What We Believe

Seventh-day Adventists Believe . . .

  • That the Bible is the Inspired Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17)
  • In a personal God. (Hebrews 1:1-3)
  • In Jesus Christ, as the divine Son of God and as our Savior. 
    (John 1:1-3, 14;  Hebrews 7:25)
  • In the Holy Spirit, the divine Comforter. (John 15:26)
  • In regeneration and the new birth, through the acceptance of the gospel. (John 3:1-7; 2 Corinthians 5:17)
  • That the second coming of Christ is very near. That it will be literal, personal, and visible to all. (John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; Matthew 24:30)
  • That it is now the time of judgment. (Revelation 14:6-12)
  • That man by nature is mortal. (Job 4:17; 1 Timothy 6:15, 16)
  • That immortality and eternal life are the gift of God and are received only through Christ.  (Romans 6:23)
  • That the dead are in an unconscious state. (Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 11:11-14)
  • That there will be a resurrection of the dead. (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17)
  • That the wicked will not burn eternally but will be burned up.
    (Malachi 4:1-3)
  • That righteousness comes by faith, not by works.
    (Romans 4:3-5; Ephesians 2:8-9)
  • That salvation comes as a gift of God and is not received through any merit of the sinner’s. (Ephesians 2:8)
  • That the law of the Ten Commandments is the standard of righteousness by which all will be judged and which all Christians are commanded to obey. (James 2:10-12; Exodus 20:3-17)
  • That the original seventh-day Sabbath has never been changed by divine authority and therefore all Christians are under obligation to keep it holy. (Genesis 2:2, 3; Luke 23:54-56)
  • In support of the gospel through tithes and offerings.
    (Leviticus 27:30; Malachi 3:8-11; Matthew 23:23)
  • In Baptism by immersion. (Mark 1:9, 10; Romans 6:3-5)
  • In the ordinances of humility and the Lord’s Supper.
    (John 13:4-17; 1 Corithians 11:23-26)
  • In the gifts of the Spirit including the Spirit of prophecy.
    (Ephesians 4:8-11; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 19:10)

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