After Lori Alexander, author of “The Power of a Transformed Wife,” made posts on X (formerly Twitter) about worldly, tattooed women and their decisions’ long-term effects, social media users debated whether tattoos are sinful.
On April 1, Alexander wrote:
If men marry a woman deeply into debt who has fornicated with many men and is covered with tattoos, even if she repents and believes in Jesus Christ, she will still be deeply in debt, have scars from fornicating, and be covered with tattoos. This is why you must teach your daughters to be debt-free virgins without tattoos. Teach them to be wise, so they don’t have a lifetime of regrets and suffering as a result of their past decisions.
If men marry a woman deeply into debt who has fornicated with many men and is covered with tattoos, even if she repents and believes in Jesus Christ, she will still be deeply in debt, have scars from fornicating, and be covered with tattoos. This is why you must teach your…
— The Transformed Wife 🦋 (@godlywomanhood) April 1, 2024
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“Once we believe, we are completely forgiven for all of our sins, but this in no way means we still won’t suffer the consequences of some of those sins,” she added. “Many women who have turned away from their ungodly lifestyles are infertile, grieve over their abortions, must continue working for years due to all of their debt, and their tattoos grow gray and ugly. Teach your daughters Truth!!!”
Christians Debate the Lasting Consequences of Sin
Reaction to the post about tattooed women was swift, with some people arguing that “tattoos are not sinful” while others quoted Scriptures such as Leviticus 19:28. Others used snark, with one person writing, “That’s why you should only marry people who have never sinned in their life.”
People who defended Alexander’s post said she’s not being judgmental but simply “telling someone to avoid mistakes.” For people who “can’t handle these truthful comments,” someone wrote, “it’s maybe time for some introspection and prayer.”
Ben Zeisloft, editor of the Sentinel, wrote, “[Alexander] is only saying that sins have consequences. She said nothing denying the truth that formerly promiscuous women can be forgiven, redeemed, and cherished by their husbands.”
“I want my future children to avoid my past sexual sins,” said Zeisloft, “to know the goodness of God in his design for human sexuality, and to understand that sins have practical consequences even for those clothed in the righteousness of Christ.” He added, “Of course sin can be forgiven, but sin also has practical consequences that we should want ourselves and our children to avoid.”
Alexander expanded on her original post. “Women who fornicated can be infertile, have disease, and have a hard time pair bonding with their husbands,” she wrote. “The consequences of fornication don’t disappear with repentance and belief. Men deserve to know the risks. There are many reasons God commands sexual purity.”
To people who said Christ came to abolish Old Testament laws, Alexander wrote, “We can still know the heart of God by what He wrote in the Law even though we are not bound to it today.”
Protestia: Repentant Women Are ‘More Precious Than Rubies’
People who disagreed with Alexander’s post about tattooed women offered biblical evidence of God’s compassion and grace. “A woman deeply in debt, who has fornicated with many men and is covered by tattoos, who has repented of her sins and believes in Jesus Christ, is more precious than rubies,” the website Protestia replied, quoting Proverbs. “Any man who makes her his wife ‘has found what is good and receives favor from the LORD.’”
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Someone wrote that telling men to “avoid genuinely repentant women ‘with a past’ is profoundly at odds with the teachings of Christ” and “overlooks the transformative impact of God’s grace in a person’s life through sincere repentance and faith.”
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