Dear Friends,
PtP is organising a Counsellors’ Training Course on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation course this month in Mumbai. PtP friends in Mumbai noticed significant increase in the number of cases of youngsters who were struggling with these issues. They felt the need for trained counsellors in this field.
The church by and large is either silent or condemning of those who experience confusion in their gender identity or same sex attraction. The parents are even more clueless about these
issues. What they see and hear in the media is a social and political narrative and there is no sound content that is biblically informed. As a result, those who have these issues are secretive and struggle silently. Fearful of being condemned and rejected, they seek solace at wrong places and in risky relationships.
Why young people are attracted to the others of the same sex or why someone feels different from their gender is perhaps a question for doctors and researchers. But what they need is a relief from their fears, anxieties and guilt. They need to be accepted without condemnation and guided to submit to Christ for salvation and ongoing sanctification.
Nobody can say that they are without sin (1 John1:8). Just as one who has a desire for a person of the same sex needs forgiveness, the one who has a desire for a woman who is not his wife is equally in need of forgiveness. At the foot of the cross, it is a level ground. Just as we resist a temptation and do not think or act in a sinful way and keep ourselves pure (by the grace of
God), those who have same sex attraction can in the same manner keep themselves pure (by the grace of God). All can and must pray to receive victory by the blood of Christ through the power of resurrection. When we falter, we can run to the cross and receive forgiveness from Jesus moment by moment and if necessary, till Christ returns.
Denying the problem, shying away from it or sweeping it under the carpet will not work; it will only aggravate the problem. It is time to act immediately. Please pray for the program.
Yours in Christ,
Dr. Samson Gandhi
Executive Director
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