There wasn’t reparative therapy in Corinth. So in this passage I think people came to Christ and experienced a new life in him apart from the therapeutic process.
ALAN CHAMBERSBut to say that people who have same-sex attractions are the only group of people who need to go to a therapist to completely resolve those attractions isn’t something I find biblically accurate.
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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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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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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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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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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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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But we will encourage the church to do that in general for anyone and everyone who’s seeking to be a mature believer in Christ.
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That, I think, sets people up for unrealistic expectations and is something that I’m not willing to offer when we’re sharing these types of messages or presenting what was presented to me.
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So to pick and choose that once you come to Christ you’re never going to struggle in those areas again or never fall prey to stumbling in those ways again, I just, I don’t think we can assure that.
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I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
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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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Satan, the enemy is using people to further his agenda to destroy the Kingdom of God and as many souls as he can.
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I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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I know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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