Does the New Testament make the Old obsolete?

Question

#1. Many of the Christians that I know do not believe that the Old Testament is no longer viable, but they also do not believe that Christians "Must" obey the "10 Commandments" or the "Ceremonial Law".

#2 The Christians that I spoke of above believe that the "10 Commandments" are exhibited in the New Testament under different guises. (The Fruit of the Spirit, and Submission to God, and Recieving the Holy Spirit).

#3 if you aren't a Christian, please do not answer.

Answer 1

The New Testament complements the Old Testament. TIn the Old Testament propheses or predictions are made. In the New Testament many of these propheses or predictions come full circle, come into reality, come true. A person can't pick and choose what part of the Bible they want to hold as true and believe. It's ALL true. It's the BIBLE. Some of the Old Testament is no longer relevant because the answer to the problem came into being in the New Testament. An example would be that in Old Testament times a person had to make atonement and their own means of redemption for their sins to be forgiven. Some of the sacrifices included the sacrifice of choice animals and/or the doing, or abstaining from given things. These rules and ways of atonement are no longer necessary since Jesus Christ suffered and died to take away our sins. Sacrfice is no longer needed since Jesus made Himself a sacrafice on our behalf, for the forgivness of our sins. Jesus, as the Holy, sinless, prue, Son of God was the only way a person could be fully forgiven. It takes faith, trust in Jesus to receive forgivness. Our own deeds,sacrfices, doing certain things is no longer necessary. Jesus was one of the Old Testament propheses/predictions that came true or into being in the New Testament. In this situation, Jesus, being in the New Testamont has over ridden the Old Testament and a rule or condition contained in it. As for the 10 commandments. They are as relevant, true, and need to be followed at ALL times. Old Testament, New Testament--Always. Jesus NEVER said that the commandments no longer needed to be followed. Why? Because they do! Hope this helps.

Answer 2

VERY ASTUTE QUESTION! I HAVE YOUR ANSWER.

PART 1
The relationship between the old testament, new testament and gospel is extremely important. You cannot selectively believe in two and not the third. The old testament speaks of the prophesy of Jesus Christ along with historical and prophetic writings to set the stage. The new testament talks about the life of Jesus among other things. The gospel talks of the words and specific acts of Jesus. The work together to form a whole picture. As far as the 10 Commandments...God HANDED Christians the laws by which to live. What part exactly are these "Christians" confused about. I mean, HE gave IT to US.

PART 2
There are many different ways to give similar examples of a few basic concepts. How many ways can you teach The Golden Rule for instance. I believe the real question is this:

WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GETTING THESE IDEAS?

While I applaud the certain new inspirationally devised ways of worshiping God...here, let me lay it out for you: Some people make stuff up! Coming up with revolutional concepts in faith is nothing new, however you must do your homework to come up with a convincing argument. The Catholic Church for instance has had theologians studying scripture and ancient works for centuries trying to arrive at the truth, constantly working and reworking the same material under prayerful study.

What credit can you summon to someone who creates both THEIR own church and THEIR own ideology and then tries to pass it off as "The Truth"? Not much. What do you get? BS!!!!

PLEASE - PLEASE - PLEASE have these people email me who tell you this! [e-mail]

Answer 3

The old testament is in agreement with the new testament. they do not contradict each other. There are prophecies that are told in the old testament that are fullfiled in the new. Jesus alone had i believe 39 prophecies frim his trial to his deeath and resurection. That is with out counting his 3 years of ministry and birth. It is amazing ... so many authors from diferent times and all agree upon the same thing .. it will take a billion men in a billion years to TRY to do that and they may not even succeed. The odds are ... 0.0000000001 in a 697,321,324,432,432 (that was me exagerating .. LOL) That is with out God being in the situation.

These are some of the prophcies that were told in the Old Testament and Fulfilled in the New Testament.

The Messiah's hands and feet would be pierced.
Psalm 22:16 ... Matthew 27:38

The Messiah's body would be pierced.
Zechariah 12:10 ... John 19:34-37

Lots would be cast for the Messiah's clothes.
Psalm 22:18 ... John 19:23-24

The Messiah would be offered gall and vinegar.
Psalm 69:20-21 ... Matthew 27:34

The Messiah would be sacrificed upon the same mountain
where God tested Abraham.
Genesis 22:14 ... Luke 23:33

Answer 4

The Old Testament laws are not obsolete.

The team at answering-christianity.com writes:

Jesus did honor the Old Testament's laws and ordered his followers to follow the Old Testament until the day of Judgment:

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)"

Christians always say as an excuse that an Old Testament law does not apply to them. According to Matthew 5:17-18, we clearly see that Jesus honored the Old Testament, and forced Christians to follow the unmodified laws of it that have not been replaced by newer ones in the New Testament.

God knows best

Peace and Love

Answer 5

The Old Testament is a history book. Everything changed when Jesus Christ came to earth and died on the cross for our sins. The two new commandments in the New Testament are how we should live our lives today.

1. Love God. 2. Love your neighbor.

Please keep in mind that if you break any of the 10 commandments in the Old Testament, you're not following the two new ones.

God Bless!

Answer 6

The old testement shows God's dealings with his people and the nations around them. How his people prospered when they obeyed and how they suffered when they went thier own way. Many valuable lessons can be drawn from this history.
We are no longer under the 10 comandments which are an exerpt from the over 600 laws given to the nation of Isreal. If you want to keep 10 then you have to keep them all, like animal sacrifices. The law died with Christ (Matthew 22:36-40)
The two commandments Christ gave us embody the whole Mosaic law.
Also, 2 Timothy 3:16

Answer 7

O.K. Seriously now. No we can't follow the 10 commandments to get into heaven. Jesus was the 4th Covenant between God and humans. The first was Abraham, the 2nd was Noah, the 3rd was Passover, and the 4th was Jesus. Read what Jesus was really all about in Revelations. We still need the Old Testament to guide us in what is right and what is wrong. However only if we follow God's word, and for Chris tans only and other Protestant Religions, we can only get to the Father through Him.

Answer 8

The OT is not made obsolete by the NT but rather the NT brings the OT in full view of what it was talking about and representing. The OT was a shadow of the real testament that was going to come under Grace and not Law but you cant separate the shadow from the person. The shadow foretells what the person is like but only when you see that person you know him or her in fullness. The OT is still relevant as much as the NT. You just have to read through everything from the OT to the NT to come up with a clearer view on all issues.

Answer 9

Sorry the NT does not make the OT obsolete.

You got it wrong. The covenant between God and man was 'renewed' in the NT. It's like in the OT, there is a contract between God and man. In NT, Jesus came and implement a new contract thereby make the old contract obsolete.

The law was just and good but it was like a school master to show our flaws to show us that none of us can keep the law to earn our salvation. No man can ever do it. But Jesus came to show us a way. That it is only by His righteousness that is to believe on Him and have His imputed righteousness that we can fulfill all the laws. Once you know how forgiven you are and how righteous you are and how much God love you and what Jesus went through to give you. We love because He first love us.

Shalom.

I don't think you read the bible with understanding. Ask God to open your eyes. Either that attend a good church.

Answer 10

No. The Word of God cannot be made void. Jesus came to fulfill the Law because we couldn't. Therefore, since we live under Grace rather than Law, we basically DO have license to 'pick and choose'. Not that it's a good idea. But much of the OT was sculpted to civilize an ancient, savage version of humanity. So it's not surprising that a lot of it seems harsh. God formed the OT as a tool to mold people into a form that Jesus could deal with.

Hope that helps.