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Old 10-09-2014, 10:37 AM
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Re: Homosexuality question

I don't think it is very hard to figure out sin. A motivated person (a fully determined person) is going to find deliverance. That means for the duration, however long that is for the person, they are going to see it through until deliverance comes. The Bible fully supports that view. We can find deliverance and live as overcomers.

It is not hard to figure out, for any type of sin committed, sometimes the struggle to continue and the struggle to give up can be enormous at times. It's almost like dieting - some fluctuate, and some make it a lifestyle and never gain the weight back.

We see people move on and away from sin knowing it could always be a temptation in their life. They prepare themselves to be keenly aware of the avenue or door. For instance, a person who has committed and repented of adultery would be keenly aware of how to not allow that sin to enter into their life again. They don't set themselves up for it. Don't talk to the opposite sex privately, don't share personal conversations with the opposite sex, etc.

The born gay thing is a fallacy. Logically, without even using the Bible as a tool, we can use science:

Let's start with genetic succession - one gay man/woman + one gay man/woman = no children. If gays cannot have children, how can they pass their genes on to children? There is no mechanism for gays to do that - scientifically.

A friend of mine witnessed to someone at work who was gay. The person said their psychologist told them they were born that way. The person said they had never heard they could obtain deliverance. They wanted out for years, but thought it was a done deal, according to the secular world.

The fact remains - there are people who have not been able to overcome sexual sins, so we want to say they are born that way in order to make sense of it. The sense of it is that there are just people who are not going to be overcomers - period.

And for those that feel they haven't been able to overcome - it's not over until the dirt is thrown down on your coffin. Or, as the old adage says, "it's not over until the fat lady sings."
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