In the Seventh-day Adventist Church, liberalism and false worship are no longer creeping in, but taking over. The Café Church in New York City is one example—lively music, lunch during Sabbath School, casual dress, etc. This is all a result of casual spirituality.
Isaiah 29:13, 15
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men … and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Matt 23:29, 38
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness… Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
... I was shown the startling fact that but a small portion of those who now profess the truth will be sanctified by it and be saved. Many will get above the simplicity of the work. They will conform to the world, cherish idols, and become spiritually dead. The humble, self-sacrificing followers of Jesus will pass on to perfection, leaving behind the indifferent and lovers of the world. Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 1, p. 608
The spirit which actuated those priests and rulers is still manifested by many who make a high profession of piety. They refuse to examine the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the special truths for this time. Christ foresaw that the undue assumption of authority indulged by the scribes and Pharisees would not cease with the dispersion of the Jews… And his fearful denunciations of the scribes and Pharisees, and his warnings to the people not to follow these blind leaders, were placed on record as an admonition to future generations. The Great Controversy, pp. 595-596
