SDA/Catholics--Partners in the
Right Arm of the Message!
Click to go to our Home PageDear Reader, The New Movement SDA Church is in league (business
partnership) with the Catholics. The church has denied this saying that they
pulled out of that liaison, but here is confirmation I received in the form
of a Google alert on Sunday, April 13, 2008. Imagine a non-Adventist reading this (below Internet blog) on a Sunday morning, and then attending an Evangelistic series dubbing the Catholics as the Beast power of Revelation 13, and the great whore of Revelation 17 and 19 before the series is over! It becomes a bit of a conflict of interest to be in business partnership with the world class whore and calling people out from her! Google
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Now imagine a devout new convert to Adventism reading the following Scriptures and statements by Ellen White and comparing them with the church’s role of business partnership with Mother Babylon: Ellen White said that the health message and our health-care institutions
are the right arm of the three angel’s message. How can God approve of and
bless the “right arm” of that so crucial commission to the church it it be linked in business partnership with Roman
Catholicism? Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: Rev 19:2 For true and righteous [are] his judgments:
for he hath judged the great whore, which did
corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his
servants at her hand. Business Partnership and
Surety for Unbelievers I saw that God was displeased with His
people for becoming surety for unbelievers. I was directed to these texts:
Proverbs 22:26: "Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them
that are sureties for debts." Proverbs 11:15: "He that is surety
for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth
suretyship is sure." Unfaithful stewards! They
pledge that which belongs to another,--their heavenly Father,--and Satan
stands ready to aid his children to wrench it out of their hands. Sabbathkeepers should not be in partnership with
unbelievers. God's people trust too much to the words of strangers, and ask
their advice and counsel when they should not. The enemy makes them his
agents, and works through them to perplex and take from God's people. {1T
200.1} Linking
Up With Unbelievers
The Lord has repeatedly instructed me to say to His people that they
are not to bind up with the world in business partnerships of any kind, and especially in so important a matter
as the establishment of a sanitarium. Believers
and unbelievers, serving two masters, cannot properly be linked together in
the Lord's work. "Can two walk together, except they be
agreed?" God forbids His people to unite with unbelievers in the
building up of His institutions. {6BIO 42.1} Who did Ellen White Consider as Unbelievers? Those who are Living in
Open Transgression of the Law of God
“One of the dangers to be met if we should link up with unbelievers is
that we cannot depend upon the
opinions and judgment, regarding the sacred interests of the Lord's work, of
men who, with the Bible open before them, are living in open transgression
of the law of God. We cannot
depend upon them, because the enemy of Christ influences their minds.”{6BIO
42.2} Believers Versus Unbelievers There is confusion among
SDA's as to who are considered by God as believers and non-believers. There
is no need for confusion on that issue if EVERY WORD is interpreted so that
nothing contradicts. The following passage was always used by the SDA church
to designate fallen Babylon. Do you see the word unbelievers within the
context of these verses:
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what
communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with
Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And
what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for
ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father
unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty." 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. We
are not to be in business partnership with the world, and Ellen White said
that the fallen churches cannot be distinguished from the world. "The
Sins of Babylon--I saw that since the second angel proclaimed the fall of the churches, they have been growing more and more corrupt. They bear the name of being
Christ's followers; YET IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH THEM FROM THE WORLD. Ministers take their
texts from the Word of God, but preach smooth things. To this the
natural heart feels no objection. It is only the spirit and power of
the truth and the salvation of Christ that are hateful to the carnal
heart. There
is nothing in the popular ministry that stirs the wrath of Satan, makes the
sinner tremble, or applies to the heart and conscience the fearful realities
of a judgment soon to come. Wicked
men are generally pleased with a form of piety without true godliness, and
they will aid and support such a religion. Said
the angel, 'Nothing less than the whole armor of
righteousness can enable man to overcome the powers of darkness and retain
the victory over them. Satan has taken full possession of the churches AS A BODY. The sayings and doings
of men are dwelt upon instead of the plain, cutting truths of the Word of
God. The spirit
and friendship of the world are at enmity with God. When the truth in its
simplicity and strength, as it is in Jesus, is brought to bear against the
spirit of the world, it at once awakens the spirit of persecution. Very
many who profess to be Christians have not known God. The natural heart
has not been changed, and the carnal mind remains at enmity with God. They are Satan's faithful
servants, notwithstanding they have assumed another name.' I
saw that since Jesus left the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary and
entered within the second veil, the churches have been filling up with every
unclean and hateful bird [Rev. 18:2]. I saw great iniquity and vileness in the
churches; yet their members profess to be Christians. Their profession, their
prayers, and their exhortations are an abomination in the sight of God. Said the angel, 'God will not
smell in their assemblies. Selfishness, fraud, and deceit are practiced by them without
the reprovings of conscience. And over all these evil
traits they throw the cloak of religion.' I was shown the pride of the nominal
churches. God is not in their thoughts; their carnal minds dwell upon
themselves; they decorate their poor mortal bodies, and then look upon themselves
with satisfaction and pleasure. Jesus and the angels look upon them in
anger.
Said the angel, 'Their
sins and pride have reached unto heaven. Their portion is
prepared. Justice and judgment have slumbered long, but will soon
awake. Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.' The fearful threatenings of the third angel are to be realized, and
all the wicked are to drink of the wrath of God. An innumerable host of
evil angels are spreading over the whole land and crowding the
churches. These agents of Satan look upon the
religious bodies with exultation, for the cloak of religion covers the
greatest crime and iniquity." E.G.
White, Early Writings, pp. 273-275. “When troubles arise in the church we should not go for help to lawyers not of our faith. God does not desire us to open church difficulties before those who don’t fear Him. He would not have us depend for help on those who do not obey His requirements. Those who trust in such counselors show that they have not faith in God. By their lack of faith the Lord is greatly dishonored. and their course works great injury to . . . . Any who enter lawsuits:
‘These men cast aside the counsel God has given, and do the very things He
has bidden them not to do. They show that they have chosen the world as their
judge, and in heaven their names are registered as one with
unbelievers. Christ is crucified afresh, and put to open shame. Let
these men know that God does not hear their prayers. They insult His holy
name, and He will leave them to the buffetings of Satan until they shall see
their folly and seek the Lord by confession of their sin” 3SM 299. ]] When
"Christians" take others to court, they are considered by God as
unbelievers.
Your [ecumenical] concord with unbelievers have provoked
the Lord's displeasure. You know not the things that belong to your peace,
and they are fast being hid from your eyes. Your neglect to follow the light
will place you in a more unfavorable position than
the Jews upon whom Christ pronounced a woe." Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 75-76. It
is absolute foolish-virgin reasoning to conclude that just because Ellen
White advocated common cause with the Women's Temperance Union in their
effort to outlaw alcoholic beverages, that we can
unite with God's enemies in ways that would and have compromised the truth.
Could we be united with Babylon, we need not have come out from her in 1844. There
are professing SDA's who are making every rationalization they can construe
in order to link up with unbelievers in Babylon and the world. I would
suggest that you save this post so that you will not be misled by Adventists
who would lead you back to Babylon and the world.
She laid out clearly the involvements:
One of the dangers to be met if we should link up with unbelievers is
that we cannot depend upon the opinions and judgment, regarding the sacred
interests of the Lord's work, of men who, with the Bible open before them,
are living in open transgression of the law of God. We cannot depend upon
them, because the enemy of Christ influences their minds. {6BIO 42.2}
They may be ever so favorable to our work
now, but in the future there will come times of crisis, and then our people
will be brought into a position of extreme trial, if they are bound up in any
way with the worldlings. Our people may think that
they can guard against these difficulties that would naturally arise in their
union with worldlings, but in this they will be
disappointed. {6BIO 42.3}
In connection with any combination with outside parties, there will be
disappointment. It behooves us to move very
guardedly, for thereby we shall save ourselves much burden and trouble, for
the light given me is that to link up with them and to lean upon them is
folly and disappointment. {6BIO 42.4}
"Wait," she counseled. "Wait
until the Lord shall manifest Himself in a more distinct and striking manner
than He has done." {6BIO 42.5}
She reminded the two physicians:
Our health institutions are of value in the Lord's estimation only
when He is allowed to preside in their management. If His plans and devisings are regarded as inferior to plans of men, He looks
upon these institutions as of no more value than the institutions established
and conducted by worldlings.--Letter
283, 1905. {6BIO 42.6}
The Canon City enterprise was reluctantly abandoned. Boulder Sanitarium survived. {6BIO 43.1} Those
employed in any department of the work whereby the world may be transformed,
must not enter into alliance with those who know not the truth. The world
know not the Father or the Son, and they have no spiritual discernment as to
the character of our
work, as to what we shall do or shall not do. We must obey the
orders that come from above. We are
not to hear the counsel or follow the plans suggested by unbelievers.
Suggestions made by those who know not the work that God is doing for this
time will be such as to weaken the power of the instrumentalities of God. By
accepting such suggestions, the counsel of Christ is set at nought. . .. {TM 463.2}
To place in permanent form before church members throughout Colorado
the history and the testimonies concerning the Sanitarium
matters, a pamphlet of eighty pages was published at Pacific Press in the
late fall of 1905. It carried the title "Record of Progress and an
Earnest Appeal in Behalf of the Boulder, Colorado, Sanitarium."
The pamphlet was designated as Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 5. This made it a part of a growing series of special
testimonies, issued to meet special or local situations. The next year, after
some developments in the situation in Colorado, a second printing was made
with added material bringing the presentation up-to-date. {6BIO 43.2} God does not contradict
Himself --God does not at one time send a message of
warning, and later another message, encouraging a movement against which He
had previously given warning. His messages do not contradict one
another.—E.G. White, Letter 287, 1905.
“God calls to His people, saying, "Come out from among them, and be ye separate." He asks that the love which He has
shown for them may be reciprocated and revealed by willing obedience to His
commandments. His children are to separate themselves from politics, from any
alliance with unbelievers. They are not to link their interests with the interests
of the world. "Give proof of your allegiance to Me" He says,
"by standing as My chosen heritage, as a people zealous of good
works." Do not take part in political strife. Separate from the world,
and refrain from bringing into the church or school ideas that will lead to
contention or disorder. Dissension is the moral poison taken into the system
by human beings who are selfish. God wants His servants to have clear
perceptions, true and noble dignity, that their influence may demonstrate the
power of truth. The Christian life is not to be a haphazard, emotional life.
True Christian influence, exerted for the accomplishment of the work God has
appointed, is a precious agency, and it must not be united with politics, or
bound up in a confederacy with unbelievers. God is to be the center of
attraction. Every mind that is worked by the Holy Spirit will be satisfied
with Him.” {FE 483.2, 484} “The
Lord desires all who bear the message for these last days to understand that
there is a great difference between professors of religion who are not doers
of the word, and the children of God, who are sanctified through the truth,
who have that faith that works by love and purifies the soul. The Lord speaks
of those who claim to believe the truth for this time, yet see nothing
inconsistent in their taking part in politics, mingling with the contending
elements of these last days, as the circumcised who
mingle with the uncircumcised, and He declares that He will destroy both
classes together without distinction. They are doing a work that God has not
set them to do. They dishonor God by their party
spirit and contention, and He will condemn both alike.” {FE 482.1} “The question may be asked, Are we to
have no union whatever with the world? The word of the Lord is to be our
guide. Any connection with infidels and unbelievers which would identify us
with them is forbidden by the word. We are to come out from them and be
separate. In no case are we to link ourselves with them in their plans or
work. But we are not to live reclusive lives. We are to do worldlings all the good we possibly can. Christ has given
us an example of this. When invited to eat with publicans and sinners, He did
not refuse; for in no other way than by mingling with them could He reach
this class. But on every occasion He gave them talents of words and
influence. He opened up themes of conversation which brought things of
eternal interest to their minds. And this Teacher enjoins us, "Let your
light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven." On the temperance question take your
position without wavering. Be as firm as a rock. Be not partakers of other
men's sins. Acts of dishonesty in
business deal, with believers or unbelievers, should be reproved; and if
they give no evidence of reformation, come out from among them and be separate.” {FE 482.2, 483} “There is a large vineyard to be
cultivated; but while Christians are to work among unbelievers, they are not
to appear like worldlings. They are not to spend
their time talking politics or acting as politicians; for by so doing, they
give the enemy opportunity to come in and cause variance and discord. Those
in the ministry who desire to stand as politicians should have their
credentials taken from them; for this work God has not given to high or low
among His people. God calls upon all who minister in doctrine to give the
trumpet a certain sound. All who have received Christ, ministers and lay
members, are to arise and shine; for great peril is right upon us. Satan is
stirring the powers of earth. Everything in the world is in confusion. God
calls upon His people to hold aloft the banner bearing the message of the
third angel. We are not to go to Christ through any human being, but through
Christ we are to understand the work He has given us to do for others.” {FE
483.1} “God calls to His people, saying,
"Come out from among them, and be ye
separate." He asks that the love which He has shown for them may be
reciprocated and revealed by willing obedience to His commandments. His
children are to separate themselves from politics, from any alliance with
unbelievers. They are not to link their interests with the interests of the
world. "Give proof of your allegiance to Me" He says, "by
standing as My chosen heritage, as a people zealous of good works." Do
not take part in political strife. Separate from the world, and refrain from
bringing into the church or school ideas that will lead to contention or
disorder. Dissension is the moral poison taken into the system by human
beings who are selfish. God wants His servants to have clear perceptions,
true and noble dignity, that their influence may demonstrate the power of
truth. The Christian life is not to be a haphazard, emotional life. True Christian
influence, exerted for the accomplishment of the work God has appointed, is a
precious agency, and it must not be united with politics, or bound up in a
confederacy with unbelievers. God is to be the center of attraction. Every
mind that is worked by the Holy Spirit will be satisfied with Him.” {FE
483.2, 484} 2Cr 6:14 Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness? 2Cr 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with
Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an
infidel? 2Cr 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple
of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I
will be their God, and they shall be my people. 2Cr 6:17
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, 2Cr 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and
ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. rb |