17/10/21 "It is not lawful for you. Give back to God what is spirit and to Caesar what is his."

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Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's." This timeless and eternal teaching, reaches us, in our time, in which we are called to live as Christians, in a de-Christianized context, that no longer puts God in first place. In a world intent more on honoring, Caesar, the god Caesar, he who man, made himself god, than not the true God, Jesus Man-God, sent by the Father to bring salvation to the whole world. To bring the image of God to the whole world. In Genesis, it is written that God created man in his image. This is the image that distinguishes the children of God. This is the image impressed in the heart, in the soul of the children of God. And to this image, the children of God look, to be able to recognize in the face of the Man-God, the face of God. Just as the Father said in that moment, in that first chapter of the Genesis: "In our image." Speaking in the plural, making well understand, in that sentence, the trinitarian expression that the Father, already from that moment, gave to his sons. But man, moving away from all that is spirit, is not able to understand, the spirit, that proceeds from the Father and the Son. That's why Jesus, at that time, had to respond in that way, to those Pharisees hypocrites, who asked him, not to understand the truth, but to tempt him, to make Him fall, to catch him in foul. This was what animated the Pharisees, as it is written: "They gathered, took counsel, to catch him in foul." And tried to tempt him and make him fall, to catch him in foul. Not questioning him on what is spirit, that one would have expected, from those who for the people were the holders of the spirit of the so-called religious power. But they try to catch him in error, speaking of what belongs to Caesar, of what is matter, of what is world, thus manifesting their true nature, their true knowledge, their true being experts, not of what is spirit, but of what is matter, trying to make fall that Man-God, on this topic. The context that was lived then was not a healthy context, holy, it is easy for the sons of God. The Pharisees. crushed the sons of God, imposing even them, a very severe taxation. The tithe, that was made to pay at that time. And even Jesus makes us understand his true thought, in the moment, always in the Gospel of Matthew responds to Peter, making him understand, whether or not, it was lawful to pay that tribute to those Pharisees, but said to Peter, to not scandalize them: "Go and do what I tell you, absolve." But his thought is clear; the Pharisees, uncovered in their hypocrisy, they try therefore to make use of the political, military, power of the law, represented by the Herodians, in order to make that Jesus could be accused, captured and condemned. And therefore they go with the Herodians, allying themselves with those who they had always fought, so that Jesus could answer in an incorrect way and consequently be charged with insubordination, with respect to the temporal power. But Jesus in his wisdom, provides an answer that displaces all, Pharisees and Herodians. The Pharisees who were experts in the things of Caesar, they yes had in their pockets, that coin. And Jesus said let me see it, pull it out, who is that image? Who does that writing belong to? Caesar. And so he said to them: "Give to Caesar, give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to God what is God's". Something they did not know how to do, because they were not giving back to God what was God's, but they had crushed the people, subjugated the people with unjust laws, loading them with burdens, that they did not even raise with one finger, Jesus will always say. Here is the hypocrisy of those men, who demanded honor, respect, money, without bringing to God, those children. Without giving back to God what is God's, what belonged to God. Here is the question made full of hypocrisy, is this lawful? Is this lawful, returns in scripture. How not to think of when John the Baptist, rebuked Herod, telling him that it was not lawful for him, to take his brother Philip's wife as a bride. You are not allowed! Here are the men of God! Who speak of what is spirit and who bring true knowledge of God and his law. Not so these pharisees! Here is the difference between who is animated by the Holy Spirit; John the Baptist, of whom Jesus said: "That among those born of women, no one has been as holy as John." And among those who, on the other hand, appearing to be religious, are actually hypocrites inside. And does not hesitate to make unholy alliances, with those who do not live the religion, in order to achieve their own goals, their own unholy purposes. Here is Jesus' answer, that sets a clear boundary between what is Caesar's, the so-called temporal power, and what is God's, what is spirit. This golden rule, today must be maintained at the center of the conduct, of all those who men and women animated by good will, animated by love for the l

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