Reasoning from Scripture
This is a heartfelt plea to the people of God to read and study Scripture and the Spirit of Prophecy writings, and to conform their lives to the divine thoughts and feelings revealed there. Only then will God see His character in His people, and return to take them to Himself, thus bringing the present scene of misery to an end.
The loving acts of our Lord extended to all, regardless of their beliefs or practices, but in no way does this imply that acceptance within Christ’s kingdom is open to all, regardless of what they choose to believe or how they choose to live.
The election of the first American pope gives every evidence of highlighting the prophetic interplay between the two symbolic beasts of Revelation 13.
Grace is the underlying and overarching theme of the Bible story, the heartbeat of its doctrinal and moral imperatives and the rationale of its prophetic revelations.
Don’t fall for the trap that people set up when they say, “It’s not possible to keep the commandments. It’s not possible to live a perfect life.” While it is true that you cannot live a perfect life on your own, with the robe of Christ’s righteousness covering us and His power living within us, we are able to follow where He leads.
The recent and very public departure from Adventism of a prominent figure in Adventist media ministry has again raised the issue of the assurance of salvation and how it relates to the classic Seventh-day Adventist doctrine of the investigative judgment. What does the Bible say?
“Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud” (James 5:3-4).
In a word, no. Genuine revival and reformation through a return to the inspired blueprint will rescue Seventh-day Adventist education with an impassioned recovery of the church’s doctrinal and practical mission, as set forth in Scripture and the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy.
The scope of grace and perfection is again in the spotlight. What does the written counsel of God say?
The church is not obligated to legally or publicly defend any sort of conviction or practice on the part of its members, merely because it is claimed that such convictions or practices are based on the conscience. Only those conscientious choices, convictions, or practices sustained by the written counsel of God (Isa. 8:20; Acts 17:11) merit the public endorsement of the church and the commitment of church resources so far as the legal defense and protection of members’ conduct is concerned.
Our God is a God of invitation—He never forces or demands, but warmly, earnestly invites.
The question is, Who does the imparting?