Why is that some Christians will say try reading the new testament rather than the old?

Question

Well I did Read the New Testament and here are some things I have found:
Pray in secret... do not let men see you pray. (Matthew 6:1-7)
Marrying a divorced woman is adultery (carrying the death penalty). (Matthew 5:32)
Don't plan for the future. (Matthew 6:34)
Don't save money. (Matthew 6:19-20)
Don't become wealthy. (Mark 10:21-25)
Sell everything you have and give it to the poor. (Luke 12:33)
Don't work to obtain food. (John 6:27)
Don't have sexual urges. (Matthew 5:28)
Make people want to persecute you. (Matthew 5:11)
Let everyone know you are better than the rest. (Matthew 5:13-16)
Take money from those who have no savings and give it to rich investors. (Luke 19:23-26)
If someone steals from you, don't try to get it back. (Luke 6:30)
If someone hits you,

I have misquoted nothing, you should look them up and provide answer or responses and since you didn't because you felt it was just easier to say what you did proves you to be a false Christian

Good job Martin, thanks for not insulting me or just ignoring the question. I consider myself a seeker and as such just don't know or deserve to be put down by self righeous folk

Answer 1

then read them both! for god's sake!

Answer 2

You are not getting part of the verse. It takes more than one verse to understand the bible.
Matthew 5:32 says a man can only divorce his wife if she cheats on him ( our slang) and anyone who marries a woman that has cheated comits adultry. But the bible also says the only unforgivable sin is blaspheme against the Holy spirit..
Matthew 6:34 does not say don't plan for the future it. Read the verses before it is telling you to seek first the kingdom of heaven .
Mark 10:21-25 is saying that they cared more for their money than they did the Lord. Money had became their Lord.
Luke 12:33 says almost the same thin except you need to add 34 also.
John 6:27 says that they belived in him because of the loaves he gave on the mount not because of the miracles he had done. You need to add the verses before and after. again he is saying the main thing you need to do is seek the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:13-16 is saying christians should live a life for the world to see to show they belong to the Lord by staying away from evil. The only difference between Christians an nonbelivers is we are forgiven.
I could go on but there is one verse you left out that is very important.
Revelations 22:18-19 if any man shall add unto these things. God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book. and if any man shall take away from the words of this book. God shall take away his part out of the book of life.
There is also another verse that says to teach the Lords word wrong on judgement day it would be better if he were never born.

Answer 3

Pray in secret... do not let men see you pray. (Matthew 6:1-7)

When you pray don't be a hypocrite about it. Don't go around acting like you are some holy religious person by making it a point for others to see you praying.

Marrying a divorced woman is adultery (carrying the death penalty). (Matthew 5:32)

When people make a life long commitment to each other by taking the sacred vow of matrimony before God they can't just throw it away unless one of the people actually breaks the vow by having sex outside of the marriage. The death penalty is an OT law and is not now mandated because the law came by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Don't plan for the future. (Matthew 6:34)

Don't worry about the future. Seek first God's Kingdom and His righteousness and trust that He will be faithful to watch over your life and see that everything goes according to His plan which is far better than any plan that you as a finite human being could come up with on your own.

Don't save money. (Matthew 6:19-20)

Don't forget that you can't take it with you when you die. Remember that money is an indicator of what your true priorities are.

Don't become wealthy. (Mark 10:21-25)

Jesus perceives that a person who thinks that they are obeying all of God's laws really has set up their money as an idol in their heart. When He test the man it becomes apparent that he really cares more about his money than about following Jesus.

Sell everything you have and give it to the poor. (Luke 12:33)

Be generous to poor people because while you can't take anything with you when you die, when you acknowledge God as a faithful steward of the resources that He has put in your control you can send it ahead of you to Heaven.

Don't work to obtain food. (John 6:27)

Trust that God will provide for your needs when you put Him first in your life.

Don't have sexual urges. (Matthew 5:28)

Don't look at a woman to whom you are not married and fantasize about having illicit sex with her.

Make people want to persecute you. (Matthew 5:11)

When people persecute you falsely because you are a Christian be glad since that shows that you are just like the prophets of God who got persecuted by sinners who in the past didn't want to listen to their warnings to repent either.

Let everyone know you are better than the rest. (Matthew 5:13-16)

Don't be shy about telling people about Jesus and witness to them by the good things that you do.

Take money from those who have no savings and give it to rich investors. (Luke 19:23-26)

A parable about how the Lord expects to get a return on the gifts that He has invested in people when He comes back to check up on them to see what they did to further his Kingdom work here on earth in his physical absence.

If someone steals from you, don't try to get it back. (Luke 6:30)

Adam Clarke Commentary

This probably refers to the way in which the tax-gatherers and Roman soldiers used to spoil the people. “When such harpies as these come upon your goods, suffer the injury quietly, leaving yourselves in the hand of God, rather than attempt even to beg off what belongs to you, lest on their part they be provoked to seize or spoil more, and lest you be irritated to sue them at law, which is totally opposite to the spirit and letter of the Gospel; or to speak bad words, or indulge wrong tempers, which would wound the spirit of love and mercy.”

If someone hits you,

Answer 4

Because they say that the OT isn't valid anymore. But apparently it IS valid if they decide to use it to discriminate against someone. No one ever said the Christians are logical.

Answer 5

Sounds like Mark and Mathew were a bunch of idiots...

Answer 6

It seems that they are more ashamed of the old testament. I see that both are as bad as one another...

Answer 7

You must be reading Satan's bible. You have misquoted many of the scriptures here. Just like Satan would do.

Answer 8

Its true. Read the NT.