There are those who believe that praying and talking to God is enough to get them to heaven. They do not believe that their living in sin alienates them from God. They read books about God. They pray when they are in trouble. They might even occasionally thank him for sunsets and sunrises but his words do not change their lives.
One woman who practices sexual relations outside of marriage told me, "I don't believe God would send one of his children to hell". She was absolutely right. But that is not the question. The question is whether she was his child or not.
Paul wrote in Ephesians that those who practice (live in continual sin) will not enter the kingdom of heaven (Galatians 5:19-21). Jesus said those who do not keep his word do not love him (John 14:23-24).
In his letter to the believers at Colosse, Paul writes that Jesus will present us holy and blameless and without reproach if "indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel..." (Colossians 1:21-23).
Our actions speak louder than our words and God's Word has more authority than our philosophy.
