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.
ALAN CHAMBERSBut 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.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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Let me be clear that I’m not God so I can’t tell you who is and isn’t going to heaven.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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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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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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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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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We will all struggle, we will all fall prey to some type of sin, some will fall prey to the same types of sin over and over again.
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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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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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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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Issues of pride and judgment and gossip and slander and other types of sexual immorality, gluttony, you name it.
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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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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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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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