But it doesn’t say anywhere in that passage that the people didn’t still struggle with temptation or that they never fell prey to that sin again whether it was the issue of homosexuality or any of the other things that are listed there.
ALAN CHAMBERSMy beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because I’ve overcome the world.
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I think it’s for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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I think we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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Would Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
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I think it’s hypocritical and inconsistent for us to attack this one group of people over any other group of people that are within our churches today.
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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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For other people who are involved in unrepentant sin whether it’s the sin of homosexual sexual expression or gluttony or pride or heterosexual sexual expression outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage.
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But sin resides, the power of sin resides in our flesh. It will always try us and it was always tempt us and therefore we always need to be submitting our mind, will and emotions to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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When they don’t have to live in that fear or that life of condemnation wondering whether God’s going to yank His relationship from them
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Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that’s a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.
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Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.
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I’m not saying that people should live in unrepentant sin. I’m not saying that that’s a mark of a mature believer at all.
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