Tax and Duties: People's Obligation and Government Restriction

And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this? They said to Him, "Caesar's." And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Matthew 22:20, 21

In essence, Jesus said, “You acknowledged this to be Caesar's coin; the currency of the Roman government and your proof of submission. Don't therefore be unjust; but render to Caesar the things which you acknowledge to be his; at the same time, be not impious, but render unto God the thing's which belong to God.”

This answer is full of consummate wisdom.  It establishes the limits, regulates the rights, and distinguishes the jurisdiction of the two empires of heaven and earth.  The image of princes stamped on their coin denotes that temporal things belong all to their government.  The image of God stamped on the soul denotes that all its faculties and powers belong to the Most High, and should be employed in his service.

Therefore, the civil government under which a man lives, and by which he is protected, demands his honour and reverence and we should pay our tributes (taxes and duties) to the government. 

At the same time, the Caesar (or government) have no right whatsoever to intrude into the things of God. It cannot coin a new creed, or broach a new Gospel to rule the conscience, while he rules the state. 

If that happens, the government must be disobeyed; he is taking the things of God, and he must not get them.  Give not therefore God's things to Caesar, and give not Caesar's things to God.  That which belongs to the commonwealth should, on no account whatever, be devoted to religious uses.