Poll: Tattoo art - Christian perspectives: Fight it? Ignore it? appreciate/embrace it?
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Rudometkin
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@Waiting on him So any more tattoo developments in your family? (...some of you guys are somewhat tattoo veterans already.)
@Heart2Soul Indeed: really good artist + really good tattoo design = a winning combination, isn't it?
@Rudometkin So what would you think of a John 3.16 tattoo? My wife and I talked to a young lady with one...(I guess she proved it worked!)
Triumph1300
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I did not read the whole thread, so somebody might have mentioned it.
Scripture mentions tattoos. And rejects it.
I believe it's only mentioned once:
It’s found in the Old Testament in Leviticus 19.
Scripture mentions tattoos. And rejects it.
I believe it's only mentioned once:
It’s found in the Old Testament in Leviticus 19.
@Triumph1300 My wife and I talked with a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also, and I'm sure other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness to go to the parlor and have it done.
Some ppl see tattoo witness as an outworking of the Gospel as the rule of the believer's life; rather than being like Old Testament Jews in the land under the law.
Some ppl see tattoo witness as an outworking of the Gospel as the rule of the believer's life; rather than being like Old Testament Jews in the land under the law.
@Michiah-Imla So topical, I guess; since they are so widespread, a lot of Christians use ink as a witness tool; and faith based designs are proven effective in getting conversations going.Michiah-Imla said:
Michiah-Imla
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We should consider this:
When God talked to the Israelites about posting the law on their door posts and gates, why didn’t He tell them to mark their bodies with scriptures and images?
Deuteronomy 6:8-9
“And thou shalt bind them [commandments] for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.”
And also, God hates images:
"Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth." (Deuteronomy 16:22)
And this extends to even making an image of God himself:
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:" (Exodus 20:4)
And God forbids markings on the body:
"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)
It seems that taking all these scriptures into account would point to tattoos being against scripture principles.
@Michiah-Imla In the strictest sense now, are New Testament believers under the law, rather than under grace, using witness means?
I might admire certain tattoos but I would never get one doe because the bible tells us not to.
Leviticus 19:28
“‘Do not . . . . put tattoo marks on yourselves.
@Pearl Thanks for your comment! Some Christians would say that since we are not under the law still, using a witness means such as a faith based tattoo is something that New Testament believers under grace might do.
(In the previous Leviticus verse, it also seems to say about not trimming one's beard; do preachers shave?)
But you must know best for you.
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