81. According to Matthew 23:2-3 why did Jesus tell his Jewish disciples to obey the scribes and Pharisees?



Answer: They were the current recognized authorities who sat in Moses seat to interpret the law.



82. According to Matthew 23:3-4 did the addition of herbs and spices change the tithing law into a burden?



Answer: Yes. Counting small seeds would be a great burden.



83. Did the Law command tithes from garden spices and herbs?



Answer: The tithing law did not include those items.



84. Why did Jesus tell His Jewish disciples to tithe garden spices and herbs?



Answer: They were partially responsible for allowing the scribes and Pharisees to sit in Moses seat.



85. In Matthew 8:4 why did Jesus command the Jews he healed to show themselves to the priests?



Answer: The Law was still in full effect before Calvary.



86. Why did Jesus NOT command the Gentiles he healed to show themselves to the priests?



Answer: They were not under the Law.



87. Did Jesus tell his Gentile disciples to tithe to the Temple system?



Answer: No. It would not have been allowed. It was illegal.



88. To whom does the word "you" refer in Matthew 23:23?



Answer: The scribes and Pharisees.



89. What three words in Matthew 23:23 describe its context?



Answer: "of the law"



90. Is Matthew 23:23 an Old Covenant command or a New Covenant command?



Answer: Old Covenant before Calvary.



91. Why did Jesus tell the rich young ruler and Zaccheus to give their money to the poor instead of the Temple as tithes?



Answer: Their wealth must not have been in land and animals inside Israel. Jesus was not breaking the law which required tithing.



92. Do pastors today allow visiting evangelists to tell their congregation to "sell all that you have and give it to the poor"?



Answer: Of course not. They do not tell their congregations to do this either. Again, it does not fit into their own change of God’s Word to suit their own needs.



93. Why do not pastors today command their church members to tithe garden spices as Jesus commanded in Matthew 23:23?



Answer: Again, it does not fit into their own change of God’s Word to suit their own needs. They have no consistent hermeneutic.



94. According to Luke 22:20 when did the Old Covenant end and the New Covenant begin?



Answer: The Old Covenant ended and the New Covenant began when Jesus shed His blood at Calvary.



95. According to Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35 did God command the disciples to share communally or did they make a freewill choice?



Answer: There is no record that Cod commanded this. It is very possible that it was done in anticipation of Christ’s imminent return.



96. According to Acts 2:42-47 and 4:32-35 were the disciples tithing to church leaders or sharing everything equally?



Answer: This is not an example of tithing. It is an example of sacrificial freewill giving at the extreme. It should not be preached as an example of tithing because everybody shared equally.



97. According to Acts 2:46 did the early church withdraw itself from worship in the Temple?



Answer: Not at all. Evidence is that they continued supporting the Temple. If they had stopped financially supporting the Temple, they would not have been allowed to use it.



98. According to Acts 15:10 did Peter argue against putting the yoke of the law on Gentile Christians?



Answer: Most definitely.



99. According to Acts 15:19-20 did James agree with Peter?



Answer: Most definitely. Yet most pastors today place their churches under the law of tithing while rejecting most of the law as irrelevant.



100. According to Acts 20:29-35 was Paul self supporting most of the time?



Answer: Yes. He even boasted about it.



101. According to Acts 20:35 did Paul expect church elders to follow his example?



Answer: Yes, but it was not a command.



102. According to Acts 20:35 whom did Jesus tell to work and give to the weak?



Answer: Church elders. This has been reversed by the modern church.



103. According to Acts 21:20 were the Christian Jews in Jerusalem still "zealous of the law"?



Answer: Yes, and this was 30 years after Calvary. The compromise of Acts 15 split the church and still required Jewish Christians to obey all of the Old Covenant Law.



104. According to Acts 21:20 is it logical to conclude that the Christian Jews in Jerusalem were still paying tithes to the Temple system?



Answer: Yes, otherwise they would not be “zealous of the law.” The Law required payment of tithes to the Levites and priests and not to gospel workers.



105. According to 1 Corinthians 9:7-14 did the vocations of soldier, herdsman, farmer, mill-grinder, temple worker and gospel worker each operate under different principles of support?



Answer: Yes. Each had its own principle.



106. Comparing 1 Cor 9:13 with Numbers 18 and Leviticus, were temple workers supported from tithes, offerings, vows, freewill gifts, portions of sacrifices and many other sources?



Answer: Yes. Far more than tithing. Levites only received the tithe while priests had many sources of income other than a tenth of the tithe.



107. Comparing 1 Cor 9:13 with Numbers 18 and Leviticus, was tithing the only "thing of the temple"?



Answer: Of course not, but this fact is ignored.



108. Referring to 1 Cor 9:14 does even so ("in the same way" command gospel workers to be supported by every means of support used for temple workers?



Answer: Of course not. The argument used by tithe-teachers is self-defeating. It proves too much.



109. Referring to 1 Cor 9:14 does "even so" command gospel workers to be supported by 'gospel principles' of grace and faith "in the same manner" as the previous six vocations had been supports by their own principles?



Answer: Yes. The principle refers to all vocations mentioned in verses 7 to 14.



110. Referring to 1 Cor 9:14 is it dishonest to teach that 9:13 only referred to tithing? Does not the text teach too much and destroy the tithing argument?



Answer: It is very dishonest. Paul knew that holy tithes were only for Levites and priests and could not come from Gentiles lands. Again, the text is self-defeating for tithe-teachers. It proves too much.



111. According to 1 Cor 9:12, 15-19 did Paul accept tithes as a salary?



Answer: Absolutely not. He usually did not even accept freewill offerings. As a highly educated rabbi, Paul had been taught that teaching God’s Word for pay was not the manner of rabbis.



112. Comparing 1 Cor 9:14 with 9:12, 15-19 if Jesus commanded tithing to support gospel workers, was not Paul disobeying that command?



Answer: Yes, but this fact is ignored by tithe-teachers.



113. According to 2 Cor 3:10, how much glory does the OT have in comparison to the New Covenant?



Answer: Zero glory.



114. Where is tithing repeated to the Church in New Covenant terms of grace and faith?



Answer: Nowhere. And neither are gospel workers required to forfeit land inheritance rights and obey any of the tithing statute of Numbers 18.



115. According to 1 Peter 2:9-10 has the OT priesthood been replaced by church leaders or by every believer?



Answer: By every believer. And this should have enormous implications against New Covenant tithing.



116. Referring to 1 Peter 2:9-10, how does the "priesthood of believers" affect tithing?



Answer: Believers do not tithe to themselves, plus Old Covenant priests were never commanded to tithe.



117. Were non-Levite OT prophets supported by tithes?



Answer: Absolutely not. They were either self-supported or received freewill offerings.



118. Were OT and NT Jewish synagogue rabbis supported by tithes?



Answer: No. Never. And this should be important. The synagogue system using rabbis did not replace tithing to the Temple.



119. Are NT pastors and elders supported similar to OT priests or prophets and rabbis?



Answer: The comparison is better to OT prophets and rabbis.



120. Is First Timothy 5:1-20 a discussion of discipline or pastoral salary?



Answer: Discipline.



121. According to First Timothy 5:8 are family essential needs more important than church support?



Answer: Definitely.



122. How can First Timothy 5:8 be true if the first 10% of income must be given to the church?



Answer: Both cannot be true for the Church.



123. Does "double honor" in First Timothy 5:17 refer to "double caution in discipline" or "double salary"?



Answer: The context is discipline.



124. According to First Timothy 6:6-11 should gospel workers expect to be better off financially than most?



Answer: No.



125. According to Hebrews 7:5, did the Law give the priests authority to receive tithes?



Answer: Yes.



126a. Were the OT priests also kings?



Answer: Not the HOLY Hebrew priests defined by the Law.



126b. What does Hebrews 7:8 refer to?



Answer: The priests who were still literally receiving tithes before A.D.70.



127. According to Hebrews 7:11 and Psalm 110:4 was the Messiah to be a priest-king?



Answer: Yes.



128. According to Hebrews 7:11-12 did the prophecy that the Messiah would be a priest-king necessitate a change in the law?



Answer: Yes.



129. According to Hebrews, chapters 5 to 7, was OT Melchizedek qualified to be a priest under the Law?



Answer: No.



130. According to Hebrews 7:13-17 was Jesus qualified to be a priest under the Law?



Answer: No.



131. According to Hebrews 7:18 how was the Law which also commanded tithing in 7:5 "changed" in 7:12?



Answer: It was disannulled, or abolished. It ended. It was not carried over into the New Covenant.



132. According to Hebrews 7:12, 18, why was the Law which also commanded tithing to support the Levitical priesthood "annulled" or "set aside"?



Answer: It was weak and not profitable. It had been replaced with better New Covenant principles of sacrificial giving.



133. According to Hebrews 7:16-28 was the king-priesthood of Messiah to be based on eternal moral principles?



Answer: Yes and those include sacrificial freewill giving which are written in the heart and conscience.



134. Tithing existed in most nations long before Abraham's time and those nations also practiced idolatry, child sacrifices and temple prostitution. Does the fact that tithing existed before the Law make it an eternal moral principle?



Answer: No. The HOLY tithe was only given later by special revelation to Old Covenant Israel.



135. According to the entire book of Leviticus, how can tithing be retained as a "holy" principle and almost everything else called "holy" and "most holy" in Leviticus be discarded?



Answer: By using poor principles of interpretation.



136. According to Hebrews 8:6-13 Christ's "more excellent ministry" replaced the Old Covenant on stones and paper with the New Covenant in the heart. Does a new-creation Christian know in the heart that he/she must give a ten per cent tithe to support the church?



Answer: No.



137. According to Second Corinthians 8 and 9, does a new-creation Christian know instinctively to give: freely, sacrificially, generously, joyfully, not of commandment, regularly and motivated love for God and love for lost souls?



Answer: Yes. It is part of the new creation with the indwelling Holy Spirit.



138. According to Second Corinthians 8:12-15, what is the "equality" principle of giving?



Answer: Many give much more than 10% while some cannot give that much. Yet both give sacrificially. The giving equals out.



139. According to Second Corinthians 3:10-18 which principle of giving has the blessing of the Holy Spirit?



Answer: Post Calvary New Covenant Holy Spirit blessed giving (and every other doctrine).



140. Should most affluent Christians lower their standard of living in order to give more to promote the gospel?



Answer: Yes.

A lot of questions

Interesting!