Well, I find it interesting first that this all centers around the issue of homosexuality and we don’t bring in any other sin issue into the picture.
ALAN CHAMBERSCertainly 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.
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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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You know my issue isn’t whether gay people go to heaven or straight people go to heaven.
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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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I think we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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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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For someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent.
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If we were talking about one of their sin issues we wouldn’t have addressed this at all. I find that hypocritical and inconsistent.
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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.
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Satan, the enemy is using people to further his agenda to destroy the Kingdom of God and as many souls as he can.
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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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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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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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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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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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When they don’t have to live in that fear or that life of condemnation wondering whether God’s going to yank His relationship from them
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