I have been reading Christian advice in the forums. Most of them are so generic that anyone who are not even beliver can give. If it is not so offensive advice it will be accepted expecailly for churches and forum owners. It is better not to ask any other Christains for advice if you really want biblical advice. By reading the New Testament, you will get what you really have to do. Many times when you think something is wrong with their advice and question them, they will tell you you are not teachable or just don't want to accept what you have to do. We reap what we sow: If we are not seeking being godly by not committing to the Lord, we will get ill advice from other harfhearted leaders.
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Old testaments is mostly for knowledge and New Testament is more like practical usage of our daily lives. It is clearly and simply stated and explained, unlike OT.thanks:)
I'd have to disagree, you can't just cast off one. You need 'em both because they compliment each other.
If I have to choose which one I have to have I would choose NT over OT. NT is much useful and practical for beginners and even without OT we can be disciples and good witnesses as His servants by following it.thanks:)
But you don't have to choose, that's not a concern. I have to say, if you don't know the old then it becomes difficult to discern the new. Phrases such as "Thou shalt not..." gets about as simple as you can get.
(Faithful1;8364)
If I have to choose which one I have to have I would choose NT over OT. NT is much useful and practical for beginners and even without OT we can be disciples and good witnesses as His servants by following it.thanks:)
If you don't understand the beginning OT you will never understand the End.The great thing is we don't have to choose we have both.
If I have to choose which one I have to have I would choose NT over OT. NT is much useful and practical for beginners and even without OT we can be disciples and good witnesses as His servants by following it.thanks:)
If you don't understand the beginning OT you will never understand the End.The great thing is we don't have to choose we have both.
(kriss;8384)
If you don't understand the beginning OT you will never understand the End.The great thing is we don't have to choose we have both.
I guess I am talking from evangelist's point of view. There are so many confusions in the Cristian community, and Jesus' teachings are not treated with respect. His teachings are not being followed as much as they should. Beginners have to to know how to get daily guidelines, and the New Testament is a simple solution. When I was reading the OT I was not getting much out of it but after I started reading the NT, I started being an efficient servant.I am not saying OT is not important. Please don't make such big deal out of it.
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If you don't understand the beginning OT you will never understand the End.The great thing is we don't have to choose we have both.
I guess I am talking from evangelist's point of view. There are so many confusions in the Cristian community, and Jesus' teachings are not treated with respect. His teachings are not being followed as much as they should. Beginners have to to know how to get daily guidelines, and the New Testament is a simple solution. When I was reading the OT I was not getting much out of it but after I started reading the NT, I started being an efficient servant.I am not saying OT is not important. Please don't make such big deal out of it.
Faithful 1I, as many spent years not really understanding the Bible and you are right the new testament is easier to understand and is supposed to be used by evangelist's to bring people to God. However this is called the milk of Gods word and is only a starting point. To get into the meat of Gods word you need to understand the Old testament as well. The reason being that the milk will not sustain you by itself, In the same way milk will not sustain a baby into adult hood. The old Test. is the key to meat of the New Test.So many churches today just teach the milk that causes much confusion in christianity today. I only make a big deal out of it because I know from experience that until you understand the O.T. the meat in the N.T. remains obscure and confusing.
I read the New Testament first, and without doing so, I doubt I would make it through the Old Testament. But, having read the New Testament, I am now reading the Old Testament and I am very interested in it. I also find that I am interested in the History of Christianity, and have since began to take a course with some fellow church members and a Pastor, we are going through a book called Portable Seminary. Both books,OT and NT are important, they show you where we have come, how we have gone beyond God's jealous, often violent method of handling things, to a forgiven Grace filled Life due to Christ Jesus being the ultimate Sacrifice and taking all of our sins onto him on the Cross. In the OT, people were required to sacrifice animals and jump through hoops to stay in God's good Graces. All of the Bible is the actual Word of God, breathed through his chosen people, and recorded for us to read, over the course of thousdands of years. It is amazing to me.
(kriss;8399)
Faithful 1I, as many spent years not really understanding the Bible and you are right the new testament is easier to understand and is supposed to be used by evangelist's to bring people to God. However this is called the milk of Gods word and is only a starting point. To get into the meat of Gods word you need to understand the Old testament as well. The reason being that the milk will not sustain you by itself, In the same way milk will not sustain a baby into adult hood. The old Test. is the key to meat of the New Test.So many churches today just teach the milk that causes much confusion in christianity today. I only make a big deal out of it because I know from experience that until you understand the O.T. the meat in the N.T. remains obscure and confusing.
I believe there are so many confusions in the churches because the churches are not really teaching their people what it takes to follow Jesus. The NT is showing us how to be His disicples cleary and simply.The OT is meat of Christianity but the way I see it the most of the churches don't know what it takes to be Jesus' followers.
Faithful 1I, as many spent years not really understanding the Bible and you are right the new testament is easier to understand and is supposed to be used by evangelist's to bring people to God. However this is called the milk of Gods word and is only a starting point. To get into the meat of Gods word you need to understand the Old testament as well. The reason being that the milk will not sustain you by itself, In the same way milk will not sustain a baby into adult hood. The old Test. is the key to meat of the New Test.So many churches today just teach the milk that causes much confusion in christianity today. I only make a big deal out of it because I know from experience that until you understand the O.T. the meat in the N.T. remains obscure and confusing.
I believe there are so many confusions in the churches because the churches are not really teaching their people what it takes to follow Jesus. The NT is showing us how to be His disicples cleary and simply.The OT is meat of Christianity but the way I see it the most of the churches don't know what it takes to be Jesus' followers.
We are getting way off the topic
All I meant was that if we have problems we can find the solutions from the New Testament. There is solution to everything in the NT. It is much easier than going through OT.
All I meant was that if we have problems we can find the solutions from the New Testament. There is solution to everything in the NT. It is much easier than going through OT.You wanted to know the healthiset way to eat? or you wanted to undertand the hebreisms scattered throughout the new testament?, or you wanted to keep the commandments to show Jesus you loved Him? or you wanted to tell some cool stories about a teen kid using slingshot to kill a giant ?or about a guy who didn't cut his hair or a girl who used her beauty to save her whole nation or about a sneaky woman who fed a general buttmilk , then drove a tent spike through his head? or a woman who led an army and another who was the head of the Bible college.or the man whos family disowned him because he was born on the wrong side of the blanket, but who became the leader of the family and the whole country, but lost the thing he loved the most his daughter by a foolish vow? Or you wanted to know why the queen of England had that Rock under her chair? You guys are crazy to miss out on the good stuff in the Original Covenant , beside what do you think Jesus was talking about?
(betchevy;8415)
You wanted to know the healthiset way to eat? or you wanted to undertand the hebreisms scattered throughout the new testament?, or you wanted to keep the commandments to show Jesus you loved Him? or you wanted to tell some cool stories about a teen kid using slingshot to kill a giant ?or about a guy who didn't cut his hair or a girl who used her beauty to save her whole nation or about a sneaky woman who fed a general buttmilk , then drove a tent spike through his head? or a woman who led an army and another who was the head of the Bible college.or the man whos family disowned him because he was born on the wrong side of the blanket, but who became the leader of the family and the whole country, but lost the thing he loved the most his daughter by a foolish vow? Or you wanted to know why the queen of England had that Rock under her chair? You guys are crazy to miss out on the good stuff in the Original Covenant , beside what do you think Jesus was talking about?
Bet, My OP is merely talking about Christains' advice about daily lives. If we know very well about the NT, we don't even have to ask anyone. It is far better to not to relying on someone else for our own problems. All the solutions are in the NT. We don't have to look into OT to find the solutions about daily lives.I am sorry about my poor OP.
You wanted to know the healthiset way to eat? or you wanted to undertand the hebreisms scattered throughout the new testament?, or you wanted to keep the commandments to show Jesus you loved Him? or you wanted to tell some cool stories about a teen kid using slingshot to kill a giant ?or about a guy who didn't cut his hair or a girl who used her beauty to save her whole nation or about a sneaky woman who fed a general buttmilk , then drove a tent spike through his head? or a woman who led an army and another who was the head of the Bible college.or the man whos family disowned him because he was born on the wrong side of the blanket, but who became the leader of the family and the whole country, but lost the thing he loved the most his daughter by a foolish vow? Or you wanted to know why the queen of England had that Rock under her chair? You guys are crazy to miss out on the good stuff in the Original Covenant , beside what do you think Jesus was talking about?
Bet, My OP is merely talking about Christains' advice about daily lives. If we know very well about the NT, we don't even have to ask anyone. It is far better to not to relying on someone else for our own problems. All the solutions are in the NT. We don't have to look into OT to find the solutions about daily lives.I am sorry about my poor OP.
There are only seven NT epistles, books, letters,or whatever you want to call them, which do not quote the OT. This means that throughout the NT, the OT is quoted extensively. Israel was not asked to learn some new thing. There was no new thing introduced during the record of the Acts, instead, we find the OT is extensively quoted, reinforcing what they already should have known that it was, at that time, NOW that they as Israelites were to obtain unto 'the times of refreshing'. That gentiles would be used to provoke Israel to emulation was never a secret, that gentiles were to be blessed and witness for Israel was never a secret. There was no secret that Israel was to obtain during the Gospels, nor the Acts, so if we want to understand the outworking of God, and the administrations of God, we should want to know that this was no new instruction being given to Israel during the Acts, that gentiles were supposed to hear the word of truth without becoming an Israelite. And, in the NT, they were experiencing that which was foretold of THEM. The OT reveals that their choice could have gone either way, but that they would likely fulfill the most dreadful of all prophecy, namely Isa. 6:8-10; Hos. 3; &c.But, something happened. And the OT could no longer be quoted. And if we want to know what it was, and what is different, we should acknowledge that the Book mentions many other books that the Lord did not decide to include. Therefore, we have what the Lord DID intend for us to have, and this includes letters written 'at sundry times' (different times) to the children of God - in which there were different instructions depending upon which administration of God obtained.What is truth for today? Is it that the Lord came not but for the lost sheep of the house of Israel? Or was further truth unfolded after such and such a thing had happened, and what happened?
