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Any church that is
so dogmatic in their beliefs and cannot
change when new light is given will
ultimately die out because of the obvious
errors of their teachings.
Ellen. G.
White lied about her sources on many
occasions and she was afraid of being sued
for stealing the writings of other authors
on other occasions.
[1] She
made many false prophecies about people and
future events: The Civil War, England
Invading the United States, the Shut Door
and Sunday worship and nations, including
England, Israel and the United States.
[2] The
Seventh-day Adventist Church continues to
lie about the Pope’s title adding up to
“666”. No evidence has ever been produced by
Seventh-day Adventists to substantiate the
claim that the title "Vicarius Filii Dei" is
used to designate the Pope. [3]
We have to be careful not to place too
much emphasis on "Last Day" events. We may
never know exactly how all the End-time
events
will play out until we are in the middle of
it all. Eschatology is given to inspire hope in
us that God will ultimately win and so that
we can have assurance that we will be
with Him for eternity. Eschatology is not a
crystal ball that tells us every little
detail about what the future holds.
Christians
disagree about the timing of the Second
Coming. Is there a secrete rapture seven
years before His Coming? Is the Millennium a
literal 1,000 years or is it figurative? How
do the Judgments take place and in what
order? No one can say for sure but we can
know with certainty that they will take
place. God knows all. We still see through a
"mirror dimly".
1 Corinthians 13:12
"For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then
face to face; now I know in part, but then I
will know fully just as I also have been
fully known."
We need to focus on
your relationship with Jesus Christ and know
that He will work out everything He said He
would in His own time and way.
Many
SDAs are trying to gain acceptance as part
of the orthodox Bible based Christian
community. However, the following points
show them not to hold the "faith once
delivered to the saints". Jude 1:3.
The false doctrines of Seventh-day
Adventism should be a warning to everyone.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church was founded by
a false prophet and a group of lay ministers
and teachers who were all Arian who denied
the Biblical teaching of the Trinity.
[4] It is
a dangerous thing to lead a person into a
cultic church. We are warned about false
prophets being a reality in the last days.
Buyer beware! [4]
The Cultic
Doctrines of the Seventh Day Advent Church:
A cult is any
philosophy of religion that stresses human
works: Things like legal obedience,
ceremonies, dietary rules, asceticism, or
other works you can perform and supposedly
achieve holiness through ritualized
self-denial. The Seventh-day Adventist
Church teaches many doctrines that are false
and even cultic compared to the historic
beliefs of Christianity.
1).
The Atonement Is Not Complete:
"The blood of Christ, while it was to
release the repentant sinner from the
condemnation of the law, was not to cancel
sin.... It will stand in the sanctuary until
the final atonement" Patriarchs and
Prophets, P. 357.
"Now while our great High Priest is making
the atonement for us, we should seek to
become perfect in Christ" The Great
Controversy, p. 623.
"...instead of coming to the earth at the
termination of the 2300 days in 1844, Christ
then entered the most holy place of the
heavenly sanctuary to perform the closing
work of atonement preparatory to His coming"
The Great Controversy, p. 422.
2). Believers Enter into A Judgment
of Works Which Determines Their Salvation:
"At the time appointed for the judgment....
All who have ever taken upon themselves the
name of Christ must pass its searching
scrutiny. Both the living and the dead are
to be judged "out of those things which were
written in the books, according to their
works" The Great Controversy, P. 486.
"Every case had been decided for life or
death. While Jesus had been ministering in
the sanctuary, the judgment had been going
on for the righteous dead, and then for the
righteous living" Early Writings, p. 280.
"So in the great day of final atonement and
investigative judgment the only cases
considered are those of the professed people
of God" The Great Controversy, p. 480.
"as the books of record are opened in the
judgment, the lives of all who have believed
on Jesus come in review before God.
Beginning with those who first lived upon
the earth.... Every name is mentioned, every
case closely investigated. Names are
accepted, names rejected. When any have sins
remaining upon the books of record,
unrepented of and unforgiven, their names
will be blotted out of the book of life, and
the record of their good deeds will be
erased from the book of God's remembrance"
The Great Controversy, p. 483. See John 5:24; Romans 8:1
3). Works
Plus Grace Equals Salvation:
"The judgment is to set, the books are to be
opened, and we are to be judged according to
our deeds" Testimonies for the Church, vol.
1, p. 100. Remember, this is a judgment of
works for salvation, not for rewards.
"While good works will not save even one
soul, yet it is impossible for even one soul
to be saved without good works" Selected
Messages, bk. 1, p. 377.
4).
Satan Bears Our Sins:
"It was seen, also, that while the sin
offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice,
and the high priest represented Christ as a
mediator, the scapegoat typified Satan, the
author of sin, upon whom the sins of the
truly penitent will finally be placed" The
Great Controversy, p. 422.
"Their sins are transferred to the
originator of sin" Testimonies for the
Church, vol. 5, p. 475.
5).
Christians Will Stand Before God Without
Christ's Intercession:
"Those who are living upon the earth when
the intercession of Christ shall cease in
the sanctuary above are to stand in the
sight of a holy God without a mediator" The
Great Controversy, p. 425.
"When Jesus ceases to plead for man, the
cases of all are forever decided. This is
the time of reckoning with His servants"
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 191.
Because they will have to stand before God
without a mediator Adventists believe that
they must be perfect before Jesus returns:
6). We Can Be Sinless:
"Those only who through faith in Christ obey
all of God's commandments will reach the
condition of sinlessness in which Adam lived
before his transgression" Seventh-day
Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 1118.
"To be redeemed means to cease from sin"
Review & Herald, September 25, 1900. I John
1:8,10
7). The Sabbath Is the
Seal of God and Those Worshiping on Sunday
Will Receive the Mark of The Beast:
It is well known that Adventists teach
Sabbath-keeping. What is not so well known
is that they teach that it is the seal of
God and that those who worship on Sunday
before the Rapture will receive the mark of
the beast. Ultimately, according to
Adventist theology, salvation in the last
days boils down to the day you worship on!
8). Soul Sleep:
Seventh-day Adventists, like Jehovah's
Witnesses, teach that when a believer dies
his soul "sleeps". Some believe that you
entirely cease to exist.
9).
A Denial of The Biblical Doctrine of Hell:
Seventh-day Adventists do not teach the
biblical doctrine of hell. They, like
Jehovah's Witnesses, teach that unbelievers
will be annihilated and that hell is
temporary.
The list of 9 doctrines
above is taken from: A Quick Introduction to
Seventh-day Adventism by exAdventist
Outreach. [5]
Christians can and
do disagree about the end time issues. There
are different schools of thought, and I
think when any group makes their
understanding of future events, eschatology,
the test of fellowship is completely wrong.
Seventh-day Adventists, like other cults
insist that their way is the only way and
that everyone else is wrong. In their
beginning, Seventh-day Adventists followed
the false prophecies and teachings of
William Miller. After him came Ellen G.
White.
When the foundation
is flawed the building will crumble!
References:
1.
https://nonsda.org/egw/lifeofpaul.shtml
2.https://blog.lifeassuranceministries.org/2020/08/13/5-failed-prophecies/
3.
https://www.amazingfiction.nonsda.org/666-pope.shtml
4.
http://www.cultorchristian.com/
4.
See:
We Must Test the Prophets!
http://in-him.com/SDA/test-the-prophets.htm
5.
https://www.exadventist.com/home/intro/tabid/64/default.aspx
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