The question comes, “If I want to be saved and follow God, what part of the Bible should be my guide?” The entire Bible is good for study and for our consideration. The Old Testament was written for our learning. “For whatsoever things were written aforetime [referring to the Old Testament] were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the Scriptures we might have hope” (Romans 15:4).
The apostle Paul further explained the purpose and the value of the Old Testament to us in 1 Corinthians 10:11, which reads, “Now these things happened unto them [Old Testament people] by way of example: and they were written for our admonition [learning], upon whom the ends of the ages are come.” Therefore, we can learn much about God and how He deals with His people from the Old Testament. Yet, if we want to know what God wants us to do today, we need to read the New Testament or the new will of God. Paul explained this in Romans 7:4, where it is recorded, “Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were dead to the law [Old Testament] through the body of Christ, that ye should be joined to another, even to Him who raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.” The New Testament, then, is our spiritual guide today.
