https://followjesus.jesusrocksau.com/5-paying-taxes-to-caesar/ A journey with Jesus through Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:48:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://followjesus.jesusrocksau.com/5-paying-taxes-to-caesar/#comment-28 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 05:04:02 +0000 https://followjesus.jesusrocksau.com/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=3017#comment-28 I am also reminded of this:
You shall have no other gods before Me.  (4)  You shall not make for yourselves any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.  (5)  You shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, the LORD your God am a jealous God. (Exodus 20:3-5)
‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the LORD of hosts. (Haggai 2:8)

]]> https://followjesus.jesusrocksau.com/5-paying-taxes-to-caesar/#comment-27 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:47:39 +0000 https://followjesus.jesusrocksau.com/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=3017#comment-27 “Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”
It is interesting to note in this story about paying taxes to the Roman government, that Jesus asked for a coin. He pointed to whose image was on the coin. They told him Caesar’s, and it was actually Julius Caesar who had been deified by the Romans, after his death in 44BC, as a god.
It reminds me of another time when Jesus taught his followers.
“No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24)
If we live in the world’s (beast) system, we must pay tribute to the world’s (beast) system. But if we live in God’s kingdom, we pay tribute to God.

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