Seventh-day Adventism—The Spirit Behind the Church
- Contents- Suggested Sources to Respond to Representations Made in the Video
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Chapter 1—Ellen G. White was the founder of the Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Chapter 2—Seventh-day Adventists depend on Ellen G. White for their teachings. She is “the last word on doctrine.”
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Chapter 3—October 22, 1844, was not the correct date for the Jewish Day of Atonement in 1844.
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Chapter 4—Millerite meetings were full of fanaticism.
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Chapter 5—Although William Miller admitted his mistake regarding October 22, 1844, Ellen White never did.
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Chapter 6—Ellen White saw a mistake in the Millerite prophetic chart during her first vision.
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Chapter 7—According to Ellen White, God made the mistake on the Millerite prophetic chart referred to in statement 6.
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Chapter 8—Ellen White’s writings are unavailable, “locked away in a vault.”
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Chapter 9—If not all predictions by a prophet come to pass, then the person must be a false prophet.
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Chapter 10—Ellen White falsely predicted that old Jerusalem would never be rebuilt.
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Chapter 11—Ellen White falsely claimed that time was short, that she would be living when Christ returned, and still later that some in the audience to whom she was speaking would be alive when Christ returned.
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Chapter 12—During the American Civil War, Ellen White predicted the downfall of the United States.
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Chapter 13—Also during the Civil War, Ellen White predicted that Great Britain would enter the war on the side of the Confederate States.
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Chapter 14—Ellen White held racist views that certain races of people resulted from cohabitation of humans with beasts (amalgamation).
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Chapter 15—After the Great Disappointment in 1844, Ellen White was shown in vision that salvation had closed for the world (the “Shut Door”).
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Chapter 16—When Ellen White’s earliest writings were reprinted, certain deletions were made in order to cover up her teaching regarding the “Shut Door.”
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Chapter 17—The Adventists’ view of “soul sleep” was adopted to allow for their belief in an investigative judgment.
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Chapter 18—Ellen White denied the assurance of the gospel by teaching that when a person’s name comes up in the investigative judgment, even one unconfessed sin will prevent the individual from being saved.
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Chapter 19—Seventh-day Adventists have their own version of the Bible (The Clear Word), including one that contains Ellen White quotations printed in it.
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Chapter 20—Ellen White taught an “incomplete atonement.”
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Chapter 21—Ellen White taught the heresy that Christ is the archangel Michael.
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Chapter 22—Jehovah’s Witnesses derived from Adventism; their founder Charles T. Russell co-authored a book with N. H. Barbour, an early Adventist.
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Chapter 23—James White and Uriah Smith denied the deity of Christ.
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Chapter 24—Ellen White’s works are largely plagiarized, with one book withdrawn under the threat of a lawsuit. It cannot be proven that more than 20 percent of what Ellen White wrote was original with her.
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Chapter 25—Ellen White reflected popular, erroneous views on health (masturbation, wigs, dress reform, no evening meal).
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Chapter 26—Ellen White denied the assurance given believers in the Gospel. She taught that one should never say “I am saved.”
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Chapter 27—The Seventh-day Adventist view of “soul sleep” is contrary to Scripture.
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Chapter 28—Seventh-day Adventist do not believe in a literal hell.
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Chapter 29—Seventh-day Adventist teachings on the Saturday Sabbath and the seal of God are unscriptural.
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Chapter 30—Ellen White and Seventh-day Adventists teach that Satan is our sinbearer.
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Chapter 31—The Investigative Judgment doctrine has no basis in Scripture.
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Chapter 32—Seventh-day Adventism matches nearly all the criteria for being classified a “cult.”
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- A. “Cults or false religions usually have a single powerful human leader who becomes the cult’s ‘Messiah.’”
- B. “The cult leader’s word, or teaching of the cult, become absolute truth, overshadowing the teachings of the Bible.”
- C. “Cults use pressure tactics to coerce members into submission.”
- D. “Cults deny the central truth of the Gospel, that Jesus is the divine Son of God without beginning or ending. They deny that His death has provided salvation for the entire human race. As a result, salvation is earned by adherence to the teaching of the cult rather than accepting Christ and following Him.”
- E. “Cults often urge their converts to leave their families.”