Tattoos In Modern Culture Essay

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In present day there have been many modernizations to the culture that has been created throughout the years. For example, in the local valley there have been a few twists and changes to the name of a traditional “quesadilla.” Yet in the local small areas of Arizona, they are not called “quesadillas,” if not they are called “cheese crisps.” Nevertheless, on a serious note, our present-day Christ followers have copied the way contemporary culture does it’s things. Modern day Christian have illustrated this claim by bringing tattoos into play by getting biblical scripture tattooed onto their skin in order to represent their faith. Yet in Leviticus 19:28 it says that one should not get tattoos on their skin, but one can counter with saying that …show more content…
For in the Holy word of God is reads, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” (Matthew 16:26 ESV) It is the one thing that God cares about and craves to have because He can offer eternal life and the life of a prince because that is what we are. Temptation disrupts that, yet it cannot change our worth in front of our Lord’s eyes. But that does not mean that one should go out into the world and do whatever one feels like doing. Yes, we were all born into sin and curiosity starting way back to when Adam ate from the forbidden fruit. Nonetheless, it does not make it impossible for one to avoid temptation and keep walking on the path of God. Jesus Christ himself has dealt with temptation and overcame it in the desert when it was just Him and Satan. In spite of that, Jesus overcame temptation and came out of that desert even stronger and wiser because He quoted the scripture and chose to live by the laws that God had left for His people. Therefore, one should not lose faith when it comes to dealing with world and it’s overflowing mediums that display temptation to those who witness it those mediums

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