Christians: Do you make a study of the Old Testament?

I do study the Old Testament. The New Testament makes no sense without the Old.

For sure I study it and consider true and important for today. The old testament promised a new covenant in Jer 31 and another prophet like Moses and everything he said would go. You see Jesus came according to the law and prophets and much of what they said has not come true yet. The second coming of Jesus and the promises to Israel in the old testament are things we need to know about. Peter an eye witness said about Jesus we have the more sure word of prophecy. Jesus is coming again. Dan Zech Isaiah the psalms the whole book in perfectly integrated with the new testament so that there is a seamless fabric of the two that tell the same story.

It cannot be studied...in isolation...

It must be studied ...as a whole...with the NT.

One leads into the other...

(Daniel 2:44) “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite;

(Luke 4:43) But he said to them: “Also to other cities I must declare the good news of the kingdom of God, because for this I was sent forth.”

Our church/ecclesia does indeed study the Old Testament because it is the basis of all that Jesus and the apostles believed and preached. Anyone with a marginal references would do well to have a look at them and follow them up for they are enlightening. We are Christadelphians and we believe in both reading and studying our Bibles.

Me too, I study it! I love to learn the deep things of God. You know Jesus is the Living Word. Not only did He write the entire Bible, and created everything that is in it, as well as He Himself is in it, I come to find Him in every sentence I study in Old Testament. He truly is Everything and everywhere. "All Scripture is God-Breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. " (2 Tim 3:16-17) Amen. That's that! God bless you beautiful!

Dear Friend,

Any Christian who does not study "both" the Old and New Testament is missing a lot.

"The New is the Old concealed;

the Old is the New revealed." --Augustine

Both Testaments are inspired by God. Therefore profitable for all Christians.

Why is the Old Testament just as important as the New Testament?

he Purpose of the Old Testament Documents

The purpose of the Old Testament writings may be surveyed under several headings.

History

The early portion of the Old Testament, e.g., the initial chapters of Genesis, provide a history of the origin of the Universe and the commencement of mankind. The entire creation was brought into existence by divine orchestration in a period of six, twenty-four hour days (Gen. 1; 2; Ex. 20:11; Mk. 10:6; Rom. 1:20).

There is no fact of science that is in conflict with the biblical record of origins. The sacred account also reveals that man’s purpose upon this globe is to serve the Creator (Eccl. 12:13; Isa. 43:7), and therein is ultimate human happiness to be found.

The Fall of Man

The Old Testament also delineates man’s fall into sin (Gen. 3:1ff). Sin is a transgression of the law of God (1 Jn. 3:4), and the opening segments of Scripture portray Satan’s temptation of the original human family, and their journey into apostasy. It will turn out to be a long and disastrous trek that brings only misery and ruin.

Sin Defined

Even though the human conscience provides man and woman with a sense that there is a “right” and “wrong,” the conscience is not sufficient to define the nature of transgression. Hence a written law was provided to the Israelite people to codify sin—to sharpen human awareness of the character of rebellion against God.

Paul declared that he would not have “known sin except through the law.” The law threw a floodlight on sin, revealing it as exceedingly evil (Rom. 7:7, 13; cf. Gal. 3:19).

Our Need for a Savior

But a knowledge of sin, with no remedy in sight, provides only misery. Consequently, humanity needed to know that the merciful Creator had a provision for dealing with the human sin problem.

The key word that describes the design of the Old Testament writings is “preparation.” Everything recorded in these narratives, ultimately, is preparation—preparation for the coming of a sacrifice to atone for man’s sin. This fact compels the Bible student to focus upon the evidentiary nature of the Old Testament Scriptures as such foreshadows the coming Christ.

In his Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy, Prof. J. Barton Payne catalogued a total of 3,348 Bible verses that prophetically pertain to the life of Christ (1973, pp. 645-50). This represents almost 10% of the 31,124 biblical verses. The astounding prophetic details relative to Jesus of Nazareth, that identify him as the promised Messiah—the Son of God, can be resisted only by those of the most willfully stubborn disposition (cf. 2 Cor. 3:14ff).

The Nature of God

The Old Testament documents are rich in wonderfully thrilling details about the nature of the great God of the Universe. Those who immerse their souls in the lyrics of the 150 songs that collectively constitute the book of Psalms will be refreshed with a level of devotion that challenges us to rise above the common plateau of superficiality that is characteristic of so many professed disciples.

Examples and Warnings

The literature of the Old Testament abounds with examples of obedience and disobedience, and the rewards and penalties associated with each. The New Testament specifically points to these as containing lessons from which we can learn (Rom. 15:4; 1 Cor. 10:1-13).

Principles for Godly Living

The Old Testament contains countless examples of divine principles that are timeless in their application (see, for example, the book of Proverbs). These are helpful to God-seeking people in any age or in any culture.

The items listed above represent but a sampling of the rich treasures stored up in the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament. Christians adore this body of literature. They study intently this depository of truth.

At the same time, we acknowledge that the legal system of Old Testament times is not that to which the followers of Christ are obligated today. That law code served its preparatory purpose and has passed away. That case is persuasively argued in major portions of the books of Romans, Galatians, 2 Corinthians, Colossians, and Hebrews.

Blessings,

2 Timothy 3:16,17 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good worYes I do, it's essential.

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Of course.

I don't think you can understand the New Testament without having read the Old.

The Old builds the foundation for our faith in the Creator, and his dealings with humans, then and now.

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yes, i do

there are many jewels of wisdon and lessons in righteousness to be had, to ignore them is to deny the works of God among the prophets

Yes, studied is how you will learn to trutstina to argwh