Is That The Baby or Bath Water?

I used to think the Old Testament was outdated and irrelevant to today's modern society. Mind you, there were many strange practices in those days e.g. The Test for an Unfaithful Wife (Num 5:11-31). So the Chinese weren't that 'far off' with their cure for mumps i.e. writing the word 'Tiger' on paper, burning it and drinking the ashes with water! Ha ha...may be some Biblical basis for it???

So which commands do we follow and which ones don't apply anymore? Or do we only look at the 'principle' behind them and not take at face value? Some are easy to discern and discipher, but there are certainly others which boggles the mind and makes you wonder why God gave them at all in the first place??!! e.g. Lev 19:27

Let's pray and ask for the Holy Spirit to open the eyes of our hearts, His wisdom to understand the truth and most importantly, His grace and strength to OBEY the Word! The Ten Commandments is a good place to start...I once had a teacher who used to drill and grill us on this...Leaving you with Exo 20...Thou shalt have no other gods before me...