Perfection defined before QOD (1957) and
Perfection defined after
---Julius Nam studied QOD in his doctoral
dissertation at Andrews University. ---I will not say more about QOD except
what I know about it. ---Go to Lesson Archives at www.ssnet.org
and download these two Sabbath School Guides. It is on the left Menu in the
margin. Select the years 1955 and 1969. ---Below I will cite two statements, one
from 1955 and the other from 1969. ---In between these two statements is the Question and Doctrine Saga or Tragedy. ---What is QOD tragedy? ---It is the process of Raymond Cottrell,
Roy Anderson, LeRoy Froom and others to align standard Adventism to Evangelicalism
as “evangelical” Adventism. ---Evangelicalism are not talking the same
as Calvin and Luther on these matters. ---They call themselves Lutherans and
Calvinists but water down sanctification and perfection and holiness. ---Luther and Calvin did not do the same.
Doctoral studies indicate that they did focus properly on these matters and
that Lutheran Orthodoxy and Calvinistic Orthodoxy were the problems. ---So the Accreditation history led to
hiding the Adventist truths about attaining Perfection before the Second
Coming. -------------------------------------------- ---Therefore, the Sabbath School lesson
book of 1955 said that you can and should attain perfection before the Second
Coming. ---Then Questions on Doctrine was published in 1957. ---The Sabbath School book of 1969 says
that perfection meant “mature” and not a point at the end of a line. -------------------------------------------- Witnessing the slipping evidence in
defining “perfection” in 1969 from that of 1955. -------------------------------------------- The Sabbathschool
Quarterly of 1955 was written probably by Herbert Douglas? 1955: 21 Perfection not mature but a stop in
a line.
2. Perfection.
Our English words perfect, perfection, etc., are used in the Bible as a
translation of numerous words in the originals with variant meanings, such as
"with understanding," "complete," "to be
prepared," "integrity," "finished, whole." In the Greek
we have the meanings of "accurately," "diligently,"
"fitted," "to fill or make full," "completed,"
"to make an end of," "to bring to a conclusion." ---------------------------------------------- The Sabbathschool
Quarterly of 1969 we do not know who wrote it but the citation is from
Corinthians in the SDA Bible Commentary.
1969: 31 Perfection as mature and not a
stop in the line
NOTE.—Obviously
the word "perfect" here does not mean arrival at a final point beyond
which there is nothing more perfect. "Them
that are perfect" is rendered "the mature" (RSV); "those
who are spiritu- ally mature" (Phillips); "those who are ripe for
it" (NEB). "Perfect. Gr.
teleioi, 'full grown,' ma- ture.' . . . Paul is here describing mature
Christians. See Eph. 4:13, 14, where he contrasts a 'perfect' (teleios) man
with `children.' Compare Phil. 3:15, where Paul speaks of himself and others as
'perfect' (teleioi). In Heb. 5:14 teleioi is rendered `of full age.' The
Christian should grow in knowledge
of the truth and should not require continual feeding with spiritual `milk' (Heb.
5:12, 13)."—SDA Bible Commentary, on 1 Cor. 2:6. --------------------------------------------- Question to the reader: Where will you find Ellen White
Statements? In 1955’s definition of Perfection or in 1969?