Bible Question:
Why is it that most religions agree that we are supposed to follow the new testament and to forget about the old, but then I hear the very same people from time to time quoting the same old testament. so do we follow the old and add the new? or do we forget completely about the old. |
Bible Answer: Martha: We are not to forget about the Old Testament. Take a look at how many times the New Testament quotes the Old. Consider how many times our Lord Jesus Christ Himself referred to the Old Testament. We do not follow the rites and rituals of sacrifice and feasts and ceremonial clanliness, because Christ was the fulfillment of the Law for all who believe. However, the Old Testament is useful for Christians for many reasons: 1. The Old Testament reveals God's character as much as the New Testament does. Redemptive history begins with Genesis 3:15, and to ignore the OT is to ignore a great amount of the history of God's work to bring His elect back to Himself. 2. The moral commandments found in the Old Testament are still what should characterize the lives of those who are in Christ Jesus. It is the Holy Spirit who motivates us to love those commandments and who enables us to follow them. 3. "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." --2 Timothy 3:16-17 That includes the Old Testament. Happy thanksgiving! "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." --James 1:17 --Joe! |