Is the old testament for modern day gentile Christians?

Answer 1

The Old Testament lays the foundation for the New Testament. And all of the principles of the OT, with the exception of blood sacrifices, are good for today's people to follow.

Answer 2

The Bible is a progressive revelation. If you skip the first half of any good book and try to finish it; you will have a hard time understanding the characters, the plot, and the ending. Even so, the New Testament is only completely understood when it is seen as being built upon the foundation of the events, characters, laws, sacrificial system, covenants, and promises of the Old Testament (OT). If we only had the New Testament (NT), we would come to the gospels and not know why the Jews were looking for a Messiah (a Savior King). Without the OT, we would not understand why this Messiah was coming (see Isaiah 53); we would not have been able to identify Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah through the many detailed prophecies that were given concerning Him (e.g.., His birth place (Micah 5:2); His manner of death (Psalm 22, especially vv. 1,7-8, 14-18; Psalm 69:21, etc.), His resurrection (Psalm 16:10), and many more details of His ministry (Isaiah 52:13f.; 9:2, etc.).

Answer 3

Dear science,

The Old Testament is just as important as the New Testament. Both the Old and the New Testaments are part of the Bible, God's word. In reality the Bible is God's law book. It is very difficult to understand because it is written by an infinite Being-God. Therefore, to understand it, one must follow the rules given in the Bible (1 Corithians 2:13; Mark 4:33, 34; Isaiah 28:9-13).

One must approach the Bible very cautiously. Remember it is the word of God. We need to ask God for wisdom in understanding the Bible. This is the most important book on earth.

Answer 4

yep

and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Tim 3:15-17)

Guess what ya'll. Tim bob was a gentile christian and Thar wern't no new testiment when good ole boy Paul wrote this to him since it was still being written. So the Holy Scriptures are....? Golly gee the old testement perhaps?

Answer 5

It would not seem to me that u understand lots approximately Christianity for this reason your question and the phraseology. bypass to the link under and consider Romans 11. It explains extremely some what you're asking. Christians are no longer Jews yet gentiles in case you examine the reference - very, very sparkling super distinction. Christians stay under grace, comparable as Abraham lived under grace and that fluctuate into long earlier Jews as a human beings got here to be or earlier Israel grew to become a u . s . (previous testomony). The Jews have basically popular the regulation given to them via Moses and are consequently nonetheless living under the previous testomony until eventually they are set unfastened to stay under grace (Romans 4) by employing accepting that the hot testomony fulfills the previous testomony, no longer negate it. The Israelites do no longer exchange into 'unchosen' and are nonetheless the 'chosen'. they are additionally key gamers of God's destiny for this international in case you could seek advice from the e book of Revelation (see 2d link). all the main suitable to you on your seek. added: The OT shows in types and typology. The NT and OT are no longer unrelated.

Answer 6

You can't take the New Testament without the Old.
The Old is the foundation for the new one.
Jesus said He didn't come to eliminate the old ways, but as a fulfillment of them.

Answer 7

ALL Christians are GENTILES. Only JEWS are not gentile. Even my 3rd/4th grade Sunday school class could tell you that.

Answer 8

Paul, writing to Gentile beleivers in Corinth says:
"For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.
Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry."We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not test the Lord, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come."
I Corinthians 10:1-11
And he writes to the Romans:
"For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." (Romans 15:4)

and again:

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
(II Timothy 3:16-17)

Therefore, the Old Testament was written for Gentile believers in all ages as a source of instruction and truth; but the Law is not a basis for attaining righteousness, as this comes through faith in Christ apart from works of the Law.

Answer 9

Yes. You can learn a lot by just observing King David's life.

Answer 10

Of course. If you don't know where you came from, how will you know where you are going? Doesn't it interest you to understand the religion of your supposed savior? He was a Rabbi after all.