I think we have to do a better job than we’ve done. So I do think there is, people rush to judgment and rush to clarify their point on this issue in ways that they don’t’ rush to judgment and to clarity on other issues.
ALAN CHAMBERSWe will all struggle, we will all fall prey to some type of sin, some will fall prey to the same types of sin over and over again.
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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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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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I’ll be very glad to tell them what my faults and my weaknesses are and the areas that I pray about in my life every day.
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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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But when it comes to someone pointing to this passage and saying homosexuals changed, well, I’m not sure that’s what that passage is referring to.
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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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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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For some that will mean getting the help or expertise of a counselor that can help them walk through and navigate through some of the traumatic things that they’ve been through in their life.
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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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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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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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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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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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