COM Newsletter - October 2023
JESUS AND WHOLISTIC SEXUALITY & CTL3
What a blessing CTL3 and the entire Jesus and Wholistic Sexuality Conference was! It was wonderful being together and meeting many of you for the first time!
For those of you who were unable to attend, here are some scenes from the event along with links for viewing the sermons, testimonies and workshops!
Click on the links below:
Jesus & Wholistic Sexuality Playlist
Pastor’s Conference Playlist
SPECIAL MESSAGE
Q&A
Question: Is the battle against homosexuality within myself simply an exercise in futility?
Reply: First of all, we have to acknowledge that no one receives a spotless character as an inheritance from his parents, or as a gift from any other human being. The apostle Paul counsels, “that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:24).
A noble life and character is received as the gift of God through Jesus Christ. Those who receive Jesus as their Savior from sin, including the sin of homosexuality, become sons and daughters of God. They are His spiritual children, born-again, renewed in a life of doing right according to His standard, not that of the increasingly degenerate world. They accept and receive the divine power, or grace, of God. In cooperation with the proposition to “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5), their minds are changed. With clearer vision they can see the evil of their homosexuality in light of eternal realities. They are adopted into God’s family, and they become conformed to His likeness and changed by the working of His Spirit from victory to victory against homosexual tendencies and temptations. From cherishing supreme love for self (the root of homosexuality, as well as of all other sin), they come to cherish supreme love for God and for Christ.
Accepting Jesus Christ as a personal Savior from the sin of homosexuality, and following His example of self-denial in the area of sexual gratification—this is the secret of success in battling homosexual tendencies and temptations.
Overcoming homosexuality is not the result of depending upon one’s feelings, it is the result of surrendering all to God and living by “every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). It is doing the will of our heavenly Father, trusting in God through trial and temptation, and believing in His promise in the darkness as well as in the light. A successful relationship with Jesus results from walking by faith as well as by sight, trusting in God with all confidence, and resting in His love.
A genuine victor over homosexuality is one who is changed from within as well as in outward behavior, one who guards his thoughts as well as his actions, one who is entirely and without reserve the Lord’s, not in form, but in truth. Every impurity of thought, every lustful passion, separates the soul from God, for Christ can never put His robe of righteousness upon a homosexual sinner, to hide his abnormal sexual orientation.
“There must be a progressive work of triumph over evil, of sympathy with good, of reflection of the character of Jesus. We must walk in the light [of truth], which will increase and grow brighter unto the perfect day [from day to day until complete and total victory is achieved]. This is real, substantial growth, which will finally attain to the full stature of men and women in Jesus Christ…
Conformity to the likeness of Christ's character, overcoming all sin and temptation, walking in the fear of God, setting the Lord continually before us, will bring peace and joy on earth, and ensure us pure happiness in heaven.” (Our High Calling, 214)
Q&A text taken from:
Author: “Victor J. Adamson”
(Ron Woolsey)
TESTIMONIES FROM
JESUS & WHOLISTIC SEXUALITY EVENT
“I felt bathed in blessings. That’s the only way I know how to describe it. It was an oasis, a fountain of love, acceptance and understanding. It was truth. Coming Out Ministries is “Straight Truth” wrapped up in the guise of a ministry to the LGBT community....God has decided to raise a ministry to do what he called the SDA church to do...... I feel that Coming Out Ministries may just be the most important ministry for truth that is associated with the SDA church. The CTL conference was amazing, redemptive, love-filled, hope-filled, powerful and educational. It was EXACTLY what I needed. I loved the testimonials, I loved the speakers (including the week- of-prayer speakers), I loved Neville’s music, I loved interacting with all the associates with COM, as well as the other attendees (of course, it took me awhile to figure out which was which, lol. Maybe that’s good.). I loved getting to know the pastors of Village Church, I loved the setting.”
Lyndi French
“Friends, this is the work of God. Seriously. Meetings like this should occur in every one of our colleges and academies. Seventh-day Adventist youth everywhere should be introduced to uplifting testimonies of moral freedom like this! They should have the blessing of sound moral teaching, finding in Jesus Christ a Friend who can deliver them from the lion’s den of iniquity, pornography, homosexuality, gender confusion, fornication and abortion. He is able to deliver you, and to keep you from falling... Coming Out Ministries is doing the Lord’s work. The Village Church is demonstrating tremendous leadership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.”
SPECIAL MESSAGE
Please consider making a donation to our ministry to help spread the message of God’s love and redemption! Kindly visit our website www.comingoutministries.org and select the Donate button,
or you can send a check or money order directly to
‘Coming Out’ Ministries at PO Box 107, Tilly, AR 72679.
May God bless you for your support!