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COMMUNION: Remembering Jesus over a Meal, Sharing How the Gospel is Changing You
Discuss the Advent Conspiracy Did you support it? What creative gifts are you giving?
Are there people in your neighborhood/work who could use help this season? Do it!
COMMANDMENT: Being formed by the Story of God
Text: Mark 12.13-17
Summary of Text: this is for you, group leader to help you in preparing & thinking about discussion!
The left/right political battles are really getting old. Are you tired of the presidential race yet, even though election is still 10 months away?! What is a Christian response to politics, taxes, and the government? In tonights passage, Jesus takes on the Herodians (liberal left!) and the Pharisees (religious right) on the issue of a poll tax. The tax was taken per head, simply for being in the Roman Empire, and was about the average daily wage. On the coin was Caesars head & the inscription read King Tiberius, Son of the Divine Augustus, High Priest. The Jews hated the tax because it symbolized Romes rule over them, the lack of a Messiah to lead them, and the involvement that they were then forced into in the Cult of the Emperor Caesar was considered a god! This tax was hated!
If Jesus says No to the tax, hes a rebel to the Empire and could be jailed or killed. One the other hand, if he says Yes to the tax, he will lose popularity with the people. Either way, the Pharisees hoped to silence him. Instead, his brilliant answer silences them, and he paves the way for the people of God to be actively involved in the political structures even while denying human governments ultimate authority or power. Gods people call Jesus King and Lord, and as he has used his power to serve and love them, even to death, his people then turn and give their lives for the good of their neighbors and city.
Discussion:
What do you make of the leaders description of Jesus? Is this just flattery? Is it true of him?
Jesus calls out their hypocrisy in setting him up yet he answers anyway! Why?
What is Caesars? What rightfully belongs to the government for what it gives to the people?
What is Gods? What rightfully belongs to him for what he gives to the people?
The coin essentially says that Tiberius is King, Son of God, and High Priest is he? Who is?
Do you find it ironic that Jesus doesnt have even one of these coins?!
Challenge Point: try to land the discussion here!
Jesus is the Son of God, the rightful King of the World, and the High Priest who reconciles us to God, yet he doesnt even own a coin! He has given up everything for us, so that he becomes the king of a new kind of people. What would it look for us to throw ourselves into the city in sacrificial service as Jesus has done for us? Brainstorm together! Group leader paint a vision of it for them, and talk about how you are doing it personally!
COMMISSION: Together for Restoration, Redemption, and Relationship
What project might you as a group embrace together sacrificially in response to this passage?
What does your neighborhood or city need that you can provide at cost to yourself?
How can we so pour ourselves into our city that the city rejoices when our work prospers?
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