Obedience to God in Matters of Conscience
"But," some will say, "we are commanded to be 'subject unto the higher powers,' and are told that 'whosoever resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God;' so then, if the Government should command us to observe the first day of the week, it would be our duty as good citizens to obey." But the example of Peter and John, of Paul himself, of Daniel and the three Hebrew children, is sufficient to teach us that Paul in Rom. 13 refers simply to ordinary, human affairs, and not to matters of conscience, for which a person is answerable to God alone. The saying, "The voice of the people is the voice of God," is one of Satan's lies; "The carnal mind is enmity against God."