Why a bible?

Question

If Jesus only taught the Old testimate as some have said their would be no need for a Bible you would only need The torah

Its funny the only people who said this have not answered.

Answer 1

Who has actually said that? No one who has actually read anything with intelligence.

Answer 2

i'll try and be as unbiased as possible, atleast for as long as i can....

first off, there is more support historically than for any other book in recorded history. this website shows this more in depth-it mainly talks about a book called "the case for christ", which is actually what convinced me of how much of it can be proved historically.

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jeff_lowder/strobel.html


true, Jesus did only teach the old testiment. however, the torah and the bible are for different religions and different followings. Christianity is based on the idea that Jesus was the messiah, so therefore it would make sense to continue writing what happens for him and his followers after he comes, right? a change occured once Jesus came (and also after he died and resurrected), causing there to be new excitement and hope for people.

humanity changes and evolves- that is the main difference between humans and other animals. without these changes, we would never have become the complex civilization we are today.

these changes are recorded so that future generations can learn from the successes and mistakes of those before them. in other words, Christians have the new testiment for the same reason the average schoolchild has a history book.

lastly, there is also information that is in the new testiment and not in the old, the primary example being the book of Revelations-it tells of the second coming of Jesus. the books before it are in place to guide his followers before this happens.

Answer 3

Except that He explained some things which needed further expounding. He also showed the differences in Moses' commands which may have been necessary for the time and place, but were not of God's best - such as when Jesus addressed the idea of divorce, showing that Moses made a call based on the people whom he was dealing with, but that call was not God's best for them, just something which had to be done due the hard hearts of those people.

There was nothing really new, but Jesus did bring something new in that He explained a lot of things which people did not know about concerning the Law and the Prophets.

Answer 4

Jesus didn't only teach the old testament, he lived during the New Testament and his apostles experiences need recording hence the new testament. The old testament points towards the messiah coming and the New testament fulfilled all the prophesies, without exception. Jesus was the last sacrifice, the old testament required physical sacrifices.
The old testament points to the coming of a suffering servant (still king) but the new testament points to a conquering king - fulfilling all of scripture in the end times. For great teachings go to Ligoniers Ministries online. RC Sproul, excellent bible teacher.

Answer 5

The Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) are made up of more than the pentateuch ... the first five books Genesis-Deutoronomy). The remainder are mostly prophetic books pointing to the time of the arrival and the identity of the Messiah, as well as prophecies that point to our day.

The Greek Scriptures (New Testament) are a history of Christ's activities and an accounting how he fulfilled those prophecies. They also are a history of the activities of the early Christian congregation and contain counsel that we today can find of practical value.

Answer 6

We can use other sources than the bible but the problem comes when these sources make claims that go against the bible.

the bible is God inspired or God breathed in the greek. We must beware.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

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

Answer 7

Very good, I like that. Only the people with the New Testament tell you that Jesus was the Messiah therefore the Old Testament has been "fulfilled" so it is supplanted by the New Testament. Its not irrelevant, its just supplanted. I always find it amusing that Jews usually take a realistic view of the OT--they do not for example lock their menstruating females outside the city gates (wherever those might be), but it is fundamentalist Christians who take SELECTED parts of the OT so seriously. No homosexuality, but they won't sacrifice bulls on the altars of their churches, either. Hypocrites. Lightweights. No depth at all, just fluff and slogans.

Answer 8

--- The Jews had the Torah
--- Jesus put a new spin on it
--- His followers wrote about his new ideas
--- Later followers collected them together
--- It was that simple

Personally I have no need for either the Old or the New Testaments, but that's me. other people might quite like them.

Answer 9

True, but His apostles needed to spread the word in the New testatment....but in the Jewish Religion...it seems that the Torah is like the OLd testament..so keep both!!

Answer 10

Yes Elliaa, Jim is right. Christians follow the teachings of Christ, so that would all be new testament which contains a lot of other teachings from different prophets plus some wacky auxiliary stuff.

Answer 11

I think someone needs to hit you over the head with a 3rd Edition New Standard Plain English King James Revised Bible. Maybe that would knock some sense into you.