The new testament

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hislastwalk

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JustinFoundChrist said:
Not to ruin the convo but are there any scriptures someone can post that tells us that we are in the new covenant?

Like telling us that we don't really need to follow the old testament rules. (Shaving, eating shrimp, etc)
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The whole book of Romans...lol

Umm.

"For when I tried to keep the law, it condemned me. So I died to the law—I stopped trying to meet all its requirements—so that I might live for God. My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." -Galatians 2:19-20
 
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JustinFoundChrist said:
Not to ruin the convo but are there any scriptures someone can post that tells us that we are in the new covenant?

Like telling us that we don't really need to follow the old testament rules. (Shaving, eating shrimp, etc)
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Start with Acts, then read the Epistles. They're all about this.

Acts covers the debate between those early Christians, discussing how much 'Jewishness' they needed to hang onto. The Epistles that follow just reinforce what they decided, pretty much.

But as you can see, people disagreed about it back then and those disagreements persist today. There are some who believe one must become a Messianic Jew or some such thing to really be a Christian. Others take it to the other extreme and barely teach the OT at all.

I'm a fan of middle ground, which I think is where Paul was coming from. He was a Jew, but he believed Christianity was for everyone and was careful not to put up stumbling blocks and unnecessary requirements. Romans is an excellent book for this because they really had a blended society... Jews, Messianic Jews and Messianic Gentiles living in a pagan culture. He covers a lot of ground there lol
 
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