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What must gays, like John Paulk, do to be saved?

Actually, they have to do the same thing everyone else has to do.

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. (Romans 10:9-10)

As many have said over the years: “Grace plus faith plus nothing equals salvation.  Period.

The Lord has no special scriptural requirements about changing our life styles, confessing our sins, cleaning ourselves up, studying scripture, or anything so that we are readied to be saved. We just come as we are to Him. It’s His free gift, which is offered to all of mankind.

Okay! Okay! There’s a little more, but even that is done by Him.

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. (John 6:44)

Think of this: the Father draws us by His Spirit to His Son for eternal salvation. By His omniscience, the Father saw us on our worst days committing our worst sins, and yet He wanted us to be His children.

Thus, this means the Father saw gays giving their lives to the Lord and then some of them still continuing in their gay lifestyles. Yet, the Father still chose to draw them to His Son for eternal salvation.

Grace is mind-blowing stuff, right? And thank God for that!

So, I repeat: was John Paulk correct when he said, “We [gays] are not broken, damaged, inferior or throwaways. We are created in the image of God—just like everyone else?”

(Continued in Part 7…this series began here on June 21, 2014.)

I am not a proponent of psychology, psychiatry, or any drugs and therapies that go along with these theories, even when they are cloaked under the heading of Christian therapy. But…

I am enough of a realist to understand that God is first and foremost a Redeemer who uses whatever He has to use to set people free from whatever imprisons them.

Okay, now you know my stance on the merits of these so-called behavioral sciences.

In late September, 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law SB1172 which prohibits psychological therapists from counseling gay youths into becoming heterosexuals.

Within days, appeals were made by various organizations, including the Liberty Counsel, a legal aid group headed by Matthew Staver. The appeals delayed SB1172 from going into affect until the appeals’ process was completed.

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of SB1172 on last Monday. The law will now go into affect within days.

“The Supreme Court has cemented shut any possible opening to allow further psychological child abuse in California,” said California Senator Ted Lieu, the law’s sponsor.

Thus, the door is cemented shut, right?

Smith Wigglesworth held healing crusades all over the world during the 1920’s and 30’s. Thousands were healed by his healing touch. But Sweden posed a special problem for Wigglesworth in that the medical profession and Lutheran leaders convinced the king that he was practicing medicine without a license.

To hold a crusade in Stockholm, Wigglesworth had to promise not to touch anyone with his hands.

When the time came for Wigglesworth to pray for the sick at the crusade, he told those who needed healing to raise their hands. Hundreds responded. He then told the crowd to lower their hands except for one woman. He asked the woman to tell about her problems. She related how she could not lie or sit down because of the extreme pain she suffered.

“Lift your hands high,” said Wigglesworth. “In the name of Jesus I rebuke the evil one from your head to your feet, and I believe God has loosed you.”

The lady danced and jumped around, excited to be free from her pain.

He then told the crowd to lay hands on themselves. Hundreds were immediately healed.

But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” (Luke 18:27)

(Continued in Part 4)