When the word “enter” (Greek εἰσέλθῃ – Strongs 1525) is used in scripture it refers to a “one time” act of faith, the act of being “born-again” and “entering” the Kingdom of God.  Note, I am not going to quibble here about the difference between entering the Kingdom of God vs entering the Kingdom of Heaven, there are a number of verses where they are used interchangeable.  The Kingdom of God primarily has to do with the divine “inward” life of a believer and the Kingdom of Heaven has to do with God’s divine outward rule on earth as it is in Heaven.  The “Kingdom of Heaven” is also the Spiritual realm of existence that we will enjoy as believers when we leave our earthly bodies and join Jesus in Heaven. In other words, to not inherit the kingdom of God is to not have eternal life. 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Adultery will keep one from entering heaven. in this John John 3:36, and Luke 2:26; Acts 2:27; Hebrews 11:5; 1Peter 3:10; Revelation 18:7.) Entering the Kingdom of God is a synonym for salvation. A Believer receives “reward based’ Inheritance in the Kingdom of God by doing acts of faith in Jesus Christ: Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, – Ephesians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 “According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Another problem that causes a Christian’s growth (sanctification) to be stunted and their rewards to be withheld is that most Christians remain on a diet of “milk”, pacified with the teaching concerning their salvation but not they are not daily reading their Bible, or being a Berean to study the scriptures for themselves!  The “meat” of God’s word is to study the scriptures to see how the promises in the Old Testament are fulfilled in the New Testament … like how the 7 Jewish feasts are represented by the 7 candle Menorah and are fulfilled in the life of Jesus Christ.  Also, a third of the Bible is prophecy, yet many Christians don’t study it and are unaware of the signs of the time, especially today! 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. There is no part in heaven that is outside the Kingdom. Words of truth given in love to bring a person to God (so both you and the other person are reconciled through Christ) are not the same as when the words are spoken with the motive of revenge and personal retribution, hoping the person doesn’t repent and faces the wrath of God (this was Jonah’s issue). The celestial kingdom is a kingdom of ... but before they are redeemed and enter into their kingdom, they must repent of their sins, and receive the gospel, and bow the knee, and acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ, the Redeemer of the world ” (Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, 2:22). Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.  25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Unfortunately, the typos and bad grammar are the pain others have to bear as I learn to communicate in writing. —Matthew 10:39, Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Can We Enter The Kingdom But Not Inherit It? The phrases “inherit the kingdom,” “inherit the earth,” and “inherit the land” occur several times in the New Testament (NT). Jesus died for our sins (past, present and “future”) according to the scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) … so Once Saved Always Saved (OSAS) is a true Bible doctrine … or I like to say Once Sealed, Always Sealed … or Once in Christ, Always in Christ … or Born Again, Saved Forever (BASF).  However if you claim to be saved and yet you are not concerned about living your life for Christ then you are probably not truly saved, you are probably not “born again” and you are probably not sealed by the “Holy Spirit“.  God sent His Son to save us from our SIN … our Self Indulgent Nature way of thinking, which is to think we can live a good and pleasing life apart from God.  As previously stated, when a person is “born again” the Holy Spirit “seals” the person for eternal life … you have Christ “in you” … you are “in Christ”.  From this point onward, until you physically die and are removed from your physical sin nature body or until you are caught up to Jesus in the Rapture, your thoughts and deeds that are contrary to your new Spiritual life that is in Christ “grieve” the Holy Spirit in you and remind you that you belong to Jesus.Â, This is what it means to be “born again” … it means you have a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.  God is able to lead you, guide you, comfort you, satisfy you with His love and overflow you with His joy … so it spill over onto others.  God wants to give us the best of everything but we must realize that everything is best when it’s done His way … not according to our way of thinking.  If you are His child and continually seek to know God and follow Him, He will guide you through this wicked world so you have “rest” for your weary soul.  If you are His born again child and you continue to try to think and do things independently from God … “I did it my way” … then God disciplines those who are His (Hebrews 12:6), so they see the futility of their sin (self indulgent nature) so they will deny their sin and trust in Holy Spirit to overcome their sin.Â, God wants us to “rest” in His Grace and yield to Him as He completes the good work of Salvation that He began in His born again child (Phil 1:6).  “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;” – John 10:27.   However, until someone invents a “Holy Spirit Breathalyzer” this debate about whether someone has lost their salvation or they are living in rebellion toward their Salvation or they were never saved will continue until Christ returns.Â. "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption" (I Corinthians 15:50). However, God in His grace covers the sin nature of the unborn and the babies and children, those who have not reached an age of accountability to understand their sin or those who are physically unable to understand sin because of a mental disability. Watch Queue Queue He who does not love abides in death – 1 John 3:14, Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. keep up the good work. Gone is the frosty winter, replaced by a world of cities of spring, where spring lasts all year. 16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Because of that, I tended to focus on what felt good and pleased self. Here is how God intends for His born-again child to behave so they can inherit full rewards in the Kingdom of God and enjoy God to the fullest now! 1 Corinthians 15:50 Context.  You can’t be “thrown out” of the Kingdom since it is Christ who has saved you and guaranteed your entrance by grace through faith not based on your works of righteousness, which are like filthy rags … and therefore there are no works of unrighteousness that you can do that will cause you to loose your salvation.  It is Christ who seals your salvation (Ephesians 1:13) and it is Christ who will “complete” your salvation (1 Philippians 1:6).  Therefore, in Christ you have confidence that Jesus will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5).Â. – Mark 9:35”, “And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him.”, However, God in His grace covers the sin nature of the unborn and the babies and children, those who have not reached an age of accountability to understand their sin or those who are physically unable to understand sin because of a mental disability. Paul’s warning that people who maintain this kind of lifestyle won’t inherit the Kingdom was to say that by doing so they identify themselves as unbelievers, because it’s only by the power of the Holy Spirit that we can avoid such a life, and even then the sinful nature can overpower us from time to time.  Abortion is not terrible for the aborted person but it is terrible for those of us on earth that miss the “gift of God” in that person who was prepared by God to bless the earth. I have never considered that there is any difference between “see” and “enter” in these two verses. If you are trusting in your own good works for salvation, then you have never been saved … you haven’t lost salvation … you have never been saved by Jesus and sealed by the Holy Spirit.  But if John 3:16 is true, then you are trusting in the good works of Jesus Christ for your salvation and Jesus doesn’t/can’t lie about what He will do! After all, Paul wrote, “The deeds of the flesh are evident… those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom … The self righteous brother was more like a Pharisee who were offended by the Grace that Jesus promised to those who believed in Him. The city of Corinth in Paul's day had many similarities to America today.  It was God’s decision and His gift to give you life … you can’t be unborn or unrelated from your family no matter how hard you try …  it is a logical impossibility. I think John is referring to “brother” in the same sense that Jesus was referring to “neighbor” in the story of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37). But what do you think about his self righteous brother, who had good works but a bad attitude toward the Grace given to his prodigal brother … was this brother saved? The teaching of Lordship Salvation can lead people to live a life of good works apart from a relationship with Jesus Christ and apart from following the Holy Spirit. In other words, their sins were forgiven and they were made holy and right in God's sight. When a person is saved that person receives a new Spiritual nature of Jesus Christ that desires the things of Heaven.  The Holy Spirit seals the person so he can’t lose his Salvation and the Holy Spirits dells within the person to comfort and guide the person … and also to cause him sadness from sin.  However the old sin nature continues to dwell in the person too and it continues to want the things of the world.  As a believer of Jesus Christ it is our responsibility to deny our sin nature and walk by faith in our new Spirit nature of Christ (this is the Die 2 Live theme of this web site).Â, When we follow the Holy Spirit and do the good works of faith that God has prepared for us to do we store up rewards in Heaven for our inheritance.  It we are unfaithful and walk by our sin nature then we will not “inherit” rewards in heaven. 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