Pastor tells how he overcame homosexual desires: "God's love transformed me"

ninoskaledezma (43)in #steemchurch • 7 years ago (edited)

Pastor Soto tells that the Bible was his great friend in the fight against homosexual desires.
Pastor soto, of the Vertical Church, wrote an article where he comments that he already fought against same-sex attraction, but that in Jesus Christ he overcame that challenge. He tells how the Christian can gain victory over such a sin.

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"I am a husband, father and pastor. And for a while, I remember experiencing same-sex attractions. Although I have always been physically attracted to women, I have also been in deep sexual attraction for men. Many in our culture call it bisexuality, but I think Jesus has a better word; the sexual ethic of our days is 'I feel, therefore, I am'. We see this clearly in conversations about 'gender identity'. Advocates suggest that if someone is attracted to their biological sex, those people are in the category that correlates best with their feelings. In the same way, many in our culture would say that I was homosexual."

The pastor still emphasizes that non-believers do not understand the power of the Gospel. Many times, we have heard statements like: "You can not choose who you love, be true to yourself. Or, 'Stop hiding your feelings and hugging who you really are'. These statements mean that your sexual desires really define you. Your desires determine your definition. His sexual attractions are what he really is."

"However, the Bible does not teach that way. As a result of the fall of man, our hearts are out of order and gloomy (Romans 1:21). Instead of loving light and hating darkness, we love darkness and hate light (John 3:19). And when we are passionate about darkness, we sin and choose the way of death (James 1: 14-15, Proverbs 14:12).

"In short, man in a fallen world means being attracted to things that are contrary to God, things that are contrary to God's good plan for us and lead to death. I feel those attractions for sin, and therefore I need a Savior. As I fought daily against the attraction of the same sex, the Bible was like an explosion of grace in my struggle. "

"Therefore, now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8: 1)

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7 years ago in #steemchurch by ninoskaledezma (43)

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