Render to Ceaser, Render to God

Render to Caesar, Render to God

Pastor Tyson Bloor

Matthew 22:15–22

Entrapment through Flattery of Lip Service

Matthew 22:15–17 NASB95

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

And they sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.

“Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

Matthew 21:43–46 NASB95

“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.

“And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet.

Deuteronomy 17:15 NASB95

you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.

The Rendering

Matthew 22:18–21 NASB95

But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?

“Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”

They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

Genesis 1:26 NASB95

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Matthew 6:1 NASB95

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

The Response

Matthew 22:22 NASB95

And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away.

Romans 8:29 NASB95

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;