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FAQ # 98
QUESTION 98 : Notice, "For of this you
can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a man is an idolater—has
any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no one deceive
you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on
those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be partners with them"
(Eph 5:5-7). Had it, lost it and became children of disobedience, correct?
Notice the 'therefore' in explaining this verse. He said these people
don't have eternal life, sinners who refuse to repent (believe). Therefore,
or as a result, it is not healthy nor becoming to constantly have fellowship
with them (Prov 22:24-25) - "bosom buddies". As the Psalmists
David tells us, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the
seat of the scornful" (Ps 1:1). Another thing that was noted was,
"Let no one deceive you with empty words," so to speak. This
can't happen to a true believer, because, "My sheep hear my voice,
and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my
hand" (John 10:27). Hence, a sheep will "not hear them"
(John 10:8). However, the sheep can become entangled in a bush until the
Shepard pulls them out.
Though it usually develops, he is warning saints to stay away from vain
persons. This verse had nothing to do with someone loosing salvation,
especially when it cannot be lost.
"The Christian is like a man making his way up hill, who occasionally
slips back, yet always has his face set toward the summit. The unregenerate
man has his face turned downwards, and he is slipping all the way"
(A. H. Strong).
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