The Seventh-Day Adventist Church as well as many other Churches are in a Laodicean (Lukewarm) condition. Will it fall? Will there be another coming out of God’s Remnant? Video and study available at http://www.empowermissions.org/adventist-church-in-apostasy-will-it-fall/

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Christian Hjortland

Will the Adventist Church Fall?

Father in heaven, I thank you that we can once again gather around your word and I just pray lord that you may Give us make things clear regarding this topic an important 1 and give me the right words and help us all to be blessed by it.

Okay so the title of this presentation is Will God's remnant church fall?

I don't know about you, but I'm seeing in the church, both sides of the church, you see people that are skeptical of the church organization, People want to be free from it.

And also some groups that are both within the church and that have been part of the church and that are now out, that is believing the church has fallen or will fall.

Some say the church is Babylon, others say no, no, no, it's not Babylon, but it's still fallen.

So there are people leaving our church or don't care if they get kicked out for some reason because they don't see the importance of church organization and so on.

So now I want to go through some Bible texts, some quite many also quotes from Spirit of Prophecy.

I have, If you're interested in more, I'm going to put up a resource for you, a study, a longer study on this, on the same address here as earlier, and you will find that.

So first of all, let us see how the church was established.

Ephesians chapter 4 verse 4 says, there is 1 body.

And then Colossians chapter 1 verse 18 says and he that is Christ is the head of the body the church so the Bible says there is only 1 true body and 1 head which is Christ he's the head of the church And it's interesting how the Bible is likening the church of a body.

And it goes even into details, and there are different parts of the body and so also the church went to sustain 1 another so it's quite clear that this is talking about talking about an organized church and that's also what the early church was they were organized and they took the message to the world.

Ephesians chapter 20 verse 21, sorry Ephesians chapter 2 verse 20 and 21.

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord.

So, and for the sake of the time, I mean, I could have read more of these passages in the context and so on and giving you more but I just want to give you an idea now and if you're more interested as I said you can study this more and find more information.

So Christ is the cornerstone it says here and the Spirit of Prophecy tells us in Acts of the Apostles, page 595, that upon the foundation that Christ himself had laid, the Apostles built the Church of God.

And we saw in our study about the Revelation 12 that the church through history and then we saw there was a remnant left and this remnant is going to be of the same fabric as the church is coming from the church coming out as a result of 1260 years of persecution, then it becomes visible.

So the remnant, we could also expect the remnant to have the same characteristics and also be organized as the Church of God was.

So as we saw, God's remnant church cannot be identified or was not organized before 1798, as this 1260 years are pointing to, toward the end of this time.

Well, I definitely believe God was leading the church all until this very point, and those who were, they were more scattered than during this persecution in the wilderness, but some of them was even more organized but we know that the church had fallen and then as a result this came and then the Reformation came and so as we saw now and the Bible says there is 1 body and there's 1 head of it and yes there are I would say there are true believers in in almost all churches today I'm sure that are doing that are worshipping God as they know this is why there's a message of a calling out from Babylon and Christ is calling people out through us, he's using us.

So I'll say that yes, there are many churches who have right in several areas but when it comes to defining Galsbury Remnant Church which is the last church that the Revelation is talking about, the last part of it that was founded earlier, This is why it cannot be organized before because it came, it's the ration 12 talks about how then after the 1260 years you see the remnant coming up and then it gives the characteristics, keeping God's commandments, having the testament of Jesus, which is the spirit of prophecy.

And then we, so we have all the 3 characteristics of the here, so it could not be organized earlier as it was hidden for 1260 years it was in the wilderness and the first time it talks about the remnant is in verse 17 and it is after the description of these 1260 years.

Then you see that the devil is taking another and it says then the devil's wrath with a woman and made war with the remnant of her seed.

So you see this new component this being described then as after these 1260 years.

And as I said, so that which remains is what was the, I mean, how was it before?

So we can go back to, okay, what was the belief of the church established?

The Christ established, where he himself was the cornerstone.

Then it will help us also understand, okay, who is God's last church?

Because as you have a fabric and a remnant of this fabric is left, it's still the same fabric.

And so those who remain from this persecution were called now the remnant that the devil now went after.

And it has certain characteristics that we cannot find in other bodies, in other organized bodies.

In Councils of the Church, page 245, I don't have all the quotes here but I think most of them will be.

The organization of the Church at Jerusalem was to serve as a model for the organization of churches in every other place where messengers of truth should win converse to the gospel.

As an important factor in the spiritual growth of the new converse, the apostles were careful to surround them with the safeguards of gospel order.

So here she mentions a term called gospel order and she says, you know, the fact that this is organized, the model here is gonna serve as a model.

Churches were duly organized in all places of Lusonia and Pisidia where there were believers.

Officers were appointed in each church and proper order and system were established of the conduct of all affairs pertaining to the spiritual welfare of the believers.

This was in harmony with the gospel plan of uniting in 1 body of believers, all believers in Christ.

So you see that the gospel plan involves organization of all believers in 1 body.

Is that clear to you from this quote and from the verses?

So if that is true, if this is true, if this is according to gospel order, according to the plan of salvation, will it be necessary for having this in the end, an organized body?

That's important to understand, because if you understand that, then we understand it has to be an organized body in the end.

Because if God, I mean, the gospel is good news and this is his plan of salvation and this includes gospel order.

So, this would be even more important in end time if 1 day the church is going to stand perfect as Paul is talking about also and how this will be a witness if we're gonna be witness for the world in the very end I will say it's even more important in the end than than ever before because we are to reveal the mystery of God.

And God is God of order, so we could expect him also to do this with the church as we have also seen him doing.

Acts chapter 2 verse 47 says, the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

So the Lord, he was, I mean He was in perfect harmony with his own system of order where Christ was the cornerstone.

And if you see this in context, he's talking about the visible church and the structure.

And if this was true in apostolic times, where this was supposed to be the model, then this will be vitally important in the end.

So if you think about a building, you have cornerstones.

Are they going to be important to keep the house together?

And you can also see them with a structure like a big port like this, and you have the cornerstone often like more on top.

That is a support for others, but this may be easier explained when you have cornerstones that are upholding the house, the building.

So, and we also have, it's described as a body or human body.

I mean, for instance, I could not, I mean, no 1 of us could live without the brain, without the head, crisis the head, I mean, we cannot live without it.

Now it's also hard for the body to properly function if I only have 1 leg or 1 arm or no legs or no arms.

I could still live but it would not be optimal.

And if I don't have a liver, that's also going to be a problem.

If I don't have any kidneys, that's going to be a big problem.

So all the parts are important to uphold the body as it was created for.

So the parts of the church is supporting 1 another.

It's important to have this organized system.

If you look at the body, when I studied anathema in physiology during my nursing studies, man, I was blown away by how marvelous our body is created.

I mean, you just see, And then you have the professor saying, yeah, we don't know exactly how this is functioning, we just know that it's functioning.

I mean, there are so many miracles in the body, chemical reactions and how things are just working together.

So God raised up a church, he founded a church, and there was gonna be a remnant, a rest, those remaining ones from this church in the end that would obviously also be organized just as the first church was.

So God established his church on Christ and he is surely leading it.

Okay and now I'm going to read some statements.

You have them here and for the sake of time I will not wait for you to look up all of them but if you have time feel free to do that they're good ones.

So Nehemiah chapter 1 verse 9 it says but if ye turn unto me and keep my commandments and do them though they were of you cast out of the uttermost part of the heaven, yet I will gather them from thence and bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there." So God says I'm going to gather my people and put my name there where I have chosen.

Now maybe I should, before I read the other ones about how God is, there are many texts in the Bible how God's going to gather a remnant, let me make it clear.

When Ellen White, when she talks about the church, in most cases she talks about the organized church.

And there are sometimes when she would refer to the church as more the invisible church, and including, you know, the believers, the true believers that are not in the system, in the organization yet.

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