CULT 005A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST - ARE THEY CHRISTIAN? Ellen G. White founded this religion

CULT 005A
      ** SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST - ARE THEY CHRISTIAN? **     
Ellen G. White founded this religion, though she was a
follower of one William Miller of New York, who propounded
much of what Mrs. White later adopted for her religion. It
is interesting to note that a 7th Day Adventist Physician,
Dr. William Russel, wrote in 1869 that 'Mrs White's
visions are the result of a diseased organization or
condition of the brain or nervous system." While we should
feel pity for Mrs. White, we must point out that her
teachings were, AND ARE BLASPHEMY AND DIRECTLY OPPOSITE OF
WHAT THE VERY WORD OF GOD SAYS!
   The standard work of Mrs. White is her THE GREAT
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN which has been
published many times. This is, perhaps THE most
authoritative expose of Adventist teachings. One of Mrs.
White's counselors and intimates, D.M. Canwright, wrote
about Mrs White,"She often copies her subject matter
without credit or sign of quotation from other authors.
Indeed her last great book, THE GREAT CONTROVERSY, which
they laud so highly as her greatest work, is largely
(mainly in the historic parts) a compilation of Andrews'
HISTORY OF THE SABBATH; HISTORY OF THE WALDENSES, by
Wylie; LIFE OF MILLER, by White; THOUGHTS ON REVELATION,
by Smith, and other books." Additional denouncements were
made, both by Adventist and other critics concerning
plagerism by Mrs. White, yet the preface to the current
published version still reads:
   "We believe she has been empowered by Divine
llumination to speak of some past events, which have been
brought to her knowledge with greater minuteness than is
set forth in any existing records, and to read the future
with more than human foresight."
   Although there are MANY heresies within the Adventist
church, we will deal with four of the areas that the
Adventist feel are mandatory teachings:
(1)*Seventh Day Adventism denies the Biblical Doctrine of
 the COMPLETE atoning Sacrifice of Christ as THE ONLY
 means of man's salvation. This is the most serious of the
 heresies of the Adventist. We quote Mrs. White:
    "The ministration of the priest throughout the years in
 the first apartment of the sanctuary (which sanctuary Mrs.
 White places in heaven and not on earth-SYSOP) ...
 Represents the work of ministration upon which Christ
 entered at His ascension ... For eighteen centuries this
 work of ministration continued in the first apartment of
 the sanctuary. The blood of Christ, pleaded in behalf of
 penitent believers, secured their pardon and acceptance
 with the Father, yet their sins still remained upon the
 books of record."- THE GREAT CONTROVERSY
   We have yet to obtain an answer from the Adventist to
 the question, How are sins pardoned YET kept on the books?
(2)* Seventh Day Adventism denies the FINALITY of the work
 of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. They THUS claim
 Jesus to be a LIAR in His statement, "IT IS FINISHED!"
   Again, we quote Mrs. White: (UPPER CASE BY SYSOP)
    "As in typical service, there was work for atonement at
 the close of the year, so before Christ's work for
 redemption of men IS COMPLETED (SYSOP ADDED UPPER CASE),
 there is a work of atonement for the removal of sin from
 the sanctuary. This is the service which began when the
 2,300 days ended. (SYSOP NOTE: Mrs White taught that this
 was the year 1844!), At that time, as foretold by Daniel
 the Prophet, our high priest entered the most Holy to
 perform the LAST DIVISION of His solemn work to CLEANSE
 THE SANCTUARY ...in the new covenant the sins of the
 repentant are by faith placed upon Christ, and
 TRANSFERRED, IN FACT, TO THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY ... so the
 actual cleansing of the heavenly (sanctuary) is to be
 accomplished by the removal, or blotting out, of the sins
 that are there recorded. But, BEFORE this can be
 accomplished, there MUST BE AN EXAMINATION OF THE BOOKS of
 record to determine who, through repentance of sin and
 faith in Christ, are entitled to the benefits of His
 Atonement. The cleansing of the sanctuary therefore
 involves a WORK OF INVESTIGATION - a work of judgement.
 Those who followed in the light of the prophetic word saw
 that, INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE EARTH at the termination of
 the 2,300 days in 1844 (as "prophet" William Miller had
 widely proclaimed), Christ entered in to the most holy
 place of the heavenly, to PERFORM the CLOSING WORK OF
 ATONEMENT preparatory to his coming."-THE GREAT
 CONTROVERSY
     We feel it helpful to outline some history. William
 Miller prophesied that Christ would come (This where the
 name 'ADVENTIST' - One who looks to the ADVENT) in 1844.
 We need not ask if this happened - it was a false
 prophesy! Look at what the Bible has to say about False
 Prophets. Mrs. White then stepped in with her "higher
 revelation" that Christ only went into the "heavenly
 sanctuary" and, as shown above, to "COMPLETE" the work
 that he started here on earth! This is what the Adventist
 refer to as "investigative judgement" - preparation for
 His Second coming.
    We do not find a reference, in the BIBLE, for such an
 act of Christ nor do we find reference to a sanctuary in
 heaven. We cannot find reference to sin being in heaven as
 claimed above in Mrs. White's book! It would seem, from
 the writings, that THE SANCTUARY, in some manner actually
 becomes the sin bearer or mediator for believers!
(3)* Adventism has declared SATAN to be JOINT SIN BEARER,
 and the vicarious substitute of the sinner! ONCE AGAIN, we
 quote Mrs. White:
   It was seen also that while the sin-offering pointed to
 Christ as a sacrifice, and the high priest represented
 Christ as the mediator, the SCAPEGOAT typified SATAN, the
 author of sin, upon WHOM THE SINS OF THE TRULY PENITENT
 WILL FINALLY BE PLACED. When the high priest by virtue of
 the blood of the sin-offering removed the sins from the
 sanctuary, he placed them upon the scapegoat. When Christ,
 BY VIRTUE OF HIS OWN BLOOD,REMOVES THE SINS OF HIS PEOPLE
 FROM THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY AT THE CLOSE OF HIS
 MINISTRATION, HE WILL PLACE THEM ON SATAN, who in the
 execution of judgement must bear final penalty. The
 scapegoat was sent into a land not inhabited, never to
 come again into the congregation of Israel. So will SATAN
 be for ever banished from the presence of God and His
 people and HE WILL BE BLOTTED FROM EXISTENCE IN THE FINAL
 DESTRUCTION OF SIN AND THE SINNER."-GREAT CONTROVERSY.
  Here, we have total elimination of the most loving
 doctrine of the Bible - JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. And the
 belief that SATAN is substitute for the FINISHED WORK of
 Calvary by CHRIST, is more than heresy - it is final
 condemnation to the Lake of Fire as shown in Revelation.
  Mrs. White alleged that she found this teaching in
 Leviticus 23 and the Book of Daniel. We have asked
 Adventist to show us this teaching ANYWHERE in the BIBLE -
 to date they have not. (3/15/82). Let us look at WHAT THE
 BIBLE DOES, IN FACT, SAY TO REFUTE THIS LIE BY MRS. WHITE.
   "Without shedding of blood there is no remission "
 (Hebrews 9:22)
   "The blood maketh atonement for the soul" (Leviticus
 17:11)
   "Redeemed by the precious blood of CHRIST" (I Peter
 1:19)
   "Who His own self bare OUR SINS in HIS OWN BODY on the
 tree" (I Peter 2:24)
   "Made peace through the blood of His cross" (Colossians
 1:20)
   "Made nigh by the blood of Christ" (Ephesians 2:13)
   "He that believeth on HIM is not condemned" (John 3:18)
   "There is therefore NOW NO CONDEMNATION to them which
 are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24)
   "The blood of JESUS CHRIST HIS (God's) SON cleanseth us
 from ALL SIN" (I John 1:7)
(4)* Adventism believes Christ inherited a sinful, fallen
 nature.
   In the Adventist publication BIBLE READINGS FOR THE HOME
CIRCLE, page 115 in the 1915 edition, we read:
   "In His humanity Christ partook of our sinful, fallen
 nature. If not, then He was not 'made like unto His
 brethren," was not 'in all points tempted like as we are,"
 did not overcome as we have to overcome, and is not,
 therefore, the complete and perfect Saviour man needs and
 must have to be saved." 
   This can be restated - Believe in what we say OR YOU
 HAVE NO SAVIOUR!
   Continuing:
   "The idea that Christ was born of an immaculate or
 sinless mother (SYSOP Note - This is adopted ONLY by the
 ROMAN church - not evangelical believers!), inherited no
 tendencies to sin, and for this reason did not sin,
 removes Him from the realm of a fallen world, and from the
 very place where help is needed. On His human side, Christ
 inherited just what every child OF ADAM inherits-a sinful
 nature. On the divine side, from His very conception He
 was begotten and born of the Spirit. And all this was done
 to place mankind on vantage-ground, and to demonstrate
 that IN THE SAME WAY everyone who is 'born of the Spirit'
 may gain victories over sin in his own sinful flesh. Thus
 each one is to overcome as CHRIST OVERCAME (Their
 BOLDFACE)(as in Revelation 3:21). Without this birth there
 can be no victory over temptation, and no salvation from
 sin, John 3:3-7"
   We need to investigate the above teaching VERY
 CAREFULLY. In the BIBLE, we are told that we are partakers
 of God's Holiness (Hebrew 12:10); God and Christ ARE ONE
 as in John 10:30. Above, we are told that Christ partook
 "OUR SINFUL, FALLEN NATURE" The BIBLE tells us JESUS was
 "Holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners".
 Adventist would like us to believe that one could be "holy
 and undefiled" yet have a "sinful, fallen nature!" If
 CHRIST INHERITED a sinful, fallen nature, then HE WAS SUCH
 FOR HIS WHOLE LIFE! This MAKES IT NECESSARY THAT CHRIST,
 HIMSELF, WOULD NEED A SAVIOR!
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