#soap # Luke 20 ## Title: Dual Citizens ## Scripture: (Luke 20:25) So he said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” (NET) ## Observation: Jesus talked about the Kingdom of God to the point His enemies thought they could ruin Him by speaking about the “kingdoms of men.” His focus was on helping people understand we are part of a dual citizenship. Our primary allegiance is to the Heavenly Kingdom. This automatically makes us good citizens of the other kingdom. However, we must never forget there is a divide. We honor the kingdoms of men, but our primary allegiance is to the kingdom of God. Jesus said this when He said we should give to the world what belongs to the world, and give to God what belongs to God. This is the right answer on how we operate in our lives today. The line is when the two kingdoms disagree. That’s when we honor God over any other allegiance. We see this in the book of Acts. In Acts 5, the apostles are told to stop speaking about Jesus. They said they had to obey God because they were witnesses of something wonderful. ## Application: Do you sometimes struggle with being a dual citizen? Is there an area where you need to honor God more than men? ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for teaching us how to be IN the world, but not OF the world.