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A royal banquet with open doors and a guest thrown out. A coin stamped with Caesar’s face and a heart stamped with God’s image. A world beyond marriage where love doesn’t shrink—it’s fulfilled. We unpack Matthew 22 with clear eyes and warm hearts, tracing how Jesus answers traps, reframes power, and calls us to a life anchored in love and truth.

We start with the parable of the wedding feast, where everyone is invited yet entry still depends on the King’s garment—a vivid picture of grace and the danger of self-made righteousness. From there, we tackle the hot-button question of taxes and authority. Jesus shows how to honor government without bowing to it, how Romans 13 and Acts fit together, and why paying taxes isn’t the same as worshiping Caesar. Trust becomes practical here: if God can provide a coin from a fish, he can sustain us as we “render” what’s due while giving God our full allegiance.

Next, we walk through the Sadducees’ challenge on marriage and the resurrection. Jesus clarifies that the age to come is not a slightly improved version of now but a transformed reality where relationships are made whole and the purpose of marriage finds its fulfillment in union with Christ. Finally, we stand under the blazing clarity of the greatest commandment—love God with all your heart, soul, and mind; love your neighbor as yourself—and we watch Jesus reveal his identity as David’s Lord, the Messiah who is more than a teacher and more than a king.

You’ll leave with grounded applications: trust Christ for salvation instead of curating spiritual credentials, confess performative religion, love a real neighbor today, and live faithfully under God’s sovereignty in public life. If this conversation helped you think and worship more clearly, follow the show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who’s wrestling with faith, authority, or the hope of the resurrection.

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