CHRISTAINS... PLEASE help me understand?

Question

what ever happened to the old testament. like, dont work on the sabath, dont eat milk and meat, ect. its clearly writen in the old testament, its imposible to logically interpet it a different way.

i have heard an explanation that jesus and the church decided it is either irrelevant, unimportant now, or too connected to judeism. but that makes no sense why would god make a commandment, then uh decide you know what just read it and never follow it. how can someone claim to follow the old testement but never follow it. its a hypycritical concept

i am not bashing christianity just trying to understand. you are taking the word of Jesus and Paul, over god himslef?

"Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
doesnt that mean you have to follow them all, including the sabath, and others???

jeff a- corection there are not thousands of laws, there is 613 exactly. but uh nice doing our research. 2nd if its not menat for christians then why do u read it. and if god made a covenant with anyone, wouldnt you agree that is the true religion?

Answer 1

Jesus fulfilled the law .
Jesus did not destroy the law.
The law shows man his need for God.
Man is not perfect but God is perfect and God did pay the penalty man incurred through the law.

Haven't you read the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath?



We keep the Sabbath as a sign of the day of the Lord the seventh day the day we enter God's rest.
His kingdom has come spiritually and will come physically in the Millennium.

Jesus did not destroy the law.
The law shows man his need for God.
Man is not perfect but God is perfect and God did pay the penalty man incurred through the law.

Haven't you read the Sabbath was made for man not man for the Sabbath?

There are meanings to the shadows ...These clean and unclean laws and holy days have meanings and are fulfilled through Christ,

Answer 2

Briefly: Jesus legally met the Father's requirement of the law to pay for sins with a perfect sacrifice which was himself. Since Jesus fulfilled the Law which was under an old covenant Jesus established a new covenant , the New Testament which is all explained in the book of Hebrews.

Here is a guideline to follow: The New Testament has precedent over the Old Testament on whatever matters it talks about. For example all foods are declared clean in Acts so it is not required to follow the dietary rules of the O.T. although it is still more healthier to do so. Marriage has not changed in The N.T. so the O.T. rules on marriage still apply. the Sabbath is the only one of the 10 commandments that Jesus did not repeat for others to keep but one should still get one day out of the week as a day of rest if it is not on a Saturday or Sunday. Every believer is a priest before God so we do not need a special priesthood as in the O.T.. Our Bodies are the temple of the holy spirit so we no not need a physical Temple to worship God in as in the days of King Solomon.

Answer 3

SOME FOOD RULES OR LAWS WAS FOR SAFETY IN THE WILDERNESS

At 2007 after Christ, the bible has been in circulation 396 years, things are
different for us [ THE WORLD ], than for those in Exodus 3560 to 3520 years ago. We are taught the laws of our land, law breakers are punished.

Under the laws of the [ our home ], land, the food is processed to be safe.

Matt.22:37-40 [ the 1st & great commandment has all the law hanging on it ]; how can a law be broken if this is kept, Rom.13:8-10; the sabbath had much to do with farming and harvesting and proper care of the land, so in our day and time this is handled. Some religions observe Saturday and some Sunday as a rest day and most use it as a church day

Answer 4

First, let's break it all down. The 10 commandments are just as much alive today as they were when God gave them to Moses. You mention specifically not working on the Sabbath. Since God created us, He knows our limits and knows that we need rest. Has that requirement gone away? No. Should christians keep the sabbath as a day of worship and rest? Yes. Do christians sometimes take jobs that require them to work on the Sabbath? Yes. Should they? No. Can they always avoid it? No.
Some laws in the Old Testament were dietary in nature because man had not yet learned good health and sanitation practices. Think about it. If you didn't know any better, would you eat fish or shellfish that you gathered from the same lake or ocean where you let sheep and cattle walk through? Probably until you made the connection that the reoccuring illnesses you were having were connected to the dirty water that your dinner came out of. God created us to make choices, to think and to learn. As practices improved, the variety and type of foods deemed safe to eat grew. Another example of practices called for in the Old Testament - burnt offerings. These types of offerings were offered to God for repentance. The concept was for a person to take the best that they had (sheep, goat, calf, etc) slaughter it and burn it. The blood of the animal was a substitute for person asking God's forgiveness. Slaughtering the best that was a demonstration to God of the person's committment, trust and belief that God would accept the offering as atonement for sin.
When God sent his son Jesus to live on earth, God established a new convenant with his children. Jesus, God's best, would die on a cross and through his blood, believers would be saved. All we are called to do, is to believe that Christ died for us, accept Him as our
Savior, and then live here on earth as examples of God's love for us as demonstrated through the sacrifice of His son Jesus.

Answer 5

Jesus came to release us from the Law that Jews at that time proved they could not follow. Surely you don't think that the Old Testament is irrelevant? For those whom do not know their history are doomed to repeat it. The Old Testament is filled with prophetic truths that were spoken over 2,000 years ago that are happening in our lifetime. No part of God's Word is irrelevant. But when Jesus died for our sins, we were freed from the Old covenant ( Law ) and by His death ushered in the New Covenant, which is Grace/Mercy.

Answer 6

Whenever someone asks about the role of the Old Testament in Christianity, I think of the parable of the adulterous woman. The elders brought a woman caught in adultery to Jesus and asked her if they should stone her to death as the Old Testament demanded. Christ responded by saying that whoever is without sin should cast the first stone. One by one the elders went away until it was only Christ and the woman standing there. Christ said he did not condemn her, but warned her not to sin anymore. He upheld the teaching that adultery is a sin, but he elevated the Law of Love to a higher position than the Law of the Old Testament. God is just, but he is also merciful. Christ did not condone the woman's sin, but he forgave it and told her not to sin anymore. The Law defines sin, Christ gives us the power to avoid it and be healed from it.

Answer 7

The laws of the OT were written by God to show us what sin is and to show us that we are not able to follow His laws perfectly.

In the New Testament, Jesus fulfilled the law. That is to say He never sinned or never disobeyed the laws that God told us are necessary for righteousness.

This is why Jesus qualifies to be our sacrifice for our sins. Only Jesus fulfills Gods requirements.

God tells us that if we accept Jesus as our Lord and our Savior and turn away from sin, then, Jesus' death takes the place of our punishment for our sins. He becomes our sacrifice.

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Jesus did not become a sinner on the cross, Jesus became sin for us.

P.S. Jesus is God.

"For unto us A CHILD IS BORN, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, The Prince of Peace."
--Isaiah 9:6

Answer 8

Paul came along and told everyone to discard it. Jesus was an observant Jew who warned everyone to follow the OT, but most Christians follow Paul instead.

Matthew 5:17-20
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."

Jesus' fulfillment of the Law applies particularly to the sacrificial system. The requirement of sacrifice in order for sins to be forgiven is still in effect, but the requirement has been fulfilled by Jesus' death. Since the sacrifices described in the Law no longer have to be carried out, people might think that the Law itself has been abolished (e.g. sacrifice was once required for forgiveness, but is no longer a requirement), but Jesus explains that he is meeting the requirement, not removing it. Or rather, the need for us today to meet the sacrificial and ceremonial obligations of the Law is abolished, but not the need for those obligations to have been fulfilled in Jesus.

Edit: Yes, it means they have to follow all of the Laws, but they don't.

Answer 9

Ernesto is absolutely correct. The Old Testament laws were no longer needed with the gift of Jesus our Savior.

Answer 10

Good question. The Old Testament was a covenant between God and the Jewish people. Christians have never been obligated or encouraged to attempt to follow all the rules in the Old Testament. There are thousands of laws and commandments in it and it shows us that none of us is perfect enough to please God on our own merit. That is why God provided us a Savior.