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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST HISTORY; (ADVENTIST HERITAGE) Credits to Adventist University of the Philippines Theology Students Reports, From the Class of Pastor Cadao From August - December 2018. - Report 1 (R1) - Report 23 (R23)
![โ[God has given me light] to
correct specious errors and
to specify what is truth.โ
โ Ellen G. White](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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- 1. Theological CrisisChapter 18 of the Messenger of God Christian Arjaye P. Lagonera Systematic Theology 1
- 2. โ[God has given me light] to correct specious errors and to specify what is truth.โ โ Ellen G. White
- 3. CounterfeitsIn the 1840โs and 1850โs
- 4. โAll that we have to do is to believe, and whatever we ask of God will be given us.โ โ New Hampshire Church
- 5. 1. โSome seemed to think that religion consisted in great excitement and noise. 2. They would talk in a manner that would irritate unbelievers. . . . 3. Some . . . professed great humility, and advocated creeping on the floor like children, as an evidence of their humility . . . . โ
- 6. โ. . .For this I was charged with being the evil servant that said, โMy Lord delayeth his coming.โโ โ Ellen G. White
- 7. Salvation by Faith The 1888 Message
- 8. โI have no smooth message to bear to those who have been so long as false guideposts, pointing the wrong way. If you reject Christโs delegated messengers, you reject Christ.โ โ Ellen G. White
- 10. โ. . . keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.โ -Revelation 14:12
- 11. โeither/orโ โboth/andโ Law or and Grace Pardon or and Power Forgiveness or and Cleansing
- 13. โAn un-willingness to yield up preconceived opinions, and to accept this truth, lay. . . against the Lordโs message. . .Satan succeeded in shutting away from our people. . .the special power of the Holy Spirit that God longed to impart to them . . .โ โ Ellen G. White
- 15. 1. The impartation of the Holy Spirit was primarily for physical manifestations and miracles rather than character preparation for service; 2. Perfectionism (โholy fleshโ) in the sense of not being able to sin because no temptation now arises from within; 3. Jesus was born with โsinless flesh;โ 4. The Holy Spirit insulated Jesus at conception from the law of heredity; 5. Sealed people will not die; and 6. Sealed people are healed physically as well as spiritually.
- 16. โ. . . Fanaticism, once started and left unchecked, is as hard to quench as a fire which has obtained hold of a building. . . . We need to contemplate Christ and become assimilated to His image through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. This is our only safeguard against being entangled in Satanโs delusive snares.โ โ Ellen G. White
- 17. โ. . .I can thank God this morning that my faith in the Spirit of Prophecy remains unshaken. God has spoken. He says I was wrong, and I answer, God is right, and I am wrong.โ โ A.G. Daniells
- 18. Pantheism Crisis
- 20. โNature is not God and never was God . . . As Godโs created work, it but bears a testimony of His power. . . . We need carefully to consider this; for in their human wisdom, the wise men of the world, knowing not God, foolishly deify nature and the laws of nature.โ โ Ellen G. White
- 21. 18 February, 1902 โ Battle Creek Sanitarium burned to the ground 30 December, 1902 โ Review and Herald Publishing Association destroyed by fire
- 22. Unclear on thePersonality of God
- 23. โYou are not definitely clear on the personality of God, which is everything to us as a people. You have virtually destroyed the Lord God Himself. Your ideas are so mystical that they are destructive to the real substance, and the minds of some are becoming confused in regard to the foundation of our faith. If you allow your mind to become thus diverted, you will give a wrong mold to the work that has made us what we are.โโ Ellen G. White
- 24. โThese sentiments [The Living Temple] do not bear the endorsement of God. They are a snare that the enemy has prepared for these last days. . . . The track of truth lies close beside the track of error, and both tracks may seem to be one to minds which are not worked by the Holy Spirit, and which, therefore, are not quick to discern the difference between truth and error.โ โ Ellen G. White
- 25. โMEET IT!โ
- 26. Not a day too early, not a day too late!
- 28. โReformersโ Kellog, Sutherland, Magan, and Waggoner, Jones VS Top-level Church administrators Daniells, Spicer, Prescott and Morrison
- 29. โข Centralization vs decentralization of authority โข Orthodoxy vs the new theology (pantheism, etc.) โข Organization vs independence โข Paid ministry vs a self-supporting ministry โข Validity of Ellen Whiteโs โtestimoniesโ vs her being questioned and/or ignored โข Medical work as โarmโ vs medical work as โbodyโ
- 30. โข Emmanuel Missionary Collegeโs success vs the reopening of Battle Creek College โข Battle Creek regarded as โpunishedโ vs Battle Creekโs fires as accidental โข Move to Washington vs the value of Battle Creek label โข Educational orthodoxy vs experimental education โข Board control of E.M.C. vs E.M.C. administrators being led by the Spirit
- 31. Sermons โThe Foundation of Our Faithโ โLessons from Revelationโ โA Plea fro Unityโ โTake Heed to Thyselfโ โA Change for Feeling Neededโ Books Testimonies Vol. VIII โThe Essential Knowledgeโ โThe Ministry of Healingโ
- 32. The Ballenger Sanctuary Crisis/1905 Misunderstanding
- 33. โI have often been warned against overstrained ideas of sanctification. They lead to an objectionable feature of experience that will swamp us unless we are wide-awake. . . .the Lord warned me against sentiments that were being gathered and then held. . .Instruction was given me that these sentiments received have been as leaven put into meal. โ Ellen G. White
- 34. โMany minds have received them. The ideas of some regarding a great experience, called and supposed to be, sanctification have been the alpha of a train of deception which will deceive and ruin the souls of those who receive them. . . . Satan is surely presenting some false theories which you must not receive. . .โ โ Ellen G. White
- 35. MisunderstandingThe Role Of the Holy Spirit
- 36. โIn the future, deception of every kind is to arise, and we want solid ground for our feet. . . . Not one pin is to be removed from that which the Lord has established. The enemy will bring in false theories. . . I am praying that the power of the Saviour will be exerted in behalf of those who have entered into the temptations of the enemy. โ Ellen G. White
- 37. Salvation by Faith at Minneapolis (1888) Holy Flesh Movement at Battle Creek (1901) Pantheism crisis at Washington, D. C. (1903) Sanctuary challenge in (1905) โIt was she who played a key role in resolving these issues. . . . Without Ellen Whiteโs authoritative voice, the outcome may have been very different.โ
- 38. Sound Bible Study + Confirmation by Divine Revelation Present Truth
- 39. Theological CrisisChapter 18 of the Messenger of God Christian Arjaye P. Lagonera Systematic Theology 1 End
Editor's Notes
- Throughout history since Cain and Abel, Satan has done well in his attempt to deceive and destroy the people by scamming them a counterfeit in place of the true work. The very nature of counterfeits requires immediate response; if left unchecked, truth comes close to shipwreck until a clear voice arises to reveal the error.
- This has been Ellen Whiteโs role in the Seventh-day Adventist Church from the beginning of her ministry to this day through her books. In reviewing the fanaticism and counterfeit views of the 1840s and 1850s, we are reminded that these same errors will be faced repeatedly until the close of time. So let us review the origin of these matters.
- EGW encountered a group of believers in New Hampshire who appeared to be assured in the Lord.
- New Hampshire: โthey claimed perfect sanctification, declaring that they were above the possibility of sin.โ This kind of thinking leads to the belief that โthe affections and desires of the sanctified ones were always right, and never in danger of leading them into sin.โ There are actually a lot of people covertly believing in this, but letโs move on first. This movement spread to Paris, Maine (northeasternmost) and Randolph, Massachusetts causing EGW to give disapproval.
- Maine SDAโs brought disrepute to early Adventists. 2. Sound familiar? โ. . I (EGW) told them plainly that . . . the humility which God looked for in His people was to be shown by a Christ-like life, not by creeping on the floor.โ But the people rejected EGWโs admonition. Then time-setting became a thing.
- Which EGW also came to address.
- Nearly 8 years after the GC in Minnesota; EGW summarized Waggonerโs and Jonesโ crucial theological issues. The 1888 message were frequently called โa most precious messageโ, โthe loud cryโ, โthe latter rain messageโ, โmessage from heavenโ, and many more by EGW. This message consists of 193 (found) Statements of Endorsements by EGW. And there are more than 100 more undocumented. The problem of Battle Creek was the leaders, despite their stalwart hearts, havenโt fully understood the gospel yet.
- The problem of Battle Creek was the leaders, despite their stalwart hearts, havenโt fully understood the gospel yet. So EGW, Waggoner and Jones took to the North American churches the refreshing full-orbed understanding of righteousness by faith. Which was summarized and known as Manuscript 36, 1890
- The basic issue in 1888 was how to comprehend the gospel in John that Godโs people wouldโฆ Orthodox Adventists clearly understood the claims of Godโs commandments as especially highlighted in the Sabbath commandment. But, as happens often in Christian history, right thinking may not always be joined with a clear faith-commitment to Christ who alone can save one from the guilt and power of sin.
- She moved the theological argument above the conventional either/or to the both/and. She placed this strong Biblical understanding within the messages of the three angels of Revelation 14. By focusing on this Adventist recovery of the โeverlasting gospelโ (Rev. 14:6), she clarified the unambiguous message of the Adventist Church. This profound uniting of what had been dividing the religious world for centuries and the Adventist Church specifically, was her remarkable contribution to the 1888 crisis over salvation by faith.
- For Mrs. White, the emphasis on salvation by faith during the 1888-1895 period embodied the โthird angelโs message,โ especially as this message related to Christโs work in the Most Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary. It was more than a mere recovery of โrighteousness by faithโ as proclaimed by the Reformers. It can be strongly argued that, without Ellen Whiteโs prophetic leadership at that time, the Seventh-day Adventist Church would have been mortally wounded. The urgency of the messages of this period, 1888-1896, persists today. To be truly informed, a person must re-read the actual messages, not through the eyes of another but directly as if the present reader were an eyewitness hearing Jones, Waggoner, and Ellen White for the first time.
- During the 1900 Indiana Conference were teaching that in order to be translated, one must go through the โgarden experienceโ; and receive the โholy fleshโ. And after this experience, no member could no longer be tempted from within and not see death. But Stephen Haskell, one of the pioneers of the SDAC in the South Pacific, addressed and exposed these false doctrines.
- Stephen also wrote to EGW who was still in Australia that time. So when EGW came back, she personally met the conference leaders.
- She [EGW] stated that everyone an now obtain holy hearts but claiming to have a holy flesh is an impossibility.
- The president and other Indiana Conference officials made an open confession of their errors.
- Pan โ all; theos โ God In pantheism, everything manifests the presence of God; nature and God are identical.
- During the post-millerite era; one of the main things EG preached against the spiritualizers was the reduction of Jesus to that of a spirit rather than a material Person. So when EGW met J.H. Kellogg and his agenda, she recognized the similarities between the two teachings. When EGW received a letter entitled โThe True Relation of God and Natureโ, she replied back:
- These statements shouldโve been enough to silence the uprising but they were ignored. And more followers arose. After a while, president Daniells returned from Australia to assume his leadership in the GC. He was astounded to find out about this. Also W.A. Spicer, who had just returned from his several-year missionary trip in India who was just appointed to be the secretary of the FMB.
- After that, Dr. Kellogg was already planning to rebuild so he tried to borrow money from the GC (who were heavily in debt due to expansive medical facilities). Daniells at that time had a fund-raising by selling EGWโs book Christโs Object Lessons to reduce the debts in educational facilities. So he suggested that Dr. Kellogg write a book about physiology and health care as promoted in the Battle Creek Sanitarium. But Daniells made it plain to Kellogg not to include his new theory where the doctor agreed. However, when it was proofread by W.W. Prescott and Spicer, controversy over its contents began. So Kellogg withdrew the book from further consideration but he placed a personal order fro 5,000 copies with the Review and Herald Publishing Association. But during GC 1903, the issue still was prevalent. There was a struggle of leadership, Kellogg against Daniells.
- But EGW didnโt confront Kellogg at the session. She was given a vision not to โsay anything that would stir up confusion and strife in the conferenceโ. But Kellogg still continued to ignore the letters. So he had printed 5,000 copies of the book in a commercial printer. Now the public can see why Daniells and the GC halted the production. Opposing sides rose and created a confusion regarding the function of the Holy Spirit and blurring the truth concerning the distinct personalities of the Godhead.
- During the Autumn GC, the controversy was addressed at spirited all-day and late-evening meeting. Daniells was heading home when a group of people met him and said โDeliverance has come! Here are two messages from EGWโ. This was read in the council the next day and settled the issue for most waverers. Daniells then wrote to EGW that the timing was perfect and the points were clear, concise and unambiguous.
- She knew immediately what her duty was. Beginning at 1:00 A.M., she wrote as fast as she could. When her office help arrived, they had pages to edit. She wrote throughout the day, and the secretaries worked throughout the next night so that the material could be sent on the early-morning train. They worked until they heard the sound of the train whistle. D. E. Robinson, one of the secretaries, rode his bicycle as fast as he could for almost two miles to catch the mail car. Days later, these timely messages arrived in Washington, D. C. EGW also, wrote to his friend Waggoner to change his ways. But nevertheless, the big picture wasnโt still yet clear to many as pantheism wasnโt the only issue.
- Lake Union GC 1904, two camps continued the deepening cleavage. According to E.K. VandeVere, these are the polarities of the 1904 session.
- In these sermons Mrs. White emphasized the principles that each side was trying to uphold. She hoped that both sides would see the big picture. But she also saw what prevented both groups from understanding each other. Attitudes on both sides of various issues were the chief obstacle to resolving the apparent dilemmas. After the GC, she also rushed the printing of Testimonies Vol. 8 entitled โThe Essential Knowledgeโ; she was also developing fast her new book โThe Ministry of Healingโ
- Misunderstanding the role of the Holy Spirit in the salvation process. Whenever one neglects the work of the Holy Spirit in the relationship between the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus (Rev. 14:12), the tendency is either toward cold legalism or hot feelings and fervent individualism. Or error arises when the work of the Holy Spirit is de-emphasized when focusing on the substitutionary death of Christ; or, when one focuses on the โindwelling Spiritโ to the neglect of Christ as Sacrifice and High Priest. Misunderstanding Christโs double role as Sacrifice and enabling High Priest set the stage for misunderstandings. For some of them, they were focused on the โimparting victoryโ and manifestation of the Spirit, overlooking the HS primary role in character transformation. After accepting the 1888 Minneapolis messages, these leaders believed that God would follow through quickly by sending His Spirit in a marked manner, enabling the church to โfinish the workโ and thus hasten the return of Jesus. For some, this focus on the work of the Spirit would lead them to believe that each person โfilled with the Spiritโ would also receive the gift of the Spirit of prophecy
- A decade or more of misconstruing the role of the Holy Spirit in salvation by faith weakened Ballengerโs understanding regarding Christโs role in the atonement. Focusing his attention on the immediacy of the cleansed experience through claiming the Holy Spirit, he took his theological eyes off Christโs function as High Priest, both in His first phase of ministry in the Holy Place and then in the Most Holy. He refused to accept the correction of EGW and began attacking her credibility.
- Under Godโs illumination, Ellen Whiteโs clarifying and unifying leadership in these four theological crises. No other person involved in these four potentially divisive crises was able to unify and set the course for the future. As noted often by many,
- Ellen White was indeed the voice of the Advent movement, but not by spelling out each theological detail and settling each crisis with Sinai thunder. She worked to build up the best thinking of the moment, waiting at times until that best thinking ripened so that she did not break the equation initiated many years before: It seems that Mrs. Whiteโs highest, greatest contribution was to keep the big picture in view, sensing always the harmful consequences of false theories. Clear in her mind was the full-orbed understanding of the gospel, and any theory that blurred any aspect of the gospel got her careful and concerned attention. She steered the church away from legalism on the right and romantic fanaticism on the left, always concerned with unity and with the distinctive mission of the Adventist Church
- Throughout history since Cain and Abel, Satan has done well in his attempt to deceive and destroy the people by scamming them a counterfeit in place of the true work. The very nature of counterfeits requires immediate response; if left unchecked, truth comes close to shipwreck until a clear voice arises to reveal the error.