 

Neither do we have the money or is my son able to have it removed at this time in his life.You know that he is disabled oo.

[MorningGlory]

I was a satanist before I became a christian and got a tattoo on my upper left arm of a inverted pentagram. It is a symbol that today is representative of Satan and the satanic church.  Now as A christian I don't have the money to get it removed and would not get it removed even if I did. Because to me, every time I look at the star on my arm all I see, all I am reminded of every time I see it is , that there is nothing God can't save me from. To me, this star on my arm has become a symbol of the power of deliverance of Jesus Christ.  

 

That's a great testimony, firestorm.  I am SO happy you found the Lord.  He knows what you came out of and took you anyway.  That's just how our God is. 

[MorningGlory]

sure didn't take this thread long to get tacky...

[FresnoJoe]

I would not even consider attending a church where the Pastor had long hair and tattoos.  The tattoos may not be a deal breaker, because it is possible he could have gotten them before he became a Christian, but if he was getting tattoos after being saved, no way would I attend that church.  The long hair would be a sign that the man is in rebellion against his head, Jesus Christ, and the Bible tells us in Leviticus not to print marks on our bodies. 

 

All that being said, I would not write hate mail to this man, or go out of my way to attack him or his church.  I can't really understand why anyone would do that.  If you are like me and find his appearance to be against God's Word, find another church, and leave him and his congregation alone. 

 

Being clean shaven is not rounding the corners of your beard.  That is one of the most idiotic things I have heard people present at Worthy Boards over the years to try to defend their own sins, like having a tattoo.  Even if it was what it means, and it clearly is not, it won't get anyone off the hook for their own sins.  This tit for tat nonsense is just that, nonsense.  All it would mean is that if it was wrong to be clean shaven, then we need to preach against it, not defend other sins.  To me, rounding the corners of your beard would be more like a goatee or something like that, but I am not sure that is even what it means.  I am 100 percent positive it isn't being clean shaven. 

 

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Sometime Brother

 

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Isaiah 64:6

 

One Just As To Wonder

 

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. Matthew 23:27-28 (ESV)

 

Who Will One Stand Upon For Righteousness

 

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. 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." Romans 1:16-17 (NASB)

 

Who?

 

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Revelation 1:5 (KJV)

 

 

[Guest Butero]

I think we need to do things in a Biblical manner.  If the Bible gives prescribed methods and teaches us some things are right and others are wrong, we should take heed.  I am reminded of the poor guy that attempted to steady the Ark of the Covenant that went against God's ways, and how it turned out.  What kind of testimony does it show when we get up in the pulpit and ignore God's Word entirely while preaching from it?  It is not a question of appearing righteous, as much as it is caring about what the Bible says.  Why should I listen to someone in the pulpit trying to teach me out of a Bible he is ignoring?  What is he going to do?  Is he going to try to convince me of my sinful ways in one place while he refuses to obey a passage in Corinthians?  Why in the world would I waste my time with someone like that?  I can live with someone who is striving to follow the Bible, but is weak in some areas and occasionally misses the mark better than the person who ignores scripture. 

 

The man described in the OP is doing something the Bible says is a shame, not in the Old Testament, but in the New Testament.  The man described in the OP has printed marks on his body, in violation of scripture.  Now as I said, it is possible the tattoos were done before he got saved, so I am not going to make assumptions there, but there is no excuse for the long hair or new tattoos.  If choosing to side with scripture makes me like the Pharisees, so be it, but I would remind you that Jesus said the Pharisees stand in Moses seat and we should observe them, but do not after their works.  The Pharisees were supposed to teach the letter of the law, but they were misusing scripture to justify breaking the law, as they did with regard to honoring Father and Mother.  In reality, the people that are acting most like the Pharisees of Jesus day are those who twist scripture in order to justify breaking God's laws.  That is what the Pharisees did.  If you doubt me, go back and read the things Jesus accused them of doing.