The position claimed as the position of the bible in the chart below is really the Evangelical's position. Thusia SDA to which I belong does not support the Catholic position, the teaching of whom is not established ultimately by scripture but by the self professed power of the papacy to pontificate doctrinal dogma. Neither do we hold the position of the Evangelicals whose teaching on salvation were inherited by Phillip Malanchton and John Calvin. Nor is our position that of the General Conference SDA churches who rejected the true doctrinal position of justification at the 1888 General Conference meeting in Minneapolis,Minnesota presented by elders Jones and Waggoner and supported by Mrs.White. The position of the General Conference SDA Churches is similar if not identical to the Evangelical position on justification. Thusia SDA position is supported by the 1888 message given at the General Conference then, it is supported by the writings of the German reformer Martin Luther, but most of all and foremost our position is established and supported by Scripture.
WHAT OUR INQUIRY ABOUT OURSELVES SHOULD BE? We are in the very last days, we are told that the last controversy will be very short. “We are standing on the threshold of great and solemn events. Prophecies are fulfilling. The last great conflict will be short, but terrible. Old controversies will be revived. New controversies will arise. We have a great work to do. Our ministerial work must not cease. The last warning must be given to the world. There is a special power in the presentation of the truth at the present time. How long will it last? Only a little while.” Ellen G. White, Selected Messages bk. 3, pg. 419. And in view of the lateness of time, what should be the inquiry of everyone? We are told: “The inquiry of everyone should be ‘whose am I? To whom do I owe allegiance? Is my heart renewed? Is my soul reformed? Are my sins forgiven? Will they be blotted out when the time of refreshing shall come?” Ibid, pg. 419. We must needs examine ourselves to see if we are
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