In another sense, it is those who have followed all the light that God has sent them, and have responded by following Him fully. Many of the bodies which are considered today by the world to be legitimate expressions of Christianity have been entirely rejected by God and are presently using their resources to advocate many teachings that cannot be substantiated by Scripture. Such bodies are actually misrepresenting God, and are not endorsed by Him as having any spiritual legitimacy. But it has always been an important indicator helping identify those who follow the Living God. Today proper Christian lifestyle finds its expression in abstinance from alchohol, tobacco, caffienated drinks, and other unnaturally stimulating drugs and intoxicants.
Christians forgo the use of jewelry, and dress modestly.
They do not eat the foods identified by their God in the Bible as unclean, and in response to the principle of treating our bodies as temples for the Holy Spirit's indwelling, they advocate that our our diet be made as healthy as possible. Hence, the Seventh-day Adventist church recommends the adoption of a vegetarian lifestyle. An appropriate vegetarian diet is both healthful and environmentally friendly, and also represents the wisest stewardship of the earthly environment entrusted to humankind. Among these is the teaching of hell as a place of never-ending torment. While the Bible clearly teaches that an awful experience of painful suffering occurs for the lost as a result of their choice to become permanently hardened in rebellion, it does not teach that somehow these individuals suffer for all time.