Are Tattoos REALLY a Sin? The Shocking Biblical Truth

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Well , my first question to them is have you read what the Bible says ? Because , at the end of the day , my opinion doesn't really matter much . This kid his name is Bryce Crawford . I found him on Instagram and the way he was at , he's got this shirt that says I love Jesus and it has something else . I can't see what it says .

This guy asked him that is a tattoo artist . He says what do you think about tattoos ? Is tattoos a sin ? Great question . So listen to what this guy said . So comment Do you think a tattoo is a sin ? Do you think there are . So there's usually in everything there's usually a , a yes , I don't know and a no .

So some people are severely hardcore and think that if you do anything like , for instance , I'm a part of a denomination called Church of God and in the probably about 50 years ago or something , because of some of the same Bible verses we're going to read in just a second they wouldn't wear their wedding bands because it was jewelry , okay .

So I think sometimes we overcorrect on some things and we take some things that were given to a certain people and we take them , as this is for everybody , always . And so listen to what this kid says . I found it very interesting .

At the end of the day , I'm going to obviously let you decide for yourself , but he makes some pretty valid points , so let's listen to this .

But when it talks about marking your body , it's important to know two reasons why they told you not to mark your body . Number one they were doing it for satanic rituals and to worship other gods . So people were giving themselves tattoos to worship other gods and , yeah , to rebel against God . The other two completely unsafe .

When it talks about marking your body , it falls into a category of laws that talks about you can't wear clothes of the same cloth . That's ceremonial law . So ceremonial law gets canceled when Jesus dies on the cross . Under ceremonial law also includes sacrificing animals for your sins . We don't have to do that anymore because Jesus paid the ultimate price .

So in the same way , jesus didn't change the law , he just fulfilled the law so that people don't have to do certain things anymore . It's a combination of Jesus just paying the way . Also , like , what's your heart posture ? Like my heart posture is to bring people conversations about the gospel through tattoos .

Someone's heart posture might be to get a tattoo to worship Satan . Do you think tattooing is a sin ?

Now , I say this all the time when I'm teaching , when I'm preaching , because the context , it means something . What does that mean ? That means that you need to know what is happening and why it's happening . So you can't just okay , for instance , let's go to this right here . This is the scripture .

Okay , do not cut your bodies for the dead and do not mark your skin with tattoos . I am the Lord . Okay , if we read just that verse , it's like oh , I'm not supposed to do it Now . Tattoos back then is not what they do today . They are stabbing you with needles , but I guess then it was more of like a cutting and then they stain it .

I don't know , I guess that's like prison tattoo stuff , right ? So let's start in verse one . We're not going to read the whole thing , because obviously it's like 30 verses later , but I want you to get some context and kind of think it through . So when I studied the Bible . This is a little bit of my personal preference .

Find a version of the Bible that you like and you can read easy . If it's an NIV , if it's a new King James , or some people think that King James is like the only version . So we'll let them take that up with God when they get to heaven . So , verse one the Lord also said to Moses give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel .

Okay , do you see that right there ? Okay To Israel . Okay , god's chosen people . Now , if you know anything about the lineage that comes from these people , they are God's chosen people , they're Israelites . Okay . Then later they become Jews , and then you have the Jews and the Gentiles . The Gentiles is pretty much everybody else . I look down on there .

And then you have the Samaritans . Samaritans are like dogs . To them , it's just , it's not a . I mean , back then it was a racial thing pretty much , but the race and religion went hand in hand . So if you were Jewish , you listened to the Mosaic Law Like that was your thing . You followed it to the T . You did everything , and they still do today .

Everything that was given to Moses to do . They do it still . So they're very law-oriented . Now we're going to look at a scripture in a minute where people are blaming or saying that Jesus is doing away with things because he says about the Sabbath .

He says that the Sabbath was created for man , not man for the Sabbath , meaning that , yes , you can work on a well , we celebrate church day on a Sunday , but actually Jewish is on a Saturday . So like there's all this , whatever . Like me , I really don't get a day off , but sometimes my body makes me .

I work a lot , I work two jobs and then do this podcast , but thank the Lord for editors because I don't have to do it no more . But it's just like you get caught up . You're making money , you've got to provide for your family . We have all these excuses of why we don't need a day off , or then we do things with other people .

That is not necessarily filling us , but it fills them , so we just go along with it and then we never get actually full again and that makes a very irritable and annoying life . So I like number three . Verse three says each of you must show great respect to your mother and your father and you must always observe the Sabbath days of rest .

I am the Lord , your God , okay . So then it goes on and you can see a lot of these up here in the beginning are basically broken down and elaborated on the 10 commandments . So a lot of it is right there . Like right here do not steal , do not deceive or cheat , do not bring shame on the name by using it . Swear falsely , okay .

So here's the 10 commandments do not fraud , do not defraud sorry , um , let's go down . Then you have like even if a guy has sex with a slave girl whose freedom has never been purchased , who is committed to be another man's wife , he must pay fully compensation to her master so he can actually take her on as a , I guess , a wife .

You know , eat the meat been meat , not been drained of its blood . So if you read or study anything about the blood , it's designed very well because the blood of Jesus is so important and his blood is the only blood that is worthy of receiving . Everything else is made for god and uh . So if you , uh , oh , here's one right here .

So we've been in our was in that bible study , we've been doing a spiritual warfare and it says we have some questions about spirits and you know things pretending to be good spirits and we're not . We're called , we are mandated to not dabble in that world . That's not meant for us , it's meant for God .

And so things will pose as like , look like someone you know , or it will try to talk to you , interact with you , to speak where you can hear them move things around . Uh , act playful when really you're inviting dangerous things into your life . So do not practice fortune telling or witchcraft . Do not trim off the hair on your temples .

So no bangs , guys , it looks weird Beatles . Or trim your beards . Now you're going through this and you're kind of like oh okay , maybe I'm not going to do that one , I'm not going to listen to that one . Do not cut your bodies for the dead and do not mark your skin with tattoos .

Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute , or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness . Keep the Sabbath day at rest . Here it is again . Show reverence towards my sanctuary . I'm the Lord . So this is why I say things about Catholics . This verse right here I am the lord , um .

They pray for help from dead people and they're like and I've seen rebuttals on on my videos and they say , well , if they died , they're now alive in christ . Don't try to twist things up , bro . You pray . You're talking to pray to only God , jesus or the Holy Spirit . That is it . The rest is not something you should be messing with or touching .

So , anyways , that's kind of where that comes from Now . Now you have to think about this when did the Israelites just come from ? Okay , the Israelites were freed from Egypt , and so these things are what the Egyptians would do .

They would do all the things God is saying don't do was what the Egyptians , what that land would do to pray to their gods , to sacrifice to their gods . They said they would be like , they feel like they would get power when they drank somebody's blood or something's blood .

It was a very common practice , and even in witchcraft and devil worship today , that is a very common thing , and we are not to touch the blood except for the blood of Jesus , and that's kind of . The main thought is that the blood that we partake of is only the blood of Jesus .

Everything else should not be touched or consumed by us , and so that's it's to keep us pure , to keep , keep us holy before god , because we don't want to be unclean . That's the whole , the whole reason . So you have

right . Here in matthew , chapter 5 , 17 through 20 , it says now don't misunderstand why I have come . I did not come to abolish the law of moses or the writings of the prophets , no , I came to accomplish their purposes .

Now , here in first samuel , chapter 16 and 7 , it says but the lord said to samuel don't judge by his appearance or height , for I have rejected him . So this was when the prophet comes before Jesse , and he has David then being the king , david's brothers , saying that he was going to find someone worthy .

Well , it ended up not being somebody worthy , because the father didn't want David to be even known . He had him out in the pasture with the sheep . Now , that being said , the reason I had this scripture in 1 Samuel 16 is because I wanted you to think about this .

The kid ended the little video with the posture of the heart , and so this is very important and key for us who are quick to judge , are quick to think . We know people's motives and we actually don't . We assume .

An assumption can end up making us act out , say things and regurgitate what we hear instead of actually what is truth , and that's a very dangerous thing for us to do . So what do you think ? Do you think that tattoos are sin ? Can it be used , like this kid actually said ?

He uses it to make people ask questions about God , so I guess he's marking up his body for God . To me , the key part of that text was to not do the marking up the body for the dead , but it also says don't talk to the dead . So obviously it's trying to separate you from that , because that was a big thing where they were freed from .

Another thing is I believe with all my heart that God sees our hearts and he knows our intent . With all my heart , that God sees our hearts and he knows our intent , and I don't think some ink is going to keep you out of heaven .

That being said , be careful what you put on your body , because the Bible also tells us to not do things that may make others stumble .

And just because you do something crazy and it's like something you just thought looked cool , if somebody else is a Satan worshiper , I mean this is a worst case scenario and they see you doing that and they're like , well , if they can do it , so can I ?

People justify and justify and justify on someone else just because they see somebody do something or they think they see something like oh , if they can do that , then I can do this , and sometimes they're not even related , so just walk carefully , just pray . If you're a Christian , pray about it .

Seek wise counsel , ask somebody who will tell you the truth and love you and give you an honest answer , and give you a biblical answer , not just something that they think you want to hear . That's all I got . So leave your comment below and tell me what you think is tattoos a sin , or does God think it's okay ?