And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, saying, “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.”

(Acts 5:27-28 ESV)

I bet you consider yourself a ‘law & order’ kinda person. I don’t mean the TV show, but the inclination. You pay your taxes. You vote. You obey the laws, except maybe the speed limits. You support the police. You might even turn to a passage like Romans 13 to support and encourage that view. That’s important and I’d even say biblical. We are called to be supportive, submissive, prayerful citizens of the nations in which we live.

But are there exceptions? Are there times for civil disobedience? This week we are going back to our series in Acts called The Gospel on the Move. We are headed back to Acts 5. In the incident described, the Apostles were brought face-to-face with this conflict. How did they respond? What does this tell us what our response should be? I’d encourage you to read through the chapter to be reminded of the context. And come on Sunday to worship together. Why not invite someone along? Or call up someone you haven’t seen in a while?