Hell Is Not Separation From God

There are many preachers and churches today who say, in their statement of faith or list of beliefs, that hell is separation from God.  They do not say that hell is eternal torment in the lake of fire and brimstone because they don't want to scare people about hell, so they just say that hell is separation from God.  But actually, nothing could be further from the truth.  Even in hell people will not be separated from God and they will be on fire forever as shown in the following scriptures.
Revelation 14:9: And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presences of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.
These verses makes it clear that the unsaved will be in torment in the presence of Jesus Christ, the Lamb.

Revelation 14:11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

Psalm 139:8: If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
So while they are trying to not scare people about hell-fire, they are actually telling a lie about hell being separation from God.

Admittedly, hell is a terrible thought that no one likes to talk about or think about, but as Christians we have to be truthful and honest about it and warn people.  Imagine if your neighbor's house was on fire; you wouldn't just go over there and knock on the door real softly so you wouldn't scare them.  Of course not, you would yell loudly for them to get out of the house; you would try to save them.  In the same manner, we should warn people of hell and try to keep them from going there.  We should always tell them with love and compassion for them and show them that we care, and tell them that we are all sinners and everyone deserves to go to hell to pay for their sin.  We would never say rudely, "you're going to hell."  If it wasn't for God's grace and mercy when he saved us, we would be going there ourselves.

This doctrine of "Hell is separation from God" has infiltrated many baptist churches today because they want to tone down the reality of how bad hell really is.  They try to replace what the bible says about hell being a place with fire and brimstone with the concept of "Hell is just separation from God."  Hell is far worse than that.  It is a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth that lasts forever and  ever.
Matthew 25:30: And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

If hell really was just separation from God, that would not make the unsaved want to get saved because they don't want anything to do with God right now.  They would like to be separated from God, but on the contrary they will be in torment in the presence of the Lamb, Jesus.

The following are bible verses that explain what Hell really is.

Hell is a place of flaming fire. that is not quenched.

Revelation 20:10: "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
Revelation 20:14: "And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.  This is the second death."
Revelation 20:15: "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

II Thessalonians 1:8: "In flaming fire Taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ."
II Thessalonians 1:9: "Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power."

Mark 9:43: "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:"
Mark 9:44: "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Mark 9:45: "And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:"
Mark 9:46 "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."
Mark 9:47: "And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:"
Mark 9:48: "Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

Luke 16:23: " And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom."
Luke 16:24: "And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."

Jude 1:7: "Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."

Hell is a place of smothering smoke.

Revelation 14:11: "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."

Hell is a place of black darkness.

Jude 1:13: "Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever."

Hell is a place of weeping and wailing.

Matthew 22:13: "Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Hell is a place of everlasting chains.

Jude 1:6: "And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day."

Hell is a place of flesh-eating worms.

Isaiah 14:11:"Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee."
Isaiah 66:24: "And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched: and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh."

Hell is a place of no rest day nor night - no sleep.

Revelation 14:11: "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."

So, as I said, Hell is a terrible thought, but the truth is that it is a reality and Jesus spoke much more about hell than he did heaven.  The good news is that anyone who trusts Jesus to be their savior will never have to go there.  God loves people so much that he did everything he could to keep us out of hell by giving his only begotten Son to pay for our sins.  He saves us by his grace and mercy.  If it were not for God's great mercy we would all end up in hell forever.  I am very thankful that Jesus saved me.

God's Simple Plan Of Salvation

The False Doctrine Of Calvinism

Calvinism is a wicked false doctrine that was started by a man named John Calvin in the 1500s, which is a total corruption of the true gospel of Jesus Christ. This false doctrine has crept into many baptist churches in our day.  It teaches basically that God chooses certain people to be saved and go to heaven and he chooses other people to be damned and go to hell, that it is all according to God's choice and there is nothing man can do about it. Their key code words they like to say are "God is sovereign," or "the sovereign grace of God", meaning he is in control of everything, even in controlling who gets saved and who doesn't. But that is totally untrue because if it were God's choice everybody would be saved, but he gives man a free will to choose whether or not to accept Christ or not accept him. In the following verses it shows that he would like all men to be saved.

II Peter 3:9: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 
I Timothy 2:4: Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.  
The word sovereign is not mentioned in the bible even one time, but that is what Calvinists like to say all the time.  In reality, God has done everything he could do to keep people out of hell by giving his only begotten son to die on the cross and rise again, but it is up to man to either accept or reject the free gift of salvation that God offers.  God will not force anyone to accept it because man has a free will.  That is why the bible says "whosoever" may be saved.  Whosoever means anybody can be saved. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 
Revelation 22:17: And the Spirit and the bride say, Come, And let him that heareth say, Come, And let him that is athirst come, And Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

If you ask any child what whosoever means, they would say that it means "anybody." It is as plain as day from scripture that anybody can be saved, whoever wants to.

The bible is clear that Jesus did die for everyone in the following verses.  
I John 2:2: And he is the propitiation for our wins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Hebrews 2:9: But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Even in the old testament God tells people to choose because it is always up to man to choose.  
Deuteronomy 30:19: I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 
You see God has already done his part in providing a savior for us, but it is up to man to choose Jesus as savior or not choose him. The two necessary parts to salvation are 1) Man's part is faith, and 2) God's part is grace.)
Ephesians 2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith.

The Calvinists have an outline of five points for their belief system that is called TULIP.
T is for total depravity of man, U is unconditional election, L is limited atonement, I is irresistible grace, and P is perseverance of the saints.  These listed below explain this false teaching.

T - Total depravity of man.  This is the teaching that man is so bad and so depraved, meaning morally corrupt and wicked, that he cannot get saved by his own choice, but that God has to provide the faith for him, but only to certain people that he chooses.  But over and over in the bible Jesus says to people "thy faith hath saved thee". A couple examples are:
Luke 7:50: And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Luke 18:42: And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
It is our faith that saves us.  God doesn't force us to have faith or it wouldn't even be faith.

U - Unconditional grace.  This false teaching says that if God chooses you to be saved, you don't have to do anything, that God just does it all, but this is untrue because there is something you have to do to be saved and that is found in Acts 16:30-31: And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved: 31: And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 
So there is something you need to do to be saved, you have to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, put your faith in him to give you the gift of eternal life.

L - Limited atonement.  The teaching that Jesus didn't die for everyone, but only for the people that he chooses.  I already mentioned above the verses that show that Jesus did die for everyone.

I - Irresistible grace.  They say that God draws you so much with his drawing power, that you cannot resist, but only to certain people.  John 12:32: And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.  So by the word of God and the gospel, Jesus is drawing all men to him, but only those who believe on him will be saved.

P - Perseverance of the saints.  The teaching that people who are really saved will persevere to the end, meaning they will keep walking on the straight and narrow way til the end. But the truth is that God is hanging onto us and we cannot ever be lost. Even if we backslide or wander off into sinful practices, we will still be saved.  If you have to keep doing good things to keep your salvation, then that is the same thing as having to do works to get saved.  Salvation is not by works, but by faith. John 10:28: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

Calvinism is clearly a wicked and dangerous doctrine because it is damning souls to hell.  People will not go soul winning because they think if a person is chosen by God they will get saved no matter what they do, but the great commission is to go into all the world and preach the gospel to everyone.  This is God's plan to get people saved.
Mark 16:15: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  
Also in the book of Acts it says the disciples went from house to house preaching the gospel and getting people saved.
Acts 5:42: And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
It is just like what the missionary that preached at church last week said about some people who went door to door soul winning and evangelizing and 200 people got saved.  They were obeying the great commission, and that is what God wants us to do.

On the other hand, Calvinists do not go soul winning, but instead they like to sit in their plush fancy offices supposedly studying the deep things in the bible, while letting the world go to hell.  They have all these titles such as Dr. of divinity, or Master of divinity, etc., while they have no concerns about the souls of people and where they are going to go when they die.  These are the preachers who go to seminary (cemetery) and think they are very smart and some kind of great theologian.  They use big words to make themselves look intelligent. When they preach, they go down deep, stay down long, and come up dry.  These are not the kind of people God uses. In the first place the bible says God uses the weak things.
I Corinthians 1:26: For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty:
28: And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.

In the second place God uses people that will go and be laborers in the harvest fields.
John 4:35: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
Matthew 9:38: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into the harvest.

The reason for praying for laborers is because people will not get saved unless they hear the gospel from a Christian soul winner witnessing to them.
Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14: How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
15: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Are you getting the picture of "going" and being "sent," to preach the gospel to lost souls so they can choose whether or not to accept the free gift of salvation or reject it.  It doesn't say go many years to a seminary and get a lot of degrees and then go sit in an office somewhere making people think they need you to understand the bible.  Any saved person can understand the bible on their own because the Holy Spirit teaches it to us.
John 14:26: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
The best way to understand the bible is to just read the bible a lot, you don't need to be a great theologian.  Of course it is right to go to church and listen to sermons and learn a lot of good things that way, because God commands us to go to church and pastors are called to feed the flock.  Hebrews 10:25: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 
Acts 20:28: Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.  
But the point is that we can read the bible by ourselves and understand it.

Calvinism is a doctrine people like to use to justify their laziness  because they don't want to do the labor and work to get people saved.  So instead they say whoever is going to get saved will get saved no matter what we do, which is totally contrary to the great commission of going and being sent.

Another thing about it is that Calvinists do not have a burden for souls.  I remember years ago when my dad was on his deathbed with cancer, and I was so burdened for his soul because I didn't want him to go to hell, that I wept and begged and pleaded with God to save him.  God did answer my prayer and saved him before it was too late.  If I was a Calvinist, I would have just said whatever will be will be.  No, that is not Christianity, that is hardheartedness and a lack of compassion. And I have heard many testimonies of people who got saved because someone was burdened and prayed hard for them.

So sadly, many independent fundamental baptist churches in these days are apostatizing and leaning more and more in the direction of this false doctrine.  They have scaled back on door to door soul winning or even done away with it altogether.  The baptist church that I went to when I first got saved, Columbiaville Baptist Church, had door to door soul winning and now they have done away with it.  Faith Baptist Church of Davison is another example of a church that used to go soul winning, but not anymore.  They are also a big fan of John MacArthur, who is a Calvinist, which would explain why they don't do soul winning anymore.  John MacArthur does not go soul winning.  A lot of churches have what they call "visitation," which is not the same thing as soul winning.  They may visit people and invite them to church or visit people who have come to church, but they still do not give them the gospel, like the bible tells us to do.  People do not get saved by going to church, they have to hear the gospel, that's the only way. Visitation is absolutely worthless; it doesn't get anyone saved period.  Another thing they do to substitute for soul winning is having a wild game dinner, which is another absolutely unbiblical method.  God says "go", and give them the gospel, not invite them to a special dinner.

The good news is that there is a movement going on in America right now called the new IFB (Independent Fundamental Baptist) movement that is getting back to what the old IFB churches used to be in regards to soul winning and spreading the gospel.  These churches are being started by young men of God and are popping up all over the country. They are actually sending out hundreds of soul winners every single week and getting hundreds of thousands of people saved.  These pastors are training other men in their church to be pastors and sending them out to start churches, so it just keeps growing and growing.  God is doing a great work.  Also, many pastors from the old IFB are catching the vision and getting on fire for the Lord too. 

I hope you understand this bible lesson.  My prayer for you is that you will get the vision and go out to the ripe harvest field and wins souls to Christ. 

Matthew 9:36: But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
37: Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Being Diligent And Living A Productive Life

Being diligent is the opposite of being lazy.  Why is it important to be diligent rather than lazy?  The reason is because God has only given us one life and we should do all we can with that one life to glorify God.  God actually created man to work.  Even before sin entered into the world God told Adam to keep and dress the garden in the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 2:15: And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 
God wants people to be productive with their life and work because it is for their own happiness and wellbeing.  People who work are happier than people who are lazy.  It makes you feel good to produce and accomplish something with your life.  Even in heaven we will be working by serving our Lord and Savior.
Revelation 22:3: And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him. 
So we get to serve the Lord even when we get to heaven.

Ways to be diligent and productive:

1. Strive to be productive every single day:  That means to not be fiddling time away on things that don't even matter, like playing video games for instance.

2. Have goals for your life:  For instance, what you would like to accomplish five years from now.  If you spent a few hours a day every day for five years playing video games that would add up to a lot of hours, and what would you have at the end of five years, absolutely nothing. On the other hand, if you spent that time instead practicing a musical instrument you would have a very good talent that you could use to glorify God.  The purpose is not so that you can say "look at me how great I am", that would be pride.  But the purpose is to say, "look what God has done through  me."  Everyone should want to accomplish something with their life.  That is the way God created us. If you aim at nothing, that is what you will hit every time.

3. Be diligent with your bible reading: Develop a routine of doing it every day at the same time. The bible says the Christian life is a life of striving to win the prize, and we need to be filled with the Word to run the race.
I Corinthians 9:24: Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
Philippians 3:14: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Acts 17:11: These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

4. To be diligent you must not let difficulties stop you: This is called perseverance.  It means to never give up.  You just keep on striving no matter how hard it is.  I know a person who is an excellent example of someone who was diligent.  She dedicated 2 1/2 years of her life to intense studying and work going through nursing school because she had a goal of becoming a nurse.  Sure it was tough, but she kept on going until she finished.  Many people drop out of nursing school because they say it is just too hard, but a diligent person keeps on going no matter how hard it is.  Determine to finish what you start; with God's help you can do it.  It also takes patience.
Romans 2:7: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality.

5.  Do your very best at everything you do:
Ecclesiastes 9:10: Whatsover thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.  What that means is during your one life here on earth is the only time you have to do any work for God's glory; after you die you will not be able to.  So make good use of your life and do everything you do with all your might.

Christains are  also commanded to diligently keep God's commandments.
Deuteronomy 6:17: Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

Also if we keep God's commandments he will give us good success in everything we do.  God doesn't make failures, he only makes successes.
Deuteronomy 11:13: And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
14: That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

Joshua 22:5: But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. 

Psalm 119:4: Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

The bible also says that in all labor there is reward.
Proverbs 14:23: In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
I Corinthians 3:8: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
Deuteronomy 11:22: For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD yours God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him:
23: Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

So the most important thing we can do is to diligently keep God's commandments and live every day to be the most productive and useful that we can so that when we come to the end of our life we can say what the apostle Paul said.
II Timothy 4:6: For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
8: Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them that love his appearing.

Why Seventh Day Adventists Are Not Christians

This is a bible lesson on the subject of why Seventh Day Adventist is a false religion and a cult.  Many people think they are just Christians that go to church on Saturday, but actually that is the least problem there is with them.  They do not agree with any of the most important doctrines in the bible about salvation.  They have many strange doctrines and false teachings. They may sound like Christians in the terms they use like salvation or being born again, but their terms do not mean the same thing that is actually biblical truth.  I looked up their beliefs on their very own website called adventist.org and will go over some of them below.

1.  They don't believe in hell.  If you don't believe in hell what are you being saved from.. You cannot be a Christian if you don't believe in hell. When Jesus died on the cross it was to take our punishment for us so we wouldn't have to pay ourselves and go to hell forever.  The bible clearly states that when someone dies they go immediately to heaven to be with Christ, or they go to hell for all eternity.  What the Adventists teach is that death is an unconscious state for all people, saved or unsaved.  They say that people will be actually nowhere and will be nothingness until the second resurrection when Jesus comes to judge, then the righteous go to heaven and the unsaved will get burned up with fire and be gone and cease to exist, which is called annihilation. But that is not true because the bible says the wicked will be tormented day and night in an everlasting fire, which means for ever and ever.  That is the motivation for winning souls, because we don't want people to go to an eternal fiery hell.  Matthew 25:41: Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.  Another verse also is Matthew 18:8: Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be case into everlasting fire.

Revelation 14:10: The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of this name.
That is not getting burned up and being gone, it is much worse, it is being on fire forever. I'm definitely so glad that I'm not going there, and it is all because of what Jesus did for me. That is why Jesus suffered and gave his life for me, to keep me out of hell.  There is nothing that horrible about being burned up and being gone as there is about being in an everlasting fire forever.

There is also the story of the rich man and Lazarus and how the rich man went straight to hell and Lazarus went straight to heaven.  Some people think the story of the rich man and Lazarus is a parable, but it is not a parable because parables do not give any names of actual people.  They just say a certain man, etc., but in the rich man and Lazarus story God actually said the name of Lazarus, so it is not a parable, it is a true story. To read the entire account of this read Luke 16:19-31. There is definitely a man named Lazarus in heaven right now, while the rich man is still in torment right now and will be forever.  Hell is horrible and lasts forever; what a chilling thought, but that is what the bible says.

Also the bible is clear that saved people go to be with the Lord the moment they die.  Corinthians 5:8: We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.  

When I die I will be going directly to heaven to be with Jesus.  Philippians 1:21: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 
23: For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better.

John 11:25: Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
26: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this. When a saved person dies they will go to be with Jesus forever.

2.  One of the Adventists beliefs is called "Experience of salvation": This is what the Adventists say, "When we accept God's grace and salvation, the Holy Spirit reveals our need for Jesus and recreates us. The Spirit builds our faith and helps us leave our broken lives behind."  In another place they say, "we are given the power to live a holy life".
Notice how it says nothing of receiving the gift of eternal life. To them salvation is just being given a heart to live a holy life, no mention at all of John 3:16 or Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. So when they talk about salvation it is not the same thing as what we believe about salvation. (the gift of eternal life).  It is a false teaching. Jesus didn't die to make us live better lives; he died to keep us out of hell.

In another section of their beliefs it goes on to say "Continually committed to Jesus as our Saviour and Lord, we are set free from the burden of our past deeds."  Also they say, "Salvation transforms how we see our world. We no longer fear our past or future, but embrace a present full of hope, love, passion and praise as the Spirit lives in us.  In actuality, when we are committed to Christ he will make us fishers of men to keep people out of hell.  Everything they say about salvation or living for Christ is only pertaining to this life here on earth only.  In truth, though, salvation is eternal life and to live for Christ means to live for things of eternal value.
Colossians 3:1: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.  So you see then that their definition of salvation is totally different from our definition of salvation from the bible.

3.  They have the strange doctrine of washing one another's feet.  It is an ordinance that they do in their church.  When Jesus washed his disciples feet in the bible, he did it to show us an example, to be like him and serve others and to have humility. He didn't do it to be an ordinance in the church for people to actually wash each others feet.  Back in Jesus's day people wore sandals and walked for miles in them so their feet really needed washing, but today people wear shoes, etc., so this washing of feet is just a showing off of how spiritual they think they are.  It is ridiculous.

4. They follow the teachings of a woman named Ellen G. White and they actually put her writings on the same level as the bible, which is horribly wicked.  This is what they say about Ellen. G. White. "Her writings speak with prophetic authority and provide comfort, guidance, instruction, and correction to the church.  No writing of a human being should be put on par with the bible.  The KJV bible ONLY is the authority in our life and church, not any writings by a person.  The bible says that Jesus is the head of the church, not some false prophet's writings. All false cults start with a false prophet like Ellen G. Smith.  Christian science was started by Mary Baker Eddy, Mormons by Joseph Smith.  So flee from any religion that teaches a human being's writings are on par with the bible or even above the bible.  The KJV bible is our only authority as the word of God, nothing else.

The Seventh Day Adventists are a huge church in America, with tens of millions of followers, but it is a satanic religion that preaches a false gospel and is damning souls to hell.  We have to be on the alert for false religions and be on guard, so we don't get sucked into their false teachings.  Remember just because someone says, "I'm saved, I believe in Jesus", that doesn't mean they are saved. If they believe in a false gospel they will end up in hell unless they get truly saved before it is eternally too late.

Galatians 1:8: But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have received, let him be accursed.
9: As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 

We need to be strong in the Lord and continually in his Word so we won't fall for the devil's tactics or false religions or false prophets.

Ephesians 6:10: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.