SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST FALSE TEACHING ELLEN G WHITE FALSE PROPHET
Facts and
False Doctrines of the
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Ellen G. White, who claimed to have “the spirit of prophecy,” was an important early leader of the movement and taught a number of distinctive
Seventh Day Adventist (
SDA) doctrines, including the
Investigative Judgment and Sabbatarianism. While the churchs official theology now appears to be generally in the tradition of evangelical
Christianity, certain SDA claims and unique doctrines continue to raise questions. These doctrines include the SDA belief that
Sunday worship will result in the “
Mark of the Beast,” imbalanced teachings on keeping the commandments (baptism,
Sabbath observance) that often implies a kind of salvation by works, the “Remnant
Church” doctrine that implies that the SDA is or will be Gods only true church, and the doctrine of the Investigative Judgment.
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Adventism: Widespread trans-denominational movement inspired by
William Miller’s prediction that
Jesus’ “advent” (return) would take place in
1844. Even after the
Great Disappointment (the date’s failure), many people in the movement continued to believe. Some suggested revised chronologies and new dates, eventually forming groups such as the
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
Others, notably
Hiram Edson and Ellen G. White, suggested that the 1844 date was accurate but that a heavenly (thus invisible) event had taken place. Their teachings became the basis of
Seventh-day Adventism, which eventually spawned its own offshoots, including Armstrongism and the
Branch Davidians.
Sabbatarianism:
Generally the view that the
Old Testament Sabbath commandment is to be observed unchanged by the church. As used in this index, Sabbatarianism refers to an extreme form of the belief in which membership in the true church, or even salvation, is conditional upon keeping the Sabbath law. As such, Sabbatarianism is at the least a form of legalism and at most a denial of salvation by grace. In most cases, the
Jewish Sabbath (Saturday) must be observed by refraining from work, sports, and travel from sundown Friday evening to sundown Saturday evening. The belief is often accompanied by the observance of
Jewish dietary laws and/or other Old Testament feasts.
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Salvation by
Works:
Any doctrine that denies salvation by grace alone by teaching that eternal life is merited, earned, conditioned, or maintained through human effort, religious ritual, financial donations, obedience to laws/commandments, church membership, and/or moral behavior.
Salvation by
Grace:
The doctrine and message of the gospel that eternal life is not gained by or conditioned on works but is an undeserved and free gift from God received through faith in
Jesus Christ as the
Lord and
Savior who died for our sins and rose from the dead. Contrasted with salvation by works.
Investigative Judgment:
One of the unique doctrines of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church that make the place of that church within evangelical Christianity questionable.
First taught in Adventism by Hiram Edson,
F.B. Hahn, and
O.R.L. Crosier, it was accepted as “present truth” by those who would later become known as
Seventh-day Adventists (SDAs) after it was confirmed and taught in visions received by Ellen G. White. The doctrine teaches that in the
Holy of Holies in the
Heavenly Sanctuary Christ is now conducting an investigation into the lives of all who have ever professed belief in
Christ. He is judging all their works, by the standard of
Gods Law. All those whose lives fail to measure up to the standard of the Law are rejected and condemned as not having true faith. Those whose lives meet that standard and thus manifest the perfect character and righteousness of Christ are recognized as having true faith, and so their sins are “blotted out.” SDAs say, “This judgment vindicates the justice of God in saving those who believe in Jesus. It declares that those who have remained loyal to God shall receive the kingdom.”
Evangelicals believe, and the
Bible teaches (Rom. 3:2126), that Gods justice in saving sinners who trust Jesus to save them is vindicated by the blood of JesusHis death in their place, in their behalf. Profile (on SDA) available.
Seventh-day Adventist Church Profile
Unique Terms: “
Investigative Judgement,” “
Spirit of Prophecy,” “Coming into the
Truth” (believing and living the full SDA message and lifestyle), “Remnant Church.”
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