Is Seventh Day Adventist scriptual?

Question

Seventh-Day Adventist is indeed the MOST scrptural of all christian donomination. We follow the bible completely. Please get the facts right, before you make such blatant inaccurate statements.

Answer 1

Seventh-Day Adventism is basically consumed with the concept of the last days. It was formed from the remnants of the Millerite movement, which was created to await the world’s end. In White’s end times view, the Jewish Sabbath and the Catholic Church play prominent roles.

According to her, the papacy is the seven-headed beast from the sea in Revelation 13:1–10. Accompanying this beast is a lamb-like beast from the earth (Rev. 13:11–18). The latter causes the world to worship the former and has an image made of it. White proclaimed that the second beast is the United States (The Great Controversy, 387–8), and that it will force people to worship the papacy by "enforcing some observance which shall be an act of homage to the papacy" (ibid., 389). This observance, she says, is Sunday worship rather than Saturday worship.

White claims that the papacy changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday, making this change a mark of its authority. In her view, there will come a time when the United States will establish a "national Sunday law" and compel its citizens to worship on Sunday and thus take the mark of the beast. It will not compel them to become Catholics, but to join a Protestant state-church that is an "image" of the papacy, and thus, "the image of the beast" (ibid., 382–96).

Seventh-Day Adventism cannot change its views on the Catholic Church being the Whore of Babylon without admitting that it was wrong on Sunday worship. It cannot admit that Sunday worship is not the mark of the beast without changing its views on the Jewish Sabbath. Seventh-Day Adventism cannot cease to be anti-Catholic without ceasing to be Seventh-Day Adventism.

There is a "moderate" wing of Adventism that is more open to Catholics as individuals (though still retaining White’s views concerning the papacy). In fact, White was willing to concede that—in the here and now (before the end times)—some Catholics are saved. She wrote that "there are now true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion, who honestly believe that Sunday is the Sabbath of divine appointment. God accepts their sincerity of purpose and their integrity before him. But when Sunday observance shall be enforced by law, and the world shall be enlightened concerning the obligation of the true Sabbath, then whoever shall transgress the command of God, to obey a precept which has no higher authority than Rome, will thereby honor popery above God" (ibid., 395).

Unfortunately, this one tolerant statement is embedded in hundreds of hostile statements. While this aspect of her teaching can be played up by her more moderate followers, it is difficult for them to do so, because the whole Adventist milieu in which they exist is anti-Catholic. The group is an eschatology sect, and its central eschatological teaching, other than Christ’s Second Coming, is that the Second Coming will be preceded by a period in which the papacy will enforce Sunday worship on the world. Everyone who does not accept the papacy’s Sunday worship will be killed; and everyone who does accept the papacy’s Sunday worship will be destroyed by God.

By virtue of their valid baptism, and their belief in Christ’s divinity and in the doctrine of the Trinity, Seventh-Day Adventists are both ontologically and theologically Christians. But Christians, once separated from the Church our Lord founded, are susceptible to being "tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine" (Eph. 4:14).

there are no blatant inaccurate statements here, they are taken right out of Helen White's book, but the blatant inaccurate statements made by SDA's against the Catholic Church is to the point of being ridiculous.
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Answer 2

Well for starters you have not committed the unpardonable sin. The fact that you are concerned that you will be breaking the sabbath shows that the Holy spirit is still working in your life. The unpardonable sin is grieving away the Holy spirit and not listening to him. You are obviously growing in your relationship with God so maybe an idea is if you are in a serving kind of job then you can donate the $ earned on the Sabbath between now and your finishing date. (If you decide to work) You are finishing anyway so if it were me in your position, i would use up my sick leave :O) Pray and God will help. The first time i decided to keep the Sabbath i went for a job at a new company, there were 40 positions and weekend work was a must. In the interview i said i cant work on the Sabbath and they said it would be a problem. 2 weeks later i got a phone call to start work. I turned up thinking i would see a lot of new starters, but certain contracts were taken from the company so they couldn't put anyone on. The reason i got the job was (God) because someone within that 2 weeks had family problems and quit. so i replaced him and the hours were from Monday to Friday. WHAT A BLESSING, ONE PERSON GIVEN A JOB FROM 40

Answer 3

I believe that the SDA church provides a lot of what the Bible says and am pretty happy with it. It is sad to see other sects of christianity don't.

Answer 4

I was raised a Seventh Day Adventist. I'm familiar with all that. You also worship (oh, excuse me, admire as a prophet) some crazy lady who got hit with a rock. Did it ever occur to you that MAYBE she was just crazy from some kind of brain injury?

Oh, and nice work cutting out caffeine and alcohol and meat because the Bible command its, but what about the Bible's prohibition of clothes made from multiple fabrics?

EVERY denomination insists it strictly follows the Bible.

Answer 5

Yes. In fact, I'd be hard-pressed to find a Christian denomination that's closer to Scripture than SDA. If I ever find one, I'll join that, but for now I'm happy with the teachings of this church.

Answer 6

Well if you call a woman who believed the true christians were the Albigensian then I'd guess yes. Note the Albigensian believed in mass-suicide.

Answer 7

funny, the SDA do follow scripture according to Ms Whites feelings, testimonials, beliefs - not their own study. if so many things would be contradictory - Jesus is God -- not Michael the archangel and other various things.

the sda follow the studies of one woman. while i respect the studies and understandings of others.... her's are a little "out there".

God Bless!

Answer 8

The Bible says that whoever adds to that book will be damned. That includes the cults of the 19th century. SDA is one of those cults.

Answer 9

Agreed.

Although this statement will probably inflame most in this forum. Let the flaming begin.

Answer 10

No, you follow a false prophet by the name of Ellen White, who has lead you astray.

If you could take about an hour to be objective about this issue and read this information, it may change your life:

http://www.lamblion.com/pdf/2006/Lamplighter-042006.pdf

I wish you peace.