LAYING DOWN THE LAW
Why the Old Testament is Still Important
The Law is technically the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Leviticus is the most detailed. The law teaches us what constitutes sin and leaves no doubt. The Old Testament in general is like a Master schoolteacher. We are not required to obey the sacrificial laws of the Old Testament since Jesus became the ultimate, only, final sacrifice and also the high priest.
I Timothy 1:9-10a
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind…
Galatians 3:24
So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
Matthew 5:17
“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.
Matthew 12:4
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. (speaking of Jesus and the disciples)
Matthew 13:52
He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.” (both New Testament and Old Testament)
Matthew 22:40
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Luke 2:39
When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. (They had gone to Bethlehem to sign up on a census. (a decree issued for the purpose of taxation. They lived in Nazareth but were part of the lineage of David through Joseph.)
So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
Matthew 5:17
“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.
Matthew 7:12
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. (speaking of Jesus and the disciples)
He said to them, “Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.” (both New Testament and Old Testament)
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Luke 2:27
Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, (Jesus was just a baby. The New Covenant had yet to be established.)Luke 2:39
When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. (They had gone to Bethlehem to sign up on a census. (a decree issued for the purpose of taxation. They lived in Nazareth but were part of the lineage of David through Joseph.)
Luke 10:26-28
“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” Luke is the only gospel that contains the "Love your neighbor as yourself." The "and with all your mind" is not found in the Old Testament as translated. You will find the same or similar verse in Deut. 6:5, Deut.10:12, Deut. 11:13, Deut. 13:3, Deut. 30:6 and Joshua 22:5. The verse in Joshua is worded even more differently but comes out the same.
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