MoneyWalk 77: Yes, You Must Pay Taxes

This program will help you undo financial bondage.

God desires that you walk in accordance with His principles. He does not want your actions to be a deterrent to properly caring for yourself, your family, your local church, and other people He assigned to you. By following His principles you’ll be able to fulfill your purpose in the earth. One of the principles is to give to Caesar (the government) that which is Caesar’s while also giving to God that which is God’s. He wants you to understand that as you follow Him and apply His principles in your life He will make a way for you to pay your taxes as well as take care of every responsibility assigned to you.

You may claim you should only show allegiance to God and therefore should not pay tax to Caesar, however this is a faulty mindset that will keep you in bondage to satan and captive to his will. There will be people and rogue organizations who try to make you rebellious and keep you ignorant of biblical instruction and the blessings attached to it. They don’t want you to trust that God will provide all you need if you pay tax or tithe, or follow any biblical guidance on good stewardship. They would have you believe that taxes are an unlawful confiscation of money. However, if believed, the underlying problem is that you will idolize the money God provided and consider it more important than obeying Him. It is God who said that He set life up to be run by government, that those who resist governmental authorities resist Him and will incur judgment, and that we should pay taxes to whom taxes are due.

When you refuse to trust God by honoring His financial principles, including paying taxes that you rightfully owe, you negate His power that would help you fulfill your purpose and show others how men’s worst decisions (sometimes taxation levels, etc.) cannot overcome the blessing of God in a life that is obedient to His commands. The best answer to over-taxation by a government entity is praying for God to give legislators wisdom to enact the best laws and correct or eliminate current laws that are harmful to citizens. You should also periodically mail letters to legislators and sign petitions designed by reputable organizations that agree with biblical teaching about how legislators should govern.

Last but not least, remember that it is not ungodly to use all legally acceptable methods necessary to lower the amount of taxes you owe to the government. However, you should pay what is required in a timely manner just like Jesus had Peter obtain the money and pay the tax the ruling government determined that He owed.

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Matthew 17:24-27, Luke 20:21-25, Romans 13:1-7, Philippians 4:15-19, 1Peter 2:13-20

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