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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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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I think it’s for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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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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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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I find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven’t encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve.
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It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.
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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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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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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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I am sorry we promoted sexual orientation change efforts and reparative theories about sexual orientation that stigmatized parents.
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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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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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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.
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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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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’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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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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I am pursuing Christ wholeheartedly 100 percent. I don’t need a theologian or a set of man-made beliefs to guide me in my daily life.
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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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I think it’s hypocritical and inconsistent for us to attack this one group of people over any other group of people that are within our churches today.
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