What is Caesar's? What is God's?

Summary

This sermon explores Jesus' teaching in Mark 12:13-17 about rendering to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's, emphasizing the distinction between civic duties and spiritual obligations. The preacher highlights the hypocrisy of Jesus' challengers and stresses that while paying taxes is necessary, giving oneself fully to God is a higher calling. The message also underscores the importance of love as the fulfillment of God's law and the Christian's daily debt to others. The sermon concludes with a call to balance sound doctrine with genuine love in Christian living.