Who Do You Obey?
Dear Lord, I pray for wisdom for those who want to obey God rather than men. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Do you obey authority figures, family members, or others in your life? Is God on the list?
Peter and the apostles were arrested and put in prison. We pick up the story in Acts 5:19-21 (ESV): “But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, ‘Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.’ And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach.”
When the authorities went to the prison to get them, they were gone. When discovered in the temple, the apostles were brought before the high priest and the council and questioned. Verses 28-29 record what was said: “‘We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.’ But Peter and the apostles answered, ‘We must obey God rather than men.’”
Would you be so bold as to proclaim the same? If so, say it out loud.
Tell me what you think below.
