Matthew 22:20-21 — And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

Jesus was born in Bethlehem — how did that happen? Did you ever notice that it was all part of rendering Caesar his due? “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.”
Sometimes people throw around the idea that Christians should be social or political revolutionaries. Jesus didn’t see it that way … And nor did His closest followers, once they had Him figured out.
There were revolutionaries at the nativity though. It was a completely different kind of revolution. They were the ones who “rendered unto God the things that were God’s”:

The shepherds, Simeon and Anna, the Magi …they all went to worship a little baby — a little baby, in a stable. A little baby sleeping, as tradition has it, in a manger — a trough where cattle or horses feed. There us surely no more revolutionary idea than the notion that the King of the Universe, Almighty God, is embodied in the least powerful — the wholly dependent.
So what do you think? Do you think the revolution changed anything? Shall we look at the ledger? How many people have suffered and died in the last two thousand years? How many Christian martyrs? Worse, perhaps … How many innocents have Christians slain in the misguided belief that they were, somehow, furthering Christianity?
What about the plus side of the ledger? Did you know that there are reckoned to be more than two billion Christians in the world today? Maybe, since the birth of Christ there have been more than three billion ever. Where will they spend eternity. It’s a massive revolution – against the empire of sin! It’s a massive revolution, that’s only going to get bigger!
Do you mind if I throw one sad spanner into the works …? “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s”. There is a prince — a Caesar — of this world. There are those who won’t join the revolution. They will always be Caesar’s. Unless, of course …
What happens if we really turn revolutionary and refused to give the devil his due?