17. “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.18. “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.19. “Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.20. “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:17-20
If we don’t understand and love the Old Testament we will never be able to walk in the Spirit effectively and consistently.
Illiterate people may have some success in some area but education is critical for sustained success and specifically to avoid repeating old mistakes.
God clearly states that the Old Testament is a type and shadow to point us to Christ. The law and the prophets show Christ and are our map for the Spirit
1. Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,2. all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,3. all ate the same spiritual food,4. and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.5. But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.6. Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.7. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”8. Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell;9. nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;10. nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.11. Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.12. Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
1 Corinthians 10:1-12