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Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed
and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures.
The few selected fundamental beliefs that are listed below constitute our
church's understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. A complete
statement of our 28 fundamental beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists is available
as a pdf file. Click to view.
The Trinity
There is one God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a
unity of three co-eternal Persons usually called the Trinity. God the Father
is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. God the
eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ, through Whom all things were
created; the character of God is revealed; the salvation of humanity is
accomplished; and the world is judged. God the Holy Spirit draws men and
women to Himself and gives spiritual gifts to the Church.
Christ our Hope
In Christ's life of perfect obedience to God's will, His
suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement
for human sin, so that those who by faith accept this atonement have eternal
life.
Christ's Return
The second coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the
Church, the grand climax of the Gospel. His coming will be literal,
personal, visible, and world-wide. When He returns the righteous dead will
be resurrected and together with the righteous living will be glorified and
taken to heaven. The unrighteous - those who have rejected divine grace -
will die.
The Church
The Church is the community of believers who confess
Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. In it men and women join together for
worship, fellowship, instruction in the Word, the celebration of the Lord's
Supper, service to our neighbours, and the world-wide proclamation of the
Gospel.
The Holy Scriptures
The Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God,
given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote by
the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures are the infallible revelation of God's will.
Baptism
Baptism by immersion is a symbol of our union with
Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, and our reception of the Holy Spirit.
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments, the great principles of God's law,
are exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God's love, will, and
purposes concerning human conduct and relationships. Salvation is all of
grace and not of works, but its fruitage is obedience to the Commandments,
not in hopeless effort to earn salvation, but in grateful harmony with the
life and will of Him whose perfect obedience has brought us confidence and
acceptance as His sons and daughters.
The Sabbath
The seventh day of the week, Saturday, is observed as the
day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice
of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful
communion with God and one another. We joyfully observe this holy time from
Friday evening to Saturday evening, from sunset to sunset, as a celebration
of God's creative and redemptive acts.
The New Earth
On the new earth, in which righteousness dwells, God will
provide a glorious home for the redeemed with a perfect environment for
everlasting life, love, joy and learning. God Himself will dwell with His
people, and suffering and death will exist no more.
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