1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, 10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.
Paul gives a grave admonition here - a grave warning to those in the church who claimed to be Christians yet lived in unrepentant sin. He tells them plainly: You will not inherit the Kingdom of God. In other words: Don’t be deceived. You aren’t going to heaven. You are going to hell. As Revelation 21:8 says “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.” Paul is saying: If you live in unrepentant sin, you are among those Jesus referred to in Matthew 7:21 when he said “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
If there’s anything you are doing that the Bible says is wrong - you better be doing everything you can to get that sin out of your life. Put up safeguards, get accountability, etc. Take extreme measures if necessary like Jesus taught in Matthew 5:30 when he said “if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.” But whatever you do - don’t be ok with it. Don’t think you can be right with God while habitually practicing unrepentant sin.
Paul gives a grave admonition here - a grave warning to those in the church who claimed to be Christians yet lived in unrepentant sin. He tells them plainly: You will not inherit the Kingdom of God. In other words: Don’t be deceived. You aren’t going to heaven. You are going to hell. As Revelation 21:8 says “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.” Paul is saying: If you live in unrepentant sin, you are among those Jesus referred to in Matthew 7:21 when he said “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
If there’s anything you are doing that the Bible says is wrong - you better be doing everything you can to get that sin out of your life. Put up safeguards, get accountability, etc. Take extreme measures if necessary like Jesus taught in Matthew 5:30 when he said “if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.” But whatever you do - don’t be ok with it. Don’t think you can be right with God while habitually practicing unrepentant sin.
- If you’re sleeping together with someone you’re not married to or looking at porn and you’re justifying it instead of repenting of it...
- If you’re committing adultery and you’re justifying it instead of repenting of it...
- If you’re practicing homosexuality and you’re justifying it instead of repenting of it...
- If you’re stealing and you’re justifying it instead of repenting of it...
- If you’re getting drunk each weekend and you’re justifying it instead of repenting of it...
- If you’re cheating people and you’re justifying it instead of repenting of it...
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