does that mean we give to god ALL god is due too?
or give it via a messenger
if the messenger gets the message why?
why not give to god that which is due to god alone?
is he not every where
even in our own hearts?
2007-02-07 15:47:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God is not involved with money, and the love of money is the root of all evil, and the people that asked this question of Jesus did not really care about his answer except to make Jesus Christ look bad if he answered incorrectly.
Matthew 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Matthew22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
This means Christians should not do things to offend other people like cheating n their taxes.
2007-02-07 15:57:53 · answer #1 · answered by sirromo4u 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think that the whole sentence has a much deeper meaning: Give to God what God is due means one's beliefs and spiritual side; give to caesar what caesar is due means one's obligations to the physicall world around you. It basically means that you shouldn't try to put spiritual and physicall together, and that even if 'caesar' opposes 'God', your faith will not perish if you bow to caesar; one is a reflection of the world within a man, the other is the world of rules you must obey. And these words should mean that those two can co-exist!
2007-02-08 00:08:15 · answer #2 · answered by Uros I 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
aone: Please don't make this sooooo complicated ! Simply put; Jesus was instructing His followers to "render" - serve or give to Caesar - the Government, "the things which belong to him". In plain modern day lingo: taxes, licences, subjectiveness to laws [where those laws do not cause a believer to not worship God], etc. No we do not give either, God nor Caesar ALL of our money, as the Bible does not require this.
2007-02-08 00:09:04 · answer #3 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caesar meaning the Caesar of the Roman Empire at the time of Jesus of which the area of present day Israel was part of. All who who lived within the Roman Empire had to pay tax to the Emperor.
Jesus merely teaches us to obey man made laws and Divine laws.
2007-02-07 23:59:47 · answer #4 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that as long as the law and government aren't forcing you to do something against God, than try your best to follow the authority. Like someone else said it basically means pay your taxes.
2007-02-08 00:03:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars =money
Unto God the things that are Gods= your heart-soul
2007-02-07 23:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Government gets the MONEY and THE GOD gets PRAYER.
THE GOD needs NOTHING from us!
http://bible-truths.com/tithing.html
2007-02-07 23:57:11 · answer #7 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Caesar himself belongs to God whether Caesar knows it or not, so what is given to Caesar, or to anyone else, is in effect given to God because all is God's from the beginning to the end, and even after forever.
2007-02-07 23:53:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It was simply an injuction to keep religious and civil matters separate.
2007-02-08 00:05:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically it means: pay your taxes.
2007-02-07 23:52:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋