我们，基督复临安息日会的信仰基础只以《圣经》为根基。我们的教会从未设过任何信条。反而，我们的基本信仰28条正好表明我们相信《圣经》的教导。

在本期视频中，魏泰德牧师分享了这些信条的发展过程。

基督复临安息日会是一场运动，从展开的圣经预言中兴起的，预备百姓迎见基督的复临。在19世纪中期，上帝差派了一名叫做威廉米勒的传道人传讲了启示录14章第一位天使的信息。

信息里宣称：“应当敬畏上帝，将荣耀归给祂，因祂实行审判的时候到了”（7节）。成千上万的人接受了这道信息，相信基督确实会复临。但是，一些正统的基督教派拒绝了这个信息，因此“巴比伦大成倾倒了，倾倒了。”（8节）

当耶稣在1844年10月22日没有像他们预期的那样到来时，许多人离开了复临运动。幸运的是，有一小部分余下的人。他们决心努力学习和更好地理解圣经。因此，他们看到在但以理书8：14中2300日预言的结束并不是以基督降临地球为高潮，而是祂在天上的圣所开启了一个新的阶段。

通过持续的祷告，用开放的心灵和思想去学习，这些余下的信徒发现了更多的真理。其中一个是《启示录》中三位天使信息的全部含义，另一个是守圣安息日的重要性。其他的则是灵魂的并非不朽、死后的状态和基督的第二次降临。

在大失望后大约10年，这个余留下来的小群体已经发展为近1000名信徒。那时他们还没有一个正式的名字，但是他们有官方的出版物叫《复临评论与安息日通讯》。

在本刊1854年8月15日的头版上，收录了这份报刊上所发表的五大主要信条:

第一条，圣经，唯有圣经是信仰的准则和责任

第二条，上帝的律法在新旧约中的教导中从未改变

第三条，基督亲自复临和千禧年之前的复活

第四条，地球将恢复伊甸园起初的样子，完美和荣耀的，并且最后由圣徒来承接

第五条，永生唯有借着基督在复活时赐给了圣徒

1863年，该组织正式命名为基督复临安息日会。它反映了两个重要的信仰——第七日安息日的重要性和对基督第二次降临的期待。

教会的第一个正式的信仰声明发表于1872年，题为“第七日复临信徒教导和实践的基本原则宣言”。这里列出了25条来自圣经学习的要点，从这句话开始，“我们希望清楚地认识到，除了圣经，我们没有其他的信仰、信条或纪律。”它解释说，这是“对基督复临安息日会过去和现在非常一致地持有的简短声明”

1874年6月4日，《基本原则宣言》再次发表，刊登在《时兆》的第一期上。1875年再版，1889年再版。

我们的下一份信仰声明是在42年后。结合一些观点，一共22条。它们被重新命名为“基督复临安息日会的基本信仰”。这些被发表在1931年的基督复临安息日会年鉴和1932年的教会手册。

在接下来的几年里，又做了一些修改和小的修改。到1980年，基本信仰包括27条，并在1980年在德克萨斯州达拉斯举行的大会上获得通过。

2005年，在密苏里州圣路易斯的全球总会（GC）会议上，代表们投票决定将“在基督里成长”加入到基本信仰中，总共有28条。这28条就是我们现在所拥有的，目前的形式是2015年进一步修订的结果。

事实上，主已经一步步地带领这一运动，使我们更彻底地了解祂是谁，我们是谁，以及祂为我们制定的奇妙计划，正如圣经所启示的那样。

在接下来的视频中，泰德牧师将逐一讨论28条基本信仰。请继续关注。

We Seventh-day Adventists establish all our beliefs on the Bible alone. Our church doesn’t have a set creed. Instead, we have 28 fundamental beliefs that express what we believe the Bible teaches.

In this episode, Pastor Ted Wilson shares how these beliefs developed.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a movement that began the providential unfolding of the Bible prophecy to prepare people for Christ’s second coming. In the mid-19th century, God used a preacher named William Miller to proclaim the first angel’s message in Revelation 14.

It states, ‌‌”Fear God and give glory to Him for the hour of His judgment has come‌‌” (verse 7). Thousands accepted this message and believed that Christ was indeed coming. However, some professed Christian churches rejected the idea. Hence, ‌‌”Babylon is fallen, is fallen‌‌” (verse 8).

When Jesus didn’t come as they expected on October 22, 1844, many of them left the Advent movement. Fortunately, a small remnant remained. They determined to diligently study and understand the Scripture better. As a result, they saw that the end of the 2300-day prophecy in Daniel 8:14 didn’t culminate in Christ’s coming to earth. Instead, it ushered in a new phase of His ministry in the heavenly sanctuary.

With continued prayer and study with open hearts and minds, these remnant believers uncovered more truths. One of which was the full meaning of the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14. Another was the importance of keeping the holy Sabbath day. Others were the non-immortality of the soul, the state of the dead, and the second coming of Christ.

About 10 years after the Great Disappointment, the small remnant had grown into almost 1,000 believers. They didn’t have an official name that time yet, but they had an official publication called The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald.

On the front page of the August 15, 1854 issue of this publication, these five ‌‌”Leading Doctrines Taught by the Review‌‌” were included:

 ‌‌”The Bible, and the Bible alone, the rule of faith and duty.‌‌”

‌‌”The law of God, as taught in the Old and New Testaments, unchangeable.‌‌”

‌‌”The personal advent of Christ and the resurrection of the just, before the millennium.‌‌”

“The earth restored to its Eden perfection and glory, the final inheritance of the saints.‌‌”

‌‌”Immortality alone through Christ, to be given to the saints at the resurrection.‌‌”

In 1863, the group officially named itself the Seventh-day Adventist. It reflects two prominent beliefs—the importance of the seventh-day Sabbath and looking forward to the Second Advent of Christ.

The church’s first formal statement of beliefs was published in 1872 entitled ‌‌”A Declaration of the Fundamental Principles Taught and Practiced by the Seventh-day Adventists.‌‌” Listed here were 25 points drawn from Bible study, beginning with the statement, saying, ‌‌”We wish to have it distinctly understood that we have no articles of faith, creed, or discipline aside from the Bible.‌‌” It explained that it was ‌‌”a brief statement of what is, and has been, with great unanimity, held by [Seventh-day Adventists].‌‌”

On June 4, 1874, the declaration of the Fundamental Principles was published again, this time in the first issue of The Signs of the Times. It was republished in 1875, and again in 1889.

The next statement of our beliefs came 42 years later. Some points were combined, making a total of 22. They were renamed ‌‌”Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists.‌‌” These were published in the 1931 Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook and the 1932 Church Manual.

Through the coming years, changes and minor revisions were made. By 1980, the fundamental beliefs included 27 points and were adopted at the 1980 General Conference Session in Dallas, Texas.

In 2005, the delegates to the GC session in St. Louis, Missouri voted to add ‌‌”Growing in Christ” to the fundamental beliefs, making a total of 28. These 28 beliefs are what we have now, though the present form was the result of further revisions in 2015.

Indeed, the Lord has led the Advent movement step by step into a more complete understanding of who He is, who we are, and what His wonderful plans for us are, as revealed in the Bible.

In the next episodes, Pastor Ted will discuss the 28 fundamental beliefs one by one. Stay tuned.