Do you pick and choose which Leviticus laws to follow?

Question

Which laws are for you?

Clams, oysters, crabs, lobsters, and shrimp are abominations to God. 11:10-12

or

Four-legged fowls are abominations. 11:20

or

what to do with ****.15:16-18, 32

or

Undressing a menstruating woman. 18:19

or

If you have damaged testicles you must not "come nigh to offer the bread of his God." 21:20

or

Don't have homosexual relations. 18:22

AND BEFORE ANYONE SAYS 'jesus coming negates the Mitzvot' (613 laws of old testament)

Let me remind you what Jesus said...

“For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:18-19. The Old Testament is to be abided by until the end of human existence itself.

So, do you pick and choose your laws or obey them all?

Lol, uranus2mars and evergreen, did you read the whole question?

All of the vicious Old Testament laws will be binding forever. "It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." Luke 16:17

jesus strongly approves of the law and the prophets. He hasn’t the slightest objection to the cruelties of the Old Testament. "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." Matthew 5:17

"Know this first of all, that there is no prophecy of scripture that is a matter of personal interpretation, for no prophecy ever came through human will; but rather human beings moved by the holy Spirit spoke under the influence of God." 2 Peter 20-21

Come on, Jesus says you must obay ALL laws.

Answer 1

no, i do not "pick and choose" which leviticus laws to follow, i follow them all

Answer 2

When a person accepts Christ as Lord and Saviour, God writes His commandments on their hearts and minds. This is His new covenant with the people. So in fact christians are suppose to uphold the law. though I love shrimp, not crazy about lobster, clam or oysters though. I have never seen a four legged fowl. But then some people eat frogs, yuck.

Answer 3

Fortunately, if you keep reading the Bible, you understand that these laws are repealed, reversed, or otherwise made non-laws.
For example, eating of certian animals is repealed in Acts 11:4-10, which culminates with "The voice spoke from heaven a second time, 'Do not call anything impure that
God has made clean."

However, Lev 18:22 and 20:13 (the punishment for the act) remain strong.

Answer 4

The moral laws were only to show a person their inabilty to keep it, "The law served as a tutor to bring people to Christ" and the cermonial law was only a temporary covering of sin until Christ's sacrifice once for all in Christ. (Hebrews 7-10)
Therefore we obey Christ and his command to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength. And we obey His second great command which is' to love thy neighbor as thyself" "On these, all the law and the prophets hang" We can do neither though if were are not saved from sin and it's penalty and then filled with God's Spirit to obey them.

Answer 5

There would be no such thing as Christianity if they had to abide by even one law. They claim the only law they must follow is to love God and to love their neighbor. Right! When pigs fly!

Their kind and loving God sent His only son to die an agonizing death on the cross with thousands of other Jews so they can eat pork and shellfish and avoid circumcision.

Answer 6

But the laws were fulfilled by Jesus, so it was all accomplished.

Joshua 21:45
Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

Matthew 5:17
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

Ephesians 2
14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Answer 7

this question is unanswerable. we haven't any concept what Jesus stated or did no longer say. The earliest books of what later became the recent testomony have been written many years after his dying, with the aid of authors with particularly some agendas of their own, then transcribed returned and returned with the aid of lay scribes who the two intentionally or by probability made 1000's of blunders, and later with the aid of professional scribes, many times priests, who did a similar. Our earliest surviving copies are in Greek, from the fourth century, and function been "edited" heavily. there is not any thank you to ascertain something in those books as genuine. it is genuine for any subject, no longer purely this one.

Answer 8

Well, I refrain from those abominations...I was once a Christian and tasted them before...so it was a bit tempting at first BUT I am reminded of the love G-d has for me and I refrain...I pray to him every day asking Him that my words and actions are pleasing to Him.
It may sound lame, but it has made me much stronger in following the rules...Now I'm not even tempted.

Answer 9

Couldn't agree with you more. Many Christians choose what they want to follow.

obviously some will take the verse

"You are not under law but under grace" (Rom 6:14)

as their get out of jail card

which is dangerous.. effectively saying you can do as you please.

Now the verse you quote is more explicit that this one if you ask me. This can be understood differently based on context.

but qood question.

Answer 10

Jesus came and did away with all the old law

Answer 11

The law is the LAW!

Forgiveness is in Christ!