Spirit of Prophecy Counsels Relating To Church-State Relationships

God Does Not Coerce The Will

To deprive man of the freedom of choice would be to rob him of his prerogative as an intelligent being, and make him a mere automaton. It is not God’s purpose to coerce the will. Man was created a free moral agent.—Patriarchs and Prophets, 331, 332. SPCCSR 4.2