Always obey God first!

The same chapter 13 of the Book of Romans which speaks of submission to Government/State in its first part concludes with the following:

"So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. ¹³ Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. ¹⁴ Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.^{" NIV}
 

Thus, we are not to commit immorality and sins.

If the Government/State issues a law that tells us to celebrate sexual immorality, how can we do so without disobeying God and His Word? We must obey God before obeying Man.

Furthermore, this same chapter of Romans 13 also teaches us to love one another :

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. ⁹ The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰ Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. NIV

Love does not delight in evil but delights in the Truth (1 Cor 13:6). If the Government or State rejects the Truth and issues a law that tells us to delight in evil or iniquity, how can we do so? Our conscience would not allow us.

When we have no other choice but to obey God first before anyone else including Government/State. We are to submit to the Government/State as long as it does not rebel against our King of kings, the Almighty Creator God. If our Government/State decides to knowingly defy and rebel against the Lord God and His Holy Word, we have to rebel* and choose and honor Our God more than ever faithfully even unto death. So, help us, God. Amen.

* By Christian "rebellion", we do not mean the violent way that the world does it but doing it like in the book of Daniel in the Old Testament (Dan 3:16-18;6:10) and like Peter and John in the New Testament (Acts 4:19-20). This is the kind of stand that honors and glorifies God.