This is a question I hear from pretty much any one who doesn’t consider themselves Christian, and quite a few people who do. The answer is very simple, the Old Testament Law isn’t what we as Christians signed up for.
Now I’m sure someone reading this will chuckle at this point, after all, why should it matter what the Christian signed up for? All that matters is what the Bible teaches… isn’t it? Well no, but thats another topic altogether. More importantly the reason it matters what the Christian signed up for is the context in which the Old Testament Law was written. It was written as being a part of the Mosaic covenant, a covenant signed by pledging loyalty to God and His law through circumcision. The New covenant doesn’t involve following the law but instead it means to follow Christ, Christians pledge loyalty to God and this covenant through baptism. For more info on this topic see; http://christianthinktank.com/finaltorah.html, and for a simpler explanation see; http://www.tektonics.org/lp/lawrole.html
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