Rev 14 (The Open Remnant Conclusion 2)– To be a Seventh-day Adventist is, however, no guarantee that I or those I love will be saved. It is no guarantee that the particular community I am a part of will stay faithful. This remnant identity is a calling and a gift from God, it is not a basis for arrogance or boasting. While Ellen White has offered promises that the “ship of Adventism” will somehow make it through, the same author has said, “All the promises and threatenings of God are alike conditional” (MS4, 1883; 1 SM 67). So identification with the Adventist Church should not lead to feelings of superiority, but to feelings of responsibility in the face of the great opportunities that lie before the people of God at the very end of history. It is the mission, not the institution, that is glorious.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:46:13 +0000
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