TIMELY TOPICS, TIMELESS TRUTHS TATTOOS Are They Taboo? TAKE A - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

TIMELY TOPICS, TIMELESS TRUTHS

TATTOOS Are They Taboo?

TAKE A GUESS ● % of Americans who have tattoos? ● Money spent on tattoos? ● Favorite place of tattoo for women? ● Favorite place of tattoo for men? ● Percentage who regret getting a tattoo? ● Cost to remove a tattoo? ● Reasons to get a tattoo? ● Reasons to not get a tattoo?

TAKE A GUESS

WHAT DOES GOD’S WORD SAY? Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the L ORD (L EVITICUS 19:28) Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material. Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard (LEVITICUS 19:26-27)

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY Whoever doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating does not come from faith. Whatever doesn’t come from faith is sin. Romans 14:23 Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19,20

Corinthians 13:4 .. [Love] does not boast, it is not proud. 1 “Honor your father and your mother, as the L ORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the L ORD your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy 5:16 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:20

DISCUSS How might the part of the country we live in affect a Christian’s decision to get a tattoo? How would you feel about having a heavily tattooed pastor? “On my heart, imprint your image. Blessed Jesus, king of grace, That life’s riches, cares and pleasures, Have no power you to efface. This the superscription be: Jesus, crucified for me. Is my life, my hope’s foundation, and my glory and salvation.”