October 22, 2023
Matthew 22:15-22
Jesus knew their hypocrisy. Jesus knows our hypocrisy. The Pharisees and Herodians reached into their pockets, but Jesus did not. The idolatrous coin that condemns was not in Jesus’s pocket. Christ’s pocket was empty because, alone, he is fully faithful to the prayer he taught us, the prayer we will pray in just a few minutes.
In taking our sin into His hand, you have been gifted his righteousness, no matter what you render to Caesar or how many times you have prayed, “Thy kingdom come,” only to forget that the kingdom that is here and is to come will topple all of the Caesars that demands their coins.
