Na wah o! This tattoo matter don hot like pepper soup for Naija churches! Gospel artist Mike Abdul don jump enter the gist, support Pastor Kingsley Okonkwo wey dey razz the whole matter. E talk say make believers reason am well, no just look outside wahala, cause na the heart matter pass, my people.
For Instagram, Mike Abdul yarn am well say tattoos no be wahala like wetin people dey think. E come remind everybody say for ancient times, people dey use tattoo to show identity and tell stories, no be only for show-off or disgrace. As e talk, “What dishonours a temple is not writing on the walls,” and na wetin matter for brain, not skin.
Abdul come drop another gist: “Ink without conviction na decoration, but ink with conviction na remembrance.” If your tattoo dey help you feel grateful or show your identity, e mean say e dey serve you well. Thus, faith no dey show for body alone; e dey inside our lives, my people!
This whole wahala don start from Pastor Okonkwo, wey lead for David Christian Centre. E don shout say Bible no fit talk say Christians no fit get tattoo. According to am, na personal preference and church wahala dey make many pipo collect recycling story about tattoo. “There is no scripture that says a child of God cannot have tattoos,” Okonkwo write. Hmmm, na serious talk o!
Dis pastor don challenge believers to show am where Bible talk tattoo bad. “If tattoo dey lead to moral decline, make dem bring biblical or scientific evidence,” he tok. Na only talk and no proof, wetin we go do?
Omo! He come dey drag everyone wey dey vex about tattoos, saying, “Everybody dey shout ‘tattoo is bad’ but nobody fit tell me why.” Na him carry history for head, come remind us say makeup, earrings, and even jeans, na fashion wa o! Those things dey lead people astray before, but today? Everybody dey wear jeans and look fine.
Okonkwo too yan give eyebrow tattoos and microblading as another form of wahala. “If you do your eyebrow, abi na painting? Microblading na tattoo, but pipo no dey shout for that one,” e explain. The pastor no dey try justify wetin people do, but he dey try to clear our heads, especially the young pipo wey dey come church.
“I dey talk this because of young people wey no sabi wetin Bible talk about tattoo matter. No be to justify anything, na to educate,” Okonkwo conclude. E come dey remind everyone to check wetin Bible dey talk, no be wetin pastor or prophet just talk for mouth.
Okonkwo dey show him own tattoo wey get John 3:16, and matter don enter online. Some people dey collect their hot take for Bible talk against tattoos, while others dey hail am as evangelism tool. Na serious case o, make we see how this tattoo wahala go end.
Do you have a news tip for NNN? Please email us at editor @ nnn.ng
