A Review of Ted R. Weiland's Bible Sermons

Is the Old Testament "Tithe" Superior to Christ?

By John Hurt

Christ said to His True Followers in Matthew 10:8: "Freely give, for freely you have received."

Christ said that His Teachings should not be sold for money.

Ted Weiland teaches that it is necessary to “tithe” or give 10% of your income for the support of various “kingdom ministers,” like himself, I suppose.

Ted's series of lessons on "Tithing" can be found on his audio list at:

Kingdom Tithing - Part 1 to 13.

Here is the title that Ted gives to these lessons:

"Biblically demonstrates that tithing is still applicable under the New Covenant and reveals why it is a crucial part of establishing and maintaining Yahweh's Kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven."

But think about it. The "tithe" is not found in the New Testament. The "tithe" is only found in the "Sacrificial Law" of the Old Testament.

The purpose of the Tithe was to support the Temple Priests who offered animal sacrifices under the Sacrificial Law.

Yet Ted has said that not just the Sacrificial Law has been abolished, but that entire parts of “Law of Moses” have been voided, including the Dietary Law.

So if the “Sacrificial Law” has been abolished, then so has the tithe.

You won’t find the tithe in any of the New Testament writings, for God has made all of us “Kings and Priests” (Rev 1:6, Rev 5:10), with Christ as our “High Priest.”

Christ as our High Priest has made an offering for sin for all of us in heaven in the tabernacle made without hands. (Hebrews 9:11)

The Book of Hebrews tells us that the Sacrifice of Christ is the sacrificial law of the New Testament.

The Sacrificial Law is now with Christ in heaven in the tabernacle made without hands, and we are now all priests with Christ as our High Priest. (Revelation 1:6, 1 Peter 2:5, Revelation 20:6)

So, as a priest, you don’t need to tithe to Ted Weiland anymore than Ted Weiland needs to tithe to you. The tithe is obsolete now. We are all priests. We should all be teaching God’s Word, and not charging anyone for it.

Christ said that no money should change hands for preaching His Message, but that we should "Freely give, for freely you have received." Matthew 10:8

So realizing what Christ said, and that the tithe is entirely "Old Testament," we need to reconsider what Ted Weiland teaches.

When you hear Ted Weiland say that you need to tithe to “kingdom ministers” while at the same time telling you that the “Law of Moses” has been abolished – that is ridiculous.

No one should ever give anyone 10% of their income as a tithe.

And the 10% tithe, plus some other offerings, was the entire tax bill of the Israelites. Ted Weiland wants what was the entire tax bill for Israel from you as his own personal income.

All Ted needs is 10 people to give him a “tithe” of 10% of their income, and Ted Weiland does not have to work anymore.

If Ted can get 20 people to send him their “tithe,” then Ted would receive twice the average working man’s wages.

Ted Weiland has no overhead. There is no church building to keep up, no food pantry, and no homeless shelter. Where does your donation go when you give it to Ted Weiland?

How much does Ted Weiland make each year? All I know is that Ted can easily travel and go wherever he pleases, as funds are not a problem for him.

Ted likes Paul because Paul teaches that you can receive payment for preaching (1 Cor 9:11) while Christ and Peter forbid it. (Matthew 10:8, 1 Peter 5:2). That is why Ted Weiland naturally supports Paul over Christ. Ted needs the money so he won’t have to work a steady job for someone else, like the rest of us.

And what does Ted Weiland do all day?

While we remember the 7th day Sabbath, we are also instructed to work for a living the other 6 days:

Exodus 20:(9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

We all must work six days a week and rest only one day.

I cannot, for the life of me, see how any “full time preacher,” with no church building and that only produces two audio sermons a month, could be working six days a week, eight hours a day to produce just two audio sermons. Please prove me wrong. But by producing only two audio sermons a month, plus writing maybe one book a year, I cannot see that Ted Weiland is working six days a week and earning his living by the sweat of his brow.

I don’t believe that Ted Weiland works anywhere close to six days a week.

In one of my letters to Ted Weiland, I told him that he needed to follow Christ and quit taking money from his followers, even if it meant that he had to “work a real job.” I believe that this is when Ted’s train came off the tracks, as that seems to be when he started blasting me with his multi part audio sermon series on the “Anti-Paul Faction.”

Next Chapter:

Ted Weiland's “Anti-Paul Faction” Sermons

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