Tendency and Will
The Every Man is born with tendency toward Something.
The Every Man is also born with volition and will.
The Every Man’s volition and will makes Something its End.
By nature of definition, the Every Man chooses the End a majority of the time.
Sometimes, the Every Man chooses Not the End.
The Every Man cannot choose the End and Not the End simultaneously.
The Alcoholic is born with tendency toward Alcohol.
The Alcoholic is also born with volition and will.
The Alcoholic’s volition and will makes Alcohol the End.
By nature of definition, the Alcoholic chooses Alcohol a majority of the time.
Sometimes, the Alcoholic chooses Not Alcohol.
The Alcoholic cannot choose Alcohol and Not Alcohol simultaneously.
The Gay Man is born with tendency toward Homosexuality.
The Gay Man is also born with volition and will.
The Gay Man’s volition and will makes Homosexuality its End.
By nature of definition, the Gay Man chooses Homosexuality a majority of the time.
Sometimes, the Gay Man chooses Not Homosexuality.
The Gay Man cannot choose Homosexuality and Not Homosexuality simultaneously.
The Christian Man is born with tendency toward Christ.
The Christian Man is also born with volition and will.
The Christian Man’s volition and will makes Christ its End.
By nature of definition, the Christian Man chooses Christ a majority of the time.
Sometimes, the Christian Man chooses Not the Christ.
The Christian Man cannot choose Christ and Not the Christ simultaneously.
Christ has told the Christian man to “take up his cross daily.” In other words, the Christian Man is to choose Christ every day. The problem in the situation of Alcoholism or Homosexuality is that it daily chooses Not Christ. Where the Christian Man may sometimes choose Not Christ, the Gay Man may sometimes choose Not Homosexuality. However, the Christian Man cannot daily choose Christ and Not Christ. Or, in this case, the Christian Man may not daily choose Christ and Homosexuality. Thus, there is no Gay Christian Man. There are and always will be Christian men who choose Not Christ. But, we cannot rightly call ourselves followers of Christ and Not Christ every day.
posted by Anonymous @ 3:59 PM
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7 Comments:
tyler.
just... tyler.
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i deleted the above comment due to a joke, that i thought was a bit innapropriate
reposted:
just to clarify tyler, when you say "there is no gay christian"...
when you say "gay" do you mean, "actually practicing the lifestyle" a la cheryl swoopes?
reason i am asking is i know some people at my church (and a couple at biola ) who would identify themselves as "gay" meaning attracted to the same sex, but are fighting against their tendencies by remaining celibate and committed to Christ.
What tyler said is what I was meaning to say in my post and comments, but oh well, I guess he just said it a little better.
i dont know g, it was pretty close...
oh and tyler,
well put.
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