SDA
Leaders Sanction the Membership
of
Leaders
Who Teach Satan’s False Gospel
“From the first, the great controversy had been upon
the law of God. Satan had sought to prove that God was unjust, His law faulty
and that the good of the universe required it to be changed. In attacking the
law he aimed to overthrow the authority of its Author.” {EP 35.2}
“The rabbis
virtually represented God as giving laws which it was impossible for men to
obey.” Desire of Ages, 232.
Most
Seventh-day Adventists know that Satan tried to convince the other angels that
God’s was faulty, unjust and required change. Incredibly, there are SDA leaders
who teach the same thing! So by virtue of the principle of corporate
responsibility, we can conclude that all SDA leaders are teaching Satan’s dirge
that it is impossible to overcome sin this side of glorification.
"The plain straight testimony must live
in the church, or the curse of God will rest upon His people as surely as it
did upon ancient Israel because of their sins. God holds His people, as a body [corporately],
responsible for the sins existing in individuals among them." Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 269.
It is implied that
we are not held responsible for sins we do not know of, but sins that are
clearly open for all to see.
"The names of those who sin and refuse to repent should not
be retained on the church books, lest the saints be held accountable for their evil deeds. Those who pursue a course of transgression should be visited and
labored with, and if
they then refuse to repent, they should be separated from church fellowship, in
accordance with the rules laid down in the Word of God." {11MR 208.3}
"The
Jewish leaders accomplished the will of Satan by surrounding God's rest day
with burdensome requirements. In the days of Christ the Sabbath had become so
perverted that its observance reflected the character of selfish and arbitrary
men rather than the character of the loving heavenly Father. The rabbis virtually represented God as giving laws
which it was impossible for men to obey. They led the people to look
upon God as a tyrant, and to think that the observance of the Sabbath, as He
required it, made men hard-hearted and cruel. It was the work of Christ to
clear away these misconceptions. Although the rabbis followed Him with
merciless hostility, He did not even appear to conform to their requirements,
but went straight forward, keeping the Sabbath according to the law of
God." Desire of Ages, 234.
Do you know
of any SDA leaders who teach that it is impossible for men to obey God’s
commandments this side of glorification? I certainly do! What an abominable lie
when the church claims to be the people who keep the commandments of God and
the Testimony of Jesus which is the Spirit of Prophecy! Truth is, the SDA church militant keeps neither, and this
constitutes one of the most deceptive abominations in the church for which we
are to sigh and cry if we want to be sealed for eternal life in the Kingdom of
God. What greater self-deception than to call yourself the
commandment-keeping church and the church that keeps the Spirit of Prophecy,
while you are breaking both! That is being ALL WRONG, while thinking you are
ALL RIGHT!
“What greater deception can come upon
human minds than a confidence that they are right, when they are all wrong? The
message of the True Witness finds the people of God in a sad deception, yet
honest in that deception.
They know not that their condition is deplorable in the sight of God. While
those addressed are flattering themselves that they are in an exalted spiritual
condition, the message of the True
Witness breaks their security by the startling denunciation of their true
situation of spiritual blindness, poverty, and wretchedness. The testimony, so
cutting and severe, cannot be a mistake; for it is the True Witness who speaks,
and his testimony must be correct.” {RH, September 16, 1873 par. 5}
"If the church of God becomes LUKEWARM [LAODICEAN] it does not stand in favor with God any more than do the churches that
are represented as having fallen and become the habitation of devils and the
hold of every foul spirit and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Those who have had opportunities to hear and receive the truth, and who
have united with the Seventh-day Adventist church, calling themselves the
commandment keeping people of God, and yet possess no more vitality and
consecration to God than do the nominal churches, will receive of the plagues
of God just as verily as the churches who oppose the law of God." E.G.
White, Letter 35, 1898.
Did the church become Laodicean? Has it remained Laodicean? Is saying
we cannot keep the commandments of God, along with disobedience to the Spirit
of Prophecy, lukewarmness or cold apostasy? This
combined with the fact that Paul said that any other gospel would constitute
anathema (being doomed), along with the fact that Ellen White said that nothing
would stand in the way of the new movement, makes for very serious
considerations that involve eternal life.
If Laodicea is not regarded with any more favor by God than the fallen
churches, and the call of Laodicea is to all churches, then there is no
difference between Laodicea and the fallen churches as far as being in a fallen
state is concerned. Different churches believe different aspects of Babylonian
teachings, but Ellen White equates them all as far as falling from the favor of
God is concerned, and as far as constituting the habitation of devils and the
hold of every foul spirit and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Every SDA
leader who teaches the treasonable, false gospel that we cannot overcome all
sin by the grace power (Rom. 1:5) of the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus, should be
fired if he will not reform. Because this will never occur, in order to not be
corporately responsible for this false gospel which Paul said to accurse and pronounced
anathema upon, we now have to separate into home churches just as all true
Christians did from A.D. 34 and on because of the apostate Jewish leaders.
Scripture on Home Churches in the Prefigure
Act 16:32 And they
spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
Act 16:34 And when
he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced,
believing in God with all his house.
Act 16:40 And they
went out of the prison, and entered into [the house of] Lydia: and when they
had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
Act 18:7 And he
departed thence, and entered into a certain [man's] house, named Justus, [one]
that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
Rom 16:5 Likewise
[greet] the church that is in their house. Salute my well beloved Epaenetus,
who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
1Cr 1:11 For it
hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them [which are of the
house] of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
1Cr 16:15 I
beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the
firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they have addicted themselves to the ministry
of the saints,)
1Cr 16:19 The
churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord,
with the church that is in their house.
Ellen White on Home Churches in the Alpha of Apostasy
When the young men
and women were kept away from the Alpha of apostasy in the church, what did
they do where did they meet for worship?
"There is a
little hope in one direction: Take the young men and women, and place them
where they will come as little in contact with our churches as possible, that
the low grade of piety which is current in this day shall not leaven their
ideas of what it means to be a Christian." E.G. White, Manuscript
Release #995, p. 5.
"Brother and
sister Haskell have rented a house in one of the best parts of the city, and
have gathered round them a family of helpers, who day by day go out giving
Bible readings, selling our papers, and doing medical missionary work. During
the hour of worship, the workers relate their experiences. Bible studies are
regularly conducted in the home, and THE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN connected
with the mission receive a practical, thorough training in holding Bible
readings and in selling our publications. The Lord has blessed their labors, a
number have embraced the truth, and many others are deeply interested." Review and Herald,
September 7, 1905, Evangelism, p. 108.
"Christ was a
protestant...The Reformers date back to Christ and the apostles. They came out
and separated themselves from a religion of forms and ceremonies. Luther and
his followers did not invent the reformed religion. They simply accepted it as
presented by Christ and the apostles." E.G. White, Review and Herald,
vol. 2, 48, col. 2.
Paul left
"And as they
persisted in their rejection of the gospel the apostle (Paul) went into the
synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and
persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. But when divers were
hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he
departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school
of one Tyrannus." Acts, 19:8, 9.
"Fearing that
the faith of the believers would be endangered by continued association with
these opposers of the truth, Paul separated from them, and gathered the
disciples into a distinct body." E.G. White, Acts of the Apostles,
p. 286.
Fear and Shun
"'They that forsake the law praise the wicked.' Proverbs 28:4. When those
who are uniting with the world, yet claiming great purity, plead for union with
those who have ever been the opposers of the cause of truth, we should fear and
shun them as decidedly as did Nehemiah. Such counsel is prompted by the enemy
of all good. It is the speech of timeservers, and should be resisted as
resolutely today as then. Whatever influence would tend to unsettle the faith
of God' people in His guiding power, should be steadfastly withstood."
E.G. White, Prophets and Kings, p.
660.
"We should never give sanction to sin by
our words, our deeds, our silence or our presence." Desire of Ages, 152.
"Even though
you may not be able to speak a word to those who are working on wrong
principles, leave them. Your withdrawal and silence may do more than words.
Nehemiah refused to associate with those who were untrue to principle, and he
would not permit his workmen to associate with them. The love and fear of God
were his safeguard-Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone. Thus as did Moses,
you will endure the seeing of Him who is invisible. But a cowardly and silent
reserve before evil associates, while you listen to their devices makes you one
with them Come out from among them and be 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." Review
& Herald Vol. 4, p. 42.
"The Sanhedrin had rejected
Christ's message and was bent upon His death therefore Jesus departed from
Jerusalem, from the priests, the temple, the religious leaders, the people who
had been instructed in the law, and turned to another class to proclaim His
message, and to gather out those who should carry the gospel to
all nations.
As the light and life of men was rejected by the ecclesiastical authorities in
the days of Christ, so it has been rejected in every succeeding generation. Again and again the history of Christ's withdrawal from
Judea has been repeated. When the Reformers preached the word of God, they had no thought of separating
themselves from the established church but the religious leaders would not tolerate the
light, and
those that bore it were forced to seek another class, who were longing for the
truth. In our day few of the professed followers of the Reformers are actuated
by their spirit. Few are listening for the voice of God, and ready to accept
truth in whatever guise it may be presented. Often those who follow in the
steps of the Reformers are forced to turn away from the churches they love, in
order to declare the plain teaching of the word of God. And many times those
who are seeking for light are by the same teaching obliged to leave the church
of their fathers, that they may render obedience." E.G. White, Desire of Ages, 232.
In Ellen White’s day there was not ONE minister employed by the
church who taught that it was impossible to keep the commandments of God! That
is why she did not leave! Ellen White put the finger on the apostasy and it was
corrected as long as she was alive, but she prophesied that nothing would be permitted to stand in
the way of the omega of apostasy new movement, new organization, Selected
Messages, Bk. 1, pp. 204-205.
Those who prize membership in a social club church that breaks
the commandments of God as a corporate body, more than obedience to God, will
be destroyed in the final literal slaughter of men, maidens and little
children, Testimonies, Vol. 5, p.
211.
—rwb