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2014-4 Proclamation Letter EDITOR’S COMMENTS ADVENTISM’S PHYSICALISM DENIES SPIRITUAL REALITY n the past nine months, Richard and I haVe each In fact, AdVentism’s phYsicalism declares that Ilost a parent. MY mother died in October, and the seVenth daY, a created segment of time, is eter - Richard’s dad died in JUlY. Losing oUr parents has nallY holY. PhYsicalism also demands adherence to sent both of Us to God’s Word to find a safe place to the health message to bolster the bodY’s strength stand as We process loss and the UnknoWn. and abilitY to hear the HolY Spirit. It denies that MY mother, a former AdVentist, did trUst JesUs We knoW God throUgh oUr spirits (Jn. 4:24; Rom. for forgiVeness and salVation. ShortlY before her 8:16), and it declares that We cease to eXist When stroke, she said, “I knoW mY sins are forgiVen. I We cease to breathe. The hopelessness and despair Want to be With JesUs.” AlthoUgh she had mUch Un - of belieVing that phYsical bodies and breath com - COLLEEN TINKER resolVed traUma and pain, I knoW that I Will see her prise hUman eXistence leaVe most AdVentists fear - in the kingdom, and I knoW that she is noW With fUl and resentfUl as theY face death. JesUs (2 Cor. 5:1–9). In this issue , Jordan QUinleY, one of this maga - Zine’s proofreaders, has Written a response to James JAMES WHITE INTRODUCED THE IDEA THAT GOD HAS A PHYSICAL White’s pamphlet Personality of God , shoWing that BODY IN ADVENTISM’S EARLIEST DAYS, AND WITH THAT BELIEF biblicallY God cannot be phYsical. Rolaant McKen - Zie argUes that AdVentism’s date-setting leaVened ESTABLISHED THE RELIGION’S PHYSICALISM. the organiZation With heresY to the point that it de - hUmaniZes the Unborn, rendering them VUlnerable Richard’s dad Was a loYal AdVentist. AlthoUgh to abortion. his health had been failing oVer the past months, Rick Barker eXamines FUndamental Belief #26, his death came sUddenlY. He liVed in Oklahoma, Death and ResUrrection, and shoWs that this doc - and becaUse of the distance, he died WithoUt saYing trine denies the literal hUman spirit. Dale RatZlaff “good-bYe”. His passing left Us With a sense of Un - eXplains that the epistle of James is not promoting Vol. 20, Issue 1 • Summer 2019 finished bUsiness and UncertaintY. phYsical obedience to the laW bUt rather shoWs that As I reflect on these tWo deaths, I thank God for spiritUallY born-again belieVers Will displaY their Founding Editor Dale Ratzlaff tWo things His Word has taUght me. First, He is salVation throUgh good Works born of their neW Editor Colleen Tinker soVereign. He kneW and designed eVerY one of Us hearts and spirits. Design Editor Richard Tinker before one of oUr daYs came to be (Ps. 139:16). He I discUss the biblical coVenants and eXplain ordains oUr births and the daYs of oUr deaths. Sec - that all are Unconditional, depending onlY on Copy Editor Cristine Cole ond, salVation is of the Lord, not of oUrselVes (Eph. God’s Unfailing promises, eXcept for the Mosaic Contributing Editors Rick Barker, 2:8, 9). He knoWs hoW to deal With each person, coVenant. OnlY it demanded hUman obedience. Martin L. Carey, Nicole Stevenson and He can meet people eVen as theY face death. The NeW CoVenant is kept betWeen the Father Proofreaders Carolyn Ratzlaff, His Spirit can deal With the hUman spirit in a place and Son, and in Christ, We are inheritors of all Jordan Quinley that doesn’t need a person’s fUll conscioUsness. God’s promises on the basis of His faithfUlness. WhateVer Uncertainties We haVe aboUt oUr loVed FinallY, Nicole SteVenson eXplores What it means Life Assurance Ministries, Inc. Board of Directors one’s salVation, We can trUst oUr faithfUl Father to to be born again. be both jUst and mercifUl. We praY that the realitY of oUr eternal, soVer - Richard Tinker, President Cheryl Granger, Secretary I thank God that His Word dispels the fear and eign God Who is Spirit Will foreVer change YoUr Martin Carey, Dale Ratzlaff, Carel Stevenson UncertaintY of the AdVentist belief that We are paradigm of salVation and bring YoU to life in merelY bodies plUs breath. The AdVentist World - JesUs throUgh faith in His shed blood and His Proclamation! is published by Life Assurance VieW is bUilt on the belief that both God and man resUrrection! Ministries, Inc., 1042 North Powderhorn Road, are primarilY phYsical beings. James White intro - Camp Verde, AZ 86322. Copyright ©2019 Life Assurance Ministries, Inc. All rights reserved. dUced the idea that God has a phYsical bodY in Ad - Printed in U.S.A. Ventism’s earliest daYs, and With that belief Your help is needed . Editorial Office, phone: (909) 794-9804. established the religion’s phYsicalism. The denial that man has a spirit that sUrViVes Web: LifeAssuranceMinistries.org death means AdVentists Understand hUmans to be The costs of maintaining this ministry E-mail: [email protected] merelY bodies that breathe. ThUs, salVation de - YouTube: FormerAdventist pends on phYsical obedience to the laW. The Bible, are high, but the results are priceless. hoWeVer, declares that salVation is based solelY Upon spiritUal neW birth throUgh belief in the shed Use the envelope in the center of this blood and resUrrection of the Lord JesUs. magazine to respond with your gift. 2 | SUMMER | 2019 | PROCLAMATION! ASK THE P A S T O R ARE YOU SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL ecentlY, CarolYn and I had some AdVentists staY With the method of God infUsing grace into their liVes is participat - Us for a feW daYs. As is oUr cUstom, each night before ing in the sacraments of the chUrch. R We go to bed, We read a chapter of the Bible and praY WithoUt knoWing it, manY AdVentists are seeking “infUsed together. We did this When oUr friends Were With Us and in - grace”—not bY the method of the sacraments, bUt bY the Vited them to join Us. After We read the chapter in the Bible, I method of obedience to the Ten Commandments. The resUlt inVited them, if theY Wished, to join Us in praYer. We noticed is the same: there is no lasting assUrance. One is alWaYs falling that each night theY praYed, “Lord, help me oVercome sin in short and has to make sUre there are no Unconfessed sins. One mY life.” neVer knoWs When he has enoUgh of Christ’s righteoUsness in - NoW, there is nothing Wrong With that praYer, bUt as theY fUsed into his/her life to merit a pass in the jUdgment. praYed it each night, theY praYed in sUch a pleading WaY, I This is WhY the Reformers, and those of Us at LAM, seek began to qUestion their Under - the perfect righteoUsness of standing of the gospel. After God Which is “in Christ.” Once praYer near the end of their staY, We fUllY Understand that it is I asked them, “Are YoU trUsting Christ’s righteoUsness that mer - the righteoUsness of Christ that WITHOUT KNOWING IT, MANY ADVENTISTS its oUr salVation and We trUst is ‘in Christ’ or are YoU trUsting oUr liVes totallY to Him and the righteoUsness of Christ that ARE SEEKING “INFUSED GRACE”—NOT BY His righteoUsness that comes is ‘in YoU?’” ImmediatelY, their to Us on the basis of faith, then ansWer Was, “We are trUsting We are free to obeY from the the righteoUsness of Christ in THE METHOD OF THE SACRAMENTS, BUT BY motiVe of loVe. We serVe be - Us. We haVe to be holY; We be - caUse Christ has saVed Us. It is lieVe in obedience to the Ten THE METHOD OF OBEDIENCE TO THE TEN His impUted righteoUsness that Commandments.” satisfies God’s jUstice. Some Who read this maY There are manY references think that We are nit-picking COMMANDMENTS. We coUld list that sUpport the WithoUt realiZing that this issUe trUe gospel. Here are three of Was the central issUe at the VerY primarY importance. heart of the Protestant Refor - But now apart from the mation. The Catholic ChUrch belieVes in “infUsed grace”— Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being the grace of God that is placed into oUr liVes. For Catholics, witnessed by the Law and the Prophets (Rom. 3:21). SaVing righteoUsness is “apart from laW.” Not onlY is saVing Dale and Carolyn Ratzlaff, both founders of Life Assurance Ministries, have authored seven righteoUsness receiVed apart from the laW, bUt those Who are books: Sabbath in Christ —a volume that explains new covenant Sabbath rest, Cultic Doctrine of seeking saVing righteoUsness bY obedience to the laW actUallY Seventh-day Adventism —explores the false Adventist doctrine of a pre-advent judgment that nUllifY the grace of God and the importance of Christ’s death decides eternal destinies, Truth About Adventist “Truth” —a little book that’s perfect to give to Christians that need to understand Adventism, My Cup Overflows —in which Carolyn Ratzlaff tells on the cross. her story of studying her way out of Adventism as a pastor’s wife, Truth Led Me Out —in which I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteous - Dale Ratzlaff tells his story of following Jesus, no matter the cost, Gospel Transformation —which ness comes through the Law, then Christ died teaches what the Gospel is and needlessly (Gal. 2:21). accomplishes, and Romans We can see the importance of preciselY defin - Alive! —Dale’s study on the first ing saVing righteoUsness. A teXt that is one of eight chapters of Romans. mY faVorites becaUse it makes this so clear is Each of these books is avail - Philippians 3:9: able at SabbathInChrist.com …and may be found in Him, not having a or by phoning (928) 554-1001.
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