u/1whoisconcerned

I can’t get my head around this. I remember watching it in the cinema thinking it was twenty years since Rocky IV. Seems like yesterday really.

SDA is a pharisaical legalistic cult.

They will quote 1 John 2:3-4 and have you believe this is referring to the ten commandments but 1 John 3:23 tells you what those commandments are: FAITH IN JESUS and LOVE THY NEIGHBOURS. John 13:34 tells you these are NEW COMMANDMENTS. 2 Corinthians 3:6-13 tells you the old commandments (including the 10 written in stone) ARE DONE AWAY WITH.

If you tell an SDA this, they will counter with Revelation 14:12 again telling you it is talking about the Ten Commandments + the Faith in Jesus of 1 John 3:23. But this is INCORRECT. The actual wording IS commandments + Faith OF Jesus.

That means the commandments of 1 John 3:23 (Faith IN Jesus and love thy neighbour) + the faith OF Jesus.

SDA is a multi billion dollar making industry duping its followers with a false doctrine keeping them UNDER THE YOKE OF THE LAW to earn salvation. The very thing Jesus died to set us free from!! See Galatians 5:1.

SDA will throw the usual ‘oh so you’re free to commit murder and adultery’ without understanding that LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW - ALL OF IT. See Romans 13:10 and Galatians 5:14.

They will tell you they keep the 4th commandment out of faith and not for salvation but again this is FALSE as they themselves teach that obedience to the 4th is a test of loyalty when their fictional coming Sunday law is implemented. That is the very definition of salvation by works.

Salvation is gained ONLY THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS. Faith is demonstrated by trusting/RESTING in Jesus and his finished work on the cross NOT observing a specific day - which now is IDOLATRY. Relying on your own works to earn salvation is NOT trusting in Jesus, thus SDA demonstrates it has NO FAITH in Jesus and trusts in its own works for salvation. See Ephesians 2:9.

SDA is a scam with TWO MASTERS: the Bible (God) and EGW false doctrine that contorts the word of God (billion dollar industry). You cannot serve both. See Matthew 6:24.

Watched this again last night. Surprisingly, I didn’t find George Washington Duke annoying like I used to. I found him very funny and quite evil in a Mephistolean kind of way.

Anyhoo, the main problem (in a film littered with problems) is that Tommy Gunn was set up as a bit of a victim and didn’t really deserve the beating he got at the end.

He’d had a hard, brutal upbringing, got manipulated by Duke and publicly ridiculed by the press. The poor kid was only 21? He probably needed some serious counselling rather than a pounding from Rocky.

Rocky only agreed to the fight after Tommy whacked Paulie, but let’s face it, Paulie needed a good whacking after what he did to the family.

What do you think?

Can someone quote me a verse clearly and directly commanding gentiles to observe the sabbath please. Not an indirect command like 1 John 2:3 but a direct explicit ‘I command gentiles to observe the sabbath’ verse. Considering the importance of the Sabbath there must be a verse or chapter dedicated to this.

Tommy Gunn had just fought a professional fight where he beat Union Cane. To then go on to have a street fight with Rocky on the same night must have been exhausting. Rocky would have had the advantage.

You will be told ‘we don’t obey the law to be saved, but because we are saved we obey the law.’ This is a falsehood because SDA doctrine also tells you that sabbath observance is the outward seal of God which protects you from the eventual wrath of God. This is also a lie because it is the Holy Spirit that seals us (See Eph 1:13). Thus sabbath observance is 100% a salvation issue for Sda’s.

To truly trust in Jesus you would rely on his finished works on the cross. You yourself have no work to do. You cannot earn your salvation. But Sda’s don’t trust in Jesus’ finished work. They rely on their own work for ultimate salvation.

You will be quoted 1 John 2:3-4 about he who claims to know Jesus but doesn’t obey his commandants is a liar but they will NEVER quote you 1 John 3:23 which defines exactly what those commandments are: FAITH IN JESUS and LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR.

Thus SDA doctrine does not have faith in Jesus because it relies on sabbath observance for salvation.

John 13:34
King James Version
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

John 14:15
King James Version
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments

John 15:10-12
King James Version
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

John 15:17
King James Version
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.

1 John 2:3-4
King James Version
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him

1 John 3:23
King James Version
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Note: the new commandment is not for us to observe the old ones. It wouldn’t be new otherwise.

Names are 3rd ANGEL and ITS ADVENTAGEOUS

I have spent over a year on these sites studying their admittedly seductive doctrines. They offer you nicely packaged answers to all the questions regarding prophecy and biblical revelation. You will think you will know it all. It is highly intoxicating and extremely dangerous.

They are seventh day Adventists ( an elitist cult) peddling toxic false doctrines. These are modern day Pharisees and legalists that will tell you you need to observe the sabbath Saturday (4th commandment) to be saved.

They do not understand the concept that FAITH IN JESUS and LOVE OF NEIGHBOUR FULFILLS THE LAW because they have no faith nor love in them hence why they need to prove their love through WORKS.

See 1 John 2:3-4 AND 1 John 3:23

1 John 2:3-4
King James Version
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him

1 John 3:23
King James Version
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Hi team, I don’t have time or resources to go back to college so would like to study all things biblical
And academic from home. Can you suggest a good comprehensive list of books I should include on my reading list?

Granted the woman in question is around 5’10-11 herself so I can understand why she said it. However, I had to remind her that I am above average height for men in this part of the world (UK).

Sometimes, I will go to a Miller and Carter, say, for lunch and order a full three course meal with drinks. The full works. I’ll tip generously too because we’re all in it together. The wait staff are always pleasant and nice but what are your thoughts behind that smile. Are you laughing at me?