Big Healing Book - Ephesians 5:5-7

Ephesians 5:5-7:

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

Notes on Ephesians 5:5-7:

MANY people are being deceived with vain words in our day. These vain words say that you can have an unrepentant lifestyle involving the things Paul describes and still be a Christian. Don’t be one of the deceived ones. There are fake Christians out there whom Jesus never knew (Matthew 7:21-23). You’ll know them by their fruit.

The ongoing presence of these sins without remorse can never be the CAUSE of a believer losing his salvation, but they CAN be the EFFECTS! The ongoing presence of these sins with no repentance proves that the person is NOT a true believer and likely never was one to begin with.

This does not mean that if you ever commit one of these sins, you have lost your salvation. For example, Paul describes a covetous man (identified with covetousness) as opposed to a Christian who coveted at some point (which would be most or all of us). As a Christian, you identify with righteousness, not with covetousness or other sins. The real you (your born-again spirit) would NEVER side with any kind of sin; any sin in your life involves yielding to your unrenewed flesh. If you have done any of these things and are sorry about what you did, you are not the type of person the wrath of God is coming upon in this passage!