"Render unto Caesar" is, at it's core, a disrespectful sentence towards authority.
Jesus referred specifically to the Roman coinage of the day when saying this, and by simple inference, nothing else. The entire rest of the Gospels share a common theme of disregard towards the material things of this world and an emphasis on the soul and the importance of entering the afterlife with openness towards the will of the Almighty.
Jesus might as well have held up a full pooper-scooper in a dog park and said "Render unto Canis what is canine."
Jesus referred specifically to the Roman coinage of the day when saying this
Yes, the implications of which are that the government owns nothing except what it made. Caesar doesn't own you and he cannot command you, all that is his, is what has his face on it.
While at the same time, the Lord made humanity. We owe our obeisance to God first and not to any earthly authority.
Jesus boldly criticized the government of his land. That's what got him in trouble.
I think the Christian school was just trying to say that they don't take a political position, which has been the position of many wise religious orgs.
Jesus referred specifically to the Roman coinage of the day when saying this, and by simple inference, nothing else. The entire rest of the Gospels share a common theme of disregard towards the material things of this world and an emphasis on the soul and the importance of entering the afterlife with openness towards the will of the Almighty.
Jesus might as well have held up a full pooper-scooper in a dog park and said "Render unto Canis what is canine."
Yes, the implications of which are that the government owns nothing except what it made. Caesar doesn't own you and he cannot command you, all that is his, is what has his face on it.
While at the same time, the Lord made humanity. We owe our obeisance to God first and not to any earthly authority.
Jesus boldly criticized the government of his land. That's what got him in trouble.
I think the Christian school was just trying to say that they don't take a political position, which has been the position of many wise religious orgs.