And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” As you can read, in responding to His opponents, Jesus changed the verb they used from "pay" to "render", which literally means "to pay back". Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
Kingdom citizens have an obligation to earthly government and to the Lord God. It is the citizen's responsibility to obey the law of the land until it becomes in conflict with God's Word.
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
Remember when the two laws are in conflict, citizens of the Kingdom of God are to follow the King. Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
We are to obey the Lord rather than the government of planet earth. We are to be citizens in good standing in both worlds, but our first allegiance is to the Kingdom of God.
So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”
But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.
Matthew 22:20-21 Matthew 22:17 Romans 13:1-7
I Peter 2:13-17 Acts 4:18-20 Acts 5:29
~~W.R. Luchie
Kingdom citizens have an obligation to earthly government and to the Lord God. It is the citizen's responsibility to obey the law of the land until it becomes in conflict with God's Word.
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
Remember when the two laws are in conflict, citizens of the Kingdom of God are to follow the King. Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
We are to obey the Lord rather than the government of planet earth. We are to be citizens in good standing in both worlds, but our first allegiance is to the Kingdom of God.
So they called them and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”
But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.
Matthew 22:20-21 Matthew 22:17 Romans 13:1-7
I Peter 2:13-17 Acts 4:18-20 Acts 5:29
~~W.R. Luchie
