Is it true that many Christians do not go by the law of the Old Testament?

Question

I am under the impression that many Christians no longer follow the laws of the Old Testament because Jesus brought about new laws (New Testament) with made the Old Testament invalid. Is this correct?

Answer 1

It sounds like double speak, from the George Orwell book 1984, when government lied to the people,

just listen to these answers, he came to fulfill the law not abolish it, but they don't follow it,

but you still follow the ten commandments even thou Jesus made them only 2,

They parade up and down america with signs that say gay sex is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 (old testement) but they don't protest red lobster, according to Leviticus 11:9-12 shrimp is an abomination.

They respond with matthew 15 says its ok to eat whatever just dont have gay sex.

Ok, so why are Christians holding up signs with Leviticus 18:22.

The hypocrisy is in the use of the Old Testement when it suits their purposes and saying they don't have to follow it anymore.

I think this point above all else, is the division between "us" and "them."

Answer 2

Yes in a sense.
There was a lot of stuff in the old testament that won't happen after the new testament because a new covenant has been made between man and god. That isn't to say that the old testament is false or unneeded. Jesus often referred to the old testament. So yes they do so. Sometimes wrongly and sometimes rightly.

For Example: To say that "an eye for an eye" is right would be false. It's because we're taught to think differently in the new testament. They specifically say not to live that way any longer.

Answer 3

Yup. In direct contradiction of Jesus's own words, "I come not to abolish the law but to fulfill it."

G-d made a Covenant with the people, the covenant started with His people obeying the Laws of G-d and the Laws of Moses. In return, G-d agreed to accept the Hebrew people as G-d's chosen people, and promised in time to send HaMasiach (The big guy, the huge final prophetic messiah [all of Israel's kings were Masiach]). But a Covenant is FOREVER. It doesn't stop just because one end or the other fulfills its side of the deal.

A Christian who is not following the Laws of G-d and the Laws of Moses is not a Christian at all, for they are calling G-d a liar and that G-d dissolved the Covenant when G-d delivered HaMasiach.

There's so, so much more wrong with the idea of Jesus having been HaMasiach, but this is the ultimate answer to your question.

No, ALL Christians MUST follow the Laws of G-d and the Laws of Moses. If they do not, they are false followers. If they do, they know Jesus did not fulfill the requirements of HaMasiach.

Answer 4

Jesus broke Old Testament laws all the time, or interpreted them differently from the way the Pharisees did. When the woman caught in adultery was being stoned to death, Jesus, with one question, caused all her accusers to drop the rocks they were holding and walk away. He healed people on the Sabbath, and was criticized for it, for no work was to be done then.

One of Jesus Christ's missions was to get people to live according to the SPIRIT of the law (love) rather than the letter of the law (legalism).

The Old Testament laws that Christianity specifically did away with were the laws that identified and separated Jews as chosen people. Examples are dietary restrictions and circumcision. The Old Testament is full of prophecies about God's visible kingdom on earth one day extending to and including the Gentiles. These prophecies were fulfilled when Messiah came. The need for the laws that maintained the Jews as the Chosen Race were no longer necessary once the fulfillment of the Abrahamic promise to the Jews, that they would be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, was fulfilled in the arrival of Messiah, Jesus Christ.

As for the laws of the spirit in the Old Testament, the Old Testament prophets' directives to the Jews to love mercy, to seek after justice, to walk humbly with their God, were very much in the forefront of Christ's teachings. When asked what the greatest commandments were, Jesus responded with the shema (love the Lord, the one Lord of the universe, with all your heart, mind, soul) and the new commandment to love one another (including one's enemies, which is farther than the Old Testament ever went) not just as one loves oneself, but as Jesus loved us and loves us.

Answer 5

False! The Old Testament brought forth a law of commandments, thus making us aware of sin and the penalty of it. Thou Shall Not Lie: If you love your neighbour as you love yourself......Thou Shall Not Steal....if you love your neighbour would you steal from them? The Ten Commandments are the standards of which Jesus Christ used to teach his message which were based on Repentance, Believe and be saved and each instance of his teaching, he did not break 1 of the commandments or taught others to break them. When he came forth in his ministry, He said that You are to obey all the commandments, but on this day I give you 2: Love God with all your heart, your soul, your mind and your spirit. also, Love thy neighbour as you love yourself. If you do not love yourself, you will not care about your neighbour. If you love GOD then you should pray for your enemies.

The Ten Commandments are the standards for all men to live by and Jesus just summed it up in 2 commandments. If the 10 Commandments where no applicable, how can a sinner be found guilty? By The LAW (which makes us aware of sin) and that law is the Ten Commandments, which is the righteous standard we will all be judged by. If the 10 Commandments did not exist, then we are innocent and righteous which would make Jesus' Death nonredempted in value.

Answer 6

The Law in the OT was only given to the Nation of Israel and was never given to any other nation. Romans 2: 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: By nature we know right from wrong and we are not under the law. Romans 6: 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Did you go out of house on Saturday? If you are under the law then if you did you are guilty of them all. James 2: 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Answer 7

Tithing has grow to be a convention somewhat of a regulation interior the hot testomony. Christians at the instant are not any further decrease than the previous testomony (Mosaic) rules, different than those returned given interior the hot testomony (see particularly the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5). regrettably and regrettably, even a lot of those have now been completely swept aside or a great deal marginalized in theses egocentric days.

Answer 8

Christian are to follow the New Testament laws. The old Mosaic laws were changed when Christ died on the cross

HAving said that, there are still some that we sort of follow for tradition purposes

Answer 9

The Ten Commandments are what Christians follow, we are no longer judged by the law because no one can be saved by the law. But we are to follow the law. Jesus gave us 2 new commandments, to Love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and body and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. If these two are followed, then the Ten Commandments are followed.

Answer 10

Yep

That's why we have Easter Hams!

We also don't stone people to death at the city gates for playing post office or doctor.

Of course some Jewish people stopped a lot of that too! I know many who eat a Quarter Pounder With Cheese and have a Milk Shake or Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza.