I think we’ve made it a golden idol. I think we in the church have treated it differently than we’ve treated anything else.
ALAN CHAMBERSThe ones that are running rampant within our churches largely go unaddressed.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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Exodus is a very large organization. My board of directors is supportive of me as the president of Exodus and are very much involved in my decision-making and those types of things.
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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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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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But as a property owner of Orlando, I wouldn’t rent to someone who is gay any more than I would rent to a person who is a practicing witch.
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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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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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Well, I find it interesting first that this all centers around the issue of homosexuality and we don’t bring in any other sin issue into the picture.
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Certainly anyone who comes to faith in Christ has a new heart and they have an opportunity for new life and that’s a wonderful thing.
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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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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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I find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven’t encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve.
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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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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 for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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