If the teachings from the Old testament were invalidated by the New testament,were they true to begin with???

Answer 1

i'd say it was more like your dad not letting you cross the street when you were 5, and then when your 16, its okay. I think God has to update his rules with Humanity as we grow as a species.

Answer 2

Who says the teachings of the Old Testament were canceled out by the teachings of the New? The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. Remember all that stuff about a messiah?
The law as given in the Old Testament is still in effect, The Messiah is the only one who has been able to live by the law perfectly, and so we need to accept the Messiah to make up for our inablity to live by the law.
The law is the standard to which we are held, the Messiah in the New Testament is how we are pardoned from being unable to keep to that standard.
Hope you have a meaningful Christmas

Answer 3

The teachings were not invalidated. The Old Testament lived under the Old Covenant with God. The New Testament brings The New Covenant.....man is reconciled to God through Jesus. So, it doesn't invalidate it, it just changes the relationship and how we - as humans - approach and relate to God. At any rate, do we not learn from History? Yes - and things in history get proven wrong or out of date....but it does not make them invalid or unimportant.

Answer 4

You make it sound like God being flexible is a bad thing. Even when you grow a plant, in order to get the best harvest you change the program at different points in that development. Different nutrients are needed during the blooming period, and pruning the roots at a certain point muliplys the harvest.

I think you suffer from the delusion that you have a clue about the big picture. Teenagers have this problem until they are about 25.

While God never changes, His plans do, and He lets us know when He changes the plan. Nobody who reads the Bible with an open mind has these ideas you express. You might say you are still in kindergarden of spiritual growth. Asking questions is a good start but if u actually want good answers you should act with some respect.
but thats not what you are doing is it?? so what kind of person finds a group which at least says it is rying to make things better and persecutes them. I know do you????

Answer 5

The Old Testament teachings were never invalidated by the New Testament. And yes, the whole Bible is true!

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Answer 6

In the larger sense, no. What is true must always be true, even if it is not known to be true at the time.

In the smaller sense, of them being, like children, following what laws they were capable of following at the time, then yes. The laws of the old testament, like the Constitution of the U.S., were meant to reflect the times they are in. As the times change, the laws (or understanding of them) change.

But, as with the Constitution, to go back to following old laws is false teachings, much the same way if some southern farmers started kidnapping blacks and said they were following the laws of slavery that existed before 1860. That is why Jesus' teachings seemed to 'rebel', he wasn't denying the law, he was saying that the laws were outdated and needed to be changed, better understood.

God always loved charity, kindness, compassion and whatnot, but up until the time of Jesus, the emphasis was on the Jewish people working towards establishing and maintaining a political/social state. This is why God 'sanctioned' warfare in the Old Testament but condoned it in the New. To fight to be free is one thing, to fight after one is freed is something else.

Answer 7

They weren't invalidated by the New Testament they were "invalidated" because we can't follow them.

But that's really turned around - truthfully, we were invalidated by not following them and that's the problem most people have - they can't see that they can't and won't follow them.

All have come short of the glory of God - that's the whole story of the Old Testament.

Ro 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Ro 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

When we sin we invalidate the Old Testament law as our way to stand justified before God the Father. That's why the only begotten of the Father - Jesus Christ - had to come to earth and live as a man in order to justify those who believe on Jesus Christ.

If you can do the law and not violate it - no problem - but I don't think you have to worry about that.

The New Testament calls belief on Jesus Christ as Saviour -grace because it requires no work but only faith that He justified you before the Father.

I chose grace because I can not justify myself before God Almighty.

Think about it - if you've sinned how can you pay for that sin? There has to be a justification and there is none with God. You can look high and low in the Old Testament but you can't find full justification with the Father in the OT! They don't even use the word "saved" but they do in the New Testament because the sin debt was fully paid for by an eternal God - Jesus Christ!

You'd have to be eternal to give eternal life wouldn't you?

Answer 8

The way I understand what was invalidated is the superstious beliefs like if a woman commit adultery, the whole village throw stones to her,you can not pluck a corn to feed you hungry child on sabbath the day of rest, you can not help a certain person. let him suffer and die, for he is not among your tribe. These are primitives beliefs.The New Testament teaches to Love and be Kind to one another.The Old and New bible derives from the writing on some stones thousand and thousand years ago.It might be true because I uses these teachings to better my life and it works.

Answer 9

Jesus came to fulfill the prophecy's and the Mosaic laws, as well as to magnify the Law of God. The covenants are essentially the same, in that we must believe and obey God. However we no longer have to present a blood sacrifice, because Jesus does that for us. Everything else stays the same. That is we must; 1) Believe what God has said. 2) Believe in the salvation of the Son of God. 3) Obey the Law of God. 4) Repent (stop disobeying God [sinning]). 5) Ask God to forgive us for disobeying Him, and ask Him for help. Remember: The New Testament magnifies the Old Testament.

Answer 10

Who ever said the Old Testament was "invalidated" by the New Testament? "Til Heaven and Earth pass away, not one jot or tittle will change."
Too many fail to understand that the Old Testament was given very specifically to the "Jews"/ the Hebrew nation, a tribe of people God / Yhwh (Jehovah) singled out from among many early tribes because of the monotheism and the peaceful nature, and the "righteousness" inherent to the tribe's elder, Abraham. God assigned a covenant to Abraham and his descendants, what we summarize in a group of Law today called "The 10 Commandments" but which contained MANY more laws and codes than those we call "The 10." AGAIN, bear in mind, the Old Testament was given specificlaly to the JEWS. (those of the tribe of Judah, the ancestors of whom we refer to today as "Jews.") From the Jews-- the house of David specifically-- the shepherd King-- sprang the Christians. Jesus was of the house of David (the house of the Kings), as were His early parents. The New Testament was given to Christians, NOT Jews. So much of the Old Testament (the Law given to the Jews) doesn't APPLY to Christians. But if Christians CHOOSE to follow as much of the Old Testament as they WISH-- within today's laws-- they may.
Among the Old Testament laws that no longer apply are animal sacrifice, and stoning young unmarried girls who are found to no longer be "pure".
But most Christians today find the New Testament requirements "stiff enough", "taxing enough" that they / we don't burden them/ourselves with trying to follow the Old Testament.
At any rate, the Laws in the Old Testament were not given to make everyone "toe the line". The laws were given to give the Jews (and ultimately mankind) a real awareness of mankind's need to "get right with God", which happened in the 1st Century AD with the birth of the Christ, God in flesh, whose birthday we are about to commemorate.
'Merry Christmas!" And I hope I have answered your question.

Answer 11

No. God gave man a temporary way to do things; and then a more permanent way to do things (the New Testament). Just as a parent may teach a very basic level, to an infant, and then expand it when the children are older such as being teenagers.