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Friday 14 June 2019

An important question. ( Matthew 22 v 16 - 22 )

There it was lying on the ground bright and shiny ,a penny which someone had lost,so I picked it up and it became mine. The penny has a portrait on it of our Queen,and it reminded me of  what Jesus told the religious leaders of his day ( Matthew 22 v 16 - 22).They wanted to catch him out ,so they asked him a question, which was politically loaded,it went like this,'Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?.So our all wise Saviour asked for a coin,and he asked the question,whose portrait was on the coin,they answered Caesar.Then Jesus replied,'' Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's''.What a wonderful answer ,how applicable to modern life,their are employers who expect their employees to serve them in total,their are political powers, who want  total commitment to them,there are relationships where God is totally excluded.Let us not bow to the one sided idea that our belief in God should not  interfere to whoever or whatever.

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