SDA Church Apostasy

The reformations that were shown me, were not reformations from error to truth; but from bad to worse. - {RH, August 1, 1849 par. 12}

The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would result?
The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization would be established. Books of a new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being removed, they would place their dependence on human power, which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure.
{Selected Messages, vol. 1, pages 204-205}

I saw that God has honest children among the nominal Adventists and the fallen churches, and before the plagues shall be poured out, ministers and people will be called out from these churches and will gladly receive the truth. Satan knows this; and before the loud cry of the third angel is given, he raises an excitement in these religious bodies, that those who have rejected the truth may think that God is with them. He hopes to deceive the honest and lead them to think that God is still working for the churches. But the light will shine, and all who are honest will leave the fallen churches, and take their stand with the remnant. {Great Controversy (1858), page 172}

Revelation 18:4 "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

FOR MY DEAR SDA FRIENDS - IT'S NOW TIME TO COME OUT OF "HER"!!!

Thank goodness for Sunday. As a Seventh-day Adventist, Sunday is my day of rest… Thank God for Sunday. I say that genuinely, not in vain. It is the one day most Adventists—at least we supposedly “good Adventists”—get a break... The only thing that saved me that terrible week, both mentally and physically, was Sunday—that most glorious day! Bring on a Sunday law!

Happy Ramadan?!

Ramadan Kareem - Peace, mercy and guidance from Allah be with you and your family. Warm greetings from your friends, the Seventh-day Adventists.

Adventist-Catholics Celebrate Ash Wednesday and Lent

On February 14, 2024, the La Sierra SDA church posted, “Day 1 – Love and Ashes… This Valentine’s Day is also Ash Wednesday. It’s a day when many Christians from different traditions around the world will attend a service and receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross. The person administering the ashes may say, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return,” or “Repent and believe in the Gospel… Over the next 40 days, during Lent, leading us through to four days with Jesus, community members will be sharing personal stories of when a word from God helped them go on… The Church landed on fasting for 40 days before Easter because of the 40 days and 40 nights Jesus spent in the wilderness after his baptism. ”

Adventist Women Pastors

On February 2, 2024, the Adventist Review news reported that “In Mongolia, Adventist women pastors hold first-ever retreat… under the leadership of Ministerial Association director Bold Batsukh, held the first women’s pastor’s training in its territory, December 1-3. The first meeting sought to revive the mission spirit, realign procedures, and re-evaluate church administration strategies. Eight women pastors participated in this special event, organizers reported. The women pastors shared experiences and received training in effective pastoral care for their local churches.”

Church and State

35. Resolved, That the Foreign Mission Board be requested to give this subject immediate attention and to make the necessary arrangements by which this work can be carried forward. Whereas, In view of the separation which we believe should exist between the Church and the State, it is inconsistent for the Church to receive from the State pecuniary gifts, favors, or exemptions, on religious grounds; therefore,
36. Resolved, That we repudiate the doctrine that Church, or other ecclesiastical property should be exempt from taxation; and, therefore, further,
37. Resolved, That henceforth we decline to accept such exemption on our own behalf. RH Extra, March 1, 1893, Daily Bulletin of the General Conference, page 437

Ellen G. White's Writings “Can We Legitimately Change, Abridge, or Simplify Them?”

Is it legitimate to change, abridge, or simplify Ellen White’s writings? The answer is yes. We can change, abridge, or simplify the words, but we do not have license to change the intended message. Here’s why: Seventh-day Adventists do not hold to verbal inspiration. That means we do not believe that God dictated the words for Ellen White to use... In the years since Mrs. White’s death in 1915, more than 50 new compilations or editions of Ellen White’s books have been prepared by the E.G. White Estate. In every case–including editions that have been abridged, condensed, or simplified–the intended message has never been lost, only the wording has been changed.” –Paul A. Gordon, Adventist Review, Nov. 19, 1992, pp. 8-10.

Walla Walla Invites Jesuit Priest to Speak At CommUnity

Walla Walla University has a weekly worship program for students on Tuesdays, called CommUnity... This coming Tuesday, the 9th of January, the featured speaker is Greg Boyle... Who is Greg Boyle? Gregory Joseph "Greg" Boyle is an American Jesuit priest. He is the founder and Director of Homeboy Industries and former pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles.

SDA Leaders join with Pope and all Denominations in new Global Alliance (See Photo #6)

At a dinner for promoting Christian unity, to which the Papal Council had extended an invitation, the General Secretary of the CSCWC, Ganoune Diop (Senegal), and the Chairman of the CSCWC, Martin Junge (Chile), honored departing and longstanding participants of the annual meeting, including the German theologian Rolf Hille. Hille received a plaque (Certificate of Recognition) with an acknowledgment of his many years of contributing to Christians’ faithfully working together.

SDA President declares Peace and Safety

"The question has surfaced from time to time as to whether or not there is some connection between the general conference and its involvement with Sunday laws and that kind of thing, also strange rumors that have been floating around in the internet for a number of years actually that the Pope has contacted the United States president who has contacted the General Conference president about national Sunday laws” He said. “All of this I want to tell you that this is absolutely incorrect totally false somebody somewhere imagines certain things and puts it on the internet and then people believe what they read.” “I want to encourage all of you to go back to the Word of God go back to the spirit of prophecy read the beautiful chapters in the great controversy understand that yes National Sunday laws will come persecution will come but nothing of that sort is in the pipeline at the present time nothing that we have understood the seventh-day Adventist Church is a strong proponent of religious liberty and freedom of conscience we believe in religious liberty for all people one of these days though that Liberty will be taken away from us but until that time let’s use the time to spread the good news don’t spread rumors don’t spread in accurate information spread the truth the Holy Spirit will help you to do that god.”

LEADERS OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCHES IN FRANCE EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH

In response, the Union of Federations of the Adventist Church in France (UFA) issued the following statement: "Faced with such a barbarity in a place of worship, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in France, wants to express solidarity and compassion. When a (Catholic) Church is desecrated, it is the believers who are suffering. Churches and places of worship are spaces of peace, prayer, sharing and refuge.

Why Huntsville's First Seventh-day Adventist Church is starting a Sunday worship service

So why is one of the fastest-growing Adventist churches in the country - First Seventh-day Adventist Church, at 1303 Evangel Drive in Huntsville, Ala. -- beginning a Sunday worship service on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at 10 a.m.? "This is kind of next in the evolution of things," said First SDA Pastor Debleaire Snell, an energetic 37-year-old with an engaging smile and quick intelligence. "The Sunday service is going to be a first point of contact for the unchurched in the community and for people who, for whatever reason - beliefs, work - can't come on Saturday. We have communicated to the Conference office (the regional center) because they wanted clarity on this, but once we communicated the purpose to them, they saw that it is not a big deal."...
Snell points to the first-day gatherings of the early Christians described in Acts as an example of how believing communities meet when they can. "This shows there is a paradigm -- the Early Christians created a gathering where people could hear and receive the full news of Jesus," Snell said. "We want to do that." In the four years that Pastor Snell has been at First SDA, he has twice been named Pastor of the Year for the South Central Conference, an area that includes Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Florida panhandle. Read about his 2014 award here.

Samoa's Seventh Day Adventist Church has chosen Sunday as the official day of worship, ending months of confusion.

Date shift causes confusion for churches in Samoa
Updated 14 August 2012, 16:49 AEST

Samoa's Seventh Day Adventist Church has chosen Sunday as the official day of worship, ending months of confusion. That was just what happened in Samoa last year when the country changed days to be on the same working week as Australia and New Zealand. The decision caused confusion for church leaders, leading some Seventh Day Adventist congregations to worship on Saturdays while others practised the Sabbath on Sundays. The church's chief financial officer, Ben Tofilau, told Radio Australia the change of date created a serious theological challenge. He told the Pacific Beat program the decision to make Sunday the official day of worship was made unanimously by a panel of biblical researchers. "Our executive, plus the church elders, sought advice from our head office .... [which] guided us to maintain the same Sabbath as we had last year," he said. Mr Tofilau said 95 per cent of community members accepted the decision. "We believe in the creation - the first day to the seventh - that is where we base our belief. The seventh day is now Sunday." He said Kiribati and Tonga had adopted the same biblical calendar and would worship on Sundays unlike most SDA churches which worship on Saturdays.

Seventh-day Adventist and Roman Catholic Ecumenical Service

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014, an ecumenical service took place at Auburn Seventh-day Adventist Church. Participants came from 6 different denominations: Seventh-day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, and Methodist. The theme was to celebrate Lent, a Catholic tradition where ash is applied on the forehead in preparation for Easter Sunday.

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SDA Church confirmed they are Laodicea

Today we hesitate to claim we’re the remnant; but as for Laodicea, that’s us! Us alone! Why the difference? As Adventists, we’ve received a lot of criticism over the years for arrogating to ourselves the title “remnant.” This has led us, shall we say, to exercise greater caution in our claims and tighten our language when we speak about the things that set us apart. We’ve become more sensitive on this point, trying not to create impressions of special privilege or exclusiveness. That’s because “remnant,” however sparsely used in contemporary religious circles, still comes with positive connotations. It points to specialness, loyalty, faithfulness. Hence the pressure on Adventists to back off. All Christians want a part of it, and resent it when Adventists seem to claim the title for themselves. - Roy Adams, Adventist Review, 2008, Aug. 28, 2008, p. 5.

SDA president admitted they are Laodiceans, lukewarm, neither hot or cold

My fellow believers, we have drifted away from our Lord, and we have been tolerating conditions in the church that are not pleasing to Him. As far back as 1904 Ellen White wrote, "You have left your first love. Self-righteousness is not the wedding garment. A failure to follow the clear light of truth is our fearful danger. The message to the Laodicean church reveals our condition as a people."3 Eighty-six years have passed since those words were written, and the church is still in this world. It seems clear that our condition has not changed. We are Laodiceans, lukewarm, neither hot nor cold. We must admit that we still are not following the clear light of truth. What does the Bible say about the Laodicean church? First, it points out that we have a twofold problem: "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked" (Rev. 3:17). Our first problem as Laodiceans is self-righteousness, an attitude of spiritual smugness and self-satisfaction. Our second problem is spiritual blindness. We do not sense that we are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. As long as we are self-righteous and spiritually self-satisfied, blinded to our true condition, there can be no revival and reformation. Spiritual blindness keeps us from wanting or even thinking about revival and reformation. It makes us believe that our spiritual experience is all right. But, my dear sisters and brothers, everything is not all right. - Neil C. Wilson, Ministry Magazine, May 1990, p. 11.

SDA President says the SDA church suffers from the greatest of all spiritual problems-Laodiceanism

God's end-time church confronts many problems today—problems more complex and apparently more unsolvable than any it has faced before. These problems involve theology, finances, administration, and credibility. We suffer from the greatest of all spiritual problems —Laodiceanism. Too many of us rest satisfied with our spiritual condition, declaring that we are "rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing" (Rev. 3:17). It seems so easy in these opulent times to settle back in Laodicean complacency, secure in the feeling that everything is all right. Our God declares that His people know not that they are "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked" (Rev. 3:17). Here we stand in God's sight lacking in true salvation faith, not covered by the robe of Christ's righteousness, bereft of spiritual discernment, naked and undone before God. What a picture!
... An inspired pen sums up the Adventist problem today very succinctly and accurately: "The line of demarcation between worldlings and many professed Christians is almost indistinguishable. Many who once were earnest Adventists are conforming to the world—to its practices, its customs, its selfishness. Instead of leading the world to render obedience to God's law, the church is uniting more and more closely with the world in transgression. Daily the church is becoming converted to the world"(Testimonies, vol. 8, pp. 118, 119). Do these words apply to God's people today? Look carefully and prayerfully at some problems that exist in the church today. Adventists have a sin problem. Adventists have a drug problem. Adventists have an apostasy problem. When we go the way of the world and follow the example of the world, we inevitably find ourselves burdened with the world's problems. - Robert H. Pierson, Adventist Review, Jan. 21, 1988, p. 8-9.

SOP stated the SDA church is in the Laodicean state.

“The church is in the Laodicean state. The presence of God is not in her midst… Abridge the work, limit your labors, and you remove your Helper. .. What a terrible thing it is to exclude Christ from His own temple! What a loss to the church!” -- 1NL 99. (1898)

VIDEO: First SDA Transgender Elder In The Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church and Transgender People

"In the summer of 2015, Dinwiddie was ordained as an elder at the Hollywood Church (another denominational first). As part of a series of church-life conversations at Hollywood, elder Kirsten Salvador interviewed Dinwiddie in December 2015. That video was uploaded to Hollywood’s YouTube channel on December 15."

SDA LGBT Agenda - Religion & the LGBT Community

- A panel discussion broadcast from the Damazo Amphitheater at Centennial Complex, 24760 Stewart St. Loma Linda, CA.

"The SDA church must accept LGBT individuals as members, because they are Seventh-day Adventists, believe in Jesus, committed to the Bible and core teachings of the church. POPE FRANCIS IS OUR MODEL, HIS WORDS MUST BE OUR GUIDE." - Grace Oei

"The Bible cannot be taken literally." - Grace Oei and Daneen Akers

"Jesus had two fathers, we affirm the LGBT lifestyle." - Daneen Akers

"Heterosexuality is ONLY an ideal, homosexuality is a reality." - Jonathan Paulien

Married Lesbian Couple Baptised Into Chico Seventh-day Adventist Church

Alice Silva and Amber Machado were 'married' in Glenn County, California on 7-19-2014. Their new name is Amber and Alice Machado. Amber was raised Seventh-day Adventist and baptized many years ago.
On June 4, 2016, Alice Machado was baptized into the Chico Seventh-day Adventist church in north central California where her 'husband' (Amber Machado) was already a baptized member.
The Fruitage of the Women's Ordination Agenda
Alice was baptized at the Chico Church by Ginger Hanks Harwood, a former associate professor at the La Sierra University theology department. Ginger Hanks Harwood is a pro-choice advocate for Women's Issues, and Women's ordination. In 2009 she was a speaker at the Adventist Women & the Earth Conference to promote environmentalism and gender justice. Some of you may recall that on February 2, 2013, Ginger Harwood and Kendra Valentine (formally Haloviak) were both ordained as Seventh-day Adventist ministers, even though the action was out of harmony with the expressed will of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The Pope to the Christian World Communions delegation: ecumenism of prayer, journeying and blood, 12.10.2016

"This morning, before the general audience and in the room adjacent to the Paul VI Hall, the Pope received in audience the participants in the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, the international ecumenical association that meets annually in October, each year in a different country, to improve mutual awareness. It is made up of the Anglican Communion, the World Baptist Alliance, the Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council, the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Eastern Orthodox), General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, the International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference, the World Lutheran Foundation, the Mennonite World Conference, the Moravian Church Worldwide Unity Board, the Patriarchate of Moscow (Eastern Orthodox), the Pentecostals, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (Catholic Church), the Reformed Ecumenical Council, the Salvation Army, the Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers), the World Convention of Churches of Christ, the World Evangelical Alliance and the World Methodist Council. A representative of the World Council of Churches is also usually present."

☞ http://www.ecupatria.org/2016/10/14/conference-of-secretaries-of-christian-world-communions/

SDA Church In Participation of the Salvation Army

Southern Adventist University is hosting a “Street Store” in partnership with The Salvation Army at 10:30 a.m. on Monday on the sidewalk in front of the Salvation Army, 800 McCallie Ave. If it rains, the store will move inside The Salvation Army. .

Week for Christian Unity: 530 meetings. Ecumenical Italy is mobilizing

Broad-based participation: all Christian Churches present in Italy are involved in the planning of events: from the Evangelic Pentacostal Church to the Orthodox Churches – in particular, the patriarchates of Constantinople, Moscow and Romania, as well as the more ancient Eastern Churches such as the Armenian, Coptic, and Eritrean Churches, along with the Valdese, Baptists, Methodists, Adventists, Anglicans and Lutherans. Catholic Action, the Focolare Movement, Sant’Egidio, Taizé, have equally responded to the invitation. Events are scheduled to take place in major historic cathedrals as well as in smaller communities and parishes, which will open their doors to Christians from all denominations. Monasteries and religious institutions are also involved, with a day – January 18 – simultaneously dedicated to a national prayer for Christian unity.

Current Global Christian Forum Committee (2016) - (FALSE UNITY - ECUMENISM)

CHURCH/ORGANIZATION	REPRESENTED BY
Anglican Communion	Canon John Gibaut
Association of Evangelicals in Africa	Revd Aiah Foday-Khabenje
Baptist World Alliance	Revd Dr Neville Callam
Catholic Church - Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Fr Andrzej Choromanski
Church of God (Cleveland)	Revd Dr David Sang-Ehil Han
Ecumenical Patriarchate	H.E. Metr. Gennadios of Sassima
Lutheran World Federation	Dr Kathryn L. Johnson
Mennonite World Conference	Revd Dr Anne-Cathy Graber
Moscow Patriarchate	Fr Mikhail Goundiaev
Organisation of African Instituted Churches	Revd Nicta Lubaale
Pentecostal World Fellowship	Revd Dr Prince Guneratnam
Pentecostal World Fellowship	Revd Dr David Wells
Pentecostal	Dr Cecil M. Robeck
Salvation Army International	Commissioner Elizabeth Matear
Seventh-Day Adventist Church General Conference	*Revd Dr Ganoune Diop**
Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch	H.E. Archbishop Mor Chrysostomos Michael Chamoun
World Communion of Reformed Churches	Revd Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
World Council of Churches	Revd Dr Paul Gardner
World Council of Churches	Prof. Dr Dimitra Koukoura
World Evangelical Alliance	Revd Dr Richard Howell
World Evangelical Alliance	Prof. Dr Thomas Schirrmacher
World Methodist Council	Revd Dr Timothy Macquiban
World Student Christian Fellowships	Ms Georgine Kengne Djeutane
World Vision International	Dr Tadeusz Mich
World Young Women's Christian Association	Revd Pirjo-Liisa Penttinen

* REVEREND - To use such title is to blaspheme God for it is only applied to God according to Psalm 111:9 - "He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is His name."

First Café Church Opens In New York City

In upper Manhattan, the MyGen Seventh-day Adventist Church recently opened its doors for its first official service. Upon entering the church, it becomes immediately apparent that this is not a conventional church. MyGen church is Greater New York Conference’s first Seventh-day Adventist “café church.” Instead of pews, round tables fill the space and worship is led from a stage platform. The members come dressed formally or informally, the music is lively, the service is interactive, and Sabbath School happens over lunch following the worship service. According to the organizers, that is the goal.

more to come....

SDA-CATHOLICS

HIERARCHY:

"...the church governs by a method of organization...which embraces exactly, from a legal standpoint, the same kind of organization (in opposition to ‘congregationalism’) as is embraced by the term ‘hierarchical’." (Neal C. Wilson, Court Transcript of United States vs the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs the Pacific Press Publishing Association and the General Conference, Reply Brief for Defendants, Civil Case #74-2025, p 29, parenthesis in original).

SDA NUNS:

"Those who work for the Seventh-day Adventist Church respond to a religious vocation in exactly the same sense as does a cloistered nun." (Court Transcript of United States vs the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs the Pacific Press Publishing Association and the General Conference, Opening Brief for the Defendants, Civil Case #74-2025, p 90, December 4, 1974).

SDA CARDINALS:

"If you compare vice presidents to ‘cardinals,’ we already have a ‘cardinal’ from Africa, and before this [1985 General Conference] session ends, I predict we will have two African ‘cardinals’ among our 15 vice-presidents...there is no ‘cardinal’ from all the countries of the Far East, while there will probably be two ‘cardinals’ from Africa." (General Conference President Neal C. Wilson, in Adventist Review, July 3, 1985, p 11).

SDA LEADER IS SUPREME:

When speaking of the President: "He's the spiritual leader of the community of faith....He's shepherd, guardian, guide and captain (or head)." (Walter Scragg, President of the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in the Record, June 23, 1990, p 4, parentheses added to show meaning).

ONLY LEADERS VOTE:

"At the local conference level the Seventh-day Adventist church has a representative form of government, above that level the polity of the Seventh-day Adventist is hierarchical: authority flows downward and members in local congregations have virtually no voice....the Seventh-day Adventist church is a closed, self-operating, and self-perpetuating system, similar to the Roman Catholic church, in which those in authority are not responsible to lower echelons. Above the local conference level, those in authority are not elected by, representative of, or administratively accountable to, local congregations or the membership at large." (Raymond F. Cottrell, former Associate Editor of the Adventist Review and the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, in Spectrum (Journal of Association of Adventist Forums), vol 14, #4, March, 1984, p 42).

SDA ALLEGIANCE:

"The General Conference, then is the Seventh-day Adventist church....the embodiment of the Remnant Church as a Christian denomination, in a unified worldwide organization, to which all baptized Seventh-day Adventists owe spiritual [or religious] allegiance..." (Court Transcript of United States vs the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs the Pacific Press Publishing Association and the General Conference, Opening Brief for Defendants, Civil Case #74-2025 CBR, p 17, brackets added to show meaning).

ONLY SDA LEADERS UNDERSTAND BIBLE:

"Only a committee appointed by the General Conference can interpret prophecy." (Adventist Review, June 5, 1986, p 2).

SDA LEADERS CAN CHANGE DOCTRINE:

"...the General Conference of the Church (in session), the only body having authority to alter the structure of the church either in doctrine or organization." (Court Transcript of United States vs the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs the Pacific Press Publishing Association and the General Conference, Opening Brief for the Church, Civil Case #74-2025 CBR, December 4, 1974, p 17).

SDA LEADERS CAN PERSECUTE AND KILL:

"In Dec 21, 1985 Br. Nikola was physically attacked by the Seventh day Adventists and their preachers in the church in Zagreb (Yugoslavia) and beat him so that he is now in the hospital....preachers Jovica Posavec, Kuburic... Markov...and others struck him pushing him out of the church and threatening to kill him....Just think what sort of a church this is that would do such a thing....the leaders and preachers were angry because Nikola does not acknowledge their doctrine....I am sending you the doctors report...he was attacked in the Adventist church near Prilaz 77 in Zagreb. Nikola is in the hospital several days now." (Letter from Brother Ivan, from Yugoslavia, 1985).

SDA HOLD, APOSTOLIC AND CATHOLIC:

"The four classical marks of the Biblical church apply to Seventh-day Adventists: its holiness (in Jesus Christ), its catholicity (universality), its apostolicity (in harmony with the witness of the apostles/founders), its unity (one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism)." (North American Division Officers, in Adventist Review, October 1, 1992, p 27, parentheses and italic in original).

SDA CHURCH LIKE ARK OF NOAH:

"The church is like Noah’s ark....it will help save God's people..." (Floyd Bresee, Associate Secretary of the General Conference Ministerial and Stewardship Association, in Adventist Review, August 9, 1984, p 18).

SDA CHURCH CAN NEVER FALL:

"...because the church is under God's grace it ‘may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall...'" (William G. Johnson, editor of the Adventist Review, in Adventist Review, September 22, 1983, p 14).

ONLY SDA'S IN CHURCH ARE SAVED:

"Therefore it is in the church...that He (Christ) invites all people who accept salvation....Church – who needs it? You do, and so do I – and all others who choose to love Christ...He invites us there, and still adds to it daily such as should be saved. Let us then treat church membership as the privilege it really is..." (Brian Jones, Bible instructor in the Washington Conference of SDA, in Adventist Review, March 7, 1991, p 10).
"There is some relationship between salvation and church membership." (Floyd Bresee, Associate Secretary of the General Conference Ministerial and Stewardship Association, in Adventist Review, August 9, 1984, p 18).

SDA TEACHES ORIGINAL SIN:

"Man sins because he is sinful. He is not sinful because he sins...You don't have to sin to be sinful; all you have to do is get yourself born!" (Morris L. Venden, in To Know God: A Five Day Plan, p 23).
"We are born sinful and subject to death--prior to lawbreaking...Clearly Adam's sin affected the race--constituted them sinners." (Issues: The Seventh-day Adventist Church and Certain Private Ministries, sponsored and authorized for publication by the North American Division Officers and Union Presidents of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, p 118).

SDA CAN NEVER BECOME PERFECT:

"...I will always fall short of my potential....for those who are hungering and thirsting after righteousness...[are] striving after an elusive goal..." (Alden Thompson, professor of religion at Walla Walla SDA College, in Adventist Review, December 6, 1984, p 6).

SDA LEADERS SAY BIBLE IS FALLIBLE:

"In our study and presentation (of the Bible), we also must reject the idea of Biblical inerrancy and verbal inspiration, but we dare not treat the Scriptures as just another human document." (General Conference president Neal C. Wilson, in Adventist Review, December 17, 1981, p 5).

SDA SAYS JESUS WILL BRING NWO:

"We Still Believe...Jesus Will Usher in a New World Order.... "...the establishment of the literal kingdom of God ushered in by the glorious second coming of Jesus Christ." (Douglas Devnich, Director of Public Affairs for the Canadian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in Ministry Magazine, November, 1983, p 24).

SDA EUCHARIST:

"On occasion Seventh-day Adventists refer to the eucharist as a sacrament....Being conscious of the sacredness of the celebration of the eucharist, Adventists engage in a personal preparation that includes self-examination...In preparation for the celebration of the eucharist Seventh-day Adventists practice the washing of feet..." Written response of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Council on Inter-Church Relations, November, 1985, published in Churches Respond to BEM (Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry), vol 2, p 341-343, published by the World Council of Churches in 1986.

SDA PROMOTES SUNDAY SABBATH:

"Elder (W. John) Arthur, Secretary of the British Union Conference (of Seventh-day Adventists), informed the student body (at Newbold SDA College in England) that he had some ‘good news’. He went on to say that he had recently sent two letters, one to the Prime Minister (Margaret Thatcher, dated March 27, 1986) and the other to the Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance (Clive R. Calver, dated February 27, 1986), in which he had given Adventist support to those in opposition to the proposed repeal of the British Sunday trading laws....Elder Arthur was asked whether any of the (SDA) field leaders he had consulted had been opposed to sending the letters. His answer was no, there had been no opposition, and all reaction received was positive." (Nicholas P. Miller, Editor of the Prism (Student Newspaper of Newbold College), in Prism, May, 1986, p 6 & 12).
"Dear Mr Calver....I am writing primarily with reference to the proposed legislation concerning Sunday Trading....we feel it is better for Christians in this day and age at least to reserve one day a week for worship rather than no day at all. For this reason we would support your campaign against a general secularization of the ‘British Sunday’." (W. John Arthur, Vice-President of the British Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to Mr Clive R. Calver, General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance in London, February 27, 1986). "Dear Mrs Thatcher....Our feeling as a church is that it would be better for one day each week to be retained as a day of rest and worship rather than no day at all. We would therefore respectfully request you and your colleagues in government to reconsider the proposals (to repeal the Sunday Trading laws already in existence and being enforced) contained in the Sunday Trading Bill." (W. John Arthur, Vice-President of the British Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to Mrs Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of England, March 27, 1986).

Seventh day Adventist Church
Under the Banner of General Conference
CORRUPT, HARLOT, BABYLON
According to prophet: Ellen G. White

Revelation 14:8 “And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wrath of the wine of her fornication.”

Revelation 18:4 “Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

"We are in danger of becoming a sister to fallen Babylon, of allowing our churches to become corrupted, and filled with every foul spirit, and cage of every unclean and hateful bird." - Letter 51, September 6, 1886

“And the General Conference is itself becoming corrupted with wrong sentiments and principles... “The spirit of domination is extending to the presidents of our conferences...” “They are following in the track of Romanism.” - Testimonies to Ministers, (TM) p. 359-363. (September 1895).

“In the balances of the sanctuary the SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH is to be weighed. She will be judged by the privileges and advantages that she has had. If her spiritual experience does not correspond to the advantages that Christ, at infinite cost, has bestowed on her, if the blessings conferred have not qualified her to do the work entrusted to her, on her will be pronounced the sentence: "Found wanting."… What stronger delusion can beguile the mind than the pretense that you are building on the right foundation and that God accepts your works, when in reality you are working out many things according to worldly policy and are sinning against Jehovah?… Who can truthfully say: "Our gold is tried in the fire; our garments are unspotted by the world"? I saw our Instructor pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He said to me: "Can you not see how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of character? 'How is the faithful city become an harlot!' My Father's house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed!" - Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, (8T) p. 247-250 (April 21, 1903).

The statement that says, “How is the faithful city become an harlot!” was admitted by the SDA Leaders to be referring to the SDA Church.

“1903 – The Church became a harlot…[quoted 8T250].” - Answers to Current Issues, vol 1, p. 64, by Severino S. Paypa.
“That city of ‘Jerusalem’ is analogous to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a ‘faithful’ church which become an ‘harlot’ during the time of E.G. White…” - Documented Answers on Seventh-Day Adventist Issues, by Gideon Durante, p. 72.

“Babylon is said to be a harlot.” Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 4, (4SP) p. 233.
Therefore, Harlot means Babylon.

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

On July 12, 1968, The General Conference Corporation of Seventh Day Adventist was admitted to full membership of the World Council of Churches. (The Commission on Faith & Order)

Note: For verification please write to: San Jose Mercury News 750 Ridders Park Dr. San Jose Ca. 95190.

“The world must not be introduced into the church, and married to the church, forming a bond of unity. Through this means the church will become indeed corrupt, and as stated in Revelation, ‘A cage of every unclean and hateful bird.’” - TM 265.

Why doesn’t God want the world married to the church?

James 4:4 “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”

According to the book entitled SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE – A Biblical Exposition of 27 Fundamental Doctrines, page 225 authored by 221 persons from the World Division and Church leaders, theologians, and pastors. Say’s,

“b. A close cooperation between Protestant and Roman Catholics.
“She prophesied that major changes within Protestantism would bring about a departure from the faith of the reformation. Consequently, differences between Protestants and Catholics would diminish, leading to the bridging of the gulf separating the two.”

Do you know what kind of bridge to be establish in order that the Seventh-day Adventist CAN’T be separated from the Roman Catholic church? Let us continue reading the book p. 225.

“The years since her death (E.G. White) have seen the rise of the ecumenical movement, the establishment of the World Council of Churches, the Catholic Church’s Vatican II, and Protestant ignorance and even outright rejection of the Reformation views of prophetic interpretation. These major changes have broken down barriers between Protestants and Catholics, leading to growing cooperation.”

Note: This was fully accomplished on July 12, 1968 when the Seventh-Day Adventist had joined the World Council of Churches organization.

However, this was denied by the church leadership! They said that the SDA church was never a member of the WCC but only participated in their assemblies and various committees.

“Although, the SDA General Conference Directors have participated in various committees it does not mean that the SDA Church is a member of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A..” - Documented Answers on Seventh-Day Adventist Issues, by Gideon Durante, p. 54. (1994)

But what does participation really mean? In GW 392 it says that “Fellowship means participation.” (Also found in Letter 95, 1899)

Interestingly, in Adventist Review, February 11, 1999, p. 18, it says that:

“the term (ecumenical) forum had been deliberately chosen… in order to suggest that participation is more important than membership.”

Therefore, SDA’s participation with the WCC means more important than being a member!

Seventh - Day Adventist Encyclopedia, vol. 10, p. 411 says,

“On the basis of bible prophecy and the writing of E.G. White, SDA’s anticipated the eventual success of the ecumenical movement, both in eliminating the division of Protestantism and in reuniting Christendom by bridging the gulf that separates Non-Catholic communions from Rome. The ecumenical movement will then become a concerted effort to unite the world and to secure universal peace and security by enlisting the power of civil government in a universal religio-political crusade to eliminate all dissent. SDA’s envision this crusade as the great apostasy to which John the revelator refers to as ‘Babylon the Great’. They understand also, that God’s last message of mercy to the world prior to the return of Christ in power and glory will consist of warning against this great apostate movement, and a call to all who choose to remain loyal to Him to leave the churches connected with it.”.

CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

‘If the heart of the work becomes corrupt, the whole church, in its various branches and interests, scattered abroad over the face of the earth, suffers in consequence. Satan's chief work is at the headquarters of our faith.” - 4T 210

“At Battle Creek is the great heart of the work. Every pulsation is felt by the members of the body all over the field. If this great heart is in health, a vital circulation will be felt all through the body of Sabbathkeepers. If the heart is diseased, the languishing condition of every branch of the work will attest the fact.” - 1T 596

1 Corinthians 6:15-16. “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? For the two, saith he, shall be one flesh.”

Revelation 18:2, 4. “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen… Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.”

“Are we hoping to see the whole church revive?
That time will never come.”
- Review and Herald, vol. 2, p. 121. (also found in 1SM 122).

What the SDA Leaders says about the above statement?

“The quotation above written on March 22, 1887, that the whole church will never be revived is correct.” - Documented Answers on Seventh-Day Adventist Issues, by Gideon Durante, p. 90.
“Now what does this mean? Of course the whole church will never revive!” - Reasons of Faith, p. 29, by James B. Rubrico, Sr.

“Thus will the message of the third angel be proclaimed... Men of faith and prayer will be constrained to go forth with holy zeal, declaring the words which God gives them. The sins of Babylon will be laid open. The fearful results of a union of Church and State, the inroads of Spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power,--all will be unmasked. By these solemn warnings the people will be stirred. Thousands upon thousands have never listened to words like these. In amazement they hear the testimony that Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins, because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from Heaven. The people go to their former teachers with the eager inquiry, Are these things so? The ministers present fables, prophesy smooth things, to soothe their fears, and quiet the awakened conscience. But many refuse to be satisfied with the mere authority of men, and demand a plain "Thus saith the Lord." The popular ministry, like the Pharisees of old, are filled with anger as their authority is questioned; they denounce the message as of Satan, and stir up the sin-loving multitudes to revile and persecute those who proclaim it. As the controversy extends into new fields, and the minds of the people are called to God's down-trodden law, Satan is astir. The power attending the message only maddens those who oppose it. The clergy put forth almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light, lest it should shine upon their flocks. By every means at their command they endeavor to suppress the discussion of these vital questions. The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power, and in this work, papists are solicited to come to the help of Protestants. The movement for Sunday enforcement becomes more bold and decided. The law is invoked against commandment-keepers.” 4SP 424-425.

“I saw that God has honest children among the nominal Adventists and the fallen churches, and before the plagues shall be poured out, ministers and people will be called out from these churches and will gladly receive the truth.” EW 261.

Revelation 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

God's Last Day Prophet
E. G. White prophecy and it's fulfillment

THE SDA CHURCH started out as God’s true church in 1863 when the people came out of the fallen Protestant churches who rejected the first and second angels’ message of Revelation 14. Due to the SDA people’s faith; God entrusted them with a message of warning to the world. But the SDA people also received a solemn warning through their prophet, Ellen G. White that a “great changes” inspired by Satan would lead to its apostasy and spiritual fall if they refused to walk on the platform of truth thereby rejecting God’s warning; because as we know, God’s promises are always conditional on OBEDIENCE.

Solemn Warning

In 1903, God warned through Sister White that these “great changes” were going to take place within the SDA church due to Satan’s plan to move the leaders in the church to give up the pillars of our faith.

"The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation to take place, what would be the result? -- The principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to the remnant church would be discarded. Our religion would be changed. The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization would be established. Books of a new order would be written. A system of intellectual philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this system would go into the cities and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath, of course, would be lightly regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the new movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than vice, but God being removed, they would place their dependence on human power, which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure." -Letter 242, October 1903, SpTB07 p39-40.

Just before Ellen White’s death in July of 1915, God sent a final warning to the SDA church:

"I am charged to tell our people, that do not realize, that the devil has device after device, and he carries them out in ways that they do not expect. Satan's agencies will invent ways to make sinners out of saints. I tell you now, that when I am laid to rest, great changes will take place. I do not know when I shall be taken; and I desire to warn all against the devices of the devil. I want the people to know that I warned them fully before my death." -Ms #1, February 24, 1915. (She died July 16, 1915)

Great Changes - A Sad Fulfillment

Did the SDA church implement Satan’s “great changes” that were designed to lead them to complete apostasy today? Can we see these “great changes” taking place after sister White died? Let’s let the SDA church leadership verify this fulfillment with their very own words. And as you read their statements, ask yourself, would the SDA pioneers join the church of today with all these “changed” fundamental beliefs?

"Most of the founders of Seventh-day Adventism would not be able to join the church today if they had to subscribe to the the denomination's Fundamental Beliefs. More specifically, most would not be able to agree to belief number 2, which deals with the doctrine of the Trinity. For Joseph Bates the Trinity was an unscriptural doctrine, for James White it was that "old Trinitarian absurdity," and for M. E. Cornell it was a fruit of the great apostasy, along with such false doctrines as Sundaykeeping and the immortality of the soul." - Ministry Magazine, October, 1993, p 10.

Notice that the doctrine of the Trinity is the central doctrine of the Roman Catholic church according to the Catholic Encyclopedia:

“The Trinity is the term employed to signify the central doctrine of the Christian religion -- the truth that in the unity of the Godhead there are Three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, these Three Persons being truly distinct one from another. Thus, in the words of the Athanasian Creed: "the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God." - Newadvent.org

As every SDA can attest to, the trinity, which is the "fruit of the great apostasy," was in fact incorporated into the SDA church leadership in its new fundamental beliefs along with the false doctrine of Sunday keeping and immortality of the soul as you will soon see.

Adventist - Catholic

Notice that the past General Conference president Neal C. Wilson admitted in writing that:

"...there is another universal and truly catholic organization, the Seventh-day Adventist Church." - Adventist Review, March 5, 1981, p 3.

Since the SDA church is now a “catholic organization”; when the Conference Office was asked about Sunday services in SDA churches they responded, “Sunday worship - is not a big deal". (See “Why Huntsville's First Seventh-day Adventist Church is starting a Sunday worship service" 02-04-15, AL.com)

"... there's nothing wrong with worshiping on Sunday too." May 2002 - Adventist Review, p 14 - NAD Edition.

"What Do Seventh-day Adventists Believe? Hear pastor/evangelist Jere Webb present a fresh look at `The Truth.' Subjects include - `Christ centered reasons for Sunday worship' - Pacific Union Recorder, 06-04-90, p 27.

SUNDAY WORSHIP is actually a very BIG deal! As Sabbath keepers we know it’s not a Christ centered “Sabbath” at all, for it is the prophesied "mark of authority" of the Vatican. Rome even declares in writing…

"Sunday is our MARK of authority... the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact." - Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1,1923.

The prophesied Sunday laws are in fact “in the pipeline” and as we will soon see, the Pope's climate change agenda is a cover up to that end in the same way the current General Conference president Ted Wilson was covering this up when he, in-front of the camera, literally said that:

"Understand that yes, National Sunday laws will come, persecution will come but nothing of that sort is in the pipeline at the present time, nothing that we have understood." GC Pres. Ted Wilson – 11-09-2017

Immortality of the Soul

The Bible states that "the soul that sins, it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:20). But the SDA church teaches that no one can overcome all sin and God will not destroy you but instead will make you perfect and take you to heaven, giving you eternal life anyway. That's Roman immortality of the soul dogma. The SDA church stated:

"We will never reach sinless perfection in this life." - R.S. Watts, Gen. Conf. Vice-Pres. - RH 05-19-1966, p 4.
"We should remember that only when Jesus comes can we be made perfect." - Ministry Magazine, Dec. 1965, p 9.
Jesus said, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” - Matthew 5:48

Rejection Of Righteousness By Faith Message

In 1888, the SDA leaders rejected the message of the righteousness or justification by faith which is “the three angel’s message in verity.” Review and Herald, April 1, 1890.

“The true religion, the only religion of the Bible, that teaches forgiveness only through the merits of a crucified and risen Saviour, that advocates righteousness by the faith of the Son of God, has been slighted, spoken against, ridiculed, and rejected. It has been denounced as leading to enthusiasm and fanaticism.” Pamphlet 133, November 3, 1890.

SDA leaders continue to reject the message as they did in 1888.

“In 1888 the direction of the Adventist Church took an upward turn at the Minneapolis ministerial pre-session....and the church has not been the same since. The 1985 World Ministers Council follows in the tradition of 1888." - Ministry magazine, November, 1984, p 22.

Ecumenism - False Unity

The goal of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is to unite all the religions of the world into a one world church under the Vatican’s guidance. Since the SDA leadership removed God as their head, they are now let to put dependence on human power. The SDA church has joined with the Pope's ecumenical movement.

“Over one hundred theologians met in Lima, Peru, in January 1982, and recommended unanimously to transmit this agreed statement--the Lima text--for the common study and official response of the churches. They represented virtually all the major church traditions: Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Reformed, Methodist, United, Disciples, Baptist, Adventist and Pentecostal.

"The churches' response to this agreed statement will be a vital step in the ecumenical process of 'reception'." - Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, Faith and Order Paper #111, back cover, published by the WCC, 1982.

Rome's "Eucharist" is a "heaven-insulting heresy" (4SOP 63) and is now found in the beliefs of the SDA church as confirmed in a 1991 report:

"And we could go on if space permitted--to mention the WCC's... accentuation of the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist. All of these emphases fit into the ambit of the three angels' messages." Adventist Review, May 2, 1991, p 10.

The SDA church said long ago that:

"The capstone of the ecumenical effort came with the creation of the World Council of Churches... On the basis of Bible prophecy and the writings of Ellen G. White, SDA's anticipate the eventual success of the ecumenical movement both in eliminating the divisions of Protestantism and in reuniting Christendom by bridging the gulf that separates non-Catholic communions from Rome… SDA's envision this crusade as the great apostasy to which John the revelator refers as `Babylon the great.' They understand, also, that God's last message of mercy to the world prior to the return of Christ in power and glory will consist of a warning against this great apostate movement, and a call to all who choose to remain loyal to Him to leave the churches connected with it." SDA Encyclopedia, vol 10, p 410-411.

There you have it! The SDA church just declared herself to be part of Babylon by her current beliefs. Better yet, they just told her members to separate themselves from her in order to remain loyal to God. The startling possibility "of becoming a sister to fallen Babylon" came to reality! (See Letter 51, September 6, 1886)

God's Solemn Appeal

God is pleading for His obedient children to leave this apostate church and take their stand with the remnant.

"I saw that God had honest children among the nominal Adventists, and the fallen churches, and ministers and people will yet be called out from these churches, before the plagues shall be poured out, and they will gladly embrace the truth... every one of the honest ones will leave the fallen churches, and take their stand with the remnant." Spiritual Gifts, volume 1, p 172.

"Flee out of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul. Be not cut off in her iniquity." - Jeremiah 51:6

Will you, dear SDA friends heed the last call of mercy of our loving God? Will you stand for or against Him? God is pleading for you today, "CHOOSE LIFE!" - Deuteronomy 30:19; Revelation 18:4-5

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