Monday August 14, 2017
If sons and daughters are tax-free, then we do not owe “taxes” to God who is our Father. Jesus is God’s own Son. Did Jesus offer his life as a forced tax to his Father? No! Instead, Jesus freely and willingly offered his life as a loving self-gift on behalf of us, his own brothers and sisters. Similarly, the commandments that invite us to love and serve God are not taxations that burden us, but are invitations for loving self-offering for our own good, as Moses reminds his people: “YHWH is your pride and He is your God, who has done…amazing things for you.”
In God’s Kingdom, there are no taxes, but only spontaneous and mutual self-offerings in freedom and love.
