Do We Have an Adventist Gospel?

June 24, 2023

Series: Single Sermons

The video discusses the Seventh-day Adventist doctrine of the cleansing sanctuary and the investigative judgment. The speaker, Dale Ratzlaff, argues that this doctrine distorts, undermines, or contradicts the New Covenant gospel of grace. He claims that one cannot believe in both the investigative judgment and salvation by grace alone. Ratzlaff criticizes the Adventist doctrine of perfectionism and argues that it leads to insecurity in one’s Christian experience. He also discusses the theology of Desmond Ford, a prominent Adventist theologian, who emphasized righteousness by faith and challenged traditional Adventist teachings on the investigative judgment. Ratzlaff argues that there is a fundamental conflict between the two opposing gospels and that attempts to blend them result in tension and inconsistent assumptions. He concludes by stating that the understanding of sin and salvation in Adventism is based on a different paradigm than that of other Christian denominations, which leads to divergent beliefs and interpretations.