Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 22:14-16

"Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and my enter in by the gates into the city. Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star." — Revelation 22:14-16 (ASV)

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

We thank God that they are shut out of heaven; for although we wish everyone could be there, yet we would wish for no one to be there whose character is of this kind, unless they were washed and cleansed. Heaven would be no heaven if such individuals could be admitted there. They shall not be; they must, by infallible justice, be excluded from the realms of bliss.