Ccr Sermons

Revealed the Miracles of Jesus Pt. 8 When Is a Tax Not a Tax? By Louie Marsh, 10-1-2023   Pictures & video from Turkey Trip   1) Jesus shows me to LOOK beneath the surface.   “24When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” 25He said, “Yes.”  (Matthew 17:24–25a, ESV)   In Moses’ time, each person over the age of 20 was to give a half-shekel offering (the equivalent of two Roman drachmas) for the support of the tabernacle (see Ex. 30:11–16). This practice was still being observed some 1,500 years later, in Jesus’ day, to maintain the temple.   2) The Temple Tax shows me my need…   ·       To be RANSOMED   “11The Lord said to Moses, 12“When you take the census of the people of Israel, then each shall give a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, that there be no plague among them when you number them.” (Exodus 30:11–12, ESV)   “43But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must