A question about Christianity?

Question

Are the rules of Old Testament applicable any more, or did Jesus remove the need for those rules by dieing for our sins and saving us all?

Answer 1

The "important" ones are (oh boy, that's gonna draw fire) - He did not change or dismiss the law, He summed it into the two great commandments - Love the Lord God with all your heart, mind and soul, and the second like it, love your neighbor as yourself. If one does these things, one has fulfilled the intention of all the laws that went before.

As a new shoot to the existing Hebrew faith, Christians included many Gentiles - in fact over time mostly Gentiles. As such they were determined not bound by the arcane Jewish "customs", but those that were deemed essential to what has been said above.

Notice we aren't really into stoning people for this and that, mostly, 'though some would argue that we should be...

Nor do we flinch, mostly, from eating shellfish and all manner of things "detestable to the Lord".

Answer 2

No, the Old Testament law is not for Christians, we are under grace, not law. Jesus forgave us of all our sins (the perfect gift for Christmas)
But right after Jesus Christ died on the cross and we were forgiven, His followers were going through a time of transition, which is seen in the book of Acts and is written about in the rest of the New Testament as non-Jews were welcomed into the faith (which was good cause that includes me)
All in all, God loves us and wants us to come to Him so we should not have to live in our sins or mistakes. All we have to do is believe in Him, confess and commit to follow Him.

Answer 3

All prophecies were fulfilled in the old testament and it is no longer applicable. We are now to follow the new testament. I was taught that by a huge religion I do not care for. Just goes to show that I can learn something from anyone.
peace

Answer 4

God has always been the same and will be the same.(Hebrews 13:8) The laws were not the commandments and many were made by men not God. The commandments were conceived by God and are still good for today, but to the sinner they are there to reveal that he is in sin. To the saved they are there in a new revelation that if we love God and our neighbors we are walking according to God's laws.
When we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord we have entered into a new covenant where we are allowing God to write these laws on our hearts by his Spirit. The old covenant wrote the law on stone tablets and were external and men were not able to keep them written this way, but under the new covenant we are able to keep them since we are given mercy and grace to work them out during our life time.
Hope this helps. God bless.

Answer 5

The Old Testament is filled with types and shadows of the coming messiah. The purpose of the text is to not only reveal the law, but to prophecy the coming of the on who would fulfill it. The law is still making us guilty and it does not disappear, but we are free in Christ to live by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit through the shed blood of Christ, who was obedient to death and fulfilled all of the law's requirements. Christians believe we keep the law not because of a checklist of do's and don'ts, but because Christ did it for us.

The law has 3 uses: civil, ceremonial, moral. The civil law is much of what you read in Leviticus, don't eat shellfish, keep your weights and measures balanced, owe a man so many shekels if you cause his animal to die, etc. The ceremonial law has much to do with the practice of temple Judaism; what the priest's wear, how they perform purifications etc. The 3rd use of the law is the moral aspect, which is why the ten commandments are still binding upon us. While we are not national Israel, the spirit or moral nature of the law is still written on our hearts.

So, the OT is still valid and useful, but it is understood in the light of the NT and the coming of Christ.

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Answer 6

Because the wages of sin is death, someone had to die. Since I cannot die, and yet live, the Almighty came to die for me. He did not come to do away with the law, but to fulfill it. If it could be erased, He need not have died that terrible death. therefore salvation is as always. Take the name of YHVH and follow His rules and be saved. Believers followed Torah for 300 years after the Messiah, until "Christians" outlawed them. The Name of the Savior is YAHOSHUA. He told us there is only one name Acts 4:14. and told us not to use Heathen names Ex 23:13. The Laws still hold, but few obey them. Narrow is the way, and few that find it.

Answer 7

the mosic laws were nailed to the cross with Jesus and done away with. the Ten commandments were sealed inside the ark of the covenantand preserved til this very day. in Matthew 24 it say as it was in the days of noa(noah) old testiment so shall it be until the coming of the son of man (Jesus) new testiment. this means the old testiment except for the mosaic laws is as binding for us today as the new testiment. without the oldtestiment man can not in anyway have a full understanding of the new testiment hence you get the man made religions that 90% of the Christian world consists of. man throght the ages have decided to take God's word and twist it and turn it to fit their lifestyle instead of changing their lifestyle to fit God. and man has seen fit to listen to the man/woman in the pulpit instead of picking up the Bible and reading it. look in most homes when you visit people the Bible has more dust on it than the wotnots do.

Answer 8

the people who wrote the new testament may have hope that would be t he case. God is suppose to know all so he could have written the rules in any chapter so why didn't he she or it.
men have to make corrects to why foreskins and sacrifice the first born would have been important to any god

Answer 9

Which ones? The mosaic laws or the Laws that God wrote on tables of stone with his own finger?

God's Ten Commandments are still binding. All ten of them. There is no place in the Bible where you will find that God's Law is no longer binding.

The difference is that when Jesus came, He taught us the Spirit of the Law. He said, "If you love Me, keep My commandments."

He wrote God's Law on our hearts. He explained how this works with examples like Matthew 5:21-22, which says:

"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment."

He also gave a similar example in Matthew 5:27-28, which says:

"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Jesus came because we can't do it on our own. Our righteousness is like filthy rags. (Isaiah 64:6) This doesn't mean that we don't try, though.

Anyone who tells you that the original law doesn't apply because it is written in our hearts is slightly off course. Would it make sense to you if I said, "You can't be angry with your brother, but you can murder him."? No. Of course not. In the same way, the above philosophy makes no sense.

In James chapter 2, we are taught this:

"...do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,"and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone."

You don't have faith by saying you have faith. You have faith by showing you have faith by obeying God, like Abraham did.

The purpose of the Law, as Paul taught, is to show us what sin is. It is not a bad thing. It helps us to be better people.

The book of Revelation also talks about keeping God's Commandments. Revelation 12 speaks gives the account of when Satan was cast out of heaven to roam the earth. It also speaks of a woman who represents God's true church, His people on earth. Verse 17 says that "the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring—those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus."

True Christians obey the commandments of God, and hold to the testimony of Jesus (which is the Spirit of Prophecy, as you will read in Revelation 19:10).

Remember, Jesus came to fulfill the law, not abolish it.

Answer 10

No... We still need to live by the rules that He has given us.
He died for us so that we had a CHOICE to go to heaven. That doesn't mean we can do anything we want. We still must live by the guidelines that He gave us.