According
to a Seventh-Day Adventist website, in an article titled, What
does the Sabbath have to do with salvation?, by Erwin R. Gane, he
errantly teaches...
The Bible teaches that those who receive the gift of Christ's character will observe His Sabbath as a sign or seal of their spiritual experience. Thus the people who receive the last-day seal of God will be Sabbath-keepers.
http://www.sabbathfellowship.org/biblestudies/erwingane/biblestudy_gane_sabbathsalv.htm
Blasphemy! According to Mr. Gane, keeping the Sabbath is evidence of salvation, just as Charismatics teach that speaking-in-tongues is the initial evidence of being born again. BOTH of these doctrines are lies of the Devil. Sabbath Keepers are false prophets!
Erwin Gane further errantly states...
There is not the slightest hint in the New Testament that the Sabbath was changed or abolished.
http://www.sabbathfellowship.org/biblestudies/erwingane/biblestudy_gane_sabbathsalv.htm
WRONG! Colossians 2:14,16-17 state quite the contrary... "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 no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ." The Old Testament SABBATH was a CEREMONIAL LAW, which pictured Jesus Christ, in whom we rest for the salvation of our souls. This is evidenced by Hebrews 4:2-4, which state...
"For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works."
This passage of Scripture clearly evidences the fact that the Sabbath Day was only symbolic of a person's faith (i.e., solely resting) in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Mankind attempted to work his way to Heaven through self-righteousness, but he utterly failed (Romans 3:19; James 2:10). This is represented by man working 6-days prior to the Sabbath Day. Today, Jesus is our Sabbath, i.e., He is the fulfillment of what the Sabbath Day symbolized.
In Christ we solely and completely rest for salvation. Jesus died on the cross for our sins, He was buried, and He resurrected from the dead three days later according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. This is the gospel (good news) message that brings salvation to them that believe (Romans 1:16). Colossians 2:16,17 state, "...or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come..." A shadow is only cast when the sun is afar off in the distance. Once the sun rises overhead, the shadow vanishes away. Hence, when Jesus Christ fulfilled His earthly mission, He took 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 (Colossians 2:14). There is NO Sabbath Day today. It was nailed to the cross. Jesus has become our Sabbath, and in Him alone we rest for our salvation.
As you'll learn from the following passage of Scripture, the Sabbath was indeed a picture of Jesus Christ, Who is our Sabbath today in Whom we completely rest for salvation. Hebrews 4:10, “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.”
Anyone who adds observing or honoring the Sabbath Day as a requirement to get to Heaven is putting forth a FALSE plan of salvation. Adding human effort to the gospel horribly corrupts the plan of salvation. You cannot experience the new birth unless you acknowledge that you are a guilty sinner in God's eyes (Romans 3:19), and receive the gospel (good news) of Christ's death on the cross for your sins, His burial, and His bodily resurrection from the dead three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).
Thus, Seventh Day Adventism is a satanic religion, rooted in the New World Order (NWO), and will take you to the Lake of Fire if you adhere to their errant teachings concerning salvation. SDA's are sneaky, showing superficially that they are Christians, while at the same time corrupting the meaning of faith by teaching that a person must fulfil all the obligations [as they understand it] of being a Christian in order to be saved (tithing, Sabbath Keeping, good works, et cetera). SDA's also teach that blatant heresy that Michael became Jesus, as do the Jehovah's Witnesses. Beware of NWO religions.
Sabbath Keepers Pervert
the Scriptures and Worship the Sabbath
Erwin Gane further states...
When we have true faith in Christ, we will not argue about whether it is convenient to keep holy His Sabbath day. We will do it because Jesus asks us to. Our Sabbath keeping will be the result and the evidence of our faith in Him. We will observe the Sabbath day as a memorial of creation ad a sign of Christ's work of sanctification in our hearts. Sabbath keeping will be not only a sign of Christ's work for us, but also an observance that strengthens our relationship with Him. It will be a vital part of our Christian walk and a tremendous blessing to us as we prepare for the seal of God and an eternity with our Lord.
http://www.sabbathfellowship.org/biblestudies/erwingane/biblestudy_gane_sabbathsalv.htm
Sabbath Keepers are
idolaters, worshipping the creature more than the Creator. You'd think
nothing else mattered in life except the Sabbath Day from listening to these
heretics. What did God say in Colossians 2:16, "Let no man
therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days..."
God said not to become misguided by false prophets would try to lead us away
from Christ. Carefully read Colossians 2:18,19... "Let no man
beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping
of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed
up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the
body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together,
increaseth with the increase of God." The Scriptures are very
clear--only Jesus Christ is to be worshipped! Catholics worship Mary.
Charismatics worship speaking-in-tongues. Sabbath-Keepers
worship the Sabbath. Televangelists worship money. Christians
are commanded to worship the Lord! Sabbath Keepers are
"vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head..."
(Colossians 2:18,19).
Misguided Worship and the Cults
So many false religions are started because people get sidetracked from the main issue--Jesus Christ Himself. One group is off worshipping Mary. Another group is off worshipping Water Baptism. Still yet another group is off worshipping the Lord's Supper. And now we have the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA's) off worshipping the Sabbath. Nothing is more dear to the Catholic than Mary. Nothing is more dear to the Lutheran than Water Baptism. Nothing is more dear to the Pentecostal than speaking-in-tongues. And nothing is more dear to SDA's than the Sabbath. Truly, nothing should be any more precious to the believer than Jesus Christ Himself, "Unto you therefore which believe he is precious..." (1st Peter 2:7).
The Bible never speaks of the Sabbath as being "precious"; BUT, 1st peter 2:7 calls Jesus PRECIOUS! We also read in the Scriptures about the "precious blood of Christ" in 1st Peter 1:18,19... "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." From the blood sacrifice of Abel, to the saints washed in the blood of the Lamb in Revelation 7:14, the Word of God centers around the blood of Jesus Christ. Yet, Catholics think Mary is precious, when the Bible does not say so. SDA's think the Sabbath is precious, but the Bible does not say so. Charismatics think speaking-in-tongues is precious, but the Bible never says that. What is precious to you? If you are a genuine child of God, then Jesus Christ and the blood He shed for your sins and mine ought to be the dearest and most precious things in your life.
The doctrine of Sabbath Keeping, as evidence of salvation, is of the Devil. The Apostle John said in 1st John 5:13... "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." Interestingly, John NEVER mentions THE SABBATH. If observing the Sabbath were any type of evidence of being saved, then surely John would have mentioned it, because the entire reason he wrote 1st John was to help believers KNOW they are saved. Do you see how quickly false doctrines and cults are exposed when we shine the Light of God's Holy Word upon them? This is why Jesus said in John 5:39... SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!
