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Beyond Belief
…of the church. The First Component — The [Human] Spirit The following texts clearly teach that each of us, as created by God, possesses a spirit: “The Lord ... who forms the human spirit within a person...” [Zechariah 12:1]. “11 For who k…
Beyond Belief
…smell pombe [a local beer] on your breath?” Taken aback, he answered in amazement, “Don’t you know that we are saved by grace and not by works?” So I asked him to explain what he meant. “Christ did it all,” he answered. “I see,” I replie…
Beyond Belief
…s 5:18; 1 John 2:2]. What God does in us, on the other hand, applies only to the individual, born-again Christian who by faith has accepted Jesus Christ as his or her Saviour [see Romans 8:9-10; Ephesians 3:17]. Divine and Human. God’s sa…
Beyond Belief
…n Catholic scholars during the Reformation. The central issue under dispute had to do with the ethical problem raised by the truth of justification by faith. The issue is real, and it still concerns us today: “How can God justify believin…
Beyond Belief
…ady received the atonement. Paul then goes on to explain verses 12-21 how we have received this atonement. He does so by using Adam as a type, or pattern, of Christ [see verse 14]. He argues that we are redeemed “in Christ” in the same wa…
Beyond Belief
…o belong to the heavenly Christ will reflect His heavenly (righteous) nature and character. Verse 49. Just as we all, by nature, are a reproduction of the earthly image of Adam, so likewise we shall reflect fully the image of Christ’s res…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
…o be an apostle and especially set me aside to proclaim God’s good news of salvation. [2] This good news was promised by God long ago through His prophets who recorded it in the Holy Bible, what we now call the Old Testament. [3] It has t…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
Chapter 14 Christian Relationships [1] When a fellow believer is overscrupulous and therefore weak in faith, please do not question his or her conversion. But accept that person as a Christian. [2] For we all come from differ…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
…h regards to the weaknesses of the immature believers who are still babes in Christ. Do not look down on them in self-righteousness. [2] Let every believer have genuine concern for the welfare of others and be helpful in building each other up spiri…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
…But does this in any way nullify God’s truth? [4] Certainly not. God is always true and right; the problem is man’s unfaithfulness to the truth. As the Scriptures say: “When you, dear God, speak, you are always right and the verdict will cer…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
…ake, for example, the situation of a married woman: according to the law of marriage, a woman is bound to her husband by the marriage vow as long as they both live. But should her husband die, she is immediately released from her marriage…
Romans: The Clearest Gospel of All
…. Contrary to these false reports, I am telling you the absolute truth; as a Christian whose conscience is controlled by the Holy Spirit, I am not lying. [2] Deep down in my heart I am full of grief and greatly burdened ahout the eternal…
Standalone Study Pages
…rsy , Page 409 The scripture which above all others had been both the foundation and the central pillar of the advent faith was the declaration: “Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed” Daniel 8:14. Ei…
Standalone Study Pages
…the late evangelical scholar Walter Martin who, at one time, categorized Adventism as a cult: Kingdom of the Cults , by Walter Martin, Page 479 Holding as they do to the doctrine of the Investigative Judgment, it is extremely difficult f…
Standalone Study Pages
Appendix D: The Humanity of Christ, Our Savior While no official action has ever been taken by the Seventh-day Adventist Church to define the human nature of the Savior, the question is vitally connected with the…
Built Upon the Rock
…n the last days, a time of widespread apostasy, a remnant has been called out to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. This remnant announces the arrival of the judgment hour, proclaims salvation through Christ, and heralds th…
Built Upon the Rock
Chapter 12: Baptism Fundamental Belief #15By baptism we confess our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testify of our death to sin and our p…
Built Upon the Rock
…ntal Belief #16The Lord’s Supper is a participation in the emblems of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in Him, our Lord and Savior. In this experience of communion, Christ is present to meet and strengthen His people. As…
Built Upon the Rock
…were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. ...The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Physically — because, from that day f…
Built Upon the Rock
…d human comprehension, yet known through His self-revelation. He is forever worthy of worship, adoration, and service by the whole creation.[Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:4-6; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:17…
Built Upon the Rock
Chapter 20: Marriage and Family Fundamental Belief #23Marriage was divinely established in Eden and affirmed by Jesus to be a lifelong union between a man and a woman in loving companionship. For the Christian, a marriage commitm…
Built Upon the Rock
…ning ministry. It is a work of Investigative Judgment, which is part of the ultimate disposition of all sin, typified by the cleansing of the ancient Hebrew sanctuary on the Day of Atonement. In that typical service, the sanctuary was cle…
Built Upon the Rock
…nd Coming, though the belief that “the Savior’s coming will be literal, personal, visible, and worldwide” is not held by all. Now let us consider the relationship between this belief — the Second Coming of Christ — and the everlasting gos…
Built Upon the Rock
…Son of God does not have [eternal] life. Immortality, or eternal life, is, therefore, a gift experienced only through faith in Jesus Christ: John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him…
