This is an updated version of a earlier post: Encounters With Jesus: Paying Taxes

“And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?  He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?  Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.  Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.” ~ Matthew 17:24-27

Since the children of God live in the Kingdom of God, no tax in any kingdom of man can stop/hinder the work of a child of God going about their Father’s business as citizens of the Kingdom of God.

Jesus beautifully, portrays this for us by procuring the temple tax, levied on Himself and Peter, from a fish!!! God the Father had already provided for their earthly needs: no tax from man would prevent them from continuing the work of God.

“Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” (Matthew 6:8)

Likewise, there is no earthly tax that can stop you or me from doing the work of God here on earth. God has already provided for all that is needed to do His will: the child of God lives tax-free! The shortfalls, the resource deficits, appear only when we try to exercise our wills instead of executing God’s plans.

So the real issue is our citizenship. Citizens of God’s Kingdom are already taken care of, only citizens of earthly kingdoms need to worry about taxes.