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.
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.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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I think it’s hypocritical and inconsistent for us to attack this one group of people over any other group of people that are within our churches today.
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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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How can we quantify that? How can you even know that that’s what you have experienced? And what if at some point you fall to 85 percent or 70 percent?
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The point that I’m trying to make is that we as believers can have security in Christ when we are believers.
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But 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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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.
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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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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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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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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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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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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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