Jesus was a hunted man. And it is not looking good in today's reading. (Matthew 15-23:40) Powerful groups have gone and "laid plans to trap him in his words." And they sent some of their guys to Jesus to ask Him a "polite" question: "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?"
Do you hear the flattery and trickery in their words? Jesus did. And He knew their evil motives.
But, oh, our hero comes out on top in this word duel! He calls for a coin and asks whose picture and inscription is on it. Of course, it's Caesar's so it's obvious you should give Caesar his due.
My, I would have loved to have seen how Jesus shut up these sneaky guys. "When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away." Jesus is the wisest, most wonderful of all heroes. The only one worthy of worship. Let's do that today.
My, I would have loved to have seen how Jesus shut up these sneaky guys. "When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away." Jesus is the wisest, most wonderful of all heroes. The only one worthy of worship. Let's do that today.
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