Doesn Jesus statement in Matthew 23:23 prove that tithing is taught in the New Testament?
• Matt. 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes [teachers of the Law] 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. ANSWER: These tithing instructions by Jesus occur in the context of the Old Covenant Law before Calvary, and are not New Testament principles for the post-Calvary Christian church. • A. Chapter 23 is Jesus’ 7 woes against teachers of the Mosaic Law. • B. Jesus was born, lived, and crucified under the jurisdiction of the Mosaic Law. Gal. 4:4-5 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. • C. The New Covenant did not officially begin until Christ shed his new covenant blood at Calvary. Matt. 26:28; 27:51; John 19:30; Heb. 7:27; 9:27; 12:24. • D. Even before Calvary, giving alm
