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Master . shall we give or snai we not gve!
the Pharasees and the Herodlans Oh Jesus concen
no The tribute tax levied by Caesar MARX l-.l4loL
1b to groups represented conflicting parties ana oP
nose ovaeS The Herodlans as supporters ol the net
DDS favored the Roman domination ihey ,nereore sup
noed the tax To the Pharisees on the other mana '
question was one of religious Importance 10 them tribute
70 foreign power unawful they claimed 'hai sae
was theocracy owing allegiance only 10 Ioo as hhg
With the wisdom which characterized all his answers
- questions untirngy propounded by his
enemies in the effort entange him. Jesus asked be
shown coin Having established the identity OF the I'M
age and superscrption as Caesar ne Daae MS question:
ers render Caesar the things that are Caesar and
od the things that Gods Mark l2:l1) ms asus
illustration answered the demand of the Herodians as to
the lawful tribute while it stressed the need for absolute
allegiance God in thought motive, and deed and 50 cou
fued the PhariSees, linking the nature of giving win con-
sstent right living.
Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder a|
Christian Science writes in Science and Health WIN As
to the Scriptures (p. ll2), From the INFINITE one VI
Christian Science Principle and its INFINITE dei
and with this nfntude spiritual rules, laws ana
their demonstration which, like the great Gver, are ns
same yesterday and today and forever.
1t the sublime expression of this infinite Pnn
cple and of its mtabe ideas that Christ Jesus revealed
to the alness of Gods giving and its reflection in true
living 1t his spiritual understanding of Life which
enabled Jesus to correct mistaken views of life heal SICK
sinners teach and feed muttudes and raise the
dead His living and giving one, spontaneously ana
Later in the chapter in Mark quoted above we
md Jesus drawing the attention of his students another
act OF giving simplifying his previous teaching and EN-
phaszng the everavaiabity and sponaneity of spiritual
ideas. He stood observing those who contributed the
treasury of the temple Calling to him his disciples, he
singled out from among the many wealthy and important
glvers the humble widow and the smallest gift namely
TWO mites Jesus immortalzed both gift and gver in thex
words oversees 49, 44 This poor widow hath cast NOR
m imam all they which have into the treasury for ON
ney ala cast in of their abundance but she of her wan
1 al her wi
What was the nature of the widows cft that evok
Gu from MN whose perception penetrated the motives Of
men such profound recognition? Here was convex
tona unneeded coin, but the sumtoal of her a
all What was the nature of her trust her understanding
OF the power of God to sustain and support her to
cate spiritual supply in return for this meager human
symbol? 49,
Jesus discerned in her simple trust in God love and
PNual dependence surmounting fear, a conservation o.
nougnt motive and action which illustrated how CIV
ing rehects embraces and sustains true living The Mas
evaluaton OF her act brings to view the spiritual idea
u giving that genuine impusion which reinoushes Us
human al III the supreme recognition of divine alness
~ CHRISTIAN Science demands of men the liouidating Of
raise values the rendering to God of all living and CIV
oe mere is no actual living giving outside OF IN
c;t:. Mrs Eddy writes in The First Church of Chr
ano miscellany Up. 81, wholly apart from 'ns
dream, TINS illusion and deusion of sense Christ
coor;. zones TO reveal man Gods image, His ide,
that God gives" " ~ ~
% understand this completeness is to express it, an
;no LIS Is 10 share it infinitely in both living ana ~
ans, ie may DE found the spiritual significance OF ~
th 70 herodian and Pharisee and also the secret
arIut