If the law says something is right, but the Bible says it's wrong, who's right? - Emily

Emily -
What a timely question!  I am sure many others have it too. First of all, let's remember what the Bible is.  It's the Word of God.  It's God's text message to us!  Also remember that   God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.  He is perfectly unchanging.  We can never know the fullness of who He is on this side of heaven.  God created everything and everyone.  He also created the rules for the workings of it all.  He "is the ultimate authority to what is right or wrong.  His standards are right for all people, at all times, and in all places."

Look at Acts 5:29:  Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than human authority."  They said this when they were told by the Jewish religious authorities to stop speaking of Jesus Christ.

 The Bible also tells us to obey the government.  But as you see in the case of Peter and the apostles, when a directive from the government goes against what God has instructed us to do (in this case, spread the Word) then "we should obey God instead of the government.  God is in charge of the government and not the other way around. For example, if the government passed a law making it illegal to pray, we should break the law and pray anyway.   The same would be true about worshiping God, reading the Bible, and telling others about Christ.  And if the government were to make it OK to lie and steal, we still shouldn't do those things because they go against God's law. ... No one can have higher authority than God, so we must always obey Him first."  (801 Questions Kids ask about God with answers from the Bible  by Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Ill  (C) 2000, question # 408 p 200.)

Read Acts 5:12-41 for the rest of the story!