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#JesusSpeaks

“Then He said to them, “Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

–Matthew 22:21

But what is Caesar's? If someone robs or extorts you and takes what is yours without your consent is it ACTUALLY theirs? If something doesn't REALLY belong to Caesar (i.e., the government), then is Jesus REALLY saying that you have to give it to them? 🤔
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victor 2y ago

The point was that the coin, bearing Caesar's image, ostensibly belongs to Caesar ultimately...And that likewise, we ourselves, bearing the image of God (Gen 1:26, "Let Us make man in Our image"), belong to God and should give our lives fully to him.

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Marakesh 𓅦 2y ago

I get the second part about our lives belonging to God; it's the first part about what is Caesar's that has always troubled me.

So in the US, our money bears Washington's image; so then our money belongs to Washington? Or, if the government has issued your money then it actually belongs to them? That, in itself, is an argument for using Bitcoin or other non-government issued money.