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Leviticus 19:28 explicitly condemns tatooing your body. So Pastors Jimmy Odukoya and that other guy parading as a pastor, are all big sinners before God.

If you like, argue with your keyboard....

And that pastor Jimmy Odukoya looks like some dogging his female church members... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

And the New testament too

Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, [b]whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, [/b]think on these things.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV
19 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? 20

You guys should know why such laws were made before you start judging others with it.

Dtruthspeaker:
I think we do, but let's hear your perspective

The peoples surrounding the Israelites were idol worshippers. Cutting your body, or making tattoos were often ritualistic and symbols of deities, stars, occultic, etc. God commanded Israelites not to follow such practices, which were signs of idolatry and paganism. That's the context.

We Africans have our own traditional tattoos and tribal marks which may or may not be ritualistic. So if you want to apply Leviticus 19:28, you should apply it to tribal marks as equally as you apply it to tattoos.
If you had Oyo tribal marks on your face, or Hausa tattoo on your arm, before you meet Christ, does that mean you are a "big sinner" for life? Since you can't safely remove them?
But for someone who is already in Christ, your responsibility is, what does this mark preach? Is it showcasing a dragon or scorpion (evil spirits), or a girlfriend (fornication), dollars or Benz (vanity), tribal mark (heritage), a rose (harmless) or cross (Jesus) or bible verse?

Your mark or tattoo reflects what is in your heart. Jesus said it's not what goes into man that corrupts him, but what comes out of his heart (Matt 15:11-20).
My verdict. If your tattoo promotes sin or demonic things, remove it IF it is safe, else cover it in public places. If it promotes good and honourable things, flaunt it for people to see!

WeirdAlien:
You guys should know why such laws were made before you start judging others with it.

I think we do, but let's hear your perspective

WeirdAlien:
You guys should know why such laws were made before you start judging others with it.


The peoples surrounding the Israelites were idol worshippers. Cutting your body, or making tattoos were often ritualistic and symbols of deities, stars, occultic, etc. God commanded Israelites not to follow such practices, which were signs of idolatry and paganism. That's the context.

We Africans have our own traditional tattoos and tribal marks which may or may not be ritualistic. So if you want to apply Leviticus 19:28, you should apply it to tribal marks as equally as you apply it to tattoos.
If you had Oyo tribal marks on your face, or Hausa tattoo on your arm, before you meet Christ, does that mean you are a "big sinner" for life? Since you can't safely remove them?
But for someone who is already in Christ, your responsibility is, what does this mark preach? Is it showcasing a dragon or scorpion (evil spirits), or a girlfriend (fornication), dollars or Benz (vanity), tribal mark (heritage), a rose (harmless) or cross (Jesus) or bible verse?

Your mark or tattoo reflects what is in your heart. Jesus said it's not what goes into man that corrupts him, but what comes out of his heart (Matt 15:11-20).
My verdict. If your tattoo promotes sin or demonic things, remove it IF it is safe, else cover it in public places. If it promotes good and honourable things, flaunt it for people to see!

So, we are on the same page save that i would have said that all you have described is showing that the whole world was practicing paganism before God established Christianity through Abraham and Moses.

And of course we Christians today are generally a generation mostly free from the pagan practices of old which is we can judge any of us going back to take up a practice God despised.

We all know that God today will not want anything that resembles a pagan practices in His service exactly how in paganism they set up idols and images of their respective gods whereas for us God Commanded that no image and idol should be made for Him which is why we condemn Catholics

funnyDM:
Leviticus 19:28 explicitly condemns tatooing your body. So Pastors Jimmy Odukoya and that other guy parading as a pastor, are all big sinners before God.

If you like, argue with your keyboard....

Nowhere does the Bible condemn tattoos:

It condemned drawing tattoos for the dead.

Same chapter also condemned mixed farming, mixed clothing, houses that have balconies, altars that have steps, men & women wearing each other’s clothing etc.

While I am not holding brief for tattoos, please endeavour to understand the Bible.

funnyDM:
Leviticus 19:28 explicitly condemns tatooing your body. So Pastors Jimmy Odukoya and that other guy parading as a pastor, are all big sinners before God.
If you like, argue with your keyboard....

Was this Olukoya a citizen of the now-defunct nation of Israel in the land of Canaan, to which the referenced statute belongs— the country, which was ceased and renamed almost 2000 years ago? 🥱🥱

bukatyne:
Nowhere does the Bible condemn tattoos:

It condemned drawing tattoos for the dead.

Same chapter also condemned mixed farming, mixed clothing, houses that have balconies, altars that have steps, men & women wearing each other’s clothing etc.

While I am not holding brief for tattoos, please endeavour to understand the Bible.

God through the bible condemn tattoos for every reasonable person can see that His mind is to quash pagan practices of tattooing. Principle of ejusdem generis

So, He does not need to list out every thing for He knows that we get the idea.

So anyone pretending not to understand is only putting themself in peril.

'he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him".