IS TATTOO A SIN? Rev Kesiena FINALLY RESPONDS!

not mark your seeking with tattoos. I am

the Lord. This matter of tattoo that is

flying around. Eh, this is where the

issue is.

Is it a sin? No. So this matter is if

I'm dealing with somebody who is what?

Weak in the faith.

If this person is weak in the faith, he

say receive him. He says but don't begin

to argue over that footage. Give us this

verse in another translation. Another

translation.

Another translation.

Accept the one whose faith is weak

without quarreling over disputable

matters. Give us NLT.

MHM. ACCEPT OTHER believers

who are weak in the faith and don't

argue with them about what they think.

is right or wrong. So this matter is

about I am mature in the faith and then

there's a weak brother. Next verse.

Next verse. Go back to New King James.

Next verse. Okay. Leave it. Leave it.

Leave it in anything. You can leave it

anyone. For one believes

he may eat ALL THINGS, BUT ANOTHER

BELIEVER WITH A sensitive conscience

will eat only vegetables.

Are you here? Paul is saying these are

disputable things. He's not talking

about things that are in black and white

in the Bible.

Are you here? HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT

MATTERS that are sacrosant. He's saying

disputable things. For instance, hair

covering.

Some sisters believe, some ministries

believe that you must cover your hair in

church as a lady. Some ministries

believe that you don't need to cover

your Is that what the church should be

fighting over?

If you look around here now, we have

sisters who cover their head. We have

those who don't. We are not going to

stop anybody from coming to fellowship

because your hair is not covered.

Hair covering has nothing to do with

your salvation.

And that's not what I'm teaching. But I

can show you in the Bible. It's not a

matter that relates to salvation. Nobody

is going to be stopped from entering

heaven because they didn't cover their

head. Are you with me? You may [snorts]

not like it, but it's truth.

Disputable matters. And you will see

where Paul ends this matter shortly.

Just stay this matter here was about do

I eat you know even now we are still

arguing this matter

when our cousins the Muslims do their

salah some Christians

who have Muslim neighbors they will

collect the food and be smiling at the

neighbor. Thank you, O Isa.

God will bless you, O Isa. Then they go

and throw it in the dust bin. Witches.

Food that a man bought with money. You

are wicked. Why don't you just say I

don't want? You want to be polite, yet

you are acting anti-Christian.

If you will not eat, don't take it. If

you take it, eat it.

And I will show you now.

You take it, you go and throw it in a

dust bin, God will God will judge you.

Look at it.

He says those who feel free to eat

must not look down on those who don't.

Are you with me?

So you are coming to service with your

Bible and you see a sister with her hair

hanging loose. You say

and then they preach holiness. Make I

just go here reverend.

Wow.

Your mouth your mouth will follow.

As they are coming to church, you see a

sister with her head cover. You said and

so they do holy holy. If you check and I

for kids

wizard,

what concerns you?

The one who covers her hair should not

look down on the one who doesn't cover.

And the one who doesn't cover should not

look is in your scripture. He's speaking

about food here. But the principle

applies

why you are dealing with somebody who is

weak.

Where in the faith?

This is not a matter of adultery. This

is not a matter of fornication. This is

not a matter of idolatry. This is a

different is food.

It has no implication on your salvation.

Are you here?

Next verse.

Who are you? Are you seeing where this

statement is coming from now?

Who are you to condemn?

Who say you should take the place of

God?

This is a matter that is not serious.

God is the one that is going to tell us

who is correct when we die.

Are you here? That's what Paul is

saying.

YOU SAY, "OH, THE PREACHER IS COMMITTING

ADULTERY." THEY SAY, "LEAVE HIM. WHO ARE

YOU TO CONDEMN?" That's not what he's

talking about. He's not talking about a

mature believer breaking God's

commandments.

He's talking about things that are not

absolut

Are you here?

If not, Paul would not have called him

and Philitus. He will not call them

bearers of cancer.

He said they are teaching is like

gangarine. It's like cancer.

He said I have committed them unto the

devil so they will learn not to blasphe.

Paul will not HAVE CRIED THAT. OH,

SOMEBODY IS FORNICATING HERE and you

people have not cut him

and put him at the back of the church.

These are not matters of fornication.

These are matters of

non essentials.

Are you with me? [snorts]

He said don't condemn. One says my hair

I don't have conviction that I should

tie it. One says the food that

these our brothers give to us during the

salah my conscience will not allow me to

eat. Don't go and say you don't have

stature

no stature. This is what we are saying

in RCN. Weak men everywhere.

He says that don't condemn. Leave him to

his conscience. His faith is weak.

So you see dear brother this matter of

tattoo that is flying around.

This is where the issue is.

Is it a sin? No.

Because you are thinking now Leviticus

19. Oh my god. Why am I entering this

thing? Go to Leviticus 19.

The verse of scripture you are talking

about is 28. H. Look at it. Look at 28.

Leviticus 19. Do 28.

Do 28.

Do not cut your bodies for the dead and

do not mark your seeking with tattoos. I

am the Lord.

Are you here?

This was a direct instruction to Israel.

But have you seen 27?

Who 27?

That means all of us were in trouble.

Konoskealano.

Just check the brother by your side. If

he trimmed his beard, just let him know

that he's on his way to hell.

Are you here?

So the matter here is that Jesus God was

dealing with their cultural context at

that time. What was the context of this

demand? In those days, pagan worship was

associated with tattooing your body.

And God was saying if you are my child

you must be different from those who are

pagans.

So anything the pagans are doing don't

be involved in it. Go to verse one.

Leviticus 19 and verse one. That is you

see establish truth in context. Are you

with me?

>> What is verse one? The Lord also said to

Moses, "To

give the following instructions to the

entire community of Israel." Read that

last sentence with me. 1 2 3 go.

>> YOUR GOD I'M HOLY. SO BE HOLY.

HOW ARE you going to be holy? Don't do

what others do.

You must be holy unto me. That's why in

Leviticus 19 after every verse he will

said I he will say I am the Lord your

God. I am the Lord your God. I am the

Lord your God.

So what he was basically saying is see

what the nations around you are doing. I

don't have time to deal with that. I

would have shown you in scriptures where

he said don't even marry their daughters

and don't give your sons to their

daughters.

Be distinct. What does it mean to be

holy,

pure and separate?

Are you with me? So he said be pure, no

corruption in your vessel, but be

distinct.

So that when we see an Israelite, we

know sayh

this one belongs to those people.

This why he said don't tattoo. This

tattoo matter is like this food matter.

But here is the problem.

The person involved is a man of God.

He's a pastor.

The thing about being a pastor is that

you hold great influence over people. A

weak brother now

sees a pastor. Just imagine now that as

I came to church tonight,

>> [laughter]

>> is not the example you are thinking.

As I came to church,

I now walk in,

my wife is not around and you see my

hand on a sister's waist.

your vest check.

You say papy,

what you will most likely do is first

conduct a test. Is that is that mommy?

No.

But wait, where where papy hand? Now

waste

say maybe it's AI [laughter]

he said wait now lie

if you use glasses like me you not check

now waste papy ho waste

wig now

papy hole another sister waste

You may not say anything but have

communicated a message to you that there

are no boundaries.

The problem with this thing is that the

man who is weak in faith

uh

he will now go and do things

that are beyond where the pastor the

pastor has control. He can decide I'm

not going to do beyond this or that or

that. But the people who follow him,

there are no boundaries. Number one.

Number two, Paul says, you see, I like

Paul and I beg you, if you follow me,

study Paul. Love Paul's teaching. He's

as balanced as Jesus.

Paul says all things are lawful, but

where is the benefit?

Does the matter

now? This this person might say um

people are going to hear the gospel.

Go back and study scriptures. When it

came to inscriptions because of the way

God's mind works, he says write them on

your doorpost.

Write them on the lintils of your

windows.

HE COULD HAVE SAID WRITE THEM on your

body. He says write it in your heart.

HE COULD HAVE SAID WRITE IT ON YOUR LAP.

WRITE IT ON YOUR HAND. WHEN HE CAME TO

HAND, HE SAID BIND IT upon your hand.

That means write it on a paper on a

board and tie it to your wait. Since I

can write on the dppels and I can write

on tables, why can't I write on my hand?

THAT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY for God to

show us that you can write on your body.

After all, he wants to spread the

message. HE WANTS TRUTH TO SPREAD. HE

COULD HAVE SAID, "WRITE IT ON YOUR BACK

AND DON'T WEAR SHIRT ANYMORE."

SO THAT AS YOU WALK WITHIN THE STREETS

OF AMALCCH, THEY SEE THE WORD OF GOD ON

YOUR BACK AND [screaming] THEY SHOUT,

"HOLY, HOLY." HE SAID, "Bind it on your

hand. Don't write it on your body."

God is wise.

God is wise. It may not be seen. All

things are lawful but not all things are

beneficial. Not all things are

beneficial.

They don't add value. What is the what

is the value is adding now? All this

unnecessary talk back and front for not

day there.

And then think about it. Why is it that

we want to do this thing then we put it

on video

and sharing it everyone? What is the end

game really?

And this is me just discerning between

right and wrong. I'm not condemning

anybody.

Is it a sin in black and white in the

Bible? No.

But when you hold the office of a

pastor,

you must be careful.

That's what Paul was saying here. Go

back to Romans. Let's finish that thing.

I think we're in verse 5

or verse 6. Oh,

some of you your eyes will open.

>> There's something called the gift of

discernment.

The gift of discernment

is ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS in which a

Christian needs to operate.

I can't listen to every song. It's not

that I feel proud. I DON'T YOU SEE, IT'S

MY THAT MY WIFE KNOWS ME. SHE KNOWS ME.

ONE OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS THAT GOD

DEMANDED OF MY LIFE IS THAT I SHOULD BE

A PREACHER.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS THING

I'M DOING IS IS HARD.

I'm very private.

I like that my closet with the Lord. I

like my place at his feet. Spread out

before him

is my greatest satisfaction.

When I'm walking in the room, praying in

the night and tears are falling from my

eyes and it's just me and him. Nothing

compares to it. Nothing. This one is a

distraction.

IT IS DAYS WHEN I SAW THAT I DID NOT

HAVE DESIRE TO PREACH BUT I MUST PREACH.

AND I UNDERSTOOD WHAT PAUL meant when he

said necessity.

Have you ever preached through pain?

Have you ever PREACHED THROUGH PAIN?

PAIN. YOU AT HOME IN PAIN AND YOU ARE

FIGHTING BATTLES, BUT YOU HAVE TO HOLD

THE MIC and say to say the Lord.

You are putting fire in other people's

belly but you are crying at your altar.

Send me rain.

Have you been there?

That's no wonder Paul said for your sake

we are like sheep

[snorts] sent to the slaughter we are

dying but you you are being renewed you

are you are blossoming but we we are

sacrifices

sacrifices.

One of the best things that can happen

to you is that your eyes [snorts]

become open. You hear a preacher beyond

the words that come out of his mouth.

You can touch the spirit by which he

operates

is why pastors must be careful.

I've met young preachers. They did not

begin, bro. They did not begin to enter

divination. They began in righteousness.

But brother, the way of righteousness

can be hard.

It can be hard. [screaming]

You'll be on a prayer point for 8 months

and even cutting God did not open to

beep you. No, 8 months you are there.

You will you will get up one day and say

I not do again. If they can if I can get

this thing from elsewhere, let me go and

get it. The way of righteousness is

hard, but it is sure