There wasn’t reparative therapy in Corinth. So in this passage I think people came to Christ and experienced a new life in him apart from the therapeutic process.
ALAN CHAMBERSNow 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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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 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 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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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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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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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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My beliefs and my desires have changed. They have come into alignment with who he is and who he created you to be.
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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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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 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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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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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 that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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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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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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