Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

The Experience of Salvation and the Past
A factual knowledge about God and His love
and benevolence is insufficient.
Trying, apart from Christ, to develop the good
in oneself is counterproductive. The experience of
salvation that reaches deep into the soul comes
from God alone. Speaking of this experience,
Christ said, "'Unless one is born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God. ... Unless one is born of
water and the Spirit, He cannot enter the kingdom
of God'" (John 3:3, 5).
Only through Jesus Christ can one experience
salvation, "'for there is no other name under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved'"
(Acts 4:12). Jesus said, "'I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me'" (John 14:6).
The experience of salvation involves
repentance, confession, forgiveness, justification,
and sanctification.
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