The List

Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in 1 Corinthians chapter 6:

9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Paul tells us by THE SPIRIT that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of GOD and goes further to provide a detailed list of those who specifically will not be inheritors.  As we know the current politically correct society accepts many of those on the list with at least a passive endorsement.  Paul provides us assurance that even if you were on the list, you can be washed, sanctified, and justified thus you will be removed from the list.  Nobody has to stay on the list of the unrighteous.

FATHER Loves everyone, even those who are currently on the list to be disqualified from being inheritors.  We too should Love those on this list even though we cannot fellowship with them.  However if we are given the opportunity, we should minister The Word and give them hope that they can change from their wicked ways.  There is no need to condemn them for they are already under condemnation and have no peace in their hearts.

FATHER does not tolerate unrighteous among the righteous.  In Deuteronomy chapter 17, FATHER spoke:

2 “If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing His covenant,

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from among you.

FATHER was adamant about having no evil among the Israelites.  We too must not allow unrighteousness to fellowship among us.  Paul uses the metaphor of leaven in chapter 5: “Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?  Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened.”  We are not called to be isolated but simply separated and become lights to the world.  We are to express FATHER’S Love without condoning the acts of unrighteousness.  As we minister The Word to the person walking in unrighteousness, It has the power to pierce through that person’s heart and expose the unrighteousness in his or her life.  FATHER’S Love is the medicine to heal the broken heart and correct what has been done to the person in the past.  Let us be a part of the solution rather than further promote the problem.  As we do, those on the list will grow smaller.

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