Body Piercing Tattooing Old Testament Nose rings and

Body Piercing & Tattooing Old Testament ü Nose rings and earrings permitted "Then I asked her, and said, `Whose daughter are you? ' And she said, `The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists. (Gen. 24: 47)

Body Piercing & Tattooing Old Testament ü Nose rings and earrings permitted Aaron said to them, "Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me. " (Ex. 32: 22)

Body Piercing & Tattooing Old Testament ü Nose rings and earrings permitted Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who presented an offering of gold to the LORD. (Ex. 35: 22)

Body Piercing & Tattooing Old Testament ü Nose rings and earrings permitted "It shall come about if he says to you, `I will not go out from you, ' because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you; then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant. (Deut. 15: 16 -17)

Body Piercing & Tattooing Old Testament ü Nose rings and earrings permitted ü Tattoos not permitted `You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. (Lev. 19: 28)

Body Piercing & Tattooing New Testament: Four Principles ü Glorify God in your body 1 Cor. 6: 19 -20; Phil. 1: 20; 1 Tim. 2; 2 Pet. 3 ü Honorable and respectable, all men Rom. 12: 17; Phil. 4: 8 ü Not lustful or licentious Rom. 6: 12; 2 Cor. 12: 20 -21; Jude 1: 4 ü Not questionable Rom. 14: 23; 1 Th. 5: 21 -22

Body Piercing & Tattooing Application: ü Discrete piercings considered a godly adornment ü Wanton piercings not glorify God / Christ ü Tattooing not glorify God / Christ

Body Piercing & Tattooing Questions: ü Cross Tattoo pagan roots, questionable at best ü If tattoo can’t be seen impossible, questionable at best ü Fake piercing and tattoos can be lawful

Body Piercing & Tattooing Don’t do something you’ll regret: ü Disease often results ü Tattoos: talk to elderly people ü Body piercings: third world nations ü They are permanent ü More and more people want them removed

Body Piercing & Tattooing Conclusion: ü Everyone can be saved ü Four principles: Glorify God in your body Honorable and respectable Not lustful or licentious Not questionable