None of which is being addressed in this thread.
If this is the case, then why did LGF mention it (investigative judgement)?
Furthermore, this thread is a bastardisation of a key text that totally destroys SDA doctrine relating to the law and Sabbath-keeping.
LGF is an unashamed SDA apologist who is pursuing an aggressive defence of Ellen G. White's writings.
The fact that he won't admit to this is neither here nor there to anyone who knows what Ellen G. White wrote and the subsequent development of SDA doctrine.
Given that in SDA doctrine Ellen G. White is regarded as, at least, co-authoritative with the Bible and that LGF is trying to argue his case on a supposedly orthodox Christian forum that believes in
sola scripture, LGF cannot afford to admit that his primary source of revelation is, in fact, Ellen G. White.
The lack of honesty shown by LGF in admitting the true source of his doctrinal beliefs (Ellen G. White) is entirely consistent with the outreach activities of the SDA church, which is notorious for not revealing, and actively hiding, its true identity. In Australia, at least, the SDA church has been taken to task several times in this regard.
Trying to debate on SCRIPTURAL terms, what LGF is asserting, is a fruitless exercise primarily because most individuals who attempt this do not realise that they are not debating Scripture on its own merits. Rather LGF is employing any tactic to defend revelation (small r revelation) and doctrine that is extra-Biblical. The fact that he is fond of deluging his posts with Scripture does not mean that he is devoted to Scripture and its meaning - rather, he is defending Ellen G. White and her beliefs.
As a result this thread, and every other thread started by LGF, is debated at cross-purposes, with most respondents unaware of who and what they are really arguing with (Ellen G. White). For LGF Scripture is most emphatically NOT his final authority, it is Ellen G. White. LGF steadfastly refuses to acknowledge this key fact, all the while maintaining his devotion to Scripture (
sola scriptura), when in fact Scripture is merely a vehicle for selling the heretical propaganda of Ellen G. White.
This forum would not tolerate Mormon's for the very excellent reason that they also appeal to extra-Biblical authority, yet LGF appears to enjoy a free run here - largely due to ignorance of what the SDA church really believe.
Ellen G. White is not merely regarded as a respected theologian in the SDA Church. She is regarded as a Prophet who has added Revelation to the Bible. This is an outrageous claim in itself. Furthermore, her published writings have been found to be of a very poor standard with innumerable instances of plagiarism. She herself claimed these writings as Revelation directly from God yet she has just copied bits and pieces, as she saw fit, of the writings of others without ever acknowledging the fact.
This is just a form of FRAUD.
The SDA Church has steadfastly refused to acknowledge the controversy swirling around Ellen G. White and her writings. In fact they have elevated her to the status of prophet and her writings as having, at least, co-authority with the Bible.
No Bible-believing Christian can afford to tolerate such a situation. LGF is absolutely complicit in this huge lie. Not only is he peddling the heretical doctrines invented by Ellen G. White, he is steadfastly denying the real source of everything that he is claiming - Ellen G. White. This is fraudulent!
Were he to have clearly stated up front the source of his doctrinal position (the writings of Ellen G. White) then it would be possible to debate with him on somewhat equal terms because then one could clearly see the appeal to extra-Biblical authority...
Furthermore, concern about the SDA Church is not limited to its strange theological and doctrinal positions, but also its practice. Most uniformed Christians just regard the SDA Church, although a bit "different" from other Christian denominations as part of the Christian brotherhood. The situation from within the SDA Church is much different!
The SDA Church regards everyone not within its membership as wholly apostate and hell-bound!
Reinforcing its cultic practices is the fact that if anyone attempts to leave the SDA fold they are subject to extreme social and psychological pressures. In the case of SDA clergy wishing to leave that church the abuse to which they are subject is simply criminal!
So, for those who wish to interact with LGF bear in mind that he does not see himself bound by the same rules of Biblical interpretation as Bible-believing Christians, nor the same rules of spiritual interaction. Instead he will impose the doctrines of Ellen G. White onto the Biblical text content in the belief that this is correct given that her writings are of at least equal authority with the Bible and will aggressively push his beliefs on this forum, again content in the belief that all of us are hopeless apostates.....
Be warned!
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ (the Word; The Book of the Law) again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word (Christ; The Book of the Law) is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; For Christ (The word; The Book of the Law in thy mouth, and in thy heart that thy do it with the right heart of faith) is the end of the (written) law for righteousness to every one that believeth.