That a good study. All SDAs should read it and digest it.
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That a good study. All SDAs should read it and digest it.
Ask away. One question a time would be preferrable.
[Q1] What do Seventh-day Adventists believe (I prefer not using 'SDA' when possible, since our name itself is a sermon)?
[A1] The Bible (KJB). Sounds simple I know, but seriously, I believe the Bible (KJB). It is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice (Isaiah 8:20).
[Q2] How do people become a Seventh-day Adventist?
[A2] By being born again, born of the Holy Ghost (John 3), and baptized (fully immersed) with water, and studied and believing in the scriptures (Acts 8:35), believing and calling upon the LORD Jesus Christ as our LORD and Saviour. Thus believing and practicing what we hold dear.
[Q3] What are the Seventh-day Adventist doctrines?
[A3] Every true doctrine found in scripture. Sounds simple, I know, but seriously, that's the key. There is the eternal heavenly Trio (the Person/Being of the Father, the Person/Being of the Son (Jesus), and the Person/Being of the Holy Ghost/Spirit. The eternal Godhead - JEHOVAH Elohiym. Salvation/Redemption is in Christ Jesus. Heavenly Sanctuary/Tabernacle/Temple and the ministry of Christ Jesus there. Ten Commandments are as eternal as the Heavenly Trio are, being a transcript of God's character, including the 7th day the sabbath of the LORD God, the Lord's day. Gifts of the Holy Ghost/Spirit, including the gift of prophets/prophecy (sister White, etal). Sleep in the grave of those who die, until their respective resurrection. Judgment of the dead and living in what is called the Investigative Judgment. Annihilation of the finally impenitent (including satan and his angels) in the lake of fire, aka 2nd death to come, they being reduced to ashes forever. Temporary torment of the wicked just before their complete destruction. Flesh nature of Jesus (Everlasting Gospel), in which we can live just as Jesus lived by the Holy Ghost/Spirit in the same flesh He had (likeness of sinful (fallen) flesh). Total health of body (flesh nature) & spirit (mind/heart), thus soul (person/being/creature). Michael archangel is just another designation of the Son of God. 1844 (AD), being the end of the 2,300 and 1,335 of Daniel, began the judgment of the dead, and was the shift of Jesus in heavenly Holy place to the Most Holy place to complete the anti-typical day of Atonement, and blot out sin forever. 1st (4 BC), 2nd (beginning of the 1,000 years) and 3rd (end of the 1,000 years) Advents of Jesus Christ. Both natures (Deity (form of God) and Humanity (form of a servant)) of Jesus mysteriously blended. Church structure, with council, and Elders, Deacons. Victory over sin in the here and now through the Everlasting Gospel. Scripture is the final authority in all matters of faith and practice. Creation of the earth in 6 (God resting the 7th) literal consecutive natural days (evening and morning), circa. 6,245 years ago. Mankind (Adam, Eve) created in/on the 6th day. Jesus is the true Israel, Adam, David, etc. God the Father and the Son (Holy Ghost/Spirits' nature is a mystery never given in scripture), angels (unfallen and fallen) are real tangible beings with body, form, likeness, shape, flesh not aetheral essences, perfumes. Baptism by complete immersion in water, and also the need of the Holy Ghost's baptism. Lord's supper, with footwashing as commanded by Jesus. Offerings & Tithe, and special collections (stewardship). Marriage (one natural man, with one natural woman, as husband and wife). Only one reason (though not required, but legally allowable) for divorce (fornication), only one other reason dissolution of marriage is death of one or both persons. 1000 years will be in Heaven. God is going to make the new Heaven and New Earth here after all is said and done with the destruction of the wicked. Eternal life in Christ Jesus. Resurrection. Glorified Bodies. Angels (unfallen) and other unfallen beings in Heaven (Dominions, Principalities, Powers, Thrones, etc) on unfallen worlds. Global flood in the days of Noah which lasted a little over a year the evidence of which can be seen to this day. Genesis is not allegory, but true history. Prayer, corporate, family and individual worship of God. We are under the New Covenant. Papacy (Roman Catholicism) is the Antichrist foretold in scripture. Satan is a real flesh being walking on this earth even as I type this. Persons can be (do not have to be) lost once in Christ (NO OSAS) through their own rejection of belief at any point and continue as such (blasphemy of the Holy Ghost/Spirit). Time of this present earth is almost finished (we are in the end times, last days). If any think of any other question, or point, feel free to add or ask. Thank you (I was getting tired).
[Q4] In what way do Seventh-day Adventists live?
[A4] If it isn't according "the way" (Psalms 77:13) in scripture, it isn't living at all.
[Q5] What makes a Seventh-day Adventist a Seventh-day Adventist?
[A5] Christ Jesus - the consummate Seventh-day Adventist.
[Q6] Why did I choose to join the Seventh-day Adventist movement?
[A6] Long story, ask if any want to hear it. In short, I prayed upon my knees to God to know the truth. God has never ceased to answer that prayer. God led me right to the movement foretold in prophecy, and I have never heard of them before. I was Roman Catholic for 30 years before.
You forget that the SDA church isn't made up solely of second or third generation Adventist's. People join our church after experiencing the emptiness and short sightedness and error ridden beliefs of evangelical, charismatic, Catholic, and mainline church religiosity. They join our church because of the doctrines we hold. No-one becomes an Adventist because they think, oh, they look like they're having fun. Everybody really hates them, I've always wanted to join a cult.That a good study. All SDAs should read it and digest it.
I have read, watched and listened to plenty of ex-SDA materials, including that one. Pick a point to discuss. Otherwise, it's just self-promotion.That a good study. All SDAs should read it and digest it.
Yes, it is what scripture says:Thanks for the detailed answers, so you guys believe angels are physical beings??
You will find wheat and tares, sheep and goats, wise and foolish amidst any congregation of those who take upon themselves the name Seventh-day Adventist. So it will depend upon the doorstep and elders you come into/unto these days. Some could care less, but they do so at their own peril and defiance of the very material written in Scripture and SoP/ToJ.Here is another question. Does the SDA Church instruct people to be vegetarians?
One only has to carefully examine the nonsense of the so-called "Investigative Judgment" to see that Ellen G. White was creating all kinds of man-made (woman-made) doctrines. Actually this doctrine is an attack on the finished work of Christ. Yet hardly anyone took her to task for undermining Gospel truth.Pick a point to discuss.
No it is no attack, but it is it's only support.One only has to carefully examine the nonsense of the so-called "Investigative Judgment" to see that Ellen G. White was creating all kinds of man-made (woman-made) doctrines. Actually this doctrine is an attack on the finished work of Christ. Yet hardly anyone took her to task for undermining Gospel truth.
That is incorrect. So let's look at what Ellen G. White actually said in her book "The Great Controversy". Below are direct quotations in purple.No it is no attack, but it is it's only support.
the Judgment Seat of Christ where the works of Christians will be judged.
I always hear this, "Love God" and "neighbour" are the commandments of Jesus, but Jesus was quoting the OT texts
Why are you confusing the Judgment Seat of Christ (strictly for Christians) with the Great White Throne Judgment (strictly for the unsaved)?The judgment seat of Christ is where this is going to happen
Why are you confusing the Judgment Seat of Christ (strictly for Christians)
It's pretty hypocritical and ironic that you say this, because mainstream Protestants elevate the doctrines of the Reformers and other self appointed pastors like the heralded "church fathers" to an equal or even greater standing than the doctrines that are actually taught in the Bible.The SDA denomination has always been an anomaly. There are a lot of sound biblical beliefs mixed in with a lot of false teachings. The real issue is that Ellen G. White was elevated to a position far beyond what was appropriate, and no one in the SDA church frankly admitted that she was wrong on many teaching, so let's get back to the Bible.
One cannot "keep" the sabbath holy when one is not consistently loving your neighbour. The law of God is spiritual, and God is not concerned with 7th day keeping (a mere outward conformity). He is concerned with sabbath keeping (the law upon the heart, which causes one to outwardly manifest what is inward). Does that make sense?What if you’re faithful in observing the Sabbath but are not consistently loving your neighbors as yourself? ...
Mat_23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.The Sabbath is not included in this list of “weightier matters” of the law…
As a member of the Seventh-day Adventist remnant movement and present truth peoples, I do not accept point 2. It is in error upon the point, and since they are not a creed it may be safely ignored. There are also other subtil changes that have been made over the years, that were predicted to come by sister White. Never the less, point 1 is the Truth, thus supercedes point 2.@Josho
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But it would be subjective if one accepts all the beliefs here or not.
The only thing she has undermined is ignorance of gospel truth.Yet hardly anyone took her to task for undermining Gospel truth.