I’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
ALAN CHAMBERSWe’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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But as a property owner of Orlando, I wouldn’t rent to someone who is gay any more than I would rent to a person who is a practicing witch.
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I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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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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Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that’s a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.
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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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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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