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The Amish Voice

MAP

P.O. Box 128

575 U.S. Highway 250

Savannah, OH 44874

(419) 962-1515

November 2015

In this article, we would like to

address the Seventh-day Adventist

beliefs, which have taken some

plain families by storm. I’d like to

thank Paul Miller for the many

hours of research and studying he

did to prepare for this. May the

Spirit of God give you, the reader,

clarity of mind as you begin to

understand the why's and how's of

Seventh-day Adventism. —Joe Keim

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Seventh-day Adventism

is a

growing religion. Some people are

convinced that it is a legitimate branch of

evangelical Protestantism, while others

view it as a deceptive cult to be avoided

at all costs. Of course, we need to be

interested in truth, especially when it

comes to matters of eternity and God’s

Word. We should not be content with

partial truth, and we should want to avoid

truth mixed with error. Even Satan mixes

his lies with God’s truth in an attempt to

deceive many. Sadly, taking God’s Word

and mixing in a little man-made religion

is far too common. Often it ends up in

lies and deception, resulting in eternal

death.

Are the teachings of the Seventh-day

Adventist church right?

If you follow

the teachings of the Seventh-day

Adventist church, will you go to heaven?

What are the Biblical qualifications to

make it to heaven? Do you have to be

nice? Must you be religious? Are you

required to go to church? How many

good deeds do you have to do? Do you

have to teach others about Jesus? What

about those who cast out demons or do

miracles?

Our standards for going to heaven would

probably be much different than God’s.

For example, if you knew someone who

was nice, religious, belonged to a good

church, helped others, taught the Bible,

and even cast out demons in the name of

Jesus, would you let him into heaven?

Most of us probably would. However,

Jesus tells us:

Many will say to me in that

day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied

in thy name? and in thy name have cast

out devils? and in thy name done many

wonderful works? And then will I profess

unto them, I never knew you: depart from

me, ye that work iniquity

(Matthew 7:21-

23).

We need to know what

God’s

requirements

ar e. We can find His

requirements in the Bible, and that is

where we all should be looking. Do we

get to heaven by following a specific

group or religion? If we are saved by

faith, is it up to us to keep that salvation

by works? What does God say?

Having

begun in the Spirit, are ye now made

perfect by the flesh?

(Galatians 3:3). Is

salvation by works or faith—or both?

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 11:6).

There are many religious groups today

that use the Bible but include some

specific beliefs that are not found in the

Bible. For some groups (and it seems

that the Seventh-day

Adventists are included

here) some of their most

prominent

and

distinctive

Seventh-day Adventism

—Paul Miller