There is a bracing of the mind, an opposition of the soul brought to the investigation of the Scriptures. This leaves such souls where Satan can impress them. In Minneapolis God gave precious gems of truth to His people in new settings. This light from heaven by some was rejected with all the stubbornness the Jews manifested in rejecting Christ, and there was much talk about standing by the old landmarks. But there was evidence they knew not what the old landmarks were. There was evidence and there was reasoning from the word that commended itself to the conscience; but the minds of men were fixed, sealed against the entrance of light, because they had decided it was a dangerous error removing the "old landmarks" when it was not moving a peg of the old landmarks, but they had perverted ideas of what constituted the old landmarks. {1888 518.1}
The passing of the time in 1844 was a period of great events, opening to our astonished eyes the cleansing of the sanctuary transpiring in heaven, and having decided relation to God's people upon the earth, [also] the first and second angels' messages and the third, unfurling the banner on which was inscribed, "The commandments of God and the faith of Jesus." One of the landmarks under this message was the temple of God, seen by His truth-loving people in heaven, and the ark containing the law of God. The light of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment flashed its strong rays in the pathway of the transgressors of God's law. The nonimmortality of the wicked is an old landmark. I can call to mind nothing more that can come under the head of the old landmarks. All this cry about changing the old landmarks is all imaginary. {1888 518.2}
it just seems like so many are going away from what we once believed ...
these are the original pillars of our faith do we really need anything else?
spirit of prophecy God sends His Spirit to His prophets to impart words of warning, rebuke, comfort, etc.
sanctuary message in 1844 Jesus shut the door to the Holy Place and moved into the Most Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary to interceed for our sins and the investigative judgement begins
state of the dead People that die, are sleeping and waiting for the resurrection, either to be in the first or the second.
health message putting away the flesh meats, butter, cheese, and for the end times, no dairy either because of diseased animals and return to God's original diet in Gen 1:29
Law of God this would be the moral law of the 10 commandments written by the finger of God on tablets of stone
victory over sin Jesus said, go and sin no more..by the power from on High we are to put away all sin in our lives and perfect character in this time of probation
these are just brief statements... there is much more, and open to any more comments from others concerning these topics..
Thank you NB for these statements. Do you wish to share your observation regarding which pillar/s are largely ignored by the mainstream SDA church today?
Thank you NB for these statements. Do you wish to share your observation regarding which pillar/s are largely ignored by the mainstream SDA church today?
as I look through the list...
first is SOP... so many these days do not want to hear of EGW or anything that she has said...
second is sanctuary message and many in our faith deny the heavenly and don't think Jesus is in the most Holy NOW interceding for us... much of this thanks to the Ford message
third, state of the dead, we have some that deny this and I even met a church elder that didn't believe this ...even after I gave him scripture he hangs on to his false ideas
fourth, the dreaded health message... people say I'm meddling when I remind them of this and most that are interested are not in our faith unfortunately... you can talk about anything but don't touch their plates!!.... there are a few now and then that just grab onto it and love it... it is the right arm of the gospel... not the body lest we forget but in these last days, health is hard to come by
fifth, the Law of God... most accept it but are we keeping it right, do we honor the 4th rightly? I've known some head elders and deacons in churches that did not honor the Sabbath correctly... and once that goes, what happens to the rest? doesn't it all get watered down ?
sixth, victory over sin, used to be believed by all back in the 18th century but these days coming out of our schools they are saying that we cannot have this victory.. they by saying this are presuming that God is going to let us all in heaven with our bad characters and sinning... this is not so...
seventh, righteous by faith... many believe in this and I see I left this out unfortunately, very important but some are presumptuous in thinking that we only need to believe and all will be saved... the bible says the devil believes and yet, he's not going to make it... so there must be a difference... complete trust and overcoming sin by our deep faith and trust in God to help us to have the victory.
