Christian Ethics · Foundational
Obeying God Rather than Men
When rulers command what God forbids or forbid what God commands, believers must obey God, and they do it with respect, without violence, and ready to accept the cost.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
How Romans 13 and Acts 5 fit together
2
What the midwives, the three Hebrews, Daniel, and the apostles teach about refusing a ruler
3
Where the line is, and what does not cross it
4
How to disobey with honor and accept the consequences
5
Why armed revolution is a separate question, and how Christians have answered it
6
How Baptists have lived this, and how it applies when a crisis closes church doors
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