The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-07-05
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tribute is due. In determining our oh
legations to the world and to God il i
not always as easy to distinguish tn
image and superscription as it was o,
the penny which was held out to GU
Lord, but the distinguishing mark i
there somewhere, and should your eve
not be sharp to see it, if you will bu
show it to the Lord He will help YOU
for "if any of you lack wisdom let hin
ask of God, that giveth to all men lib
orally and upbrsideth not; and it shall
be given him" Failure to distinguish
the image and superscription may rol
Caesar or may rob God, which in either
case results in confusion, and discord
and distress, and ruin. Individual lives
have been rendered useless il not posi-
lively harmful and nations have gone
to decay and ruin through failure to
render unto Caesar the things which
are Caesars and INTO God the things
which are Gods. The true patriot is
the one who, avoiding p~artisanship of
every kind and blind national pride,
seeks to give Caesar his due while at
the same time he renders to God that
which it is His right to expect and de-
mand. 1t is so easy to rob God through
a misdirected and intense patriotism.
1t is possible to rob Caesar through in
tense religious fervor and m~isdirecte6
service to God. The perfect adjust
ment of the affairs of nations and in
d,viduals demands that neither Caesar
nor God shall be robbed, and the true
patriot recognizing this underlying
principle Of all government and the
true religion seeks with Divine guild
ance and wisdom to realize il in
his relations to his country and his
God.
Robbing Caesar.-There are many
ways in which Caesar may be robbed
of his just tribute. Almost innumera-
bic are the causes and forces which
lower and %vitiate the privileges and
responsibilities of citizenship. The ma
ton, the community. the home are be-
ing robbed of their just tribute by self
ish love of ease, by greed for gold, by
rush after pleasure. Space will not
permit us to enumerate the long list
which will readily suggest itself to
upon a moments thought. We
wish to speak Of just one way in which
may be robbed, and which per-
would not readily occur to your
mind. Caesar is being robbed in some
cases to-day, if not in many. by a mis-
devotion to God and zeal in His
When we get too much reli-
gion for the world. God will translate
Is as He did Enoch. Jesus prayed not
the Father would take His fol- I
overs out of the world, but that He
would keep them from the evil. As
/ follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Who came into the world to save il.
have a responsibility towards the
iation under whose flag you rest in
'eace and safety. towards the commu-
lty in which you rear your family.
the home which should be to Won
he dearest, the best and brightest SPOT
IN earth, which will not cease until
our spirit has departed to be with
Lord or the trumpet has sounded
mo you have been caught up into the
IT 10 meet your Lord as He comes
n the clouds of glory with His saints.
lead the thirteenth chapter of Ro-
the third chapter of Titus. the
econd chapter Of I. Peter and other
ortions Of Gods Word TO which these
hapters will lead in thought. if YOU
o not realize and believe that the
hristian has responsibilities and sol
mn obligations towards the home. the
ommunity, the nation.
I know Gods Word tells me 70
ONE out and be separate from the
ord. ] know John writes with
finger of God: Love not the
-orld, neither the things that are
the world" | know that the
orld is under condemnation for sin.
that Satan, like a roaring lion.
oeth about seeking whom he NAV
evour. I know that spiritually we
'e to dwell in heavenly places in Christ
asus. here and now, but | don't find
line which tells me to go about in
he world with my head in the clouds.
lirking the paying Of my just tribute
Caesar, and forgetting the world
st in sin, and which Jesus is able
save through you and me. There
a spiritual ecstasy which is selfish
its enjoyment and destructive TO
tactical, Christlike contact with tbe
orld. Paul got away up into the
aavenlies with Christ, but | notice he
dn't stay there. He tells the CORN
that he determined not to know
among them but Jesus Christ
Him crucified; and as the crucifed ,
ord he sees Him hanging on the tree !
the sins Of the world rolled unon ,
i'm, and he goes forth and becomes n
unto all that he might gain
e more for Christ. Unto the Jews !
becomes as a Jew, that he mipbt 5
in the Jews. To them that were with. !
law, as without law, that he might !
in them that were without law. He ]
all things to all men, that he I
ight by all means save some. PauI,s |
'ul may have lived in the heayenlv I
in Christ Jesus, but his great I
art, bursting with the worldwide I
of Christ, worked in the EARTHLY G
aceg nj sin and paad oul I