Important kingdom issues

Who you are not who you were

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

9 Or 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 [a]effeminate, nor homosexuals,10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

• The kingdom of God is not universal it includes some and excludes others.

• Some believe correctly that they are in the kingdom, some are mistaken in their belief.

MTS: Making sure you are in the kingdom of God is extremely important

MTQ: What 3 important issues should we understand about inclusion in the exclusion from kingdom of God? 

1. The kingdom refuses people for two reasons: sin and sinfulness. V9

Sin and sinfulness classified

a. Idolatry is giving someone or something the honor that god alone deserves - common

b. Immorality anything that is wrong

c. Impurity less than the person that should be

d. Impropriety being/what is improper - common 

Dress up who you are as a Christian - impropriety

2. The kingdom receives people for specific reasons. V11

Received into the kingdom because he has been

• Washed - spiritual dirt removed 

• Sanctified - spiritual status changed

• Justified - spiritual crime erased 

Colossians 1:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Incomparable Christ

13 [a]For He rescued us from the [b]domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of [c]His beloved Son,

Grace is greater than sins

3. The kingdom renews people through specific gifts 

Lifelong process

• Power that enables us

• Principle that guides us

- What is beneficial is higher than that is judicial

• Purpose that directs us bought with price glorify God with your body.