God’s Love Unmasks The Enemy

This is the outline of Jenifer Mason’s presentation at the Former Adventist Fellowship Conference, February 17–19, 2023, in Loma Linda, California. Many have expressed a desire to have access to this material. The YouTube video of the presentation is available above.

 

Jenifer J. Mason, DrPH

• Add to God’s Word
• EGW writings, The Clear Word Bible, FB
• Subtract from the Person & work of Christ
• Multiply requirements for salvation
• Divide the Body of Christ – the church

• False prophets
• False christs
• False gospels
• False doctrines
• False teachers
• False brethren
• False apostles

• Lucifer – fallen angel, created being not God
• Satan: father of lies, deceiver, & destroyer
• Study Satan’s tactics – unchanged. He’s still a liar!
• I John 4:1“… do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
• Antichrist –“against” or “in place of”; empowered by Satan; one who opposes God’s plans, purposes & people
• Spirit of antichrist v

• Counterfeit – made in image of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud by imitating.
• Satan imitates being an angel of God to deceive
• “And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.” II Cor. 11:14
• “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we preached to you, let him be accursed.” Gal. 1:8
• Accursed: Gr. separated by God for destruction •

• False teachers called deceivers & antichrists IF they teach an erroneous view of the Person of Christ.
• “Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.” I John 2:22
• “For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh this is a deceiver and an antichrist.” II John 7, & I John 4:3

• “Counterfeit Story” Buckingham Palace Dinner with Queen Elizabeth II
• “We never study the counterfeits. We only study the real thing. This way when a counterfeit crosses our path we know it immediately.” —Director, Scotland Yard Forgery Dept.

1. I will ascend into heaven
2. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God 
3. I will also sit on the mount of the congregation 
4. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds 
5. I will be like the Most High.

• Teach A Different…Godhead, Gospel, Great Commision

• EGW/SDA: has a physical body vBible: God is Spirit
• “God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24
• “He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God.” Col 1:15
• Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. I Tim 1:17

• EGW/SDA: relegated roles & responsibilities of Holy Spirit to EGW. Infallible interpreter of Scripture; SDAs to view the Bible, through the lens of her books to understand & teach what Bible is saying. 
• Bible: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” John 14:26
• “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: “of sin, because they do not believe in Me.” John 16:7-9

• Jesus is
  • Michael the Archangel
  • Our Example
  • Good Moral Influence

• Jesus is not
  • Divinity nor
  • Part of Trinity

• Jesus did not
  • Complete Atonement
  • Enter HoH until 1844

• Believers
  • At GWTJ
  • Without a mediator

• Jesus Christ, 2nd Person of Trinity
• The Messiah, The Savior
• Immanuel – God With US
• The God Man, fully God & fully Man
• Atonement is complete

• Bible: Hebrews 1:1-2
  “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days, spoken to us through His Son.”
• EGW/SDA: has rewritten that verse
  “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days, spoken to us through “the spirit of prophecy” (aka EGW) or “through the testimonies” (aka EGW).

• Matt. 16:13-20 Jesus asking Peter “But Who Do You Say I AM?”
• Simon Peter’s reply “You are The Christ, Son of the living God!”
• Jesus’ response “Blessed are you Simon Bar-Jonah for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father, who is in heaven.” 

• How important is it to believe in the “right Jesus”? Jesus says..
• “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for IF you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” John 8:24
• “And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that believing you may have life in His name.” John 20:30-31

• 3 Angels Messages: Rev. 14
• Outlined by founders in mid 1800’s BUT EGW confirmed by visions/revelations from accompanying angel
• Biblical gospel: is same from Gen-Rev
• Have you not read? Gospel according 
• God – Isaiah 53
• Christ
• Disciples/Apostles—Paul, Peter, & John

• “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28: 19-20
• “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.” Mark 16:15-16

• Make disciples & baptize in the name of Trinity
• Teach to observe all things Jesus has commanded 
• Preach The Gospel – not Sabbath, not vegetarianism
• Salvation comes by belief, not behavior

• Go into all the world and make converts into Adventism, not Christianity
• Go into all the world and make disciples of EGW, not disciples of Jesus
• Preach the Health Gospel
• Preach the Sabbath
• #1 Witnessing tool is not Bible—The Great Controversy

• Teach A Different…Godhead, Gospel, Great Commision

• High Hazard, Get Out (SDAs)
• Closed to Public, Don’t Enter (Believers)

• Prophecies Must be Fulfilled Deut. 18:22
• Cannot have falsehoods in their visions Jer. 23:32 
• Cannot steal their writings from others Jer. 23: 25,30
• Cannot contradict the Word of God Isa. 8:20
• Must bear good fruit Matt. 7:15,16
• Must Encourage and Build Up Others 1 Cor. 14:3
• Must Acknowledge Paul’s Writings as Commandments of the Lord—1 Cor. 14:37

• Islam & Muslims
• LDS & Mormons
• Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Seventh-day Adventists

• Muhammad, Prophet & Founder of Islam
• Jesus was a good man, an example, prophet, not God vNon-Trinitarian – monotheistic ; Allah
• Extra Biblical writings Qur’an & others
• Salvation – works based, false Jesus & gospel
• GC- go & make disciples of Islam; only true religion
• Dietary restrictions – no alcohol, no pork, only fish with scales, etc. vAccompanying angel Jibril (Gabriel), who brought revelations from Allah in heaven

• Prophet & Founder Joseph Smith; B. Young
• Jesus, a man, became God; so can everyone else
• Jesus & Satan are spirit brothers
• Non-Trinitarian; polytheists
• Extra Biblical writings: The Book of Mormon, etc
• Salvation – works based; false Jesus & gospel
• GC- go & make Mormon disciples; only true religion
• Lifestyle restrictions – no ETOH, tobacco, caffeine
• Accompanying angel Moroni
• “As man now is, God once was; As God now is, man may be.”

• Founder Charles Taze Russell
• Out of Adventist Movement & William Miller
• Non-Trinitarian
• Reject belief in hell; they are the “true Israel”
• Bible: NWT – with their beliefs inserted
• Extra Biblical writings: The Watchtower
• Salvation – works based, false Jesus & gospel
• GC- go & make disciples of JW; only true religion
• Lifestyle – no drunkenness or tobacco products
• Jesus is not God, he’s Michael the Archangel

• Prophet – Ellen G. White; Founders -CC
• Out of Adventist Movement & William Miller
• Non-Trinitarian
• Rejects belief in hell; they are “true Israel”
• Bible & The Clear Word Bible- SDA beliefs inserted
• Extra Biblical writings: Great Controversy, Testimonies
• Salvation – works based, false Jesus & gospel
• GC- go & make Adventist disciples; only true religion
• Lifestyle – vegetarianism, veganism, no ETOH etc.
• Jesus is not God, He’s Michael the Archangel

• “The only barrier to receiving “truth” is the presumption that you already have it.”

• EGW/SDA: Last days began in 1844
• 3 Angels Message is “God’s Last Message” according to EGW’s visions, her accompanying angel & interpretation.
• Bible: Last Days – began at Jesus’ 1st coming Heb. 1:1-2
• Jesus’ Last Command – Great Commission
• Jesus’ Last Warning – ”If anyone adds to these things God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book and if anyone takes away from the words of this book of this prophecy God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the Holy City and from the things which are written in this book.” Rev. 22:18-19

• Covenant
  • Mosaic vs New
  • Ignore the Davidic Covenant

• Priesthood
  • Levitical vs Melchizadek

• Law
  • Mosaic vs Law of Christ

• Remembrance
  • Sabbath vs Lord’s Supper

• Seal – Sabbath vs Holy Spirit

• Trinity/Godhead vWorldview
• Nature of God vNature of Man vInspiration
• Death or Soul Sleep vHell
• Interpreter of Scripture
• Priority commandment
• Health Gospel – Diet, lifestyle, etc.

• EGW/SDA
  • Health Gospel; Right arm of the gospel
  • Vegetarianism & veganism
  • Meat eaters won’t be translated

• Bible – Have You Not Read?
  • Don’t ADD to the gospel or the Bible
  • What EGW/SDA call right arm of gospel, God calls “doctrines of demons” by way of “deceiving spirits”. I Timothy 4:1-4 § Various & strange doctrines Heb. 13:9-10

• I wanted to go jogging BUT then I read Proverbs 28:1, “The wicked run when no one is chasing them.”
• So I didn’t go!

• Atonement 
• Sin-bearer/Scapegoat
• Judgment
• Jerusalem & Israel

• Two goats – Lev. 16
  • Sacrificial &
  • Scapegoat

• Two purposes – Lev 16:30
  • To cleanse & purify
  • To be before the Lord

• Two outcomes
  • Propitiation
  • Expiation

• EGW/SDA: God will transfer all sins to Satan
  • Satan’s 5 “I Wills” – “I will be like the Most High”

• Bible: Jesus Christ, God, is the Sin-bearer
  • John seeing Jesus, “Behold! The Lamb who takes away the sin of the world.” John 1:29 
  • “For the transgression of My people He was stricken.” Isaiah 53:8
  • “All who dwell on the earth will worship him [Satan], whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world.” Rev. 13:8

• “For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than The Creator, who is blessed forever.”

• Hint: Think About Satan’s 5 “I Will’s”
• Did you know ….? 

• “For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God and if it begins with us first what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God.”

• “By a new and living way, which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His Flesh.” Heb. 10:20
• “But our minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken in Christ. But even to this day, when Moses [The Law] is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.” II Cor. 3:14-16
• See also II Cor. 4:3-4

• EGW: “Then I was pointed to some who are in great error of believing that it is their duty to go to Old Jerusalem and think they have a work to do there before the Lord comes… I saw that Satan has greatly deceived some in this thing…” The Gathering Times, Early Writings, p.74-75
• Bible: “To the Jew first”- Romans 2:9-10
• “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.” Romans 1:16

• EGW in vision: “I also saw that old Jerusalem never would be built up and Satan was doing his utmost to lead the minds of the children of the Lord into these things now in the gathering time.” The Gathering Times, Early Writings, p.74-75
• Bible: refuted by OT & NT Bible verses
• Historical & geographical evidence

• Amos 9:14-15

• Former SDA- doctrinal & mathematical errors
• Add, Subtract, Multiply & Divide
• Recall Scotland Yard’s Counterfeit story
• Study Satan’s 5 “I Will” statements
• Test yourself and test the prophets
• Must believe in the Jesus of the Bible
• If you preach a different Jesus, you will always preach a different gospel
• Adventism is counterfeit Christianity
• Following Christ always costs His followers something

• Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for you is that you may be saved.” Romans 10:1

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Jenifer Mason is a former Adventist. In elementary school she spent second and third grades enrolled in Adventist schools. She attended high school at First Baptist Academy in Dallas. Jenifer received her undergraduate, masters, and doctoral degrees from Loma Linda University (LLU). In 1994, LLU recruited Jenifer to teach in both the Schools of Public Health and Medicine, which she did for seven years. Jenifer is a member of Stonebriar Community Church (SCC) pastored by Chuck Swindoll. She chose SCC because of the church’s commitment to expository preaching and teaching the whole counsel of God.