The point that I’m trying to make is that we as believers can have security in Christ when we are believers.
ALAN CHAMBERSBut 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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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 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 know Christ. And that is secure. And I think that is something that actually helps believers pursue his holiness.
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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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Certainly if someone looks at my life, they will see that I have surrendered my heart, my life to Jesus Christ.
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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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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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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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Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.
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I’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
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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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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.
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It says in this world you will have trouble in John 16:33 but take heart you can have peace in me because I’ve overcome the world.
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