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.
ALAN CHAMBERSWe 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.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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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In all caps PERMANENT – reduction of their same-sex attraction.
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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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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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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 as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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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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I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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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, again, if someone wants to know what I believe then look at my life.
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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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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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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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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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I’m looking at offering biblical holiness, not an unrealistic expectation for people that will leave them disappointed.
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