Fear of Men or God?

Mark 11:29-33. 
29 But Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one question; then answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things: 30 The baptism of John—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me.” 31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32 But if we say, “From men’ ”—they feared the people, for all counted John to have been a prophet indeed. 33 So they answered and said to Jesus, “We do not know.” And Jesus answered and said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

When we worry more about what others think about us than openly speaking about God and who Christ is to us, we also cower in fear of men rather than God.  Jesus was God among us, doing what man could not, and even then the fear of religious acceptance led to denial.  His authority is absolute and divine, and so we can only testify openly to that good news.