WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN!

FAILURE TO CONFESS YOUR FAITH IN CHRIST, IS TO DENY HIM!

Matthew 10:32-33 - Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father Who is in heaven.  But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father Who is in heaven.

Luke 12:8-9 - Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:  but he that denies Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

John 9:18-22 - But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.  And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom you say was born blind?  How then does he now see?  His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:  but by what means he now sees, we know not; or who has opened his eyes, we know not:  he is of age; ask him:  he shall speak for himself.  These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that He was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

John 12:42-43 - Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:  for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Romans 10:9-13 - That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.  For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  For the Scripture says, Whosoever believes in Him shall not be ashamed.  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek (Gentile):  for the same Lord over all is rich (in mercy and grace) unto all that call upon Him.  For whosoever (Jew or Gentile) shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Philippians 2:9-11 - Wherefore God also has highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name:  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

1 John 4:2-3; 2 John 1:7 - Hereby you know the Spirit of God:  Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:  and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God:  and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. - - - For many deceivers are entered into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.  This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

JESUS SAID, "HE THAT IS NOT WITH ME, IS AGAINST ME...."

(Matthew 12:30; Luke 11:23)

Acts 5:26-29 - Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence:  for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.  And when they had brought them, they set them before the council:  and the high priest asked them, saying, Did not we command you that you should not teach in this name?  And, behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.