I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as 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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I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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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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The reason we have distanced ourselves from it is because some of the things that they employ and some of the messages that I’ve heard from reparative therapists with regards to what someone can expect once they get through that type of therapy.
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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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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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A reparative therapist called me and said if you’ll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 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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I think it’s for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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There wasn’t reparative therapy in Corinth. So in this passage I think people came to Christ and experienced a new life in him apart from the therapeutic process.
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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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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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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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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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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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