Where did they come from?
What do they do?
What do they believe?
Worship Should Be on the Sabbath
Worship Should be on the Lord’s DayGod made the Sabbath at creation for all peoples. Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:11
New Testament believers are not under the OT Law. Romans 6:14, Galatians 3:24-25, Colossians 2:16
Christ observed the Sabbath (Mark 1:21) and is the Lord of the Sabbath (Mark 2:28).
Jesus was resurrected and appeared to some of his followers on Sunday. Matthew 28:1
The apostle Paul preached on the Sabbath. Acts 17:2
Jesus made continuing resurrection appearances on succeeding Sundays. John 20:26
John had his apocalyptic vision on a Sunday. Revelation 1:10
Gentiles worshipped on the Sabbath. Acts 13:42-44
The descent of the Holy Spirit took place on a Sunday. Acts 2:1
Matthew, Mark, and Luke, writing after the resurrection spoke of the Sabbath as an existing institution. Matthew 24:20, Mark 16:1, Luke 23:56
The early church was given the pattern of Sunday worship and continued to do regularly even today.
Acts 20:7, 1 Corinthians 16:2
Annihilationism or Conditionalism or Conditional Immortality: the teaching that after death unbelievers suffer for the penalty of God’s wrath for a time, and then are “annihilated,” or destroyed, so that they no longer exist.
For: meaning of perish and destroy. Against: Matthew 25:41, 46; Mark 9:42-48.
Name
Founded
Members
Congregations
WebsiteAdvent Christian Church
1860
26,264
303
www.adventchristian.org
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
1845
More than 12 million
51,086
www.northamerica.adventist.org
Seventh-Day Adventist Reform Movement
1925
More than 24,000
Unknown
www.sdarm.org
Rhodes, Ron, “The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations,” Harvest House Publishers, 2005.
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