Honestly, I’m the last person I would have ever imagined leaving the Adventist Church.  For most of my life, I truly felt so fortunate to be part of the “only true remnant church.”  I understood, and really believed, the church’s unique doctrines. 

I am filled with the assurance that my sins were dealt with 2,000 years ago by the Scapegoat (Jesus) who bore them to the cross outside the camp.

We continue to meet with some who have come out of Adventism for the purpose of Bible study, prayer, and encouragement. We have discovered that it is a long, hard road to deprogram from a group that has cultic characteristics.

We believe we are saved by grace, sealed and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, are joint heirs with Christ, are right now sitting in Heavenly places with Christ, have the righteousness of God in Christ, have eternal life right now because we believe in Christ and Him who sent Him., This is all God’s word.

During a crisis in my life I realized that I had nothing whatsoever to hold onto. The intellectual machinations I had been given offered little comfort when my world came crashing down. It was then that God sent some Christians from a local Bible-based, Spirit-filled church in to deliver me from my empty religion.

The veil of Adventism is thick like armor. It is heavy and cumbersome. It binds and restricts. But my Savior is careful to tenderly remove the veil from my heart, one layer at a time, until I am finally free. Thank you, Jesus.

The complexity and depth of the grip of Adventism is just now becoming evident to me. Just when I think the work is finished, I find another layer of falsehood that must be renounced and washed away.