For 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.
ALAN CHAMBERSBut it doesn’t say anywhere in that passage that the people didn’t still struggle with temptation or that they never fell prey to that sin again whether it was the issue of homosexuality or any of the other things that are listed there.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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I think, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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One of the many evils this world has to offer is the sin of homosexuality.
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Would Rob Gagnon and other people make as big a deal about that as they are with this? I don’t think so.
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I don’t differentiate between this one sin struggle than any other.
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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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I think it’s for me with regards to this issue I believe in justification at the point of salvation.
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