DAY 297 Read Matthew 21:23 through 22:22; Mark 11:27 through 12:17; Luke 20:1-26.
Today's reading: Tuesday of that eventful week was a busy day. When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem that morning, a delegation of religious leaders challenged His authority and tried to trap Him into saying something they could condemn.
Memory gem: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's" (Matthew 22:21).
Thought for today:
In the United States we are blessed with a government which derives its just powers from the consent of the governed; a land where everyone has the right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience; a land where the highest law stated that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Think what this means to us all--Jew and Gentile, Protestant or Catholic, or in whatever other circle of connection we find ourselves. We are free to serve God without molestation. This is the principle that Christ taught; we are to render to Caesar--civil government--that which is Caesar's, and to God that which is God's.
We must never forget this last part of it--the things of God are to be rendered to God:
1. Our faith: "Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6).
2. Our love: "And he answering said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself" (Luke 10:27).
3. Our obedience to God's commandments: "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:19).
To serve our country best, we must serve God best--with better homes, better churches, better schools, but above all with better hearts. Back to God! Back to the Bible! Back to prayer! Back to faith! Back to obedience!
Today's reading: Tuesday of that eventful week was a busy day. When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem that morning, a delegation of religious leaders challenged His authority and tried to trap Him into saying something they could condemn.
Memory gem: "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's" (Matthew 22:21).
Thought for today:
In the United States we are blessed with a government which derives its just powers from the consent of the governed; a land where everyone has the right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience; a land where the highest law stated that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Think what this means to us all--Jew and Gentile, Protestant or Catholic, or in whatever other circle of connection we find ourselves. We are free to serve God without molestation. This is the principle that Christ taught; we are to render to Caesar--civil government--that which is Caesar's, and to God that which is God's.
We must never forget this last part of it--the things of God are to be rendered to God:
1. Our faith: "Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6).
2. Our love: "And he answering said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself" (Luke 10:27).
3. Our obedience to God's commandments: "Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:19).
To serve our country best, we must serve God best--with better homes, better churches, better schools, but above all with better hearts. Back to God! Back to the Bible! Back to prayer! Back to faith! Back to obedience!
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