How to Become a Seventh Day Adventist

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Visit your local SDA churches.

   Find a congregation of people who are friendly where you feel comfortable. ,,, Find out if there is a small group or group Bible Study so that you can talk with others, and build your faith. , There are plenty of thing to do
   - youth groups, women's ministries, choirs, community services etc. ,, And you might join that church, if you have found that you agree with the beliefs of the SDA church and your understanding of the Bible. ,
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   Step 2: Request Bible Studies from the local SDA Elder or Pastor so that you can find out more about what SDAs believe.

   , All who enter God's kingdom must experience the new birth and a transformation of life and character by the re-creative power of God through faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:16; Acts 2:37-39; Romans 3:21-26).
   
   Follow Christ in Baptism:
   Be baptized is by immersion after you have been taught the gospel, and believe in Christ as Lord and Savior, repent of all sins, and make confession (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-6; 10:10; Colossians 2:12).
   
   Expect the Second Coming:
   Realize that Christ, the Great High Priest in heaven, is now bringing to a close His work as the one mediator between God and man, and soon He will return to this earth in power and great glory.
   
   His coming will be literal, personal, and visible to all (John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11; Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:27-31; Revelation 1:7; Daniel 7:8-14; Hebrews 8:1,2; 4:14-16; Revelation 14:6-20). , Keep the Sabbath:
   The fourth commandment of the Decalogue requires the observance of the "seventh-day Sabbath"
   
   which is a memorial of Creation and a sign of sanctification (Genesis 2:1-3; Exodus 20:8-11; Ezekiel 20:12; Luke 23:56). , Man receives immortality and eternal life as a gift from God only through his faith in Christ (Job 4:17; 1 Timothy 6:16; Romans 6:23; 2 Timothy 1:10).
   
   Read the Bible concerning Death:
   Man's condition in death is one of unconsciousness.
   
   The dead, both good and evil, remain in the grave until the resurrection.
   
   None go to heaven or hell at death (Ecclesiastes 9:5,6,10; John 5:28,29; 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53).
   
   Avoid hell:
   Hell will be a real lake of fire where all sinners will be burned up, utterly destroyed, and cease forever to exist (Malachi 4:1-3; Revelation 20:14; Psalm 37:20; 2 Thessalonians 1:9). , Pay tithe:
   Tithe in the support of the gospel through tithes and offerings (Malachi 3:8-11; Matthew 23:23; 1 Corinthians 9:9-14).
   
   Live healthfully:
   The follower of Christ should regard his body as the temple of the Holy Spirit and therefore abstain from all intoxicating beverages, tobacco, coffee, unclean meats, and every soul-defiling habit and practice (1 Corinthians 3:16,17; 9:25; 10:31; Proverbs 23:29-32; Deuteronomy 14:3-20).
   
   Uphold Christian standards:
   The followers of Christ should manifest true Christian modesty in dress and deportment and should shun all questionable worldly amusements such as the theater and dance (1 Timothy 2:9,10; Matthew 24:37-44; James 1:27; 2 Timothy 3:4,5). ,
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   Step 3: Start having your own personal time with God

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   Step 4: to talk to Him about the things you are learning.

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   Step 5: Study more about the different topics.

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   Step 6: Join in some of the community activities at the local church to meet new people.

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   Step 7: Decide to accept a personal relationship with Jesus

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   Step 8: or you already have

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   Step 9: but need a church -- pray about it.

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    Step 10: Request baptism preparation from your local SDA Pastor.

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    Step 11: Read and study The Bible and base your beliefs on the Bible: The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were given by the inspiration of God and are the only unerring rule of faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:15-17).

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    Step 12: Believe in and obey God: The Godhead

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    Step 13: or Trinity

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    Step 14: consists of the eternal Father

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    Step 15: the Lord Jesus Christ

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    Step 16: the Creator and Redeemer of men; and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19

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    Step 17: 1 Peter 1:2).

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    Step 18: Accept God's plan of Salvation: That salvation is a gift from God which we receive by grace through faith.

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    Step 19: Obey the Ten Commandments: God's moral law is binding on all men in all ages (Exodus 20:3-17; James 2:10-12).

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    Step 20: Study the nature of Man: Man by nature is mortal and God "only hath immortality."

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    Step 21: Observe the Biblical ordinances as well as the Ten Commandments: Follow the ordinances such as: humility and remembering the Lord in the Lord's Supper as Jesus left example (John 13:1-17; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26).

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    Step 22: Be lead by the Holy Spirit in spiritual gifts: The gifts of the Holy Spirit

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    Step 23: including the gift of prophecy

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    Step 24: and that this gift has been operative through the work of Ellen G. White (Ephesians 4:8-11; Revelation 12:17; 19:10; Amos 3:7; Hosea 12:10

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