Question of Responsibility

Series: Discover Jesus

Pastor: Raymond Smith

Sunday Morning

Date: 15th September 2024

Passages:

• Genesis 1:27
• Psalm 5:9
• Psalm 78:36-37
• Mark 12:13-17
• Luke 20:20
• Luke 20:26
• Acts 4:19
• Acts 5:29
• Romans 13:1-2

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The Pharisees and Herodians sought to trap Jesus by asking if they had to pay taxes to Caesar. They didn't realize the at the core was really the matter of balance between responsibility to God and responsibility to government.

God created government and it has its proper place and authority in people's lives. God also has authority in peoples lives. When these two authorities come into conflict, God is the supreme authority and where our first responsibility is.