Nov 1, 2010

Tattoos

I don't want a tattoo or anything, but I don't think there's anything wrong with a Christian getting one. At least, from my limited knowledge of the scripture, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it. Here's what Craig Groeschel had to say in a video http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=7G7DKWNX I saw on godtube:

"What does the Bible say about tattoos? Not a whole lot. There's 1 verse that speaks directly to tattoos, it's found in Leviticus, 19 verse 28. "Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord." You could say that God is very, very clear and say "You should not have tattoos." Right? Well, to understand this verse, you have to look at the text in the context of what Leviticus 19 was saying as a whole. You see the Israelites had just escaped from Egyptian bondage and passed through the Red Sea and God was telling them, "Don't take on the pagan practices of the Egyptians. When an Egyptian would die, the remaining relatives would often cut into their body to let out what was known as the lifeblood and this was a pagan ritual, God said, "Don't do that". Some would also tattoo on their bodies pictures of pagan gods and again, the one true God said, "Don't you ever do that". If you wanna take Leviticus 19:28 literally, we need to be careful because this was the Old Testament law fulfilled by Christ in the New Testament. Leviticus 19 also tells us don't cut your hair or your beard, it says don't wear clothing with different kinds of material, things that we all do everyday. Leviticus 19, the bottom line, was talking about idolatry, don't take on the pagan practices of the Egyptians."

One person commented, "Yes Christ did satisfy the requirement of the law which was a blameless and pure sacrifice “thank you Jesus” but did He abolish the principles in Lev 19? NO!"

Someone else said he was riding the fence in his answer. What do you think?

2 comments:

  1. On the topic of ratios, my pastor said our body is the temple of God, don't defile it. Our body is not a canvas. Just my 2 cents!

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  2. Tattoos, not ratios!

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