adapted from the 14 Oct 2006 Sabbath testimony given by Brother Chinniah (Balestier Rd. SDA, Singapore)
I encourage you to continue keeping the Sabbath. It is not a popular thing to do, but it is the right thing to do. Also remember that, in the Christian walk, character development is more important than rock-and-roll worship entertainment and the latest in stageplay technologies. I know of someone who left the Adventist movement for a Sundaykeeping church because things were more 'happening' in the latter; this line of thinking isn't very wise. What is more important is accurate preaching from the Scriptures and the development of righteous and holy character!
HOW MUCH IS GOOD ENOUGH?
You may have grievances about how things are done in your local Adventist church, but we are not one to emulate others just for the sake of popularity, acceptance and numbers.
What we're going for is QUALITY, not QUANTITY. People should be inducted into fellowship not by 'happening' things or soul-stirring music-and-dance, but by the testimony of the Scriptures.
Acts 17:11, 12 tell us that the believers at Berea "were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so." By studying the Word, "many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men."
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17) SDA
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