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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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DON'T CHEAT ON YOUR TAX RETURN
DON'T CHEAT ON YOUR TAX RETURN
WELL, TAX SEASON IS HERE AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. DO YOU CHEAT ON YOUR TAX RETURN? I KNOW MANY PEOPLE DO AND I WILL HAVE TO ADMIT I HAVE DONE IT ALSO. I HAVE EVEN TRIED TO JUSTIFY IT BY SAYING THAT I WAS TAXED TOO MUCH OR THAT I HAD PAID ENOUGH DURING THE YEAR TO TAKE CARE OF MY SHARE. THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRUE BUT THE PROBLEM I HAD WAS LYING ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND AMOUNTS. LYING IS RIGHT UP THERE WITH WHAT WE SOMETIMES CALL MAJOR SINS BUT SIN IS SIN. LOOK WHAT REVELATION 21:8 SAYS ABOUT LYING. " But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars , shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. "
DID YOU KNOW THAT JESUS PAID TAXES? WE ALL KNOW HE PAID HIS FAIR SHARE BUT LOOK WHAT THE JEWS TRIED TO DO. THEY COULDN'T TRIP HIM UP ON RELIGIOUS THINGS SO THEY DECIDED TO TRY TO TRIP HIM UP ON PAYING TAXES. IF THEY COULD, THEY COULD HAVE DELIVERED HIM TO PILATE. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAYS TO PETER IN MATTHEW 17:24-27 AFTER PETER WAS ASKED BY THOSE WHO RECEIVED TAXES IF JESUS PAID TAXES. " And when they were come to Capernaum , they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? He saith , Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. "
DID YOU SEE THAT MIRACLE? LET'S LOOK CLOSELY AT IT. THERE WAS ONLY ONE PIECE OF MONEY THAT WAS ACCEPTED TO PAY THE IMPERIAL TAX AND THAT WAS THE DENARIUS . IT WAS A SMALL SILVER COIN ON WHICH WAS THE IMAGE OF TIBERIUS CAESAR AND READ " TIBERIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS, SON OF THE DIVINE AUGUSTUS". ON THE BACK SIDE IT READ "CHIEF PRIEST" WHICH WAS A CLAIM TO DIVINITY AND, AS EMPEROR, THE RIGHT TO BE WORSHIPED. THIS WAS WHAT WAS IN THE FISHES MOUTH, EXACTLY WHAT JESUS NEEDED.
WHEN THE JEWS ASK JESUS IF IT WAS LAWFUL FOR HIM TO GIVE TRIBUTE TO CAESAR. LOOK WHAT JESUS SAID, "WHOSE IS THIS IMAGE AND SUPERSCRIPTION?" THEY TOLD HIM CAESAR'S. JESUS SAID "RENDER THEREFORE UNTO CAESAR THE THINGS WHICH ARE CAESAR'S; AND UNTO GOD THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S". THEY COULDN'T TRIP HIM UP.
DON'T LET SATAN TRIP YOU UP. DON'T CHEAT ON YOUR TAX RETURN. JUST THINK ABOUT THIS STORY OF JESUS AND IF YOU NEED MONEY TO PAY YOUR TAXES, ASK HIM FOR A MIRACLE. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET THE MONEY OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A FISH BUT JESUS CAN SHOW YOU THINGS THAT CAN DECREASE YOUR TAXES. JUST ASK HIM AND TRUST HIM TO HELP YOU. JUST DON'T COMPROMISE.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
