Do the laws of the OT matter?

should they be followed?

The Law of the OT contains many punishments. such as for murder and adultery. are these to be followed also?

TheStudent wrote:

aliyah, why are you so quick to criticise islam? how will this benefit you in practising and understanding your faith?
if you wish to talk about the Laws of the Quran than i will be happy to in another thread.

what i would like to know is, how far do you go in following these laws? where is the cut-off point? are the laws in the NT clear cut as in the OT? and did Jesus follow the OT laws or not? or did he just teach their correct application?

TheStudent wrote:

ailya,
when you want to actually comment on the subject, please do .otherwise lets start another thread.

in the words of jesus and muhammed, peace be upon you.

are you sure?

Bible: Genesis 2:7 “And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.�

Bible: Job 32:8 “But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.�

is this 'holy spirit' not just the spiritual essence that gives man life?

See Jesus became the law of the Spirit of life in romans 8:2, freeing us from the law of sin and death (exodus 29:14, Deut 17:6) this eliminates the penaltys by death in the law

Hebrews 10:14, For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified, He is our sacrifice that remits our sins and makes us whole, Heb 10:1-6 the blood of bulls and goats could not sustain, because those sacrifices were offered year by year, but by Christ they are not needed, because he is our sacrifce that cleansed us.

the 10 commandments we must follow because they are that which was righteous of the law (romans 8:2) and ill add the law for eating certain food was eliminated during the GRACE DISPENSATION (Eph 3:2) Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect od an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days, (romans 14:2&3) so those that were once alienated from God (Eph 2:12) could now be as the jew because the wall of partition that was between them was broken down (Eph 2:14) and that the gentiles should be fellow heirs and and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel (Eph 3:6)in this dispensation of time the gentile was to live with grace by faith.

now with that being said, lets move on....we are now in the dispensation of the fulness of time (Eph 1:10) in this era of time God is gathering together in one all things in Christ. Which deals with REFORMATON > The change from LAW to GRACE ("Hebrews 9:10) a time when the church was reformed by GOD from the DISPENSATION OF LAW, (GIVEN TO THE JEW TIMELINE WISE 1,718 YEARS BY REVELATION) to the DISPENSATION OF GRACE (GIVEN TO THE GENTILES TIMELINE WISE 1,959 YEARS BY REVELATION) So from the Grace dispensation we are now in the DISPENSATION OF THE FULNESS OF TIME ( a time when the things are being restored or in restitution ACTS 3:21) God is gathering both jew and gentile into (Eph 4:5) one lord one faith one baptism, and bringing us into the unity of the faith (Eph 4:13) Combing both law( the 10 commandments) and testimony (the holy ghost) into one faith fulfilling Isaiah 8:16&20: BInd up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples 20) tothe law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word there is no light in them.

this goes into keeping the SABBATH DAY. WE MUST DO IT and DO IT HOLY the 10 commandments say so (Exodus 20:8,Hebrews 4:7) once again the Sabbath holds a 3 fold fulfillment from LAW to GRACE to FULNESS OF TIMES. Sabbath during the grace era was looked upon as a SHADOW OF THING S TO COME (col 2:16&17) because during the grace era it was righteousness by faith without LAW. (Romans 3:21-22) many people say well sunday is our Sabbath ---not so---(4:8-10, Hebrews 4:1-4&7)