Tuesday August 19th, 2014
Acts 5:29 “But Peter and the other apostles answered
and said: ‘We ought to obey God rather than men.’”
Who
is number one in your life? Who or what do you put on a pedestal? Based on what
you value that can be pretty clear. Some people may say they put family first
or their friends, which is a good thing, but not when it is before the Lord.
It’s like what I mentioned before in one of my other Inductive Bible Studies
from last week, Luke 14:26. It says, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate
his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, even his
own life also, he cannot be My disciple.” God is first always. The love we should
have for Him is so much more divine that the love we have for our earthly
family will seem like hate.
But
that is hardly the point of this verse or theme for this week, obedience. “We
ought to obey God rather than men.” So again, God is always first. He is the
King of kings, the Ruler of rulers, the ultimate leader. He created rules that
we need to abide by and that’s what pleases Him like yesterday’s verse was all
about. Although this verse talks about obeying God rather than men, we still
have to follow laws in place by the leaders we have here on earth. Romans
13:1-2 says, “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there
is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed
by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God,
and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.” God places the
authority so we have to mind the rules in place here. But the fact of the
matter is, are you putting God first? He is ultimately who we are supposed to
obey. For example, if your parents are telling you one thing and God is telling
you another, what do you do? –Obey God first. Respect your parents of course,
but follow what the Holy Spirit is leading you to and what God is telling you.
Application: God is above all things, so to remember
to obey Him first, I will write “He’s number one” on my arm.
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