p. 4 | Fighting Against God

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jul 21, 1904

Fighting Against God

It is no light thing to oppose the genuine work of God in the earth. When his servants are fully consecrated to him, God honors them as his own representatives, and what is done to them because of their faithfulness to him he regards as done to him. Thus when the people turned away from Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, and demanded a king, the Lord said, “They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.” When the apostles were brought before the council and there was a strong sentiment in favor of putting them to death, Gamaliel, “a doctor of the law,” recognized this principle and his counsel was, “Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown: but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.” This principle is worthy of serious consideration. It is a hopeless task to fight against God, and in the end it means eternal ruin. It is infinitely better to fight “the good fight of faith” and to “lay hold on eternal life.”