Old testament is useful

[Guest]

O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

Isaiah 25:1

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Psalms 119:174-176

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 1:18

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Deuteronomy 6:4-6

The Word is a treasure from God.

The Word is a gift from God's Beloved Israel.

The Holy Book Is Blood-Paid By The Lamb of God.

These Wonderful Love Letters are delivered to us over the blood and suffering of God's Martyrs starting with Brother Able.

The price paid for God's Holy Writ will continue until the second coming of The LORD.

When He returns back to His Beloved Jerusalem and to His Beloved Israel.

I read with astonishment.

From verse one to verse last, The Book of God speaks of Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah)!

Genesis One - One

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Malachi Four

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Revelation Twenty two - Twenty

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Be Blessed

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Numbers 6:24-27

Hosanna! Hosanna! Hosanna!

Maranatha! Maranatha! Maranatha!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Come Quickly Lord Jesus, Come Quickly!

Love, Your Brother Joe

[nebula]

As I've been reading through this, I was wondering, forgiven, what you are thinking of when you speak of the law of the Old Testament?

The 10 Commandments?

The rules associated with the Israelite/Jewish culture - circumcision, diet, Sabbath, cleanliness, etc?

Legal commands?

Governance commands?

Sacrificial commands?

Personal conduct commands?

Forbidden practices - witchcraft, immoral behavior, etc.?

What exactly?

All of the above.

Really? So a Christian can practice witchcraft? Because now there is no law against it?

I met a girl who was a practicing witch, but she also believed in Jesus. What would you tell her? That you are in agreement with her that she can be both a Christian and a witch - because the Law no longer applies?

[hmh]

As I've been reading through this, I was wondering, forgiven, what you are thinking of when you speak of the law of the Old Testament?

The 10 Commandments?

The rules associated with the Israelite/Jewish culture - circumcision, diet, Sabbath, cleanliness, etc?

Legal commands?

Governance commands?

Sacrificial commands?

Personal conduct commands?

Forbidden practices - witchcraft, immoral behavior, etc.?

What exactly?

All of the above.

Really? So a Christian can practice witchcraft? Because now there is no law against it?

I met a girl who was a practicing witch, but she also believed in Jesus. What would you tell her? That you are in agreement with her that she can be both a Christian and a witch - because the Law no longer applies?

You can't serve mammon and God.

[nebula]

You can't serve mammon and God.

Jesus was talking about money with that one.

[nebula]

Forgiven, what say you of Psalm 119?

89 Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. 90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides.

91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances, For all are Your servants.

92 Unless Your law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction.

93 I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have given me life.

94 I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.

95 The wicked wait for me to destroy me, But I will consider Your testimonies.

96 I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.

97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

98 You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep Your precepts.

[forgiven1]

No, it is talking about "ministration of death" which is not how the Bible characteristically refers to the Law

Well it looks like this is how the law IS being characterized in that verse. What else could "the law of commandments contained in ordinances" be? It's pretty clear that it's the law being called "the ministration of death" which it says was "abolished" by Christ.

I met a girl who was a practicing witch, but she also believed in Jesus. What would you tell her?

I would tell her that Christ and a life of service to Him is the answer and that witchcraft would not make her happy or fill her need like Christ can. It's clear that witchcraft is not serving to God and is not submission to God through the Holy Spirit.

Forgiven, what say you of Psalm 119?

David's frame of reference may have been the old law, but I can easily look at the Psalm in terms of the new law.