EGW Books
〉 Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships
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   A Word From the Compilers ( 3 )
   I—Some Basic Principles—God’s Government and Earthly Governments ( 4 )
     God The Supreme Ruler—Man A Free Moral Agent ( 4 )
     God Does Not Coerce The Will ( 4 )
     Principles Of God’s Government ( 5 )
     God Never Forces Man’s Conscience ( 5 )
     Man Not Compelled To Comply ( 6 )
     God Rules By Love, Not Compulsion ( 6 )
     Comment On Joshua 24:15King James VersionAmerican Standard VersionWebster’s BibleAmerican King James VersionDarby BibleWorld English BibleYoung’s Literal Translation ( 7 )
     Laws Of Earthly Governments Should Be In Harmony With Law Of Jehovah ( 7 )
     Freedom Of Choice A God-Given Right ( 8 )
     Christs Kingdom Not Establisbed By Force Of Arms But By Implanting A New Principle In The Heart ( 9 )
     God’s Government In Contrast With Earthly Governments ( 9 )
     The Kingdom Of Christ Not An Earthly Dominion ( 10 )
     Settling Temporal Affairs Not A Part Of Christ’s Work ( 11 )
     Christ’s Kingdom A Spiritual Kingdom ( 12 )
     Subjects Of Christ’s Kingdom Not Recognized By Worldly Kingdoms ( 13 )
     Christ Does Not Compel—He Desires Only Voluntary Service ( 13 )
     Freedom Through A Knowledge Of Truth ( 14 )
     True Object Of National Government ( 15 )
     A Government That Savors Not Of Oppression ( 15 )
     Duty Of State To Protect Liberty Of Conscience ( 16 )
     Rights Of All To Be Acknowledged ( 16 )
     All Earthly Power Under God’s Control ( 17 )
     All Rulers Are Under God’s Rule ( 17 )
     Kings And Nations Under God’s Rule ( 17 )
     God Over All ( 18 )
     The Secret Of National And Individual Prosperity ( 18 )
     Rulers Need To Realize Their Amenability To God’s Law ( 19 )
     Rulers Of Nations Responsible To Be Representatives Of God ( 19 )
     Rulers Are God’s Servants ( 20 )
     No Place For Man’s Theories ( 21 )
     Correcting “Heretics” Through Civil Power Is Satan’s Method ( 21 )
     “God Was Preparing The Hearts Of Kings” ( 22 )
     Angels, Good And Bad, Influence Rulers ( 22 )
     Angels Speak In Councils ( 25 )
   II—The Christian’s Attitude Toward Civil Authorities ( 26 )
     RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ( 26 )
     “The Things Which Are Caesar’s” ( 29 )
     Do More Than The Law Demands ( 29 )
     “Fear God. Honor The King.” ( 30 )
     Recognize Human Government In Its Legitimate Sphere ( 30 )
     We Are Not To Attack Authorities ( 31 )
     When Obedience Is Sin ( 33 )
     When Men In Authority Are Not To Be Obeyed ( 33 )
     When God’s Law And Man’s Laws Conflict ( 34 )
     God’s Law Supreme ( 35 )
     Edicts Of Kings Void Before God’s Commands ( 36 )
     What Does God Say? ( 36 )
     In Matters Of Conscience The Majority Has No Power. ( 37 )
     We Are Not To Be Presumptuous ( 39 )
     Our Attitude Toward The Civil Authorities ( 40 )
     Policy For Religious Liberty Journal ( 42 )
     Oath Taking And Human Laws, Good And Bad ( 44 )
     Individual Rights To Be Regarded ( 47 )
     Religious Liberty Question Very Important ( 50 )
   III—Heroes Of Faith—The World’s True Noblemen ( 51 )
     God Is Witnesses In All Ages ( 52 )
     Bible Examples Of Steadfastness Under Persecution ( 53 )
     Abraham’s Noble Example ( 53 )
     Joseph’s Fidelity Brought Special Favors To God’s People ( 54 )
     Exempted From Taxes ( 55 )
     Elijah, God’s Fearless Messenger To King Ahab ( 55 )
     Ahab Powerless Before God’s Messenger ( 56 )
     Elijah Unashamed And Unterrified Before His Enemies ( 58 )
     Three Faithful Youth And A Proud King’s Degree ( 59 )
     Three Loyal Youth ( 62 )
     Daniel, Example Of Christian Fearlessness And Fidelity ( 63 )
     Lessons From Daniel’s Deliverance ( 64 )
     Daniel Honored By Man And By God ( 65 )
     Daniel A Faithful Statesman ( 66 )
     Daniel An Example Of Firmness For Right ( 66 )
     Daniel’s Critical Position ( 67 )
     Daniel’s Fidelity ( 67 )
     A Decree Disregarded ( 68 )
     Daniel’s Constant Recognition Of God ( 70 )
     God The Ruler Over All ( 70 )
     For Such A Time As This ( 71 )
     The Death Decree In Our Day ( 72 )
     Nehemiah United Petitions With Holy Endeavor ( 73 )
     A Military Escort, Cautious Plains, Royal Letters, And A Royal Commission ( 75 )
     Peter And John Suffered For Their Faith ( 76 )
     Stephen’s Defense ( 78 )
     Peter Ready To Yield Up His Life ( 79 )
     Paul And Barnabas Before Civil Authorities ( 80 )
     Paul And Silas At Philippi ( 81 )
     Paul Before Felix ( 83 )
     Paul Before Festus ( 85 )
     Paul Before King Agrippa ( 86 )
     John Answers For His Faith In Rome ( 88 )
     John’s Experience A Lesson Of Strength And Comfort ( 90 )
     The Honored Of God ( 90 )
     Light Bearers To The Word ( 91 )
     Luther’s Positions—No Resort To Secular Power ( 91 )
     The Grand Principle Of The Reformers ( 92 )
     Some Of God’s Great Men ( 92 )
   IV—Seventh-day Adventists And Politics ( 96 )
     A Warning Against Political Entanglements ( 97 )
     Let Politics Alone ( 98 )
     Why Love Waxes Cold ( 100 )
     The Safe Way ( 101 )
     Strange Fire ( 102 )
     Danger In Linking Up With Political Parties ( 103 )
     Politics ( 104 )
     To Have No Battles In The Political World ( 105 )
     No Party Strife In The Family Of God ( 106 )
     Exaltation Of God Vs. Exaltation Of Man ( 107 )
     Not Recluses Yet Shunning Union With The World ( 108 )
     Political Questions And Political Propaganda ( 111 )
     Not To Become Absorbed In Politics ( 112 )
     Avoid Identity With Party Interests ( 114 )
     Our Pioneers Reach An Important Decision On Voting Note: Excerpt from E. G. White diary, Sunday, March 6, 1859 ( 114 )
     In 1881 Counselled To Vote ( 115 )
     The Responsibility Of The Citizen ( 115 )
     Bearing Our Testimony On The Temperance Question ( 117 )
     Aspirations To Fill Responsible Positions ( 117 )
   V—Satan’s Efforts To Destroy God’s Government—The Dragon’s Voice ( 119 )
     Through Pagan And Papal Rome ( 120 )
     Important Symbols ( 120 )
     The Dragon’s Voice—In Democratic America ( 121 )
     God’s Warning ( 122 )
     Catholics And Liberty Of Conscience ( 123 )
     Illustration Of Rome’s Policy Toward Dissenters ( 124 )
     Catholic Church One Vast Organization ( 125 )
     Rome Dangerous Foe Of Religious Liberty ( 126 )
     Secret Of Roman Power ( 127 )
     Less To Say About Rome ( 127 )
   VI—The Struggle For Religious Freedom In Reformation days and later ( 129 )
     Protest In Netherlands ( 130 )
     Protest Of German Princes ( 131 )
     The Anglican Or The “Bridge” Church ( 132 )
     Piigrim’s Indulge Spirit Of Intolerance ( 134 )
     Roger Williams, Apostle Of Religious Freedom ( 135 )
   VII—Tax Exemption, Grants and Favors ( 141 )
     The Question As It Was Considered At The General Conference Of 1893 ( 141 )
     Correspondence Relating To The Question Of The South African Land Grant ( 147 )
     Land Grant Considered By 1895 General Conference—(February 15-March 15) ( 156 )
     The Messenger Of The Lord Speaks Out On Tax Exemption and Grants and Favors ( 164 )
     The Message From Mrs. White Ellen G. White Letter 11, 1895 ( 165 )
     Receiving Gifts ( 167 )
     Solemn Times ( 168 )
     Extreme Positions ( 169 )
     Favors To Be Received As Well As Imparted ( 171 )
     The Lord Still Moves On The Hearts Of Kings And Rulers Ellen G. White article in The Southern Watchman, March 15, 1904 Prudence And Forethought ( 173 )
     Nehemiah’s Example A Lesson To Us ( 173 )
     To Avail Ourselves Of The Help God Prompts Men To Give ( 174 )
     The Riches Of The World Belong To God ( 175 )
   VIII—Miscellaneous Questions Involving Church-State And Other Relationships ( 176 )
     The Bible In The Public Schools ( 177 )
     A. T. Jones’ Response To Testimony Contributes To The Background ( 179 )
     “The Teaching Of Religion In The Public Schools” ( 179 )
     School Attendance On Sabbath A Violation Of God’s Law ( 180 )
     Meeting Legal Requirements In College Preparatory Courses ( 183 )
     Complying With Laws Establishing Requirements In Medical Training ( 184 )
     Meet State Law Entrance Requirements In Pre-Medical Training ( 185 )
     To Meet Legal Requirements In Medical Training ( 186 )
     Wisdom And Discretion Needed In Declarations On Wartime Regulations ( 188 )
     Attitude Toward The Draft ( 189 )
     The Situation Before Provision Was Made For Noncombatant Draftees ( 190 )
     Light Given Concerning The Draft ( 191 )
     Required Military Drill ( 191 )
     One Law Seventh-day Adventists Could Not Obey ( 192 )
     Involvement In Labor Unions Note: Additional material on unions is found in Selected Messages 2:141-144 ( 192 )
     Deplorable State Of Society ( 193 )
     Influence At The Nation’s Capital ( 194 )