How much of the levitical laws do Christians have to follow?

Answer 1

The Levitical Law was divided into several sections.

There were "criminal and civil" laws, such as what the fine would be for personal or property damage, not to move property marks, building codes, guidelines for sentencing (there is were "an eye for an eye" comes from. It was the idea that the punish should fit the crime). Since a Christian is not a civil government, he can not enforce such laws. But he can work to keep the civils laws in line with the Levitical Laws.

There are sanitation and dietary laws. Avoid contact with mold, blood, dead bodies or animals, contagious people, etc. Also rules on what you should or should not eat. In Acts 10, these laws were "lifted" in that a person is no longer spiritually unclean if they disobey these rules. But the health issues that could come from breaking them as not been removed.

There are ritual laws, such as the offering of bulls and goats for sin, the Passover, the Sabbath, the ceremonial washings, etc. These were all "types and shadows" of Jesus. According to the book of Hebrews (ans elsewhere) once the real had come, in the crucifixion, death, burial and resurrection of Christ, the "shadows" were no longer needed. So Christians do not observer those laws.

Finally, you come to the moral laws. The "thou shalt not"s. If you read the New Testament, you will find that these laws (against murder, aldultery, theft, slander, gossip, homosexuality, lust, etc. are repeated in the New Testament. In the Old, the breaking of these moral laws carried criminal or civil penalties. You could be brought before a court and convicted for murder or theft and then punished or even stoned to death. Under the New Testament, the church does not have the power of criminal or civil punishment. Instead, the church as charged with warning people and turning them from their sin, not with punishing them for it. The sins are still sins, but our respnse to the sinner has changed.

Hope that answers your question...

Answer 2

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The Levitical laws on health (Leviticus 11) and satitation are still binding. Those are still good for us. However, by the death of Jesus Christ on the cross we no longer need to sacrifice animals and have yearly sabbaths. But the ten commandments which are separate and apart from the levitical laws are still binding to this day and forever as the Bible states.

Answer 3

Technically the levitical laws were done away when Christ died on the cross. However, the challenge for us Christians are which ones were reauthorized, in different wording, under the new law (testament).

Answer 4

This is confusing because most christians claim that they only follow the new testament now,and that the old testament is null and void. However i have seen verses from Leviticus quoted many times on here that they claim people should adhere to. Seems to be certain verses they pick out that they still follow. Surely it should be all or nothing though.

Answer 5

The regulation had various applications. God wanted to maintain this united states as a separate and holy united states, lots of the specifics take care of that. additionally, cleanliness substitute into additionally addressed. It appeared that they've been required to bypass with the aid of lots to maintain themselves sparkling. This wasn't in basic terms for the 1st purpose, yet additionally for wellness. they did not have present day drugs, so which you are going to discover how God substitute into addressing a choose in this area. yet another purpose of the regulation substitute into to coach what God demands of a believer... absolute perfection. Why did God set the bar so severe while he knew it may be somewhat undemanding for us to fail? It confirmed us our desperate choose for Jesus. it somewhat is the place you get a brilliant style of human beings asserting that there is not any would desire to pay interest on the previous testomony. OT believers could furnish sacrifices to conceal their sins. Jesus substitute into perfect and He grew to alter into the as quickly as-and-for-all sacrifice for our sins, so we are no greater sure with the aid of this regulation.

Answer 6

this is a common area for misunderstanding. when christ denied the law what he was defeating was legalism or the belief that certain dogmatic actions had to be fulfilled in order to be right with god. What christ did was tell us that he was our intercessor that all we ahd to do was believe on him and accept his gift of salvation to be saved and seen as right in the eyes of God. leagalism says that we have to earn what christ says he will give you freely. leviticus gives several instructions on dogmatic principles such as animal sacrifice that are no longer neccesary to be right in the eyes of god...i hope this helps to clear the matter up for you
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this is why christ said he was not there to destroy the law but that it would be made perfect through him. what god called abomonations and what he called right and wrong are still what he calls right and wrong

Answer 7

Apparently none, as Jesus supposedly eliminated the need for all of that.

Go ahead and sit next to a menstruating woman and don't worry about those animal sacrifices. That whole gay thing - not a problem now that Jesus has come.

Answer 8

the Commandments (commonly referred to as the Ten Commandments) and the Greatest Commandment (Dt 6:5)

Answer 9

We are no longer under the law . We are under the blood of Jesus Christ, the perfect sacrafice for all our sins.

Answer 10

Well, we should follow the ten, we would be really healthy to follow all of them, (such as the one about not touching a dead body)