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The Amish Voice
MAP
P.O. Box 128
575 U.S. Highway 250
Savannah, OH 44874
(419) 962-1515
November 2015
In this article, we would like to
address the Seventh-day Adventist
beliefs, which have taken some
plain families by storm. I’d like to
thank Paul Miller for the many
hours of research and studying he
did to prepare for this. May the
Spirit of God give you, the reader,
clarity of mind as you begin to
understand the why's and how's of
Seventh-day Adventism. —Joe Keim
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Seventh-day Adventism
is a
growing religion. Some people are
convinced that it is a legitimate branch of
evangelical Protestantism, while others
view it as a deceptive cult to be avoided
at all costs. Of course, we need to be
interested in truth, especially when it
comes to matters of eternity and God’s
Word. We should not be content with
partial truth, and we should want to avoid
truth mixed with error. Even Satan mixes
his lies with God’s truth in an attempt to
deceive many. Sadly, taking God’s Word
and mixing in a little man-made religion
is far too common. Often it ends up in
lies and deception, resulting in eternal
death.
Are the teachings of the Seventh-day
Adventist church right?
If you follow
the teachings of the Seventh-day
Adventist church, will you go to heaven?
What are the Biblical qualifications to
make it to heaven? Do you have to be
nice? Must you be religious? Are you
required to go to church? How many
good deeds do you have to do? Do you
have to teach others about Jesus? What
about those who cast out demons or do
miracles?
Our standards for going to heaven would
probably be much different than God’s.
For example, if you knew someone who
was nice, religious, belonged to a good
church, helped others, taught the Bible,
and even cast out demons in the name of
Jesus, would you let him into heaven?
Most of us probably would. However,
Jesus tells us:
Many will say to me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied
in thy name? and in thy name have cast
out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works? And then will I profess
unto them, I never knew you: depart from
me, ye that work iniquity
(Matthew 7:21-
23).
We need to know what
God’s
requirements
ar e. We can find His
requirements in the Bible, and that is
where we all should be looking. Do we
get to heaven by following a specific
group or religion? If we are saved by
faith, is it up to us to keep that salvation
by works? What does God say?
Having
begun in the Spirit, are ye now made
perfect by the flesh?
(Galatians 3:3). Is
salvation by works or faith—or both?
And if by grace, then is it no more of
works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if it be of works, then is it no more
grace: otherwise work is no more work
(Romans 11:6).
There are many religious groups today
that use the Bible but include some
specific beliefs that are not found in the
Bible. For some groups (and it seems
that the Seventh-day
Adventists are included
here) some of their most
prominent
and
distinctive
Seventh-day Adventism
—Paul Miller