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These verses support the fact the Jesus was fully human, yet without sin: Matt. 1:1, 18-25; 4:2; 26:38;
Luke 1:26-38; 9:58; 22:44; John 1:14; 11:33-35; 19:28, 34; Romans 9:5; 1 Cor. 15:3; Gal. 4:4; Phil. 2:5-11;
1 Tim. 2:5; 3:16; Heb. 2:14-15, 17-18; 4:15; 10:5; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 4:2; 2 John 7.

Atonement. "Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to
become perfect in Christ" (E.G. White, The Great Controversy [TGC], 1911, p. 623; TGC has since been
retitled and published as America in Prophecy, 1988). SDA teaches that, though saved by grace, we are
kept by the Law (i.e., "partial atonement"). Therefore, one must keep Old Testament dietary and
ceremonial laws, paying particular attention to keep the Saturday Sabbath and the Ten
Commandments, and most importantly, making sure to faithfully pay the tithe.

What does the Bible say?

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I John 2:1-2 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we
have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

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and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
Rom. 5:11 We also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the
atonement.

Even when speaking of being saved by the righteousness of Christ, Adventist writers refer to imparted
righteousness, seldom to the Biblical concept of imputed righteousness. Calling it "Christ's
righteousness," while insisting on the believer's perfection of character as a prerequisite to salvation, is
at worst a thinly veiled works salvation, or at best an attempt to mix grace and works, something the
Bible says is impossible to do (Rom. 11:6). Mrs. White's words are crystal clear -- one will not be forgiven
until all sins are eradicated from one's life and one's character is perfected. Precisely the same heresy is
found (besides many others) in Mormonism. It is not the salvation by grace alone through faith alone
offered in the Bible.

Jesus appeared in the Most Holy Place before the presence of God (Heb. 9:24).

Jesus’s blood cleansed His people from their sin (Heb. 9:14).

The atonement is a finished work and Christ "sat down on the right hand of God" (Heb. 10:12)

His work of atonement is complete and finished "forever", and to symbolize the completeness of His
task, Hebrews says that Christ "sat down on the right hand of God." It is finished!

Baptism. "… Christ made it clear that He required baptism of those who wished to become part of His
church, His spiritual kingdom"; "In baptism believers enter into the passion experience of our Lord"; "…
Baptism also marks a person's entrance into Christ's spiritual kingdom. … it unites the new believer to
Christ.… Through baptism the Lord adds the new disciples to the body of believers -- His body, the
church.… Then they are members of God's family" (SDAs Believe …, pp. 182, 184, 187).

What does the Bible say?

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