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Show A COIN FOR CAESAR OR FOR GOD Luke 20: 25 Many to God in a of us verses are what confused about what belongs material world and act ours or help us belongs to Caesar. We live as if everything is Caesar's. This message is designed to sort out that which belongs to Caesar belongs to God. The chief priest and the scribes were breathing down Jesus' neck. They wanted to lay hands on Him. They looked around and got verses that which scared because of the crowd of supporters. So rather than lay hands on Him, they sent spies to keep eye on Him and to listen to what He had to say. Their goal was to catch Him in the act of an blasphemy or saying something against the government. They wanted to do Jesus in but at the same time they wanted to keep their hands clean. So they asked Jesus this question: "Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, wrong or 1 neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly; Is it lawful for give tribute unto Caesar, or no?" (Luke 20: 21-22) They wanted to get Him to give an us to that would trap Himself. But aren't you that Jesus is a mind reader and that He answer glad knows all the craftiness of men? So he challenged them on their asked them to show Him tempting a Him and coin with a superscription on it. When He asked them whose image the superscription was, they answered, "Caesar's." For Jesus then said, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things The challenge was which be God's." The over. challengers marveled at His words and held their peace. Here is the lesson for you and I. A coin is made in the image, ideas. image of Caesar. It carries a human designs, and human Money can buy you a place to stay, a with man made vehicle to ride in, clothes to wear, and food to 2 ,.. eat. It wears out and becomes useless in times depression. You can tell the country and who it belongs to by looking at the of inflation and money, A whole lot of us would rather have mammon, money, silver and gold than have Jesus. Peter and John turned to the beggars said, "Silver and gold have we none we have, give we to thee." What did and but such as temple they have? They had themselves and as disciples of Jesus, they were made in the image of God. We are made in the image belong to God. We give ourselves to We \ 3 God. of God. |
