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.
ALAN CHAMBERSFor 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.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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That, I think, sets people up for unrealistic expectations and is something that I’m not willing to offer when we’re sharing these types of messages or presenting what was presented to me.
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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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Certainly if someone looks at my life, they will see that I have surrendered my heart, my life to Jesus Christ.
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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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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
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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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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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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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They’re a wonderful and balanced group of people and I’m grateful for their support.
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I’m not saying that people should live in unrepentant sin. I’m not saying that that’s a mark of a mature believer at all.
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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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For other people who are involved in unrepentant sin whether it’s the sin of homosexual sexual expression or gluttony or pride or heterosexual sexual expression outside of a monogamous heterosexual marriage.
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Exodus is a very large organization. My board of directors is supportive of me as the president of Exodus and are very much involved in my decision-making and those types of things.
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