Wrong! The correct answer is: Sell everything you have and give all the money to the poor.
Heaven will be very empty, it seems. How many Christians take seriously this direct command of Jesus?
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?...Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." (Matthew 19:16-21. See also Luke 12:33)
Obey the law and keep all the sacraments. Wrong answer.
Attend church regularly and tithe ten percent of your income to God. Wrong answer. Christian tithing is difficult to support biblically. In Old Testament times, when church and government were united, the tithe was the state tax, often used to support the non-working Levites (priests). But there is no consistent explanation of tithing in Hebrew scripture or in other nations. Babylonians used the tithe as a secular tax for royal purposes. In America, where state and church are separated, Christians should not tithe--unless they want to be doubly taxed! There is nothing in the New Testament to support tithing. Jesus mocked the scribes and Pharisees who tithed (Matthew 23:23). The writer of Hebrews affirmed that the tithe was to be paid to the Levites, admitting that times are different now: "For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law." (Hebrews 7:5,12)
Confess your sins and ask Jesus to come into your heart. Wrong answer.
Correct! Sell everything you have and give all the money to the poor.
Heaven will be very empty, it seems. How many Christians take seriously this direct command of Jesus?
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?...Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me." (Matthew 19:16-21. See also Luke 12:33)
Obey the law and keep all the sacraments. Wrong answer.
Attend church regularly and tithe ten percent of your income to God. Wrong answer. Christian tithing is difficult to support biblically. In Old Testament times, when church and government were united, the tithe was the state tax, often used to support the non-working Levites (priests). But there is no consistent explanation of tithing in Hebrew scripture or in other nations. Babylonians used the tithe as a secular tax for royal purposes. In America, where state and church are separated, Christians should not tithe--unless they want to be doubly taxed! There is nothing in the New Testament to support tithing. Jesus mocked the scribes and Pharisees who tithed (Matthew 23:23). The writer of Hebrews affirmed that the tithe was to be paid to the Levites, admitting that times are different now: "For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law." (Hebrews 7:5,12)
Confess your sins and ask Jesus to come into your heart. Wrong answer.
