If jesus did away with old testament laws, why is the OT in the christian bible at all?

Question

Is it simply there for you guys to cherry pick from

Why is it that homosexuality is still a sin as are many things drawn from the OT, but blended fibers, shellfish and pork are all okay now?

Art I have read the NT, as well as studied it's historicity. So for a pastor that is the best you can do?

Answer 1

a very good question, it should not be...
homosexuality can NOT be a sin unless we accept god has made a mistake. About 3-5% of mammals are gay. That is a fact. There was a very interesting study made in post-war Germany. Mothers who were under tremendous stress while pregnant had children of which 48% were gay...
Sin is nothing more than mistake god has made, how can it be otherwise ?
I do not think god is petty and small enough to be angered at what we are...
now watch me get killed over my answer...

words of Salim the Hermit:

"world is like a huge bridge, cross it but do not build your home on it. One who has hope for a single meaningful moment in life shall have hope for eternity. Th eworld exists for just such one moment. When you find it, spend it nobly and with the infinite in your heart. The rest is unknowable"

It is said god has forgiven us all of our sins long ago, with the exception of one, and that one is not being ourselves...

EDIT: I need more thumbs down, you are disappointing me, please try harder...

Answer 2

If you read in the NT that Jesus began a new covenant but you'd never checked out the OT, you would want to know what the old covenant was that had been replaced, and why. So you'd have to study the OT. Depending on how you respond to the civil Christian answers you are getting to this first Q, I'll either look out for your next 399, with a view to answering, or ignore every Q you ask hereafter. It's not flack from evangelists you need to be worried about, by the way.

Answer 3

First of all, Jesus fulfilled the law. He didn't just throw it out. Secondly, homosexuality is also addressed in the New Testament in the Romans 1:26 - 27, 1Cor 6:9 and 1Tim 1:10. And foods are no longer considered unclean because Jesus said, "Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man." Matthew 5:17 - 18

Answer 4

There are still valuable lessons we can learn from the OT, such as Job's story, and how life went for the children of Israel when they did/didn't obey God. THere are still several unfulfilled prophecies, and it was crucial that the world know that the Jewish people would be returning to "their" land so no one got too attached to it (regrettably, the warning wasn't heeded). Homosexuality isn't the only thing that's still a sin, some other examples are pre-marital heterosexuality, lying and hatred. Despite the fact that certain foods/clothes may now be worn, sacrifices are no longer needed, etc.

Answer 5

OMG!

(sigh*)

The Old Testament told of many things. Homosexuality in the Bible would be like talking about upholstery in a Chilton guide. It's there, but not much of it. It's judged, but not dwelt upon. Those who dwell upon it are taught that by bad preachers.

All sin is condemned in the Bible. We are all automatically condemned. We have no hope. Our nature itself is enough for God to kill us all. Homosexual or not. We basically suck in God's eyes, all of us - even the straight ones.

But then, God provided hope. He did that through Christ. That's why Jesus is the only way to have peace with God.

So as the pro homosexual and the against homosexual debate continues, the real important thing is left in the dust; How to be saved.

I'm pretty sick of all this fruitless debating. And I blame my fellow Christians and their pastors for most of it. They have become the voice of Satan, without desire to return to preach the Gospel so that they can continue their singling out of one specific sin.

Answer 6

Christ did away with the MOSAIC Covenant but he said to still keep in mind the 10 Commandments, since they were so, well - commen sense. The can be split into major categories such as: Gods, people, & the 'the shall nots'.

Such as, 1) have no other Gods, worship no other gods, make no other gods, 2) don't desire your neighbors wife (or husband), don't want whats someone elses', etc., 3) thou shall not murder, thou shall not steal, etc.

The fact is men LOVING men is not a sin. Its the Physical act that is frowned upon, not because its -wrong- but because it usually leads to sexual addiction (it did for me for a while *was a hoot!*) or something else. However, I don't have a problem reconciling homosexuality to Christianity since WWJD? In 33.5 years Christ never uttered a WORD against it, and I'm so sorry, but HE'S the Boss.

Answer 7

Actually, Jesus said himself " I didn't come to destroy(or change) the law but add to them. Also, when it pertains to what to eat, Jesus said it isn't what a man eats that defiles him it it what comes out of his mouth. For out of the mouth comes the abundance of the heart speaks. Some of the old laws were covenants between God and the Jews, so since most Christian are gentiles we are not held to a covenant made between God and the Jews. And homosexuality is labeled as a sin in the N.T as well, read both Corinthians. You know you should really read the bible and find out what it says about things before you try to attack it.

Answer 8

The Old Testament points forward to Christ. The OT and the NT shed light on each other. The NT book of Hebrews is best understood in the light of the OT sacrifices, priesthood, etc.

Answer 9

Mankind started out as a wild animal. The OT was stage one of a program to tame us. It's important background information. Blended fibers, shellfish, and pork are not threatening to society. Homosexuality has the potential to extinguish humanity. Theoretically. Personally, I see it as just one more sin, just like mine.

Answer 10

This question comes up all of the time. Does anyone even read these responses? The answer is straightforward and easy to understand.

To make a long answer short, the OT provides background for the NT. The NT doesn’t make much sense unless you have the history of the OT. The OT also serves as a contrast to the NT(as in, aren’t we lucky that God is gracious enough to cut us a break by reducing the number of laws that we have to obey?).

The most important function of the OT is to provide definitions of terms. For example, when Jesus says that we no longer need to keep "kosher" under the NT, but we still need to avoid “sexual immorality”, it helps to have a definition of both of these terms. Since Jesus was a Jew, speaking to other Jews, it stands to reason that the definitions of these terms are found in the Jewish scriptures.

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Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' "

After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. "Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")

He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' "

~Mark 7: 14-23

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Answer 11

Jesus DID NOT get rid of the OT laws!!!

He was born a Jew and he lived his life as a practising Jew; and he died a Jew when the Romans murdered him.

Jesus adhered to the Jewish faith and any suggestions he made or changes he advocated would merely have resulted in a different strand of Judaism - we have quite a few!

Jesus would not have eaten pork or certain types of fish; he would never have eaten milk and meat at the same time and he would have eaten only kosher meat.