Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships

What Does God Say?

(See Acts 5:29.)

We are not to inquire, What is the practice of men? or, What is the custom of the world? We are not to ask, How shall I act in order to have the approval of men? or, What will the world tolerate? The question of intense interest to every soul is, What hath God said? We are to read His Word and obey it, not swerving one jot or tittle from its requirements, but acting irrespective of human traditions and jurisdiction.—The Review and Herald, October 1, 1895. Reprinted in Bible Commentary, Vol. 6, p. l056. SPCCSR 36.3