Old testament law

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Why do we no longer follow some of the Laws given to us by Moses and others that are found in the Old Testament. Like eathing Kosher ect ect but still follow the teaching that homosexualy is wrong?Is there anything in the New Testament that says homosexualty is wrong?
 
At the Council of Jersulam, (Acts 15) the early Church made the decision not to burden new Gentile converts with all the disciplinary requirements of the Mosaic Law. Also, in Acts Ch. 11 it was revealed to Peter that the Jewish dietary restrictions were no longer binding.

Precepts of the moral law, such as the Commandments, however, are pemanent and not changeable…
 
Some of the commands in the Old Testament deal with morality, that is, what is right and what is wrong, such as murder and adultery. The commands against homosexual behavior belong to this group; homosexual behavior, like murder or adultery, is always wrong.

The other commands of the Old Testament deal with particular Jewish religious practices or customs of the Old Covenant, such as circumcision, animal sacrifices, kosher food, festivals, new moons and sabbaths.

New Covenant Christians are no longer bound to keep Jewish religious practices or customs of the Old Covenant, as can be seen from chapter 15 of the Acts of the Apostles and Colossians 2:16-17. Christians, however, are still bound by the moral commands of the Old Testament because what is right and what is wrong does not change; murder and adultery are always wrong.

How do we know what is an unchanging moral law and what is a changeable custom? We must trust the hierarchical Church instituted by Jesus Christ to determine such things, as it did in Acts 15.
 
The moral law - the 10 commandments - was given at Sinai, at which time all the people constituted a “kingdom of priests”. The people broke the laws in the golden calf incident, after which the ritual laws were “added” to the moral law, as a kind of corporate penance. The ritual laws involved sacrificing animals the Egyptians had worshipped as gods (kind of like requiring a Hindu convert to sacrifice a cow daily); the dietary rules served a similar function. In Gal 3 Paul talks about how this ritual law was added to the moral law as a kind of custodian to guide the people until the messiah would come; now that the messiah has come, they no longer serve any purpose. 19] Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made; and it was ordained by angels through an intermediary. 20] Now an intermediary implies more than one; but God is one. 21] Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not; for if a law had been given which could make alive, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22] But the scripture consigned all things to sin, that what was promised to faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23] Now before faith came, we were confined under the law, kept under restraint until faith should be revealed. 24] So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. 25] But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian; 26] for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27] For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
 
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