The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-30
Some Things Seventh. Day Ad-
ventists Believe.


Seventh-day Adventists have no
creed but the Bible they hold to GER
tain well defined points for which they
feel prepared to give reason ito
every man that asketh" them.
They believe that there is one God
a personal, spiritual being the crea-
tor of all things, omnipotent, omnis-
cent, and eternal
That there is one Lord Jesus Christ,
the son Of the eternal Father, the one
by whom he created al things, and
by whom they do consist.
That the Holy Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments were given by
inspiration of God, contain full rev.
elation OF His will to man, and are the
only infallible rule of faith and prac-
| tise.
That baptism Is an ordinance of the
Christian Church, to follow faith and
repentance an ordinance by which
we commemorate the resurrection of
Christ, as by this act we show our
faith in his burial and resurrection,
saints at the last day.
That the new birth comprises the
entire change necessary to fit us for
the Kingdom of God, and consists of
two parfs. Eirst moral nbon
wrought by conversion and a Chris
tian life. (John 5:3) Second, a
physical change at the second COM
Ing of Christ, whereby, if dead, we
are raised incorruptible, and If liv-
ing, are changed to Immortality in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye.
LUX. 20:36; Cor. 15:51-51.
That Gods moral requirements are
the same upon all men in all dispen-
sations; that these are summarily con-
tanned In the commandments spoken
by Jehovah from Sinai, craven on
tablets Of stone, and deposited in the
ark which was in consequence called
the lark Of the covenant" or testa-
hieHl, lhdl luiS law is lHiHIuldOle anu
perpetual, being a transcript OF the
tables deposited in that ark in the true
| scanctuary on high, which is also for
the same reason, called the ark OF
Gods testament. Rev. 10.
That the fourth commandment of
this law requires that we devote the
seventh day Of each week, common
| ly called Saturday to abstinancc from
our own labor, and to the perform
ance Of sacred and religious duties;
that this is the only weekly Sabbath
known to the Bible, being the day that
was set apart before Paradise was
lost. Gen. 2 2:3) and which will be
| observed in Paradise Restored (lsa.-
&c 22:23) that the facts upon which
the Sabbath institution is based con
| fine 1t to the seventh day, as they are
not true of any other day, and that
| the term Jewish Sabbath, as applied
to the seventh day, and Christian Sab
bath. as applied to the first day OF the
week, are names of human invetion.
unscriptrual in fact, and false In mean
ing
| That as man OF sin, the papacy, has
thought to change times and laws
| (the law of God, Dan. 1920, and has
misled almost all of Christendom in
regard to the fourth commandment, we
| find a prophecy of reform in this re-
| spect to be wrought among believers
just before coming to Christ. lisa. Sc
| 12; l Pet. 1:5; Rev. 14:12 etc.
That the followers Of Christ should
| be a particular people, not following
the maxiumB, nor conforming to the
| ways, of tie world; not loving it's
pleasures nor contenancing its follies;
in as much as the apostle says that
whatsoever therefore will be- in this
| sense, "a friend of the world Is the
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