I deeply appreciate Rebecca Moon’s commitment to taking what I have written on the board, and creating a usable chart for each of the books we briefly studying in our overview process. Yesterday, we studied the key verses of the book of 1 Corinthians found in chapter 6:9-20, using Colossians 3:1-11 and Ephesians 4:22-27 as companion passages to help shed light on Paul’s statement in v.9-11: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
We are reminded in Romans 7, by Paul’s own testimony of his battle with sin, that in our flesh dwelleth no good thing! We know that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 15:50). We also know that the works of the flesh are listed in Galatians 5:19-20. All that is discussed above — those who will not inherit the kingdom of God, includes all of the unsaved world. It also includes our old Adamic nature, which cannot be redeemed! Jesus did not come to rehabilitate humanity. His sacrifice paid our sin debt, and made us accepted by our heavenly Father, making us new creatures in Christ – 2 Corinthians 5:17. We are justified – declared righteous, as though we had never sinned, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and sanctified – set apart to glorify Him by the Holy Spirit who lives in each of us — 1 Corinthians 6:19-20!
I ask everyone to join me in reading a chapter a day of 1 Corinthians which deals with a different problem in each chapter, as the outline below reveals, and seek out a key verse in each chapter that encapsulates Paul’s answer to the difficulty being discussed. Enjoy this brief journey through the book of 16 specific problems that can be found in most churches today.