God’s True Church Identified by the Prophet
AA 11. "From the beginning, Faithful Souls have constituted the Church on earth."
7A 375,393. "The Church on earth, composed of those who are faithful and loyal to God, is the ‘True tabernacle,’ whereof the Redeemer is the minister. God, and not man, pitched this tabernacle on a high elevated platform....All society is ranging into two great classes, the obedient and the disobedient. Among which class shall we be found? Those who keep God's commandments, those who live not by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, compose the church of the living God. Those who choose to follow Antichrist are subjects of the great apostate ranged under the banner of Satan, they break God's law and lead others to break it. They endeavor so to frame the laws of nations that men shall show their loyalty to earthly governments by trampling upon the laws of God's kingdom."
17M/Rel. 81,82. “God has a church. It is not the great cathedral, neither is it the national establishment, neither is it the various denominations; It is the people who love God and keep His commandments. "Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them." Where Christ is, even among the humble few, this is Christ's Church, for the presence of the High and Holy One who inhabiteth eternity can alone constitute a Church. Where two or three are present who love and obey the commandments of God, Jesus there presides, let it be in the desolate place of the earth, in the wilderness, in the city, [or] enclosed in prison walls.”
Evangelism 695. “It should be remembered that the Promises and the Threatenings of God are alike Conditional.”
7A 303. “If we comply with the Conditions the Lord has made, we shall secure our election to salvation...Obedience to the Commandments of God gives us a right to the Privileges of His Church.” (MS 166, 1898).
2T 552. “As there are woes for those who preach the truth while they are unsanctified in heart and life, so there are woes for those who receive and maintain the unsanctified in the position which they cannot fill.”
* Signs of the Times 02-19-94 (book 3 p.99) “The church that holds to the word of God is irreconcilably separated from Rome......it is a backsliding Church that lessens the distance between itself and the Papacy. ”
* The Alliances made by the Israelites with their heathen neighbors resulted in the loss of their identity as God's peculiar people. 4BC1155 / 7A165
* The experience of Israel will be the experience of all who go to the world. 7A165
Lessening the Distance to the Papacy?
Welcoming Roman Catholic Cardinal to ®SDA General Conference Session where he received an ovation.
Inviting Roman Catholic priests to preach in ®SDA churches.
®SDA Conference representative B. Beach presents the Pope with a gold plated medal.
®SDA conference involved in joint ventures with the Roman Catholic church.
®SDA ministry involved in special ecumenical conventions, praying with leaders of Catholic and other mainstream religions for Unity.
Desiring Unity with Apostate Protestantism?
®SDA leaders compromising some distinctive doctrines to gain recognition by the Evangelicals - 1956.
®SDA Affiliation with World Counsel of Churches.
Worldly Alliance?
®SDA affiliation with A.M.A. to receive monetary support for hospitals. Also Using drug therapy instead of natural treatments as directed by the prophet.
®SDA General conference appealing to civil courts to settle disputes with other believers and using tithe money for legal costs.
11MR 216 “These church members who appeal to the courts of the world show that they have chosen the world as their judge, and their names are REGISTERED in heaven as one with UNBELIEVERS. “ IICor. 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
As there are only two sides in the Great Controversy, where does the ®SDA organisation stand in light of the above statements from the servant of the Lord; does it stand with “God’s Church” being “faithful Souls ” AA11; or does it stand with those represented in the following text?
Revelation 2:9 “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan.”
Investments.
Investing the Lord's money in the stock exchange, which includes companies that promote things that SDAs should oppose; and engaging non SDAs to control investments with worldly organisations. —see GC Financial report.
®SDA Ministry Magazine article presenting a picture of a false Christ and claiming that the picture represents what the Bible and the writings of Ellen White teach? — it was quite the opposite.
®SDA Ministers directed to learn methods to facilitate spiritual growth from enemies of truth. Cell groups and the Devil’s psychology:- Neuro-linguistic Programming which was originally learned from a noted Spiritualist. These mind manipulating techniques have been used in ®SDA church pulpits for many years. Most professional people including politicians and lawyers, learn these skills as it enhances their income considerably. If a person’s mind can be controlled; their money can also be controlled. Television advertising is proof of this. Beware of ®SDA television and video preachers as most of them are very proficient in this “black art”. One of their ploys is to make a series of statements with which they surmise you will agree, then they accelerate their speech and state something that is quite contrary to what they have just stated. Ambiguous statements are also used to get their message into the unsuspecting listener’s mind. While the listener is trying to sort out what is actually meant, the speaker quickly states the message he is trying to get across. Voice intonations, facial expressions, arm, hand and finger movements are all used as part of the art. Attention devices are also frequently used to disarm the analytical mind.
Proverbs 6:12 -13 “A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;”:
To welcome in the new millennium on Friday evening through to midnight Dec 31 1999, the ®SDA Gen. Conf. president Elder Paulson along with other leaders introduced a program which he stated was sponsored by the G.C. of SDAs This program, telecast live on a world wide network, demonstrated to the world how ®SDAs cellebrated the first Sabbath of the new millennium. Several “Rock bands” and singers provided entertainment, along with acting, clowning and hilarity until midnight when scores of balloons were burst adding more noise to the program.
Ministers played an active part in the rock bands and acting and clowning.
Maranatha 234 "The things you have described . . . the Lord has shown me would take place just before the close of probation. Every uncouth thing will be demonstrated. There will be shouting, with drums, music, and dancing."
2T 441,2. "Christ's followers are required to come out from the world, and be separate, and touch not the unclean, and they have the promise of being the sons and daughters of the Most High, members of the royal family. But if the conditions are not complied with on their part, they will not, cannot, realize the fulfilment of the promise.... Like ancient Israel the Church has dishonored her God by departing from the light, neglecting her duties, and abusing her high and exalted privilege of being peculiar and holy in character. Her members have violated their covenant to live for God and Him only. They have joined with the selfish and world-loving. Pride, the love of pleasure, and sin have been cherished, and Christ has departed. His Spirit has been quenched in the church. Satan works side by side with professed Christians; yet they are so destitute of spiritual discernment that they do not detect him....
CIV FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000 (202) 514-2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888
ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEM & AFFILIATED HOSPITALS PAY NEARLY $9 MILLION FOR OVERBILLING MEDICARE
WASHINGTON, DC - Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation and three affiliated hospitals have agreed to pay the United States $8.7 million to settle allegations that the hospitals overcharged Medicare, the Justice Department and the Department of Health and Human Services announced today. The government alleged that at different times from 1992 to 1999 Adventist and its facilities submitted cost reports to Medicare that included inflated management fees for the ambulance services operated by the hospitals. The Medicare cost reports at issue filed by Florida Hospital Waterman Inc., located in Eustice, Florida, included ambulance management fees paid to Florida Regional Emergency Services and its successor, Regional Emergency Services. The other cost reports, filed by Huguley Memorial Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas and Metroplex Adventist Hospital Inc. in Killeen, Texas, included ambulance management fees paid to Western Regional Emergency Services, and its successor, Regional Emergency Services. "This settlement demonstrates the United States' commitment to protecting federal funds from fraud and abuse," said David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Division. The lawsuit is filed in the Middle District of Florida as United States ex rel. Mark Thornton v. Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corporation , No. 6:97-CV-146-ORL-31C.
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ATTACK ON ADRA RECEIVING U.S. AID
The New Monitor July/August 1999 No. 30 Part 3, has stated that: "Government money silences the church, while turning it into a partner in crime." It goes on to claim that ADRA and other Christian Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) are simply being used to further American foreign policy. We quote some of their claims:
"By a little-known alliance established between major religious organizations in America and the United States government, the long-standing wall of separation between church and state has been effectively torn down. It appears that the Seventh-day Adventists, the Catholics and Jewish organizations have been the main profiteers from their league with the government, yet this league also involves most other religious bodies as well. This unseemly union has been formed under the guise of humanitarianism, but there is a larger agenda than appears on the surface. The issues involved here comprise the mandate of both church and state." The article goes on to quote The Los Angeles Times August 14, 1998 which stated, "For generations, the US government has worked to foster America's image as benevolent benefactor to the world's needy. Most people do not realize, however, that this often amounts to good will by proxy. USAID has come to rely more heavily than ever on a network of 417 private groups sharing an annual pot of 1.4 billion dollars." (Los Angeles Times, August 14, 1998) The Los Angeles Times report claimed that ADRA received more US aid than all but three of the 417 aid agencies which it supports. The News Monitor claims that the most prominent religious recipients of US aid beside the Seventh-day Adventists are the Catholics, the Lutherans, Mennonites, Nazarenes, Salvation Army, United Methodists and the Jews. The article states:
"These churches gather in almost ecumenical-like fashion for their allotment of Federal Tax money."
The Los Angeles Times article quoted Dr Ron Lawson, an Australian Seventh-day Adventist who is a Professor of Sociology at Queen's College in New York as saying:
"The Seventh-day Adventist Church has become an arm of American foreign policy. It casts a jibe upon ADRA for accepting government money when our church founders equated the United States Government with one of the beasts of Revelation."
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In the February, 2000, issue of the "Pacific Union Recorder" (an official SDA church paper of the Pacific Union Conference) on pages 34 & 35 there is an article entitled "Adventist Sunday Church". This article proudly proclaims that the Las Vegas Mountain View SDA Church is holding Sunday morning church services all year long. They started holding these Sunday morning church services "on Easter weekend" for the supposed purpose of reaching out to the community, and will continue to worship every Sunday for the next 52 weeks.
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Columbia Union VISITOR, September 1, 2000 WASCOWRAP
Conference on World Religions and Peace Convenes
Several scholars from different religions will present their views on how religious leaders and organizations can contribute to world peace at the Second Annual Conference of the Washington Conference on World Religions and Peace (WASCOWRAP). It will be held Sabbath, October 7, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church ....
The conference is being held in support of the United Nation's declaration of the year 2000 as the "International Year for the Culture of Peace" issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. "The purpose of the conference is to bring together religious leaders and get them to sign a declaration, to urge all faiths to bury ancient enmities and cooperate in resolving world conflicts," says Elisha Pulivarti, founder and secretary of WASCOWRAP and the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) leader of Southern Asia Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. "Our dream is to get the top world religious leaders for the next conference in 2001 to discuss their role in bringing about world peace and ask them to sign a common declaration pledging their commitment to reduce religious tensions. We also hope to establish a council of Senior Clerics."
William Johnsson, executive publisher and editor of the Adventist Review, will serve as moderator of the panel discussion. Bert Beach, ... said state Senator Jean Roesser of the 15th Legislative District for Montgomery Council at a press conference announced the event ....
EW 139 "It has always been a characteristic of false prophets that they see visions of peace, and they will be saying, “Peace and Safety,” when sudden destruction comes upon them. The true will boldly reprove sin and warn of coming wrath. "—
THE SEAL OF GOD
“The law of God, which is perfect holiness, is the only true standard of character. Love is expressed in obedience, and perfect love casteth out all fear. Those who love God, have the seal of God in their foreheads, and work the works of God. Would that all who profess Christianity knew what it means to love God practically. . . . They would have some realization of the infinite holiness of God, knowing that He is high and lifted up, and the train of His glory fills the temple. They would have a powerful influence upon the life and character of those around them, which would work as leaven amid the mass of humanity, transforming others through the power of Jesus Christ. Connected with the Source of power, they would never lose their vital influence, but would ever increase in efficiency”. - Sons and Daughters of God 51
“The seal of God will never be placed upon the forehead of an impure man or woman. It will never be placed upon the forehead of the ambitious, world-loving man or woman. It will never be placed upon the forehead of men or women of false tongues or deceitful hearts. All who receive the seal must be without spot before God--candidates for heaven.” 5T 216
“Who are standing in the counsel of God at this time? Is it those who virtually excuse wrongs among the professed people of God and who murmur in their hearts, if not openly, against those who would reprove sin? Is it those who take their stand against them and sympathize with those who commit wrong? No, indeed! Unless they repent, and leave the work of Satan in oppressing those who have the burden of the work, and in holding up the hands of sinners in Zion, they will never receive the mark of God's sealing approval. They will fall in the general destruction of the wicked, represented by the work of the five men bearing slaughter weapons. Mark this point with care: Those who receive the pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented by a mark by the man in linen, are those "that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done" in the church. Their love for purity and the honor and glory of God is such, and they have so clear a view of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, that they are represented as being in agony, even sighing and crying. Read the ninth chapter of Ezekiel.” 3T267 (Note: Sins that have been properly confessed and forsaken should be left in God’s hands.)
“The angel with the writer’s ink horn is to place a mark upon the foreheads of all who are separated from sin and sinners, and the destroying angel follows this angel.” Letter 12,1886 4BC1161 (7A171)
“The church that holds to the word of God is irreconcilably separated from Rome......it is a backsliding Church that lessens the distance between itself and the Papacy.” E.G.White. Signs of the Times 02-19-94 (book 3 p.99)
* “The Alliances made by the Israelites with their heathen neighbors resulted in the loss of their identity as God's peculiar people. 4BC1155 (7A165)
* “The experience of Israel will be the experience of all who go to the world.” 4BC 1155 (7A165)
“The Jews had deceived themselves by misinterpreting the words of the Lord through his prophets, of his eternal favor to his people Israel. They misapplied the words of Jeremiah, and depended for salvation upon their being called the children of Abraham. If they had indeed been worthy of the name of Abraham's children, they would have followed the righteous example of their father Abraham, and would have done the works of Abraham. "Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; the Lord of hosts is his name: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever. Thus saith the Lord: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord." Jer. 31:35-37. “These words the Jews applied to themselves; and because God had shown them so great favor and mercy, they flattered themselves that, notwithstanding their sins and iniquity, he would still retain them as his favored people, and shower especial blessings upon them. This has been the danger of the people of God in all ages; and especially is this the danger of those living near the close of time. We are cited by the apostle to the children of Israel as a warning. Paul plainly states that "all these things happened unto them for ensamples; and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come." 1Red. 37-39
* “We must as a people arouse and cleanse the camp of Israel. Licentiousness, unlawful intimacy, and unholy practices are coming in among us in a large degree; and ministers who are handling sacred things are guilty of sin in this respect. They are coveting their neighbors' wives, and the seventh commandment is broken.”
“We are in danger of becoming a Sister to fallen Babylon, of allowing our churches to become corrupted, and filled with every foul spirit, a cage for every unclean and hateful bird; and will we be clear unless we make decided movements to cure the existing evil?” “If the church of God becomes lukewarm, 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.” M/R 449 17 Test. Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce.
“The Church is in the Laodicean state. The presence of God is not in her midst.”1N.L.99.
“Those who give their influence to sustain an evil work are doing Satan's drudgery.” 5T 103
“We should never give sanction to sin by our words or our deeds, our silence or our presence.” DA 152
God holds the constituents of the church organisation responsible for the sins of their leaders and fellow members, as they are part of the corporate body. This principle is clearly presented in Numbers 16:20-22 regarding the rebellion of Korah ,Dathan & Abiram. God held all of Israel responsible for this rebellion, but He gave the instruction to separate from the rebels and those who obeyed God were saved.
All Israel were held accountable for the sin of Achan; also for the immorality practiced with the Moabites on the boarder of Canaan. There was a corporate responsibility which rested upon the whole camp until something was done to stop the evil practice.
Only those who obeyed the instruction of Jesus by separating from Jerusalem, when the Roman standard was planted outside the city, were saved. Even the man who was giving the warning of the coming doom of the city, perished because he did not obey Christ’s command to flee.
“Jerusalem is a representation of what the church will be if it refuses to receive and walk in the light that God had given." 8T 67 . (1NL 20.)
"It should be remembered that the promises and the threatenings of God are alike conditional." Ev. 695.
“Neglect to repent and obey His word will bring as serious consequences upon God's people today as did the same sin upon ancient Israel. There is a limit beyond which He will no longer delay His judgments. The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a solemn warning before the eyes of modern Israel, that the corrections given through His chosen instruments cannot be disregarded with impunity. ” 4T 167.
“Many will stand in our pulpits with the torch of false prophecy in their hands, kindled from the hellish torch of Satan. If doubts and unbelief are cherished, the faithful ministers will be Removed from the people who think they know so much. "If thou hadst known," said Christ, "even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”TM409-410.
The SDA Church has been affiliated with Rome for some years in various ventures, and is presently heavily involved in the ecumenical movement.
“Selfishness He sternly rebuked, sparing not even His disciples....He shielded no one, however high his position, who had been guilty of hypocrisy or fraud.” 11MR 219. (See documentation on SDA health fraud.)
“Before the destruction of Sodom, God sent a message to Lot, "Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed." The same voice of warning was heard by the disciples of Christ before the destruction of Jerusalem: "When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains." Luke 21:20,21. They must not tarry to secure anything from their possessions, but must make the most of the opportunity to escape. There was a coming out, a decided separation from the wicked, an escape for life. So it was in the days of Noah; so with Lot; so with the disciples prior to the destruction of Jerusalem; and so it will be in the last days. Again the voice of God is heard in a message of warning, bidding His people separate themselves from the prevailing iniquity.... Before its destruction the call is to be given from heaven, "Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Revelation 18:4. As in the days of Noah and Lot, there must be a marked separation from sin and sinners. There can be no compromise between God and the world, no turning back to secure earthly treasures. "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24. P.P. 167.
“Through Satan's temptations the whole human race have become transgressors of God's law, but by the sacrifice of His Son a way is opened whereby they may return to God. Through the grace of Christ they may be enabled to render obedience to the Father's law. Thus in every age, from the midst of apostasy and rebellion, God gathers out a people that are true to Him--a people "in whose heart is His law." Isaiah 51:7.” P.P. 338
“Paul wrote to the Romans, "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." But there is a point beyond which it is impossible to maintain union and harmony without the sacrifice of principle. Separation then becomes an absolute duty.” ST 8-11-99; ST 22-3-10;
Those who separate from sin and sinners will receive the seal of God. see 4BC 1161.
“And the Message for today is Revelation 18:2-5” PK 188. This is a call to separate from Babylon before the destruction takes place. By supporting those who have become connected with Babylon in any way, we are alike guilty of her sins and will be held corporately responsible. There are only two choices according to scripture; we either obey God and separate as He commands and receive His Seal, or we will be forever separated from God and receive the Mark of the Beast.
Rev.18:1 “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. Verse 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Verse 3 For ALL nations (religions / people) have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Verse 4 “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”(corporate responsibility)
* 6T 61 . Let nothing lessen the force of the truth for this time. The present truth is to be our burden.
* The third angel's message must do its work of separating from the churches a people who will take their stand on the platform of eternal truth. Our message is a life and death message, and we must let it appear as it is, the great power of God. We are to present it in all its telling force. Then the Lord will make it effectual. (Ms 19, 1900 1, 4, 5.) (seePK 188)
* "Satan has devised a state of things whereby the proclamation of the third angel's message shall be bound about. We must beware of his plans and methods. There must be no toning down of the truth, no muffling of the message for this time. The third angel's message must be strengthened and confirmed. The eighteenth chapter of Revelation reveals the importance of presenting the truth in no measured terms but with boldness and power.... There has been too much beating about the bush in the proclamation of the third angel's message. The message has not been given as clearly and distinctly as it should have been."-- E.G.White. Manuscript 16,1900. —-
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