Seventh-day Adventism—The Spirit Behind the Church

Chapter 32—Seventh-day Adventism matches nearly all the criteria for being classified a “cult.”

Answer:

Walter Martin, a recognized specialist on cults, made an extensive study of Seventh-day Adventists and wrote in his book The Kingdom of the Cults: “It is my conviction that one cannot be a true Jehovah’s Witness, Mormon, Christian Scientist, Unitarian, Spiritist, etc., and be a Christian in the Biblical sense of the term, but it is perfectly possible to be a Seventh-day Adventist and be a true follower of Jesus Christ despite certain heterodox concepts” (p. 359). Today this opinion is widely accepted by other Christian scholars. SDASBC 12.1

The video compares Seventh-day Adventists to a list of five criteria characteristic of cults. These are listed below, along with a brief response. SDASBC 12.2