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NASB | Leviticus 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 19:28 'You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD. |
Subject: body piercings and why not |
Bible Note: 1Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Dear Drew Boy, please explain to the Forum how it is that body piercing brings Glory to God and not necessarily used for promoting one’s own pursuit of a self-indulgent public promotion? We do things for arguably two reasons only, for the glory of God or for our own vainglory. The latter of which is the only logical explanation for body piercing, at least in this man’s opinion. The fact of the matter is if “new-born” Christians are walking away from God as you state, I question that they were reborn to begin with. Love for Christ is not self-indulgent but rather self-sacrificing. Love of Christ will have you wanting God to have all the Glory as He rightfully and truly deserves. Your convictions should stem from that love. Quite honestly, if you shove the love of Jesus down someone’s throat, I would expect him or her to choke and die due to its unimaginable size. I would rather God change a person’s heart than make them try to swallow a love of which they can hardly grasp its size. Just my opinion. Stand in His grace, WOS |