Give to Caesar Only What is Caesar’s
October 6th, 2024
Romans 13:1-7
1.
to the Government:
a. As God’s
1 Timothy 2:1-4, “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”*
b. To
Luke 4:6, “The devil said to him, “I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.”
c. To Not Face
Exodus 21:16, “Whoever kidnaps a person must be put to death, whether he sells him or the person is found in his possession.”
John 8:10-11, “When Jesus stood up, he said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Neither do I condemn you,” said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”
2. Fulfill Your
. (Vs. 6-7, Luke 20:22-25, Matt 5:41)
Luke 20:22-25, “Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” But detecting their craftiness, he said to them, “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” “Caesar’s,” they said. “Well then,” he told them, “give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Matthew 5:41, “And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.”
3.
Does Not Equal
.
1 Peter 2:17, “Honor everyone. Love the brothers and sisters. Fear God. Honor the emperor.”
Acts 5:28-29, “Didn’t we strictly order you not to teach in this name? Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.” Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than people.”
Genesis 9:5-6, “And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood; I will require it from any animal and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life. Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.”
Exodus 21:22-25, “When men get in a fight and hit a pregnant woman so that her children are born prematurely but there is no injury, the one who hit her must be fined as the woman’s husband demands from him, and he must pay according to judicial assessment. If there is an injury, then you must give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.”
Luke 1:39-41, “In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Exodus 1:15-17, 20-21, “The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives—the first, whose name was Shiphrah, and the second, whose name was Puah— “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.” The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live…So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. Since the midwives feared God, he gave them families.”