Seventh Day Adventist by R. Cheatham and J. Pope

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Seventh Day AdventistJune 15, 2011

The Seventh Day Adventist is a denomination. It’s not a church that was founded by

our Lord and Savior “Jesus Christ”. In this paper we will take a look at who started this

organization, when it was started and where this organization was started. I will take the

information that is found and compare it to the scriptures in the Bible that clearly tells us

what the Church of Christ is.

William Miller who lived from 1782-1849 studied Christianity and he was convinced

that he knew when the world was coming to an end. He stated that the second coming of

Christ would be sometime between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844. When his

prediction did not come true he slowly left his leadership position and later died in 1849.

The group also became known as Adventists, Millerites and The Great Disappointment .

On May 21, 1863 James and Ellen White along with Joseph Bates formed a small

group of Baptist, Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian believers in Washington,

New Hampshire. It was then that this organization became formally known as Seventh

Day Adventist. In 1919 this organization split even more. A man by the name of Victor

Houteff joined this organization and he claims to have found errors in the teachings of the

previous leaders so the organization split in 1929. A new sector was formed and they

were known as the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist . Later on another split occurred

which resulted in the formation of an organization called Students of the Seven Seals.

In conclusion, the Bible, which is God’s word, doesn’t mention any of these

organizational names. This is important for nonmembers of the Church of Christ to know

and understand so that they can be baptized in the Lord’s church. There is only one way




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to get to Heaven and you must be clear on how that process is to be done if you want to

be saved.

The Seventh Day Adventist follows the Old Testament with their beliefs. They

believe in keeping the Sabbath day holy. They believe that since God rested on the

Sabbath day when he created the Heavens and Earth that we should rest on that day and

keep that day holy. We know from the Bible that the Old Testament Laws were nailed to

the cross with Jesus so we are no longer under this commandment.

There are three points that I would like to bring out to show that neither the Seventh

Day Adventist nor any of the organizations arising from the Seventh Day Adventist is

authorized by God.

1. The Bible only references one Church (Matt 16:18). This scripture says, “That

thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church: and the gates of hell

shall not prevail against it”. It is clear that when Jesus is speaking and he uses the

terminology “my” he is speaking of one church because “my” is singular .

2. In Acts 2:47 it states the following, “Praising God and having favor with all the

people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” Theleaders and followers of the Seventh Day Adventist organizations joined the

organization. They were not added. Also the scripture says the Lord must add

you to the church not man.

3. Acts chapter 2 also speaks about the day of Pentecost when the 3000 souls wereadded to the church. This tells us that the Church of Christ was already in

existence. The Seventh Day Adventist organization was formed in 1863 (traced

back to the 19th

Century). This clearly tells us that the Seventh Day Adventist can

not be the Church of Christ because it didn’t come into existence till 1863 and the

Church of Christ was already formed.




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This topic is relevant to me, my classmates, those in and out of the church. It’s an

important topic because if we know the background of the Seventh Day Adventist it helps

us to determine that this is NOT the Church of Christ. With this knowledge we can also

use it to teach others and show others the difference between the truth and false doctrine.




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Sources

The Bible, King James Version

www.religioustolerance.org

www.adventist.org

www.sdanet.org

http://www.religioustolerance.org/


http://www.adventist.org/


http://www.sdanet.org/





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