Watching Only Religious Channels is Not Wise

The Undercover Adventist meets quite few people who watch certain channels for what seems like 24/7. I hear it in their conversations. Sure, we watch some of them at times. They have their place. Remember that last line, please. But if all you are doing is sticking your head in the sand of these channels, you are missing out on reality. It is our belief that if that's all you are doing, you are ripe for deception. Why?

You won't know what is going on in the world. You need to know. You need to know the news of the day. What people around the world are doing. What they are thinking. What leaders are doing. Do you even know anything about Vladimir Putin? What he is? Can you name the leader of China? Can you find Syria on a map? Do you know what religion has 800 million followers in India? Do you know what the stock market is doing?

Can you name one law that was passed recently? Can you name a Supreme Court justice? Can you name them all?

If the only thing you are doing is watching people that have a religious agenda, then that's the slant you will get. Make no mistake about it. Each and every channel has an agenda. How do you know they have the right agenda? Humans run these channels. And yes, they will also ask you to send them money to further their agenda. Remember, most of these channels are not owned and operated by the Adventist Church.

You do yourself  a disservice by watching nothing but these channels. You need to be well informed on what is going on in the world. You need to know the reality of the day. Do not be ripe for deception. Watch as much as you can. Digest it. Ponder it. Pray over it.

As we stated before, these channels have their rightful place in your Christian walk. But do not put your faith entirely on what they say and do. If you do, you are missing out on real events going on right now.

The Undercover Adventist would like to reiterate that you need to know what is going on in the world now more than ever!

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Will Adventists Ever Publish a Sabbath Manual?

With all the talk we have about The Sabbath, we all have different opinions on it. You say black, I say white. They say swim, others say wade. With all of these different opinions and sides, why not produce a Sabbath Manual? Sound silly? Why? Why not settle these issues once and for all. It makes everyone very judgemental of each other when we can have two, or three, opposing views.

Let's take what many Adventists say about The Sabbath. That it is extremely important. In fact, so important it will affect the "last days." (The Undercover Adventist will have more to say on that later.) If it means SO MUCH, how can we NOT have a manual?

Let's look at a typical, but inane example. Swimming. Or hiking...playing soccer...anything you wish. One person says swimming is just fine on The Sabbath. Another say, no you can only wade to your knees. Another person says, who cares? Just do whatever you want as long as you and God are okay with it. Well, sorry folks. All three of those choices makes other arguments about The Sabbath seem really silly.

If someone is swimming on Sabbath, and we think it is a sin, isn't it our duty as Christians to steer this person to the right? After all, we do not want people breaking Sabbath, right? So if we really think that swimming is a sin, then we should be there to stop it. Why should we look the other way when we see a brother or sister going astray? If Sabbath Keeping is SO IMPORTANT, then let's do it!

But if swimming is not a sin, should we not want to inform those that think it is to believe the right way? After all, we cannot leave it up to the individual to decide what sin is, right? That would be chaos. If swimming is not a sin, and we fail to reveal that, then everyone is free to decide what a sin is. Jesus certainly wanted it to be known that gathering grain on Sabbath was not always a sin. He did not say that for Him it wasn't a sin, but you are free to decide it on your own.

What if we say, "Who cares"? Then again, we are leaving virtually all Sabbath "rules" up for interpretation by the individual. That is, you choose. As long as you are right with God, go for it.

That makes no sense. We cannot have it both ways. We cannot say to people that they can choose to do on The Sabbath whatever they feel is right....and in the same sermon tell them that keeping The Sabbath has consequences at the end times. We never say that about salvation, do we? The Undercover Adventist would like to reiterate that if someone asked us how to be saved, WE WOULD TELL THEM! And make no bones about it!

Perhaps, just perhaps, we are a little mixed up on Sabbath keeping. Sure, that's a shock to a lot of you, and a welcome message (we hope) to most.

The conclusion? We give clear, very clear, instructions on how to be born again in Jesus. But we have no clear instructions on Sabbath Keeping. Sure, some of us have individual "rules" and "convictions" about this or that, but we certainly do not have a manual. And that still is the question....if Sabbath Keeping is so important, so important that it defines us, then why do we not have clear definitions?

We, as a group, seem to fall more frequently on the side of, "Who cares?" Just do what feels right.

If someone asked about salvation, you would not say, "Who cares?" Just do what feels right.

So what is right when it comes to Sabbath Keeping? Will Adventists ever have the nerve to write a manual? If not, then The Undercover Adventist will offer that we had better start looking at Sabbath Keeping in a much different way.

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