Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

of our mortal bodies. "Christ in you," Paul said, is
"the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27), explaining in
another place, "If the Spirit of Him who raised
Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised
Christ from the dead will also give life to your
mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in
you" (Rom. 8:11). Paul assures us, God "chose you
for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit
and belief in the truth ... for the obtaining of the
glory of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thess. 2:13, 14).
In Him, we are already in the throne room of
heaven (Col. 3:1-4). Those who are "partakers of
the Holy Spirit" have in actuality tasted "the
powers of the age to come" (Heb. 6:4, 5). By
contemplating the Lord's glory and fixing our eyes
on the attractive loveliness of Christ's character, we
"are being transformed into his likeness with everincreasing
glory" (2 Cor. 3:18, NIV)--we are being
prepared for the transformation we will experience
at the Second Advent.
Our final redemption and adoption as a child of
God takes place in the future.
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