>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A
DECISION AND SAY, 'I'M JOINING A
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CHURCH', THE REASON TO PICK THE
CHURCH IS THE TEACHINGS OF THAT
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CHURCH - THE OFFICIAL TEACHINGS
OF THAT CHURCH ARE THE TEACHINGS
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YOU FIND OF JESUS IN THE BIBLE.
>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
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FACTS HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD
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THROUGH MEDIA. THIS
PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
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FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING
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FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>IT'S INTERESTING - IT SEEMS
LIKE IN RECENT MONTHS, FOR A
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VARIETY OF REASONS, SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS HAVE BEEN COMING -
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AND I EXPECT WILL BE
COMING MORE INTO THE PUBLIC EYE.
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AND SO, I THOUGHT, 'WELL, I'D
LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TRY AND
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TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST AND SOME OF THE FACTS
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AND TRY TO DEBUNK
SOME OF THE FICTION.
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AND THAT'LL BE THE TITLE OF
OUR MESSAGE TODAY: SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTISTS: FACTS AND FABLES
. SO, WHAT IS A SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST AND WHAT
MAKES US DIFFERENT?
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WELL, IN A WORD, SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS ARE, VERY SIMPLY,
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BIBLE CHRISTIANS AND, OF COURSE,
A LOT OF CHRISTIANS WILL SAY
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THAT, BUT REALLY,
THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE.
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AND IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
A CHURCH IS, LET'S GET SOMETHING
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OUT OF THE WAY
RIGHT FROM THE START.
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WHEN YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
A DENOMINATION BELIEVES, DON'T
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SAY, 'WELL I KNEW A BAPTIST
SO I KNOW WHAT BAPTISTS BELIEVE,
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BECAUSE I THINK EVERY BAPTIST
WILL ADMIT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
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GO TO BAPTIST CHURCHES
THAT DON'T VERY NICELY REPRESENT
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BAPTISTS OR DON'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
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AND THAT WILL BE TRUE OF
METHODISTS AND PRESBYTERIANS,
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AND CHURCH OF CHRIST,
AND SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
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AND SO, IF YOU WANT TO REALLY
FIND OUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE, LOOK
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IN THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS.
AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE DOCUMENTS
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OF WHAT THE SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS BELIEVE, THEY'LL TELL
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YOU VERY CLEARLY THIS IS
ONE OF OUR BAPTISMAL VOWS.
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WHEN YOU JOIN THE CHURCH YOU
SAY, 'WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS
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GOD'S INSPIRED WORD AND THAT
IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY RULE OF
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FAITH AND
PRACTICE FOR THE CHRISTIAN.
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WE BELIEVE BOTH THE OLD AND NEW
TESTAMENTS COMPRISE THE WORD OF
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GOD. WE BELIEVE AND TAKE
THE WORD OF GOD QUITE LITERALLY.
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WE BELIEVE IT'S THE INSPIRED,
INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD.
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JESUS SAID, 'HEAVEN AND EARTH
WILL PASS AWAY, MY WORD WILL NOT
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PASS AWAY.' NOW
THAT'S MATTHEW 24:35 -
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MATTHEW 4 - 'IT IS WRITTEN, MAN
SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE,
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BUT WE LIVE BY EVERY WORD
THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF
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GOD.' AND SO
EVERYTHING - WHAT THE
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PASTOR SAYS, WHAT A PROPHET
SAYS, WHAT ANYBODY SAYS - MUST
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BE MEASURED UP AGAINST
WHAT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS.
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NOW, WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, I'LL
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JUST BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, I
THOUGHT IT WAS A PECULIAR NAME.
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YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED
SAYING, 'LORD, JUST SHOW ME YOUR
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CHURCH.' BECAUSE I WORSHIPED
WITH MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND
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FOUND THAT THEY DISAGREED
ON SOME, WHAT I THOUGHT WERE,
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PIVOTAL DOCTRINES AND I - I JUST
WENT BACK UP TO THE CAVE AND I
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SAID, 'LORD, I JUST
WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
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SHOW ME.' AND I EXPECTED THAT
I'D FIND A CHURCH THAT WAS NAMED
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CHURCH OF GOD . AND
THERE ARE CHURCHES THAT
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ARE CALLED THE CHURCH OF
GOD - AND THAT'S A GREAT NAME.
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OR I'D FIND ONE THAT SAID THE
CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THERE IS A
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CHURCH CALLED
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
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THAT'S A GOOD NAME - SIMPLE.
SO WHY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST?
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WELL, IT'S VERY SIMPLE: BECAUSE,
ALONG WITH THE OTHER NINE
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COMMANDMENTS, WE BELIEVE IN
KEEPING A HUNDRED PERCENT, AND
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ONE OF THEM SAYS 'REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY' SO WE WORSHIP ON
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THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK
- SATURDAY - AS THE SABBATH.
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WE DON'T SEE EVIDENCE IN
THE BIBLE OR HISTORY THAT IT HAS
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BEEN CHANGED BY GOD.
AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO JUST
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DO WHAT GOD TELLS US
TO DO. WE FIGURE THAT
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IT'S A
COMMANDMENT. THAT'S ONE REASON.
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THE WORD ADVENTIST MEANS THAT
WE BELIEVE IN THE SOON COMING OR
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THE IMMINENT RETURN OF JESUS.
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CHRIST SAID, 'BEHOLD, I AM
COMING QUICKLY.' SEVERAL TIMES
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IN REVELATION HE
TELLS US HE'S COMING.
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IN JOHN CHAPTER 14, 'I GO TO
PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU AND IF I
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GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU
I WILL COME AGAIN.' AND SO THE
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DISCIPLES AND THE APOSTLES MADE
A GREAT PRIORITY ABOUT TALKING
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ABOUT THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE, THE
RETURN OF THE LORD, AND GETTING
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PEOPLE READY FOR THAT EVENT.
AND SO, WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A
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CHURCH THAT'S BEEN CALLED IN THE
LAST GENERATION - THE LAST AGE
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OF THE CHURCH - THE AGE
OF LAODICEA - TO PREPARE THE
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WORLD FOR THE ADVENT OF JESUS.
THAT'S ALL THAT MEANS IS - SO WE
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ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, BUT
WE'RE BIBLE CHRISTIANS AND SO
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SOMETIMES THE NAMES
CAN SOUND CONFUSING.
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A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE
FORMATION OF THE CHURCH: BACK IN
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1835 THERE WAS A GREAT REVIVAL -
IT BECAME KNOWN AS - IT WAS THE
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GREAT SECOND AWAKENING OR THE
GREAT ADVENT MOVEMENT - NOT TO
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BE CONFUSED WITH
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS WERE
NOT ORGANIZED AS A CHURCH UNTIL
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1863. I THINK THE
NAME WAS PICKED IN 1860.
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THEY WERE FORMALLY ORGANIZED
AND INCORPORATED IN 1863.
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WE'RE GOING BACK NOW
TO 1835 THROUGH 1844.
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THERE WAS A MILLERITE MOVEMENT
- WILLIAM MILLER WAS A BAPTIST.
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HE WAS AN ADVENTIST BAPTIST
AND THERE WAS A GREAT ADVENT
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MOVEMENT THAT'S KNOWN IN HISTORY
AS THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT
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WHEN, IN 1844, AND THAT OCTOBER
DATE PASSED - JESUS DIDN'T COME.
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AND SO WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE
ADVENTIST CHURCH IS THAT WE ARE
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- WE'RE SORT OF THE CO-MINGLING
OF CHRISTIANS FROM MANY
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DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS
THAT BASICALLY PUT ASIDE THEIR
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DIFFERENCES.
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BACK AFTER JESUS DIDN'T COME
IN 1844, THERE WERE BAPTISTS,
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METHODISTS, CONGREGATIONALISTS,
PRESBYTERIANS - ALL THESE
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DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND THEY
SAID, 'LET'S STUDY TOGETHER.
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WE'VE OBVIOUSLY
MISUNDERSTOOD THE WORD.
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THERE'S PROBABLY MANY OTHER
MISUNDERSTANDINGS.' IT HAD NOT
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BEEN THAT LONG SINCE THE
PROTESTANTS CAME OUT OF THE DARK
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AGES WHERE THE TRUTH WAS CAST TO
THE GROUND AND THEY SAID, 'LET'S
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STUDY.' AND IN THOSE
STUDIES FROM CHRISTIANS OF MANY
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DENOMINATIONS,
THE CHURCH DEVELOPED.
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THEY SAID, 'LET'S GET BACK TO
THE BIBLE.' THEY REALIZED THERE
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WERE SEVERAL THINGS THEY'D
BEEN FOLLOWING THAT WERE NOT
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BIBLICAL. AND SO, WHAT
DO WE BELIEVE AS A CHURCH?
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WHAT GREW OUT OF THAT BIBLE
STUDY THAT DEVELOPED US INTO THE
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CHURCH WE ARE TODAY?
WELL, ONE THING, WE BELIEVE IN
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FOLLOWING THE BIBLE, LOVING THE
LORD, AND LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR.
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WE BELIEVE IN SERVING OUR FELLOW
MAN. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS HAVE
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A WORLD-WIDE
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM.
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SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF ADRA -
THE ADVENTIST RELIEF DEVELOPMENT
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AGENCY - AND WE GO INTO
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD -
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ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S
DISASTERS - AND WE PROVIDE
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RELIEF PLUS ONGOING HELP
IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO
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ALLEVIATE THE
NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.
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JESUS SAID, 'I WAS
HUNGRY AND YOU FED ME.
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I WAS THIRSTY AND
YOU GAVE ME DRINK.
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I WAS NAKED AND YOU CLOTHED ME.
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I WAS A STRANGER
AND YOU VISITED ME.
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I WAS IN PRISON
AND YOU CAME TO ME.'
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AND CHRIST SAID, 'INASMUCH AS
YOU DO IT TO THE LEAST OF THESE,
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YOU'VE DONE IT TO ME.' SO
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE
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IN ALLEVIATING THE SUFFERING OF
HUMANITY AND THAT IS PART OF THE
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MINISTRY OF CHRIST - THAT'S
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
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AND SOME OF THE EVIDENCE OF THAT
IS THAT ALL OVER THE WORLD WE
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HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE
HEALTH AND MINISTRY WORK.
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WE HAVE HOSPITALS AND
SANITARIUMS - ACTUALLY, THERE
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ARE 171 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
HOSPITALS AND SANITARIUMS AROUND
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THE WORLD. IT IS THE LARGEST
HEALTHCARE MINISTRY - LARGEST
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CHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE
MINISTRY NEXT TO THE CATHOLICS.
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CATHOLICS HAVE A LONG HISTORY
OF MEDICAL WORK IN HOSPITALS.
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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS,
CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY
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NOT THE OLDEST PROTESTANT GROUP,
BUT WE'RE #2 WHEN IT COMES TO
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OUR UNDERSTANDING RELIEVING THE
PHYSICAL SUFFERING OF HUMANITY
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AND MINISTERING TO THE SICK
- AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE
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TREATING
14,997,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.
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ACCORDING TO THE
RESEARCH DONE NOT TOO LONG AGO,
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SOME OF YOU HEARD
OF THE BLUE ZONE STUDY?
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BECAUSE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST BELIEF THAT THE BIBLE
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TEACHES HEALTHFUL LIVING - THAT
YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE
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HOLY SPIRIT - WE NEED
TO CARE FOR OUR BODIES.
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A NUMBER OF STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
THAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS LIVE
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AN AVERAGE OF TEN YEARS
LONGER THAN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN.
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NOW, IN SOME COUNTRIES IT'S MUCH
BETTER THAN THAT, BUT IN AMERICA
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WE LIVE AN AVERAGE OF TEN YEARS
LONGER. MATTER OF FACT, I THINK
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I'VE GOT A PICTURE SOMEWHERE
THAT SHOWS - YEAH, THERE SHE IS
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- THAT'S MARGE - AT THE TIME
OF THIS PICTURE, 104 YEARS OLD.
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SOME OF YOU SAW THE NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE SECRETS OF
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LIVING LONGER . THEY
IDENTIFIED FOUR GROUPS.
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ONE OF THEM WAS
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
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THEY FOCUSED ON LOMA
LINDA, CALIFORNIA, BUT IT WASN'T
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BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE OR THEIR
GEOGRAPHY, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE
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BELIEF SYSTEM IN THIS STUDY, AND
THEY SAID SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
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CLEARLY LIVE LONGER THAN THE
AVERAGE AND IT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO
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ONE THING - THE REST AND
COMMUNITY ON THE SABBATH -
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THERE'S SOMETHING HEALTHFUL
ABOUT THAT - BUT A LOT BECAUSE
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OF THE LIFE STYLE.
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AND IT'S MUCH MORE COMMON FOR
A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST TO REACH
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100 YEARS OF AGE THAN IT IS FOR
THE AVERAGE CITIZEN, BECAUSE WE
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BELIEVE IN
CARING FOR OUR BODIES.
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WE ABSTAIN FROM UNCLEAN FOOD,
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND - ALONG
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WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER IMPORTANT
HEALTH PRACTICES - SO WE'RE A
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HEALTH-CONSCIOUS PEOPLE.
BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR TEACHINGS?
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WELL, LET'S LOOK
AT SOME OF THOSE.
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WHAT ABOUT OUR TEACHING
OF GOD? LET ME READ TO YOU
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WHAT OUR TEACHING IS.
THERE IS ONE GOD - FATHER, SON,
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AND HOLY SPIRIT - A UNITY
OF THREE CO-ETERNAL PERSONS.
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GOD IS IMMORTAL, ALL-POWERFUL,
ALL-KNOWING, ABOVE ALL, AND
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EVER-PRESENT. HE IS
INFINITE BEYOND HUMAN
00:11:01.69\00:11:03.99
COMPREHENSION, YET KNOWN
THROUGH HIS SELF-REVELATION.
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HE IS FOREVER WORTHY OF WORSHIP,
ADORATION, SERVICE - BY THE
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WHOLE CREATION. WE
BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU
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WOULD CALL THE TRINITY.
THAT WORD IS NOT FOUND IN THE
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BIBLE - THAT GOD, THE FATHER,
SON, AND SPIRIT COMPRISE GOD.
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AND SO NO, WE DON'T
BELIEVE JESUS WAS CREATED.
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WE BELIEVE ALL THINGS THAT
WERE MADE WERE MADE BY HIM.
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WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS JUST SOME ELECTRIC
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FORCE THAT GOD USES.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON.
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JESUS SAID, 'WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT
OF TRUTH IS COME, HE WILL LEAD
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YOU INTO ALL TRUTH.' AND CHRIST
IDENTIFIES HIM AS FATHER, SON,
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AND SPIRIT - BEING PART OF GOD.
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WHAT DO WE
BELIEVE ABOUT SALVATION?
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ONE OF THE MYTHS THAT I HEAR
IS THAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
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BELIEVE THAT WE'RE THE ONLY ONES
THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN HEAVEN.
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>>NO. >>DO ANY
OF YOU BELIEVE THAT
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ONLY SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS ARE GOING TO HEAVEN?
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>>NO! >>OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.
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(LAUGHTER) I HEAR PEOPLE
SAY, 'OH, ADVENTISTS, THEY THINK
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THEY'RE THE ONLY
ONES THAT ARE GOING.
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ONE REASON I JOINED THE CHURCH
IS I WAS PLEASED TO FINALLY FIND
00:12:07.79\00:12:11.76
A GROUP THAT SAID THAT
THEY BELIEVE THE LARGEST PART -
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MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS
SOMETHING ELLEN WHITE SAYS IN
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THE BOOK GREAT CONTROVERSY : THE
GREATEST PART - NOT THE SMALLEST
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PART - THE GREATEST PART OF
CHRIST'S TRUE FOLLOWERS ARE IN
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THE FELLOWSHIP OF
OTHER DENOMINATIONS.
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I SAID, 'OH, THAT'S REFRESHING.'
I DON'T AGREE WITH ALL OF THE
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TEACHINGS, BUT GOD KNOWS THEIR
HEARTS AND THAT THERE ARE MANY
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PEOPLE IN THESE OTHER CHURCHES
AND THEY LOVE HIM AND THEY WALK
00:12:33.25\00:12:35.38
IN THE LIGHT THEY'VE GOT AND
THEY'RE GOD'S CHILDREN AND HIS
00:12:35.42\00:12:38.62
SPIRIT WORKS IN THEM AND
GOD ANSWERS THEIR PRAYERS, BUT
00:12:38.65\00:12:42.32
THEOLOGICALLY THEY MAY
BE WRONG ON SOME THINGS.
00:12:42.36\00:12:44.79
I'M IN THIS CHURCH BECAUSE
I BELIEVE IT'S THEOLOGICALLY
00:12:44.83\00:12:48.10
CLOSER TO THE BIBLE. >>AMEN.
00:12:48.13\00:12:50.27
>>BUT THE SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS, I THINK, THERE'S
00:12:50.30\00:12:52.07
MORE TO IT THAN
THAT. DO WE BELIEVE WE'RE
00:12:52.10\00:12:55.04
SAVED BY WORKS
OR FAITH? >>FAITH.
00:12:55.07\00:12:58.07
>>SALVATION - EPHESIANS 2 - "FOR
BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED
00:12:58.11\00:13:01.38
THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT
OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF
00:13:01.41\00:13:03.95
GOD," - DO WE ALL
BELIEVE THAT? >>YES.
00:13:03.98\00:13:05.98
>>DOES ANYONE BELIEVE WE'RE
SAVED BY KEEPING THE SABBATH?
00:13:06.01\00:13:08.05
>>NO. >>OR ANY COMMAND - NO.
00:13:08.08\00:13:09.65
AND IT SAYS THIS IN OUR
TEACHINGS: 'WE ACCEPT THE DEATH
00:13:09.68\00:13:11.99
OF JESUS CHRIST ON CALVARY
AS THE ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR
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SINS AND BELIEVE, THROUGH FAITH
IN HIS SHED BLOOD, I AM SAVED
00:13:15.69\00:13:19.59
FROM SIN AND ITS PENALTY.'
IT IS THROUGH FAITH ALONE WE ARE
00:13:19.63\00:13:23.13
SAVED. WE ALL
BELIEVE THAT. AND SO,
00:13:23.16\00:13:25.07
ONE OF THE MYTHS OUT THERE IS
THAT WE SOMEHOW BELIEVE BY NOT
00:13:25.10\00:13:27.67
EATING PORK WE'RE SAVED, OR
EATING MORE GARLIC - YOU'VE ALL
00:13:27.70\00:13:33.78
MET PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY GARLIC, HAVEN'T
00:13:33.81\00:13:36.31
YOU? (LAUGHTER) AND THEY COME TO
CHURCH AND SIT IN THEIR OWN PEW
00:13:36.34\00:13:40.08
- AND THAT'S A PUN.
(LAUGHTER) IT'S THROUGH FAITH.
00:13:40.12\00:13:46.02
NOW, WITH THAT, I SHOULD
PROBABLY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE
00:13:46.05\00:13:48.89
LAW AND THE SABBATH. WE
DO NOT KEEP THE LAW TO BE
00:13:48.92\00:13:53.46
SAVED, WE KEEP THE
LAW BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED.
00:13:53.50\00:13:55.53
>>AMEN. >>JESUS
SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE
00:13:55.56\00:13:57.33
ME' - WHAT COMES
FIRST? LOVE FOR ME.
00:13:57.37\00:13:59.33
'IF YOU LOVE ME' - DO
WHAT? >>KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
00:13:59.37\00:14:02.34
>>KEEP COMMANDMENTS. IF
ANYONE SAYS YOU LOVE THE
00:14:02.37\00:14:03.74
LORD AND YOU DON'T KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS, JOHN SAYS YOU'RE
00:14:03.77\00:14:05.84
A LIAR AND THE
TRUTH IS NOT IN YOU.
00:14:05.87\00:14:07.94
AND THAT WOULDN'T MEAN 50% OR
80% - WE BELIEVE 100%, INCLUDING
00:14:07.98\00:14:12.45
THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN CHANGED.
00:14:12.48\00:14:16.02
AND, OF COURSE, YOU FIND THAT IN
EXODUS 20, "REMEMBER THE SABBATH
00:14:16.05\00:14:20.19
DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY."
WOULDN'T IT SEEM ODD TO YOU
00:14:20.22\00:14:23.06
THAT GOD WOULD SAY THE ONE
COMMANDMENT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
00:14:23.09\00:14:27.23
REALLY FORGET ABOUT IS THE ONLY
COMMANDMENT HE SAID TO REMEMBER.
00:14:27.30\00:14:30.40
>>RIGHT? >>HE SAYS,
'REMEMBER THE SABBATH
00:14:30.43\00:14:32.37
DAY' AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE
HE SAYS, 'WELL, BUT THAT'S THE
00:14:32.40\00:14:35.80
ONE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
FORGET.' NO, HE'S VERY CLEAR.
00:14:35.84\00:14:38.84
AND SO WE BELIEVE
THAT. WE BELIEVE IN
00:14:38.87\00:14:41.31
KEEPING ALL OF THEM. I
DON'T BELIEVE I'M SAVED MORE
00:14:41.34\00:14:44.81
BY KEEPING THE SEVENTH-DAY
SABBATH THAN I AM BY NOT
00:14:44.85\00:14:48.02
COMMITTING ADULTERY - OR BY
NOT STEALING OR LYING - IT'S ALL
00:14:48.05\00:14:51.82
PART OF GOD'S LAW AND IF WE LOVE
THE LORD WE'RE GOING TO WANT
00:14:51.85\00:14:54.79
TO KEEP HIS
COMMANDMENTS. >>AMEN.
00:14:54.82\00:14:57.26
>>IN MARK CHAPTER 16 JESUS
SAID, 'WHOEVER BELIEVES AND IS
00:14:57.29\00:15:00.96
BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED.'
AND THEN, IN JOHN CHAPTER 3,
00:15:00.96\00:15:04.57
JESUS ALSO SAID, 'UNLESS
YOU'RE BORN OF THE WATER AND THE
00:15:04.60\00:15:08.00
SPIRIT, YOU YOU CANNOT
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
00:15:08.04\00:15:10.87
SO, HOW IMPORTANT IS
BAPTISM? DOES IT MATTER HOW
00:15:10.91\00:15:13.81
YOU'RE BAPTIZED?
HOW OLD DOES A PERSON
00:15:13.84\00:15:16.28
NEED TO BE TO BE BAPTIZED?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
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ELSE, BECAUSE GOD'S
MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION.
00:15:43.07\00:15:47.88
>>NOW SOMETHING THAT IS
ADMITTEDLY DIFFERENT FROM
00:15:47.91\00:15:50.31
TYPICAL EVANGELICALS WITH THE
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IS OUR
00:15:50.35\00:15:53.31
UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE.
00:15:53.35\00:15:56.55
WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN A
PERSON DIES, THAT THEY SLEEP A
00:15:56.58\00:16:02.22
DREAMLESS, PEACEFUL SLEEP - AN
UNCONSCIOUS SLEEP IN THE GRAVE -
00:16:02.26\00:16:05.89
UNTIL THE RESURRECTION.
00:16:05.93\00:16:07.40
'BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT
VERSE IN THE BIBLE, PASTOR DOUG?
00:16:07.40\00:16:09.93
IT SAYS, IN 2 CORINTHIANS 5:8,
"...TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY
00:16:09.96\00:16:13.37
AND TO BE
PRESENT WITH THE LORD."
00:16:13.40\00:16:14.94
AND AS SOON AS YOU DIE YOU,
YOU GET USHERED OFF TO ABRAHAM'S
00:16:14.97\00:16:18.51
BOSOM OR SOMEWHERE IN SPIRIT
FORM AND THEN WHEN JESUS COMES
00:16:18.54\00:16:21.31
BACK YOU'LL GET THE BODY AND
THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE JUDGMENT.'
00:16:21.34\00:16:24.55
WE JUST DON'T
FIND THAT'S BIBLICAL.
00:16:24.58\00:16:26.82
FIRST OF ALL, IT IS TRUE THAT TO
BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY IS TO BE
00:16:26.85\00:16:30.79
PRESENT WITH THE LORD.
MEANING, IF YOU'RE SAVED, AND
00:16:30.82\00:16:34.22
YOU SHOULD DIE, YOUR
NEXT CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE
00:16:34.26\00:16:38.03
RESURRECTION AND THE
PRESENCE OF THE LORD.
00:16:38.06\00:16:40.26
THERE'S NO AWARENESS OF TIME FOR
YOU AND SO - GOD LIVES IN ALL
00:16:40.30\00:16:44.70
DIMENSIONS OF TIME - BUT YOU
AND I, WE LIVE IN TIME AND THE
00:16:44.73\00:16:49.64
RESURRECTION
HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
00:16:49.67\00:16:51.41
DO WE ALL AGREE? >>RIGHT.
00:16:51.44\00:16:52.64
>>CHRIST SAID, 'I'LL RAISE HIM
UP THE LAST DAY.' VERY CLEAR.
00:16:52.67\00:16:56.81
JESUS SAID, 'IN THE LAST DAY.'
THE JUDGMENT HASN'T HAPPENED
00:16:56.85\00:17:00.22
YET. THE IDEA
THAT PEOPLE GO RIGHT TO
00:17:00.25\00:17:01.68
HELL OR HEAVEN AS SOON AS THEY
DIE, BEFORE THE RESURRECTION,
00:17:01.72\00:17:04.25
BEFORE THE
JUDGMENT IS NOT BIBLICAL.
00:17:04.29\00:17:07.42
AND SO, YES, WE ARE IN
THAT GROUP AND WE'RE NOT ALONE.
00:17:07.46\00:17:10.43
THAT WAS THE BELIEF OF MANY
OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMERS, BUT
00:17:10.46\00:17:15.76
SOME OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL - THE
TEACHINGS OF THE DARK AGES THAT
00:17:15.80\00:17:20.37
WERE IN THE CHURCH, CREPT
INTO THE PROTESTANT CHURCHES.
00:17:20.40\00:17:23.07
LET ME GIVE YOU A QUOTE -
AND THIS IS FROM MARTIN LUTHER -
00:17:23.10\00:17:26.81
THIS IS ACTUALLY
WRITTEN BY THE LUTHERAN SCHOLAR
00:17:26.84\00:17:29.64
DR. A.T. CANTONIN IN HIS
BOOK THE CHRISTIAN HOPE, P. 37 ,
00:17:29.68\00:17:35.12
"FOR JUST AS ONE WHO
FALLS ASLEEP AND REACHES MORNING
00:17:35.15\00:17:38.32
UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN HE AWAKES
WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO
00:17:38.35\00:17:41.39
HIM, WE SHALL SUDDENLY RISE,
ON THE LAST DAY, WITHOUT KNOWING
00:17:41.42\00:17:45.53
HOW WE HAVE COME INTO
DEATH OR THROUGH DEATH."
00:17:45.56\00:17:48.63
THAT WAS THE TEACHING OF LUTHER.
00:17:48.66\00:17:50.57
HE BELIEVED YOU SLEPT IN
THE GRAVE, UNCONSCIOUSLY, BUT HE
00:17:50.60\00:17:54.00
BELIEVED YOUR NEXT CONSCIOUS
THOUGHT WAS THE RESURRECTION OF
00:17:54.04\00:17:56.14
THE LORD - OR THE RESURRECTION
- THE COMING OF THE LORD.
00:17:56.17\00:17:58.71
THAT'S ALSO WHAT
WILLIAM TYNDALE BELIEVED.
00:17:58.74\00:18:01.21
YOU'VE HEARD OF THE
TYNDALE BIBLE TRANSLATORS.
00:18:01.24\00:18:03.55
MANY OF THESE EVANGELICALS WOULD
BE SURPRISED HOW MANY OF THE
00:18:03.58\00:18:07.28
GREAT REFORMERS BELIEVED EXACTLY
WHAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
00:18:07.32\00:18:09.75
BELIEVE ABOUT
THE SUBJECT OF DEATH.
00:18:09.78\00:18:12.12
THE BIBLE IS VERY CLEAR: "FOR
THE LIVING KNOW THAT THEY WILL
00:18:12.15\00:18:14.29
DIE;" - ECCLESIASTES 9:5 -
"BUT THE DEAD KNOW NOTHING."
00:18:14.32\00:18:18.26
IT IS THE LIVING
THAT PRAISE THE LORD.
00:18:18.29\00:18:20.83
THOSE THAT DIE, IT SAYS IN THE
DAY THEIR BREATH GOES FORTH -
00:18:20.86\00:18:23.63
PSALM 146 'THEIR THOUGHTS
PERISH' - THEY STOP THINKING.
00:18:23.67\00:18:27.90
THEY'RE NOT THINKING
ANYTHING. THEY'RE SLEEPING.
00:18:27.94\00:18:29.87
THERE ARE ABOUT TWELVE
RESURRECTIONS IN THE BIBLE - OLD
00:18:29.90\00:18:32.81
AND NEW TESTAMENT. ARE
YOU AWARE THAT IN EVERY ONE
00:18:32.84\00:18:35.84
OF THOSE CASES NONE OF THOSE
RESURRECTED EVER MADE A SINGLE
00:18:35.88\00:18:39.35
COMMENT ABOUT KNOWING
ANYTHING WHEN THEY DIED?
00:18:39.38\00:18:42.45
WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT THE
FIRST QUESTION THAT WOULD BE
00:18:42.48\00:18:45.09
ASKED WHEN SOMEONE WAS DEAD AND
THEY WERE RAISED IS, 'WHAT DID
00:18:45.12\00:18:48.56
YOU SEE? WHAT
DID YOU EXPERIENCE?
00:18:48.59\00:18:50.86
WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
WHAT DID YOU FEEL?'
00:18:50.89\00:18:53.16
BUT THE RECORD OF THE BIBLE IS
THAT NONE OF THEM HAVE ANYTHING
00:18:53.19\00:18:55.60
TO SAY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE
DURING DEATH BECAUSE THE DEAD
00:18:55.63\00:18:59.17
DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
00:18:59.20\00:19:02.27
BUT THAT FLIES IN THE FACE OF
WHAT SOME CHRISTIANS HAVE HEARD
00:19:02.30\00:19:06.47
FOR YEARS. AND I
KNOW IT TROUBLES PEOPLE
00:19:06.51\00:19:08.91
BECAUSE THEY SAY, 'YOU KNOW, I
LOST MY HUSBAND AND I JUST FEEL
00:19:08.94\00:19:11.48
HIS PRESENCE WITH ME AND' - YOU
KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THOSE MEMORIES.
00:19:11.51\00:19:15.95
I'M SURE THEY'RE VERY
PRECIOUS, BUT THEY'RE SLEEPING.
00:19:15.98\00:19:18.82
AND SOME OF US KNOW LOVED ONES
THAT HAVE DIED THAT MAYBE DIDN'T
00:19:18.85\00:19:21.92
KNOW THE LORD. I HOPE
YOU FIND RELIEF IN THE
00:19:21.96\00:19:25.83
KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE NOT
ROASTING WHILE YOU WALK THE
00:19:25.86\00:19:28.70
EARTH. THAT'S WHY, ON MANY
OF THE ANCIENT GRAVES IT SAYS,
00:19:28.73\00:19:32.67
'R.I.P.' WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN? REST IN PEACE.
00:19:32.70\00:19:36.17
THEY'RE SLEEPING - DREAMLESS
SLEEP UNTIL THE RESURRECTION.
00:19:36.20\00:19:39.61
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT IS
ADMITTEDLY DIFFERENT ABOUT THE
00:19:39.64\00:19:42.31
ADVENTIST BELIEF.
CONNECTED WITH THAT IS OUR
00:19:42.34\00:19:45.05
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HELLFIRE.
OKAY, WE'VE BEEN ACCUSED
00:19:45.08\00:19:51.22
'SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
DO NOT BELIEVE IN HELL.'
00:19:51.25\00:19:54.09
LET ME ASK YOU, DO
WE BELIEVE IN HELL?
00:19:54.12\00:19:56.32
>>YES. >>OKAY. IS HELL HOT?
00:19:56.36\00:19:59.19
>>YES. >>WILL THE
LOST BURN IN HELL?
00:19:59.23\00:20:02.43
>>YES. >>MATTER
OF FACT, OUR HELL IS
00:20:02.46\00:20:04.43
HOTTER THAN THE BAPTIST HELL
(LAUGHTER) BECAUSE THE BAPTIST
00:20:04.47\00:20:07.54
HELL JUST SORT OF SIMMERS
THEM FOREVER AND OUR HELL BURNS
00:20:07.57\00:20:11.01
THEM UP. (LAUGHTER) THEY DON'T
00:20:11.04\00:20:13.41
BURN FOREVER AND EVER.
AND I KNOW THAT'S DIFFERENT.
00:20:13.44\00:20:17.18
DURING THE DARK AGES IT WAS VERY
PROFITABLE FOR THE CHURCH TO
00:20:17.21\00:20:20.05
SCARE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
WITS WITH THE IDEA OF THE WICKED
00:20:20.08\00:20:27.19
BEING TORMENTED
FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER.
00:20:27.22\00:20:30.83
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE - AND THEY
SAY AS SOON AS YOU DIE THEY GO
00:20:30.86\00:20:34.93
TO TORMENT - THEY HAVEN'T EVEN
BEEN JUDGED YET AND THEY GO TO
00:20:34.93\00:20:36.90
HELL TO BURN FOREVER AND EVER
AND EVER FOR THE SINS OF ONE
00:20:36.93\00:20:42.80
LIFETIME. THIS IS NOT
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES.
00:20:42.84\00:20:46.07
JESUS SAID THERE ARE TWO
CHOICES: BELIEVE AND LIVE;
00:20:46.11\00:20:53.21
THE DEVIL SAID, 'YOU WILL NOT
SURELY DIE.' THAT DOCTRINE THAT
00:20:53.25\00:20:56.85
YOU JUST BURN FOREVER AND
EVER COMES FROM THE DEVIL.
00:20:56.89\00:20:59.49
GOD SAID, 'IN THE DAY YOU SIN
YOU WILL DIE.' LIFE IS A GIFT.
00:20:59.52\00:21:04.99
GOD DOESN'T GIVE ETERNAL LIFE
- WHERE IN THE BIBLE DOES IT SAY
00:21:05.03\00:21:07.13
THAT EVERYBODY HAS IMMORTALITY?
00:21:07.20\00:21:09.96
WHEN JESUS COMES, THEN 'THIS
MORTAL WILL PUT ON IMMORTALITY.'
00:21:10.00\00:21:14.64
GOD AND GOD
ONLY HAS IMMORTALITY.
00:21:14.67\00:21:17.11
THE IDEA THAT SINNERS ARE
IMMORTAL - WELL, THE DEVIL WOULD
00:21:17.14\00:21:20.24
LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE
EVEN HE WILL BE CAST INTO THE
00:21:20.28\00:21:22.31
LAKE OF FIRE, BUT
HE'S NOT IMMORTAL.
00:21:22.34\00:21:25.75
ONLY GOD IS IMMORTAL.
GOD GIVES US THE GIFT OF
00:21:25.78\00:21:28.65
IMMORTALITY IN THE RESURRECTION.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
00:21:28.68\00:21:31.72
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE
WICKED ARE CAST INTO HELL.
00:21:31.75\00:21:33.89
HELL IS REAL.
IT'S GOING TO BURN.
00:21:33.92\00:21:35.49
EVERYONE IS PUNISHED ACCORDING
TO WHAT THEY DESERVE, BUT THE
00:21:35.52\00:21:38.66
BIBLE SAYS THEY ARE CONSUMED
- MALACHI CHAPTER 4 - THEY ARE
00:21:38.69\00:21:42.23
BURNT UP. IN
REVELATION 20 IT SAYS FIRE
00:21:42.26\00:21:44.77
COMES DOWN FROM
HEAVEN AND DEVOURS THEM.
00:21:44.80\00:21:47.57
THE SCRIPTURES ARE VERY CLEAR
THAT THE WICKED BURN UP IN HELL.
00:21:47.60\00:21:51.31
BY THE WAY, THIS WAS THE BELIEF
OF JOHN STOTT, WHO WAS PROBABLY
00:21:51.34\00:21:56.88
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL EVANGELICAL
THEOLOGIAN IN THE LAST CENTURY.
00:21:56.91\00:22:02.75
HE FIRMLY BELIEVED IN WHAT
WE CALL ANNIHILATION - THAT THE
00:22:02.78\00:22:07.29
WICKED WILL BE BURNT UP. AND,
YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M RELIEVED.
00:22:07.32\00:22:10.39
I NEED TO BE HONEST AND TELL
YOU THAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
00:22:10.43\00:22:12.99
DON'T REALLY HOLD A
MONOPOLY ON THAT TEACHING.
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.46
MORE AND MORE EVANGELICALS I AM
MEETING - MATTER OF FACT, I MEET
00:22:15.50\00:22:19.37
SOME OF THEM AT THESE RELIGIOUS
BROADCASTER MEETINGS AND THEY
00:22:19.40\00:22:21.77
COME UP AND THEY LOOK AROUND TO
MAKE SURE NOBODY'S LISTENING AND
00:22:21.80\00:22:24.54
THEY'LL SAY, 'I AGREE WITH YOU
ON THE SUBJECT OF HELL.' THEY
00:22:24.57\00:22:28.01
SAID, 'YOU CAN'T PROVE THE OTHER
FROM THE BIBLE.' AND THERE ARE
00:22:28.04\00:22:32.48
PENTECOSTALS, BAPTISTS,
PRESBYTERIANS, METHODISTS - MORE
00:22:32.51\00:22:36.48
AND MORE LEADING SCHOLARS IN
THESE CHURCHES REALIZE THAT THE
00:22:36.52\00:22:40.32
IDEA OF THE ETERNAL TORMENT
OF THE LOST IS - WAS A MEDIEVAL
00:22:40.36\00:22:45.16
THEOLOGY THAT HAD KIND OF
COME OVER INTO THE EVANGELICAL
00:22:45.19\00:22:48.50
CHURCHES. IT'S
NOT WHAT JESUS TAUGHT.
00:22:48.53\00:22:51.70
ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG HERE.
00:22:51.73\00:22:54.30
ANOTHER INTERESTING BELIEF
IS REGARDING THE SANCTUARY.
00:22:54.34\00:22:57.27
NOW, YOU KNOW, THE REASON - WHAT
I'M DOING IS I'M HIGHLIGHTING
00:22:57.31\00:22:59.64
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
ARE UNIQUE ABOUT SEVENTH-DAY
00:22:59.67\00:23:02.28
ADVENTISTS. IN
MANY WAYS WE'RE TYPICAL
00:23:02.31\00:23:04.71
CHRISTIANS AND BELIEVE AND
DO THE TYPICAL CHRISTIAN THINGS,
00:23:04.75\00:23:08.05
BUT SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT JESUS
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.35
IS OUR HIGH
PRIEST. AND DOESN'T THE
00:23:10.39\00:23:12.22
BIBLE TEACH THIS? AND
THAT THERE IS A LITERAL
00:23:12.25\00:23:14.89
DWELLING PLACE OF GOD KNOWN
AS THE SANCTUARY IN HEAVEN.
00:23:14.92\00:23:18.16
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
IT. HEBREWS IS VERY CLEAR.
00:23:18.19\00:23:21.43
AND THAT CHRIST HAS ENTERED INTO
THE LAST PHASE OF HIS WORK OF
00:23:21.46\00:23:25.57
REDEMPTION. YES, HE DIED ONCE.
HE WAS SACRIFICED ONCE, BUT HE
00:23:25.60\00:23:29.60
HASN'T CEASED
WORKING AS OUR HIGH PRIEST.
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.77
IF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS IS
TOTALLY OVER, THEN WHY HASN'T HE
00:23:31.81\00:23:34.81
COME BACK?
WHAT'S GOD WAITING FOR?
00:23:34.84\00:23:37.15
IF IT'S ALL OVER,
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?
00:23:37.18\00:23:39.48
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT OVER YET AND
CHRIST IS CONTINUING HIS WORK -
00:23:39.51\00:23:43.92
HIS INTERCESSION - HIS
MEDIATION AS OUR HIGH PRIEST.
00:23:43.95\00:23:47.32
IF YOU LOOK IN HEBREWS 8:1 AND
2, "NOW THIS IS THE MAIN POINT
00:23:47.36\00:23:51.13
OF THE THINGS WE ARE SAYING: WE
HAVE SUCH A HIGH PRIEST, WHO IS
00:23:51.16\00:23:54.20
SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF
THE THRONE OF THE MAJESTY IN THE
00:23:54.23\00:23:56.63
HEAVENS, A MINISTER OF
THE SANCTUARY AND OF THE TRUE
00:23:56.67\00:23:59.57
TABERNACLE WHICH THE
LORD ERECTED, AND NOT MAN."
00:23:59.60\00:24:03.71
LIKE MOST CHRISTIANS, SEVENTH-
DAY ADVENTISTS CELEBRATE
00:24:03.74\00:24:06.78
THE COMMUNION. WE
USE UNLEAVENED BREAD AND
00:24:06.81\00:24:10.18
UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE.
THAT WOULD BE THE SAME AS
00:24:10.21\00:24:13.21
METHODISTS, BAPTISTS, MOST -
SOME CHURCHES - PRESBYTERIAN,
00:24:13.25\00:24:16.42
CATHOLIC USE
FERMENTED GRAPE JUICE.
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.15
WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS A TYPE
OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, WHICH IS
00:24:18.19\00:24:20.86
UNPOLLUTED AND IS TO BE
PURE. IT SHOULD BE UNFERMENTED.
00:24:20.89\00:24:25.06
AND HERE'S THE QUESTION - YOU
MIGHT SAY, 'WELL, PASTOR DOUG,
00:24:25.09\00:24:30.37
I'VE HEARD - SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS - I'VE HEARD THAT
00:24:30.40\00:24:32.00
YOU'RE A CULT.' HAVE
YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?
00:24:32.03\00:24:36.44
IF THE LORD DID HAVE A UNIQUE
CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS THAT HAD
00:24:36.47\00:24:42.11
A REVIVAL OF BIBLICAL TRUTH,
AND IF YOU WERE THE DEVIL,
00:24:42.14\00:24:46.28
HOW WOULD YOU
WANT TO PORTRAY THEM?
00:24:46.31\00:24:49.02
WOULDN'T YOU DO EVERYTHING
YOU COULD TO SMEAR THAT NAME?
00:24:49.05\00:24:53.19
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THAT'S WHAT
THEY DID TO JESUS WHEN HE WALKED
00:24:53.22\00:24:55.62
THE EARTH? THEY
ACCUSED PAUL OF THAT.
00:24:55.66\00:24:58.33
LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT
PAUL. THEY CALLED HIM A HERETIC.
00:24:58.36\00:25:00.96
ACTS 24:5, "FOR WE HAVE FOUND
THIS MAN A PLAGUE, A CREATOR OF
00:25:01.00\00:25:04.73
DISSENSION AMONG ALL THE
JEWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND A
00:25:04.77\00:25:07.30
RINGLEADER OF THE SECT" -
THE CULT - "OF THE NAZARENES."
00:25:07.34\00:25:11.64
AND THEY PORTRAYED PAUL IN
THE MOST VIOLENT AND OUTRAGEOUS
00:25:11.67\00:25:14.28
TERMS. ACTS
24:14 - PAUL SAID, "BUT
00:25:14.31\00:25:17.85
THIS I CONFESS TO YOU, THAT
ACCORDING TO THE WAY WHICH THEY
00:25:17.88\00:25:20.82
CALL A SECT, SO I WORSHIP THE
GOD OF MY FATHERS, BELIEVING ALL
00:25:20.85\00:25:24.19
THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN
THE LAW AND IN THE PROPHETS."
00:25:24.22\00:25:26.69
AND FRIENDS, THAT'S WHY
I'M A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.
00:25:26.72\00:25:28.69
SOME WILL CALL IT A CULT, BUT
I WILL BE HAPPY TO STAND TOE TO
00:25:28.72\00:25:31.66
TOE WITH A PASTOR FROM ANY
CHURCH AND SAY, 'HERE'S WHY I
00:25:31.69\00:25:35.03
BELIEVE WHAT I BELIEVE.
NOW LET ME CHALLENGE WHAT
00:25:35.06\00:25:37.60
YOU BELIEVE FROM THE
BIBLE.' >>THAT'S RIGHT.
00:25:37.63\00:25:40.40
>>IT'S ALL ABOUT CAN YOU
PROVE IT FROM THE SCRIPTURES?
00:25:40.44\00:25:43.04
NOW I RESPECT THAT DIFFERENT
PEOPLE ARE CONVINCED DIFFERENTLY
00:25:43.07\00:25:46.07
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE, AS JESUS COMES
00:25:46.11\00:25:50.78
BACK, THERE'S GOING TO BE A
GREAT SHAKING IN OUR WORLD AND
00:25:50.81\00:25:54.22
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
CALLED INTO BIBLICAL FAITH.
00:25:54.25\00:25:58.99
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN, FRIENDS, BUT
00:25:59.02\00:26:01.69
SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHAKING.
00:26:01.72\00:26:04.53
IT'LL AFFECT OUR CHURCH, IT'LL
AFFECT THE WHOLE WORLD, AND
00:26:04.56\00:26:07.23
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
BE SEARCHING FOR GOD.
00:26:07.30\00:26:09.23
MEN'S HEARTS FAILING FOR FEAR -
THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME
00:26:09.26\00:26:12.17
OF TROUBLE AND A SMALL TIME OF
TROUBLE AND, DURING THIS SMALL
00:26:12.20\00:26:15.40
TIME OF TROUBLE, I THINK THERE'S
GOING TO BE THE OUTPOURING OF
00:26:15.44\00:26:18.27
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:26:18.31\00:26:19.54
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DIGGING
IN THE BIBLE LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
00:26:19.57\00:26:22.18
GOD'S PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
BROUGHT BEFORE KINGS AND RULERS
00:26:22.21\00:26:24.91
OF THE WORLD TO
GIVE A TESTIMONY.
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.85
WE INVITE PEOPLE TO STUDY
THE WORD FOR THEMSELVES AND MAKE
00:26:27.88\00:26:31.19
SURE YOU'RE
BUILDING ON THE ROCK.
00:26:31.22\00:26:32.69
JESUS SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE A
STORM COMING AND THE ONLY HOUSE
00:26:32.72\00:26:35.89
THAT'S GOING TO SURVIVE IS
THE ONE THAT IS BUILT ON THE
00:26:35.92\00:26:38.29
FOUNDATION OF GOD - CHRIST'S
TEACHING - AND HIS WORD. AMEN?
00:26:38.33\00:26:43.80
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