If Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament and made it obsolete, why bother to read it? I see many copies of the NT detached from the OT. Seems reasonable, given the above.
If most of the OT Laws, including the Ten Commandments do not apply, why read it?
2006-12-28 05:13:06 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because it is the Tanakh------the Holy Scriptures. This IS the Bible. The NT is something made up by people making up a religion about a man who lived and died 2,000 years ago.
2006-12-28 05:17:08 · answer #1 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ten commandments are not obsolete, and many NT authors mention OT stuff. We read the OT, because there are many good principles that still apply. For an instance, God calls several things in the OT and abomination. I am inclined to believe, that whatever God has once deemed an abomination, he will always deem an abomination. Take, homosexuality, and astrology. In Duet. 18:10-12(astrology,) and Leviticus 20:13(homosexuality) both of these are called an abomination, and Christians will agree that these are talked about in the NT as well. I Corinthians 6: 9,10 and Romans 1: 24-27, 32. Hope this helps...
2006-12-28 05:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who said the 10 commandments dont apply??? When Jesus died on the cross his grace cleansed us from the Levitical Law, not the ten commandments. When you read your bible, God speaks to you, if for some odd reason you do not want to read the OT then stick with the NT. There is so much you can learn though through the OT. Having faith in God, the stuggle of Job etc etc...lots in there.
2006-12-28 05:18:54 · answer #3 · answered by DSQ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well certainly there are not so many points of doctrine for Christians in the Old Testament, but to fully understand WHY Christ is needed to save sins, you have to understand the Old Testament. Having the New Testament without the Old is like starting a story with, "And so Joshua uncovered the letter and the dispute was resolved". Naturally you would wonder "who is Joshua? Why does it matter? What is this thing about the letter? Why was it important and why does uncovering it resolve anything?" See the parallels I am trying to make and you'll understand......... The Old Testament simply provides us with context, I mean you can jump straight to, "And so-and-so saved the world" but the Old Testament shows us what Christ was saving us from.
2006-12-28 23:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Ten Commandments still do apply. Laws such as killing three doves a one pigeon to atone for a sin are obsolete. You have to realize, there are things in the Old Testament that are worth reading. Psalms and Proverbs can be sources of encouragement during hard times.
2006-12-28 05:18:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is stated in the OT that it is god's word and is infallible, inerrant, and should be followed with faith. The NT was written by 4th century scribes, churches, and political leaders since most of the manuscripts were changed to best reflect what they wanted. The OT's manuscripts have similar issues, but aren't as tainted as the NT.
2006-12-28 05:18:46 · answer #6 · answered by Concerned 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are mistaken, Christianity is built on the old testament. The only change is the belief that we no longer have to go to temple to scarifice an animal for our sins. Christ's death did it once & for all.
Who ever told you the 10 Commandments no longer allpy is way off base.
2006-12-28 05:18:12 · answer #7 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
truly. The old testomony continues to be a piece of the interest of God. you're suited suited to assert that there is a "new covenant" yet this would not get rid of the relevance of the old testomony. in certainty, that's in simple terms interior the context of the old testomony, that we are able to clearly understand the magnitude of the recent testomony. eg Why Jesus had to die, why he grow to be the prophesied Messiah, and the background of God's human beings, the Jewish united states and how God delt with them. in certainty in a million Corinthians 10:6 & 11 it says a number of those issues occurred to them (the Jews) as examples for us and for our gaining understanding of.
2016-10-28 13:33:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus never said the old test laws and the ten commandments are not to be followed. he said to follow them still. just also said a couple are more important but we still follow them. the old test law that we are not following anymore is the salvation plan. we now have Jesus who died on the cross for our sins so we are forgiven. we dont have to sacrifice anymore. but we are still to follow the ten commandments and to repent from our sins that is to turn away from sinning. if you go against one of the ten commandments that is still a sin.
2006-12-28 05:19:44 · answer #9 · answered by dannamanna99 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Truth and honor are never out of date. What makes you think the Ten Commandments are out of date. Christ only added to them by teaching us to love God first, then ourselves and then all others as we love ourselves. He fulfilled the law of sacrifice. He did not negate all the good laws and rules of harmony in society.
2006-12-28 05:18:51 · answer #10 · answered by Answergirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋