We Must Obey God, not Men

Re: 'You must judge whether in God's eyes it is right to listen to you and not to God. We cannot stop proclaiming what we have seen and heard.'

For the title I've taken a statement of Peter's recorded in the 5th chapter, which fits this discussion quite well.

And it's just as timely today as it was in the first century. We are continuously enjoined to 'obey men', whether it's the TV ads, the political propaganda, or the religious authority. Against that we have the voice of God speaking to us as it did to Peter and the others. Can we stand up against the conventional pressures the way Peter did?