“I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.”

I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.

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.

I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.

t’s really an encouragement of discipleship, it looks like anything else that we’re offering to anyone else, any other person struggling with any other issue in their life.

They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.

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.

Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.

If we were talking about one of their sin issues we wouldn’t have addressed this at all. I find that hypocritical and inconsistent.

What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.

Certainly if someone looks at my life, they will see that I have surrendered my heart, my life to Jesus Christ.

I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.

I know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.

So he can add his voice to the chorus of others whether it’s gay activists or now a New Testament professor.

My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.

It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.

We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.

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.

I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.

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.

What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.

I know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.

It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.

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.

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.