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 Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:19 pm
I've been thinking about this recently. I've had this question answered before but it wasn't really a satisfactory answer.
As Christians, are how much of the OT should we follow?
I know there are hundreds of do's and don'ts in there. Those hundreds were condensed into the ten commandments and then Jesus summed up the ten commandments into two: love the Lord and love everyone as your neighbor.
So does that men that we do not have to follow what the OT says anymore?
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:37 pm
The Old Testament is the Law and it shows us how impossible it is to ever earn salvation. It also points the way to Jesus and true grace.
When Jesus died the great curtain seperating the holiest of holies from the outer portion of the temple was torn from the top to bottom. That was a miracle and it represented the new covenant where grace saves us, where the one perfect sacrifice has been made.
We life in the age of grace. If we do not choose Jesus then we are still bound under The Law. Only through Jesus can we be set free.
Jesus summed up The Law when He said: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your mind and all your strength; and love your neighbor as yourself."
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:13 pm
I think that the Old Testament is just as important as the New Testament. The reason Jesus condensed everything into 'Love your God with all your heart, and love our neighbor as yourself', I think at least, is because if you love your God with all your heart, and if you love your neighbor as you love yourself, you're likely not going to break the rest of the ten commandments. 'Case, if you love others as yourself, you're not going to steal from them, kill them, etc.
As for all of the do's and don'ts of the old testament, I think I heard at one point that the old laws had like, over six hundred or so strict laws that the people were supposed to follow. Nobody can keep up with all of that - that's why Jesus had to come and die. I don't know exactly what all of the laws were as I haven't read much of the old testament yet, but I think if you follow what I said above, you'll be pretty good from a moral standpoint. Um..I could be wrong though. Like I said, I haven't read a lot of the old testament, but that's just my opinion. If I'm wrong, somebody please let me know what you think. : )
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:21 pm
My pastor addressed this in one of his sermons and I am deeply paraphrasing here when I say this:
He said the 10 commandments were for the iserealights, they had become immoral and God laid down the law for all to follow.
However he sent his son to Earth and gave us new life, and the start of a new chapter.
So I follow the New Testament and it has worked for me so far.
Though I still read the Old Testament and use it in my life too.
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:10 am
I believe that the Old Testament and New Testament go hand in hand with each other. Without one, you couldn't have the other. I believe that the 10 commandments set down by Moses were incredibly important and are our law. Of course by following those and also going by the additional laws in the New Testament is necessary. I believe in both Old Testament and New Testament law. Although, Old Testament law with the stoning people doesn't happen in society today so that isn't practiced in a lot of places. Some places I'm sure it still happens, but not in the United States that I know of and it be legal. I don't necessarily go by all the food laws set down for the Jews/Israelites (I believe if you pray for your meal then it is good enough to eat).There are probably another select few I don't go by in the Old Testament, but the 10 commandments and some of the other laws I definitely go by and same with the other laws that occur in the New Testament. However, even though I don't apply all the laws to myself, that does not mean that they aren't important to look at.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:23 am
Like Blue said. :3
Old testament and new testament go hand in hand. The ten commandments are extremely important to live by. In fact, they are so important that if you think about it, a lot of laws here in the US are based off of them, as well as in many other parts of the world. The very idea of what is 'right' and what is 'wrong' in a lot of places are based off of the ten commandments, such as stealing is wrong, as is murder, rape, etc.
Even as a society here in the US (as well as some other places), our ideals of what's morally wrong or right come from the ten commandments. Just think of the saying 'be grateful for what you have instead of longing for what you don't have' for example. It falls right into 'don't covet your neighbor's things'. (Okay, I know that's not the exact wording, but it's the general idea of it).
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:01 pm
I too think both books go together and the new would not be there if the old had not happened. I also think the old shows how God never gives up on and and show himself to people in different ways.
examples would be the Ten commandments
Daniel and the Lions den. (when he was in the den and when he was in prison) god used something bad and turned it into good.
Jonah and the wale God gave Jonah anther chance after running away
then of course the curtain that tore apart.
i do believe that the old and new testament are equally Impotent.
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