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1 Corinthians chapter 6 verses 9 and 10.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?

Do not be deceived.

Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,

nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards,

nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

These are sobering verses and certainly not popular verses in the world and the culture I live

in. I can't think of many cultures in the world where these are popular verses. They are

for these words are a direct affront to all kinds of ways we sin and are tempted to sin.

And we need to be clear in our understanding of these verses, this is not saying that anyone who has

done anything sexually immoral or committed adultery or has had greed in their life will not

inherit the kingdom of God, will spend eternity separated from God. For the reality is,

and we see this all over scripture, like even followers of Jesus,

even people who are walking with God are prone to sin in these ways. But that's just it.

Followers of Jesus and those who are walking with faith in God and His Word. When we sin in any way, these ways are so many different

other ways we see in Scripture. We are convicted by the Spirit of God according to the Word of God

and we turn from it. The whole picture here is those who are continuing to walk against the

Word of God in the ways of this world,

in the ways of our flesh, and not according to God's ways, God's good word for us.

So the Christian, the Father of Jesus, when he reads this, when she reads this, says,

oh, God, help me to turn from all of these things and help me to live in accord with your

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