** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST - ARE THEY CHRISTIAN? **
Part 2 of 2
* The Final Heresy is the dogma of "SOUL SLEEP" and base
this on the teaching, found in many of the Adventist
pamphlets, etc:
"Upon the fundamental error of 'natural immortality' rest
the doctrine of consciousness in death, a doctrine like
eternal torment, opposed to the teaching of the
Scriptures, to the dictates of reason and to our feelings
of humanity.
The theory of 'eternal punishment' is one of the false
doctrines that constitute the wine of the abominations of
Babylon...They received it from Rome, as they received the
false Sabbath."
This teaching ignores Paul's statement "Absent from the
Body, PRESENT WITH THE LORD" or "To be WITH CHRIST, which
is FAR better."
We, also, cannot find ANY explanation of the term
"NATURAL IMMORTALITY" - especially when we see epitaphs in
the newspaper EVERY day! God is not the God of confusion
and, we feel these teachings are illogical, and contrary
to the expressed Word of God.
Adventist DEMAND believers to come back under the LAW
and away from GRACE, in their demand that the SABBATH is
to be followed WITHOUT QUESTION. Mrs White wrote of a
vision, thusly:
"I was taken into Heaven and shown the sanctuary and its
appointments. Jesus raised the cover of the ark, and I
beheld the tables of stone on which the ten commandments
were written. I was amazed as I saw the Fourth Commandment
in the very center of the ten precepts, with a soft halo
of light encircling it."
The Adventist claim that the Council of Laodicia in 364
A.D. changed the Sabbath to Sunday, Additionally, they
claim that Christians are still under the Law of Moses and
are bound to keep the "least of its precepts" - therefore
keep the Sabbath. Let us review these issues in full:
1. The Sabbath was given as a "sign" and perpetual
covenant between Jehovah and Israel, as shown in Exodus
31:12-18. The Ten Commandments, of which the law of the
Sabbath is the fourth, were written by the finger of God
on tables of stone. These commandments are called the
"ministrations of death" and the "ministration of
condemnation," "written and engraven in stone" (2
Corinthians 3:7,9), which ministration, the HOLY SPIRIT
tells us, is "done away" and "abolished" (verses 11,13),
and in its place we have the "ministrations of the Spirit"
and "the ministration of righteousness" (verses 8,9). Thus
we read "Let no man therefore judge you .. of a Sabbath
day" (Colossians 2:16 - also Romans 14:5,6). WE also read
that the "handwriting of ordinances" was "blotted out" and
"nailed" to Christ's cross (as of old, bills were nailed
to the doorpost when paid), for Christ has FULFILLED the
law on our behalf, met it EVERY claim.
Look also to Romans 6:14) where we are placed in a
POSITION of FREEDOM from the Law, "Ye are not under the
law, but under GRACE" (See also Romans 7:4,6 and Galatians
5:18). The ENTIRE book of Galatians is directed at this
main issue. The rebuke is given by Paul to those who
sought to bring the Gentile converts under the yoke of the
law as given in ACTS 15. We feel it is still applicable to
the Adventist :"Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a
yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our
fathers nor we were able to bear?" (Verse 10)
If the SABBATH was to be a MANDATORY precept to be
followed OR LOSE OF SALVATION occurred, then WHY does the
BIBLE not make this evident. Especially, in the discourse
of the Council of Jerusalem in ACTS 15 not take the
opportunity to AFFIRM this LAW? Why did the APOSTLES,
instead refer to those who were teaching this heresy as
"those who troubled you with words and subverting your
souls?" If this precept were mandatory, why is there not
ONE single verse demanding compliance in the NEW
TESTAMENT?
The sad part is that EVEN the ADVENTIST do not follow
the SABBATH laws as mandated in the OLD TESTAMENT. Look at
Leviticus 23:32, where the Sabbath was to be kept from
SUNSET to SUNSET, or Jeremiah 17:21, where it states that
NO BURDEN could be carried within 24 hours, or Exodus
35:3, where no fire could be kindled and Exodus 16:23,
where NO COOKING could be done. What THIS means is that
EVERY ADVENTIST IS CONDEMNED BY THEIR OWN STANDARD.
We pray for the release from this bondage by Adventist.
We ask that you check out this teaching, if you are
Adventist or have Adventist friends or relatives. Show
them the Love of God that provided Christ to pay for their
sins. A Christ (Messiah) that by the BIBLE had to be PURE
and without BLEMISH! Jesus Christ, the ONLY son of God,
was AND IS that - "The Lamb of God that taketh away the
sins OF THE WORLD" as John the Baptist recognized, even
then. Jesus loved you enough to die in YOUR place. Jesus
LOVES you, now to provide for TOTAL release from the yoke
you now live under. Come to JESUS.
Computers For Christ - San Jose/ SYSOP
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