Caesar's and God's

『Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 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.Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's. 』 (Matthew 22: 15-21)

Regarding this, the church people usually teach that the things of the world should be paid in taxes, and the things of God should be given to the church in tithing. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians (15:50).

『Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 』 The world cannot receive the kingdom of God. There is no God in the world. But to the born again, the reborn in the spirit body, the kingdom of God comes. The body of the spirit is with God, and the body of the body is on earth. The flesh of this world will someday die and rot. The Bible says in 2 Peter (3: 7).

『But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.』

The Bible says in 2 Peter (3:10).『 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.』

The Bible says in Ecclesiastes (12:7). "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Soil means flesh. Blood and body return to earth, and the spirit back to God. When we speak of Caesar's and God's, Caesar's is of the world, but God's means of spirit. By the way, most churches are saying, "Dedicate to the Caesar the things of the world, and to God." Those who say that because God created this world, everything in this world is God's. But everything in this world is given to Satan by God, so everything in this world becomes Satan's. Caesar is the name of the Roman emperor, but symbolizes Satan, the king of the world. The things of this world are Caesar's.

The Bible says in 1 John (2: 15-16). 『 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 』 The things of this world belong to Satan. The Bible says in Luke (4: 6).『 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 』 This is what Satan says when tempt Jesus. It means that God gave Satan this world. Why did God surrender this world to Satan? It was already planned before creation. Since Satan sins in the kingdom of God, God created the material world to imprison him, and allows him to make your kingdom. God's grant of Satan to the world means that Satan was cast out of God's kingdom. When Jesus died on the cross, the king of the world was taken from the air to the earth. When Jesus returns, Satan will be put in prison. And God will put Satan and his followers into the eternal lake at the judgment of the Great Throne.

The Bible says in Matthew (12:22).『Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 』 At that time, the Pharisees saw the miracle of Jesus and said, "He does this by the power of Beelzebub." But Jesus says in Matthew (12: 26-27).

『And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 』 Jesus admitted that Satan established his kingdom.

Explain God's work in John (6:29).『 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.』Jesus admitted that Satan established his kingdom.

Explain God's work in John (6:29).『 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 』 God's work is "to believe in the one whom God sent (Christ)." The belief in God sent is that Jesus takes all the sins of the world for the sins of those who repent and are united with Jesus Christ who died on the cross. Thus, those who repent are born again of water and the Holy Spirit. The apostle Paul in this regard refers to the rebirth of the spirit body to all who are united with Jesus on the cross. If you cannot be born again in the body of the spirit, you cannot enter the kingdom of God. Thus the body of the spirit becomes one with God. Thus, the spirit is offered to God. Not the things of this world are given to God, but the Spirit is given to God.

The saints wear the body of spirit that God has made, and the giving of the spirit to God is the denial of the flesh in this world, the sacrifice of the living sacrifice to God. Says in Romans (12: 1-2).『I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.』

It is spiritual worship that the saints give God's things to God. "Changed by Renewing the Mind" This is not to improve the mind of the flesh, but to the spirit in the body of the spirit. To do so, the old man must die on the cross with Jesus. Thus, the spirit comes to life. Says in John (6:63).

『It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 』 Only when the saints wear the born-again body of the spirit can the spirit be alive.

Caesar means everything in the world. It is to give everything in the world a tax. God's thing does not mean tithing, but means spirit. In Leviticus (27:30).『 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. 』 The Old Testament people gave to God according to the law, but because Jesus came to the New Testament and Jesus died about the law, those who are in Christ are not governed by the law and are guided by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, those who are in Christ must not obey the law.

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