'DO YOU NOT KNOW that the UNrighteous will NOT inherit or have ANY share in the Kingdom of GOD? DO NOT BE DECEIVED -- neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers [whose words are used as weapons to abuse, insult, humiliate, intimidate, or slander], nor swindlers will inherit or have ANY share in the Kingdom of GOD' (1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Amplified Bible, with brackets).
'Now the practices of the SINful nature are clearly evident -- they are sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality [total irresponsibility, lack of self-control], idolatry, sorcery, hostility, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions [that promote heresies], envy, drunkenness, riotous behavior, and other things like these... those who practice such things will NOT inherit the Kingdom of GOD' (Galatians 5:19-21, AMP).
'Now we know [without any doubt] that The LAW is GOOD -- IF one uses it lawfully and appropriately, understanding the FACT that Law is not enacted for the RIGHTeous person [the one in RIGHT standing with GOD], but for LAWLESS and REBELLIOUS people, for the UNgodly and SINful, for the irreverent and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for sexually immoral persons, for homosexuals, for kidnappers and slave traders, for liars, for perjurers—and for WHATever else is CONTRARY to SOUND Doctrine' (1 Timothy 1:8-10, AMP).
'And such WERE some of you [before you believed]. BUT you WERE Washed [by the ATONING Sacrifice of CHRIST], you WERE Sanctified [set apart for GOD, and made HOLY], you WERE Justified [declared FREE of guilt] in the Name of The LORD JESUS CHRIST and IN The [Holy] SPIRIT of our GOD [The SOURCE of the Believer’s NEW Life and CHANGED behavior]' (1 Corinthians 6:11, AMP).
BUT GOD -- 'JESUS said to her (the woman caught in ADULTERY), “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” She answered, “No one, LORD!” And JESUS said, “I DO NOT CONDEMN you either. GO. From now on SIN NO MORE”' (John 8:10-11, parenthesis mine).
BUT GOD, speaking through the holy prophet Isaiah -- '“To the EUNUCHS who keep My Sabbaths and choose what pleases Me, and hold firmly to My covenant -- to them I WILL give in My house and within My walls a memorial, and a name better than that of sons and daughters; I WILL give them an EVERlasting name which will not be cut off"' (Isaiah 56:4-5).
BUT GOD (The Holy SPIRIT), through the apostle Philip's preaching the GOOD News to an Ethiopian EUNUCH -- quickened ALIVE the spiritually DEAD eunuch, and by GOD's GRACE granted the eunuch Saving FAITH (in the finished atoning work of The GOD-Man CHRIST JESUS) who then proclaimed '"I BELIEVE that JESUS CHRIST IS The SON of GOD"' -- and after having been baptized in obedience to The LORD's command, 'went on his way REJOICING' (see Acts 8:26-39).
BUT GOD (IN CHRIST JESUS), speaking to the Samaritan woman (an outcast of ill-repute who've had FIVE husbands and living with another man who was not her legal husband) -- revealed to her that HE Himself was the long-awaited Jewish MESSIAH, The CHRIST Who was sent of GOD to this world to SAVE sinners from their SINs -- '"I Who speak to you AM HE"' (see John 4:9-26).
BUT GOD -- The ONE TRUE LIVING TRIune SOVEREIGN LORD of ALL Creation -- forgives ALL PENITENT SIN-natured SIN-doers who've realized their NEED of a SAVIOR and who've received The LORD JESUS in their Hearts to be GOD/Master of their reNEWed lives! By GOD's GRACE alone (HIS totally UNdeserved Favor, HIS totally UNmerited Mercy), through FAITH alone (fully TRUSTing) in GOD The SON's shed BLOOD for the REMISSION/FORGIVENESS of ALL his/her sinS, through FAITH alone IN CHRIST's DEATH and RESURRECTION to rescue him/her from ETERNAL Hell and to bring him/her to The FATHER of GLORY, to the REALITY of ETERNAL Life IN The GLORY with CHRIST JESUS Himself -- The LORD of GLORY! HalleluJAH! \o/
'Therefore, reject ALL FALSEhood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, ANY such as these], speak TRUTH each one with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the Body of CHRIST]. Be angry [at SIN—at IMmorality, at INjustice, at UNgodly behavior], yet do not sin; do not let your anger [cause you shame, nor allow it to] last until the sun goes down. And do not give the devil an opportunity [to lead you into SIN by holding a grudge, or nurturing anger, or harboring resentment, or cultivating bitterness]. The thief [who has become a Believer] must NO LONGER steal, but instead he must work hard [making an HONEST living], producing that which is GOOD with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with those in need. Do not let UNwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is GOOD for building UP others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a BLESSING to those who hear [you speak]. And do not grieve The Holy SPIRIT of GOD [but seek to please Him], by Whom you were sealed and marked [branded as GOD’s own] for the Day of Redemption [the FINAL Deliverance from the consequences of SIN]. LET ALL BITTERNESS and WRATH and ANGER and CLAMOR [perpetual animosity, resentment, strife, fault-finding] and SLANDER be put away from you, along with every kind of MALICE [all spitefulness, verbal abuse, malevolence]' (Ephesians 4:25-31, AMP).
'BE KIND and HELPFUL to one another, TENDER-HEARTED [compassionate, understanding], FORGIVING one another [readily and freely], just as GOD IN CHRIST also forgave you' (Ephesians 4:32, AMP).
'But SEXUAL IMMORALITY and ALL [moral] IMPURITY [indecent, offensive behavior] or GREED must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as Believers our way of LIFE, whether in public or in private, REFLECTS the validity of our FAITH]. Let there be NO FILTHINESS and SILLY talk, or COARSE [obscene or vulgar] joking, because such things are not appropriate [for Believers]; but instead speak of your thankfulness [to GOD]. For be sure of this: NO IMMORAL, IMPURE, or GREEDY person—for that one is [in effect] an IDOLATER—has ANY inheritance in the Kingdom of CHRIST and GOD [for such a person places a higher value on something other than GOD]' (Ephesians 5:3-5, AMP).
O PRAISE our ALL-Wise GOD for the many "BUT GOD"s written in His HOLY Word -- from the O.T. Book of Genesis to the NT Book of 1 Thessalonians -- so that those who are Born-Again of GOD, vitally united WITH CHRIST Himself, INcorporated INto CHRIST's Body, HIS Church -- may be enCOURAGEd, enLIGHTened, emBOLDened with His INfallible TRUTH! For i, myself, WAS such ALSO before the "BUT GOD" of The WORD 'Who is able to do EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL that we ask or think, according to the POWER that works IN us -- to HIM (our TRIune GOD, FATHER SON SPIRIT) be GLORY!' (Ephesians 3:20-21a) \o/
