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. As of March 01, 2022 there were approximately 21,761,076 people worldwide following Ellen G. White. When taking into consideration the approximately 2.6 billion Christians of all denominations worldwide; the SDA accounts for only about .837% of the world's Christians, i.e. 1/119th The Seventh...

. The so-called fallen nature-- a.k.a. the sinful nature --first appears at Gen 3:7-8 where it says: "Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. And they heard the sound of The Lord God walking...

. The routine day of rest is a codified day of obligation for Jews. Seeing as how it isn't a codified day of obligation for Christians, then according to the 14th chapter of Romans, taking that day off is optional rather than mandatory. Also according to that 14th chapter, when people attempt...

. Gen 2:15-17 is a favorite among critics because Adam didn't drop dead within 24 hours of tasting the forbidden fruit. In point of fact, he continued to live outside the garden of Eden for another 800 years after the birth of his son Seth. (Gen 5:4) Some say Adam died a "spiritual" death, and...

. • Gen 2:1-3 . .Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested...

. • Gen 3:17 . .To Adam He said: Because you did as your wife said, and ate of the tree about which I commanded you; "You shall not eat of it" cursed be the ground because of you This particular curse isn't a consequence for tasting the forbidden fruit. It's directly relative to Adam discarding...

. • John 12:24 . . Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. That law of nature applies to any number of cereal grasses, e.g. rice, rye, barley, oats, etc. which were all created and...

. Adam's kingdom consisted of the not only the earth, but along with it, all of its forms of life too. • Gen 1:26-28 . . And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and...

. • Gen 2:15-17 . .The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and tend it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying: Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat; but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not eat of it; for in the day you eat...

. The so-called fallen nature is believed to be propagated by men. Oh? Then whence did Eve obtain it? She was already alive and fully constructed with material taken from Adam's body prior to the forbidden fruit incident. Since himself tasted the fruit after his wife was already in existence...

. • Ps 73:3-17 . . I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. • Matt 16:26 . . For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in...

. • Rom 8:1-2 . .Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus . . . . . . . . because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. * The dotted line is where the KJV inserts "who walk not after the flesh, but after...

. Romans 7:25 speaks of something called the "law of sin" which is contrasted with the "law of God". For example: the law of God prohibits dishonesty (Lev 19:11) whereas the law of sin compels folks to lie, dissemble, suppress information, and spin half-truths. The law of God requires...

. Romans 7:25 speaks of something called the "law of sin" which is contrasted with the "law of God". For example: the law of God prohibits dishonesty (Lev 19:11) whereas the law of sin compels folks to lie, dissemble, suppress information, and spin half-truths. The law of God requires...

. According to the New Testament, Jesus is God's offspring (Luke 1:35) In point of fact, Jesus is God's one and only offspring, viz: there are no others. (John 1:14, John 1:18, John 3:16, Hebrews 11:17, and 1 John 4:9) God's offspring doesn't practice sin because it cannot sin. (1 John 3:9)...

. • Gen 11:1 . . Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words. The Hebrew word for "language" is from saphah (saw-faw') which means: the lip. The one for "words" is from dabar (daw-baw') which means: a word (as spoken or written) Spoken languages are a combination of words and...

. It's accepted by a pretty large percentage of modern Christians that the so called fallen nature is propagated by men. Oh? From whence did Eve get it? She was already alive and fully constructed with material taken from Adam's body prior to the forbidden fruit incident. Since himself tasted...

. • 1John 4:2-3 . . By this you know the Spirit of God . . Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard...

. Adam's mental state at the time was very different. Eph 2:2-3 says that we are by nature children of wrath. In contrast, Adam was fresh out of the oven in the image and likeness of God; so he wasn't by nature a child of wrath, rather; he was by nature a child of benevolence. Eph 2:2-3 also...

. I personally don't recommend Luke 3:23 to establish either Mary's or Joseph's connection to David because the language, the grammar, and the punctuation are much too controversial. Along with the language, the grammar, and the punctuation issue; there's a serious question about the...