When to obey, and when not to obey' ( 1 Samuel 15 v 22)

 Edmund Burke an 18th century  British statesman parliamentary said the following, ' What is morally wrong can never be politically right'. We think of Daniel and his three friends who disobeyed the powers that be,because they were imposing upon them that which was wrong.Go back further to Egypt  when the Pharaoh commanded the Israelites to destroy their children by throwing male babies into  the Nile, Moses parents did not obey. I wonder can we not see that killing unborn babies in the womb as morally wrong,yet it has been passed politically ,in most countries it is acceptable. We are told in Romans 13 that we are  to be subject to the governing authorities as they have been placed there by God.But we need to qualify what that means, we should pay our taxes, don't drink and drive,don't take drugs,etc.but there are limits in obedience to anyone,those in authority,those we marry,those who employ us.No human authority wherever it is found can be absolute, there must be limits to that authority. The 20th century is full of many examples of governments abusing and going beyond what was morally right, unfortunately many obeyed them, and did unspeakable evils. Our Lord said in  Matthew 22 v 21, 'Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's'.To sum it up, when we are commanded to accept and obey that which is morally wrong,wherever it comes from,we have to obey God rather than man. ( Acts 5 v 29 )