Acts 5:29
Peter and the other apostles replied, "It is God we must obey rather than people.
Treated in 24 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 5:29
…to revisit Acts 9:4; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 4:4-16; Romans 15:7; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Acts 5:29. Reflection 1. What does it mean practically that you are a member “of one another”? 2.…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Revolution, Persecution, and the Cost of Discipleship cites Acts 5:29
…Revelation 13 shows political power becoming beastly when it demands what belongs to God. Acts 5:29 provides the boundary: “We must obey God rather than men.” Discernment between Romans 13…
- The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote ·
I Fear God More than Man cites ACTS 5:29
…Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. ACTS 5:29 The hardest opposition Julia Foote met came from her own minister and her own church. The…
- Absolute Surrender ·
Peter's Repentance cites Acts 5:29
…was called before the Council, he could boldly say: “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), and that he could return with the other disciples and rejoice that they were counted…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Stand: Spiritual Warfare and Victory cites Acts 5:29
…The apostles expressed the boundary plainly: “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29, ASV). Not Wrestling Against People Persecution tempts believers to define the persecutor…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Ration Cards and Lies cites Acts 5:29
…and no one was obliged to help carry them out. “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29, ASV), said Peter and the apostles when they were ordered to stop preaching. The lives of…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Corrie ten Boom cites Acts 5:29
…But no one is obliged to help carry out injustice. “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29, ASV). 8. Prepare Wisely, Live Joyfully The Beje drilled with a stopwatch and also held…
- Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Acts 5:29
…about lying. Scriptures to revisit Exodus 1:15-21; Joshua 2; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25; Acts 5:29; Romans 14:5. Reflection 1. How do you hold together truthfulness and the protection of…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Church and the Body of Christ cites Acts 5:29
…Peter's statement sets the ultimate boundary: “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29, ASV). Spiritual Authority Nee's teaching on authority grew partly from his…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites Acts 5:29
…disobeyed authorities who forbade gospel witness: “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29, ASV). David refused to kill Saul but also refused to remain within reach of Saul's…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix D: Notes on Historical Method and Sources cites Acts 5:29
…use Scripture to decide factual historical questions that require evidence. For example, Acts 5:29 can tell Christians the moral boundary of obedience to government. It cannot tell us…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
How Should a Christian Think About Politics? cites Acts 5:29
…to stop preaching about Jesus, they answered, “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29). Daniel kept praying when the law forbade it (Daniel 6:10). Christians in many times and…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Do I Have to Obey My Parents? cites Acts 5:29
…authorities to stop preaching about Jesus, they said, “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29). Never obey a command to sin. If a parent tells you to lie, steal, hurt someone, or do…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
Responsibility and Guilt cites Acts 5:29
…community — food, justice, safety — and do something about it. 4. Read Romans 13:1–7 and Acts 5:29 side by side. Pray for wisdom to know how to honour authority and when to obey God rather…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
The Church and Liberty of Conscience cites ACTS 5:29
…not ask the sword to do what only the Spirit can. We ought to obey God rather than men. ACTS 5:29 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Ask whether your church, or you yourself, has made anything…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
Two Kingdoms cites ACTS 5:29
…Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. ACTS 5:29 He also rebuked rulers for tyranny. In the spring of 1525, as the peasants of southern…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
The Two Governments cites ACTS 5:29
…Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. ACTS 5:29 Calvin adds that we were bought at a great price by Christ, so that we should not become…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Preacher in Bedford Gaol cites ACTS 5:29
…Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. ACTS 5:29 An inlet into the Word What was prison like for his soul? Surprisingly, he says it was a…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
Authority and Submission cites ACTS 5:29
…apostles to preach, Peter and John did not obey. We ought to obey God rather than men. ACTS 5:29 But they did not revile the council, organise against it, or set themselves up as an…
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (For Teens) ·
Here I Stand cites Acts 5:29
“We ought to obey God rather than men.” — Acts 5:29 (KJV) About a hundred years after Hus, a German monk and university teacher named Martin…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
Is It Ever Right to Lie? cites Acts 5:29
…Rahab as examples to follow, and to Peter’s words, “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29). Many who hid Jews in the war, Corrie among them, acted this way. A tragic choice. A…
- Tell Me the Story – Book 7: The Church Begins ·
Out Through the Prison Doors cites Acts 5:29
“We must obey God rather than men.” — Acts 5:29 The apostles kept on telling people about Jesus. They did many miracles, and people…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 20 — Of Civil Government cites Acts 5:29
…one of heaven’s heralds, has published the edict, “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), let us console ourselves with the thought, that we are rendering the obedience which…
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites Acts 5:29 -32
…to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.” (Acts 5:29 -32). The natural timidity of many a man today vanishes when he is filled with the Holy…