The Source of Our Hope and Joy, Part 1 - Win the Day

Thank you for the question. I asked my systematic theology professor the same question when I was in seminary. I knew several SDA friends who left the denomination because they felt the answer was "yes." They had never read Galatians. Once they read that it changed a lot for them. So, the question I'd ask your Adventist pastor what do they believe about Galatians 2:15-16, "We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified[b] by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified."

According to Paul anything added to the gospel of salvation comes by grace through faith is no gospel at all. So whenever we add anything or take anything away from the gospel, we are in trouble. So, we can all drift into legalism and license. It's not just one denomination's tendency...it's all of ours.