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Commentary on "A Brand Plucked From the Fire"
Day 7: Friday, May 27, 2011 - Further Study
In this day’s lesson, there is a quote by Ellen G White where she writes that when God takes away our filthy garments and clothes us with Jesus’ robe of righteousness that at that time, “pardon” is written against the names of those who have received this robe in the “records of heaven”.
According to Adventist theology and the writings of Ellen White, people are not truly and completely forgiven when they come to Jesus for salvation. The best that anyone can hope for is to have “pardon” written by their name in the “records of heaven”. They assert that full forgiveness, blotting out of sin and condemna-tion, only happens after God has gone over your name in the Investigative Judgment and seen that you have overcome those sins that have “pardon” written by them. Only then can you receive forgiveness. (For more on the Adventist view on forgiveness and the Investigative Judgment, read The Great Controversy, “Facing Life’s Record”, by Ellen G White).
“Seventh-day Adventists teach that a person’s ultimate salvation will be determined by the outcome of the Investigative Judgment. This doctrine, never taught before in the history of the church, teaches that beginning on October 22, 1844, an Investigative Judgment of all believer’s lives began. During this judgment, Adventists teach, believer’s names come up before God. If a believer has sinned that sin is marked down by a recording angel in heaven. That sin goes against the believer in the judgment. If a believer confesses that sin, “pardon” is written against that sin, but the sin remains on the books of record. Every single sin must be confessed to have “pardon” written by it. When a believer’s name comes up in this Investigative Judgment, God will weigh the good works against the sins. A believer never knows when God may come to his name in this judgment. When God looks at the believer’s life, Adventist’s teach, if those sins that were confessed and had been ‘pardoned’ were not perfectly overcome, they will go against the believer. Bottom line, an Adventist must perfectly overcome their sin in order to stand before God. They are taught by their prophetess that they must stand before a holy God without Jesus as their mediator. Their prophetess Ellen G. White says, “Those who are living upon 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” (The Great Controversy, p. 425). Needless to say, all of this contradicts the New Testament gospel of grace. The Bible teaches that believers never will enter a judgment for their salvation (John 5:24) and that there is no condemnation for a believer (Romans 8:1). The Bible teaches that when we confess our sins, they do not remain anywhere before God, they are forgiven and blotted out, wiped away!
1 John 1:8-9: “If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” NASU
Isa 43:25: “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.” NASU
Isa 44:22: “I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.” NASU
The Bible teaches that Jesus will never stop being a believer’s mediator (Hebrews 7:25).” (exadventist.com)
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