'Christian tattoos to start a conversation as the Lord leads.'

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6 minutes ago, Hopefully said:

I will still say that as long as people truly believe it is okay in the hearts then they should be fine. My heart just says no.

One indication a person may be going against their heart is seeking many oks from others. When people know something is okay they don’t usually ask others first.

Its going to be the individuals heart that matters and getting 1000 it is okays is no good if your own heart says no.

@Hopefully Oh I agree that the believer considering a Bible verse tattoo before the Lord still needs to have a sense of confidence before Him in the light of careful and contextual reading of Scripture.

@Tristen above was talking about a situation where the person thinks it is the Lord's will to go ahead but has fears and trepidations that may threaten to overcome the actual act of having it done (see posts, above).

[farouk]

17 hours ago, Hopefully said:

 it won’t be surface reasoning that we can see it will be what is truly in your heart.

@Hopefully I think of a Christian young woman that my wife and I talked to; with the whole of the wording of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area, it was with a memorable, calm joy that she seemed to radiate that her favorite Bible verse was the cause of her having become - at around 18, in all probability - an inked up woman.

The quiet yet determined conviction that she seemed to show was rather memorable - along the lines of what you say, in the quote, above.

In spite of you different thoughts now, you would likely have been impressed similarly as I was.

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3 minutes ago, farouk said:

Oh I agree that the believer considering a Bible verse tattoo before the Lord still needs to have a sense of confidence before Him in the light of careful and contextual reading of Scripture.

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭19‬:‭28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“You must not cut your body as a way to remember the dead. You must not make any tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭19‬:‭28‬ ‭ERV

I don’t read this as only for the dead. That’s the issue I have. I see do not print ANY marks on you, and do not make ANY tattoo marks on yourself.

The word “Any” is there.

I don’t see how the same God who said this can also lead people to get tattoos. 
 

 

 

 

[farouk]

1 minute ago, Hopefully said:

“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭19‬:‭28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“You must not cut your body as a way to remember the dead. You must not make any tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.”
‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭19‬:‭28‬ ‭ERV

I don’t read this as only for the dead. That’s the issue I have. I see do not print ANY marks on you, and do not make ANY tattoo marks on yourself.

The word “Any” is there.

I don’t see how the same God who said this can also lead people to get tattoos. 
 

 

 

 

Fine, @Hopefully , if you indeed read it that way; others might indeed see the overall context as pagan necromancy. Remembering also Elijah and the prophets of Baal who cut themselves until the blood gushed out; 1 Kings 18.

There are other things in the chapter also - such as trimming the corner of one's beard - which would seem to belong to the general context of Old Testament Jews in the land under the law (and Romans 7 also says the law was changed, so we are not in that sense 'under the law', as Old Testament Jews were.) But you are right that it needs to be an individual conviction and I think ppl should stick to their individual convictions, one way or the other.

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@farouk I see this the same as people who say when God says man shall not lay with man as with woman that it’s not talking about being gay.

There are many people who do not see that the Bible says homosexuality is wrong no matter how many times it’s there, so one statement of tattoos should be enough, because if there were 5 verses more people would still say it’s okay.

 

[farouk]

46 minutes ago, Tristen said:

Certainly, God gives us everything we need to accomplish the tasks He set before us.

But that doesn't mean we won't find a way to talk ourselves out of it.

@Tristen Interestingly, I read about a Christian father whose daughter wanted to become a tattoo artist and his inhibitions or whatever they were led him to dissuade her; although he subsequently saw things from a rather different viewpoint and came to regret having dissuaded his daughter:

Waiting on him said:

My daughter wanted to .. be a tattoo artist several years ago and (I) sadly discouraged her. I’ve considered speaking with her about this, I believe person can hold a ministry in any occupation, if I do it to the glory of God christinaityboard dot com

 

( cc @Hopefully FYI; although it might not reflect your own thinking. )

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1 minute ago, farouk said:

Romans 7 also says the law was changed, so we are not in that sense 'under the law', as Old Testament Jews were.

“I mean we are made right with God through faith, not through what we have done to follow the law. This is what we believe. So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? Not at all! In fact, faith causes us to be what the law actually wants.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭28‬, ‭31‬ ‭

What do you think about this verse? 
 

I feel like my faith is still growing so I will continue to become what the law wants.

 

[Hopefully]

6 minutes ago, farouk said:

FYI; although it might not reflect your own thinking. )

Given what we have been told in the Bible about the fate of the total human population, I feel good if 10 million people disagree with me. It seems more of a narrow path that way.

 I truly take issues to God and believe what the spirit tells me. Why would I listen to the broad path?

No matter how many people say God is okay with tattoos I don’t believe he is. Do I believe the tattoo alone decides salvation? No I don’t but it’s not going to be good all around if people seek advice from the masses.

God is alive and he can hear us. We can hear him to.

 

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