SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM Is Sabbath Keeping What Makes

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM Is Sabbath – Keeping What Makes One A Christian?

Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Colossians 2: 16 -17

What Is Seventh Day Adventism They take their name from their emphasis on the Sabbath (seventh day) and on the return of Christ (adventism).

Where Did They Come From? Hiram Edson, a formulator of SDA, began to teach that in 1844 Christ actually began the second phase of His heavenly ministry, reviewing the works of believers to see who is worthy of eternal life. He and His followers taught that God had allowed Miller to make a mistake for the greater good of the “little flock. ”

Ellen White – False Prophet Born Ellen Harmon in 1827, she “dissolved into tears, prayers and a hopeless condition for months” following the failure of Christ to

Ellen White – False Prophet Even when William Miller admitted his error she was unable to accept his admission, and rather claimed she had a vision from God revealing there had been an error in the

Ellen White – False Prophet In 1850, she and her husband, James White, began to publish “The Review & Herald” to spread doctrines about the Sabbath and the Advent. This helped the Millerites coalesce into a distinctive body, adopting the name, “Seventh Day Adventist Church” in 1860 with approximately 3, 500 members in 150 congregations. To this day SDA still uses her writings as the final authority on doctrine. So, the founder of SDA was female teacher who claimed to have the spirit of prophecy. Did

Ellen White – False Prophet 1. The old city of Jerusalem would never be rebuilt.

Ellen White – False Prophet 2. She would be alive when Christ returned.

Ellen White – False Prophet 3. She claimed visions of other planets and of heaven.

Ellen White – False Prophet 4. Some races were the result of illicit sexual relations.

Ellen White – False Prophet 5. She refuted salvation by grace apart from works.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 1. The elevation given to Ellen G. White as a prophetess and revelator from God.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 2. The errant teaching that the atonement of Christ is not complete.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 3. The errant teaching that believers enter into a judgment of works which determines their

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 4. The errant teaching that Satan bears our sins.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 5. The errant teaching that Christians will stand before God without Christ’s intercession.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 6. The errant teaching that we can be sinless.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 7. The errant teaching that Sabbath keeping is the seal of God and Sunday worship is the mark of the beast.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 8. The errant teaching of soul sleep.

Areas Of Severe Seventh Day Adventism Error 9. The errant teaching that there is no hell.

The Bottom Line Like Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists appear, on the surface, to be just a peculiar branch of Christianity. After all, why get worked up over people worshiping on Saturday?

The Bottom Line Upon closer examination, we see that by following Ellen G. White and her selfproclaimed prophecies, Seventh Day Adventists have dragged themselves into serious error regarding the gospel.