SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST - NYOBS 14.23

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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST – RABBIT TRAIL

• The Seventh Day Adventist say the Lord’s Day or the Sabbath is on Saturday and this is THE doctrine their Church hangs their hat on.  If you celebrate the Lord’s Day on Sunday, you are doomed to spend eternity in Hell.
• Since a 24 hour day was not made till the 4^th day of creation, I’m not sure how anyone can tell which day is which. This doctrine “yokes” the believer in the bondage of legalism.  Why would we go back to these “beggarly elements” when Christ has set us free?
• We are not made holy by keeping man made rules that somehow make us righteous.
• The “Sabbath” originated with the Ten Commandments and Moses on Mount Sinai.  It was a covenant between God and Israel.  The Jew’s Lord’s Day was Saturday and still is.
• The Jews had many Sabbaths; The first day of the seventh month, the eight day of the seventh month and the fifteenth day of the seventh month.
• The Christian’s “Lords day” is Sunday, the First day of the week; when Christ arose from the grave; the day when the new Testament Church was born; this same day the early Christians received the tithe.  It is a celebration and a memorial of a new creation, a day of triumph and glory.  The tomb is empty.
• So for the Jew, the Sabbath is still Saturday, but for the Christian it’s Sunday.
• Scripture tells us not let anyone judge us concerning our celebration of the Sabbath day.
• They point to prophetess Ellen G. White’s who has the exclusive right to truth - Her prophecy in 1843 and again in 1844 that Christ would return was proven false, later defended as a “geography error”, that He actually entered a second apartment of Heaven to perform work in the “Most Holy” before returning to earth. 
• They point to her writings that include SDA as the 144,000 faithful Adventist – Avoidance of Coffee and tea, joking, jesting and laughtrter as it grieves the spirit.
• Of her 53 books written, it is charged that everything was “borrowed” or “Copied” from other peoples works.  This is known as “The Great Controversy”.  This is defended by; “a prophets thoughts can be divinely inspired even thou they are not original”.
• They embrace “Investigative Judgment” – Jesus serves as an advocate for the professing believers.  It started in 1844 and continues today.  As the names come before Jesus, they are accepted or rejected. - This is the denial of “the finished work” of Christ on the Cross.
• They embrace “The Scapegoat Theory” – Sins are forgiven, but not blotted out - All our sins are placed on Satan and thus will be eventually burned up; blotted out.
• Today SDA is almost parallel with the mainstream protestant church.  To their credit, they use the writings of Ellen G. White only as commentary on scripture, placing the Bible foremost.  Most SDA are unaware of the history of their church and if it were not for their early beginnings in 1844, this denomination would not be called a cult today.

Col 2:16

16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. NIV

Gal 4:9-12

9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain.

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: KJV

Cor 16:2

2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. KJV

Mark 2:27-28

27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." NIV

Lev 23:23-24

23 The LORD said to Moses,

24 "Say to the Israelites: `On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. NIV

Lev 23:39

39 "`So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to the LORD for seven days; the first day is a day of rest, and the eighth day also is a day of rest. NIV

Acts 20:7

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. NIV

Matt 28:1

28:1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. NIV

Mark 16:9

9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, NIV

John 8:32

32 Then you will know the truth, the truth will set you free."

John 8:36

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. NIV

Rom 8:1-2

1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. NIV

Gal 5:1

1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

1 Peter 2:16-17

16 Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

17 Show proper respect to everyone.