Even Ellen White said, “We have many lessons to learn, and many, many to unlearn. Which is why the attitude of “submit to every doctrinal detail, and every GC policy, without complaining, or leave” misses the point. Because he sees it only from the office at the top, he doesn’t understand what a church is.Ī church is people, not beliefs. One General Conference official has written that religious liberty in the church means you can leave if you don’t agree with what it officially stands for. It is a community, and people can love their community even if it is wrong about some things. There are truths to be found here, but we need no longer invest in this entire belief, as some do, as though it is the most central thing we teach.īut this is what Aunty really wants to say to you: a church is more than a set of beliefs. When’s the last time you heard a sermon on the close of probation? Or on the progress of the judgment of Seventh-day Adventists’ determining the time of Jesus’ return? The pioneers spoke of God’s judging Seventh-day Adventists in real time, and his progress on their judgment a countdown to the close of their probation. Even the doctrine as now explained by so-called traditional Adventists-that God is the one on trial, not the saints-would be unrecognizable to the pioneers. It is true that the pioneers’ view of the 1844 investigative judgment scenario is no longer affirmed by many Adventists.
Which brings me to ask this question: if you don’t believe in this central point, then why remain a Seventh-day Adventist? Might as well attend another church that preaches the finished work of Jesus and the simple message of being saved by grace.
I agree with your recent response to the question regarding 1844 and the plan of salvation.
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