@Sean Pitman: While it is true that Ellen comments on …

Comment on What does it take to be a true Seventh-day Adventist? by HOFFMAN.

@Sean Pitman: While it is true that Ellen comments on the heavenly trio does she say there are three Gods or does she say one Father, One Son and Their Spirit? EW 55 states “Jesus would breathe upon them the Holy Ghost. In that breath was light, power, and much love, joy, and peace.” I am not so inclined to believe that J.N Andrews was wrong and that he is in conflict with Ellen. She never referred to the trinity and for good reason, because she also believed as J.N. Andrews. Jesus said, “I will not leave you comfortless: I (emphasis on I) will come to you.” and Jesus said, “we (Jesus and the Father) will come unto him, and make our abode with him. How will he (they) come to me? Through The Spirit of Truth (Jesus). “Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally.” “The Holy Spirit is Himself (Jesus) divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof. He (Jesus) would represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent.” It is not appropriate to call this the Trinity. The Trinity is as JN Andrews described and is, it appears, that our church today has taken a firm and unrelenting stand on this teaching. So again I ask, should my membership in the SDA church be based on the 28 fundamental creed? I say no. Leave some room for the still small voice.

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What does it take to be a true Seventh-day Adventist?
“The doctrine of the Trinity which was established in the church by the council of Nice, A. D. 325. This doctrine destroys the personality of God, and his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. The infamous measures by which it was forced upon the church which appear upon the pages of ecclesiastical history might well cause every believer in that doctrine to blush.” {J. N. Andrews, Review & Herald, March 6, 1855} Can I be an SDA if I believe like J.N. Andrews? I believe in the Bible rather than a creed as now stated in the 28 fundamental beliefs. These beliefs back in 1872 did not include the trinity and they were not even called beliefs, they were called principles.