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 men who have sex with men 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. 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. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Paul
correctly stated that wrongdoers/sinners will not get into heaven. He listed a number of sins—sexual immorality,
idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, greedy, drunkards, slanderers,
swindlers. If none of these people could
get into heaven, then nobody could get into heaven because we’ve all sinned at
one point.
Christians
sin, but we were washed, sanctified, justified by Jesus Christ. That means we were forgiven of all our sins. Paul says, “And that is what some of you were.” Our identity was in our sin and we loved to
sin, but now we’re different. We are no
longer identified by our sin (immoral, idolater, adulterer) but by our
forgiveness—son or daughter of God.
God’s
family gets access to heaven, our inheritance.