OBEY THE LAW...(AS TAXING AS THAT MIGHT BE!)
OBEY THE LAW… (AS TAXING AS THAT MIGHT BE!) TAX DAY IN THE GOOD OL’ USA THIS YEAR IS APRIL 18 TH . THAT’S THE TAX FILING DEADLINE TO PAY UNCLE SAM HIS “FAIR SHARE.” IN 1862, THEN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED INTO LAW THE FIRST-EVER INCOME TAX DURING THE ONGOING CIVIL WAR. SINCE THEN, WE’VE BEEN OBSERVING THIS “NATIONAL FINANCIAL HEADACHE DAY” EVERY YEAR! AMAZINGLY, 7% OF AMERICANS CLAIM THEY ENJOY FILING THEIR TAXES (THEY’RE PROBABLY GETTING A REFUND!) 9% SAY THEY ABSOLUTELY HATE IT (UNDERSTANDABLY) AND 11% SAY IT STRESSES THEM OUT! (PRETTY SURPRISED IT’S ONLY 11%!) (SOURCE: National Today survey) PAYING TAXES IS NOT UNIQUE TO OUR COUNTRY OR TIME. JESUS WAS ASKED ABOUT PAYING TAXES BY THE PHARISEES- “IS IT LAWFUL TO GIVE TRIBUTE UNTO CAESAR OR NOT?” TO WHICH HE REPLIED, “RENDER THEREFORE UNTO CAESAR THE THINGS WHICH ARE CAESAR’S; AND UNTO GOD THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD’S.” (MATT 22:17,21) JESUS TAUGHT THAT WE SHOULD KEEP THE LAWS OF THE LAND AND THE LAWS OF GOD. JOSEP