19. The Old and New Sabbaths Contrasted
The shadowy Sabbath was the observance of every seventh day. “The seventh day is the Sabbath” (Exod. 20:10). The new-covenant Sabbath is not the observance of this particular day. “One […]
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Category: Adventist Doctrines
Are You Led By the Lesser Light or Sola Scriptura?
STEPHEN PITCHER Editor’s Note: This article is excerpted from a new book by Stephen Pitcher on The Clear Word, a paraphrase of the Bible by Jack Blanco, which is […]
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18. The Gospel Rest
“Sabbath” means “rest.” Sabbatarians admit this. Hear Uriah Smith (leading Adventist), “The word ‘sabbath’ means ‘rest.’ That is the one sole idea it conveys, first, last, and all the […]
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Enjoy Sabbath Rest Today
SHERYL BARKER Introduction The common understanding of Sabbath today is influenced primarily by the fourth commandment. Christians vary, however, in their interpretation of how Sabbath rest fits in the new […]
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17. The Christian’s Law
Sabbatarians are constantly crying, “We must keep God’s commandments.” This is true. But where they err is in applying the term “commandments” exclusively to the ten written on stone. […]
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16. The Law of Christ
“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). “Jesus the mediator of the new covenant testament, margin “ (Heb. 12:24). […]
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15. The New Covenant
“Behold, I make all things new.” This is the message of the gospel. Christ came to inaugurate a new creation, an entire new order of things. The seers of […]
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14. The Jewish Sabbath Abolished
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.…Let […]
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13. The Old Sabbath Repealed
By reading Rom. 2:12, 14-16, it is seen that there are two kinds of precepts: those that exist in man’s consciousness, independent of law to enforce them, […]
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12. The Seventh-Day Sabbath as Mentioned in the New Testament
Since the “first” or “old” covenant—the law—that enjoined the observance of the seventh day, was abolished and ended at the cross, and the “new” and “better” covenant has taken […]
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Pope Francis Promotes Saturday Sabbath
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world so suddenly that many people are feeling “shock-y”. Last Friday our governor asked that public meetings be limited to groups not over 250 […]
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11. The Decalog
The Seventh-day Adventists point the people to the Decalog as God’s eternal law, superior to all else, that which governs angels in heaven governed Adam in Eden, and will […]
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10. Moses the Mediator of the Law
“Mediate. — To interpose; to intercede.” — Webster. Then, a mediator is one who interposes or mediates between parties, one who stands in the middle between two. Mesites is […]
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God’s Judgment Source of Adventism’s Proof-Texting
By Margie Littell and Colleen Tinker One of the most profound ways we see God’s great love to us is in understanding that He has given us His eternal […]
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Chapter 9: The Abolition of the Law
Adventists are continually crying, “God’s law [meaning the Sinaitic code] is unchangeable.” But Paul contradicts them, boldly stating “that there is made of necessity a change also of the […]
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