Don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in SEXUAL SIN, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people--none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.
(1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. (Romans 8:9)
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (Galatians 6:7)
A good tree can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions. "Not everyone who calls out to me, 'Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. (Matthew 7: 18-21)
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
(Galatians 5:22-23)
But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. (James 1:22)
"Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked" (I John 2:3-6).
"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? (Luke 6: 46)
For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. (Romans 2:13)
But when people keep on sinning, it shows that they belong to the devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil. Those who have been born into God's family do not make a practice of sinning, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep on sinning, because they are children of God. (1 John 1:8-9)
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. (Hebrews 10:26-27)
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. (Galatians 5:24)The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. (Galatians 5:17)
For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened (having received the knowledge of the truth, Hebrews 10:32; and being convinced of sin, righteousness, and judgement, and led to Jesus the Savior of sinners.)--those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come--and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame. (Hebrews 6:4-6)
Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith. (2 Corinthians 13:5)
Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins? Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the LORD. (Lamentations 3:39-40)
'Christian' means "follower of Christ", but that word 'Christian' also means "Christ-like."
A True Spiritual Experience Will Transforms The Heart.
I'm sorry. I guess I messed up a lot in life. Now it seems my whole heart is filled with regrets and being in a state of numbness. So many times I wish I was as strong and faithful like my other Christian friends. I hate to start afresh every single time, because I know I will screw up again. I wish things wasn't that difficult for me. I wonder why, what have I done wrong other than sinning? I just want my mother back. It's so difficult to live a normal life, trying so hard to suppress all the emotions I hold on inside. But what am I supposed to do? People don't like to listen to sad stories or even hang out with emotional people. We all live in a world that tells us to live for our own happiness, entertainment is present everywhere that is geared us up to laugh. That's why I have to live with society's norms, to be cheerful and happy even when you are broken inside, so that people will still hang out with you. In the end, I sacrificed so much, that I do not know who I had become.
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