Hello beloved,
“9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” – Corinthians 6:9-10
The question is: can I be unrighteous and still go to heaven? When studying this passage, I overlooked a very important statement: “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?” Well, I didn’t overlook it, I just assumed it meant that the unrighteous would have to spend an eternity in hell for the unwillingness to give up their sin. I studied it, and while assuming usually gets me in trouble, this time I was correct in my thinking. “The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God”, shall not be true members of his church on earth, nor admitted as glorious members of the church in heaven. All unrighteousness is sin, and continual sin, or every actual sin committed deliberately, and not repented of, shuts us out of the kingdom of heaven. Understand that I am talking about continual, deliberate sin. I am not saying that a Christian should live a sinless life. But I would also never say that we sin every day in thought, word or deed. But, as Christians, we must stop deliberate, continual sin. Or else. That is a very tough word, beloved. But, it is the truth.
Listen to the words of Paul in Romans 6:1-2. “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” That cuts right to the chase. God forbids us to continue in sin. We lie to ourselves when we say that God knows our hearts and that we really do feel bad about it. Or that we just can’t give it up. Nonsense. When we were born again, we died with Christ. And being a part of His death, we also take part in His resurrection. Romans 6:6 says “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” Our body of sin has been nailed to a cross, beloved. It no longer controls us. Verse 7 says “For he that is dead is freed from sin.” We are freed from sin!
The thing I am trying to get across is that we can’t paint the picture any other way than to say that continual sin will send us to an eternal place of torment called hell. It’s the cold hard truth. But, it is the truth. We should rejoice in this, though. Because we have been set free. Though we are guilty for nailing the Son of God to the cross(Isaiah 53:6-7), we are not condemned. We have been forgiven, beloved. Of course, that’s if you have repented of your sins and put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ. If not, you are in separation from God. Isaiah 59:2 says “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God. And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.” The only way to the Father is through Jesus Christ. You must repent of your sins and call on the only One who can save you. Jesus!
I know that most of you that receive my emails are born again. So, I want to urge you, beloved, to search your heart for any deliberate sin in your life. And stop pointing the finger at others and turn it back on yourself. Put away the victim mentality and admit that you are the only one to blame for your sin. Please turn from your sins beloved. Don’t ignore the conviction of the Holy Spirit. We often get upset when the Holy Spirit convicts. Unfortunately, we let our conviction turn into bitterness toward the one God used to point out our sin. We need to let it turn into godly sorrow. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation, not to be repented of. But the sorrow of the world worketh death.
One last thing, beloved. God’s love will, at first, feel like condemnation. Those He loves, he will rebuke and chasten. One thing he requires in this: repentance. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
In Christian love,
Adam Tennant
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