Galatians 5:19-21

The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

(v19-21, NIV)

When we do not live by the Spirit, we are gratifying the desires of the flesh. Gratifying the desires of the flesh produces acts of the sinful nature. Here, these acts are listed out. Looking through this list, I'm sure that each and every one of us can find something here that we've done in the past. It's even possible that there are things we find in this list that we are still doing. Unfortunately, as Paul mentions at the end of verse 21, those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Your eternal destination is not heaven if you live like this. Now, that doesn't mean that if you've ever done something on this list, then you're not going to heaven. What it means it that if the pattern of your life reveals a continual increase in indulging of these things, then you will not inherit the kingdom of God. What this is not saying is that this is the way to get to heaven. I've heard it explained with the idea of a boat. There's a huge boat and everyone on it is going to heaven. Everyone on the boat just so happens to be about holiness and these people are not living gratifying the desires of the flesh. However, that is not the ramp onto the boat. The ramp onto the boat is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.