Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
Covetousness is worship of the creature instead of the Creator, the highest treason against the King of kings. Paul calls the covetous man an idolater because he sets up a rival god; the present tense of exclusion shows this sentence is fixed by the eternal verities of that kingdom.
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These vile lusts were rife among pagans and must be cut out by the roots. Do not name them as though they were acceptable; hate them utterly as befit the saints. Guard even against foolish talking and jesting that cheapen what is holy.
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Commenting on Ephesians 5:3-20
The covetous man is an idolater because he admires his gold as if it were sacred, never using it; through his love of mammon he neglects God's worship, abandons his soul's good, and trusts his riches instead of God. No such person enters the kingdom of Christ and God.
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