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		By: Eric Doering		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;A Bad Adventist Santa Claus&quot;?  How does this contrast to &quot;A Good Adventist Santa Claus&quot;?

&quot;Bad Adventist Santa Claus&quot; checklist:
--Master of Ceremonies over a yearly feast with adoption of pagan rituals whitewashed with &quot;Christian&quot; concepts - check
--Replacement for God (knows all, sees all, all powerful, etc) - check
--Creepy costume - check
--Inappropriate contact with children- check
--Drums - check
--Seductive dance - check


&quot;Good Adventist Santa Claus&quot; checklist:
--Master of Ceremonies over a yearly feast with adoption of pagan rituals whitewashed with &quot;Christian&quot; concepts - check
--Replacement for God (knows all, sees all, all powerful, etc) - check
--Creepy costume - check
--Inappropriate contact with children- check
--......

Wait, somebody help me out

Sorry for the cheekiness.  How is it possible that we are seeing this and missing the point?  Dancing, bad.  Drums, bad.  Christmas and Santa... crickets.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;A Bad Adventist Santa Claus&#8221;?  How does this contrast to &#8220;A Good Adventist Santa Claus&#8221;?</p>
<p>&#8220;Bad Adventist Santa Claus&#8221; checklist:<br />
&#8211;Master of Ceremonies over a yearly feast with adoption of pagan rituals whitewashed with &#8220;Christian&#8221; concepts &#8211; check<br />
&#8211;Replacement for God (knows all, sees all, all powerful, etc) &#8211; check<br />
&#8211;Creepy costume &#8211; check<br />
&#8211;Inappropriate contact with children- check<br />
&#8211;Drums &#8211; check<br />
&#8211;Seductive dance &#8211; check</p>
<p>&#8220;Good Adventist Santa Claus&#8221; checklist:<br />
&#8211;Master of Ceremonies over a yearly feast with adoption of pagan rituals whitewashed with &#8220;Christian&#8221; concepts &#8211; check<br />
&#8211;Replacement for God (knows all, sees all, all powerful, etc) &#8211; check<br />
&#8211;Creepy costume &#8211; check<br />
&#8211;Inappropriate contact with children- check<br />
&#8211;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Wait, somebody help me out</p>
<p>Sorry for the cheekiness.  How is it possible that we are seeing this and missing the point?  Dancing, bad.  Drums, bad.  Christmas and Santa&#8230; crickets.</p>
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		By: Danley		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://adventmessenger.org/a-bad-adventist-santa-claus/comment-page-1/#comment-70036&quot;&gt;Jon&lt;/a&gt;.

My brother there is a one and truly SDA that follows, the steps of the Bible, the adventists pioneers and the Ellen G White writtings, and that church is the International Association of Free Seventh Day Adventists, seek a Free SDA church and start to visit, you will see the great diference between the SDA corporation and the Free SDA church, God bless you]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://adventmessenger.org/a-bad-adventist-santa-claus/comment-page-1/#comment-70036">Jon</a>.</p>
<p>My brother there is a one and truly SDA that follows, the steps of the Bible, the adventists pioneers and the Ellen G White writtings, and that church is the International Association of Free Seventh Day Adventists, seek a Free SDA church and start to visit, you will see the great diference between the SDA corporation and the Free SDA church, God bless you</p>
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		By: sergey_Esenin		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 06:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://adventmessenger.org/a-bad-adventist-santa-claus/comment-page-1/#comment-70036&quot;&gt;Jon&lt;/a&gt;.

The people need to wake up and realize the current dangers. The guards are sleeping. We are many years behind. Let the captains of the guard feel the urgent need to take notice of themselves, so as not to miss the opportunity to recognize danger.
unless the leading brethren in our conferences now accept the message God has sent them and take decisive action, the churches will suffer great loss.  
&quot;Testimonies for the Church.&quot; 5 Vol. Page 715.1]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://adventmessenger.org/a-bad-adventist-santa-claus/comment-page-1/#comment-70036">Jon</a>.</p>
<p>The people need to wake up and realize the current dangers. The guards are sleeping. We are many years behind. Let the captains of the guard feel the urgent need to take notice of themselves, so as not to miss the opportunity to recognize danger.<br />
unless the leading brethren in our conferences now accept the message God has sent them and take decisive action, the churches will suffer great loss.<br />
&#8220;Testimonies for the Church.&#8221; 5 Vol. Page 715.1</p>
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		By: Jon		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 05:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. ”
Isaiah 1:4-6 KJV


Iniquitous practices had become so prevalent among all classes that the few who remained true to God were often tempted to lose heart and to give way to discouragement and despair. It seemed as if God&#039;s purpose for Israel were about to fail and that the rebellious nation was to suffer a fate similar to that of Sodom and Gomorrah.{PK 306.2}



The whole heart must be yielded to God, or the change can never be wrought in us by which we are to be restored to His likeness. By nature we are alienated from God. The Holy Spirit describes our condition in such words as these: &quot;Dead in trespasses and sins;&quot; &quot;the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;&quot; &quot;no soundness in it.&quot; We are held fast in the snare of Satan, &quot;taken captive by him at his will.&quot; Ephesians 2:1; Isaiah 1:5, 6; 2 Timothy 2:26. God desires to heal us, to set us free. But since this requires an entire transformation, a renewing of our whole nature, we must yield ourselves wholly to Him.{SC 43.2}]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. 5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. ”<br />
Isaiah 1:4-6 KJV</p>
<p>Iniquitous practices had become so prevalent among all classes that the few who remained true to God were often tempted to lose heart and to give way to discouragement and despair. It seemed as if God&#8217;s purpose for Israel were about to fail and that the rebellious nation was to suffer a fate similar to that of Sodom and Gomorrah.{PK 306.2}</p>
<p>The whole heart must be yielded to God, or the change can never be wrought in us by which we are to be restored to His likeness. By nature we are alienated from God. The Holy Spirit describes our condition in such words as these: &#8220;Dead in trespasses and sins;&#8221; &#8220;the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;&#8221; &#8220;no soundness in it.&#8221; We are held fast in the snare of Satan, &#8220;taken captive by him at his will.&#8221; Ephesians 2:1; Isaiah 1:5, 6; 2 Timothy 2:26. God desires to heal us, to set us free. But since this requires an entire transformation, a renewing of our whole nature, we must yield ourselves wholly to Him.{SC 43.2}</p>
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		By: Jon		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2024 03:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[God’s commandment-keeping people are described by the prophet as “men wondered at.” We are to be a people distinct from the world. The eyes of the world are upon us, and we are observed by many of whom we have no knowledge. There are those who know something of the doctrines we claim to believe, and they are noting the effect of our faith upon our characters. They are waiting to see what kind of influence we exert, and how we carry ourselves before a faithless world. The angels of heaven are looking upon us. “We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men” (1 Corinthians 4:9).—The Review and Herald, June 18, 1889. 


Nothing new been going on for year&#039;s
Majority in SAD are sda&#039;s in name only

The few that have not bowed their knees and who protest are hated mocked sidelined 

Three angels message not preached anywhere
Majority SAD officials are there only for their bread and butter
Corruption and fornication is rampant 

Ted Wilson aware but done nothing
In fact ridiculed those who sigh and cry against these abominations
No health laws followed nor taught
All institutions whether educational or hospitals are SDA in name only 
Disgrace to the cause of God and the true remnant

More than 95 percent of institutions must have had such celebrations or worse

Most will be spued out because neither hot nor cold

Drums present in most congregations
Could go on and on
But no point
So if any hear mighty things happening in SA division
Know that nothing but lies and exaggeration]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God’s commandment-keeping people are described by the prophet as “men wondered at.” We are to be a people distinct from the world. The eyes of the world are upon us, and we are observed by many of whom we have no knowledge. There are those who know something of the doctrines we claim to believe, and they are noting the effect of our faith upon our characters. They are waiting to see what kind of influence we exert, and how we carry ourselves before a faithless world. The angels of heaven are looking upon us. “We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men” (1 Corinthians 4:9).—The Review and Herald, June 18, 1889. </p>
<p>Nothing new been going on for year&#8217;s<br />
Majority in SAD are sda&#8217;s in name only</p>
<p>The few that have not bowed their knees and who protest are hated mocked sidelined </p>
<p>Three angels message not preached anywhere<br />
Majority SAD officials are there only for their bread and butter<br />
Corruption and fornication is rampant </p>
<p>Ted Wilson aware but done nothing<br />
In fact ridiculed those who sigh and cry against these abominations<br />
No health laws followed nor taught<br />
All institutions whether educational or hospitals are SDA in name only<br />
Disgrace to the cause of God and the true remnant</p>
<p>More than 95 percent of institutions must have had such celebrations or worse</p>
<p>Most will be spued out because neither hot nor cold</p>
<p>Drums present in most congregations<br />
Could go on and on<br />
But no point<br />
So if any hear mighty things happening in SA division<br />
Know that nothing but lies and exaggeration</p>
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