For God and Country Mark 12:1317

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17
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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• 13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and
  Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14
  They came to him and said, Teacher, we know you
  are a man of integrity. You arent swayed by men,
  because you pay no attention to who they are but
  you teach the way of God in accordance with the
  truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• 15 Should we pay or shouldnt we? But Jesus knew
  their hypocrisy. Why are you trying to trap me?
  he asked. Bring me a denarius and let me look at
  it. 16 They brought the coin, and he asked them,
  Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?
  Caesars, they replied. 17 Then Jesus said to
  them, Give to Caesar what is Caesars and to God
  what is Gods. And they were amazed at him.

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• Paying Taxes To Caesar
• The Roman Head Tax
• Paid based upon a census
• Cause for Mary Josephs journey to Bethlehem
• A Source of Contention
• A matter of allegiance
• Zealots No King But God
• Caused a bloody revolt 20 years earlier

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• Paying Taxes To Caesar
• The Intent Behind The Question
• Refuse to pay
• Be identified as a religion zealot enemy of Rome
• Leading to arrest and imprisonment
• Recommend paying
• Question His allegiance to God
• Bring His authority into question

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• Bring Me A Denarius (Roman Coin - NLT)
• The Roman Denarius
• The coin used to pay the head tax
• Silver coin with emperor on front
• Inscribed with Tiberius Caesar, Son of the
  Divine Augustus
• Proclaiming deity of the emperor

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• Bring Me A Denarius (Roman Coin - NLT)
• The Jewish Denarius
• Copper coin omitting emperors image and deifying
  inscription
• Possession of the Roman denarius
• Implied they paid the tax
• Makes them sympathetic to Rome
• Nullifies their charge of mixed allegiance

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• A Dual and Separate Obligation
• Giving to Caesar
• Governments authority
• Given by God (Romans 131-7)
• Christians to submit to (1 Peter 213-14)
• Giving to God
• Gods authority
• Supreme (Romans 131-7)
• Our ultimate obligation (Acts 419)

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• A Dual and Separate Obligation
• Biblical Separation of Church State
• No Church State
• Church not in the business of government, but
  saving souls
• No State Church
• Power from God not the people

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For God and CountryMark 1213-17

• For God and Country that is the dual and separate
  obligation of Gods people.
• We are to respect, honor and obey the government.
  But that obligation is not supreme. It comes with
  the understanding that such respect honor and
  obedience comes only so long as the government
  does not act or command us to act contrary to
  Gods desire for us.