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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 4078523" data-attributes="member: 65823">Romans 13:1 --&quot;Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.&quot; God tells us to be subject to the higher powers. He has ordained them for our good. For us to resist these powers is to resist the ordinances of God.There are certain limits, of course, to which we are responsible to civil authority.-- When rulers order us to do what God forbids, our allegiance to God must be supreme. Peter and John faced this problem. Before His ascension into heaven, Jesus commanded the disciples to preach the gospel to all men. The rulers didn&#039;t like it that the disciples were teaching the people that Jesus was the Son of God and the Savior of the world-- so they ordered them to quit.At this point God&#039;s authority and man&#039;s came into conflict. Peter&#039;s reply was, &quot;We ought to obey God rather than men&quot; --Acts 5:29.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 4078523, member: 65823"] Romans 13:1 --"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God." God tells us to be subject to the higher powers. He has ordained them for our good. For us to resist these powers is to resist the ordinances of God. There are certain limits, of course, to which we are responsible to civil authority.-- When rulers order us to do what God forbids, our allegiance to God must be supreme. Peter and John faced this problem. Before His ascension into heaven, Jesus commanded the disciples to preach the gospel to all men. The rulers didn't like it that the disciples were teaching the people that Jesus was the Son of God and the Savior of the world-- so they ordered them to quit. At this point God's authority and man's came into conflict. Peter's reply was, "We ought to obey God rather than men" --Acts 5:29. [/QUOTE]

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