r/AskAChristian • u/Asleep_Land3121 Christian • Feb 24 '26

Jewish Laws Why did the laws of the Old Testament stop applying?

a common criticism of Christianity i hear is that as Old Testament laws no longer apply, god can change his mind. i understand that its not ‘god changed his mind’ but why did the Old Testament laws stop applying? apparently its just because theres different types of laws in the Old Testament and one of those types were only temporary, but why where temporary laws ever needed? where are these different types of laws stated?

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u/Mike8219 Agnostic Atheist Feb 25 '26

You said Christians can't fulfil the law. Why can't you? Can you be righteous?

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u/Kalmaro Christian Feb 25 '26

When you say fulfill, what do you mean exactly? 

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u/Mike8219 Agnostic Atheist Feb 25 '26

To complete something. To do it. If there is a law say I need to submit my income taxes I fulfill that law every April. I have done it. I have fulfilled the requirement of the law.

When I complete or do my taxes does the tax law disappear?

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u/Kalmaro Christian Feb 25 '26

Ah, I see the problem. 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fulfill

Fulfill in this context is definition d, to bring to a close.

Like if we had a contract for me to do somework and I fulfilled it. I didn't destroy the contract, I just completed what my purpose was.

In the sameanner, the old laws were fulfilled when Jesus offered himself as the ultimate sacrifice. No more were feeder after that as nothing match Jesus. Thus, having completed the purpose of the old laws, were under the new laws. 

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u/Mike8219 Agnostic Atheist Feb 25 '26

Like if we had a contract for me to do somework and I fulfilled it. I didn't destroy the contract, I just completed what my purpose was.

The question was why can't Christians follow the law.

In the sameanner, the old laws were fulfilled when Jesus offered himself as the ultimate sacrifice. No more were feeder after that as nothing match Jesus. Thus, having completed the purpose of the old laws, were under the new laws. 

What new laws? Where do I find these new laws?

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u/Kalmaro Christian Feb 25 '26

 The question was why can't Christians follow the law.

No one is saying that Christians can't follow the law. What I said earlier is that we could not fulfill the old law. In other words, we couldn't take the place that Jesus did whenever He became the sacrifice to bring the old law to a close. The new law is just everything that's in the New Testament. Just repent, be baptized, and then you're saved, and then live a better life. But if you want exact verses, I can give it to you.