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The entire chapter of Romans 6 speaks of baptism into Christ, but never once mentions water.

Romans 6:3-4 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his
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death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

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Romans 4:5 (NASB) But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his
faith is credited as righteousness,

Salvation comes by faith and faith alone…not by baptism or any other work that we could possibly do.

Eph. 2: 8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of
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God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
6. Salvation

If you receive Christ as your Savior through the SDA's, only your past sins, up to that moment are
forgiven. Now you must get to work to earn your salvation. Ellen G. White said in the Advent Review and
Sabbath Herald of 10-26-1897 this statement, "...The terms of salvation for every son and daughter of
Adam are here outlined. It is plainly stated that the condition of gaining eternal life is obedience to the
commandments of God". Of course, it is the fourth commandment that is stressed, since Ellen saw this
one glowing in one of her visions. Salvation now becomes dependent on which day of the week one
observes. Modern Adventists keep sundown Friday to sundown Saturday as the Sabbath, but earlier in
their history they kept 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday. The rest of us "Sunday keepers" are doomed to
receive the "mark of the beast" and lose our eternal life. (The Spirit of Prophecy V. 4, p. 505).

Ellen G. White: "...Those who are living on the earth when the intercession of Christ shall cease in the
sanctuary above are to stand in the sight of a holy God without a mediator. Their robes must be
spotless, their characters must be purified from sin by the blood of sprinkling. Through the grace of God
and their own diligent effort they must be conquerors in the battle with evil....". (The Great Controversy
p. 425).

Contrast this with Hebrews 7:25, "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come
unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them". 1 Peter 2:24 says, "Who his own
self bare our sins in his own body on the tree...".

The official SDA position is that if you do not worship on Saturday you are not a Christian and will not
go to Heaven. Sunday worship is the mark of the beast and a denying of the creation acts of God.

16.4 Let’s Practice…

1. SDAs believe in ______________ for the saved (i.e., no conscious existence from the time of
death until the resurrection), and ________________ for the wicked

2. What do SDAs believe about the nature of Christ?

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