(Matthew 22 v 20, Jeremiah 31:33)
Two places where the God of heaven speaks
Both are about inscriptions.
The first concerns a coin
It belongs, says Jesus, to the one named on it.
So, “Give to Caesar what belongs to him”
But, Give to God what is his.
Much earlier Jeremiah records how God wanted to inscribe something
Not on a coin but on a heart.
His Law.
Thinking about the two scenarios with regard to ownership,
If Jesus could consign a coin back to its owner on the basis of an inscription and image
What does that say for how we should live
if his inscription is now on our hearts instead of on stone?
“I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts......”
Is followed straight away with
“I will be their God, and they will be my people”
The coin belonged to Caesar, who incidentally was thought of as a god.
However, we definitely belong to Him.