You left some parts out: "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God." (I CORINTHIANS 6:9-11)
The unrighteous, fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, effeminate, thieves, covetous, drunkards, revilers and swindlers will also not inherit the Kingdom. So if you posted in the drunk thread, or mentioned how much you covet some cool firearm, you are SOL.
Sorry for this being my first post; I've been a looooong-time lurker on this board, and have been well and truly intimidated to join this merry band, based on the tight-knitedness. As I am "other," I'll just have to hold my breath, jump in, and blame Fistful if I drown.
Above, there are a lot of compelling arguments, for and against a lot of things, but as far as MillCreek (with whose views and beliefs I am unfamiliar) saying that drunks or firearms covetors or anybody else in the Rogue's Gallery of sinners goes, I disagree with that as vehemently as my username is weapons-grade. The important thing about that passage above is that because one is washed (baptized), sanctified (bestowed with the grace, knowledge, and action of the Holy Spirit), and justified (absolved of sin by the human suffering of Christ), one inherits the Kingdom of God, regardless of the constant sins we commit as imperfect beings.
That just is. You don't have to choose it--some might say you can't even choose it--because God already laid it on you. Kind of a like-it-or-not thing, given freely, and without action required on your part. All you have to do is accept it. Of course, the beauty of not living in a theocracy is that, hey, you don't wanna, no sweat.
Sorry for being so heavy right out of the gate, but hey, that's mass for you.