Do have to follow old testament rules or is the new testament the way?

Question

I am Christian

Answer 1

Romans 7:4-6
" So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. 5 For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. "


Galatians 5:2-4

"Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3 Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace."

We follow the example of Paul, believing in the finished work of Christ and nothing else. The Law (Mosaic Law, the old testament "Rules") is not currently in effect, and had no power to save anyway, only to show Man that he couldn't keep it, and that he was hopeles without some intervention of God. Which came in the form of Christ's death in payment for our sins.

Answer 2

The Old Testament law, or the Mosaic law was created for a certain people, at a certain time, in a certain place. It was instituted to show us how sinful we are and what is required if we seek to enter Heaven on our own merits or works. Christ's death and resurrection did away with that. We, the elect or called out ones, may now enter into Heaven based on the work of Christ and His righteousness, not on our own. We as believers are not under the Mosaic law. There are rules set forth in the Mosaic law that are repeated in the New Testament, these should be followed by the believer.

Answer 3

The New Testament rules are a continuation of the Old Testament rules.

Answer 4

There's no conflict between the two.

Here's the short explanation, the way I see it. The Old Testament was there to serve the purpose of telling us plainly what sin is. The Commandments. Can a man live his entire life and not break one single one?

The New Testament tells us of the One who did it. And the good news about what that should mean to the rest of us.

Answer 5

If you are a Jew you will follow the old testament-the levitical law but if you are a Christian you will follow the Christ.Anyone worshipping as a Jew in these times must reject Jesus as messiah and the new testament as the word of God;which if these two things are not true;then the faith of christians is vain and false; but if true then the Jews are rejecting the true messiah and are as much unbelievers as any gentile unbeliever.

Answer 6

My understanding about the old testament is to be before Jesus came to redeem himself for us., and new testament is a time line on his days walking among us as a man. the new testament shows and let us know how we have benefited when he shed his blood for us to wash away our sins therefore when he was crucified and buried our sins were buried with him that's why if we accept Jesus as our lord we will be forgiven of our sins
they are both important but the new testament explain the reason for his coming 2000 yrs ago

Answer 7

Before you do this, ask God to help you understand this. Read God's word from the Old Testaments all the way through the New Testaments. Use your heart with Jesus to help you guide your way through the Bible. It's like this, God gave us free will. I would answer your question, but it's not my place to judge others. Just have faith my friend and then you'll understand!

Answer 8

The old testament is the blueprint, the New testament is the building. The whole book is the word God.

Answer 9

Oh, haven't you heard?

The new new testament was published last month.

It seems "thou shalt not kill" really did mean "thou shalt not kill" after all so these previously widely accepted exceptions are no longer valid:

Thou shalt not kill unless you are the son of a president and the governor of Texas in which case you can kill someone every 9 days if you want.

Thou shalt not kill unless you are president in which case causing tens of thousands of deaths is just fine.

Thou shalt not kill unless someone states things the church disagrees with (like the earth revolves around the sun) in which case burning someone alive is okey-dokey.

Thou shalt not kill unless the person being killed is of a different race, practices a different religion, speaks a different language, or is occupying land you want.

Why didn't god just say so in the first place?

Geez!

Answer 10

Jesus is the Way. Although, it's good to learn from the Old Testament, after all that is what Jesus learned from.