The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists filed a Three-count Federal Lawsuit Against Fellow Believers for Trademark Counterfeiting, Trademark Infringement, and False Designation of Origin/Unfair Competition

Seventh-day Adventism is no longer a belief system that is defined by our sincerely held religious convictions. No, the term "Seventh-day Adventism" now refers to a federally protected trademark that describes what state-approved building you worship in.

On May, 9, 2022, Ted Wilson's General Conference Corporation filed a three-count federal lawsuit against Joe Gresham, Sterling Trice, Linda Trice, Bill Mathis, Gaye Mathis, and John Does. These are fellow believers who believe in the second coming of Jesus and the seventh-day Sabbath. These are brothers and sisters who sincerely believe in the Three Angels' Messages. They are not Baptists, Pentecostals, or Roman Catholics. Who are they? They are people who believe in Seventh-day Adventism, and the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has filed a lawsuit against them for violating the church's trademark in the following ways:

Count 1 - Federal Trademark Counterfeiting

Count 2 - Federal Trademark Infringement

Count 3 - Federal False Designation of Origin/Unfair Competition

On September 12, 2022, the lawsuit was amended to include Pastor Patrick M. Herbert, President and CEO of Berean Church of Free Seventh-day Adventists and the International Association of Free Seventh-day Adventists.

The General Conference, back in 1981, registered their church and trademarked the name Seventh-day Adventist with the United States Trademark and Patent Office. What would be achieved by doing this, and what would be its purpose? What will always occur when certain aspects of a religious faith are trademarked or registered with the federal government? Well, if Church leaders sign an agreement with the federal government, they will be able to prosecute, fine, or imprison people who openly and without authorization identify as Seventh-day Adventists or follow their beliefs.

Under Ted Wilson's leadership, the General Conference has used and continues to use the federal courts, the powerful arm of the government, to provide law enforcement and protection for the General Conference Corporation. What they have done is anti-biblical, anti-American, and illegal according to our constitution. Under the cover of a business seeking federal trademark protection, the General Conference, a religious institution, has trademarked its church, its church name, its goods, and its services with the federal government and is currently suing Seventh-day Adventist believers for violating federal trademark laws.

"When troubles arise in the church we should not go for help to lawyers not of our faith. God does not desire us to open church difficulties before those who do not fear Him. He would not have us depend for help on those who do not obey His requirements. Those who trust in such counselors show that they have not faith in God. By their lack of faith the Lord is greatly dishonored, and their course works great injury to themselves. In appealing to unbelievers to settle difficulties in the church they are biting and devouring one another, to be "consumed one of another" (Galatians 5:15). These men cast aside the counsel God has given, and do the very things He has bidden them not to do. They show that they have chosen the world as their judge, and in heaven their names are registered as one with unbelievers. Christ is crucified afresh, and put to open shame. Let these men know that God does not hear their prayers. They insult His holy name, and He will leave them to the buffetings of Satan until they shall see their folly and seek the Lord by confession of their sin" (Selected Messages, Book 3 p. 299).

Pay close attention to the curses that will befall us when we sue our fellow believers in federal court. No other sin mentioned in the Spirit of Prophecy carries as many calamities in a single passage, as far as we are aware.

1 - They have no faith in God.
2 - They greatly dishonor our Lord.
3 - They greatly injure themselves.
4 - They are biting and devouring one another.
5 - They cast aside the counsel of God.
6 - They do the very things He has forbidden.
7 - They choose the world as their judge
8 - In heaven their names are registered as unbelievers.
9 - They crucify Christ afresh.
10 - They put Christ to open shame.
11 - God no longer hears their prayers.
12 - They insult God's holy name.
13 - They are left to the buffetings of Satan.

Is Ted Wilson's General Conference helping the United States prepare for the enforcement of the Mark of the Beast? This is exactly what the General Conference is doing by filing these federal lawsuits against other Sabbath-keeping Christians. This is what inspiration says:

"In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own end" (Great Controversy, p, 443).

Let us all appeal to the leaders of the General Conference in the name of the Lord to repeal their unwarranted and unjustifiable lawsuits against fellow believers. Stop wasting God's sacred tithe money to destroy the lives of Sabbath-keeping Christians. May God have mercy on us all in our struggle for religious liberty.

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