Practices Not of God:
Those Who Practices These Will Not Be
in God's Kingdom!
Those who are living this life-style when Christ returns or practicing these sins without repenting when they die will not be in God’s Kingdom!
Ø Listed in Revelation 21:8
v Listed in I Corinthians 6:9-10
[1]* Definitions are taken from “1828 Webster’s Dictionary” & “1913 Webster’s Dictionary” unless otherwise stated.
Ø Abominable (1. Very hateful; detestable; lothesome. (2. This word is applicable to whatever is odious to the mind or offensive to the senses.
3. Unclean: Leviticus 11:1-23. Note: Christians aren’t under this law any more, but under grace.) [1]*
“These six things the LORD hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
17 A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
19 A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren” (Proverbs 6:16-19).
v Adulterers (1. A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any married woman, except his wife. (2. An idolator. Ezek. 23 [Note especially Ezek. 23:36-49]. (3. An apostate from the true faith, or one who violates his covenant engagements; a very wicked person. Jer. 9 and 23. (4. One devoted to earthly things [James 4:3-4]). (5. A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife. (6. A man who violates his religious covenant (Jeremiah 9:2).
Ø Cowardly [adj.] (1. Wanting courage to face danger; timid; timorous; fearful; pusillanimous. (2. Mean; base; befitting a coward; as a cowardly action. (3. Proceeding from fear of danger; as cowardly silence. [adv.] In the manner of a coward; meanly; basely].
v Covetous (Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess; directed to money or goods, avaricious. A bishop must not be covetous (1 Timothy 3:3).
v Drunkards [DRUNK, [a.] from drunken.] means intoxicated; inebriated; overwhelmed or overpowered by spirituous liquor; stupefied or inflamed by the action of spirit on the stomach and brain. It is brutish to be drunk. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess (Eph. 5:18 KJV).
v Extortioners(EXTOR'TION, [ n.] The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, duress, menaces, authority, or by any undue exercise of power; illegal exaction; illegal compulsion to pay money, or to do some other act. Extortion is an offense punishable at common law. (1. Force or illegal compulsion by which anything is taken from a person).
Ø Sexually immoralwhich includes fornicators, homosexuals, and sodomites.
v Fornicators (An unmarried person, male or female, who has intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.
v Homosexuals (involving sexual intercourse between persons of the same sex) Source: Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary [Tenth Edition].
ØLiars (1. A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who declares to another as a fact what he knows to be not true, and with an intention to deceive him. The uttering of falsehood by mistake, and without an intention to deceive, does not constitute one a liar. (2. “He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him” [1John 2:4]).
Ø Murders ([n.] A person who in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
Ø Idolators (also in I Cor. 6:9) A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.
v Revilers ([n.] One who reviles another; one who treats another with contemptuous language.
v Sodomites (Sodomy) means copulation with a member of the same sex or with animals. (Source: Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary [Tenth Edition].
Ø Sorcerers (A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. The Egyptian sorcerers contended with Moses [Exodus 7:11-12]).
v Thieves (Thief [n.] 1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force. (2. You are a thief if you try to enter the sheepfold other than through Jesus (John 10:1-9. (3. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves (Matt. 21:25-45).
Ø Unbelieving (Unbeliever [n.] is (1. An incredulous person; one who does not believe. (2. An infidel; one who discredits revelation, or the mission, character and doctrines of Christ (2Cor. 6:14-18).
v Unrighteous (1. Not righteous; not just; not conformed in heart and life to the divine law; evil; wicked; used of persons. (2. Unjust; contrary to law and equity; as an unrighteous decree or sentence.)
SUMMARY
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation”
(2 Corinthians 6:2b).
Choose to follow Jesus! NOW!
