Can Christians Have Tattoos? (10-26-25)

Topics: Christians and Tattoos, Judgmental Attitudes Toward Tattoos, Misusing Leviticus 19:28, Think Before You Ink, The Pain of Tattoo Removal, Lessons From Laser Treatments, Freedom in Christ (Galatians 5:1), The Law and Tattoos, The Commandments Given to Israel (Exodus 19:8), Gentiles Were Never Given the Law (Ephesians 2:12), All or Nothing Law Obedience, The Curse of the Law (Galatians 3:10), No More Animal Sacrifices, Hebrews 9:22, Jesus the Final Priest, The Temple Destroyed In AD70, No Modifying the Law (Deuteronomy 4:2), Perfection or Bust (Matthew 5:48), The Law Replaced by Grace (Romans 6:14), The New Covenant Replaces the Old (Hebrews 8:13), Jesus Fulfilled the Law (Romans 8:3-4), It Is Finished (John 19:30), The Blood That Began the New Covenant (Hebrews 9:16-18), Jesus Greater Than Moses (Hebrews 3:3), Better Promises of the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:6), Our Inheritance in Christ, God Looks at the Heart (1 Samuel 16:7), The New Heart (Ezekiel 36:26), The Spirit Replaced the Law (Galatians 3:24-25), The Law is a Ministry of Death (2 Corinthians 3), Sin Increases Under the Law (Romans 5:20), Dead to the Law Alive to God (Galatians 2:19), Jesus the Lamb of God, The Law’s Purpose, 1 Timothy 1:7-11, Jesus’ Tattoo on His Thigh (Revelation 19:16), The Spirit’s Guidance in All Things, Enjoying Freedom in ChristSupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: Hebrews 10:26 Deliberate Sins Explained, The Truth About Hebrews 10:26-31, No Sacrifice for Sins Left (Hebrews 10:26), Enemies of God Explained (Hebrews 10:27), Peace With God Through Jesus (Romans 5:1), Crossing From Death to Life (John 5:24), The Importance of Context in Hebrews, Why “We” Means Can Mean “You” in Scripture, The Fearful Expectation of Judgment (Hebrews 10:27), Trampling the Son of God Underfoot (Hebrews 10:29), The Spirit of Grace Insulted (Hebrews 10:29), Falling Into the Hands of the Living God (Hebrews 10:31), The Letter Written to the Hebrews, God Found Fault With the People (Hebrews 8:8), Replaced by the New Covenant Through Jesus (Hebrews 8:13), No Forgiveness Left at the Temple, Five Lies About Hebrews 10:26, God Won’t Forgive Deliberate Sins, The Obedience of Faith (Romans 1:5), The Disobedience of the Hebrews, The Day of Atonement Explained, Hebrews 10:3, The Difference Between Atonement and Propitiation, Impossible for Animal Blood to Take Away Sins (Hebrews 10:4), Once-for-All Sacrifice of Jesus (Hebrews 10:12), No More Offerings Needed (Hebrews 10:18), Deliberate Sinning According to the Law, Accidental Sins and the Law (Numbers 15:27), The Hebrews Abusing the Forgiveness System, Grace Is Not Cheap—Law Is, Saved From Wrath by His Blood (Romans 5:9), Strive to Enter Rest (Hebrews 4:11), Not Under Law but Under Grace (Romans 6:14), Saved Completely Because He Always Lives (Hebrews 7:25), Sanctified Once for All (Hebrews 10:10), Christ Took Away Sin Forever (Hebrews 9:28), The Scapegoat and Jesus Compared, Safe and Perfect Forever by His BloodSupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: Your Salvation is the Life of Christ, You Were Reborn Supernaturally, Ongoing Faith Does not Keep You Saved, 2 Timothy 2:13, Who are the Ones Who Went Out from Us? (1 John 2:19), You Do not Have to Endure to the End to Be Saved, Jesus Will Never Blot a Christian's Name (Revelation 3:5), Falling from Grace is not Losing Salvation (Galatians 5:4), Hebrews 6:4-6 is not About a Christian, Dog Returning to Vomit is not a Christian, Work Out Your Salvation Explained (Philippians 2:12), The Lukewarm Passage is About Purposefulness (Revelation 3:16), Depart From Me I Never Knew You, Hebrews 10 Deliberate Sinning is not About You, 2 Peter 2 Describes False Teachers, The Wise and Foolish Virgins Explained, Your Salvation is the Life of Christ, Can You Be Unborn from God?, Putting Faith in Your Faith is a Dead End, Understanding 1 John 2:19 Context, Jesus Endured the Cross for You (Hebrews 12:2), Book of Life is Symbolic, Falling from Grace and Law Observance, Who were the Hebrews in Hebrews 6?, Who are the Dogs and Pigs in Scripture?, Working Out vs Working for Salvation, Lukewarm Means Purposeless, Who are the Workers of Lawlessness?, Does God Forgive Intentional Sins?, False Teachers in 2 Peter 2, The Oil in the Parable of the Virgins, Grace Latched Onto You, You are a New Creation, Hearing with Faith Strengthens You, Christ is Your Life Literally, Why Ongoing Confession isn't Needed for Forgiveness, Hebrews 9:22, The Man of Lawlessness Explained, The Primary Sin in Hebrews, You are a Saint Not a Dog, Fear and Trembling Explained, You are In His Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17), We are not Known by Our FruitSupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: True Meaning of Repent, Repentance and Forgiveness Are Instant, Behavior Repentance Versus Faith Repentance, Jesus Chastised Legalistic Jerks (Matthew 7:15−23), Repentance Has Been Contorted, Repent Has Two Meanings, Change of Belief, Change of Actions, John the Baptist Preached Law-based Repentance, John's Ministry Was under the Law, Died to the Law to Live for Christ (Romans 6:14,7:4,10:4, Galatians 2:19), Water Baptism Did Not Forgive, Sins Banished Far as East from West, Christ Accomplished the Law's Purpose (Romans 10:4), Christians Are Branches Not Trees (John 15:5), Hidden inside of God with Christ (Colossians 3:3), John's Ministry of Law Had to Decrease (John 1:15−17, 3:30), Christ Preached Repentance of Unbelief, Law Exposed the Need for Grace (Romans 5:20), The Greek Words for Repent (Metanoeo and Metanoia), Metanoeo Means Change of Belief, Metanoia Means Change of Actions, Only Metanoeo Can Save, Repentance and Faith Is One Coin, Not by Works so That No One Can Boast (Ephesians 2:8−9), If by Grace It Cannot Be Based on Works (Romans 11:6), Forgiveness Doesn’t Requires Sorrow, Sin Doesn’t Causes God to Turn Away, Unrepentant Sin Isn’t Judged on Judgment DaySupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: Death, No Need to Fear Death If You've Trusted Jesus, Eternal Realm Revealed upon Death, No Christian Will Go to Hell, Instantly in the Presence of God (2 Corinthians 5:8), No Heavenly Reward Ceremony, Jesus Has Complete Power over Death, Jesus Is God, Jesus Broke Power of Death (Hebrews 2:14-15), Jesus No Longer Holds Your Sins Against You (2 Corinthians 5:19), God Remembers Your Sins No More (Hebrews 8:12), Without the Shedding of Blood There Is No Forgiveness (Hebrews 9:22), Already Seated in Heavenly Realms in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:6), God Has Placed Eternity in the Heart of Every Human (Ecclesiastes 3:11), All Things Were Created by Jesus and for Jesus (Colossians 1:16-17), Fix Your Thoughts on Heavenly Things (Colossians 3:2), To Be Absent from the Body Is to Be Present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:8), Purgatory Is Not Biblical, Mortal Sins Will Not Send Christians to Hell or Purgatory, Every Sin Is Mortal (Romans 6:23), We Must All Stand and Give an Account (2 Corinthians 5:10), Unbelievers Will Give an Account for Rejecting Christ (Romans 14:12), Teachers of the Law Will Be Judged More Strictly (James 3:1), The Parable of the Vineyard Workers (Matthew 20), The Reward of the Inheritance (Colossians 3:23-24, Jesus Lays Down His Life Only to Take It Up Again (John 10:17-18), It Was Impossible for Death to Keep Its Hold on Him (Acts 2:24), I Am the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25-26), I Am the Way the Truth and the Life (John 14:6), To Live Is Christ and to Die Is Gain (Philippians 2:21), Jesus Destroyed Death and Brought Life and Immortality (2 Timothy 1:10), He Is Able to Save Completely because He Always Lives (Hebrews 7:25), See What Great Love the Father Has Lavished on Us (1 John 3:1), The Deepest Truth about DeathSupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: Biblical Backsliding, You're Not a Backslider If You Don't "Fully Commit" to God, You're Not a Backslider If You're Sinning, The Word Backslide Is Not in the New Testament for a Reason, The Law Was Brought in so That Sin Would Increase (Romans 5:20), The Law is a Ministry of Death and Condemnation (2 Corinthians 3), You Are Now the Temple of God (1 Corinthians 6:11), You Are Now the House of God (Hebrews 3 and Hebrews 10), You Search the Scriptures because You Think that in Them You Have Life (John 5), The Law is Not of Faith (Galatians 3), Even when We are Faithless He Remains Faithful (2 Timothy 2:13), A Fearful Exception for the Unbelievers Who Insult Grace (Hebrews 10), It Is Good for Your Heart to Be Strengthened by Grace, Jesus is Grace, Jesus Is Grace, The Law Was Meant to Increase Sin, The Old Covenant is Now Obsolete (Hebrews 8), The New Covenant Is a New and Living Way, You Are Not Under the Law but Under Grace (Romans 6:14), If It's Based on Works It Cannot Be Based on Grace (Romans 11:6), If You Are Led by the Spirit You Are Not Under the Law (Galatians 5:18), God Found Fault with Israel, The New Covenant Is Based on Better Promises, The New Covenant Came through the Blood of Jesus, You Are a Beneficiary to the New Covenant, The Old Testament Uses the Word Backslide, The Context of Backsliding Was the Hebrews Sliding Away from Faith in the Old Covenant, Jesus Is the Gospel of Grace (Acts 20:24), Your Sins Are Not More Powerful than What He's Done, The Promises Made at the Cross Keeps This from Being Undone, Confession and Repentance Don't Maintain Your Salvation, You Are One Spirit with the Lord (1 Corinthians 6:17), Our Perfection Comes by Way of Trusting in What Jesus Has Done with His Blood, God Was Still Married to the "Backslider" in the Old TestamentSupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: "Go and Sin No More" Explained, John 5:14, John 8:10-11, The Seven Deadly Sins, Man-Made Tradition, Every Sin Is Deadly, The Wages of Sin Is Death, Romans 6:23, Jesus Died for All Sins, Venial and Mortal Sins, All Sins Are Mortal, The True Wages of Every Sin, A Perfect Blood Death, The Blood of Jesus Has Done It All, Propitiation Is a Satisfying Sacrifice, Forgiveness of Past, Present, and Future Sins, 2 Corinthians 5:19, Sin Was Taken Away at The Cross, John 1:29, 1 John 3:5, Hebrews 9:26, 1 Peter 2:24, Colossians 2:13–14, The Woman Caught in Adultery Sinned Again, Christians Still Commit Sins, 1 John 2, Death to the Power of Sin, Romans 5, Romans 6, A Christian Is No Longer a Slave to Sin, Jesus Is the Life, Colossians 3, Sinful Lifestyle of Unbelievers, John 3:17, No Condemnation in Christ, Romans 8, The Law and Condemnation, The Life of Christ, Your Identity Is Righteousness Support the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: False Prophets in Matthew 7, The Most Scary Passage in The Bible, The Will of the Father (John 6:29,40), Jesus Is Both Savior and Lord, Trusting in Jesus Once by Grace Is What Saves, Matthew 7:21-23 Is Not Describing Christians, God Is Love (1 John 4:8), Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear (1 John 4:18), False Prophets According to Jesus, Jesus Said “I Never Knew You” to Unbelievers, I Know My Sheep and My Sheep Know Me (John 10:14), Belief in Jesus Is the Will of the Father, Your Best Works Are Like Filthy Rags (Isaiah 64:6), Galatians Is Combating Judaizers, The Gospel of Grace (Acts 20:24), The One Who Does Not Work (Romans 4:5), We Are Righteous in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21), Believers Are Not Known by Our Fruit, Unbelievers Are Known by Fruit unto Death, Unbelievers Are Trees, Believers Are Branches (John 15:5), Casting Out Demons by Unbelievers, Pharaoh’s Magicians Signs and Wonders (Exodus 7 and 8), Prophesy Means to Speak, The Lawless One Is Teaching Judaic Behavioralism, The Law Is Not For the Righteous (1 Timothy 1:9), The Law Is Not of Faith (Galatians 3:12), These Are Not Lukewarm Christians, Lukewarm Is About Purposefulness Not Salvation (Revelation 3), Matthew 7 Is People Bragging on What They Did for GodSupport the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: If You Don't Forgive Others God Won't Forgive You, God Only Forgives If You Repent Of Your Sins, God Will Forgive You You Just Have To Ask, If You Don’t Confess Your Sins God Won’t Forgive You, Jesus Gives An Exact Number Of How Many Times To Forgive, Forgiveness Can Be Revoked, You Must Stop Sinning And Be Water Baptized To Be Saved, If Our Nation Stops Sinning God Will Forgive Us, Communion Isn’t For You If You’ve Sinned Too Much, You Can Out-Sin God’s Forgiveness, The Truth Behind Matthew 6:15, Repentance For Forgiveness, The Problem With Asking For Forgiveness, The Context Of 1 John 1:9, Jesus' Seventy Times Seven Commandment, Matthew 18's Unforgiving Servant Explained, Acts 2:38 Explained, Debunking 2 Chronicles 7:14 For Modern Nations, Understanding The Agape Meal, Unworthy Manners: 1 Corinthians 11 Explained, Repenting Of Not Believing, The Bible On Asking For Forgiveness, Confessing Sins For Forgiveness, Unlimited Forgiveness vs. The Law, Forgiveness Is Forgiveness, Repenting Is A Change Of Belief, Water Baptism As An Outward Sign, The Danger Of Proof-texting, Communion Is A Celebration, The Eucharist Is Not Biblical, Out-Sin the Grace of God Support the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter

Topics: Is the King James Bible the Best Version, A Christian's Identity, The Bible is a Valuable Piece of Literature, God Is Older than Words on a Page, The Quran and King Jamesism, Is King James the True Word of God, The Original Biblical Manuscripts, The Bible wasn't Compiled until 400 Years after Christ, Scribes Made Mistakes, Only the Original Manuscripts are Perfect, Earlier Transcripts of Scripture, The Body of Christ should Repent of King James Only, King James English is not the Language of the Holy Spirit, The Word is a Person, The Word is Jesus, John 1:1-2 Explains the Word, Jesus is the Word in Human Form, You Refuse to Come to me that You May Have Life, There is no Life in a Bible, You already Know Him in Your Heart, You have God’s Nature according to 2 Peter 1:4, Our Bodies are not Sinful, The Word is Christ in You, Scripture Points Us to the One who Gives Life, The Old Testament Reveals the Messiah, The New Testament Reveals the New Covenant, The Most Authentic Version of the Word is Christ in You, Searching the Scriptures for Eternal Life Support the showSign up for Matt's free daily devotional! https://mattmcmillen.com/newsletter