It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
ALAN CHAMBERSI think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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.
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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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My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
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I am pursuing Christ wholeheartedly 100 percent. I don’t need a theologian or a set of man-made beliefs to guide me in my daily 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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Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
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I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
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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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This is the church’s job. This is who we are as the body of Christ to reach out to people who are in need, who are struggling.
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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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So he can add his voice to the chorus of others whether it’s gay activists or now a New Testament professor.
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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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I believe in sanctification at the point of salvation. That doesn’t mean that we don’t continue to mature as believers in Christ. But I believe that we are justified and we are sanctified.
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And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they’re struggling.
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A reparative therapist called me and said if you’ll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 percent.
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