holiness is not legalism whatever people
used to think holding us was it just
became a mess and a nightmare and really
turned a lot of people off because
holiness became not smoking not drinking
not cussing not dancing not playing
cards not going to parties not wearing
pretty clothes not wearing anything any
makeup no jewelry not having a nice
hairstyle you you had to cut or not cut
your hair depending on which brand of
religion you followed and God forbid
that you have a tattoo or if you're a
man put an earring in your ear I mean
that will just put the religious people
over the edge come on I've been there
done that well look at look at those
tattoos
[Applause]
well you see that man wearing that
earring
Wow now you know I really don't have
time to do this justice but in Isaiah 44
5 it says one will say I am the Lord's
and another one will call himself by the
name of Jacob and another will write or
even brand or tattoo upon his hand I
belong to the Lord well now there are
some scriptures in there somewhere that
tell you not to do that yeah and this is
where it's at Leviticus 20 28 misquoted
which says you shall not make any
cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor
print our tattoo any marks on you for
the dead you know we just pick stuff out
of here and leave out what we want to
and the Bible says in Isaiah 49 that God
has a picture of you tattooed on the
palm of his hand
I'm right on the verge of going and
getting the tattoo
right back here I belong to the Lord
you'll go with me won't you I thought I
might as well just push all the
religious people just right off the
cliff and get it over
it took Dave a little while to get used
to that idea he was like oh and in that
wrong he said doesn't it say in the
Bible not to do that why would I do that
just to make religious demons mad no
other reason because I lived in so much
bondage from legalism and everything
about legalism is something you can't do
let me tell you something it is not
boring to serve Christ it is so much fun
and there is so much you can do and not
only that you can enjoy all of it hey
can I tell you something we're having
more fun in here tonight that any one of
us ever had getting drunk and having a
hangover
now this is good clean fun
and I've made you laugh more than any
comedian you ever went to see the told
dirty jokes oh you got to see some of
the stuff in here
I mean in ezekiel 16:9 there was a big
feast and a celebration and God put
earrings on all of them and nose rings
well if I go and show you you'll just be
here later so I'll just give you the
scripture you can look it up
Ezekiel 16 9 through 13 then in another
place he punished the Israelites for
wearing earrings because they were doing
it as a feast to bail so here's the
bottom line it's all about your motive
and why you're doing things and you see
we can't look at the outside of somebody
and decide for ourselves that they're an
evil person because we know they don't
look like we look or say things the way
we say them or have their hair the color
we have our hair that's why so many
people today don't want anything to do
with the church because all they get is
criticism and judgment well you're not
like me thank God
we need a little change we need a little
shaken up amen
I told David I said well you know if I
do decide to get a tattoo I'm gonna get
it back here where nobody can see it he
said oh you'll show everybody and I will
I'll be up here going look at that well
we'll have a new news article Meyer gets
tattooed
and I got earrings and pretty clothes
and makeup and you ought to be glad I
got it
I mean why in the world would we think
that God is colorless and boring and
wants everything to be ugly and no fun
and just give you a bunch of rules and
regulations let me tell you something
the Bible says that God sits in the
heavens and laughs and he put a laugh in
every one of us because he expects us to
use it we need to laugh and laugh and
laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and
and laugh and laugh and laugh so we need
to pursue holiness we need to add works
to our faith we need to realize that
we're the billboard for God people want
to see you happy people are desperate to
be happy they don't need a bunch of
people calling themselves Christians
that look like they've been baptized and
prune juice
[Applause]
I read a little story recently and I'll
tell you this an end with this a little
girl went to visit her grandfather who
happened to be a very religious man and
he owned a farm and she began to walk
around the farm and see the different
animals and she went to the chicken yard
and saw the chickens just kicking up all
the dusty you know flying around she
said well the chicken ain't got it and
you thought he ain't got what so then
she saw a horse out in the field and he
was running and seemed to be doing good
and she said well grandpa he ain't got
it saw the cow and he was eating grass
and something really ham well he ain't
got it and then she went in the barn
and saw this long faced long eared
droopy eared donkey and she said he's
got it he's got it and her grandpa said
what are you talking about she said
grandpa he's got religion he looks like
you
come on let's all get up
oh don't you just feel like a fresh
breeze just blew through
amen amen amen amen amen amen
all right I love you guys I pray for you
that you will grow and grow and grow and
pursue home