Isn't the Old Testament Full of Law? Why do we still study it?

A radical thought that I wondered about today in class was... "should we stop using the Old Testament to teach in our churches? I'm afraid that we all talk about and understand GRACE for a short bit, but then weeks later we start reading the old Testament and hear of all the Laws that were given to the Israelites and hear of a jealous or angry God and we start feeling self righteous and we stop modeling the GRACE that Jesus gave us.

It IS SOOOO IMPORTANT for us to understand that the Bible must be taken as a whole and that the Old Testament is only the first half of the story. We need this first half to understand what Jesus came to fulfill, but let's not get lost in these old laws that he came to transcend!!The law is dead. We LIVE TODAY by GRaCe

As we know God's grace more deeply, we will keep his commandments in love, not in law.

Remember the old testament is only half the stOry!