Mike,
Christianity doesn't teach that Jesus came to CHANGE the Old Testament,
but to FULFILL it with the promised New Covenant. You can read all
about it on Wikipedia (a somewhat neutral source) at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Covenant
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Covenant> .
Mind you, I'm not backing all this, just reporting it...
...Bill!
--- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote:
>
> Bill and Bill!,
>
> I hear this claim that Jesus came to change the Old Testament all the
time. Doesn't seem to ring true at all.
>
>
> Below are Jesus' quotes from the New Testament:
>
>
> âFor truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,
> not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished.
> Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and
teaches
> men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who
does
> them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of
heaven.â â" Matthew 5:18-19
> âIt is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the
smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid.â (Luke
16:17)
> âDo not think that I have come to abolish the law or the
> prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to
you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the
smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have
taken
> place.â (Matthew 5:17)
> âDid not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth
the lawâ (John7:19)
> >
> >And what are these laws from the Old Testament?:
> >
> >Blasphemy is Punishable by Death
> >One who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall be put to
> death; the whole congregation shall stone the blasphemer. Aliens as
well as citizens, when they blaspheme the Name, shall be put to death.
> (NRSV) â" Leviticus 24:16
> >Cheaters Must Die
> >If a man commits adultery with another manâs wifeâ"with
the
> wife of his neighborâ"both the adulterer and the adulteress must
be put
> to death. (NIV) â" Leviticus 20:10
> >Dishonoring Your Mother or Father is Punishable by Death
> >Anyone who dishonors father or mother must be put to death. Such a
person is guilty of a capital offense. (NLT) â" Leviticus 20:9
> >People Who Work on Sunday Should be Killed
> >You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the
> seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day
dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on that day must be put to
death. (NLT) â" Exodus 35:2
> >If a Woman is Not a Virgin When She Gets Married, She Has to Die
> >âIf any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, and detests
> her, and charges her with shameful conduct, and brings a bad name on
> her, and says, âI took this woman, and when I came to her I
found she
> was not a virgin,â ⦠and evidences of virginity are not
found for the
> young woman, then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of
> her fatherâs house, and the men of her city shall stone her to
death
> with stones ⦠(NKJV) â" Deuteronomy 22:13-14,20-21
> >Thereâs Nothing Wrong With Slavery
> >Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you;
from them you may buy slaves. (NIV) â" Leviticus 25:44
> >Gays Should be Put to Death
> >If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is
> upon them. (NRSV) â" Leviticus 20:13
> >Women Should Shut the Hell Up and Do as Theyâre Told
> >A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do
> not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must
be silent. (NIV) â" Timothy 2:11-12
> >
>
