[DungeonMaster]

What is the purpose of the Old Testament for New Testament Christians? Romans 15:4 says "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope". The Old Testament is to be used "for our learning" but it does not serve as our authority.

So the NT has authority for the Church but there is no authority in anything in the OT?

[jkl1122]

As far as Christians are concerned, the OT is not our authority. The OT is important, as I have already shown, for us to learn about God's plan for mankind. There are many great lessons in the OT, but we are now under a new covenant. Nothing in the OT is binding upon a Christian.