1) WAS THE PLAN OF SALVATION MADE BEFORE THE FALL, OR AFTER?

BIBLE:  Before
Who hath saved us, and called us ... according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus *before the world began.* (2 Timothy 1:9)

EGW:  After
The Kingdom of grace was instituted immediately after the fall of Man ... (GC 347)

2) WAS ADAM DECEIVED?

BIBLE:  No
Adam was not deceived ...  (1 Timothy 2:14)

EGW:  Yes
... Adam also was deceived.  (GC 352, 1885 ed.)

3) HOW MANY OF EACH KIND OF CLEAN BEAST WENT INTO THE ARK?

BIBLE: 14
Then the Lord said to Noah, "...Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate."  (Genesis 7:1-2 RSV)

EGW: 7
[The unclean beasts came] two and two, male and female, and clean beasts by sevens.  (3 SG 67)

4) WERE 14 OF EACH KIND OF BIRD TAKEN INTO THE ARK?

BIBLE: Yes
"... and seven pairs of the birds of the air also."  (Genesis 7:3 RSV)

[No distinction between clean and unclean; seven pairs of each kind.]

EGW: No
[Birds of every description] came flying to the ark, two and two, male and female, and the clean birds by sevens.  (3 SG 67)

5) WERE SOME KINDS OF ANIMALS NOT TAKEN INTO THE ARK?

BIBLE: No
And God said to Noah, "Of every living thing *of all flesh* you shall bring two of every sort into the ark."  (Genesis 6:13, 19 RSV)

EGW: Yes
Every species of animals which God had created was preserved in the ark. The *confused species...were destroyed*.  (3 SG 15)

6) DID EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE ARK DIE?

BIBLE: Yes
And God said unto Noah, "... Every thing that is in the earth shall die."  (Genesis 6:17)

EGW: No
God by His miraculous power *preserved a few of the different kinds of trees and shrubs.*  (1 SG 77)

7) WAS NOAH ALLOWED TO EAT EVERY KIND OF MEAT?

BIBLE: Yes
And God said to them [Noah's family], "... Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you..."  (Genesis 9:1, 3)

EGW: No
Now that every green thing had been destroyed, He allowed them [Noah's family], to eat *the flesh of the clean beasts ...* PP 107

8) WAS BABEL BUILT AFTER THE FLOOD?

BIBLE: Yes
These are the families of the sons of Noah ... *after the flood* ... And they said, Go to, let us build a city and a tower.  (Genesis 10:32, 11:4)

EGW: No
This system was corrupted before the flood by those who separated themselves from the faithful followers of God, and engaged in the building of the tower of Babel.  (3 SG 301)

9) DID PHARAOH'S MAGICIANS TURN RODS INTO SERPENTS?

BIBLE: Yes
Aaron cast down his rod... and it became a serpent ... The magicians of Egypt, did the same.  Every man cast down his rod, and they became serpents.  (Exodus 7:10-12 RSV)

EGW: No
The magicians ... did not really cause their rods to become serpents, but ... made them appear like serpents ...  (3 SG 205-206)

10) DOES GOD APPROVE OF DRINKING?

BIBLE: Yes
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth ...  (Deuteronomy 14:26)

EGW: No
The Lord has given special directions in His word in reference to the use of wine and strong drink. He has forbidden their use, and enforced His prohibitions with strong warnings and threatenings. (Te 42)

[No such Bible passage exists.]

11) DOES OUR OBEDIENCE AND FAITH RECONCILE US TO GOD?

BIBLE: No
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation. (Colossians 1:21-22)

EGW: Yes 
"Man, who has defaced the image of God in his soul by a corrupt life, cannot, by mere human effort, effect a radical change in himself. He must accept the provisions of the gospel; he must be reconciled to God through obedience to His law and faith in Jesus Christ" (Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 294)

12) WAS THE MAN JESUS CHRIST ALSO TRULY GOD?

EGW: No
"The man Christ Jesus was not the Lord God Almighty" (Letter 32, 1899, quoted in the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 1129).

BIBLE: Yes
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)

"Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen. 'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:7-8)

"Therefore God exalted Him (Jesus) to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name." (Philippians 2:9)

13) WILL OBEYING THE COMMANDMENTS EARN ME GOD'S FAVOR?

BIBLE: No
All our righteous acts are like filthy rags. (Isaiah 64:6)

Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.' (Galatians 3:11)

EGW: Yes
To obey the commandments of God is the only way to obtain (earn) His favor. (Testimonies, vol.4, p.28)

EGW: Yes
"A young woman dwelling in the Philistine town of Timnath engaged Samson's affections, and he determined to make her his wife ... The parents at last yielded to his wishes, and the marriage took place ... The time when he must execute his divine mission -- the time above all others when he should have been true to God -- Samson connected himself with the enemies of Israel. ... He was placing himself in a position where he could not fulfill the purpose to be accomplished by his life ... The wife, to obtain whom Samson had
transgressed the command of God, proved treacherous to her husband" (Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 562, 563).

15) WERE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLES?

BIBLE: Yes

And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.  (Exodus 32:15 RSV)

EGW: No
In the ark was... the tables of stone which folded together like a book.  Jesus opened them, and I saw the ten commandments. (EW 32)

16) DID THE ISRAELITES DIE OF GLUTTONY?

BIBLE: No
While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed ... the Lord smote the people with a very great plague ...  (Numbers 11:33)

EGW: Yes
God granted their desire, giving them flesh, and leaving them to eat till their gluttony produced a plague. (CDF 148)

17) DID JESUS DIE TO GIVE US A SECOND PROBATION?

BIBLE: No
"I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).

"How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?" (Hebrews 2:3)

"Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him" (Hebrews 9:27-28).

NOTE: The Bible clearly teaches that there is no second chance for salvation. Everyone living before Christ was saved exactly the same way as everyone living after Christ -- during their lifetime everyone accepts either God's gift of salvation through Christ or is excluded from eternal life. Jesus death on the cross was not an afterthought, not a second probation and not a second chance.

EGW: Yes
"Death entered the world because of transgression. But Christ gave His life that man should have another trial. He did not die on the cross to abolish the law of God, but to secure for man a second probation" (Testimonies to Ministers, p. 134).

EGW: No
"Instead of ... Daniel 8:14 referring to the purifying of the earth, it was now plain that it pointed to the closing work of our High Priest in heaven, the finishing of the atonement, and the preparing of the people to abide the day of His coming." (Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 58)

"Jesus entered the most holy of the heavenly (sanctuary), at the end of the 2300 days of Daniel 8, in 1844, to make a final atonement for all who could be benefited by His mediation." (Early Writings, p. 253)

NOTE: The Bible totally rejects EGW's idea of the 2300 days and an investigative judgment in the heavenly sanctuary beginning in 1844. Notice how the Bible texts quoted above were all written less than thirty years after Jesus' resurrection, and all clearly state that Christians living then were already fully justified, redeemed, sanctified and reconciled to God through Christ's death on the cross. As cult-watchers, Martin and Barnhouse stated: "The (SDA sanctuary doctrine) is the most colossal, psychological, face-saving phenomenon in religious history! We personally do not believe that there is even a suspicion of a verse in Scripture to sustain such a peculiar position. And we further believe that any effort to establish it is stale, flat, and unprofitable."

BIBLE: End
And when He had fasted forty days and nights ... the tempter came to Him...  (Matthew 4:2-3)

EGW: Start
As soon as Christ began His fast, Satan appeared. (Christ Our Saviour, p. 45)

20) ARE WE RECONCILED TO GOD BY OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW?

BIBLE: No
God hath reconciled us unto Himself by Jesus Christ ...  (2 Corinthians 5:18)

We were reconciled to God by the death of His son ...  (Romans 5:10)

EGW: Yes
He [man] must be reconciled to God through obedience to His law. (4T 294)

21) DID PAUL RECEIVE THE GOSPEL INDEPENDENTLY OF THE APOSTLES?

BIBLE: Yes
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of Me ... I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it ... I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me ... (Galatians 1:11-12, 16-17)

EGW: No
Paul must receive instruction in the Christian faith ... Christ sends him to the very disciples whom he had been so bitterly persecuting, to learn of them ...  (3T 430)

22) DOES CHRIST'S BLOOD CANCEL SIN?

BIBLE: Yes
... He took away our sins through the blood of His Son.  (Ephesians 1:6 LB)

Jesus suffered and died outside the city, where His blood washed our sins away.  (Hebrews 13:12 LB)

EGW: No
The blood of Christ, while it was to release the repentant sinner from the condemnation of the law, was not to cancel sin. ( PP 357)

23) CAN WE ATTAIN A SINLESS STATE?

BIBLE: No
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves ... If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar.  (1 John 1:8-10)

... there is no man which sinneth not.  (2 Chronicles  8:36)

EGW: Yes
In order to let Jesus into our hearts, we must stop sinning. (ST 3-3-1898)

24) WERE OUR SINS BLOTTED OUT AT CALVARY?

BIBLE: Yes
For God was in Christ, restoring the world to Himself, no longer counting men's sins against them but blotting them out. This is the wonderful message He has given us to tell others.  (2 Corinthians 5:19 LB)

EGW: No
In 1844 began the work of blotting out sins.  (Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 122)

25) IS CHRIST'S HEALING GIVEN FREELY TO ALL?

BIBLE: Yes
When the even was come, they brought Him many ... and [He] healed all ... (Matthew 8:16 RSV)

... multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.  (Matthew 12:15 RSV)

EGW: No
Prayer for the sick: We should first find out if the sick one has been withholding tithes or has made trouble in the church. (UT quoted in HL 237)

26) IS IT A SIN FOR MARRIED COUPLES TO HAVE SEX?

BIBLE: No
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled ...  (Hebrews 13:4)

EGW: Yes
Because you are married you think you commit no sin.  (2T 473)

27) IS IT PROPER TO STAND FOR PRAYER?

BIBLE: Yes
And when ye stand praying ...  (Mark 11:25)

EGW: No
Where have our brethren obtained the idea that they should stand upon their feet when praying to God? ... As I beheld him standing ... my soul was stirred within me to give him an open rebuke. Calling him by name, I said, "Get down upon your knees. This is the proper position always."  (MS 84b)

[Elder D.E. Robinson, a secretary to Ellen White from 1902-1915, reported: "I have been present repeatedly at camp meetings and General Conference sessions in which Sister White has offered prayer with the congregation standing, and she herself standing."  Letter, March 4, 1934]

28) IS THE SABBATH "THE SEAL OF GOD"?

BIBLE: No
You were marked in Him [the Holy Spirit] with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:13)

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)

EGW: Yes
The sign, or seal, of God is revealed in the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath, the Lord's memorial of creation. (Testimonies, vol. 8, p. 117)

The enemies of God's law, from the ministers down to the least among them, have a new conception of truth and duty. Too late they see that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is the seal of the living God. (GC 640)

29) CAN MINISTERS EAT MEAT?

BIBLE: Yes
And when the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him.  And [Jesus] said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover [lamb] with you ...  (Luke 22:14-15)

EGW: No
Let not any of our ministers set an evil example in the eating of flesh meat. (CDF 399)

30) DID GOD PROVIDE FLESH AS FOOD FOR MAN?

B IBLE: Yes
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying ... These are the beasts which ye shall eat ...  (Leviticus 11:1-2)

31) DOES A MEAT DIET MAKE A PERSON LESS SPIRITUAL?

BIBLE: No
Commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, [Jesus] took the seven loaves and the fish, and ... gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.  And they all ate and were satisfied.  (Matthew 15:35-37)

... [Jesus] said unto them, Have ye here any meat?  And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.  And He took it, and did eat before them.  (Luke 24:41-43)

EGW: Yes
The more largely flesh composes the diet of teachers and pupils, the less susceptible will be the mind to comprehend spiritual things.  (CDF 395)

32) ARE EGGS GOOD TO EAT?

BIBLE: Yes
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?...Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father .... (Luke 11:11-13)

EGW: No
Eggs should not be placed upon your table.  They are an injury to your children.  (2T 400)

33) IS CHEESE GOOD TO EAT?

BIBLE: Yes
Now Jesse said to his son David, "... Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit.  (1 Samuel 17:17-18 NIV)

They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows' milk for David and his people to eat.  (2 Samuel 17:28-29)

EGW: No
Cheese is wholly unfit for food.  (CDF 368)

34) IS BUTTER GOOD TO EAT?

BIBLE: Yes
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel.  Butter and honey shall He eat ...  (Isaiah 7:14-15)

EGW: No
... spices, butter, cheese...do their work of deranging the stomach ... and enfeebling the intellect.  (3T 136)

35) IS IT A SIN TO TAKE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS TO EAT THEIR FLESH?

BIBLE: No
He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." [Jesus ordered the disciples to kill these fish] ... And when they had done this they enclosed a great shoal of fish...and filled both the boats.  (Luke 5:4-7 RSV)

EGW: Yes
What man with a human heart...could look into their eyes ... and willingly devour their flesh?  (MH 316)

... the selfishness of taking the lives of animals...  (UT, Aug 30, 1896)

36) ARE WE NOT TO TASTE OR TOUCH CERTAIN FOODS?

BIBLE: No
Since you died with Christ and this has set you free from following the world's ideas of how to be saved -- by doing good and obeying various rules -- why do you keep right on following them anyway, still bound by such rules as not eating, tasting, or even touching certain foods? Such rules are mere human teachings, for food was made to be eaten and used up. These rules may seem good, for rules of this kind require strong devotion and are humiliating and hard on the body, but they have no effect when it comes to conquering a person's evil thoughts and desires.* They only make him proud. (Colossians 2:20-21 LB)

EGW: Yes
The Lord would bring His people into a position where they will not touch or taste the flesh of dead animals. (CDF 380)

[* Dozens of EGW statements assert that abstaining from meat (particularly ham) has an enormous effect in purifying one's thoughts and desires.]

37) CAN MEAT EATERS ENJOY THE COMPANY OF ANGELS?

BIBLE: Yes
... [Jesus] said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them... And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His hands, and blessed them.  And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. (Luke 24:41-43, 50-51)

EGW: No
How can those who are seeking to become pure and holy that they may have the companionship of heavenly angels ... take the life of God's creatures that they may consume the flesh?  (CDF 380)

38) WILL GOD COMMAND US TO ABSTAIN FROM MEAT IN THE LATTER DAYS?

BIBLE: No
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith ... commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. (1 Timothy 4:1-4)

EGW: Yes
Among those who are waiting for the coming of the Lord, meat eating will eventually be done away. (CDF 380)

39) WILL WE KNOW WHEN JESUS WILL COME?

BIBLE: No
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only ... Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.  (Matthew 24:36, 42)

EGW: Yes
As God has shown me in holy vision...we heard the voice of God ... which gave us the day and hour of Jesus' coming. (WLF 14)

40) CAN WE SAY WE ARE SAVED RIGHT NOW BY CHRIST'S GRACE?

BIBLE: Yes
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:13)

EGW: No
Those who accept the Saviour, however sincere their conversion, should never be taught to say or feel that they are saved ... Those who accept Christ, and in their first confidence say, I am saved, are in danger of trusting to themselves. (COL 155)