During many times in human history evil men have come to power. Evil men who hated God and wanted to stamp out His true followers. These men often imposed laws that made it illegal to worship God in the way He had ordained. What did the Christians of that day do and what should we do if that ever happened to us? The apostle Peter boldly said to the Sanhedrin in Acts 5:29 b, "We ought to obey God rather than men." Man may order us to deny Christ or to disobey His word to escape punishment, but God has already given us a battle plan. We must obey our rulers and those over us as long as what they order us to do does not contradict what God has already told us to do. We must boldly say in the face of danger, "I will obey God rather than
