There is sin in the world. People choose to sin in all kinds of ways. In the Bible in 1 Cor 6:9-11 there are many sins listed that people commit that will keep them out of heaven. But verse 11 shows the mercy of God. The people in the Corinthian church had been guilty of the sins mentioned in verses 9 and 10, but in verse 11 it says they were washed, they were sanctified, and they were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of out God. See Below.
Anyone can be saved from their sins by confessing to God that they have sinned and then by repenting of those sins. Repenting means to stop doing those sins, to turn away from sin, and turn toward God.
I Cor 6:9-11
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 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 and by the Spirit of our God.
So if I get drunk (drunkards) and/or play with with my wife's asshole (sodomy) I don't get to inherit the kingdom of God? To be clear, I would not be asking for forgiveness in either case because I don't do either to excess.
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
There is sin in the world. People choose to sin in all kinds of ways. In the Bible in 1 Cor 6:9-11 there are many sins listed that people commit that will keep them out of heaven. But verse 11 shows the mercy of God. The people in the Corinthian church had been guilty of the sins mentioned in verses 9 and 10, but in verse 11 it says they were washed, they were sanctified, and they were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of out God. See Below. Anyone can be saved from their sins by confessing to God that they have sinned and then by repenting of those sins. Repenting means to stop doing those sins, to turn away from sin, and turn toward God.
I Cor 6:9-11 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 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 and by the Spirit of our God.
So if I get drunk (drunkards) and/or play with with my wife's asshole (sodomy) I don't get to inherit the kingdom of God? To be clear, I would not be asking for forgiveness in either case because I don't do either to excess.
Mark 2:17
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
How does this address my original question?
Repentance is changing one's mind about sin.