Page 1 of 2 1 2 Fundamental Beliefs
Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures.
 SDA Belief No.1 - The Holy Scriptures:
The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
 SDA Belief No.2 - The Trinity:
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons.
 SDA Belief No.3 - The Father:
God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation.
 SDA Belief No.4 - The Son:
God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is accomplished, and the world is judged.
 SDA Belief No.5 - The Holy Spirit:
God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption.
 SDA Belief No.6 - Creation:
God is Creator of all things, and has revealed in Scripture the authentic account of His creative activity.
 SDA Belief No.7 - The Nature of Man:
Man and woman were made in the image of God with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do.
 SDA Belief No.8 - The Great Controversy:
All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the universe.
 SDA Belief No.9 - The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ:
In Christ's life of perfect obedience to God's will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for human sin, so that those who by faith accept this atonement may have eternal life, and the whole creation may better understand the infinite and holy love of the Creator.
 SDA Belief No.10 - The Experience of Salvation:
In infinite love and mercy God made Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might be made the righteousness of God.
 SDA Belief No.11 - The Church:
The church is the community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour.
 SDA Belief No.12 - The Remnant and Its Mission:
The universal church is composed of all who truly believe in Christ, but in the last days, a time of widespread apostasy, a remnant has been called out to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
 SDA Belief No.13 - Unity in the Body of Christ:
The church is one body with many members, called from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.
 SDA Belief No.14 - Baptism:
By baptism we confess our faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and testify of our death to sin and of our purpose to walk in newness of life.
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