Using context in interpreting Scripture When I am discussing the Bible and I use the Old Testament, often I am told that that portion does not apply to us because it is addressed to the Jews.  By the time I am finished with my discussion I may as well go through the Bible and cut out all the scriptures that are to the Jews.  I am told that I must read the context.  If this is true then it seems that I have very little to support many of my understandings of Scripture. I cannot even use the words of Jesus because he lived and spoke during the time of the law and not grace.   Can you help me with this.  Thanks!
The context of the New Testament is the primarily the Old Testament.
Everything else is secondary.
Jesus Christ studied and lived according to the Old Testament. Jesus said in Matthew 4: 19, 'Follow me . . .'
No Christian can get away from those words.
What Jesus attacked was not the Old Testament but interpretation of the law especially by the Pharisees.
There are modern 'Pharisees' as well.
(It sounds as if you are being bullied. Don't stand for it. Study, think, and judge for yourself. It is your soul.)