Hyveth Williams: 

How to Have Sex with God

A LOMA LINDA SERMON — DELIVERED AT SLIGO CHURCH

February 2, 2002 

The speaker was Hyveth Williams, senior pastor of one of our two leading churches in the Loma Linda, California, area: the Loma Linda Hill Church. In addition, she is a religion professor at Loma Linda University and has a radio broadcast that reaches a major part of the entire area of millions of people east of Los Angeles.

The occasion was Sligo’s Seventh Annual Retreat for Women. The advertised retreat location was the “Seventh-day Adventist World Headquarters, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904.”

The retreat was actually held at the mammoth Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, 7700 Carroll Avenue, in Takoma Park, home church of our General Conference, North American Division, and Columbia Union Conference staff.

The official announcement, mailed to thousands of our church members, said that “Dr. Hyveth Williams” would be the featured speaker and would give the two keynote addresses.

The brochure mentions that Hyveth has been “speaking widely on this subject in recent months.” So what you are about to read has been presented to large numbers of Adventists as Hyveth travels from place to place, teaches in her church and college courses, and regularly broadcasts “Adventism” to millions of non-Adventists.

Thousands of women, some with serious financial or family problems, had gathered to hear special messages at Sligo about the enabling grace of Christ. Instead, they were presented with messages by Hyveth about how to show off your body and have sex with God.

Christianity is pure and holy, and we thank God for it. Yet Hyveth makes it into something vile. A normal person hearing or reading her sermons would conclude that Hyveth is oversexed. A worldling, living a loose life, would say she was spending her off-hours doing bad things.

Back when I was young, only married men could be Adventist ministers; Hyveth is a single woman. In one of these two sermons at Sligo, she says she is proud to be a single Adventist woman pastor of one of our more important churches. Apparently, our leaders agree; for she is regularly showered with speaking appointments throughout North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.

Everywhere she goes, Hyveth’s sermons flaunt her contempt for the Spirit of Prophecy, historic standards of appearance and conduct, and many of our most important beliefs. She teaches a wide variety of radical, even weird, teachings. In July 1999, we printed excerpts from a sermon series Hyveth delivered in Australia (Teachings of Hyveth Williams [WM–891-892]). Even the extremely liberal church members living there—accustomed to homosexuality, liquor drinking, and similar things in their midst—were astonished at her peculiar ideas.

Wherever she goes, church members are shocked at Hyveth’s presentations; and some leave the church, never to return. Yet leadership seems not to care.

The evidence has been piling up for years, that anything goes in our church—as long as you do not get in trouble with the police or speak negatively about church leadership. Those are the only two “no-no’s.” The second of Hyveth’s February 2 sermons, especially, proves this to be true.

No one dares denounce her sermons as vile and revolting. No one dares reprimand her. Not one church leader, on any level, would have the nerve to suggest that she even tone them down.

Listening to audiotapes of these sermons (and I have audiotape copies of both), she comes across as a brazen women, who challenges anyone to get in her way. She will speak whatever passes through her head and she expects the audience to receive it as counsel from Heaven.

It is an unfortunate fact that, for one reason or another, first, our church leaders in North America live to appease our liberals. Second, both our leaders and our liberals placate our feminists. And all of them—along with black Adventist leaders—extol the virtues of the only black woman senior pastor of a major church in the denomination. A church leader daring to reprove Hyveth might not be promoted to higher offices.

Church members in the audience feel helpless under such a barrage of Hyveth’s shockers. What can they do? Leadership does not care. So they snicker, then laugh, and soon begin applauding. When the meeting adjourns, they go their way, thinking they have been royally entertained. But subtly, their minds have been changed; their standards of belief and conduct have been dragged into the gutter.

Yet, if appeals are made to leadership to put a stop to this growing apostasy on so many levels, the one pleading will be told that he is a troublemaker. He will also be told that there is no cause for alarm: “The Seventh-day Adventist denomination is not like all the churches before it, which were ruined by disobedience to God’s laws and standards. Our church,” they will tell you “is the final church and therefore lives a charmed life. We can sin all we want, but we will still go through to the end and have our continuing sins miraculously taken away when Christ appears in the clouds of heaven. We are teflon-coated; God does not dare set us aside. He is stuck with us.”

The truth is that, in the near future, God is going to go through our church with a broom and purge it when the National Sunday Law is enacted. Whole churches will go out, swept away like chaff; and the remnant that remain will, by faith in Christ, keep the commandments of God and cling to the testimony of Jesus. They will have the loyalty to God that the majority have despised.

And loyalty is a key issue. Many among us today are disloyal to their Creator. Many among us honor men of rank and prestige more than they honor God and His Word. They fear the frown of their pastor or conference president, yet have no fear of their Maker; for they have accepted the lying report that all their cherished sins—past, present, and future—were washed away at Calvary. And, as long as they are on the church rolls, there is absolutely no possibility they will have to answer for any of them in the Judgment.

Loma Linda must be a dissolute place in which to live. It surely has no shame that it keeps Hyveth as a senior pastor and university religion teacher. A portion of the General Budget, funded by church offerings throughout North America, goes to support Loma Linda University and pay Hyveth’s salary. This should not be.

Hyveth gave two sermons during that one-day retreat at our world headquarters’ church. On the brochure, the morning sermon was listed as “Experiencing the Presence of God.” But on the audio­tape label it is entitled, “The Seven Steps to a Sure Salvation.” I have given her first (morning) sermon a more accurate title: “Saved People Can Disregard Standards.”

The brochure listed her second (afternoon) sermon as “Whole in One: Single and Loving It.” But, on the tape, it was “Christ in You, the Hope of Salvation.” By the time she gave this second talk, her voice was somewhat hoarse from all the yelling she had done that morning. My title for this second remarkable presentation, given that afternoon, is “How to Have Sex with God”; for that is the point that it works toward—sex between His penis and your vagina.

Oh, you don’t believe it! Order the tapes for yourself and listen to them—especially the second one! With a credit card, you can order them from sligochurch.org. But hurry! As soon as this tract is released, they may take those tapes (especially the second one) off the market, as the ABC’s did with the Nomad book, when I earlier told what was in it. (But, if they do, you can obtain copies from us.)

It should be noted that, in the following excerpts from Hyveth’s two February 2, 2002 sermons, the innumerable quantity of her stutterings, repetitions, and false starts has been omitted. Hyveth is actually a very poor speaker, a person with a very average mind. Her words come out faster than her brain is moving. All the “And she, and she, and she,” and “and uh, so uh,” and “yah know,” are generally omitted. I have many black friends, both men and women, who are solid historic Adventists with deep, penetrating minds. It is astounding that Hyveth is permitted to operate a circus, at Loma Linda, and teach blatant errors to our future ministers, physicians, dentists, and nurses, when so many qualified blacks are denied the opportunity. Although her thoughts and words are scattered, her liberal errors come across very clearly. Also omitted from these excerpts are nearly all the comic stories she told to dull the consciences of the audience.

Here are the abbreviations used in the following two sermon transcripts: [L] = laughter. [LL] = uproarious laughter. [A] = applause. [LA] = laughter and applause. [LLA] = uproarious laughter and applause. What Hyveth said was at times so astounding that the audience went wild with lengthy, hilarious laughter. Little wonder she is in demand, by our leaders, as a public speaker; for she does an outstanding job of crumbling our beliefs and standards while, at the same time, creating a carnival of excitement. Amid such entertainment, the conscience is lulled to sleep and the hearers are more likely to buy the whole package. The label on the package reads “extreme liberalism.” Hyveth is proving herself an invaluable asset to the worldlings in our denomination.

The hundreds of women attending this one-day retreat heard both of Hyveth’s sermons. She delivered the first one at 10:00 a.m., followed at 11:15 by eight smaller meetings, only one of which each attendee could go to. Seven more small meetings were held at 2:00 p.m. Then, at 4:00 p.m., everyone gathered in the main sanctuary to hear Hyveth explain a startling sex life they could have. 

Sligo 7th Annual Retreat for Women

Seventh-day Adventist World Headquarters

Sligo Church, Maryland

Session I: 10:00 a.m.

“Saved People Can Disregard Standards”

Hyveth Williams  

Here are a few excerpts from the first of the two sermons that day:

[Hyveth tells a very ridiculous joke.] “It is a funny story, but it illustrates that I believe the Lord has given me a word to speak to any audience to, that I speak . .

“[Hyveth mentions that some people are upset when she preaches that she has absolute certainty that she is already saved.] They think they know so much about their salvation that they are afraid to acknowledge that I am saved. You know, just the other day I was speaking, and I had the audacity to say I was saved. And afterward people came to me and said, ‘You know, you shouldn’t be announcing that you are saved’ . . And they started to say, ‘Sister White—,’ and I said, ‘Before you say “Sister White,” how many of you can say you are related to her [L]? Because, you know, I want authentic people to tell me what I ought to know.’ And having admitted that they are not related, and to try to draw on her credibility to buttress theirs [L]    . . I said I know I am saved . .

“And now this morning, I want to share with you seven steps you can take, that you do not [have to] do, but seven signs to show you have a sure salvation . . Before you leave this auditorium this morning, I want you to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are indeed saved. That you’ve got to know that you have this gift. Because this salvation is sure. As night comes into day, as the star yields to the sun, this salvation is sure. It is for the body of believers that transcends denominational barriers, the lines that separate God’s children from one another.

“[Hyveth reads 1 Peter 1:13-22 in a modern translation, as an outstanding example of salvation already past. But her reading includes these significant phrases: ‘As obedient children . . be holy . . Since you have an obedience to the truth . . For you have been born again . . through the living, enduring Word of God.’]

“I hate it when people tell me what to do . .

“ ‘Gird up your minds.’ Peter was very fussy about how he dressed up . . Peter like to dress fancy . . Jesus said to him, ‘Someone else will gird thee’ . . Peter took longer to gird up his clothes than the other disciples, and it was a joke among them. So when Peter said ‘Gird up your minds,’ he knew of which he spoke . .

“ ‘Keep sober in spirit’ . . Revelation 17:2. The cup speaks of doctrines mingled with a little truth, and stuff that has no relationship with God, His Word. And Peter says, ‘In the last days, you are going to drink deeply from this cup. You are going to think that doctrine is all you need . . If you can quote some 2300-day prophecy and speak in tongues, that is all you need. You are drunk. Need to be sober . .

[Still talking about girding up:] “You can tell that I’m a clothes horse, and I have no apology to make. I’m proud I’m a woman. There are some people who think that if you’re a Christian and a female, the dowdier you are look [L], the holier you are [L]. I’m not of that faith [LLA]!

“You know, God made me a woman and I thank Him every single day [LLA]; because there are some things I can do with my hair, face, and body, that the men just dare not try [LLA]. And I believe women should be women . . I designed a dress that was absolutely gorgeous and Afro-centric [L]. And I was tough [LL]. And I designed this dress with an opening down the front [LL] . . and with big gold buttons in golden sockets . . And as I got dressed, one of the buttons popped off . . [A funny story follows.] . .

“ ‘Do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance’. . Let’s talk about this conforming to the formula: There is an idea among conservative Christians, that a church that is like the world is one in which women dress nicely. And it is a warped theology. It is trying to tell us that when a woman tries to dress nicely, and she puts on matching errings, she is worldly . . They tell us, ‘Don’t wear your dress a certain way, because it will stimulate the men,’ you see; and there is that kind of theology . . But it is wrong; it is not Biblical.

“Don’t you understand that the very angels, in the presence of God, primp themselves before they enter in the presence of God [L]; and you know, we shouldn’t deny anyone that opportunity and ability.

“And so, when he says ‘Don’t pattern yourself from the world’ . . he’s not talking about the addition of extra things . . But there are people who will never wear an erring, but their hearts are filled with pride and arrogance [A], that deny God.

“I could tell you about my own attempts to be conforming, but I will move on to number 5.

“Number 5: ‘Be holy yourselves in all your behavior’ . . The word for ‘behavior’ is ‘conversation’   . . In order to have this sure salvation, you had to be born again . . When he [Peter] tells you to be holy, he is not telling you to be something you already are not. For the moment you were born again; in order to have the sure salvation, you had to be born again. And in every born-again person is breathed the breath of life, which is the breath of God . . The very breath, the Spirit breath you breathe, is God’s holiness imparted to us. So when God says ‘Be holy,’ it is because He has breathed His breath into us, and He wants you to be that which you already are! He says to be holy.

“And then he says ‘Conduct yourselves in fear.’

[She tells a funny story.] “If you name God as your Father, be sure He will call for a paternity test [L] . . The blood that is running in this holy body of yours must be holy . . [God says:] ‘You better be sure I impregnated you. You better be sure I’m the one you were sleeping with, when you were sleeping with [her emphasis]. For I’m going to ask for a DNA test, and when it comes, you had better behave like you and I have been having an affair. Praise God! . .”

[She concludes with another funny story:] “When I would be introduced to audiences, I would not be called ‘Pastor Williams,’ but be called ‘Sister Williams.’ I would then stand and place my hand on his shoulder and say, ‘You and I are not related. If you were my true brother, you would not try to denounce me in this public way . . You would not use racial or other barriers.’ ”

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