My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

[twistoffate]

Hi brothers and sisters,

My brother wishes to defile the body our Good Lord gave him by desecrating it with a tattoo of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on his forearm.

I believe the tattoo he is considering getting looks something like this:

http://tattoonow.vo.llnwd.net/o25/TattooCitySkinArtHOSTED/images/gallery/Jesus%20Tattoo%20by%20Larry%20Brogan.jpg

or like this:

http://tattoos-and-art.com/wp-content/gallery/jesus-tattoos/jesus-tattoo-55011.jpg

What should I do to stop him besmirching his body with this tattoo?

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

Tell him that he will assure himself of a place in hell is he does.

How old is your brother? Why hasn't your local pastor done an intervention with him?

[True Disciple]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

Hi brothers and sisters,

My brother wishes to defile the body our Good Lord gave him by desecrating it with a tattoo of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on his forearm.

I believe the tattoo he is considering getting looks something like this:

http://tattoonow.vo.llnwd.net/o25/TattooCitySkinArtHOSTED/images/gallery/Jesus%20Tattoo%20by%20Larry%20Brogan.jpg

or like this:

http://tattoos-and-art.com/wp-content/gallery/jesus-tattoos/jesus-tattoo-55011.jpg

What should I do to stop him besmirching his body with this tattoo?

If nothing else works, you can always tie him down and lock him away in your basement, and keep him there the rest of his life. It might seem cruel, but remember, better a lifetime in captivity and an eternity in Heaven than a lifetime of freedom and an eternity in Hell.

[Cranky Old Man]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

What should I do to stop him besmirching his body with this tattoo?

Bang on his head with a Bible until he changes his mind about this.

[Brother Temperance]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

Advise him that he should just get the text of Leviticus 19:28 tattooed on his arm instead. If he's stupid enough to go along with that, then frankly he deserves to be damned.

[lametskater]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

Leviticus 19:26-31 deals with pagan practices and God's prohibitions against adopting those practices. In verse 28, God is warning the Jewish people about a pagan practice at funerals, where pagans would mutilate/mark themselves to appease their false gods. The pagans hoped that by cutting themselves and marking images/symbols of idols on their bodies, that they would obtain favor in the afterlife from their false gods, both for themselves and for those who just died.
Unless your brother is trying to pacify a pagan deity, which he is not, it is safe to say this verse is not relevant. If you disagree, you must believe piercing ears are just as much of a sin. Something's telling me you don't...haha but who knows.
The right thing to do is to ask your brother to pray about getting a tattoo. Whether it's the right choice or not. And even to pray upon what kind of tattoo to get and where to get it when/if it comes down to it. Tattoos are not something to take lightly, but tattooing your body is not a sin.
As long as your heart is in the right place, as long as you trust and follow our Lord Jesus Christ, everything else just falls into place. Getting a christian tattoo can be a great way to show others where you stand, to remind yourself why you are here, to remind yourself how much you are loved, and a great reminder to steer you away from temptation. The same concept of my purity ring. Seeing it on my finger every day is a wonderful reminder of the meaning in 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4.
Please let your brother read my message to you. Remember to have him pray greatly over his decision to get a tattoo. He needs to put a lot of thought into it considering it is a cosmetic surgical alter to one's body.

I will be praying for both of you on his decision.

[James Dewitt]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

deals with pagan practices and God's prohibitions against adopting those practices. In verse 28, God is warning the Jewish people about a pagan practice at funerals, where pagans would mutilate/mark themselves to appease their false gods. The pagans hoped that by cutting themselves and marking images/symbols of idols on their bodies, that they would obtain favor in the afterlife from their false gods, both for themselves and for those who just died.
Unless your brother is trying to pacify a pagan deity, which he is not, it is safe to say this verse is not relevant. If you disagree, you must believe piercing ears are just as much of a sin. Something's telling me you don't...haha but who knows.
The right thing to do is to ask your brother to pray about getting a tattoo. Whether it's the right choice or not. And even to pray upon what kind of tattoo to get and where to get it when/if it comes down to it. Tattoos are not something to take lightly, but tattooing your body is not a sin.
As long as your heart is in the right place, as long as you trust and follow our Lord Jesus Christ, everything else just falls into place. Getting a christian tattoo can be a great way to show others where you stand, to remind yourself why you are here, to remind yourself how much you are loved, and a great reminder to steer you away from temptation. The same concept of my purity ring. Seeing it on my finger every day is a wonderful reminder of the meaning in 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4.
Please let your brother read my message to you. Remember to have him pray greatly over his decision to get a tattoo. He needs to put a lot of thought into it considering it is a cosmetic surgical alter to one's body.

I will be praying for both of you on his decision.

Let me see if I understand what you said. You seem to think that YOU are somehow qualified to say what God meant in the scripture Leviticus 19:26-31. I had no idea that the word of God was up for debate. You either follow the word of God to the letter or you don't.

[Levi Jones]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

Let me see if I understand what you said. You seem to think that YOU are somehow qualified to say what God meant in the scripture Leviticus 19:26-31. I had no idea that the word of God was up for debate. You either follow the word of God to the letter or you don't.

Amen, Brother Jimmy. It's amazing the mental gymnastics these false Christians have to put themselves through to justify their perversions and wickedness.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

2 Peter 1:20: Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

[maceratedfetus]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

Hi brothers and sisters,

My brother wishes to defile the body our Good Lord gave him by desecrating it with a tattoo of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on his forearm.

I believe the tattoo he is considering getting looks something like this:

http://tattoonow.vo.llnwd.net/o25/TattooCitySkinArtHOSTED/images/gallery/Jesus%20Tattoo%20by%20Larry%20Brogan.jpg

or like this:

http://tattoos-and-art.com/wp-content/gallery/jesus-tattoos/jesus-tattoo-55011.jpg

What should I do to stop him besmirching his body with this tattoo?

So you want to stop your brother, getting a HOLY tattoo on his forearm? He'll be carrying the lord with him where ever he goes, The Lord, shall be there and have his eyes on him at all times, so he wont be sinning. Just be thankful he hasn't got a tattoo of naked women. Stop thinking negatively.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

So you want to stop your brother, getting a HOLY tattoo on his forearm? He'll be carrying the lord with him where ever he goes, The Lord, shall be there and have his eyes on him at all times, so he wont be sinning.

Won't be sinning?

Can you show me the Scripture that says tattoos aren't a sin?

[Once was lost]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

What's the matter wit kids nowadays. Why can't he get a nice Tattoo with Guns or something?

[WinterFresh]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

So if you put on a Jesus tattoo you go to Hell because you defile his body. What happens if you put on a Satan tattoo?

[Nobar King]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

So if you put on a Jesus tattoo you go to Hell because you defile his body. What happens if you put on a Satan tattoo?

That's even worse.

[WinterFresh]

Re: My brother wants to get a Jesus tattoo, how can I stop him?

That's even worse.

Worse than going to Hell?