Are tatoos wrong?

[dignitized]

simple as this folks, if you get a tat you go to hell

not hardly. But the Bible does say that it is wrong to get one. The good news is - Christ is forgiving and merciful and "tat's" are not unforgiveable.

 

[AlaskanAngels]

Ok I know this is going to open a can of worms! I would like to say sorry now so I don't get nasty replys. No one is in the position to judge someone else, I do have tattoos, Yes the bible does say not to mark or cut your body for the dead. I know everyone has there own view However I am a Christian Lady who is by the way going to HEAVEN, There are some pepole with tattoos who are not scary, I have gotton alot of coments on my tattoos, My paster has a tattoo that he got when he was in the service does this make him less of man to preach and spread the word? I am not saying it is good or bad to get tattoos, That is up to you, What is on the out side of my body has nothing to do with my inside, or going to heaven, I can go on froever so I will stop here! I can only pray those of you who think I am going to hell for haveing tattoos, I hope you don't shave! God Bless, Michelle
"I have foot prints"

 

[AlaskanAngels]

You are right it doesn't say thou shalt not smoke - but it does say DON'T tattoo your flesh

Where is the wod tattoo at in the Bible I would like to look it up.

 

[dignitized]

Where is the wod tattoo at in the Bible I would like to look it up.

Lev 19:28(HNV) "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD.

Here you go. NOTICE - that tattooing is separated from the cutting for the dead.

 

[9-iron]

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Welp the decalogue are 10 of the 613 mitzvot which make up the Law. The same LAW which tells us that it is wrong to get a tattoo.

Just remember according the Apostle Paul if you adhere to one of them you are bound to keep all of them.

Galatians 3:10 "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." F7


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[dignitized]

Context is important.

Gal 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who bewitched you not to obey the truth, to whom before your eyes Jesus Christ was written before among you crucified?
Gal 3:2 This only I desire to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of Law or by hearing of faith?
Gal 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, do you now perfect yourself in the flesh?
Gal 3:4 Did you suffer so much vainly, if indeed it also was vainly?
Gal 3:5 Then He supplying the Spirit to you and working works of power in you, is it by works of Law or by hearing of faith?
Gal 3:6 Even "as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness," Gen 15:6
Gal 3:7 know, then, that those of faith, these are sons of Abraham.
Gal 3:8 And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, preached the gospel before to Abraham: "All the nations will be blessed" "in you." Gen. 12:3
Gal 3:9 So that those of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are out of works of Law, these are under a curse. For it has been written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all the things having been written in the book of the Law, to do them." Deut. 27:26
Gal 3:11 And that no one is justified by Law before God is clear because, "The just shall live by faith." Hab. 2:4

SO - Does Paul say we should not do what the law commands? NOPE.

He's telling us that our justification comes by faith and not by works.

 

[9-iron]

SO - Does Paul say we should not do what the law commands? NOPE.

So again, you adhere to all the law. Seems the scripture is clear, either you follow all the commands or you don't!

What basis are you using for which ones we still ahere to and which ones we don't?

 

[dignitized]

So again, you adhere to all the law. Seems the scripture is clear, either you follow all the commands or you don't!

What basis are you using for which ones we still ahere to and which ones we don't?

Incorrect. If you are going to claim justification by the law you must keep ALL of the commands. There is nothing which states that if you are "under grace" that you have license to sin. NOR does it say that we can pick and choose which sections of the law we will ignore and which we will adhere to.

 

[White Horse]

Leviticus chapter 19, verse 28, which says: “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.” I would say that includes Tattoos. That is however, part of the old covenent, which Jesus got rid of when he came, and we are not held to those standards. Leviticus 19:19 forbids the mixing of fibers in their clothing, which we all do, but its no longer a sin. I find it funny that people use Leviticus to condem homosexuality, but have nothing against wearing cotton/polyester clothing, since all sin is sin, but that is for a different discussion. I dont believe its (tattoos) a sin, but I am agianst it. There is no reason. We are called to be set apart from the world and to live Godly lives. I don’t think that Jesus would be frequenting tattoo parlors if He were around today.

I think the lesson for us is not to "tattoo" our hearts with something that ought not be there.

 

[9-iron]

NOR does it say that we can pick and choose which sections of the law we will ignore and which we will adhere to.

Okay, so how can you pick tattoo law and leave the rest out? You still haven't explained your basis for adhering to some of the laws and not adhering to the rest of them.

The Lord says not to harvest the edges of our grain fields. Am I to adhere to that one?

What about clothing with two kinds of fabric?

Trimming the hair on your temples?

If a man commits adultery with another women, both must be put to death?

Again, what is your basis for adhering to some of these and not all of them?

 

[Sketcher]

Incorrect. If you are going to claim justification by the law you must keep ALL of the commands. There is nothing which states that if you are "under grace" that you have license to sin. NOR does it say that we can pick and choose which sections of the law we will ignore and which we will adhere to.

That's why we have Acts 15:28-29. The Holy Spirit and the ranking believers agreed that many of the OT laws no longer need to be followed, with a few exceptions. Tatoos did not make the "still forbidden" list. Since I am not a Jew, I am free to get a tatoo - though I choose not to because it's simply not for me.

 

[AlaskanAngels]

Here you go. NOTICE - that tattooing is separated from the cutting for the dead.

I was not going to respond any more but can't help my self, My Bible does not say tattoo, I will have to get a new one, Thank you!

 

[dignitized]

Okay, so how can you pick tattoo law and leave the rest out? You still haven't explained your basis for adhering to some of the laws and not adhering to the rest of them.

The Lord says not to harvest the edges of our grain fields. Am I to adhere to that one?

Yup.

What about clothing with two kinds of fabric?

right.

Trimming the hair on your temples?

yup.

If a man commits adultery with another women, both must be put to death?

They deserve death. Let he who is not guilty cast the first stone.

Again, what is your basis for adhering to some of these and not all of them?

Who says I don't do all I can to obey every law of God with has not been fulfilled in the person of Christ?

 

[dignitized]

That's why we have Acts 15:28-29. The Holy Spirit and the ranking believers agreed that many of the OT laws no longer need to be followed, with a few exceptions. Tatoos did not make the "still forbidden" list. Since I am not a Jew, I am free to get a tatoo - though I choose not to because it's simply not for me.

The Holy Spirit NEVER contradicts the Law or the Word. Anyone who thinks they can throw out the law is foolish. Christ said he was not here to destroy the law. He also said that not one IOTA of the law can be disposed of until the HEAVENS AND EARTH pass away.

 

[dignitized]

I was not going to respond any more but can't help my self, My Bible does not say tattoo, I will have to get a new one, Thank you!

There are plenty of good translations available

 

[9-iron]

Who says I don't do all I can to obey every law of God with has not been fulfilled in the person of Christ?

How how long is your hair hanging from your temples? Bottomline it is futile to try to live up to the law. That is why it was given in the first place! Read Hebrews, it clearly states that God has placed us under a NEW convenant and the first convenant is voided by the new.

 

[daverain]

The Holy Spirit NEVER contradicts the Law or the Word. Anyone who thinks they can throw out the law is foolish. Christ said he was not here to destroy the law. He also said that not one IOTA of the law can be disposed of until the HEAVENS AND EARTH pass away.

Am I required to have a sacrifice offered as commanded under the law of moses, if I am healed? (Jesus told a man healed of leprosy to do this, before the New Covenant occured)

Am I required to marry my brother's wife if he dies?

 

[Sketcher]

The Holy Spirit NEVER contradicts the Law or the Word. Anyone who thinks they can throw out the law is foolish. Christ said he was not here to destroy the law. He also said that not one IOTA of the law can be disposed of until the HEAVENS AND EARTH pass away.

So the Council of Jerusalem was wrong? Should we throw out Acts 10 and 15 as anathema?

 

[dignitized]

How how long is your hair hanging from your temples? Bottomline it is futile to try to live up to the law. That is why it was given in the first place! Read Hebrews, it clearly states that God has placed us under a NEW convenant and the first convenant is voided by the new.

Yes it is impossible - but not futile. Thank God that He knows we cannot succeed and as such has provided us with the sacrifice of His Son upon the cross. But that does not mean we are to cease trying! RUN the good race - FIGHT the good fight - persevere until the END!

NOW any claims that the Old covenant is voided is not supportable by scripture. God does not go back on His word or His promises. FURTHER - Christ is NOT a liar - Satan is. Not one IOTA can pass from the law until the heavens and Earth pass away.

Read what I am saying! I’m NOT saying that any act of my or of yours is valuable unto our redemption. NOTHING you or I do or say can save us. ONLY Christ can save us - and when the NT speaks of being free from the law it is in this wise - that we are free of the penalty of the law which is DEATH. When Paul speaks saying that we are free from the law - he speaks of the penalty of the law not from the efforts of doing what is RIGHT in the eyes of God - or from NOT doing what God has said to be wrong. The New Covenant made in Christ’s own blood does not void the covenant God made with Israel through Moses - it FULFILLS the Mosaic Covenant.

 

[dignitized]

Am I required to have a sacrifice offered as commanded under the law of moses, if I am healed? (Jesus told a man healed of leprosy to do this, before the New Covenant occured)

YES! there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood. BUT GUESS WHAT: Christ is the only blood sacrifice you need. The requirement has not gone away - it has been MET.

Am I required to marry my brother's wife if he dies?

Is that what the Law commands?