Should we really throw away the "Old Testament" in the bible? Has it really been done away with? Who gave us permission to pick and choose what to keep in the old covenant? Yes, obey mother and father but break the Sabbath? Does man have the power to make something holy? Is God not the same Yesterday, Today and Forever?
There are 613 commandments in the Old Testament and about 1050 in the New. Interesting huh?I know a couple of passages in the "New Testament" that says other wise. Matthew 5:17-19. P.S. the author of this passage is Yeshua (Jesus). If we are to be like HIM then lets start with following directions from HIM and not mistranslations of men. Replacement theology does not make any sense.
Matthew 5:17-20
The Fulfillment of the Law
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. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.Romans 3:30-31
30 since
there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
