What does God think about Tattoo? Most people have an opinion and Joyce shares own personal beliefs about tattoos and other religious, legalistic rules, with Scripture to back her up!
we’re going to talk about tattoos for a
minute
but I want to talk about that
now see some of you think it’s fine and
some of you think it man you get a
tattoo you’re on your way to hell
and you’re free to think what you want
to
but you’re not free to judge people who
do what you don’t think they should do
Isaiah 49 16.
behold I have indelibly imprinted or
tattooed a picture of you on the palm of
each of my hands
[Applause]
Guys these are my kids
look look at my kids look at that
so ever since I read that scripture that
said people
had
tattooed on their hands I belong to the
Lord
I thought I’m gonna get a tattoo that
says I belong to Jesus
[Applause]
now
I said that about five years ago in a
meeting in Australia
a tattoo artist heard me say that
and
it’s really a neat story I don’t know if
I can get the whole thing out right but
he had gone through the most hellish
thing first of all he had bipolar
disorder
and so his mind was already kind of
messed up and then a bunch of religious
Christians
got him convinced that because he was a
tattoo artist that he was going to hell
but when he heard me say that
I want to get a tattoo that said I
belong to the Lord
I belong to Jesus
he said
he decided to go back into business
you got to be careful when you got
influence on people
and
so he said he decided that he wanted to
do my tattoo
and he wrote down a piece of paper
what I said I wanted and he kept that
for five years
well two weekends ago I was in Dallas
and a friend of mine in Dallas
was telling me about this
tattoo artist that he knew that was a
friend of his who was believing
that someday he would get to tattoo me
now I mean these things are not
coincidences
and so long story short
two weeks ago
I got tattooed on my shoulder
I have a nice little cross back there
and it says I belong to Jesus
and just for good measure I put love on
my foot
to remind me to walk in love
[Applause]
and of course Dave he got a flag
what does it say I can get it mixed up
all the time I lost in the morning
so
okay listen to this
Dave’s 82 and got a tattoo
I’m 79.
and I’m doing fine
[Applause]
and the guy said that we were the oldest
people he had ever tattooed
now
here we go now why did I do that
well part of me didn’t want to because I
already know that I’m going to get
letters
but here’s the reason why I’m telling
you this this is the kind of stuff that
we do
the whole thing is it’s between me and
God
and it’s a matter of my heart
and when I stand before God on Judgment
Day
before he makes any decision about me
he’s not going to call any one of you
and say is there anything you’d like to
add about Joyce
come on
each of us is going to stand before God
and give an account of our life and he’s
not going to ask somebody else what they
think about what we did
do you honestly think that I am so
stupid that I didn’t pray and pray and
believe with all my heart I I did it as
an honor to God
let’s stop the judging
the criticizing
and really just don’t bother writing me
letters telling me you think it’s
I mean they’re there they’re not going
away
I like them I don’t have any conviction
about it and there may even be people
here that think it’s wrong and I’m okay
with that
I’m really okay with everybody having
their opinion
but I have a right to mine too
and this is what we’ve got to get
through our head if you think
something’s wrong don’t do it
you know we’re happier about that tattoo
than I thought you might be
[Applause]
no you can’t see it
it’s in a place where I can’t show it
laughs
that’s why it’s between me and God
I love God and I wanted the devil to
know I belong to Jesus he bought me and
paid for me with his blood I am not my
own I am seriously committed and
dedicated to God and I am not going to
let some snooty religious attitude keep
somebody else out of heaven
amen