midnightcry said:
I recently joined the SDA Church. I am learning alot and spend alot of time reading and studying the Bible.
That is very good, just make sure that you guide yourself by what the bible says and not what some bible commentators say the bible says..
It seems to me the SDA Church has alot of truth. They follow the Bible closer than any other denomination. They present scripture in a way that is clear and easy to understand.
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Yeshua My Salvation > disagree that they follow the bible closer then other denominations.. S.D.A.S in general do have alot of truths like the Sabbath, death is a state of unconciousness, they don't believe in the unscripturally supported doctrine of the rapture ect. ect. But where most S.D.A.S fall short of the Gospel is that "they believe in righteousness by works." Rarely do they admit this, but that is exactly what all Traditional Adventist believe except for the once that are more liberal "and this is taking place inside of the S.D.A church... Alot of S.D.A.S have excepted the gospel as taught in the bible by grace through faith in Yeshua alone...
If you don't believe most Adventist believe in righteousness by good deeds heres proof from Ellen White own writings:
Ellen White Bible Echo, 1897 - 02 - 08.
Ellen White review ands Herald, 1890 - 06 - 17
Ellen Whites Kress Collectgion, pg 120
Ellen Whites words: Those who are teaching the doctrine of [grace] today have much to say in regard to faith and righteousness of Christ; but they pervert the truth, and make it serve the cause of error. They declare that we have only to
believe on Jesus Christ, and that faith is all sufficient: That the righteousness of Christ is to be the sinners credentials; That this imputed righteousness fulfils the whole law for us, and that we are under no obligation to obey the law of God. This class claim that
Christ came to save sinners, and that he has saved them. "I am saved they wil repeat over and over again. But are they really saved while trangressing the law of Jehovah? ---- No; For the garments of Christ's righteousness are not a cloak for iniquity. Such teaching is a gross deception, and Christ becomes to these persons a stumbling block as he did to the Jews.---To the Jews, because they would not recieve him as there personal Saviour, to these professed believers in Christ, because they seperate Christ and the law, and regard faith as a substitute for obedience. They seperate the father and the son, the Saviour of the world. Virtually they teach both by precept and example, that Christ, by his death, saves men in there transgressions.
We Should never rest in a satisfied condtion and cease to make advancement, saying "I am saved." When this idea is entertained, the motives for watchfulness, for prayer, for ernest endeavor to press onward to higher attainments, cease to exist. No Santified tongue will ever be found uttering these words till Christ shall come, and we enter into the city of God. Then, with the utmost propriety, we may give glory to God and to the lamb for eternal deliverance. As long as men is full of weakeness,---for himself he cannot save his soul,---he should never dare say, "I am saved." It's not he that putteth on the armor that can boast of victory; for he has the battle to fight and victory to win. It is he that endureth unto the end that shall be saved. The Lord says, "If any men draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. "If we do not go forward from victory to victory, the soul will draw back to perdition. We should raise no human standard whereby to measure character. God's holy law is the only thing by which we can determine whether we are`keeping his way or not. If we are disobidient then our Charater s are out of harmony with God's rule of government, and it is stating a falsehood to say, "I am saved." No one is saved who is a transgressor of nthe law of God, which is the foundation of his government in heaven and in earth. No man can say, i am saved until he has endured test and trail, until he has shown that he can overcome temptation. Those who fail to do the work which God has said should be done soon lose the right perception of spiritual things, and become blinded as to character of truth. They are unifitted to do the work which would make them complete in Christ.
My question is: Why is it that more people do not see these truths? (Such as the Sabbath, soul sleep, The Law of God being eternal, to name a few.) Is it because people do not study the Bible for themselves? Is it because many Christians are deceived? Is it because people are stubborn and do not want to change? Is the church asleep?
Yeshua My Salvation > They are indoctrinated to believe what there church or denomination has taught them, just like most Adventist when Traditional Adventism is challanged in the light of scripture, they rather hold on to there traditions rather then SOLA SCRIPTURA.
I do not understand why more people are not part of the SDA Church.
Yeshua My Salvation > All churches have there problems Midnight CRY, the Adventist church has many doctrinal problems, there is no such thing as a perfect church..If our salvation depended upon what church we attend then i dare say that very few believers are`saved.
In Christ,
Yeshua My Salvation.
