tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303844666411630028.post6153622146331692300..comments2023-06-10T08:14:23.379-05:00Comments on University of Jesus: A Tax QuestionDennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083818184293565219noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5303844666411630028.post-82834027803178863262009-03-13T11:18:00.000-05:002009-03-13T11:18:00.000-05:00The Jews were looking for the return of an earthly...The Jews were looking for the return of an earthly King, who would sit on David's throne in Jerusalem, who would drive out the occupying armies and rule over the physical promised land once again... so why bring the Herodians? They were technically the "enemy." <BR/><BR/>This was probablyone of the easier traps for Jesus to forsee - when the Pharisees walk up with the Herodians side by side.<BR/><BR/>Yet, again, Jesus would stymie them with his answer. They have no response. <BR/><BR/>How does He do that? <BR/><BR/>The Teacher has the answers.<BR/><BR/>Had the Pharisees understood that God wants our hearts more than monetary gifts or sacrifices, they wouldn't have asked the question. <BR/><BR/>I sometimes wonder, because I haven't completely given all of my heart to God, if I have questions or thoughts or twisted logic - in an attempt to try and get around an issue, that if I would simply look closer at the teacher, and give more of myself to Him, I would see clearly the answer. <BR/><BR/>Back taxes, or current ones?<BR/><BR/>All a man's ways seem right to him,<BR/>But the Lord weigh's the heart. Pr 21:2<BR/><BR/>Search me, O God, and know my Heart;<BR/>test me and know my anxious thoughts.<BR/>See if there is any offensive way in me,<BR/>and lead me in the way everlasting. <BR/>Ps 139:23-24Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com