The first question is "Why am I an Adventist?" You might be wondering why I start with this question. It's important! Your answer might be, because I was raised this way or I know they teach the truth found in the Scriptures. Two year ago, that was my answer too. Then God really convicted me that type of answer simply isn't enough. Knowing that Sabbath is on Saturday and going to church each Saturday isn't going to save me. Knowing that we don't go to heaven when we die is Biblical truth, but knowing that won't save me. The only thing that will save me is my willingness to 100% commit my will to God's will and allow Him to control my life, to accept by faith alone the gift of the cross and accept Christ's death and resurrection in place of my own inability to live the life required for eternal life.
I'll get more specific on those topics in later sections. For now, I just challenge you to really determine for yourself, why are you an Adventist.
First, we are going to look at prophecy and study our Bible. The Adventist church has done a terrific job of being willing to tackle the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation during evangelistic meetings. If you were raised an Adventist, there's a good chance that you went to some of these when you were young or perhaps you studied this stuff during school. However, I'm convinced that most life-long Adventists have not sat through an entire evangelistic series or if they have, they didn't do it with fresh ears of trying to understand why ti's so important to their Christian walk. Rather, they perhaps are just curious to see if there's some new break through theory on how close we are to the Second Coming.
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