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We Sabbath keepers don't normally read the Bible ourselves, but when we do, then scripture twisting helps us is a lot to understands it better
ОтветитьCan you do an investigative judgment on the sda hospitals that have been performing and doing abortions for years..l wonder how many ln the sda church are aware of this fact....THOW SHALL NOT MURDER...I'm sure that all sda pastors are aware of this ,yet say nothing about this or they say it's a matter of a womans conscience..so l guess their stance on murdering inocent children is pro choice.?
I wonder how many abortions have been done on the Sabbath?
I thought that working on the Sabbath was not allowed yet thousands of people are working in their hospitals..what if the hospital has a need for. plumbing ,heating ,electrical, police, ambulance service etc.etc. are they not promoting others to work on the Sabbath for their own benefit? Such a double standard for the so called remnant church don't you think? Find out the truth for yourself ..go online ABORTION IN SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST HOSPITALS...seek the truth and the truth will set you free!
Oh Please Sirs. Jim and the other gentleman. PLEASE PLEASE continue to help me. I went through 12 years of this SDA & I am so confused. Now I watch, listen, and learn. I so do so very much wish I could hug the both of you. I am now in tears. I am crying because you have shared Scripture message & this helps. Right now I have no good Christian people around me. There have been others who have gone through this & have been so supportive. I cannot even express now my feelings in this limited space. There are still those who post responses to my comments - one particular gentleman who is still so attack oriented and this still hurts me. I was the victim of a "witch hunt" and I left this denomination. I will watch this video over and over. I would like to thank this other man - (other than Jim) I would like to thank him personally if I could. I live here in San Francisco & I was at S.F. Central SDA Church. My Pastor's name is Mark Farrell & when it was all over he proceeded to "throw me under the bus" and his last statement to me via e-mail was "I don't hold anything against." I don't even know what he meant. I am a complete wreck right now. I sure wish I could be the one who could hug both of you now. Please continue to help me. I am still crying. In Jesus Name I pray for this. Sincerrely, JAMES IN S.F. I have been hurt.
ОтветитьWhy don't you law haters STOP. Talk about the real problem church? The Catholic church!!!!!!!
ОтветитьHow are people so blind that they cam't see what these guys are doing? If anyone cares about thier salvation it's time to open your bible and find out truth for yourselves. They don't care about you and sure aren't gonna tell you the truth.
ОтветитьYou know, I see many people who are out to only deceive everyday. But you (the ones making this video) try the hardest, you put others down, straight up lie, it's pitiful. Just wolves in sheep clothing that we're warned to stay away from. Alot of people don't even have enough common sense to see it.
ОтветитьGod made the Sabbath on the seventh day of the creation week, and it reminds us of our Creator: “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made” (Genesis 2:1-3). **We follow God’s example and command by remembering and resting on this seventh day each week.**
“The seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God” (Exodus 20:10). It belongs to God. **Jesus said He is “Lord of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:28).**
The Sabbath, the day God rested, is both the forerunner and the weekly reminder of the wonderful future rest, free from the bondage of sin (Hebrews 4:4, 9). “There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God” (Hebrews 4:9, New International Version).
We are still required to work diligently for six days to meet our needs and prepare well for the Sabbath each week. This teaches us diligence, planning and priorities. God mandates a day of rest not to promote idleness, but because we need it.
The Sabbath is a day for doing something different: refocusing on God, worshipping and fellowshipping with Christians of like mind (Hebrews 10:24-25), praying, studying the Bible and meditating.
**Why is there so much fuss over a day that was blessed and sanctified by the God you serve? What God did on the 7th day has not changed and will not change...this is why no one can rid themselves of the Sabbath no matter how hard they try. Romans 8:1-4 is the foundational principle for obedience for the believer.**
Exodus 31:14-18 Sabbath is holy unto you. Anyone who shall defile it shall be cut off. It's a perpetual covenant through all generations. Look especially at verse 18. He gave to Moses these 2 tables of stone written with Gods own finger. (Stone represents permanent) Exodus 19:5 if ye obey my voice and keep the covenant ye shall be be my peculiar people.) Everyone better wake up before it's to late!
ОтветитьFrom the beginning of time anyone that was one of God's people kept his commandments. Nothing was set only for a particular group. He doesn't have 2 kinds of Christians. That's ridiculous. You 2 are so full of it. And if you don't think Sunday is the mark, Revelation 13:8 says all who dwell on earth will be forced worship the beast. And they are working to bring in a 1 world religion. So don't that kinda make you go HMM? Doesn't take a genius to figure it out. (The mark is connected to worship)
ОтветитьThings JESUS never said
"Saul, Saul ..... take the law to the Gentiles"
Apparently responding to my questions whether there is a passage of scripture that defines "the mark" and how do I know whether or not a person has "the mark", Randy Mansfeld writes: “Read Rev 14:9 if àny man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or his hand. The mark is not a mark you can see. The reference to the forehead is where humans make decisions. The hand is a reference to action. First you make a decision mental then you carry out the act by keep the pagan worship law.”
Since Revelation 14:9 does not purport to be either didactic nor doctrinal, accepted principles of hermeneutics rule out the possibility of any interpretation of Revelation 14:9 that contradicts or in any way contravenes the following doctrinal passages of scripture:
Romans 5:1 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ
Ephesians 2:8-9 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God
Romans 3:28 - Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law
Galatians 2:16 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified
Romans 4:5 - But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness
John 5:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life
Galatians 5:6 - For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love
Romans 4:1-25 - What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Galatians 2:21 - I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain
Romans 11:6 - 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 3:20 - Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin
Ephesians 2:8 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God
In summary, no genuine Christian need have the slightest concern about "receiving the mark of the beast" or suffering "the wrath of God."
This post is long but consider this, Ellen White wrote near the end of her life:
"The time is not far distant when the test will come to every soul. The observance of the false sabbath will be urged upon us. The contest will be between the commandments of God and the commandments of men." (Prophets and Kings, p. 188.)
Imagine you are in school studying intensely for your final exam. Your brain is packed to the brim with all the facts, figures, and ideas you learned during the course. You walk confidently into class and take your seat, fully expecting to ace the exam. The professor smiles and announces that there will only be one question on the test. You smile to yourself thinking that it will certainly be one of the items the professor passed out last week on the final test study guide. But when the exam is placed on your desk your mouth falls open as your eyes fasten upon the question. Panic sets in. You cannot believe what you are seeing. The question is not one of the questions on the study guide. In fact, the question asks you to write a five-page dissertation on a topic that was not even presented in class! As anger and frustration begin boiling up inside of you, your eyes zero in on the teacher and you mutter half out loud,
"What kind of an inept teacher would test his students with a question he never stressed nor even discussed in class?" That is a fair question, is it not? After all, any student would expect the teacher to cover the most important subjects in class
If Jesus, the greatest teacher ever, and the Apostles understood that the Sabbath was going to be the great "final test" that will come to every soul, then surely, they would have spent an appropriate amount of time teaching this all-important doctrine to their followers. Surely the New Testament authors, inspired by the Holy Ghost, would have stressed the importance of Sabbath-keeping in their writings and warned them of the terrible dangers of worshipping on Sunday. How could such an important doctrine dealing with the eternal destiny of every believer be passed by without so much as even a mention? If Jesus and the Apostles failed to strenuously teach the one doctrine that would decide the fate of humanity, then would we not consider them to be incompetent teachers? (Excerpt from Dirk Anderson's National Sunday Law: Fact or Fiction)
SHOCK: ELLEN WHITE SAYS YOU CAN
RECEIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST BY
WORSHIPPING GOD
If the light of truth has been presented to you,
revealing the Sabbath of the fourth
commandment, and showing that there is no
foundation in the Word of God for Sunday
observance, and yet you still cling to the false
sabbath, refusing to keep holy the Sabbath
which God calls "my holy day," you receive the
mark of the beast. When does this take place?
WHEN YOU OBEY the decree that commands
you to cease from labor on Sunday AND
WORSHIP GOD, while you know that there is
not a word in the Bible showing Sunday to be
other than a common working day, you
consent to RECEIVE THE MARK of the beast,
and REFUSE THE SEAL of God.
--Ellen G. White, Maranatha, page 211,
paragraph 5. Chapter Title: The Seal of God
and the Mark of the Beast
Did you know Paul says you can keep Sunday Holy if you want? Instead of listening to Doug Batchelor, hear Paul (Romans 14:5,6 NIV):
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One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day [Sunday, for instance] as special, does so to the Lord.
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Dear SDA friend,
If you still think Sabbath-keeping is the seal of
God, read the following passage:
NIV John 6:25 When they found him on the
other side of the lake, they asked him, "Rabbi,
when did you get here?"
26 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, you
are looking for me, not because you saw
miraculous signs but because you ate the
loaves and had your fill.
27 Do not WORK FOR food that spoils, but for
FOOD THAT ENDURES TO ETERNAL LIFE,
which the Son of Man will give you. On him
God the Father has placed his SEAL OF
APPROVAL."
28 Then they asked him, "What must we do to
do the works God requires?"
29 Jesus answered, "The WORK of God IS
this: TO BELIEVE in the one he has sent."
Nor be deceived back into thinking that the
"work" (such as Sabbath-keeping) Jesus
speaks of here is the earning or maintenance
of salvation by works.
For it is clearly stated that "the work" is "to
believe."
Nor is this "work = believing" a kind of toil that
demands wages, for the text also clearly
states that "food that endures to eternal life" is
GIVEN by the Son of Man, not EARNED by
works such as Sabbath-keeping.
Adventist demonic cult members are liars and thieves who lurk around the sheep pen attempting to steal sheep. The wrath of God is upon their cursed lives.
ОтветитьMay God continue to bless you guys!
ОтветитьThe SDA cult is a master in connecting NON existing dots, hence their perverted religion.
ОтветитьGreg, great tactics and verses you used in your interactions with the SDAs. I'm took notes. :-)
And as always, I appreciate this video James. It's nice to listen to you guys interact.
If you think that there is a coming national Sunday law where other Christians will agree to persecute you and even kill you simply because you don't worship God on Sundays, you are probably in a cult.
ОтветитьNow here's a quote for you! It could be headlined:
WIGS CAUSE "RECKLESSNESS IN MORALS," BALDNESS, "HOPELESS INSANITY," SAYS PROPHET ELLEN G. WHITE
"The artificial hair [wigs] and pads covering the base of the brain, heat and excite the spinal nerves centering in the brain. The head should ever be kept cool. The heat caused by these artificials induces the blood to the brain. The action of the blood upon the lower or animal organs of the brain, causes unnatural activity, tends to recklessness in morals, and the mind and heart is in danger of being corrupted. As the animal organs are excited and strengthened, the morals are enfeebled. The moral and intellectual powers of the mind become servants to the animal."
"In consequence of the brain being congested its nerves lose their healthy action, and take on morbid conditions, making it almost impossible to arouse the moral sensibilities. Such lose their power to discern sacred things. The unnatural heat caused by these artificial deformities about the head, induces the blood to the brain, producing congestion, and causing the natural hair to fall off, producing baldness. Thus the natural is sacrificed to the artificial."
"Many have lost their reason, and become hopelessly insane, by following this deforming fashion."
Ellen G. White, "Words to Christian Mothers on the Subject of Life, Health, and Happiness: No. 2î [pamphlet], p. 121. Quoted by Ronald L. Numbers in Prophetess of Health: A Study of Ellen G. White [book] (New York: Harper & Row, 1976), p.148.
WHY NOT MAKE CIRCUMCISION AN SDA TEST OF FELLOWSHIP?
NOTICE I SAID COMMANDMENT, NOT
SUGGESTION
We chose not only to believe in His existence
and kingship over the world, but we also
chose to accept His commandments. In any
conversion, Reform, Conservative, or
Orthodox, the male convert must undergo
circumcision. If he had been circumcised as a
baby, then even a ritual bris milah [surgical
ceremony] must be performed by drawing a
drop of blood. Why should anyone want to go
through such an ordeal just to say he's Jewish
and to go to temple on Friday nights?
Circumcision is performed on converts
because this is one of the commandments
that G-d gave to Abraham. Notice I said
commandment. Not suggestion.
We were given more than the 10
commandments. G-d gave us 613
commandments at Mount Sinai. He
commanded strict observance of the Sabbath.
He commanded us to keep kosher homes,
not because kosher food is better for you
(would G-d command us to do something that
isn't healthy?), but because He wanted us to
be holy and separate from the pagan world.
For us it should be enough that He
commanded it.
My parents taught me to be consistent. It
wouldn't be right for me to look at all of
America's laws and decide to keep every law
except those laws concerned with stealing.
Life might be easier if I could take things that
don't belong to me, but people can't just
choose to observe those laws that are most
convenient to them.
In the same sense, I don't feel right going
through the Torah and then deciding only to
keep certain commandments and not to
accept the others because I think they are
outdated or inconvenient.
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Excerpted from Bruce James, "Jewish By
Choice: Why I Converted to Judaism,"
BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES, April 10, 1981.
AMEN... Thank you God Bless you both.
ОтветитьGod rested on the 7th day. Jesus performed miracles on the Sabbath. **Right?**
Satan has a deception for everything God has established. **Right?**
Research the article **Common Objections for Not Keeping the Sabbath.**
Research the article **Common Objections for Not Obeying the Ten Commandments.**
??? Why read these articles ????
**Every objection** imaginable is address w/ scripture.
Side Note:
**Your lack of faith toward what the Bible says is not equal to false teaching.**
Study the Bible for yourselves. Error is easily seen as a result.
Salvation is by grace through faith. Obedience is the result.
How SDA get you to believe in a Demon clothed as a sheep.
First it begins with a conversation about the Sabbath using persuasive words saying things are interesting, how the Sabbath has been forgotten, and anyone not keeping the Sabbath is going to Hell, and if you don't know the scriptures like you should, they can be convincing. Remember the Bible tells us that Satan will try to deceive us using the word of God and our job is to know Gods Word so we can test the spirit. Once your hooked on the possibility that everyone has the Sabbath day of rest wrong, and are going to hell, now they put doubt, and fear in you mind two favorite weapons of the enemy. Now you continue studying and they only use the Bible taking you from teaching to teaching letting you read, explaining what it means, and getting you to afrirm that you are seeing it in the scriptures. Now they beging to reel you in showing you how they know so much of the scriptures that you've been learning, and here it goes! Ellen G White! Now they say look for your self read her writings and then compare it to the scriptures. They even tell you that White said that if her writings don't line up with scripture, throw it out! But there is only one problem. You don't realize that you are now confirming, i.e testing the spirit in this case Whites Bliblical revelations from God using Whites own writings. In other words you are corfirming what White said the Lord revealed to her by her own mouth, do you see the problem? But by now you are convinced that God spoke to her and gave her, not the apostles and writers of the New Testiment, but her! the revelations of what God is really telling His people in the scripture. So then when someone tells you that Whites writings are not from God and you can prove it, because she made a prophecy that God told her that some people in a particular conference would die some would see plegs and some would not die including her because they would be caught up when Jesus returned in her lifetime, and we know for a fact that didn't happened. Now your so blinded by Ellen G Whites demonic revelations you try to justify her by throwing the Prophet Jonah under the bus saying he had a failed prophecy. Ok let's dissect the comparison. We know with complete certainty that Jonah was not a false Prophet because God says so, we know God spoke to Jonah and we know why God changed the Prophecy because He is Lord. So now we know Jonah is justified as a Prophet of God because the Bible tells us. Now you tell me by what scripture is Ellen G white justified? Trust me as hard a you search you wont find Ellen G White in the Bible so then see. Deuteronomy 18:20-21 says ("But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him"). How many prophecies must be wrong for a prophet to be false? One just one. Now after all of the evidence the conclusion must be that Ellen G White was a false prophet and all her teachings should be burned and forgotten. You are serving a different God my God never lies and I will trust the Word of God over the word of a person claiming that am angel visited them to reveal the true meaning of the Word of God or I might creat another god and put it before the one true Lord of Lords, King or Kings my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for real. Amen
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John’s Vision of Christ (Jesus is at it again, on the wrong day!)
REVELATION 1:9-11
I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ***10 ON THE LORD'S DAY I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
Why would Jesus appear to John, and teach him things on SUNDAY?!
Seems like Jesus is TOTALLY out of line...
For anyone wondering about the mark. Revelation 14:9 along with others says who worships the beast receives it. They are working on bringing in a 1 world religion system. Can anyone not connect the 2? It will be enforced when their system is in place. Even a baby could understand that it's so simple.
ОтветитьPaul is not the writer of the book of Hebrews
ОтветитьSabbath is not a burden, it's a blessing. How is a day of rest a burden?
ОтветитьHi James can you explain me Michael the Arcangel? Give me Please references. What is there describing the war in heaven?
Ответить"Are you the Pharisee or the tax collector?" Greg really nailed it. Good job.
It's so interesting how Adventists don't want to talk about their unique beliefs of the three angels message or the Investigative Judgment when they are in public or trying to win new converts. They play it down and are uncomfortable with it. Their tactics and discomfort reveal the deception behind Adventism.
Thanks for sharing your experience, it's very helpful to have a plan for witnessing to a group of SDA members. And I love your heart for the lost!
ОтветитьGenesis 2:2-3 clearly says that God rested on the 7th day brother. God doesn't need rest, but He did it to set aside time for us humans (who most definitely do need rest) to have communion and rest with Him!
Ответитьno one knows what the mark of the is; seal of God is the indwelling of the Holy spirit.
ОтветитьAmazing encounter. Thank you. I have been praying for a way to approach my SDA sister about the Truth. God provided the answer today. Love will lead the way. God bless you both ❤
ОтветитьI wrote and posted this on Facebook for friends and family--some of whom are still within adventism--to see. I hope it sheds some biblical truth on WHY the ten commandments and the sabbath were shadows that have been eclipsed by our blessed light and hope, Jesus Christ. I'll paste it below...
What an amazing plan God had to redeem us unto himself!
In Hebrews 8, the author quotes from Jeremiah 33 where God said he would establish a new covenant that was NOT like the old covenant, and that he would place His law in our minds and write it on our hearts. Is that a reference to the Law of Moses (ten commandments)? No, it is the Law of Christ as described by Paul in Galatians 6 and 1 Corinthians 9. In fact the author of Hebrews closes chapter 8 with, "In speaking of a new covenant (Law of Christ), he (God) makes the first covenant (Law of Moses / 10 commandments) obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." Realize that the old covenant literally WAS the ten commandments. See Exodus 34:27-28 for reference.
Many would say well if we're not under the 10 commandments then we're free to sin! No, far from it for two reasons. First, Paul in Romans 6:9-13 lays out quite clearly that new covenant believers are not to sin willfully. (This is also confirmed by the apostle John in his first letter--1 John 3:9--and by the author of Hebrews in Chapter 10). But second--and even MORE importantly--Christ himself RAISED the moral standard of the law, so that as we pass from the Law of Moses to the Law of Christ, our new commandment is one that is even greater: LOVE.
In the sermon on the mount in Matthew 5, Jesus says that he did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. But we must keep reading! He goes further to say that it will not pass away UNTIL ALL THINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED. He then says that we need to SURPASS the righteousness of the pharisees to see the kingdom of heaven. Now, the apostle John in the 19th chapter of his gospel specifically says that Jesus, saw that ALL THINGS WERE ACCOMPLISHED just before he died. But even beyond that let's keep reading further in Matthew to see where Jesus goes next in the sermon on the mount...
Jesus has just said that we need to surpass the righteousness of the Pharisees to see the kingdom of heaven. He then goes on not once, not twice, not three or four, but SIX times to quote the old covenant law / 10 commandments (You have heard that it was said.) And each time he RAISES the standard of righteousness (But I say to you).
An example: “YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID to those of old, ‘You shall not murder (6th Commandment); and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ BUT I SAY TO YOU that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment." Matthew 5:21-22 ESV
Another example: “YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID, ‘You shall not commit adultery (7th commandment).’ BUT I SAY TO YOU that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart."
Matthew 5:27-28 ESV
Last example, but feel free to read the others in Matthew 5: “YOU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ BUT I SAY TO YOU, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
Matthew 5:43-44 ESV
Time and time again Christ RAISED the standard ABOVE the old covenant commandments. In the 12th chapter of Mark's gospel a scribe asks Jesus, "What is the greatest commandment?" Did Jesus say it was to not covet? To honor your father and mother? To keep the Sabbath? Did he even list a single one of the ten commandments? No. He said, "The greatest commandment is to LOVE the LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall LOVE your neighbor as yourself. There is NO other COMMANDMENT greater than these.” The scribe then said that Jesus had spoken wisely and that these two were FAR GREATER than all the burnt sacrifices and offerings (the old covenant law). Did Christ reprimand him and point him back to the law? No. He said the scribe was close to the kingdom of heaven!
Paul says the Law of Christ is to LOVE one another and to carry each other's burdens. Jesus Christ himself stated that loving the Lord with all of our being and loving one another are the greatest commandments. And you know what? If we truly have that amount of love for God we will naturally have no other Gods or idols before him (Commandments 1&2). If we love the Lord our God with all of our being, we will honor his name and not speak it in vain (Commandment 3). We will honor the Sabbath which is no longer a day of the week as the author of Hebrews tells us in chapter 4. It says through our belief in Christ that we enter into God's rest and rest from our works as God did from his. Hebrews 4 says a day of Sabbath rest remains, and that it isn't a particular day of the week, it is TODAY (every day). Why? Because our Sabbath rest is in Christ, and if our greatest creed is love for God and love for our fellow man then of course we love and honor his son who is BOTH God and man.
If the Law of Christ is love for one another, we will always honor our father and mother (Commandment 5). If the Law of Christ is love, we will not murder (Commandment 6). If the Law of Christ is love, we will not commit adultery (Commandment 7). If the Law of Christ is love, we will be honest toward one another and not steal or lie (Commandments 8 and 10). If the Law of Christ is love, we will love God for what he has blessed us with, and we will love our brother and be happy if he is blessed of God. Accordingly we will not covet what is not ours (Commandment 9).
Paul writes in Romans 13:8-10, "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law."
Under the Law of Christ, we honor the principles of the old covenant while fully recognizing that we are above it, because Christ is the mediator of a NEW AND BETTER covenant. In 70 AD when the temple was destroyed by the Romans, all existing manifestations of the old covenant vanished away, just like the author of Hebrews says in chapter 8. Christ does not point us back to the law, but the law pointed us forward to Christ. He is the center of it all and it's unquestionable fulfillment. The old covenant has vanished, which as Exodus 34:27-28 tells us IS the ten commandments. (The law of Moses, the old covenant, and the ten commandments are all one and the same.) Now, we are under the law of Christ!
Think of the transfiguration. Jesus, with his closest inner circle, is on the mountain and here appears Elijah and Moses. Peter--being awestruck--offers to build three shelters, one for Christ, one for Moses, and one for Elijah, ignorantly equating them with one another. Suddenly, God's presence in the form of a cloud covers the mountain and the voice of God thunders out "THIS is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Listen to HIM." The disciples being struck with fear fall to the ground, covering their heads from the awesomeness of God's power. When Christ tells them not to be afraid, they raise their heads and you know what? Only Jesus was left standing there. Moses (symbol of the law) and Elijah (symbol of the prophets) had vanished. Only Jesus Christ our blessed savior remained!
How free and liberating it is to know the new covenant has assured us of salvation and spiritual rest in Christ, not due to our own merit but due to his. Not due to our own current works, but due to his completed work on the cross. He is our rest. He is our hope. He is the only way we have to the father. Believe him. Trust him. Hold and revere the law of Christ as our ultimate standard as Christians. Jesus told his disciples on the way down from the mountain to keep what they'd seen a secret until he'd died and been resurrected. Why? Because his death and resurrection fully established our blessed new covenant... a covenant that is not written on tablets of stone, but is written with the Holy Spirit of God onto our very hearts.
Another great video! Thanks for your time that you put into these! One thing I always like to add towards the end of any reasonable dialogue/debate is this: Eternity, is a long time to be wrong!
ОтветитьRespect how you two know how to share your wisdom to others.
Bless you guys ❤
Neither me or any relative of mine was delivered from Egypt.
ОтветитьThank you so much for speaking with those SDAs. They really need to be confronted with truth. My husband’s family are SDAs and I have such a burden on my heart for them. Thank you for showing people God’s truth in love. God bless you.
ОтветитьIs no one going to mention what a great job Greg did here?
ОтветитьThis was a great video! A great outline of lovingly showing them the truth, and which scriptures to use when. Go Greg!
ОтветитьQuestion for SDAs: How can we tell whether or not Adventists "worship the beast"?
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