Paying Our Taxes to the Government (TMF:1831)

Monday, April 18, 2022
Peace to Live By: Paying Our Taxes to the Government (TMF:1831) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 6 of Romans 13: “For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.” I.R.S. agents are even brought into the picture here as being appointed by God. I will say that this verse here obviously says we should pay taxes, as Christians. Now, one might say, “But what if my tax money is going to support abortions. I don’t want to support abortions.” Well, for starters, you are correct in that everything the government does surely cannot be approved by God. I mean, after all, it’s made up of human beings. But not only that, Jesus said we are to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God’s” (Matthew 22:21, ESV). That same question was asked of Jesus. People wish to get out of paying their taxes.