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I think for those with the light already in them, there is no real need for the O.T., and I have never read it ,but it was Jesus when I was a child ,that truly inspired me .The OT has no bearing on my belief ,and knowledge of my Saviour .
I go into a bible forum discussion often, so know a bit about the O.T . now , but emphasis on that , instead of the N.T., means that the person is not really a Christian , as they have no inspiration from the H. Spirit, who only came after the resurrection, to provide all that we need to know about Jesus .
To be a christian, means you follow the resurrected Christ Himself , not others .
Points of relevancy (not meant to be exhaustive):
"1.The Law (as in all the OT) imparts wisdom to us so we can know the truth and please God.
Psalms 119:98: Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
Psalms 119:142: Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.
Deuteronomy 4:6: Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
2.The Law reveals Christ.
Luke 24:44: And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Galatians 3:24: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
3.The Law teaches us how to be saved by faith, not by the works of the Law.
Psalms 19:7: The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Romans 7:10: And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.
Galatians 3:24: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians 3:21: Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Romans 9:31-32: But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Romans 3:28: Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Note: the Old Testament saints were saved by grace just the same as we are under the New Covenant. Abraham is Paul’s favorite example of how New Testament Christians are to follow in the foot-steps of Father Abraham and be saved by faith rather than by works. “Abraham believed God, and his faith was credited to him as righteousness” (Rom. 4:3, 5, 9; Gal. 3:6; Gen. 15:6).
4.The Law encourages faith in God and obedience to His commands.
Joshua 1:7-8: Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
2 Kings 21:8: Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
5.The Law teaches us how to love God by fearing Him and keeping His commandments.
Deuteronomy 10:12: And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, (13) To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Deuteronomy 11:1: Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Deuteronomy 11:13: And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
6.The Law teaches us how to be blessed and happy.
Psalms 1:2: But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms 40:8: I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Psalms 119:1: Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
7.The Law reveals the sinfulness of sin and helps restrain man’s sinful tendencies.
Romans 3:20: For by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 5:20: Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound.
Romans 7:7: What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Galatians 3:19: Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
I Timothy 1:9: 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,
8.The Law brings a sense of guilt and condemnation to those who willfully violate God’s Law.
Romans 3:19: Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians 3:13: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree:"
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