09/14/2026
Worth a moment of your time!
I’ve been asked several times this week, “Why study the Old Testament when we are under the grace of Jesus and His blood, not the law of Moses? Isn’t that really no longer relevant to us?”
And honestly, I’m so thankful I chose to study the Old Testament this year, because I think I’m finally beginning to understand the answer.
Yes, I am saved by grace through Jesus Christ. His blood gives me forgiveness, reconciliation, and access to God. But what I’m realizing is that Jesus didn’t come so that I would only have a relationship with Him—He came to restore my relationship with the Father.
The Old Testament has shown me that relationship with God the Father was never meant to be something we only experience in eternity. We can know Him, walk with Him, hear Him, trust Him, and experience His presence while we are still here on earth—and Jesus is the way that relationship is made possible.
When I look at people like Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David, Solomon, Noah, and so many others, I see something deeper than simply people following a set of laws. I see people who knew God. They trusted Him, wrestled with Him, listened to Him, depended on Him, and walked with Him.
David was called a man after God’s own heart. Abraham was willing to trust God when he couldn’t see the outcome. Joseph remained faithful when his circumstances made no sense. Their strength, wisdom, faith, and perseverance came from knowing God personally.
And that has made me look at my own faith differently.
Grace doesn’t make the Old Testament irrelevant. Grace helps me understand it differently.
The law shows me the holiness of God. The stories show me His character. The failures show me His mercy. The promises show me His faithfulness. And Jesus brings me into the relationship with the Father that God has desired all along.
I’m realizing that Jesus isn’t the end of the relationship—He is the way to the Father.
And maybe that’s been my biggest takeaway this year: I don’t have to wait until heaven to know God more deeply. Through Jesus, I have access to the Father right now.
And the more I pursue that relationship, the more I’m discovering a peace, love, compassion, understanding, wisdom, and strength that I didn’t realize I was missing.
So no, I don’t believe the Old Testament is irrelevant because we live under grace.
I think grace gives us the freedom to finally see what the Old Testament was pointing us toward all along.
