I appreciate your commentary. I would disagree only on the point that the proclivity towards homosexuality or any other sin for that matter, is in itself not a sin. The lingering on it, and the thoughts of it are sin. Capturing the thought and realizing it is a perfect example of the Holy Spirit working within. Bless you.
As my ex-pastor was wont to say from time to time:
"You can't keep a bird from landing on your head;
but you sure do not have to let it build a nest there."
“I appreciate your commentary. I would disagree only on the point that the proclivity towards homosexuality or any other sin for that matter, is in itself not a sin. The lingering on it, and the thoughts of it are sin. Capturing the thought and realizing it is a perfect example of the Holy Spirit working within.”
I understand and I’m not saying I disagree entirely.
My concerns, though, are with two things here: one, the idea that unless someone who experiences same-sex attraction can say they no longer do, and they are attracted more to the opposite sex, then they haven’t really been converted; and that because of that idea, then even someone who is convicted that homosexuality is a sin, and works to live faithfully, pursuing Jesus Christ, and taking any thought towards homosexuality captive to obedience to Him, is still deemed to not be regenerate.
Yes, we have a sin nature. But that nature tends to not invent evil so much as it does pervert what’s good. What I’m saying then, is that in same-sex attraction, a true need might be present along with a corrupted desire, and by seeing things as God does and agreeing with Him, the corrupted desire can be overcome leaving the true need. For instance, people are friends with people of the same sex, and they can truly love these friends with a godly love. Being still on this earth, though, even when one has a godly view of relationships, including friendships, Satan can try to slip in once again the temptation to confusion and to lust. In the case of the Christian who has been convicted of homosexual sin, when such a temptation arises against their will, it isn’t a matter that the person needs to repent or be converted to Christ all over again, but merely to take the thought captive to the obedience to Christ, meaning to view it through the faith the person already has, using God’s Word. Bless you too.