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I am sure that to some, these words appear naive, and too simplistic. Yet, Yahshua said that all
would have to come to Him as a little child.

Matthew 18:2-4
Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. Then he said, “I tell you the truth,
unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the
Kingdom of Heaven. So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the
Kingdom of Heaven.”
[New Living Translation]

Walking in continuous victory over sinful desires is a process, and there is more to be shared on
this matter. Yet, we need not over-complicate the subject of homosexual desires, and deliverance
from them, by imitating the pattern of the godless. Psychiatry claims to be based upon scientific
principles. Like other sciences, it is focused upon classifying, measuring, and developing
hypothesis and theories. Yet psychiatry is highly subjective, and like the DSM that is used as a
reference for practitioners, it is subject to great fluctuations, and reversals, of thought and
opinion. Psychiatry is a pseudo-science that oftentimes is more driven by political correctness
than scientific principle.

Many Christians seek legitimacy for their counseling by imitating the practices, and embracing
the teachings, of psychiatry. The world is in awe of men and women who have credentials after
their name. Being a graduate of an accredited school, and being a licensed practitioner bearing
the imprimatur of the American Psychiatric Association, or the American Counseling
Association, lends an air of respectability to many who covet the approval of men. Yet, those
who seek after such accreditation are blind followers of the blind.

Is it not evident that a group that forbids its members to offer sexual orientation change efforts as
a service, but that requires all members to affirm the normality of homosexual behavior, does not
have anything to offer the Christian counselor? Why should those who are members of God’s
kingdom seek after the ways of the kingdom of darkness? The most common modality resorted
to among the APA is to prescribe powerful, mind altering drugs to an individual that at best will
mask the symptoms of their problems, and dull their conscience, while failing to address the root
cause.

Christ, on the other hand, goes to the root of man’s problem. Man is sinful. The heart of man is
always going astray. Sinful man is bereft of the life of God in his being and needs to become a
partaker of the divine nature. Christ made a way for this to occur. Yahshua took the sins of all
mankind upon His body on the cross, paying the penalty for sin. Christ then sent forth His Spirit
that men who were spiritually dead might be made alive.

The process of deliverance and transformation is the same for every person. It is no different for
the homosexual. Christ came to set the captives free. Those whom the Son sets free are free
indeed.