The document discusses the beliefs and history of the Seventh-day Adventist church. It outlines their views that (1) the 10 Commandments were part of the moral law given at Sinai, separate from the ceremonial law, and are still binding today, and (2) the Sabbath should be observed on Saturday, the 7th day of the week. However, the conclusion argues that (1) there was only one law given at Sinai, (2) the 10 Commandments are no longer binding under the new covenant established by Jesus, and (3) Scripture indicates the Lord's Day is Sunday, not the Jewish Sabbath on Saturday.

1. Worship on the
7 Day?
th
Are the 10
Commandments still
binding?

2. Background:
• 1831 – Massachusetts – William
Miller
• World will end in 1843.
1844, 1845, 1847, 1850, 1852, 1855,
1863, 1866, 1868, 1877
Now – just say it is coming SOON.

3. Background:
• The group split – now 6 different
groups – Advent Christians,
Church of God, Churches of God in
Christ, Evangelical Adventists, Life
and Advent Union, 7th Day
Adventist

4. Background:
• Original world headquarters were
in Battle Creek, Michigan
• W. K. Kellogg (Kellogg's Cereal)
• C. W. Post (Post Cereal)
• Elder James White, wife Ellen G.
White

5. Background:
• Today 4 major doctrines
• Prophecy of Ellen G. White
• Keep the Sabbath
• Sleep of the Soul
• Advent and 1,000 year reign of
Christ

6. What they claim:
1 – Two separate laws given at Sinai
Written on Stone Written on scrolls
Moral Ceremonial
Spiritual Civil
Eternal Temporary
10 Commandments Book of the law
Law of the Lord Law of Moses

7. What they claim:
1 – Two separate laws given at Sinai
• The book of the law quotes the 10
Commandments twice (Exodus 20,
Deuteronomy 5)
• Law of Lord / Law of Moses refer
to the SAME law

8. What they claim:
Luke 2:22-23 22 Now when the days
of her purification according to the
law of Moses were completed, they
brought Him to Jerusalem to
present Him to the Lord
23 (as it is written in the law of the
Lord, "Every male who opens the
womb shall be called holy to the

9. What they claim:
2 Chronicles 31:3 The king also
appointed a portion of his
possessions for the burnt offerings:
for the morning and evening burnt
offerings, the burnt offerings for
the Sabbaths and the New Moons
and the set feasts, as it is written in
the Law of the Lord.

10. What they claim:
Ezra 8:1 Now all the people gathered
together as one man in the open
square that was in front of the
Water Gate; and they told Ezra the
scribe to bring the Book of the Law
of Moses, which the Lord had
commanded Israel.
Ezra 8:8 So they read distinctly from

11. What they claim:
2 – 10 Commandments still binding
Amos 8:5 Saying: "When will the
New Moon be past, That we may
sell grain? And the Sabbath, That
we may trade wheat? Making the
ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by deceit,

12. What they claim:
2 – 10 Commandments still binding
Amos 8:9-10 9 "And it shall come to
pass in that day," says the Lord
God, "That I will make the sun go
down at noon, And I will darken
the earth in broad daylight;
10 I will turn your feasts into
mourning, And all your songs into

13. What they claim:
2 – 10 Commandments still binding
2 Corinthians 3:7-11
Written on stone – 7
Is passing away – 11
Taken away in Christ – 14
Is taken away - 16

14. What they claim:
2 – 10 Commandments still binding
Colossians 2:14 having wiped out the
handwriting of requirements that
was against us, which was contrary
to us. And He has taken it out of the
way, having nailed it to the cross.
Verse 16 So let no one judge you in
food or in drink, or regarding a

15. What they claim:
2 – 10 Commandments still binding
Ephesians 2:15 having abolished in
His flesh the enmity, that is, the law
of commandments contained in
ordinances, so as to create in
Himself one new man from the two,
thus making peace,

16. What they claim:
2 – 10 Commandments still binding
Jeremiah 31:31-32 31 "Behold, the
days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and with
the house of Judah--
32 not according to the covenant that
I made with their fathers in the day

17. What they claim:
2 – 10 Commandments still binding
Hosea 2:11 I will also cause all her
mirth to cease, Her feast days, Her
New Moons, Her Sabbaths-- All her
appointed feasts.

18. Conclusion:
1 – There are NOT 2 separate laws
given at Sinai
2 – 10 Commandments are NOT
binding
3 – The Lord's Day (Revelation 1:10)
is the “first day of the week” -
Sunday, not Saturday