Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach

CONCLUSION
Adventists have been noted for in the past. We are confident
that the same quality still exists.
We do not think the church will suffer long term from
such a study. Perhaps the image that the Adventists are the
one and only remnant church would fall by the wayside.
Perhaps the Investigative Judgment would hit the theological
grave yard too. There might be a whole new approach to the
Sabbath. It might be that Sabbath would be a suggested
spiritual discipline rather than a moral ought. The name
“Seventh-day Adventist” might be reduced to just
“Adventist” so as to keep the focus on Jesus rather than the
law. Healthful living might be taught from a suggested
lifestyle approach rather than a requirement that gets
confused with salvation. Maybe the church could become
known as a church that truly is based on the Bible and the
Bible alone. Perhaps there might even be some apologies
made to those Christian groups that have been cut down and
abused by the “evangelists” who called them “Apostates”
and “Babylon”! Maybe the focus in evangelism would shift
toward reaching the 130 million unchurched people in this
country instead of primarily those already connected to a
church family. Perhaps the Adventists around the globe
would become known as a people passionate about reaching
people for Jesus, cooperative in connecting with other
Christian groups, and totally unselfish in using the church’s
massive resources for the cause of Christ.
Maybe all of this sounds like a dream, but can you
imagine how God could bless an organization with that kind
of courage and authenticity? Imagine how spiritual seekers
and believers alike would respect such authentic spirituality.
But it will not happen if there are not at least a few that are
praying for true revival and unity in the body of Christ, the
unity that comes when all true Christians take John 17
seriously. When Christians start loving one another and
telling the good news to the world instead of clumping in
little exclusive denominational groups and pretending they
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