Umc Darlington

Matthew 22:15-22 & 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Jesus is confronted about paying the Tribute to Caesar.  He smells their attempt to trap him using logic from a mile away.  He flips the script and puts the decision to them while also giving a monumental command: Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God. No small task. The church in Thessalonica has been living just this way.  Paul writes to them commending them for imitating Christ so well that people from all around the land are talking about them.  They have given to God what is God's because that what Jesus calls us to do and...that's what Jesus did himself. How are we holding back in our day, in our town, in our life, in our family? Perhaps it's time to dig deep and consider where the Caesars of our day are demanding from us what is rightfully Gods. Perhaps it's time for us to be honest with ourselves and consider where we can TURN more to God and imitate Christ Jesus; that we might be transformed entirely.