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To: metmom

1 Cor 6:9-10 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were.

Gal 5:19-21 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Eph 5:3-6 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No sexually immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them.

Rev. 22:12-16 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

Matt 25:41-46 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

And finally just a general warning from the Lord:

John 5:28-29 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.


100 posted on 06/12/2015 7:19:48 PM PDT by JPII Be Not Afraid
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To: JPII Be Not Afraid; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; ...
You still haven't showed me where the words *mortal* or *venial* are found in Scripture.

So lying isn't going to keep someone out of heaven?

It's not listed. Where does that fit in?

You do realize that ANY sin sends someone to hell, don't you? It NEVER specifies between severity of sin. WE are the ones who do that. On the contrary, the Holy Spirit tells us in Scripture.....

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Matter of fact, James says here:

James 2:10-11 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

As for the first passage you mentioned, 1 Corinthians 6, the passage ends with verse 11, which should have been included.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 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. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

You left off the most important part. Christians have been FORGIVEN of their sin, even that sin. Otherwise the passage can be misused to support a works based salvation by claiming that one has to keep the law to remain saved.

God's standard is absolute perfection. Jesus told us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect. NO ONE can meet that standard, ever.

He didn't say, that some sin is worse than others, or that some sin isn't as bad as others. He didn't tell us to not do the big ones and not sweat the little ones. Nowhere is there any penalty for sin except for death and nowhere is there any solution for sin except for Jesus.

Anything beyond that is fabricated by man.

ALL sin kills. The solution is the same for all sin. Forgiveness by God by grace through faith in the death and shed blood of Jesus, making one born again as a new creation, transferred into God's kingdom, sealed and kept by the Holy Spirit.

127 posted on 06/13/2015 3:47:23 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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