??? Why don't we have control over our inheritance and whether we lose it? You mean we cannot commit the sins mentioned in 1 Cor 6:9-10 that Paul says can cause us to LOSE our inheritance???
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Because God hasn't turned over title to us yet. If God came to you today and said "Joe, I'm turning over full title to your Heavenly inheritance right now to you, your wife, your kids, all your loved ones, etc. You may enter Heaven at your leisure." What would you do? Would you sell your ticket (inheritance) like Esau and the prodigal son did? Of course not. You'd bolt, right? I sure would. But God doesn't say that to us. He still has use of us on earth.
You mean we cannot commit the sins mentioned in 1 Cor 6:9-10 that Paul says can cause us to LOSE our inheritance???
Well, let's see a little context:
1 Cor 6:9-11 : 9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 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.
I think verse 11 tells us where Paul is coming from. He is clearly talking about the lost VERSUS the saved. There are many Biblical passages like 9-10 and if they all meant that one offense at any time would prevent Heaven, then there aren't going to be very many in Heaven, I think you would agree. It would also mean that God does not forgive sin, which we know is wrong. So, verse 11 is clear that Paul is speaking generally about sin and about the lost vs. the saved. I see nothing in this passage about losing something that was already had.
FK will have to reply in affirmative because that would be contrary to Calvinist double-predestination myth. It was Luther, after all, who said that we can commit thousands of fornications a day and not worry about them as long as we have accepted Chirst (don't worry be happy religion), because once you accept Christ your past, present and future sins have been atoned for. You are free to sin boldly; your debt is covered with the Blood of Chirst! It's like the story of the Prodigal Son who comes back not to repent and change his ways, but to ask for more money--because it was ordained for him from the beginnng--so he can continue to spend it on anything he wants.