Bible Reading on Religious Liberty

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 27, 1910

Bible Reading on Religious Liberty

1. WHAT is an accompaniment of the Holy Spirit? 2 Cor. 3:17.

2. Where liberty does not prevail, of what are we sure?—The absence of the Holy Spirit.

3. Is the Word of God an expression of the Holy Spirit? John 6:63.

4. Cite examples from history, as illustrated in the experiences of Germany, England, and the United States, showing how religious liberty prevailed where the principles of the Bible were taught and maintained.

4. Cite examples from history showing how religious liberty prevailed where the principles of the Bible were taught and maintained. Germany, England, and the United States furnish such examples.

6. What does Christ teach will make man free? John 8:32.

7. What is the truth? John 17:17.

8. From these facts, how are the principles of true liberty to be taught?—From the Word and law of God.

9. By what kind of law are men to be judged?—The law of liberty. James 2:12.

10. Then, in teaching the principles of religious liberty, are we not teaching the law of God?

11. Is there existing to-day a great departure from the Bible and the law of God? “Great Controversy,” page 587.

12. When men depart from the Word of God, what is the logical result?—A departure from the principles of liberty. “Great Controversy,” page 584.

13. What message is borne by one endowed with the Holy Spirit? Luke 4:18.

14. What power do men seek when they depart from the Holy Spirit and the Word of God?—The power of force or of the state.