Romans 7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

The law is powerless to do anything except to show man to be sinful.

A doctor of theology once told me that the law is a mirror. It can do nothing except show what you are.

Romans 7:7b I had not known sin, but by the law:

So all we have to do is change the law and sin will no longer exist.

Romans 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

So, it is true, that man can have law without God. Doesn’t that make man godless?

Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Yet death reigned over man even if he did not sin. You can change the law all you want and eliminate sin with your laws, but you still have to deal with death. Do you really want to deal with death without God?

Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

If this is true and you have said there is no God, then why do you fear the law? The law has no power.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Do what you will, as for me I will not face sin nor death alone.

Matthew 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Don’t mix politics with religion.

I could stop right there couldn’t I? I think we have all seen and heard enough about the influences of both on the other. These devotionals are non-political, so why am I bringing this subject to the forefront?

We are the body of Christ. There is a right ear and a left ear. There is a right eye and a left eye. There is a left hand and a right hand. We do not all hear the same thing, we do not see the same things, and we do not do the same thing.

We are only given one tongue and neither the right nor the left should take charge over its speech. If we are to render unto God that which is God’s then we need to be mindful of what belongs to God. Caesars change. We do not all live under one rule.

I hear some say with all sincerity; “I am blessed to live here.” Fine, wherever here is, praise God and give thanks unto Him for your blessings. How would you live your life if that “blessing” were taken away? It is within the realm of all possibility that change comes regardless of our best efforts or intentions. You could end up with a new Caesar, demanding what is his due. How will you respond?

According to Jesus render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar. Can you divorce your politics from your worship? Can you keep allegiance to God and still serve your Caesar, whoever that might be?

Do not think it so easy today for tomorrow may bring another day, with troubles of its own.