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Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

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yourselves <strong>of</strong> all the <strong>of</strong>fenses you have committed,<br />

and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you<br />

die? ... For I take no pleasure in the death <strong>of</strong><br />

anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and<br />

live!'" (Eze. 18:30-32, NIV).<br />

Christ promises that "'he who overcomes shall<br />

not be hurt at all by the second death'" (Rev. 2:11).<br />

Those who accept Jesus and the salvation He<br />

brings will experience an indescribable joy at His<br />

climactic return. In never-fading happiness, they<br />

will spend eternity fellowshipping with their Lord<br />

and Saviour.<br />

Notes:<br />

1. "Immortality," SDA Encyclopedia, rev. ed., p.<br />

621.<br />

2. Throughout the centuries prominent Christians<br />

<strong>of</strong> many faiths--Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican,<br />

Baptist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian,<br />

Methodist, etc.--have expounded the Biblical<br />

teaching <strong>of</strong> conditional immortality. Among the<br />

most prominent were the following: sixteenth<br />

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