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Question:   Hello,  I'm asking anyone who can help me with a search. I'm trying to find in the Bible where it talks about body markings, i.e., tattoos. I have friend who just had a tattoo put on to his arm.  And my sisters tell that having any tattoos on your body is going against God, And I wanted to find out for myself if this is true. Not that I don't believe my sisters. I'm just that way that I need to read it for myself.

Response:  As it say at 1st Corinthians 10:23, "all things are possible, but not all things are beneficial". The Mosaic Law (Leviticus 19:28) does prohibit "cutting oneself for the dead" and "putting writing/drawing [made by] incision on yourselves [i.e., tattoos]". There are certainly many things in the Law of Moses by which we as Christians under grace are no longer bound (the dietary and festal ordinances, for example), but the context of Lev.19:28 is one of pagan idolatry, and the practices described there (vv.26-29) are clearly behaviors that were part and parcel of worshiping idols instead of the one true God. I am fairly sure that your friend is not involved in such practices, so what about tattoos without any idolatrous connection? What the Bible has to say about illicit drugs forms an interesting parallel: in antiquity (New and Old Testament times) non-medicinal drugs were almost exclusively used in witchcraft and pagan ritual (i.e., not for secular, recreational use as today), and it is in that context that the Bible condemns pharmakia (e.g., Gal.5:20). People sometimes try to make the argument that there is no biblical prohibition against drugs - but while that may be technically true, the Bible has plenty to say about sobriety (e.g., Eph.5:18), so that it is not a difficult conclusion to draw that doing drugs is certainly wrong in God's eyes. There are many behaviors that, while they may not be spelled out in the Bible specifically, are still not things that a Christian walking to please God would want to be involved in. There will be a time in the history of the world when many people will get a tattoo, one that true believers must at all costs avoid, the one with the number six hundred and sixty six (Rev.13:16-18). So while the Bible has nothing good to say about tattoos, there are certainly indications in it that permanently marking one's body is a bad idea for a Christian. I would not want to get one; I would not want my son or anyone I know to get one. None of us are perfect - we all make mistakes, we all have need of God's forgiveness for our sins. There are certainly worse things that we can do, that people do all the time, that are far more serious than getting a tattoo - and far less obvious to the eye. Still, like any action or behavior, what we do says a lot about us, about who we are, what we are really thinking, and what is important to us in life. For those who truly put Jesus Christ first in their lives, this attitude cannot help but bubble out for all to see (like the spring of sweet water: James 3:11-13); for those who are really little concerned with following and serving Him, this attitude too will bubble out (like the spring of bitter water). I would not want to judge a person's commitment to Christ on the basis of one act, but I would also not wish to have my good standards eroded by those who are not as committed to the Lord as I am. This is the constant challenge that faces all true Christians here in the devil's world: to live in the world (and minister to it as we have been given the gifts and resources to do so), but not to be overcome by it, rather to be transformed in it by careful attention to the Word of God (Rom.12:1-2;12:21). 

Posted: at 15-01-2013 03:40 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie

Na 2day i c every man nd woman 4 naijapals wan go heaven.

Posted: at 15-01-2013 03:48 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Are you choosing for God what He created and did not create? Be careful. Forget your Corinthians, Galatians or wherever those thief pastors also quote to obtain from poeple like you, and follow the words of Jesus Christ and it shall be well with you.

Posted: at 15-01-2013 03:55 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

What?

Posted: at 15-01-2013 04:51 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

i a, not choosing for him but just telling u the simple truth..if u are one of them change your ways...God didn't create adam and Adam or eve to eve..rather he created Adam and Eve..and he wasn't stupid to have creatd them this way...change I'm not saying I'm a saint or living without a sin..but when something is not right one have to say it...change and try and learn to phyuk a woman...I wonder what y'all gay gain from having sex with the same sex...there is nothing there...and God is not in support of it..Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the segxwally immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosegxwal offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (NIV, 1st Corinthians 6:9-11)

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Posted: at 15-01-2013 06:31 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Oh my god wht kind of pastor is dis, may god 4gv u OKOTIE

Posted: at 15-01-2013 06:38 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

Pastors r the main people that r distrouying the country

Posted: at 15-01-2013 07:00 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

who are those that still attends pastor chris okotie's church? Leviticus 19 vs28 spelt it out,i wonder why such utterances will come out of his mouth.The spirit of God is no longer in him.MAY God bring him back and open his spiritual eyes.
 

Posted: at 15-01-2013 07:50 PM (11 years ago) | Newbie

Am not surprised to hear such from chris okotie. Guyman pastor

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Posted: at 15-01-2013 08:57 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

 

Posted: at 15-01-2013 10:02 PM (11 years ago) | Hero