Seventh-Day Adventism: In the Light of Scripture Rev. Robert J. Smith, Pastor Colonial Hills Baptist Church

Hebrews 4:9-11 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

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Theme Scripture 15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 1 Peter 3:15 (KJV)

Theme Interpretation 16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16 (KJV)

Theme Interpretation 15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)

World and USA Headquarters: Fact Sheet Official Name: Seventh-day Adventist Church Founder/Key Figure: Ellen G. White (1827-1915) Present Leader: Jan Paulsen, President (Born 1935 in Norvik, Norway) World and USA Headquarters: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist, Silver Spring, Maryland, Adherents: Worldwide: 15.8 Million, U.S.: 1 Million History

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9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God What is our Sabbath? 9There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God

What is our Sabbath? Sabbath Hebrew = Sabat means - rest, stop, cease from work

What is our Sabbath? 2  And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. Genesis 2:2 (KJV)

What is our Sabbath? 8  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus 20:8-11 (KJV)

Ellen G. White, The Mark of the Beast, page 23. What is our Sabbath? “Here we find the mark of the beast. The very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, on the part of the Catholic Church, without any authority from the Bible.” Ellen G. White, The Mark of the Beast, page 23.

What is our Sabbath? 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; Colossians 2:13-14 (KJV)

What is our Sabbath? 15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Colossians 2:15-17 (KJV)

What is the purpose of the Sabbath? 10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

What is the purpose of the Sabbath? 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9  Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV)

What is the purpose of the Sabbath? “The Bible teaches that those who receive the gift of Christ’s character will observe His Sabbath as a sign or seal of their spiritual experience. Thus the people who receive the last day seal of God will be Sabbath-keepers.” Erwin Gane, Seventh-Day Adventist Pastor

What is the purpose of the Sabbath? 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Mark 2:27-28 (KJV)

How do we enter the Sabbath? 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

How do we enter the Sabbath? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31 (KJV)

How do we enter the Sabbath? 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV)

How do we enter the Sabbath? 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV)