2.
What they write and teach their followers, contradicts Bible.
Fulfillment: Read,
"Ellen G. White Contradicts the Bible Over 50 time"
EGW holds strict authority over its members in respect to, finances,
wills, diet, dress, amusement, associations, etc. as taught in her
books such as Testimonies to the Church.
3.
Many members taking issue with the authority of the leader are
excommunicated, (disfellowshipped), shunned, or not allowed to hold office
in the church, etc.
Fulfillment: EGW: "When the judgment of the General Conference,
which is the highest authority that God has on earth, is exercised private
independence and private judgment MUST NOT be maintained, but must be
surrendered." Testimonies 3 p. 492.
Look
at the SDA pastors that were fired for not believing in some of Ellen G.
White’s teachings. Also members who have been put out of office and
disfellowshipped for not accepting Ellen G. White as a prophet or her
teachings.
4.
Cult leaders teach infallibility in their teachings or the writings
of their cult leader, in this case Ellen G. White.
Fulfillment: "It is from the standpoint of the
light that has come through the Spirit of Prophecy (Mrs. White’s writings)
that the question will be considered, believing as we do that the Spirit of
Prophecy is
the only infallible interpreter of Bible
principles, since it is the Christ, through this agency, giving real
meaning of his own words." G.A. Irwin, General Conference President, from
the tract The Mark of the Beast, p. 1.
On
February 7, 1887, the General Conference passed the following
resolution -- "That we re-affirm our binding confidence in the
Testimonies of Sister White to the Church, as the teaching of the Spirit of
God." SDA Year Book for 1914, p. 253
"Our position on the Testimonies is like the key-stone
to the arch. Take that out and there is no logical stopping-place till all
the special truths of the Message are gone...Nothing is surer than this,
that the Message and visions (of Mrs. White) belong together, and stand or
fall together." Review and Herald Supplement, August 14, 1883.
5.
The cult members believes that they are superior to others because of
their unique teachings as they have knowledge of God’s will that other
Christians do not have. Because of the false teachings of their prophet or
leaders, they consider themselves especially chosen by God, and look at
themselves as the "Remnant Church," or "The True Church".
Fulfilled: Ellen G. White and the Seventh-day Adventist Church view
themselves as "the Remnant Church" alone especially called by God in 1844,
over all other churches, which they called Babylon. The Adventist still
considers themselves the Remnant Church. Read, "Seventh-day Adventist
Believe 27," Chapter 12, The Remnant and Its Mission, p.153.
Seventh-day Adventist Believe: "One of the gifts of
the Holy Spirit is prophecy, This gift
is an identifying mark of the remnant church and was manifested in the
ministry of Ellen G. White." "Seventh-day Adventist Believe 27,"
p.216.
Without Ellen G. White and her Bible Contradictions, the Seventh-day
Adventist Church could not call itself the Remnant Church. In fact the Word
of God never calls any denomination a remnant church.
6.
Adventist leaders and their members use the writings of Ellen G.
White to interpret the Scriptures. EGW's writings are the final arbitrator
of doctrines.
Fulfilled: The Adventist’s claim to hold the Bible above all teachings,
but in fact they interpret the Bible by the writings of Ellen G. White. This
is demonstrated in their Sabbath school Quarterlies, sermons, and articles
in their church paper, "Adventist Review." Her counsel is to be followed as
Scripture.
7.
They publish their own Bible and
insert their own doctrines in the text.
Fulfilled: The Seventh-day Adventist Church
publishes The Clear Word Bible.
It is a cultic Bible that does not separate the Bible
text from the author’s personal commentary, opinions, which slants the text
to agree with the writings of Ellen G. White and whatever else to make the
text say what he wants it to say. This corrupt piece of work, makes the Word
of God unclear to the reader.
Adventist scholar Dr. Sakae Kubo say’s, "I am
concerned about how our membership regard and use Blanco’s Clear Word.
Behind my remarks is a history of Bibles of this sort that have a terrible
bias. The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ New
World Translation is an obvious example—the
divinity of Christ is removed and His createdness is brought out along with
other tendential characteristics. The very obvious and serious danger is
that our own people will be confused as to what the Bible really says.
Interpretation has been so mixed in with the text that our people will think
that the interpretation is part of the Word of God."
Adventist Review, April 1995, p.15.
The Clear Word
Bible, 1994 by Jack J. Blanco.
Printed and distributed by Review and Herald Publishing
Association,
55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21740
To see
examples of how, The
Clear Word Bible perverts the Word of God, go to another site:
http://www.ratzlaf.com/pdf%20files/4-17-01%20Deliberate%20Distortions%20in%20SDA.pdf
8. Religious
cults look at individuals that leave their group as being lost, and without
salvation.
Fulfilled: It is difficult for Seventh-day Adventists to fathom that a
person leaving their church that disagree with Adventist doctrines can
remain a Christian and still be saved. They often conclude someone must have
hurt their feelings in an effort to justify their departure.
After I left the Adventist Church I had letters telling me I was being led
by Satan, I was making war on God's church, I would burn in Hell, and that I
should come back to the church, etc.
Christians that do not belong to the Seventh-day Adventist Church are often
called "outsiders." When a Christian from another Church joins the
Seventh-day Adventist Church, they are said, "to have come into the truth."
They are often "encouraged" to be rebaptized.
9.
What is a cult?
A religious cult is an
organization that has departed from mainstream Christianity to follow
doctrines that are not Biblical. They hold their leader's Bible
contradictions over the Word of God. The Seventh-day Adventist Church
teaches many non-Biblical doctrines.
Webster’s Dictionary by Random House: cult n. 1. a particular system
of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies. 2. a.
a group that devotes itself to or venerates a person, ideal, fad, etc. 3. a.
a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist. b. the
members of such a religion or sect. -adj. 4. of or pertaining to a cult. 5.
of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie. cultic, adj.
cultish, adj. cultism, n. cultist, n.
Are
there different kinds of cults?
Most definitely. There are religious cults,
Satanic cults, secular cults. Some cults are
purely secular such as; sport idols, UFO cults, movie stars, and some are
dedicated for good of society. A cult in itself is not necessarily
evil.
Christians need to be alert as to what is being taught as truth and refuse
to accept Biblical Contradictions especially if a church has a prophet.
People find comfort and security in belonging to religious cults, as it
agrees with their beliefs that they were brain-washed into believing as
truth.
SOURCE: Is the SDA
Church a Cult?
EGW is as
inspired as the Bible prophets
Truth or Fables
Beware This Cult!
An insider exposes Seventh-day Adventism
and their false Prophet, Ellen G. White
By
Gregory G. P. Hunt, M.D., B.Sc., F.R.C.P.
Copyright ©1981
Ellen White - Did She Have Visions or Seizures?
