I’m not going to pay it at all, am I a tenant paying
rent or what? No announcement or sensitization, just a notice that has
technically expired on delivery. This is unacceptable..
My brother the matter is biting. The way the
amount is increasing one wonders the motive of the government. I guess we still
have to pay. Rom 13:7(ESV) 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.
Why? Are you one of these weak, passive citizens who
swallow just anything? 2Cor 11:20(ESV) For you bear it if someone makes
slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or
strikes you in the face. This is an unjust tax. In fact I know someone in there who will
get me a reduced pay with some arrangement Lk 16:5-6(ESV) So, summoning his master's debtors one
by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A
hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly
and write fifty.’
Don’t try that! Do not try that at all. What
will become of your witness to the world and that man who joined you? You know
nothing remains hidden forever. Just tax or not, the gospel witness is at stake
in our response. 1Pt 2:12(ESV) Keep your conduct among the Gentiles
honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your
good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Look, brother, I don’t have the money. My finances
are so stretched; I can hardly breathe.
Jesus Christ met a situation where the tax
demanded was unfair. Mat 17:25, 26(ESV) And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first,
saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or
tax? From their sons or from others?” And when he said, “From others,”
Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. He also did not have
any money with Him at the time to pay. Mat 17:27 (ESV) However, not to give offense to them,
go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when
you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me
and for yourself.” It is correct to point out when policies are
wrong and unjust, but like Jesus Christ we must also consider how to avoid putting a stumbling
block on people’s path. 2Cor 6:3-4(ESV) We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so
that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend
ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions...
So how do I imitate Jesus now? There is no stream or
fish here. And I am no fisherman.
Don’t you see? Fishing was Peter’s former
occupation, and God miraculously provided by it. God will bless your business
abundantly such that through it this tax will be fully met. In fact, since
Jesus paid for Peter as well, I prophesy to you a double portion.
Amen! I really have many things to do with the
double portion. I receive it in Jesus’ name.
Ah, no. like Jesus Christ that extra is to
help another person. Make no mistakes about that
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