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 CHAMBERSWell, 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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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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And then there are encouragements to use heterosexual pornography or heterosexual images to encourage heterosexual attraction.
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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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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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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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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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What I know about my relationship with Christ is that as a believer.
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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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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 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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Who need to be discipled and to pursue Christ in their life.
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But as a property owner of Orlando, I wouldn’t rent to someone who is gay any more than I would rent to a person who is a practicing witch.
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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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We’ve made it bigger; the resolution for this needs to be bigger than for other people.
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This is the church’s job. This is who we are as the body of Christ to reach out to people who are in need, who are struggling.
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