Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!RUG!DEVOSCM From: DEVOSCM@RUG.NL (Marco de Vos, Kapteyn Lab Groningen) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.christia Subject: RE: Re: In God We Trust Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 90 10:11:00 GMT Sender: Practical Christian Life Reply-To: Practical Christian Life Lines: 25 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-VMS-To: IN%"CHRISTIA@FINHUTC.BITNET" >In Response to: Message by Marco de Vos ??? Yip, 't was me. >Marco, you mentioned the quote, "Give to Caesar what is of Caesar." It is my >opinion that Jesus meant that what Caesar requested (in the way of taxes, etc.) > was to be paid to him with his money; in this sense, we should repay God with >the many blessings He has given us. > >God be with you, > >Christian Renegade That's my opinion too. I made my remark because Jesus "proofs" money is something of Ceasar (or the state or the world or so) by pointing at the sign of Ceasar at the coin, and we were discussing a reference to God on our coins. As a matter of fact, I think "wealth"/money is be a blessing that we might repay God by sharing it with our fellow human beings. There are many other like honour and worship that we should give to God, and not to Ceasar (well, some kind of honour probably, but not the kind I try to give to God). Marco.