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Did William Miller Ever Stop Being A Baptist?

Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by Zog Has-fallen, Jan 14, 2019.

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  1. Revmitchell

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    So what?
     
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    I have not made that comparison. But Jesus did say, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did it to Me.' (Matthew 25:40).
     
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    I wanted to know if Baptists regarded Seventh-day Millerites to be Baptists of some sort. Apparently, Baptists now refuse to confess that even William Miller was a Baptist after he and the majority at his church were dishonestly disfellowshipped by a crafty cabal of carnal churchian criminals.
     
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    It looks like you are wanting to defend some obscure fella with no significant influence in anyone's lives.
     
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    Jesus also gave instructions for church discipline, which Miller's Church followed by disfellowshipping with him because his beliefs were/are contrary to the teachings of Jesus Christ.

    I'm going to answer the question of the OP one more time. Yes, Miller stopped being a Baptist when the Baptist church he belonged to disfellowshipped with him because of his failed prophecy and contrary beliefs. Additionally, there is no evidence Miller and his teachings were accepted by another Baptist church after the disfellowship, therefore he stopped being a Baptist.
     
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    I have no idea how you're defining Miller's Church. Surely you can't possibly mean those scallywags that showed no respect for Christ's instructions.
     
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    There's only over 20 million Seventh-day Adventists that liken William Miller and the Millerites to Elisha and Elijah. That's nothing, of course, when considering that there's five chapters in the book of Revelation devoted to the Millerite movement.
     
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    Really, John devoted 5 chapters in the book of Revelation to the Millerite movement? 20 million believe Miller to be a prophet like Elisha and Elijah?

    Why in the world would you want anything to do with lowly Baptists?
     
    #68 canadyjd, Feb 14, 2019
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    It was Ellen G. White, the unquestioned prophetess of Seventh-day Adventists, that likened William Miller and the Millerites to Elisha and Elijah. In writing about William Miller, Sister White also said that "angels watch the precious dust of this servant of God, and he will come forth at the sound of the last trump." - Early Writings, p. 258.

    William Miller dreamed that he would be vindicated and Sister White even included Miller's dream in her Early Writings. But no statement by Ellen White should be accepted unless it could be verified independently -- directed from the Bible or from hard science.

    The Biblical insight that vindicates Brother Miller is only a recent revelation. I thought that Baptists should be respectfully challenged by the testable revelation and by the historic evil of only a small minority of Baptists disfellowshipping William Miller and the majority of the Baptists that sided with Miller from his Baptist church.
     
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    I'm always willing to be convinced by scripture.

    Please show me in the book of Revelation where the Apostle John stated "I dedicate the following 5 chapters to William Miller and the Millerites"

    Or where Jesus said, "No one knows the time except the Father and William Miller"

    Or anywhere in scripture that says Miller is a prophet like Elisha and Elijah.

    I doubt you can but I'm willing to listen
     
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    That means that you have to be willing to test what God has revealed (1 Thessalonians 5:16-22).

    It suffices to receive what God has revealed:

    Deuteronomy 29:29
    The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever,

    The compelling new light that vindicates William Miller is The Millerite Interpretation of Multiple Prophetic Scenarios.
     
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    There is nothing compelling about a proven false prophet.

    I see I have satisfied your question in the OP, that Miller did stop being a Baptist.

    It appears you are trying to convince Baptists to become Millerites.

    No thank you. Thanks for the conversation and peace to you.
     
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    And on that note, this thread is closed.
     
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