By Jovantee R. Blair
10/08/2012, M
DISCLAIMER: This NOTE is to “ALLOW” people to “KNOW” & ‘UNDERSTAND”, why “TATTOOS” are “SINFUL”.
“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 (KJV)
So, the “QUESTION” is, are “TATTOOS” “SINFUL”?
Well, “TATTOOS” are “SINFUL”, because;
“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.”-Leviticus 19:28 (KJV)
“YOU” did NOT “CREATE” “”YOURSELF”, NOR did “YOU” GIVE “YOUSELF” your “BODY”, for ”YOU” to “DECIDE” to PUT a “TATTOO” on that “BODY” of “YOURS”, in which “GOD” OWNS, because;
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”-1 Corinthians 6:19 (KJV)
But people say that they are “FORGIVEN” KNOWING that GOD will “FORGIVE” them for GETTING “TATTOOS”, but;
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”-2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV),
&;
“For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;”-Romans 2:12 (KJV)
Leviticus 19:28 is the “LAW” of “GOD”, & if a “PERSON” or “PEOPLE” “SIN”, WITHOUT “KEEPING” the “LAW” of “GOD” as SPECIFIED in Romans 2:12, then they WILL “PERISH” WITHOUT the “LAW” of “GOD”, because;
“For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;”-Romans 2:12 (KJV)
The “LAW” of “GOD” is “KNOWLEDGE” that “PEOPLE” SHOULD “KNOW”, but if those SAME “PEOPLE” DON’T WANT to “KNOW the “KNOWLEDGE” of the “LAW” of “GOD”, then;
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."-Hosea 4:6 (KJV)
So with GETTING “TATTOOS” that “RESEMBLE” “PEOPLES’” FAVORITE bible verses on their BODIES, or “RELIGIOUS” SYMBOLS” like a “CROSS”, a “DOVE”, a “FISH”, or “ANYTHING” else, some “PEOPLE” WILL “THINK”, or even “BELIEVE” that it’s OK, & that they’re “HONORING” GOD, but;
“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”- Proverbs 16:25 (KJV),
&;
"For the wages of sin is death;"-Romans 6:23 (KJV)
Then those SAME “PEOPLE” WILL say that GOD "LOOKS" at the "HEART", & “KNOWS” my “HEART”, & “YES”, GOD "LOOKS" at the "HEARTS" of people, but GOD also "LOOKS" at the "OUTWARD APPEARANCE" of people as well, because whatever’s in a person’s "HEART", "GOOD" or 'EVIL", that person’s "HEART', whether it is "GOOD" or 'EVIL", WILL "REFLECT" on that person’s "OUTWARD APPEARANCE", in regards to that person’s "DRESS", "ATTITUDE", "BEHAVIOR, "SPEECH", "LIFESTYLE", or in this case HAVING “TATTOOS” on their “BODY”,
because;
"As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man."-Proverbs 27:19 (KJV)
So why WOULD “ANYONE” WANT to “MARK UP” their “BODIES” with “TATTOOS”, in which their “BODIES”, they DO NOT “OWN”, but END UP in “DEATH” by “COMMITTING” “SIN”, of GETTING a “TATTOO” on his/her “BODY?
HAVING a “TATTOO” on the “BODY” is NOT BEING “DIFFERENT” from the “WORLD”, but BEING just like the “WORLD”, because to be “DIFFERENT” from the “WORLD” & to “TRULY” be a “DOER”, “BELIEVER”, & “FOLLOWER” of “GOD”, then there’s NO “NEED” for “SO-CALLED” “DOERS”, “BELIEVERS”, & “FOLLOWERS” of “GOD” to HAVE “TATTOOS” on their “BODIES”, in which their “BODIES” are NOT their “OWN”, because;
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”-1 John 2:15 (KJV)
When it COMES to “TATTOOS”, DON’T “SERVE” GOD in “IGNORANCE”, but “SERVE” GOD in “SPIRIT” & in “TRUTH”, & in “KNOWLEDGE”, because with "SERVING" GOD in “SPIRIT” & in “TRUTH”, that's
"when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."-John 4:23 (KJV)
But “SERVING” GOD WITHOUT HAVING"KNOWLEDGE" of him, then;
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."-Hosea 4:6 (KJV)
So;
"Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;"-1 Corinthians 10:1 (KJV),
but
"And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:"-Acts 17:30 (KJV)
“CHRIST” CAME with the “LAW” of “GOD” (John 7:16), to “SHOW” us the “CORRECT” path TOWARDS “GOD”, but NOT to “ALLOW” us to STAY in “IGNORANCE” AGAINST the “CORRECT” path TOWARDS “GOD” & “CHRIST”.
So, the “QUESTION” is, are “TATTOOS” “SINFUL”?
“YES”!!!
So;
“Abstain from all appearance of evil.”-1 Thessalonians 5:22 (KJV)
because;
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”-1 Thessalonians 4:7 (KJV)
In CLOSING;
Romans 6 (KJV):
1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3. Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7. For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
22. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”-John 8:32 (KJV)
PEACE:)
