Wanting a Tattoo

[arj1981]

Thank you for this.

Amen. That was a good response.

 

[spiritman1]

Christians today go to great lengths to act and look like what is popular in culture today, It appears they want to be apart of this world so bad. As the cultural line moves farther and farther away from Godliness, so will the people who hang so close to the line. I always wondered why some Christians seem to want to know how far they can go and still be a Christian. Instead of wondering how close can I come to being like Jesus. would Jesus get a tattoo? He only did what His Father told Him, do you believe God the Father would tell Him to get a tattoo?.........I don't think so!

 

[arj1981]

Christians today go to great lengths to act and look like what is popular in culture today, It appears they want to be apart of this world so bad. As the cultural line moves farther and farther away from Godliness, so will the people who hang so close to the line. I always wondered why some Christians seem to want to know how far they can go and still be a Christian. Instead of wondering how close can I come to being like Jesus. would Jesus get a tattoo? He only did what His Father told Him, do you believe God the Father would tell Him to get a tattoo?.........I don't think so!

GOOD POINT.

 

[Hospes]

...would Jesus get a tattoo? He only did what His Father told Him, do you believe God the Father would tell Him to get a tattoo?.........I don't think so!

What's that? Jesus is tatted on his thigh per Rev 19:16

Seriously, I think it's a matter of conscience.

 

[Sketcher]

How about looking at the works he listed in his articles? They are the works written by tattoo artists who themselves admit that tattooing is EVIl in essence.

Watkins is notorious for taking quotes out of context and twisting them to bolster whatever point he is trying to make. I'd take whatever I can learn from tattoo artists myself above what Watkins would selectively quote and refer to.

 

[Terene]

What's that? Jesus is tatted on his thigh per Rev 19:16

Seriously, I think it's a matter of conscience.

No Hospes. The Lord does not need needles and ink to write His Name on His thigh. Please don't associate Belial with our Lord.

 

[Terene]

Watkins is notorious for taking quotes out of context and twisting them to bolster whatever point he is trying to make. I'd take whatever I can learn from tattoo artists myself above what Watkins would selectively quote and refer to.

I have pointed to you the evil of tattooing, if you refuse to accept, then let God be the judge. Just make sure YOU yourself don't end up supporting what is evil. I would be really careful to give my support to any wordly culture or norm (be it tattooing or whatsoever that the world chases after), because I don't want to be found going against my God.

I think we can end this discussion here.

 

[wayfaring man]

Thank you for this.

You're welcome in The Lord.

And to give an answer to those who refer to Christ having a name written on His thigh, and/or God's Name being written on the foreheads of some chosen ones...as if this gives justification to getting/giving/receiving a man-made tattoo...such makes not good sense, for the comparison is even as man's works verses God's grace.

For example: if one fancied them self as one of The Lord's 144,000 and in an attempt at imitating what is mentioned in Revelation 14:1, such tattooed/had tattooed Yahweh on their forehead, what kind of an accommodation would that be for God to do His Writing ? Would we expect God to trace over what a man had written ? Would not such an act be akin to someone striving to gain acceptance/ prove worthiness through the works/craft of human hands, rather than trusting in God's/Christ's mercy, judgment, and workmanship ?

Furthermore, we are called to present ourselves as living sacrifices unto God, and not follow the ways, trends, and fashions of this world. And clearly tattooing has been historically popular with pagans, prostitutes, worldly warriors, gang bangers, circus freaks, and convicts.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. <-----> Romans 12:1+2

Additionally, when it comes to things which pertain to that which we offer unto The Lord, human effort to adorn or fashion, doesn't add quality, it takes away - which principle is conveyed in the following verse.

And if thou will make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou has polluted it. <-----> Exodus 20:25

Learn not the way of the heathen <---> From Jeremiah 10:2

Some aversions are Christian, some dislikes are godly.

May The Lord Be Pleased !

wm

 

[spiritman1]

What's that? Jesus is tatted on his thigh per Rev 19:16

Seriously, I think it's a matter of conscience.

Thats right The king of Kings and the Lord of Lords Its written on his robe and on His thigh......can they tattoo robes or would that be called embroidery....He may be tattooed on His thigh we will have to wait and see, If He is it was done by God, who can argue when God gives you a tat

 

[arj1981]

Thats right The king of Kings and the Lord of Lords Its written on his robe and on His thigh......can they tattoo robes or would that be called embroidery....He may be tattooed on His thigh we will have to wait and see, If He is it was done by God, who can argue when God gives you a tat

LOL. He probably didn't need a needle either.

 

[dewba]

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal." Matthew 6:19

Your body can be destroyed, so:

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?" Matthew 6:25

A tattoo is an accessory for the body....a clothing item, in a sense. It certainly does not keep you warm, for example.

And he said to them, &#8220;Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.&#8221; Luke 12:15

A tattoo can be considered a abundance because it isn't a necessity.

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, &#8220;I will never leave you nor forsake you.&#8221; Hebrews 13:5

Be content with what God has already provided for you; you don't need a tattoo, unless God commands you to get one.

We will all be individually judged by God.

 

[Tomo_Tsu]

I don't have any tattoos myself..as it's portrayed in japanese culture as to be popular..and especially with the Yakuza and street gangs in general or the youth. They're just not for me. I mean that's cool if it's your thing..everything has something they're into.

 

[arj1981]

Nice @ Dewba.

 

[dewba]

Some will say, &#8216;I belong to the LORD&#8217;;
others will call themselves by the name of Jacob;
still others will write on their hand, &#8216;The LORD&#8217;s,&#8217;
and will take the name Israel.
Isaiah 44:5

Not necessarily a tattoo, as writing can be done with using the things God has already provided you (pen perhaps).

 

[spiritman1]

I don't have any tattoos myself..as it's portrayed in japanese culture as to be popular..and especially with the Yakuza and street gangs in general or the youth. They're just not for me. I mean that's cool if it's your thing..everything has something they're into.

People trying to fit in, find themselves, find somthing to indentify who they are. Its like smoking ask anyone down the road and they will tell you I wish I never started, or the guy who got bunch of tattoos in lost period of life,...boy big mistake wish I could get this "Went to Hawaii and all I got was this stupid tattoo"....off....or the four names of girls he nolonger knows......my advice for any young person considering a tattoo, get what you want tattooed on paper hold on to it for a year, if in the following year you still really want it........wait another year...lol

 

[arj1981]

interesting @ dewba

 

[wayfaring man]

King James says with hand not on.... (Isaiah 44:5)

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: <-----> Proverbs 3:3

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. <-----> Proverbs 7:1-3

Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. <-----> 2nd Corinthians 3:2+3

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. <-----> Jeremiah 31:33

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: <-----> Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; <-----> Hebrews 10:16

Inward is opposite outward...consequently focusing on outward writing is not focusing on inward writing and vis versa.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
But let it be the hidden man of the heart... <-----> 1st Peter 3:3+4

May The Lord Be Magnified !

wm

 

[Sketcher]

I have pointed to you the evil of tattooing, if you refuse to accept, then let God be the judge. Just make sure YOU yourself don't end up supporting what is evil. I would be really careful to give my support to any wordly culture or norm (be it tattooing or whatsoever that the world chases after), because I don't want to be found going against my God.

I think we can end this discussion here.

You've done circular logic without basis in the New Testament, and that's it. My doctrine needs to be more Biblically sound than what you have presented. God knows where I'm at, and I'm confident that he knows I do not in fact support evil.

 

[spiritman1]

You've done circular logic without basis in the New Testament, and that's it. My doctrine needs to be more Biblically sound than what you have presented. God knows where I'm at, and I'm confident that he knows I do not in fact support evil.

I see your equating tattoos as someone would look at a gun, they all aren't used in liquer store holdups, some are on the hips of police officers........Is this sort of the notion you hold

 

[Exley]

Sadly though the original OP has already been driven away from a tat for fear of sin so I think this one is case closed. =[

I'm not sure why you find it sad that my decision is now to not get a tattoo. I find it to be a really good thing. I came here heavily debating this. Was the tattoo something I really wanted? Yes, it was. Am I any closer to understanding if it's a sin or not? Not so much.

But it's a moot point now, for me. From what everyone has contributed to this thread it has eased my mind and allowed me to come to the conclusion to not go ahead with a tattoo. And I am at ease with that and content with that choice. It's like someone else stated if I am unsure of it, why go forward with it. God is apparently trying to tell me something and I need to listen.

No one here drove me away from anything, I think they more or less just helped translate to me what God may be saying but I couldn't grasp or understand at the time. And for that I am beyond thankful.