THE CULTIC DOCTRINES OF SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISM 1). THE ATONEMENT IS NOT COMPLETE The blood of Christ, while it was to release the repentant sinner from the condemnation of the law, was not to cancel sin....It will stand in the sanctuary until the final atonement Patriarchs and Prophets, P. 357 (emphasis added). Now while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ The Great Controversy, p. 623 (emphasis added). ...instead of coming to the earth at the termination of the 2300 days in 1844, Christ then entered the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to perform the closing work of atonement preparatory to His coming The Great Controversy, p. 422 (emphasis added). 2). BELIEVERS ENTER INTO A JUDGMENT OF WORKS WHICH DETERMINES THEIR SALVATION At the time appointed for the judgment.... All who have ever taken upon themselves the name of Christ must pass its searching scrutiny. Both the living and the dead are to be judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works The Great Controversy, P. 486 (emphasis added). Every case had been decided for life or death. While Jesus had been ministering in the sanctuary, the judgment had been going on for the righteous dead, and then for the righteous living Early Writings, p. 280 (emphasis added). So in the great day of final atonement and investigative judgment the only cases considered are those of the professed people of God The Great Controversy, p. 480 (emphasis added). as the books of record are opened in the judgment, the lives of all who have believed on Jesus come in review before God. Beginning with those who first lived upon the earth....Every name is mentioned, every case closely investigated. Names are accepted, names rejected. When any have sins remaining upon the books of record, unrepented of and unforgiven, their names will be blotted out of the book of life, and the record of their good deeds will be erased from the book of Gods remembrance The Great Controversy, p. 483 (emphasis added). See John 5:24; Romans 8:1 3). WORKS PLUS GRACE EQUALS SALVATION The judgment is to set, the books are to be opened, and we are to be judged according to our deeds Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 100 (emphasis added). Remember, this is a judgment of works for salvation, not for rewards. While good works will not save even one soul, yet it is impossible for even one soul to be saved without good works Selected Messages, bk. 1, p. 377 (emphasis added). 4). SATAN BEARS OUR SINS It was seen, also, that while the sin offering pointed to Christ as a sacrifice, and the high priest represented Christ as a mediator, the scapegoat typified Satan, the author of sin, upon whom the sins of the truly penitent will finally be placed The Great Controversy, p. 422 (emphasis added). Their sins are transferred to the originator of sin Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 475. 5). CHRISTIANS WILL STAND BEFORE GOD WITHOUT CHRISTS INTERCESSION Those who are living upon the earth when the intercession of Christ shall cease in the sanctuary above are to stand in the sight of a holy God without a mediator The Great Controversy, p. 425 (emphasis added). When Jesus ceases to plead for man, the cases of all are forever decided. This is the time of reckoning with His servants Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 191 (emphasis added). Because they will have to stand before God without a mediator Adventists believe that they must be perfect before Jesus returns: 6). WE CAN BE SINLESS Those only who through faith in Christ obey all of Gods commandments will reach the condition of sinlessness in which Adam lived before his transgression Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 6, p. 1118 (emphasis added). To be redeemed means to cease from sin Review & Herald, September 25, 1900 (emphasis added). I John 1:8,10 7). THE SABBATH IS THE SEAL OF GOD AND THOSE WORSHIPING ON SUNDAY WILL RECIEVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST It is well known that Adventists teach Sabbath-keeping. What is not so well known is that they teach that it is the seal of God and that those who worship on Sunday before the Rapture will receive the mark of the beast. Ultimately, according to Adventist theology, salvation in the last days boils down to the day you worship on! 8). SOUL SLEEP Seventh-day Adventists, like Jehovahs Witnesses, teach that when a believer dies his soul sleeps. Some believe that you entirely cease to exist. 9). A DENIAL OF THE BIBLICAL DOCTRINE OF HELL Seventh-day Adventists do not teach the biblical doctrine of hell. They, like Jehovahs Witnesses, teach that unbelievers will be annihilated and that hell is temporary.
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