Which OT Laws are carried over to the NT?

[Hornet]

How does one know which Old Testament laws or commands are carried over to the New Testament? Where in the Bible is this issue addressed? I was just curious because different Christians have different beliefs concerning this issue. Some say that an Old Testament command does not apply to us today unless it is repeated in the New Testament, but others say that we should assume that an Old Testament command applies to us today unless the New Testament abrogates it.

[NorrinRadd]

How does one know which Old Testament laws or commands are carried over to the New Testament? Where in the Bible is this issue addressed? I was just curious because different Christians have different beliefs concerning this issue. Some say that an Old Testament command does not apply to us today unless it is repeated in the New Testament, but others say that we should assume that an Old Testament command applies to us today unless the New Testament abrogates it.

Per Eph. 2, Col. 3, Gal. 3, Heb. 7, and others, I believe that the entirety of the Law of the Obsolete Covenant -- each and every decree, ordinance, and Commandment -- has been abolished, cancelled, nailed to the Cross, hung on the Tree. The "laws" of the New Covenant are to have faith in Jesus as I AM, and to love one another / love our neighbors as ourselves / treat others as we wish others to treat us.

[KingsGambit]

To say none are unless they are specifically abrogated doesn't seem accurate. When Paul discovered the incest situation in 1 Cor 5, he assumed everybody already knew it was wrong and called for an immediate excommunication.

[mikewhitney]

Which laws are active?

If someone steals your sheep, he must return the sheep and six more.

If someone steals your ax, he must return that ax and provide you a second one.

If a man and woman commit adultery, they must be stoned by the community of you and everyone else.

If someone murders another person, he must be killed.

Someone having a nocturnal emission, must wash and be unclean until the evening.

I may not be listing these perfectly but these give an idea of the law as it pertains to the wrong action done and the penalty to be fulfilled by the community.

These laws were written for a specific nation to mold their behavior -- defining what was acceptable and how to fulfill justice, toward staying as a holy nation.

However, the lack of applicability of the Law of Moses does not thereby give us permission to do whatever wrong things we might think of doing. It is just that we are not under the laws of Israel.

[NorrinRadd]

Eph. 2:15 explicitly says the Law of "Commandments" has been abolished.

I agree we are not to do "whatever wrong things we might think of doing." But the common idea that the Commandments -- usually meaning The Ten -- are still in effect, while the rest of the Old Law is gone, seems dubious at best.

[seer]

Eph. 2:15 explicitly says the Law of "Commandments" has been abolished.

I agree we are not to do "whatever wrong things we might think of doing." But the common idea that the Commandments -- usually meaning The Ten -- are still in effect, while the rest of the Old Law is gone, seems dubious at best.

So having sex with your mother is no longer immoral?

[Cow Poke]

If we focus on the two Jesus said were the biggies, we wouldn't have to worry about all the rest.

[Sparko]

[Faber]

No photographs on you walls; delete all pictures from you I-phone. Tear out all those pictures in you Bible.

Throw out all that pork in you refrigerator. Including BACON! That also goes for shrimp, lobster, clams.

Make sure your sons are all circumcised.

No more mowing your lawn on Saturdays. Wait until sunset. An no driving more than one mile beyond the limits of your municipality.

[One Bad Pig]

No photographs on you walls; delete all pictures from you I-phone. Tear out all those pictures in you Bible.

Throw out all that pork in you refrigerator. Including BACON! That also goes for shrimp, lobster, clams.

Make sure your sons are all circumcised.

No more mowing your lawn on Saturdays. Wait until sunset. An no driving more than one mile beyond the limits of your municipality.

You're not allowed to drive, period. Though I suppose you'd have to ask your rabbi if you're allowed to drive an electric car.

[seer]

No photographs on you walls; delete all pictures from you I-phone. Tear out all those pictures in you Bible.

Throw out all that pork in you refrigerator. Including BACON! That also goes for shrimp, lobster, clams.

Make sure your sons are all circumcised.

No more mowing your lawn on Saturdays. Wait until sunset. An no driving more than one mile beyond the limits of your municipality.

So having sex with your mother is no longer immoral?

[NorrinRadd]

So having sex with your mother is no longer immoral?

Incest was not only morally acceptable, but absolutely necessary at the beginning of Creation.

So, from our perspective now, creepy and "ew," but not a moral absolute.

[One Bad Pig]

Incest was not only morally acceptable, but absolutely necessary at the beginning of Creation.

So, from our perspective now, creepy and "ew," but not a moral absolute.

Goalpost move.

[Cow Poke]

Goalpost move.

More like change of venue.

[seer]

Incest was not only morally acceptable, but absolutely necessary at the beginning of Creation.

So, from our perspective now, creepy and "ew," but not a moral absolute.

Ok, so sex with your mother is not immoral. And you really believe this...