Jehovah, who is God over all has ordained two governments here on this earth: the spiritual, which by the Holy Spirit under Christ makes the Israel of God. Those are marked by showing reverence for Jesus Christ and devotion to true divine worship by the Holy Spirit through His people and the secular which restrains the unchristlike people and wicked so that they are obliged to keep the peace outwardly, forcible. The laws of worldly government extend no farther than to personal existence called life and property and what is external upon this earth. For over the soul God can and will let no one rule but himself. Therefore, where temporal power presumes to prescribe laws for the soul, it encroaches upon God’s government and only misleads and destroys souls into eternity. The Church Jesus Christ desire to make this so clear that everyone can grasp and that the teachers, preachers, and bishops may see what fools they are when they seek to coerce the people with their laws and commandments into believing one thing or another
Divine Lordship is not a threat; rather it’s the
place of greatest safety.
