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Such is the case with Kat Von D. The celebrity tattoo artist was immersed in witchcraft and occult culture. She stated that there was a heaviness, a darkness, and a negativity that she no longer wanted to be a part of. She returned to her early roots of Christianity. She chose to publicly get baptized, expressing the belief that baptism is an outward expression of an internal change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, this brought out the morally superior. She stated that her atheist friends and fans came out with a huge show of support and love about her personal decision. It was not they who attacked her. It was Christians. They claimed she was faking the whole thing as a PR stunt. They accused her of not being a real Christian with all of the tattoos and the clothes she wears\u2026 the CLOTHES she wears! Christians came out and attacked her for now being married to an apparent non-Christian. They attacked her for her choice in music. They even came after her because her hands didn\u2019t go completely under water. WHAT?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basically, every narrow-minded, nonsensical statement you could think of shot out of their vitriol-filled mouths. She finally said, \u201cdo you only hang out with people that think and look like you? If so, that is a very sad and narrow-minded way to live. I didn\u2019t get baptized to be saved. I was already saved. It\u2019s not about me.\u201d Good for her. Because it\u2019s true. At the end of her response to this vile retort from these \u201cpeculiar people\u201d, she said, \u201cI love you anyway. That\u2019s being Christ-like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The audacity of some people to believe that because they don\u2019t live a dark life, they have the right to look down on those that have, is amazing to me. These are the same people that would have bet on never seeing that thief on the cross in heaven. The thief said (paraphrased), \u201cI believe you are who you say you are, please remember me when you get where you\u2019re going.\u201d To which Jesus responded, \u201cToday you will be with me in Paradise.\u201d His hands never went fully under water. In fact, water never touched them. He never signed a membership document. He never learned the sinner\u2019s prayer. It\u2019s like a minister once said, \u201con what authority did he get into heaven? The man on the middle cross, that\u2019s all the authority he needed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For those that believe tattoos are ungodly, you missed the point and, once again, took a scripture out of context. Not that I\u2019m surprised. In Leviticus 19:28, when it says to not put tattoo marks on your body, the passage is specifically referring to false idols. The verse before said not to cut your hair. We going with that too, or just sticking with what you believe to be someone ELSE\u2019S sin? These were things the people of that time and area were doing to worship false idols and gods. God said to stop those things and worship Him. Those were the things they were doing that were in the way of worshipping Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s not about the visible, it never was. In Numbers 21, the people of Israel had grown weary and frustrated with their circumstances. They spoke out against God. The response was a swarm of snakes. When they were bitten, they would die. The people asked Moses to speak with God on their behalf, asking for forgiveness. God\u2019s response? Build a bronze statue of a snake on a pole (which, coincidentally, is currently used as a symbol for medicine). God told them to build a statue! It\u2019s not about the statue. It\u2019s about the heart. God didn\u2019t remove the snakes. He gave them a way to deal with the problem. When we find ourselves in a predicament that we got ourselves into, God doesn\u2019t just get us out, but rather He gives a way to survive and work through it. He doesn\u2019t just rearrange who you are, He gives you the grace to work through who you are and who He is in you. It\u2019s like the old saying, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n God didn\u2019t save you out of your mess so that you could belittle those that don\u2019t look like you. He saved you from your mess so that you could love those who don\u2019t look like you. This is how they will know\u2026 by the LOVE that you show. Currently the church is more known for what<\/strong><\/em> it is against than who<\/strong><\/em> it is for. It is time we, as ambassadors for Christ, start giving the world a reason to find what we found and stop being the reason they never will. Thank you, Kat Von D, for showing us the error of our ways, and at the same time, not giving up on us, but showing us love when we didn\u2019t deserve it, just like Jesus does. I hope God\u2019s love is forever tattooed<\/em><\/strong> on your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay Classy GP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grainger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ll never forget the time I was on the road with Blessid Union of souls and we had played the University of Miami. Afterwards, we were invited to a very nice restaurant. So nice, I felt very out of place. I was uncomfortable from the moment I walked in. And it must have been on … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kat-new.jpg\")
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