Statement of Beliefs
My set of Christian beliefs are Protestant at their core
(i.e. Sola Scriptura, Sola fide, Sola gratia, Solo Christo, Soli Deo
gloria). (See five
solas in Wikipedia for a summary description.) What I add or modify
to Protestantism is traditional (i.e. pioneer) Seventh-day Adventist
teaching as follows:
- The Nature of God.
I present the three principal views here.
The pioneer SDA position was Binitarian as recognized by modern-day
SDA theologians.
- The Law of God
- The Sanctuary. Wikipedia provides a good summary here.
- The 7th day Sabbath. Summarized in Wikipedia here.
- Non-immortal soul. Also referred to as Christian
conditionalism.
- End-time events. My eschatology is summarized in Wikipedia
here.
It is premillenial (Christ comes before the 1,000 years in heaven)
and annihilationist (the unsaved are destroyed and cease to exist).
- Christ our righteousness. Christ not only justifies (forgives)
he also sanctifies (cleanses and purifies). It is not just a "legal"
cleansing (justification), but a soul cleansing (sanctification)--the
renewal of mind, the transforming of character--that Christ performs
in a believer's life. See 1
Corinthians 1:30-31
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