Do We Follow Everything in the Bible?

No. You don’t follow everything in the Bible.

So, theologically speaking, the Old Testament is the Old Covenant. It’s what used to save you—so to speak. And it’s what’s going to be used to damn you.

So, when Jesus came, the Law changed with His resurrection. It says that in Hebrews that with a change of Priesthood comes a change of law. So, everyone is under the jurisdiction of the Judaic Law. Everyone. Every nation, tribe and people. So, like a Don from Oxford said, if you are enticed to follow a foreign God, you have to kill the person who enticed you. Or, if you work on Sunday, you have to be put to death. Or, you’re a homosexual, you have to be put to death. Jesus even makes it stricter, if you look after a woman, and lust after her, or call your brother “Worthless” you deserve to die, as well.

So, 100% of Paul’s letters, are trying to convince Christians not to follow the Old Testament law. Why? Well, do you remember those guys who just leaned on the Ark and they died? For seemingly no reason? That’s the severity of the Law in the Old Testament. It warrants a death sentence for even touching it, let alone trying to follow it. Because, humanity errs, and is never going to be perfect. So, they fall into the trap of the Law—which condemns every sin.

So, how are we to have life? Well, we have life by forfeiting our sin, including our judgment, and allowing Christ to fill us with His Spirit. We sever ourselves from the Old Covenant, which commands every Nation under the sun, including Israel, to be destroyed. And we are made to follow the New Covenant, prophesied in Jeremiah. That the Law will be written on our hearts.

And the Law is written on our hearts. There’s a natural pattern that people follow, and everyone knows right from wrong at infancy. And they fall away from that, and that’s what ultimately leads to their damnation. Is they’re caught in their sins. So, that sin is what leads to damnation, and that sin is judged by the Old Testament law.

Which, the only one who ever followed the Old Testament law perfectly, that was Jesus. He followed it perfectly, never erring, and the curse of the Law, found in Deuteronomy, was punctured into His hands and feet. He became our curse. So we wouldn’t be cursed by the Law, and could be set free, to follow after Jesus’ yoke. Which is light. Which is a one time sin offering, for all of our sin. And the only thing we have to do, is believe He is Who He says He is, and repent. We don’t even have to follow the Torah anymore.

So what is the Old Testament used for? It’s God’s commandments, which He will use to judge the world. All those sins that require a death sentence, all those verses about horrible things armies do to cities, that’s the judgment that comes down from God. You can read the Prophecies in the Old Testament, that they testify to those things, and speak of the prophetic discipline which God will impose on the disobedient. Which, a lot of those prophecies are scary. So, you don't want to be found erring. Air on the side of caution, and fear God, and follow His Law that Jesus spoke. As, we’re to follow the New Covenant, and the Law given by Christ and His apostles and saints.

So, the Old Testament is a Casebook for God’s judgment, and punishment for the wicked. It’s what guilty sinners need, and written in the book itself, is redemption fro God’s people. That through belief in the LORD, you’ll be redeemed through the Law even, by faith alone. And that’s actually a huge part of the Prophecies in scripture, is the redemption of God’s people through Faith alone.