By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: (Hebrews 11:31-32 NKJV)
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. (Judges 16:1 NIV)
Whores and whoremongers are listed in Hebrews heroes of faith! And there are many more bad people listed. The Bible also record the sins of many who were considered as "good". Heroes of faith became heroes not because of who they were, but because of who God is.
Hell is reserved for those who think that they are good and do not need God. Whosoever who know that they are bad and believed that Jesus can save them will be saved.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV)
These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. (Hebrews 11:39-40 NIV)
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