The Seventh-day Adventist Church is the true church. It is clear from the Bible and from the teaching of Jesus. But the church Jesus says is lukewarm. The beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are all biblical — so what happened to this pure church? Read on for five reasons why the Seventh-day Adventist Church is lukewarm.
5 Reasons Why the Seventh-day Adventist Church Is Lukewarm
- The 1888 Message Rejected
- Sleepy Preachers
- Living as the World
- No Spiritual Life
- No Evangelism
1. The 1888 Message Rejected
There was a message given in 1888 by two pastors that changed the Seventh-day Adventist Church — it was the revelation of the righteousness of Jesus, given by two pastors:
- A. T. Jones
- Waggoner
Since then, when I enter a Seventh-day Adventist church, I can feel whether the church is legalistic or not. There are so many legalistic Adventists — and the reason is that the 1888 message, which God gave to lighten the earth with His glory, was rejected. And sadly, even today the Seventh-day Adventist Church is not preaching this message much.
One of the greatest beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the righteousness by faith message. Why are Seventh-day Adventists not studying or reading this most precious message? It is incredible — because this message is the solution to the legalistic condition we see everywhere in the world, and it is one of the main reasons why the Seventh-day Adventist Church is lukewarm.
Seek a Seventh-day Adventist church near you — not all of them are legalistic. The Seventh-day Adventist message is the truth, yet some members are legalists — and thus the church is lukewarm.
2. Sleepy Preachers
How many times have I entered a Seventh-day Adventist church and heard a sermon I have heard so many times before? Over and over again we hear the woman at the well, the prodigal son, and the story of Nicodemus. Are there no more chapters in the Bible? How big the Bible is — and how little we preach of it — is an offense to God.
The beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church place it as the only true church. But most of us know about five percent of the Bible. The Seventh-day Adventist Church near you is the true church — yet Jesus gives it rebukes, saying it is in a Laodicean state and is lukewarm.
What are the beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? The righteousness by faith message is the central message of the Seventh-day Adventist Church — yet most non-Adventists have never heard of it. And sadly, because Adventists themselves do not study this message, they are in a terrible lukewarm condition.
3. Living as the World
I heard a very good sermon recently — it was a wake-up message. Yet the brother, and most Christians, have little understanding of what sin truly is. He said sin is going to movies and listening to worldly music. It is not the best thing to do — but sin is much more than that. And if Christians do not know what sin is, how can they avoid it?
For most Christians, doing as the world means they avoid killing, drugs, alcohol, and pornography — and that is about all. But the Pharisees and Satan never used drugs or alcohol, nor went to movies — yet they are very wicked. Sin is not being like Jesus.
Pride, selfishness, apathy, deception, hate, judging others, seeking the first place, revenge — these are sins. There are two lists of sins in the Bible we should memorize — Romans 1 and 2 Timothy 3.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 — “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God — having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.”
Romans 1:29-32 — “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”
The beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church identify it as the bride of Revelation 12 — the true church. Jesus says all other churches are Babylon. Yet one of the reasons why the Seventh-day Adventist Church is lukewarm is that its members can act as the world does — because they do not fully know what sin is. And almost nobody on earth knows what sin truly is.
Sin is:
- Not loving God
- Not loving others
Can you love others and do the things mentioned above? No.
What are the beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? The most important belief — instead of repeating the Sabbath so much and having churches filled with legalists — would be to study the righteousness by faith message.
4. No Spiritual Life
I see that many members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church do not have a spiritual life — whether in the sermons I hear or in the conversations I have with them. And I am not speaking only of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, for this is happening all over the world.
But the difference is that the Seventh-day Adventist Church should be different — separate from the world and full of spiritual life. When we talk to someone who is supposed to be a Christian, we should hear a message. But when I talk to many Christians and Seventh-day Adventists, they have no message to give. This means:
- They do not study their Bibles.
- They do not pray.
For when we spend time with Jesus, He gives us a message — He speaks to us through His Word and through prayer.
The beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church teach that the true church went into the wilderness for 1,260 years during the time of papal persecution — and then the true church came out. Jesus says it comes out after the 1,260 years of papal persecution that ended in 1798.
5. No Evangelism
I am in a city of one million inhabitants. There are about ten thousand Seventh-day Adventists. How long would it take to reach a city of one million with ten thousand members?
If every member spoke to or reached three persons a day, it would take about one month for everyone in the city to know who the Seventh-day Adventists are. It is incredible, then, that so many people I have spoken to say, “Who? The Seventh-day what?”
In the United States there are three hundred million people and about one million Seventh-day Adventists. If every member spoke to ten persons a day, that is ten million people reached in a day — and one hundred million people reached in ten days.
Why are there still so many people in the United States who have never heard of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? What is the church doing? What are the members doing? Why are they not telling others about the truth? Did you know it can take only one minute to say — “Do you know Ellen G. White? She is the true prophet — there are free apps with all her books on Google.”
The beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are all biblical. The Seventh-day Adventist Church believes the truth — but its members do not always resemble Jesus, and the church is in a lukewarm condition. It is the church of Revelation 12 — the true church.
Why not come to Jesus and study the healing message for the Laodiceans — the righteousness by faith message? This message is a matter of life or death. The righteousness by faith message is the only solution for a Laodicean condition. Ellen G. White says it is the message upon which the destiny of the whole church depends.
If you have not yet accepted Jesus — Jesus loves you. Would it be a crazy idea for you to accept Jesus into your heart right now?
Repeat after me — “Father God, forgive my sins, help me to have the righteousness of Jesus, and take me to heaven. In the name of Jesus, amen.”
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