Seventh-Day Baptists - What do they believe?

[Vickilynn]

Apparently it was a split off from the Baptist church over the observance of Sabbath on Sunday instead of Sunday.

I wonder if it matters that much to God to separate His people by such a thing?

nah....I doubt God gets very upset about people who go to church on Sunday

Shalom Yod!

Amen!!

[wordsower]

Vickilynn,

I did a lot of studying up on them when I left the SDA church. They were a little too pharisee like to me, so sure they are right and everone else is wrong, too much like the SDA's , but I'm sure each one is different. I ended up in a Bapticostal church.

[Vickilynn]

Apparently it was a split off from the Baptist church over the observance of Sabbath on Sunday instead of Sunday.

I wonder if it matters that much to God to separate His people by such a thing?

nah....I doubt God gets very upset about people who go to church on Sunday

I doubt if God gets upset with people worshipping on Sat......

personally, i think He would like to have more people like my grandmother, who went and worshipped everyday...... yep.... thats right, she went to church 7 days a week......

Worship does not have to be contained to a building either, or a peticular building at that.....

we should all worship every day...

mike

Shalom,

While that would be nice, I don't think it is logistially possible to gather together at church every day. However, since church is not the only way of worshipping, we can worship every day.

But, gathering is not the only function of the Sabbath.

[Guest Biblicist]

I doubt if God gets upset with people worshipping on Sat......

personally, i think He would like to have more people like my grandmother, who went and worshipped everyday...... yep.... thats right, she went to church 7 days a week......

Worship does not have to be contained to a building either, or a peticular building at that.....

we should all worship every day...

mike

Shalom,

While that would be nice, I don't think it is logistially possible to gather together at church every day. However, since church is not the only way of worshipping, we can worship every day.

But, gathering is not the only function of the Sabbath.

My grandmother went to church every day too. Like the early church. Acts 2:42-47 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

[Vickilynn]

Shalom,

While that would be nice, I don't think it is logistically possible to gather together at church every day in this day and time. However, since church is not the only way of worshipping, we can worship every day wherever we are.

But, gathering is not the only function of the Sabbath.

[RustyAngeL]

I think they are okay.

At one time they were considered a cult, but most people today do not look at them that way. They do however do some things which many people have a hard time with. They follow the Jewish dietary restrictions, in addition to Sabbath observance. For example they do not eat pork or shellfish, most are vegetarians and are really into health. Obviously they don't drink and smoking is considered a sin also. They run Loma Linda in California. They are really into prophesy and some times get sidetracked into the writings of their founder and prophetess called Ellen White. They have distanced themselves from some of her writings, but I find her relatively off base she predicted specific dates for the Return of Christ etc. The ones I know are almost obsessed with their dislike of the Catholic Church, almost always seeing the Catholic Church as ushering in the anti-Christ etc and involved in a series of world wide conspiracies throughout history.

Anyway that is what I know, I am sure many here can add to it. I also think there are some SDA's on the board hopefully they will respond. I consider them brothers and sisters in Christ even though I do disagree with some of the doctrine.

Shalom Smalcald,

Thank you so much for your reply, but you are talking about Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) not Seventh Day Baptists (SDB). They are not the same entity. Thanks though for your reply, I sure appreciate it.

Do you know anything about the Seventh Day Baptists?

I was wondering what you meant when you said Seventh Day Baptist. I was sure it was SDA. My friend and her husband just joined them and yes they are a cult.

[Vickilynn]

I was wondering what you meant when you said Seventh Day Baptist. I was sure it was SDA. My friend and her husband just joined them and yes they are a cult.

Shalom Rusty,

No, Seventh-day baptists are not Seventh-Day Adventists, they are two different denominations with very different beliefs. The one thing they have in common is that they both honor the Sabbath as the Bible prescribes.

Seventh-day Baptists are baptists that meet on the Sabbath (Friday evening).

Here's some info on SDB:

http://www.seventhdaybaptist.org/7db/Default_EN.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Day_Baptist

[Guest djconklin]

I did a lot of studying up on them when I left the SDA church. They were a little too pharisee like to me, so sure they are right and everone else is wrong, too much like the SDA's ,

I'm sorry to hear that you had that kind of experience at an SDA church. I guess I was lucky to have pastors who chewed us out!

Another poster wrote: I was sure it was SDA. My friend and her husband just joined them and yes they are a cult.

SDA's are not a cult; see Walter Martin's book The Kingdom of the Cults. He's the only outsider who spent considerable time studying what we believ and why we believe it.

No, Seventh-day baptists are not Seventh-Day Adventists, they are two different denominations with very different beliefs. The one thing they have in common is that they both honor the Sabbath as the Bible prescribes.

It was a Seventh-day Baptist who taught the SDA's about the Sabbath.

Edited June 9, 2007 by djconklin

[dugmando]

Vickilynn,

There you go again Sister starting another dangerous thread

Who would have thunk it that you can find _aptists that can agree that there's actually seven days in a week!

Dug

[sdb deacon]

Apparently it was a split off from the Baptist church over the observance of Sabbath on Sunday instead of Sunday.

I wonder if it matters that much to God to separate His people by such a thing?

Shalom Biblicist,

I took some time to respond to your post for it could be read on several different layers and mean different things.

First, I guess you mean that honoring the Sabbath as "such a thing" and that you don't see that as an important issue.

Secondly, you seem to think that people holding convictions about their Biblical beliefs is a bad thing.

Thirdly, you seem to be saying that because a group of people wish to stand upon their Biblical beliefs and others have different beliefs and wish to have the freedom to do the same, that this somehow "separates" the Body of Messiah.

Personally, I disagree with all three

1) I believe observing the Sabbath is an important issue and one that is too often forsaken.

2) I believe that when the L-rd convicts you of something and tells you to do it, you'd better do it, whether anyone else agrees or not! As long as the Bible supports it.

3) If there are groups of people that have the same conviction about the Sabbath and wish to gather together and there are groups of people who don't share that conviction and don't wish to join in, they are STILL part of the same Body, just wearing different shoes. No harm, no foul.

Happy Sabbath, Vickilynn!