Seventh-day Adventist Church

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Permalink Reply by LucyP on September 20, 2011 at 3:13pm

I'll contribute first then shall I hehe?

Found this on gotquestions.org.

 

 

Question: "What is Seventh-day Adventism (SDA), and what do Seventh-day Adventists believe?"

Answer: There seem to be different "degrees" of Seventh-day Adventism. Some Seventh-day Adventists believe identically to orthodox Christians, other than believing that worship should be held on Saturday and that the Saturday Sabbath should still be observed. If these are the only differences, then, yes, a person could be a Seventh-day Adventist and still be a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ.

However, some Seventh-day Adventists believe in much more than a Saturday Sabbath / worship day. Seventh-day Adventists have been known to believe in the annihilation of the wicked instead of an eternal hell, and believe that believers who die enter a state of soul sleep and that a person must observe the Saturday Sabbath in order to be saved. Other problems with some Seventh-day Adventists are belief in Ellen G. White, the founder of Seventh-day Adventism, as a true prophet of God, even though many of her "prophecies" failed to come true, and that Jesus entered a second phase of His redemptive work on October 22, 1844, as "prophesied" by Hiram Edson.

So, what is Seventh-day Adventism, and what do Seventh-day Adventists believe? Should a Christian attend a Seventh-day Adventist church? Due to the potential doctrinal issues mentioned above, we would strongly encourage believers to not get involved in Seventh-day Adventism. Yes, a person can be an advocate of Seventh-day Adventism and still be a believer. At the same time, there are enough potential issues to make attending a Seventh-day Adventist church questionable at best.

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Permalink Reply by Jessie on September 22, 2011 at 1:28am

Hi LucyP,

Yes, they do believe in those things. My grandparent were Seventh Day Adventist and were extremely devout.

The very fact that they have given false prophecies is enough reason to avoid them!

In addition to this, as you have mentioned, they observe sabbath days in order to be saved. This is not biblical either as Ephesians 2:8-9 and Romans 3: 24 states that is is by grace through faith and not works that we are saved.

The teaching of "soul sleep" sounds alot like Jehovahs Witness teachings who also believe in annihilation of the wicked as opposed to eternal punishment. Hell is a literl place according to 2 Peter 2:4, Matthew 23:33 and Revelation 20:13.

As to the "second redemptive phase" of Jesus, not sure where they would get that from either because Jesus paid the price for our salvation "once and for all" according to  Matthew 20: 28, Hebrews 9:25-28 and 1 John 2:2.

The teaching that believers who die enter a "soul sleep" is also unbiblical due to the following scriptures: John 14: 1-3, 2 Corinthians 5: 8 and Philippians 1: 23.

Blessings,

Jessie Caan.

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Permalink Reply by LucyP on September 22, 2011 at 1:49am

Thanks Jessie, and to boot they also believe that Jesus is the angel Michael. Very lost!

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Permalink Reply by LucyP on September 26, 2011 at 8:14pm

Thanks...and Good point that only the Lord knows,

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