Where in the Bible does it say not to abide by the old Testament anymore?

Question

In the old Testament it says women should not cut their hair, wear jewelry, talk in church, etc. I am a Christian and studying the Bible with a wonderful friends help. She told me that after Jesus was born we no longer go by the Old Testament, but I cannot find that in the Bible. Will someone please clear this up for me?

Answer 1

The word of God does not pass away. Jesus did fulfill the law.
When you say you are a Christian, What does that mean?
The true meaning of that means we have realized our need for God understanding we are not perfect and could not follow the law righteously and are therefore condemned by the law our salvation is in faith in the atonement and resurrection of Jesus Christ who came to the world to overcome temptation and remain perfect and pay the penalty of death for us.In the atonement the law is fulfilled and we by faith are changed to God's righteousness. It is by faith we say we are saved and are made new. We have not literaly died and be changed but we by faith can claim this promise knowing the work that has begun will be completed. we are still in this sinful world ion our flesh and still deal with sin and death. Christ has overcome sin and death for us and it is by faith we claim his resurrection. Those who accept the atonement have by fauith been changed to God's righteouness in agreement with his laws..We have this by faith and still have temptations of the flesh, Those who are changed by faith will not follow sin but live according to God's righteousness as previously stated we are not perfected yet as were are still in this world and have not passed to the next so are still subject to sin but will not live according to the flesh and serve sin. We will not be perfect untill we are changed literaly but we will not become servants of sin.

Answer 2

The key to understanding this issue is knowing that the Old Testament law was given to the nation of Israel, not to Christians. Some of the laws were to make the Israelites know how to obey and please God (the Ten Commandments for example), some of them were to show them how to worship God (the sacrificial system), some of them were to simply make the Israelites different from other nations (the food and clothing rules). None of the Old Testament law applies to us today. When Jesus died on the cross, He put an end to the Old Testament law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:15).



In place of the Old Testament law, we are under the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2) which is to, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matthew 22:37-40). If we do these two things, we will be fulfilling all that Christ wants for us to do, “This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3). Technically, the Ten Commandments are not even applicable to Christians. However, 9 of the Ten Commandments are repeated in the New Testament (all except the command to observe the Sabbath day). Obviously, if we are loving God we won't be worshipping other gods or worshipping idols. If we are loving our neighbors, we won't be murdering them, lying to them, committing adultery against them, or coveting what belongs to them. So, we are not under any of the requirements of the Old Testament law. We are to love God and love our neighbors. If we do those two things faithfully, everything else will fall into place.

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Answer 3

The entire Bible has survived many attempts to destroy it over the years, including many efforts to change it. (i.e. the Readers Digest Bible) However, despite these endeavors, scholars have been able to supply the world with the Word of God as it was originally written, but, in languages that make it easy for us to understand. Since God saw fit to preserve the whole Bible through the years, doesn't it make sense that He would want us to use it as is? Many of the laws and commandments in the Hebrew(Old Testament) Scriptures were done away with when Jesus came to earth and was sacrificed, nevertheless, everything that happened to Jesus, from his birth to his death, was prophesied in the Hebrew Scriptures, along with many other valuable prophecies. These include events that were fortold to happen in our day too! So, the entire Bible has value, not just part of it.

Answer 4

Matthew 5:17 says "Don't ever think that I (Jesus) came to set aside Moses' teachings or the Prophets. I didn't come to set them aside but to make them come true." That doesn't mean we have to follow every Old Testament law to the letter. That's what the Pharisees insisted on. Jesus was more concerned with how we showed our love for God and each other. It's a matter of priorities.

Answer 5

In the matter of whether the Law of Moses was done away with by Christ, confusion results from failing to distinguish several things.

1. There is a cunfusion of time. During His life time, Jesus always kept the Law of Moses Himself, including ordering others to offer sacrifices through the Jewish priests ( Matt 8:4 ), attending Jewish festivals ( John 7:10 ), and eating the passover lamb ( Matt 26:19 ). He did on occasion violate pharasical and false traditions that had grown up around the Law ( Matt 5:43-44), chiding them, " You have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition" ( Matt 15:6 ). The verses that indicate the law has been fulfilled refer to AFTER the cross when there is " Neither Jew nor Greek...for you are all on in Christ Jesus" ( Gal 3:28 ).

2. There is a confusion of aspect. At some of the references (If not all ) to the Law eing done away with in the NT are speaking of OT ceremonies and types. These ceremonial and typological aspects of the OT :Law of Moses were clearly done away with when Jesus, our passover lamb ( 1 Cor 5:7 ), fulfilled the Law's types and predictions abot His first coming ( Heb 7-9 ). In this sense, Jesus clearly did away with the ceremonial and typological aspects of the Law, not by destroying the Law, but fulfilling it.

3. There are confusion about concept. Even when the moral dimensions of te law are discussed, there is a confusion. For example. dimensions of the law are discussed, there is a confusion. For example, not only did Jesus fulfill the moral demands of the Law for us ( Rom ( 8:2-3 ), but the national and theorcratic context in which God's moral principles were expressed in the OT no longer apply to Christians today. For example, we are not under the commands as Moses expressed them for Israel, since, when expressed for them in the 10 Commandments, it had as its reward that the Jews would live "long upon the land (of Palestine) which the Lord your God is giving you ( Israelities)" ( EX 20:12 ).

When the moral principle expressed in ths OT commandment is stated in the NT, it is expressed in a different context, namely one that is not national or theocratic, but personal and universal. For all persons who honor their parents, Paul declares that they will " live long on the earth" ( Eph 6:3 ). Likewise, Christians are no longer under the commandmet of Moses to worship on Saturday ( Ex 20:8-10 ), for sine the Resurrection, appearances, and Ascension (all of which occured on Sunday ), Christians worship on Sunday instead ( Acts 20:7, 1 Cor 16:2 ). Sabbath worship, declared Paul, was only an OT "shadow" of the real substance which was inaugurated by Christ ( 1 Cor 2:16-17 ). Since even 10 Commandments as such were expressed in a national Jewish, theocratic framework, the NT can speak correctly about that which was "engraved on stones" being" taken away in Christ" ( 2 Cor 3:7,13-14 )

However, this does not mean that the moral principles embodied in the 10 Commandments, that reflect the very nature of an unchanging God, are not still binding on believers today. Indeed, every one of these principles contained in the 10 Commandments is restated in another context in the NT, except of course the command to rest and worship on Sunday. : )

Answer 6

We don't not go by the OT, but rather a new covenant was made.
Jesus fulfilled all of the old laws, and made things like women should not cut their hair, wear jewelry, talk in church, and sacrifices unnecessary.
Jesus made the old law unnecessary.
The OT law was put in place to show us our sin.
The NT law was one to bring us closer to Christ. This NT covenant was one of the heart, more than actions.

Answer 7

Look in Acts.

Answer 8

This stupid to most people but it always works for me. Go to God and let Him reveal it to you.