PLANS LAID

THANK YOU FATHER.

Did you all know that evil has a plan?
Yeah, it does.

Do you know how not to be frustrated by it's plan?

Let me tell you how.
Because frustration is just a sense or state of insecurity and or dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems and unfulfilled needs.

While evil has it's plan, God had a plan that fulfilled all of mans needs in His Son Jesus Christ.
Amen.

When the enemy approaches with his suggestion that you get upset or seek revenge over allowing justice to prevail or entice you not take responsibility but make excuses, ask your self these questions:

Are my needs met?
Is the problem solved?

I have to ask my self this all of the time and The Father always assures me that my needs have been met and my problem has been solved.

As I studied The Lord's view on paying taxes this is what He taught me.

There are several accounts of our Lord's view on tax paying recorded in holy scripture, Thank God that these men recorded them.
Let's look at them and shut the mouths of wicked, evil and foolish this day.
Amen.

It's campaign time and The Holy Spirit said it's time for this lesson.

The record of our Saviours view is recorded in Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26

The religious men, the men with the plan.
The Pharisees laid plans to trap the LORD Jesus in his words by asking Him,
"Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?"

These dudes got together and had meetings about ways they could trap The Christ so that they could bring a charge of unlawfulness against Him.
Why do that?
In order to have Him crucified and removed from the scene so that they could go on controlling the people.

Politics.

The funny thing was that they always approached The LORD with a chicken eating grin and a compliment, like He was stupid and wanted their praise, saying," Master, we know that you are true, and teach the word of God in truth, and you are not partial to one man over the other or swayed by men."

You are so well versed and intelligent and we know your heart is genuine...

A demon always does this.

If they believed that He was of such integrity why did they come lying to His face?

Jesus knew their evil intent, He perceived their wickedness and asked them,
"Why do you tempt me you hypocrites?"

The LORD asked them to show Him the tribute money. They brought Him a penny.
The Saviour asked them, "Whose image and inscription is on this?"
They answered, "Caesar's".
Then said The LORD to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's"

I know you have heard this taught so many times as a teaching to tithe and taught that tax collector's were evil.

Listen up because it's not the collecting of taxes that is evil, it's the misuse of the collection of both the temple tax and the government tax.
Its' not the taxes that are the problem, it's the integrity of the collector.

When Zacchaeus realized that he had become rich by being dishonest with the handling of the taxes he repented and paid the people back.
Repentance isn't just sorry it pays restitution.
I bet you can't find anybody who misused your funds ready to pay you back willingly without the law enforcing it.

When the tax collector and the Pharisee went up to pray you see that the tax collector had a repentant heart and the Pharisee held his pride to the end.

This my friends is why a whore and a tax man will see the kingdom before a rich man who has gained his wealth in unfair practices, on the backs of others who he had no intent of treating fairly.

Have you heard it taught that "No man has left house nor spouse, sister, brother nor child that will not receive a hundred fold return?
It's written.
Well rich young ruler if you believe that this is true for the less fortunate, it should be true for you, and if so why are you crying about a 2% increase in your taxes?

If you believe that when you give it will be given back to you pressed down shaken together and running over men shall give into your bosom is about money, how come it doesn't apply to your giving more in taxes?

Do you believe that taxes are needed for the running of a church but not for the running of a city, state and or country?
If congregants thought this way there would be no buildings to worship in.
He who has more should give more.

If you have more time, no children or other responsibilities you should give more time.
If you have more money, give more money.
To whom much is given much is required.

Because even Jesus paid taxes.
Matthew 17:24-27
Our LORD set an example because the question of paying tribute even came up to Him.

And when they (the disciples and the LORD) had come to Capernaum , they that received tribute money (collector of tithes) came to Peter, and said, Doesn't your master pay tribute?
Peter said, "Yes" and when Peter tried to come into the house Jesus stopped him and asked him, What do you think Simon? who do the kings of the earth collect taxes or tribute? Who are they collecting from, their own children or from strangers?

Peter answered, from strangers.
The LORD asks, "Then are the children excused from paying?"
See faith is not a blind leap, The Author and Finisher of our Faith was a teacher and He taught us why we do what we do.

Remember, the laid plan and goal of the religious Pharisees is to get the LORD and those who follow Him to say that it is unlawful to pay taxes, so that they have a cause to accuse Him.

Jesus said, "So that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line.
Take the first fish you catch; open it's mouth and you will find a four drachma coin.
Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours."

Jesus paid taxes and He did not do it against His will because He did nothing against His will.
He set an example for us.

Peter the Apostle walked with Jesus and learned this lesson then and taught it to those who came after him.
Peter taught this in 1 Peter 2:13-17
Submit your self to every ordinance of man for The Lord's sake: whether it be to the king as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
As free,and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

The Lord asked the question in Matthew 17 "Are the free exempt?"
Can the Christian, the wealthy or the non profit abuse his status?

The LORD set an example to submit our selves to the plan of our President for The Lord's sake. Not to grin in his face and say that we are praying for him and then behind his back seek to bring a charge of lies against him or destroy his plans to help those who need help.

Now I have seen men who preach the submitting to governing bodies to others and encourage others to submit to wicked authority and rule, yet have refused to submit them selves to senators who were doing their job in the past.
Hypocrisy.

You think that you want a Biblical world view, no you don't.
Listen to the final lie in the laid plan of evil.
Luke 23:1-4
The whole assembly of the counsel of the elders and the chief priests and teachers of the law, the mob who met regular to trump up false testimony about the Lord rose up and led Him off to Pilate.

And they began to accuse Jesus, saying, "We have found this man subverting our nation.
(He was breaking up that false baloney and blowing their scam out of the water.)

He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Christ, a king."

LIARS! and the children of their father the devil.
The Lord paid taxes and He is The Son of God.

So Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

Yes, it is as you say was the Lord's response.

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the rest of the crowd of accusers,
" I find no basis for a charge against this man.
"I find no fault in this man."

Do you know why?

Because there was no fault in Him.
He was innocent of all charges.
Because if there had been any fault in Him our problems wouldn't be solved and our needs wouldn't be met.

A little bit of revelation that the LORD has taken and made a great big revelation.

Now there are a group of men out there who have come into the midst of believers under stealth and they have turned some to this mindset of rebelling against the things that are God's will for greed and powers sake.

They teach treason out of one side of their mouth and submission to authority out of the other side.
Double minded and they are unstable in all of their ways.

Study these accounts in scripture and then use them as a guide to the many parables that Jesus teaches.

Christ laid the plans and the problem is solved and the needs have been met.
Do you know why?

Because Jesus actually went up against wrong for the good of the multitude.
My Hero, My Lord, Master and Saviour.

Write the script for this and put it on film.

Love Y'all :)
SDWGTMTD