That’s good news and the church should offer it wholeheartedly to anyone.
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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It’s about pursuing a relationship with Christ.
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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 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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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.
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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 for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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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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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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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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And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they’re struggling.
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I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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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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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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I think we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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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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