Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CONCLUSION
W
hat are Seventh-day Adventists? Are they just a group
of basically mainline Christians with some unique
doctrines? Or should they be classified as a cult group with
teachings that should be considered dangerous? My answer
to that question is summed up in another question. Would the
Apostle Paul have considered the Judaizers, the ones who
were leading the Galatians away from the true Gospel, a
cult? Most people would answer yes to that question. The
Galatians had come under a “bewitching” influence. They
had believed “another gospel” that was really not a gospel at
all. These teachers were causing the Galatians to “fall from
grace.” They were courting them for “no good.” These false
teachers were putting the people back under a “yoke of
bondage.”
The Galatians’ heresy was subtle. At first it seemed
genuine because it taught that people were saved by grace. In
Galatians 3 we read:
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you
should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus
Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the