EXPOSING SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM [Paperback]

It seems to me that if you wanted to know what a Seventh-day Adventist believed, you would ask several Seventh-say Adventists, not just one. everyone knows that no matter what denomination you are in, there are people, yes even pastor's, who have crooked theology. the problem is when people do not study their Bible and they believe the pastor's word or they decide what they want to believe, and try to find verses in the Bible to support it. People need to read all the verses on a subject in order to reveal truth. A good analogy that helped me understand how to study the Bible was the "fence post method". If you have built a fence before, you know that all the fence posts need to be aligned before you can build the rest of the fence. Suppose you have 50 fence posts, and after pouring the cement and placing all the fence posts in the wet cement, you look down the line of posts and notice one post out of line. Now, are you going to move 49 posts to get them to match the one post? or are you going to put the one fence post in line with the other 49? It is the same principle when studying the Bible. You may find 49 verses in the Bible that describe what happens when you die and they all are in agreement with each other, but then you come across one verse that seems to say something else. a deeper study into the original languages will reveal that a simple change of punctuation (since there was no punctuation in the original Greek or Hebrew manuscript)will change the entire meaning of the text to support the other 49 verses. This logical explanation for contradicting texts, can help us understand and align the fence posts! A verse may not be saying what you thought at first, but with prayer and a little discernment and study, we can come to a conclusion that fits all the other verses on that subject. The problem is when you take one or even just two verses and use them to prove your prefabricated belief. I haven't read all this book, but I read enough to see that the church this man is describing, is not the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He may have been a former SDA pastor, but i have met many a pastor in the Adventist Church that did not teach or preach what the rest of the church believed. His credentials say nothing to me, His false ideas say everything. He may be a great person, but his teachings need to be exposed as erroneous. People need to read their Bible. by the way, I am a SDA pastor's wife. I do not defend my church, God can do that, but we are a Bible believing Church and I defend the Bible on which it stands.

To often in this day and age we want someone else to do our work for us. We would do better to look at the truth in the Word of God to learn correct teaching, rather than find someone else's interpretation. Few, read the entire bible to learn it's overall message. Most want someone else to do the work for them because it is challenging and requires commitment. God himself will reveal the truth to you if you would sincerely ask and follow. When we study the scriptures we must put aside our preconceived notions of truth and let the Spirit of God help you understand. All of scripture is to be considered as a whole. There is a great deal of commonly held beliefs that are not rooted in scripture but have come from the traditions of men. If you are a sincere seeker of God's will, He will lead you into all truth. Jesus said I am the truth and the way. No one comes to the father but by me.

The Scriptures say: 2 Timothy 3:12-17 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Don't be lazy. You can recognize the counterfeit only when you know the true, absolutely. If you rely on others for the truth you may be mislead and not even know it.

Writers of these kind of books rarely are objective. They most often have an axe to grind. Go the the source, the scriptures themselves. You will be surprised how much you will learn by earnestly reading and asking God sincerely to teach you.

GB

I must observe that Dr Kelly's book is an insightful and accurate critique of the SDA church's dogma of investigative judgment.In fact,his book highlights more than the errors of the Adventist teaching about 1844 and the heavenly sanctuary and makes clear that the SDA postion is inconsistent and unscriptual.No honest,knowledgeable,and thinking Adventsit can conclude otherwise.Dr Kelly is a theologian with a sharp eye and his points are spot-on.The advantage that any critic brings to a thing such as a belief or an organisation,is that he/she once believed the idea or belonged to the organisation.Dr Kelly comes equipped with both experiences.I encourage interested Adventists to read his book as many of its ideas are pertinent to the misguided worldview of Adventism. I should know as I am one of those SDAs who do not believe in Ellen White,in the 1844 investigative judgment doctrine,and other silly teachings.Well done,Dr Kelly!!