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*Give to God What is God’s – Matthew 22:15-22*
· Eddie George, former Governor of the Bank of England
o “There are three types of economist; those who can count and those who can’t”
· Pharisees coming up with a /cunning plan/ to trap Jesus *(v15)*
o Jesus was speaking against them *(21:45-6)*
§ ask Him about *paying taxes* to */Caesar/* *(v17)*
· this was a problem for the people of *Judea* (only)
o taxes are rarely popular anyway (“But in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes” – Benjamin Franklin)
o being paid to an /occupying force/
o the coinage itself had *Caesar’s image* on it, breaking the 2nd commandment *(Exodus 20:4)*
§ to pay it you would have to handle an *idol-image*
§ *inscription*; ‘Tiberius Caesar Augustus, */son of the divine/* Augustus, */chief priest/*’ *(vv20-21)*
§ protesting against the tax got people /crucified/
§ encouraging~/accepting its payment would brand you a /Roman sympathiser/
· although the Pharisees had access to a coin... *(v20)*
· The *coin* was is *Caesar’s*
o *give it* to him
§ ajpodivdwmi – to *give /back/*, refund
§ perhaps disdainful, but not openly revolutionary
§ the tax can be paid, but not bowing to it
o the perfect *sidestep* – Shane Williams would have been proud!
§ but then the match-winning try:
· *We* are *God’s*
o they~/we are made *in His /image/* *(Gen 1:26-7)*
o *His Law* to be */inscribed/* on their~/our hearts *(Jer 31:33)*
o we should *give ourselves /back/ to Him*
§ a biting comment – ‘you aren’t doing this!’
· Serving God with *every* part of our lives
o *Romans 12:1-2*
§ easy to separate life into different /compartments/
· *family*~/*home* and *work*
· *private* and *public*~/*social*
§ easy to do with */faith/* and */church/*
· *spiritual* and */unspiritual/* things?
· 11:00 – 12:30 is the time when we go to Church
o the time we give to God
· How can we worship *(as /per/ Romans 12)* outside of church?
o not /what/ we do but *how* we do it
§ ‘Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord...’ *(Colossians 3:23)*
§ encouraging one another *(1 Thessalonians 5:11)*
· ‘...spur one another on toward love and good deeds’ *(Hebrews 10:24)*
§ being in *private* what we are ~/ would be in *public*
o offering God our thoughts, actions, time, finances /et al/
· Loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, strength is *quite an ask*!
o being *made in His image* and *inscribed* by Him reminds us that everything comes from Him
§ *every breath* is a /gift/ from God
§ /every moment of eternity/ offered through Jesus’ saving act
o let’s live all our life for Him
§ offer ourselves as living sacrifices
§ give to God what is God’s
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