In Matthew 23:23 Jesus was addressing the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and the Nation of the Israel. The New Testament church is not the Nation of Israel under the law of Moses and has no command to tithe anything to anyone.
When did Jesus say those words? Under the Old Testament. Hint...
Hebrews 9:16 - "For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator."
To whom did He say them to? Hint...
TAKING MATTHEW 23:23 OUT OF CONTEXT TO PROVE YOUR FALSE CLAIM THAT "JESUS AFFIRMS CHRISTIAN TITHING" INSTRUCTS A CHRISTIAN TO TITHE
Matthew 23:23 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
DON'T IGNORE THE CONTEXT
No scripture is to be interpreted outside of the context of all other scripture, as scripture tells us;
2 Peter 1:20 - "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation."
2 Timothy 3:16-17 - "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
If you are going to place the New Testament Church in Matthew 23:23 being instructed to tithe, you cannot conveniently separate and isolate Matthew 23:23 from the remaining verses of Matthew Chapter 23 and exclude the New Testament Church from those verses.
If Matthew 23:23 is written to the church "affirming Christian tithing," then in proper context, respecting the context, this is also addressing the Body of Christ affirming the following by Jesus...
The Body of Christ is a hypocrite; Matthew 23:3 - "All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not."
The Body of Christ burdens people down with heavy burdens; Matthew 23:4 - "For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers."
The Body of Christ are terribly egotistical, and are braggarts; Matthew 23:5-7 - "But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi."
The Body of Christ closes the door to people who would seek to enter heaven; Matthew 23:13 - "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."
The Body of Christ is a hypocrite who devour widows' houses and worse, making people children of hell; Matthew 23:14-15 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves."
The Body of Christ are fools and blind; Matthew 23:17 - "Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?"
The Body of Christ is a blind guide; Matthew 23:24 - "Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel."
The Body of Christ is full of extortion and excess; Matthew 23:25 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess."
The Body of Christ is a whited sepulchres, full of dead men's bones; Matthew 23:27 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness."
The Body of Christ is a builder of tombs of the prophets, and graves of righteous; Matthew 23:29 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,"
The Body of Christ are children of them which killed the prophets; Matthew 23:31 - "Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets."
The Body of Christ are serpents and a generation of vipers; Matthew 23:33-34 - "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:"
The Body of Christ is full of hypocrisy and iniquity; Matthew 23:28 - "Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity."
THE BODY OF CHRIST FACING DAMNATION
If Matthew 23:23 is addressing the Body of Christ, then the Body of Christ is facing damnation and are serpents and a generation of vipers; Matthew 23:33-34 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
ADDITIONALLY
The context of the "ought to have done" in Matthew 23:23, often quoted by tithing teachers and their so-called "tithers," in a false claim that Jesus is commanding New Testament Christians to "tithe," was IN FACT a commandment to DO the Law of Moses. The phrase "and not to leave the other undone" is also a commandment to DO the Law of Moses.
NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES, and have no commandment to tithe anything to anyone.
Hebrews 7:18-19 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."
Acts 15:24 - "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:"
Ephesians 2:15 - "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;"
CONCLUSION
Matthew 23:23 is not addressing the Body of Christ, and is not affirmation of so-called "Christian tithing," or "New Testament tithing."
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MATTHEW 23:23; A BREAKDOWN PHRASE BY PHRASE
Matthew 23:23; "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
BREAKDOWN PHRASE BY PHRASE, FIVE PARTS...
>> ONE...
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!"
Target audience; hypocritical scribes and Pharisees. Ergo; Israelis under the Law and Commandments of Moses during the time of the Law, not the New Testament Church which was not in existence at the time Jesus rebuked the scribes and Pharisees. Under the New Testament, the Law of Moses, including any command to tithe, is discontinued; Hebrews 7:18 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof." Acts 15:24 - "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:"
>> TWO...
"for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin,"
Jesus confirms that the holy tithe was agricultural products being tithed on, not money from income; Agricultural products; Nehemiah 10:38, Lev. 27:30, 32, Num. 18:27, Num. 18:28, Deut 12:17, Deut. 14:22, Deut. 14:23, Deut. 24:21, Deut. 26:12, 2 Chron. 31:5, 2 Chron. 31:6, Neh. 10:37, Neh. 13:5, Mal. 3:10, Matt. 23:23, Luke 11:42.
>> THREE...
"and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:"
Deuteronomy 27:26 - "Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen." James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." Galatians 5:3 - "For I testify again to every man that is circumcised [i.e., keeping the Law of Moses], that he is a debtor to do the whole law."
>> FOUR...
"these ought ye to have done,"
Jesus confirms that YES they should be tithing, as they were doing at that time being under the Law of Moses, but the church is NOT Israel, and the church is NOT under the Law of Moses. See; Malachi 3:7, Malachi 4:4, Hebrews 7:5, AND; Acts 15:24 - "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave NO such commandment:"
Romans 6:14-15 - "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid."
>> FIVE...
"and not to leave the other undone."
Jesus corrected their lack of observing and not obeying the more important matters of the Law such as judgment, mercy, and faith;
Mercy; Exodus 33:19 - "And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy." Leviticus 19:18 - "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD."
Judgment; Exodus 18:16 - "When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."
Faith; Leviticus 18:5 - "Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD." James 2:17 - "Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone."
CONCLUSION
Jesus' words in Matthew 23:23 are not a commandment to the New Testament Church to hand over ten percent of their income to a church or minister. Jesus was addressing the legalistic hypocritical tithing practices of the scribes and Pharisees. Jesus went on to say to them the following;
Matthew 23:24-28 - "Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity." ...ETC.
This strong rebuke in Matthew 23:24-28, etc, was to the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees of Israel. If Matthew 23:23 is directed to the New Testament Church, why isn't Matthew 23:24-28 also directed to the New Testament Church? Clearly it is not. Matthew 23:23 is not a call or commandment for "Christian tithing."
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MATTHEW 23:23; "OUGHT TO HAVE DONE"
Matthew 23:23 - "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
THE CONTENT
The context of the "ought to have done" in Matthew 23:23, often quoted by tithing teachers and their so-called "tithers," in a false claim that Jesus is commanding New Testament Christians to "tithe," was IN FACT a commandment to DO the Law of Moses. The phrase "and not to leave the other undone" is also a commandment to DO the Law of Moses.
Have you not read, do you not understand!?...
NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS ARE NOT UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES, and have no commandment to tithe anything to anyone.
Hebrews 7:18-19 - "For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God."
Or, this?...
Acts 15:24 - "Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:"
Or, this?...
Ephesians 2:15 - "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;"
CONCLUSION
MATTHEW 23:23's "OUGHT TO HAVE DONE" IS NOT A COMMANDMENT FOR CHRISTIANS TO TITHE
Romans 6:14 - "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." -
Galatians 3:24-25 - "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."
Galatians 5:4 - "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace."
>> Additionally;
>> God's commanded tithe was limited to fruits, vegetables and clean animals; agricultural products from the Promised Land of Israel, from nowhere else, from nothing else...
See - Lev. 27:30, 32, Num. 18:27, Num. 18:28, Deut 12:17, Deut. 14:22, Deut. 14:23, Deut. 24:21, Deut. 26:12, 2 Chron. 31:5, 2 Chron. 31:6, Neh. 10:37, Neh. 13:5, Mal. 3:10, Matt. 23:23 and Luke 11:42.
Note: 31 times in 17 verses in the Bible, God's Word states the tithe is declared to be fruits, vegetables and clean animals from the Promise Land, and 14 times that we have listed above, God's Word records the use of money over a long period of time.
>> Verses confirming they had money from income, yet no scriptural reference records money being used for tithing...
See - Genesis 23;12-16, Exodus 38:28, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 27:3, Leviticus 27:4, Leviticus 27:5, Leviticus 27:6, Leviticus 27:7, Leviticus 27:16, Numbers 3:47, Numbers 3:50, Matthew 21:12-13, Mark 12:41-42, Acts 8:20.
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Misuse of Matthew 23:23 by Deceptive Tithing Teachers
Tithing teachers often refer to Matthew 23:23 claiming that Jesus instructed tithing for New Testament Believes in this verse of scripture. This claim is utterly false and a clear misuse of the scripture.
>>> The passage of scripture;
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." - Matthew 23:23
>>> The false claims;
1. Jesus was instructing New Testament Christians to tithe.
2. Jesus said that tithing is something you (Christians) "ought to do."
3. Jesus validated tithing for Christians in Matthew 23:23.
4. Jesus spoke Matthew 23:23 in the New Testament gospel of Matthew therefore tithing is a New Testament principle and instructions for Christians to tithe.
>>> The facts;
1. "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees" ...Jesus was talking directly to Scribes and Pharisees, Jews who were at that time under and subject to the Law of Moses. Jesus did not make His statements under the New Testament / New Covenant era which instructs NO ONE to tithe.
Much of what was written and recorded in the four Gospels takes place in the Old Testament period. The New Testament era did not begin until the death and resurrection of Jesus. Some scholars believe that the New Testament / New Covenant era did not officially begin until the day of Pentecost. Either way, when Jesus was addressing the Scribes and Pharisees in Mathew 23:23 it was a time when they were under the Law of Moses, not the New Testament.
To whom Jesus was addressing and under what circumstances He was doing so is vitally important in properly establishing the facts and avoiding the conclusion of false and misleading claims.
2. "hypocrites!" ...Jesus was addressing the hypocrisy of their actions of paying tithes, which was not an act of hypocrisy in itself, but in the case of the Scribes and Pharisees Jesus was talking to, the manner and motivation in which they were paying tithe was in question by Jesus who called out their hypocrisy.
The primary point of Matthew 23:23 is not to command tithing, but rather to expose the error of keeping the letter of the law and at the same time failing in the spirit of the law, which is in the end the real point of the law.
> This same principle is seen here in Jesus' statement...
"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." Matthew 5:27-28
3. "for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, "...The scribes and Pharisees were in fact paying tithes (this will become important later).
4. "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law" ...Jesus included tithing as a matter of the law, but went on to state that tithing was not as important a matter of the law as was other more important (weightier) matters of the law such as judgment, mercy, and faith.
It is clear that He did so, included tithing as a matter of the law, by stating immediately after speaking of tithing Jesus said "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law." That is to say...
a. Tithing was a matter of the law, codified in the law, regulated in the law and was a part of the law.
b. Tithing was not the most important part of the law, leading to...
c. There are more important matters of the law which the Scribes and Pharisees failed to obey. The point being was that the Scribes and Pharisees were keeping to the letter of the law by tithing, but entirely missing the deeper meaning of the law, that is to say proper judgment, mercy, and faith, that they should have understood and acted on. Because of not doing so, their tithing was hypocrisy. The word "hypocrite" means "actor," as in they were outwardly acting out the law, but inwardly rejecting the more important subjects of the law.
d. In short; you Scribes and Pharisees tithed based on the law, but fail at the more important matters of the law.
5. "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done," ...After stating that they fell short of the more important issues of the law, again; judgment, mercy, and faith, Jesus stated that "these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
6. "and not to leave the other undone." ...Continuing from point 3 above; Jesus was NOT instructing the Scribes and Pharisees to do something, that is to say "not to leave it undone," that they were ALREADY DOING; namely tithing. They were already tithing, there was NO NEED to tell them to tithe by saying "THESE THINGS you ought to have done."
> Note: "THESE THINGS" (plural), not "THIS THING" (singular)...
"THESE THINGS" "judgment, mercy, and faith," ...three items, three subjects.
Not "THIS THING" as in a single subject of tithing, as it would be stated if Jesus was referring to a single subject such as tithing.
Jesus did not waste His time instructing someone to do something He knew they were already doing, but He did call out and expose the fact that their reason and motivation was wrong and hypocritical in what they were doing.
The phrase "these ought ye to have done," is clearly referring to "judgment, mercy, and faith," not tithing BECAUSE they were already tithing. No one tells someone to do something they are already doing unless they do so in ignorance. Jesus was not speaking in ignorance. It is NOT, as many tithing teachers claim, referring to tithing as something we "ought to have done."
Also, notice the PAST TENSE of the phrase "these ought ye to have done," NOT "these things you must continue to do as New Testament Believers." Jesus was clearly referring to something they, the Scribes and Pharisees, had not done in the past, something He was commanding that they should do.
7. The "tithing principle;" as some tithing teachers are now claiming; Jesus spoke of NO "tithing principle" or "universal tithing principle" in Matthew 23:23. There is no "tithing principle" apart from actual instructions for tithing found in the law or scriptures referring to the Law of Moses. We are not under Law of Moses. "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14
>>> Closing Comment...
"Text taken out of context is a pretext to deceptive text."
Three words for proper scriptural interpretation...
Context, context, context.
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In Matthew 23:23 Jesus was addressing the hypocritical tithing practices of the Jewish Pharisees under the Law of Moses from the Nation of Israel. The church is not the Nation of Israel, is not under the Law of Moses and has no command to tithe. See Rom 6:14, Gal 5:13-14, Titus 2:11-15, Psa 119:128-130, Eph 5:1, 1 John 3:1-3.
Jesus' Words in Matthew 23:23
If Jesus instructed the New Testament Church to tithe based on Matthew 23:23 then the Church has a big problem, and here is why...
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." - Matthew 23:23
1. To men with a lot of personal wealth, a lot of money, the Pharisees, Jesus confirmed that tithes were to be surrendered as fruits, vegetables...(and in the case of herdsmen, clean livestock); "ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin..." Jesus did NOT instruct them to stop paying tithes from "mint and anise and cummin" and begin paying tithes in monetary form (money).
Those Pharisees could have easily paid tithes in the form of money, but they and Jesus knew that tithes were ordered by the Law to be paid in fruits, vegetables, etc., NEVER money.
2. Jesus clearly defined ALL TITHING that God had established as a "matter of the Law;" that is to say; God's one and only tithing system was commanded, established, organized, defined and regulated IN THE LAW, and in NO WHERE ELSE except for scripture referring to the Law... Jesus said "and have omitted the weightier matters of the law," tithing was described firmly by Jesus as "matters of the Law." ...NOT a matter of Abraham tithing, or even Jacob promising to tithe, which Jacob never did, Jacob never tithed.
Tithing being a matter of the law (The Law of Moses) is also confirmed in Hebrews 7:5 - "And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:"
NOTE: "according to the law,"
3. According to Jesus in Mathew 23:23, not only were those He was talking to required to tithe as the Law commands, the "weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith" were to be obeyed also. That is to say the person tithing under the Law (God's ONLY system of tithing) was required to do ALL that the Law commanded them... " these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone." That "OTHER" is the whole Law.
> As James wrote in Scripture...
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on one point, he is guilty of all." - James 2:10
> Also, Deuteronomy tells us...
"Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen." - Deuteronomy 27:26
> And, Paul wrote in scripture...
"For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." - Galatians 3:10
The conclusion is obvious; if you tithe GOD'S WAY, you must do so based on the Law, God has called no one to tithe because either Abraham or Jacob did, therefore you, by tithing under the Law, are cursed.
> Fortunately, we are NOT under the Law, and we are NOT instructed by God to tithe...
"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." - Romans 10:4
"For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace." - Romans 6:14
Romans 7:6 - "But now we are DELIVERED FROM THE LAW, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter."
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster." - Galatians 3:24-25
>>> Jesus was talking to Jews, Pharisees, who were at that time, under the Law (there was NO New Testament at that time,
Jesus had not gone to the Cross yet), and He was calling out their hypocritical tithing practices, Jesus was NOT instructing Christian to tithe. To conclude that He was is taking scripture out of context and is blatant foolishness.
>>> The bottom line is this; under the New Testament we are to be free will givers giving from what God has freely given us, and as GOD directs us to give...
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." - Luke 6:38
Further comments...
In Matt. 23:23 (also Luke 11:42-49)...
A. Jesus was talking to Jews who were still under the Law at that time (Jesus had NOT gone to the cross, there was NO New Testament, the Law was still enforce), we are not under the Law.
B. The tithe they paid were in spices (fruits and vegetables; i.e., mint and dill and cummin), not money.
C. The tithing Jesus referred to was "matters of the Law;" i.e., tithing was based on the Law, we are not under the Law where God's system of tithing is established. "But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law." - Galatians 5:18
D. Jesus was not teaching Christians to tithe; he was addressing the hypocrisy of the Pharisees in that they paid tithes but neglected the more important points of the Law such as faith, mercy, good judgment and Luke adds love. Jesus told them that "these things they ought to have done, and not neglect the other also."
E. The "other" was the rest of the Law, which they were neglecting. So if we are to tithe because Jesus referred to tithing in Matt. 23:23, we would have to obey ALL of the Law.
F. There is no indication in Matt. 23:23 (Luke 11:42-49) that Jesus was calling for the future Church, Christians, to tithe.
G. If we are to tithe based on Matt. 23:23 (Luke 11:42-49), we would also be obligated to obey all of the Law (James 2:10 - "For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend on ONE POINT, he is guilty of all."). If tithing was required and taught in the New Testament for Christians, it would have to be clearly detailed and outlined in the terms and conditions of the New Testament like all promises and commands of the New Testament are.
Tithing instructions would be clearly included in the New Testament. No such terms, conditions or details are outlined anywhere in the New Testament. Tithing was never, is not now, and will never be part of the New Testament.
No Apostle ever taught tithing, asked for a tithe, rebuked any person or church for not tithing, or received a tithe. Not one of them. The early church (i.e. Book of Acts) NEVER tithed. We have NO record of them doing so.
And, God NEVER authorized a monetary tithe (the tithing of money).
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