Ted Wilson, 2023 Annual Council, and Believing the Bible As It Reads?!

The 2023 Seventh-Day Adventist General Conference Annual Council convened earlier this week where SDA Worldwide Church president Ted Wilson gave his annual address.

From mentioning those of us who criticize their movement as being weird people online to claiming they simply believe the Bible as it reads, Wilson's state of the union style address provides a perfect example for us to, not only respond to some of his claims about us, but also to show Christians how the Great Controversy Theme filters and clouds all of SDA thinking.

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Video in review: https://www.youtube.com/live/z1o2pNBFFO0?si=eEOLgvDWRtkcl3oK

Timestamps:
0:00—5:18 | Introduction
5:18—10:28 | Setting the Stage, Ted is Ticked!
10:28—33:32 | SDA Church the Commandment Keepers?!
33:32—43:22 | The Adventist Mission vs. the Christian Church's Mission
43:22—49:52 | J.N. Andrews Applauded & Adventism Growing?
49:52—55:54 | SDA Persecution and "Weird Stuff on the Internet"
55:54—1:03:35 | SDA Church Not Worried About the Critics?
1:03:35—1:15:33 | The Historical Grammatical Method?!
1:15:33—1:20:56 | Beware of Those Denying the Trinity?!
1:20:56—1:30:12 | Theological Division Over Sexuality = Babylon?!
1:30:12—1:36:07 | Yikes! More Theological Division
1:36:07—1:42:48 | Ouch! If You Disagree With Ted, Then Resign!
1:42:48—2:19:48 | Ted Contradicts Ellen White (Investigative Judgment)
2:19:48—2:24:37 | Ted Contradicts Ellen White Again (Health Message)
2:24:37—2:37:29 | Adventist Jesus as King vs. Priest
2:37:29—3:18:21 | Explaining the new creation Sabbath vs. the old creation Sabbath (Hebrews 4:1-11)
3:18:21—3:23:03 | False Doctrines, Babylon and the Shaking?!
3:23:03—3:27:31 | Advent Fatigue?!
3:27:31—3:34:25 | The SDA Identity Crisis Due To Present Truth
3:34:25—3:44:14 | The Irony of Fear Regarding Ecumenism
3:44:14—3:51:29 | The GC Session Most POWERFUL Authority on Earth?!
3:51:29—3:55:56 | More Confusion! Misunderstanding the Writings of Ellen White?!
3:55:56—4:02:39 | The Sabbath is A Seal vs. Ephesians 1?!
4:02:39—4:07:47 | The Mark of the Beast vs. Matthew 28
4:07:47—4:10:22 | Ellen White's Sabbath Additions
4:10:22—4:13:39 | Doctrinal Confusion Around the State of the Dead?!
4:13:39—4:18:19 | Confusing Ellen White for "Bible Truth"
4:18:19—4:22:09 | SDA Temperance and Lifestyle Doctrines
4:22:09—4:33:02 | God is in Control & A Message To SDA Leadership
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ:
Man is a sinner (Romans 3:23; 1 John 1:8) and our sin has separated us from our Maker (Isaiah 59:2). In His grace, God entered into His own creation in the person of Jesus Christ (John 1:1-14; Col. 1:19), born of a virgin (Matt. 1:23), and lived a perfect and sinless life, fulfilling all the Law’s demands (2 Cor. 5:21; Matt. 5:17), on a mission by God the Father to save sinners from condemnation (John 3:16-18, 6:37-40). He paid the penalty for sin which is death (Romans 6:23) and bore the sins of His people in His body on a cross (1 Peter 2:24), making propitiation by His blood (Romans 3:25). He died, was buried, and resurrected in the same body He died in on the third day for our justification (1 Cor. 15, Romans 4:25; Luke 24:39). By a living faith (James 2:18) in the Person and Work of Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), God graciously declares a person righteous (Romans 4:5), they are reconciled to their Creator (Romans 5:10-11), given Christ’s righteousness in full (Phil. 3:8-9), sealed with the Holy Spirit (Eph. 1:13), and have peace with God (Romans 5:1). They are born again of the Spirit (1 John 5:1, Titus 3:5), adopted into His family(Eph. 4:5–7), and are granted eternal resurrection life in Jesus Christ (1 John 5:11), set free to do good works that please Him (Eph. 2:10; 1 John 2:3-4). Jesus will physically return one day to judge the living and the dead (1 Peter 4:5; Acts 24:15; John 5:24-5), throwing the wicked out of His Kingdom (Matt. 13:41-3), but His people will be spared from the wrath to come (1 Thess. 1:10) to dwell in union with God forever (Rev. 21:3).

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