are there any Christians who dont believe in tatoos here

[faroukfarouk]

Fair enough. I could note some differences, but that probably wouldn't be effective now. Still, the other part of my post remains. I don't see any positive affirmations of tattoos in the Bible - only negative.



I don't see how this justifies it. Replace what you said with "anything", i.e. I can do anything I want as long as there is a desire to glorify God (1 Cor 10:23).

Suppose there were a law where you live prohibiting signs from being too large or elevated too high (such ordinances do exist). Would you say it's OK to put up a billboard of John 3:16 because it glorifies God? Would you say you are justified in some civil disobedience? Or would it be a better witness to submit to the authorities? ... even though a billboard isn't really going to do major damage?

If you're in a Christian community that frowns on marking the body, would it be better to submit or to proclaim a message of "you can't make me submit"?

I thought I was under grace rather than under the law.

I thought the Gospel was the rule of the believer's life rather than the law.

I thought Romans 14 gives the believer reasonable Christian liberty.

The law was changed, anyway; it didn't make anyone perfect and now what we have is better than the law (Hebrews 7.12; Hebrews 7.19).

 

[Resha Caner]

I thought I was under grace rather than under the law.

You seem to be avoiding giving me an answer. I'm also not sure what you think I might be challenging. I can love you as a Christian brother and still admonish your behavior.

Are you saying the law no longer has any purpose or consequences?

 

[faroukfarouk]

You seem to be avoiding giving me an answer. I'm also not sure what you think I might be challenging. I can love you as a Christian brother and still admonish your behavior.

Are you saying the law no longer has any purpose or consequences?

Admonishment is fine; but to see what I meant, read the passages I referred to in the previous post and then maybe what I mean will be clearer. Blessings.

PS: I am from a strongly dispensational background.

 

[Resha Caner]

Admonishment is fine; but to see what I meant, read the passages I referred to in the previous post and then maybe what I mean will be clearer. Blessings.

Given our differing backgrounds, I expect I place those verses in a different context.

PS: I am from a strongly dispensational background.

I am a Confessional Lutheran.

 

[amymine712]

You know I got one tattoo while I was struggling with trusting God. It was put on my heart to get a rainbow which symbols God's promises and a rose wrapped around it which symbolizes me holding on to those promises.

Am I sure I did the right thing? No I am not but, I use this tattoo to talk to unbelievers about God and His promises. Which is a good thing because most of them don't get to see the Christian love and acceptance that Christ bought for us on the cross. Too many Christians judge them just for the tattoos on their bodies instead of loving on them as Christ would have done.

 

[NorrinRadd]

Fair enough. I could note some differences, but that probably wouldn't be effective now. Still, the other part of my post remains. I don't see any positive affirmations of tattoos in the Bible - only negative.



I don't see how this justifies it. Replace what you said with "anything", i.e. I can do anything I want as long as there is a desire to glorify God (1 Cor 10:23).

Suppose there were a law where you live prohibiting signs from being too large or elevated too high (such ordinances do exist). Would you say it's OK to put up a billboard of John 3:16 because it glorifies God? Would you say you are justified in some civil disobedience? Or would it be a better witness to submit to the authorities? ... even though a billboard isn't really going to do major damage?

In that context, here in the U.S.A., it might be worth disobeying in order to clarify the extent to which First Amendment protections extend.

If you're in a Christian community that frowns on marking the body, would it be better to submit or to proclaim a message of "you can't make me submit"?

The main reason I would ever consider getting a tattoo is to thumb my nose at legalists. Sometimes the "loving" thing to do is to submit in order to maintain peace and harmony, but other times the "loving" thing to do is to defy the established order so as to awaken people to the freedom Christ purchased.

 

[Sketcher]

The main reason I would ever consider getting a tattoo is to thumb my nose at legalists. Sometimes the "loving" thing to do is to submit in order to maintain peace and harmony, but other times the "loving" thing to do is to defy the established order so as to awaken people to the freedom Christ purchased.

At 54?

 

[NorrinRadd]

At 54?

Sure. Age is not what prevents me, but rather the facts that I'm a wuss about pain, as well as a cheapskate.

 

[faroukfarouk]

You know I got one tattoo while I was struggling with trusting God. It was put on my heart to get a rainbow which symbols God's promises and a rose wrapped around it which symbolizes me holding on to those promises.

Am I sure I did the right thing? No I am not but, I use this tattoo to talk to unbelievers about God and His promises....

I think that in this New Testament age of grace, where the Gospel rather than the law is the rule of the believer's life, opportunities for the Gospel can probably overrule past, perceived legalities.

 

[ForJesusChrist]

I don't agree with tattoos either, and the bible states it clearly.

 

[Ascendo]

I don't agree with tattoos either, and the bible states it clearly.

Then you also don't wear poly-cotton blends, eat shrimp, trim your beard, or do any kind of work on Sunday. Cool.

 

[Tzav]

I believe that they exist, sure, but they will not exist on me!

 

[ForJesusChrist]

Then you also don't wear poly-cotton blends, eat shrimp, trim your beard, or do any kind of work on Sunday. Cool.

Just because we don't follow something in the bible does not rule it out. The bible say to not murder. But people do. Does this now make it acceptable?

 

[Tzav]

Then you also don't wear poly-cotton blends, eat shrimp, trim your beard, or do any kind of work on Sunday. Cool.

Of course, the Bible doesn't mention polyester, cotton or working on Sunday. What shall we do!!

 

[Ascendo]

Refusing to read the Bible exegetically and with a proper cultural hermeneutic is willful ignorance.

There is a big difference between Levitical purity laws and "Thou Shalt Not Murder."

 

[Tzav]

 

[JoshuaDaryl]

Just because we don't follow something in the bible does not rule it out. The bible say to not murder. But people do. Does this now make it acceptable?

 

[JoshuaDaryl]

Of course, the Bible doesn't mention polyester, cotton or working on Sunday. What shall we do!!

 

[faroukfarouk]

Of course, the Bible doesn't mention polyester, cotton or working on Sunday. What shall we do!!

Here, I wear my Uncle CI hat and ask, as per the Scofield Bible: are we really under the law anyway?

 

[Tzav]

Here, I wear my Uncle CI hat and ask, as per the Scofield Bible: are we really under the law anyway?

Yes, definitely, if you are an unbeliever.