Important Notes *** these are my

Important Notes
*** these are my personal comments and are not necessarily the views of other members

    If we are to be associated with the name SDR (Seventh Day Remnant), it is important to tell people that the SDR name/denomination is not THE church of Christ, but, a group who’s ideals strive to abide, as close as possible by the power of His Holy Spirit, by the ONLY Truth in the universe……….The Holy Bible (KJV), the Word of God.

    Calling ourselves SDR is appropriate, I think, but that’s just a label we use to identify what and who we are. Telling people that SDR, with it’s already written fundamental beliefs, is the only true church is arrogant and sets us up for corruption already…………just as bad as the Papacy and RCC telling people that they are the only true church. The point is that there are most likely other groups here and around the world who feel the same way, or go by the same doctrine as we do, or the SDR does, but what if they never find the SDR or hear about us or join us? It is only arrogance to assume that the SDR or any denomination is the only way to salvation. Most Bible believers, I hope, know very well that Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation and that His Word, The Holy Bible, KJV, is the Truth, but we know what the Papacy and RCC arrogance got them and where they are going.

    I’m not saying that calling ourselves SDR, or another appropriate label, is bad……..it’s a wonderful thing and looks very much like the SDR name/denomination and beliefs go perfectly with scripture (11th hour movement, etc.). I think we can more safely say that calling ourselves, or our group, or the SDR, as being a part of the Remnant movement is more in line with scripture and a better generic term, don’t you? And that the Remnant movement comprise of people who make up God’s true church, which comprise of people in denominations, churches, or elsewhere all over the World

Randy

discernment (d¹-sûrn'm…nt, -zûrn'-) n. 1. The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment. 2. Keenness of insight and judgment.

    Concerning the protestant churches paying homage to the papacy by Sunday observance...............I'd like to mention that I was once like one of them also...........but I always new somehow that Sunday rest and worship was wrong.................

    After I accepted Jesus and was baptized, the Holy Spirit moved me and convicted me more and more each day to keep the True seventh-day Sabbath...............

    Sunday rest and worship because of Jesus' resurrection has no Biblical authority and I knew that not sticking to scripture can only make me a target for Satan and his demons because by keeping the commandments of men rather than the Word of God only gives you a very superficial faith in the Lord.

    Accepting the true teaching in the Bible and keeping the True seventh-day Sabbath, actually opens many more doors in the Bible to give you a firm faith that cannot be loosed. The blessing that the Lord has given me is faith, growing deep roots and zeal for knowledge, wisdom and understanding of His Word.

    All this becomes evident more and more when we get deeper into the study of the Bible other than man's traditions because it is all intertwined within scripture.

    It's so hard to teach people the real Truth in the Bible because most of the protestant world keep Sunday Sabbath under the guise of celebrating the resurrection of Christ.......a tradition of man.........like the RCC keeping their traditions ............. and most are under the false assumption that the 10 Commandments, spoken by God and written by God's own hand in stone, are not valid any more because of the "saved under Grace" issue. There is so much in the World that is against us getting the truth accross.........Satan has messed things up pretty bad........but God WILL prevail.

Why is there evil in this world?

This question has been used for centuries to confuse new and young Christians and to influence people to disregard and trodden under foot God and His Word. I think this is one of Satan's most useful ploys to destroy God's creation.

The article below gives a perfect example of how to teach people why evil exists in this world.

This story is about a student who was born March 14, 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany.

It takes place in 1905 while the student is working on his Doctorate. It is a very Interesting story...

What do you think?

Does evil exist?

The University of Zurich professor challenged his students with "Did God create everything that exists?"
A student bravely replied "yes, he did!
"God created everything”? the professor asked.
"Yes! sir", the student replied.
The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil. Since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are, then God is evil".

The student became quiet before such an answer.

Another student said, "Can I ask you a question professor?"
"Of course", replied the professor.
The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?"
“Certainly," said the Professor.
The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy,and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (- 460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."
The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"
The professor responded, "Obviously".
The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said, we see it every day. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil."

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. "Evil is simply the absence of God." It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

Later in the same year (1905) this same student showed how mass and energy were equivalent, used Planck's quantum hypothesis to describe the electromagnetic radiation of light, demonstrated photoelectric effect, and submitted his first paper on special relativity.

He received the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his work on the photoelectric effect.

This student’s description of evil remains a powerful insight to theologians of many faiths throughout the world.

One week before his death (1955) he signed his last letter. It was a letter to Bertrand Russell in which he agreed that his name should go on a manifesto urging all nations to give up nuclear weapons. It is fitting that one of his last acts was to argue, as he had done all his life, for international peace.

The young man's name --- Albert Einstein