Monday, March 18, 2013

Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's

Mark 12:13-27
Some Pharisees and Herodians come to Jesus to catch him in his words.
Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?Should we pay or shouldn't we ?
Jesus knew they trying to trap him. This question is a test of Jesus's political stance姿態.
Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's.
Because you  do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. He who believes in Jesus and walking on God way is the living.
Why?
The answer clearly repudiates否定 their ideology: you can give to Caesar and to God. It relies one our mind and heart.
The Sadducees try to ridicule the idea of resurrection with an absurd荒謬 case of Levirate marriage. But the laugh is on them, because there is a resurrection - to a life where there is no sexual union or procreation because there is no death.
Political stance is belong to this world. All creations are created by the Lord, all be given to the Lord. But if one doesn't know God and Jesus who give himself to this world - the evil one.
We can give money or use money for the Lord or for ourselves or anyone, most important whom is our heart focus on?
How?
My life and all my properties are given from the Lord, so I'd like give my all to Thee for who has give me all.

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