“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, 10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. 11 Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” v 9-11 (NLT)
This is quite the list of sins and lifestyles that are not pleasing to God. Sadly we live in a sex saturated society where lines have been blurred and lifestyles have tried to be justified. This isn’t a new thing, these addictions and lifestyles were addressed in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. But they are just that, addictions and a lifestyle that is opposite of what God desires!
When we ask Jesus to be a Lord and Savior, we surrender everything to Him. Everything includes everything we were, are, and going to be! Everything means that we face and repent from who we use to be, Confess who we are and the struggles we have, and allow Him to transform us into the person that is more like him. This may be difficult, you will have to face temptation, but Jesus has the power to take replace all of these desires that cause us to be addicted to these lifestyles, IF we are willing to seek Him completely not holding anything back!
Today, what are you hanging on 2? May verse 11 truly be said of us!! No more games, no more hiding, no more justifying, Jesus we need you!
Dan Gould 