Who are Seventh-day
Adventists?
The Seventh-day Adventist(SDA) Church is a Protestant denomination with
a world-wide membership of approximately ten million people.
The denomination is well-known for its health and education systems, and for its succesful
missionary efforts. |
Seventh-day Adventists Believe...
- In a personal God. Hebrews 1:1-3
- In Jesus Christ, as the divine Son of God and our Savior.
John 1:1-3, 14; Hebrews 7:25
- In the Holy Spirit, the divine Comforter. John
15:26
- In regeneration and the new birth through the acceptance of
the gospel. John 3:1-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17
- That the Bible is the Inspired Word of God. 2
Timothy 3:16, 17
- That the second coming of Christ is very near. That it
will be literal, personal, and visible to all. John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11
Matthew 24:30
- That man by nature is mortal. Job 4:17; 1
Timothy 6:15, 16
- That immortality and eternal life are the gift of God and are
received only through Christ. Romans 6:23
- That the dead are in an unconscious state. Ecclesiastes
9:5; John 11:11-14
- That there will be a resurrection of the dead. 1
Thessalonians 4:16, 17
- That the wicked will not burn eternally, but will be burned
up. Malachi 4:1-3
- That righteousness comes by faith, not by works. Romans
4:3-5; Ephesians 2:8, 9
- That salvation comes as a gift of God, and is not received
through any merit of the sinner's. Ephesians 2:8
- That the ten commandments will be the standard of judgement.
Exodus 20:1-17; Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14; James 2:10-12
- That the original Seventh-day Sabbath is the true Lord's day
of the entire Bible and always will be. John 14:15; Mark 2:27, 28; Genesis
2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11; Matthew 5:17-19; Revelation 14:12; Isaiah 66:22, 23; Luke 23:56
- In the support of the gospel through tithes and offerings.
Leviticus 27:30, 32; Malachi 3:8-11; Matthew 22:23
- In baptism by immersion. Mark 1:9-10; Romans
6:3-5
- In the ordinances of humility, and the Lord's Supper. John
13:4-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
- In the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12; Revelation
12:17; 19:10
- In discarding unhealthful practices, such as the use of
intoxicants, tobacco, unclean meats, etc. Proverbs 23:29-32; 1 Corinthians
3:16-17; Deuteronomy 14:3-20; Isaiah 66:15-17
- That the follower of Christ will shun worldly pleasure and
follies that unfit him for Heaven. 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 1 John 2:15-17
- That the Christian should manifest true modesty and simplicity
in dress and show a Christ-like deportment. 1 Peter 3:3, 4; 2 Corinthians
6:16-18
That the foregoing principles are
practiced, not from a sense of obligation or to enable the individual to "earn"
a place in Heaven, but rather come as a result of an experience in which there is a close
walk with Christ and are a natural response of accepting Him as a personal Savior.
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