I am literally sitting here in my bed, crying. I had just recently pulled myself out of the homosexual lifestyle, and it has been so hard. It's not hard because I want to go back because I don't. It's hard because I had made friends completely with gay and transgender people and one by one I can just feel them slipping away from me. Even if it really hurts me, I know it is God's plan to give me new friends that are going to be there to help guide me all the way back onto the right path.
Armin Arlert You need to know one thing, the people whom you love, the people whom you trust, the people whom you confide in don't affect your religious standing at all. If you have homosexual urges don't force yourself to not act on them. You are a human being, don't let a religion control you. God shouldn't care what person you love. It's extremely dangerous to force yourself to be a heterosexual when you're a homosexual in reality. You need to sit down and think to yourself, what do I REALLY want as a human being? What do I REALLY want in my intimate relationships? Does it hurt your chest when you force yourself to sway to the other direction? It's important to love yourself first before you love God. Be the best version of yourself, but more importantly, be the version of yourself you want to be.
@@notpublic8519 Jesus is the way. The truth and the life. You must put the Lord your God before all ( including yourself.) To take up your cross and walk with Jesus means you must deny yourself and deny the pleasures of the world. You Don't matter. Only God does. Only Jesus does. Because everything you are given is God given. Whether you believe so or not. Don't just love the creation but you must love the Creator also. Don't just love the gift but also love the Gifter. I'll pray towards for a revelation for u.
Love God and trust Him! Of course, we should learn to be kind and friends with people who are not Christian, but you and only you know if that's good for you in the current situation. But don't worry. Your heart will heal and new friends will come to your life. You're really strong.
@Ken Raihan, God loves you and desires to deliver you. His promise is for you, "Whoever calls on the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved." (Romans 10:13). Also, 1 Corinthians chapter 6 gives a litany of sinful lifestyles (not just homosexuality, but also adultery, robbery, etc.) and promises a clean slate by calling out to the Lord for help. It says in verse 11, "Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." God the Lord hears your cries and sees your tears. He loves you and is ready to answer your prayer. He loves you, Ken.
God will do it for you. God loves you dearly. I believe this with you that if you open your heart to Jesus Christ and ask him to fill you with his Holy Spirit and you truly believe this in your heart without any doubt you will began to experience new affections.
Beautiful testimony. Love how it’s centered on our identity. Even us heterosexuals we often center our identity on a significant other (whether we realize it or not) or even in a job or social role. Our true identity is indeed in Christ, and when you realize it and accept it, that’s when you experience true freedom. One of CS Lewis quotes say: “Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose”. I associate that quote so much with our identity. When we anchor our identity in Christ, nothing can take that away. Not even death. Like Romans 8:38-39 says ❤️
I don’t understand how someone can dislike these types of testimonies. This is beautiful and shows Gods power and how he can remove any sin from our lives and change us completely to be “born again” in Christ.
@@cloroxbitch2491 Its written in the Bible (Romans) that sinners can be changed like this, and it happens daily all across the globe. That is why Christianity grows, people experience the truth of Christ's message
The best testimony ever ! I’m gay. I don’t know why or how it happened. I struggle with the feelings every day as I try to obey God’s teaching. Eventually, I will win with the love of Jesus Christ.
Pray to the Lord, he'll break your chains, will free you from the devil's bondage, Jesus-Christ is real Love, He is your personal Savior, He is eternal Life in Bliss, He is forgiveness, and nothing is too hard or too difficult for Him, so ask, beg and pray to Him, and He will set you free!
As long as u re fighting you are already a winner. It's not the result that counts, as u may never be able to get rid of the desires and temptations. However, if you actively fight them rather than helplessly succomb, you are a hero 🤗
S M you will brother, Jesus loves u enough He died for you, your identity is in Christ Jesus ! Pray to God to receive the spirit of God then He is the one who do the change, you dont have to struggle to change yourself He does it for u through your Trust in Him, faith!
in order for me to inherit the kingdom of my Father, I must turn away from that sin. Gays who are not willing to give it up and continue to live that lifestyle are playing a dangerous game with God. He did not create us to be gay. We were deceived by Satan into believing that we could be and we gave into those desires. For most practicing homosexuals, they do not know the truth. They can open their bible and just read and pray for understanding and pray that the Lord will open their eyes to his truth. He did for me. He peeled these scales away from my eyes and I can finally see that truth. Evil did this to me and I let it. I too believed that I was born this way and that no one could change me. But I did not understand. I understand now. I can see it.
Behr Smith yes, I was washed by the blood of the Lamb. I now have a peace in my heart and now know where I am going when I die. Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth. I will not be deceived by anyone. Jesus changed me because I asked him for the truth and he gave it to me, not the ones you call "homophobic Christians". It's all about my relationship with Jesus my King, not about the relationship with any human or this world. Once you find the truth, it will set you free.
+WarriorOf God -- And my next-door neighbor also used to be "Transgender female to male"-- but then switched back again. Fortunately he/she had the foresight to have his/her doctor save all the body parts-- it made the transition back less costly.
Do not let this one issue, keep you from spending an eternity with God. I Love this powerful statement, because it applys to any SIN that holds us captive.
I just want to say that I am so inspired by how Jesus transformed your life Beckett Cook. Watching your testimony also led me to testify publicly that I am no longer gay and that my identity is in Christ. Your testimony had such a profound impact in people struggling with same sex attraction.
Neither Jesus or God care who you love! God/Higher Power made mankind and there have always been differing sexualities! To say any are wrong is to say God is wrong for creating them that way. It is something you are born with not a lifestyle choice. The Bible was written by men, not by God. They decided what to include and revised it over hundreds of years. I do think they care about our capacity to hate and to kill each other and to constantly be at war. That Bible clearly says Thou Shall Not Kill but that is perfectly acceptable to society in many circumstances. That is ignored. That is certainly worse than who you love. They also would not be for judging and hating other people. If you study all of the current religious texts you will find much the same message just told in a different way by culture. God/The Higher Power created EVERYONE! There are not only going to be mostly white Christians in the afterlife for God's sake! That same Bible says ALL are welcome in my father's house. If God or Jesus don't like anybody it's the murderers of this world and the people that chose to hate other people because they are different than them. But I assume if you ask for forgiveness for being hateful and judgmental then God will likely forgive you.
@@marniekilbourne608 He does actually care. It was ever designed that relationship, marriage is espoused in the unity of man and woman, a unity in difference. And this was Gods absolute truth and since the beginning of time, its always unchanging. The bible was written by man as they are led by the Holy Spirit to write it. Gods moral law is unchanging still and just because we live in a modern day we like to think that these moral standards are not applicable nor redundant. Homosexuality is still and always will be a sin through and through. But there is hope, when we accept Christ, we are no longer identified by our sinful past. Thats what makes the gospel the best news ever.
It was hard to leave my homosexual identity. A part of me died. But oh what I have gained through living a life surrendered to the Will of God! Thank you Jesus.
The bible says every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord! You will too one day! God bless you my brother. Welcome to the Kingdom, You are in my prayers. Let God continue to use you for his glory. You have much work to do in the kingdom.
I am an African teenager where homosexuality is really hated and I felt so isolated when I couldn't say anything. I knew it is a sin but I just couldn't help myself. Thank you for this video it has helped me see that I am not alone and that there is hope for me in Christ
There is always hope for you my friend , God does miracles infact there is a verse in the bible that you should read Luke 18:27 27But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” So my friend call out on Jesus christ and ask him to heal you and deliver you from this homosexual demon belive me brother God will set you free he will renew your mind and your ways and put in you new desires that is pleasing to him.. God bless you my friend remember we true christians love you and if you need to chat send me a message im always here for a talk.
@@heewatamsuen7252 Thank you so much. Please pray for me I have been struggling with this thing for 5 years now and I have kept it a secret from everyone especially some Christians who condem and actually beat people like me. Please pray for me
Rodney, how are u doing today? Just remember that you can have the LOVE OF JESUS when you feel all else fails to love you back. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
"Do you want this temporary pleasure right now? Or do you want eternity with God?" - A question everyone is asked. A choice everyone has to choose. No other options. Nothing else in between. And of course, Id say, I want eternity with God. It's something that will never ever deplete unlike the temporary happiness in this world.
No I'll take the "temporary pleasure" because I don't believe it's temporary and I don't believe such a God exists, because nothing is black-and-white, it's all a grey area
@@vambinigreich3655 because the things I have found out about people, nature, society and other certain things is that nothing is black and white, no one is truly good and no one is truly evil.
@@sindelscat9336 Jesus and His word have changed the world forever. History bears out his followers who could have left all died for him. Just in this generation alone two to three billion walk with or follow him...The greatest art ever painted is to Him -Salvator Mundi (saviour of the world) sold for $450 million US dollars. Mozart, Bach, Handel, Beethoven etc etc all wrote for His honour ...Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael etc etc all painted incredible art to honour his life, death and resurrection ..he has changed Kings, Queens, the poorest, the richest, the most broken of humanity and continues to do so all over the world in the most amazing places and ways-it would pay to get out and around the world a little more after the pandemic there is so much he is doing outside of your current experience that is breathtaking. Western democracy where everyone wants to immigrate too our laws and freedoms are based on the bible, also charities, care for the poor, hospitals were inspired by followers of his bible-florence nightingale (a Christian inspired by the word of God) so any treatment you have had in a hospital is because of him-Care for the dying, care for the widow, orphans, chaplaincy around the world etc etc had their start through Him...Unfortunately cant find any major organisation of the atheist community setting people free (oh abolition of slavery william Wilberforce who studied the bible) Reality-your name and your life will soon pass and will be Forgotten (except by a few for a short time) and the reality mine too. He and His word the Bible however will live on forever on every continent. So it turns out that it looks like its you who in fact (and me) who may be a Myth ..oh and there is an incredible mathematical pattern found in the Bible and also the quotes of those confirming the Bible”s authenticity are never ending could I go on all day...This is the God who saves and touches the lives of the humble daily all over the world -by the way he spoke for ONLY three years and (some still haven’t got their driving license in that length of time) CHANGED the world and continues to do so- beyond incredible hey!!! He is really worth seriously investigating and chasing…
Thank you for sharing your story. Same thing happened to me from a very young age and eventually I accepted it as my identity for several years. During that time God was pursuing me, although I didn't know it. One day out of no where I said, "God if you are real, show me." A little bit of time went by and then God did just what I had asked Him to do. He revealed Himself to me in a vision and told me I was not living to be what He created me to be, but what the world had shaped me to be. (psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.) I began to hear God speaking to me from that day forward and developed a real relationship with the Creator. He delivered me from meth addiction and supernaturally healed my body of an incurable disease called HIV. Today I am so on fire for God and going forward in ministry to fullfill my true God given purpose and destiny in the earth. He has taught the way of healing and deliverance from strongholds. Be blessed in this year of complete victory brother and dont be moved by what people say. Keep speaking the truth.
So....why are you so bothered by these testimonies that you would be compelled to go through and add a negative comment on anyone who supports it and loves Jesus? It's ok, know that you are loved and above all you are loved by the Lord more than you can ever imagine. You were worth going to cross for and you are a valuable person. No matter what you've ever done, God still deeply loves you and will forgive you, love you, and accept you if you ever decide to turn to Him.
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Stop tagging the name of Jesus to this hate. Jesus never spoke a word against gays during his life in the bible. Follow his example.
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TrulyLatino: You are too toxic to open your mind, but your grandkids will have no problem with LGBTQ people. PS stop using the name of Christ to promote prejudice, hate and bigotry. You are the moral equivalent of the KKK. Racists and gaycists blame Jesus.
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The bible is NOT infallible. It got the entire solar system wrong. It got humanity's biggest moral issue wrong (slavery). The bible says to stone a woman to death on her wedding night in front of her father's house if she can't 'prove' she is a virgin. Deut 22, which shows us the medical knowledge was that of men of the time who assumed a broken hymen could only happen if a woman had intercourse. We know now that is very wrong. The bible can't even get the resurrection story straight. Who did Jesus first appear to? In which city? to men or to angels? One or two? Thousands of contradictions in the bible. And there are multiple translations which contradict one another. If you want to say you believe in 'THE ORIGINAL WRITINGS OF THE BIBLE' then you already believe in something that doesn't exist. The bible evolved over time. Jewish leaders, Roman leaders, Catholic leaders, Protestant leaders all had big fights over what was in and what was out. Over 4 dozen gospels and many, many epistles were written. Most of 'the bible' was tossed in the trash to make it the way you know it now.
Excellent testimony. I have to say the person who made this film is super talented, very professional high level work, from the camera shots the lighting the music the way this person's story was told its top level stuff.
@@saptakmukherjee3051 you are all the place about this I am so convinced that you have been convicted of you your homosexual sin. Just repent God will surely forgive you , you too can be set free like the guy in the video. It's that simple.
I am a gay christian woman. These things do not contradict, but merely coexist. If you would like to talk about this more, please contact me. Have a blessed day
tyler with all due respect: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 "Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God" How do you justify this? They can't coexist; you either surrender all of you to Him or you live lukewarm. God says he's going to spit out lukewarm people from his mouth because you deny His power to change n transform ones life.
Jen my God is an accepting and loving God, no matter your sins. He sees everything and will decide what He allows. We have no place telling others how He thinks; we can only pray that those we believe, from our interpretation of His prophets' letters and teachings, have sinned will find themselves.
tyler He already tells you what He allows through His word, which is the Bible because He is the Word. When you love someone you don't take their forgiveness for granted n continue to hurt that person; God is the same way. There's no place for sin to stand in His presence, He's too perfect n Holy n you'll feel so ashamed n terrified standing before Him that you'll want to hide but there will be nowhere to go. Yet He offers you a way out through trusting in Jesus n you reject it for temporary lust n fleshly satisfaction. Your sin amongst others killed Him n put Him on a cross. You really think that there will be great enough of an excuse when you stand before Him n try to plead your case? How you loved partaking in the very acts that He died for? The ones He died for, just to set you free from its grip n death ? Don't deceive yourself, it's either you believe in what He says n you believe that He has the power to change your desires to match his or you continue to keep sinning like the devil. When you begin to spend time with Jesus in His word n speaking with Him, there's absolutely no way that you cant be transformed in your thinking n how you see sin N how God perceives it. Anything you put higher than God is idol worship n He should always be first in our lives, that's where fulfilling, unexplainable joy comes from, not in temporary pleasures. Are you all in? Cus you can't be lukewarm, it won't work. That's the most loving thing I can do is tell you the truth. Ps. This is coming from someone who used to practice bisexuality. Things that are impossible when man is possible with God; It's a matter of if you believe that. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what SOME of you WERE. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
Ugh I’m dealing with homosexuality and I can’t seem to get out of it... my body wants more but my heart says to run from it.... I still so confused... I need help....
Javier Castaneda except your self for who you are. God will love you no matter what. He is the most loving being to ever exist. Just because someone who claims to know what god want because he read it in a book thousand and thousands of years old doesn’t mean that its true. Dont be lead by those who cant see the love in your heart for what it is, it is beautiful, it is you. Follow it no matter what and God will repay you. 👫❤️👭❤️👬
I'm praying for you. All you need to do is repent and give it all to God. Fighting fleshly desires by yourself in your flesh is impossible. But with God everything is possible. He will give you the strength to fight back eventhough your flesh is weak. Just keep in mind that what God can give you is so much greater than what you ever could get with your own fleeting pleasures. May God bless you!
Create a routine, wake up by greeting God, like - Good Morning Father God/Jesus/Holy Spirit - declare a word , like - this is the day that the Lord has made, read the inspired Word of God, praise and worship (pray in tongues). Wake up one hour before you start anything else. Put an alarm and do so. Show how much you want to know your Father. More you draw closer, you will experience His living presence all around you. Ask Him questions and doubts you have. You will hear Him. Filter all you watch and hear that which is demonic, ungodly (fruitless in your life), let it go and say "God help me and I need your help". Pray immediately for help when you struggle. Then before you sleep, pray over your room, bless your bed, sleep, praise, ask for dreams and visions. Thank Him for the day and that you are still breathing and alive. Ask Him to show you more about His Kingdom. Amen... cultivate this routine for 6 months and add other healthy routines like gym, eating healthy, listening to good word, surrounding yourself with positive people, pray for others needs... You may like Sidroth interviews with great men and women of God. Increase your talents. Jesus Bless you my friend. He will never give up on you. He wants you. He is a good good Father. He knows all your feelings and temptations. Just let Him in to help you, so you can live by Spirit breath Word and be lead by Holy Spirit.
I was brought up in This kind of church! I Knew I was different as a young boy! I gave my life to christ at a very young age. No amount of Prayer; Confessing the word healed me from being gay! Eventually I had to step away from the church ! Just to save myself from Suicide! Thankfully I accepted myself as I am. And made it through: I am now happier then I Ever been! I'm sure god does not want us to be suicidal and unhappy! I now know that I am one of a kind ; God made me as i am! That old testament of Hell fire and brimstone have no place in my life; I've been set free from the old church thinking. I Hope everyone find peace and love in there lives
I learned so much from this glorious testimony. I would love to hug this young man because he gave me hope for my daughter who is in a same sex relationship. I pray for her every day and I know that the Lord God loves her and is bringing her out of that darkness. I love hearing the testimonies of Christians who have had encounters with Christ and they immediately say, "Yes, God, I am yours." But with some it takes a little longer. Thank you for sharing. You're spreading truth, light and hope. God bless you.
Tamara Bradshaw if she doesn’t accept Jesus now she’ll have the millennium to learn about him. Christianity at least false Christianity has this “accept Jesus or go to hell”. This is not God’s Plan.
An excellent book about homosexuality well written and compassionately presented is People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue by Preston Sprinkle.
I’m transgender, but it’s not who I am, it’s what I am. It does not define me as a person. I do not introduce myself as a transgender person. I am a woman, a veteran, a sister, a daughter, a friend. Being transgender is simply one of MANY things that defines me as a person.
Rusty Writer, I think people in these stories are shamed into denying their true selves simply because their friends and family can’t accept them. They use religion as an excuse to hide their sexuality and live a lifestyle which is acceptable to their family. They are not truly happy. They are living someone else life, not their own life and their truth.
I love hearing about your joy and sorrow at the same time. Isn’t that how God is? Showing love and mercy at the same time as knowing how sinful you are. It is all of Him. Love your testimony. ❤️
Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Say, "Father in Heaven, I believe that Jesus died for my sins." And Godwill impart eternal life to your spirit.
I enjoyed watching this video about your testimony. My daughter came out 2 years ago and I continue to show her grace. My family and I continue to pray because there is power in the name of Jesus.
I really enjoyed this because it's true that many of us feel that same-sex attraction is someone's identity. I believe we as humans have all kinds of temptations. whether it's lust, greed, idolatry or struggling with homosexual thoughts... the Lord can and will provide a way for us to conquer through Him! He won the victory... we just fight the battle (the good fight of faith) EVERYDAY until He ultimately conquers as the returning KING!!! Then all of our sinful struggles will come to an end! we love you Lord Jesus (Yeshua) May we work for your kingdom everyday as we await your return!
hmm...none of the straight people I have met have ever had any temptations or feelings about the same sex. I feel sorry for you if you think you can change who you innately love, you're just a product of society pressures to be straight, so you force yourself to be something you're not. Here, have some virtual hugs and kisses so you know you're not alone and that a massive community will support you if you follow who you truly are.
Create a routine, wake up by greeting God, like - Good Morning Father God/Jesus/Holy Spirit - declare a word , like - this is the day that the Lord has made, read the inspired Word of God, praise and worship (pray in tongues). Wake up one hour before you start anything else. Put an alarm and do so. Show how much you want to know your Father. More you draw closer, you will experience His living presence all around you. Ask Him questions and doubts you have. You will hear Him. Filter all you watch and hear that which is demonic, ungodly (fruitless in your life), let it go and say "God help me and I need your help". Pray immediately for help when you struggle. Then before you sleep, pray over your room, bless your bed, sleep, praise, ask for dreams and visions. Thank Him for the day and that you are still breathing and alive. Ask Him to show you more about His Kingdom. Amen... cultivate this routine for 6 months and add other healthy routines like gym, eating healthy, listening to good word, surrounding yourself with positive people, pray for others needs... You may like Sidroth interviews with great men and women of God. Increase your talents. Jesus Bless you my friend. He will never give up on you. He wants you.
@@nibumammoottil861 What did doing those things do for you??? Did u start to receive supernatural encounters from Jesus Christ, or visions, or dreams or something???
What are gay people supposed to do? They can't become straight and please don't make me pull up all of those studies. Remember Exodus International? It was a scam. So do you want gays to marry, have children and live a lie, or should they live a lonely loveless life? Well ... I guess they have Jesus ... Fundamentalists have so little compassion for other people ...
According to my experience, after l decide to give God everything l got, HE was able to deliver me. I was pulled out of the desire of wanting to become another gender. Surrender all is the key. In HIM, l am content to be who l am. In HIM, l have no regret over my life. One day, all will kneel before Jesus and admit Jesus is God. I just hope it won't be too late for that person.
What a beautiful testimony, Becket! I first heard of you on Eric Metaxas' show and just watched it today. I rejoice with you that 1 Corinthians 6:11 describes your new life: "And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
@ana Lazcano. So What made it SIN? Please be SPECIFIC! For it is Written: SIN is a VIOLATION of *THE LAW*...NOT of your EMOTIONS for or against an activity. And what LAW prohibit female Homosexuality? PLEASE be SPECIFIC as GOD is PURE & SPECIFIC & MAN ...a SLOPPY LIAR! otherwise you are NOT of HIM [GOD] & THAT is what you must take care of FIRST, for only THAT problem will send you to HELL! HINT [A CLUE for the CLUELESS] 1/2 Verse in Romans 1:26 by PAUL is NOT *THE LAW*. for *THE LAW* even as JESUS spoke of it is THE TORAH 1st 5 Books of MOSES. Moreover, Paul was describing HETERO-sexual ANAL intercourse. The LIKEWISE was ANAL IntercourseS [plural[ partaken by the MALES who followed after what "their" females were doing [ALSO having ANAL intercouseS [plural] which is CONTRARY to "Procreation fertility" [PHUSIS - to GENERATE offspring] GOD is WEARY of the STUPID, & UNLEARNED & UNWILLING to LEARN [of this they are WILLINGLY IGNORANT] who use their EMOTIONS of how they FELT being in a LIFE-STYLE to Substitute for a GOD given Definition of SIN! YOU feel better? GREAT for YOU. YOU "turned" HETERO? If you are HAPPIER GREAT. But do NOT confuse that which is SIN unto YOU & your sensibilities with what GOD calls SIN - for HIS is SPECIFIC & in HIS UTTERED WORDS ONLY! & NOT yours --our else you have NO CLUE what being a Woman of GOD is! I AM a MAN so I have AUTHORITY over YOU & have told you TRUTH! IF you are a TRUE woman of GOD, You will REJOICE in this! The CURE for a SAD "Homosexual" Life-Style is the DAME cures for a HETERO-sexual Life-Style: COVENANT RELATIONSHIP because our GOD is a COVENANT GOD. If ANY be "of GOD" then this should be EASILY RECEIVED!
His story, not everyone’s. Don’t let someone’s experience erase your own. You might not change and you don’t have to want to. You can be a gay Christian. Being gay/calling yourself gay won’t set you apart from God. It won’t put you under his wrath. It’s definitely not a question of salvation. Be authentic and don’t forget to love yourself ❤️
I always thank God for Becket's testimony. God can restore anyone. The Bible says that even I make my bed in the depths of hell, He is there. Therefore Christ will go to any length to bring one soul to Him. All glory be to Christ!
Hey just know that if they are slipping away from you because of the decision you have made to change your life they really are not your friends so please do not worry about them they are not real friends and friends you should have around you! X
You're just scared of girls, you think they're totally different creatures and you can't stand them.. Admit it buddy, you're a coward who convinced himself that he's something he's actually not. I went through the same thing and I grew out of it the moment I got exposed to porn, been straight as Hugh Hefner since that day..
MF Rex But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 12:36 NKJV
Awesome video. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I believe Jesus can do anything. I'm currently reading the Gospel of Matthew, which talks about all of Jesus's miracles. Jesus calmed a raging storm, fed 5000 with only a few loaves of bread, healed the sick, and raised a girl from the dead. If he can do such amazing things as that, than he can definitely help someone who identifies as homosexual. Christ knows change isn't easy, but he's here to help everyone of us with our own individual sins. He loves us all equally no matter what our sins are. I hope all homosexuals reading this comment know that the Gospel is for everyone, so please don't let anyone stop you from reading it! God bless everyone
Yes, so it says....but what has God or Jesus done lately? Have they retired? That book was written by MAN not by God!! It has also been heavily edited over hundreds of years by men. It also has things that make zero sense and it contradicts itself. It contains some good morality tales for those who don't know how to be decent human beings on their own. God/Jesus/The Higher Power gave US as individuals the power to do our best and lead a kind and loving life. Sexuality is something you are born with and if God created you then you are just the way you are meant to be! What I do think they are likely not happy with is our capacity to judge and hate other people. For there always being a war going on in the world. Those are choices, sexuality is not.
An excellent book about homosexuality well written and compassionately presented is People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue by Preston Sprinkle.
That is what happened to me a lot when I was absent from church, I would involuntarily feel overwhelmed by bawling. I absolutely could not control it. I have a military background a crying seen as weakness . At the time I was still following military doctrines and so I felt very embarrassed and weak. I came to realize that this was the Holy Spirit and I was being cleansed. I too felt the cleansing and sorrow at the same time and I still feel this often times. I also since I began seeking deliverance heard an involuntary voice in my soul saying something like free me. Thank you for sharing your testimony it is very moving; it got me crying not out of sadness but your testimony is moving. I meet so many gay people and we seem to hit off as friends yet I feel I should somehow to tell them the gospel...but I try to figure out how to do it and help them receive it. Perhaps this video could help them. Testimonies can help reach them.
One billion likes from me. Conversion is the result of God's apocalypse to the souls that, deeply and with honesty, are seeking for the truth. May God be with you brother.
I have a friend that came out gay and his father was my cross-country and track coach at the Christian high school that I ran for. I pray that he will change. I told him that I love him even though he is gay and he is welcome to my church.
@James coaches15 I'd say that the thing that doesn't feel right is imposed on queer ppl from the outside(in many cases by religion)... once you truly come up to terms with being gay and ideally have an accepting environment then it becomes easier being yourself and that internalised homophobia disappears.. hope you're fine and find happiness
@James coaches15 I just stated my opinion from my experience which I'vefound to be not uncommon... besides I'm a bisexual and in a homosexual relationship.. I never felt like something is wrong with it.. whenever I find myself thinking that there might be something wrong it is only bc of ppl who say that homosexuality is bad..
@James coaches15 I'm sorry if I in any way offended you.. it wasn't my intention but rather to say that ain't nothing wrong with being yourself and you should do whatever makes you happy (as long as no other ppl are harmed of course)
I’ve been battling homosexual desires since I was very young. I was molested by one of my uncles school friends...I didn’t know it was wrong, I asked him what he was doing and he stopped...I became obsessed with that moment from that point on...didn’t have a father growing up so when my body reached sexual maturity I confused the longing for a relationship with my dad and sexual desires together.....so I wanted the love of my dad but was looking for it in other men. I got fulfilled seeing guys lust over me and tell me how bad they wanted me to please their sexual hunger....I thought it was showing love. It wasn’t, I ended up in an abusive relationship and got heavy into drugs and contracted HIV.....so now I’m kindling the relationship and leaning on Jesus to be everything I need and want.
That is because he is tapping into something almost all people feel and is trying to blame his sexual orientation rather than deal with his real issues. He is just trying to seek validation in a group of Christians rather than sexual promiscuity. That is something heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual face. He is not dealing with his real issues and the end result will be more wasted years until he realizes he has not dealt with his real mental health issues.
+Behr Adebahr sir let me tell you something we all know that we do not fight against flesh and blood, we fight against Spirits and principalities in the high.
Behr Adebahr it's OK if u don't believe in what he's saying he experienced ,but ur belief doesn't make it true or false. If you're rly skeptical, and u wanna know the truth, then check with his family and friends he talked about in this video, and find evidence. Or u can hold the belief that whatever he's saying is false with no evidence; that would be "blind faith." skeptics look for evidence, and deniers hold belief that is opposite with no evidence.
Danny, I believe based on his accounts and that of others that he is blaming his sexual orientation for his problems rather than dealing with his real problems.
To me he sounds bisexual, but never knew it. That's why he was able to become straight. I could never imagine having sex with the opposite sex, they're reproductive organs don't appeal to me. I still believe in God and worship him everyday even as a proud homosexual.
I think that some times people are taught by our society to believe they are attracted to the same sex. Obviously I am not saying that was the case with you but I had an experience which can only be described as social conditioning. I am heterosexual and have always been. In fact its a family joke that when I was 5 I told my mom I loved George a classmate and was in love with the singer of "Tears for Fears" lol. Fast forward decades, I met this girl who is a lesbian and she came onto me at some point. For a split second I thought "maybe people are right, maybe we should have same sex relationships as sexuality is fluid". Now, I wasnt attracted to her but this thought popped into my head. And it was based on social conditioning. The rhetoric they use nowadays influences people. I believe many young people are going to start dating people of the same sex believing it is "normal". I am beginning to think that this homosexual identity is being thrust upon.
2 years late but I agree. And the way it's advancing now , people who preach against homosexuality will be labeled as haters or as assaulted . A whole agenda . These testimonies are so necessary
Now, i understand that it's a sin or sickness or whatever, but i just wanna say for people who may missunderstand. At the end of the day, he's still into male and is not into female, but no matter how painfull life of celebacy is, u should still do it for JESUS, cause at the end of the road there's eternal joy waiting for u, but if u give unto these things there's eternal pain and sorrow waiting for u, because u gave ur self into a life of half happiness, cause no lgbt person no matter how happy he is with his life he knows that if things were not the way they r, he would be happier. In other words, guve ur happiness to jesus and he'll returm it to u in multiple times that u can't even imagine. Amen💗💗
I'm a heterosexual, and the idea that a god exists that does not love homosexuals, is, and always has been ... an obnoxious idea. I'm now an Atheist, but when I was religious, I learned that scribes were paid big money to write that they were receiving messages from on "high" ... so, of course they would write "whatever came into their minds" ... and then scribble "down" their own hallucinations, as being truth from "God."
Amen, Amen! Wow. Powerfully and beautifully told testimony, my brother in Christ! Keep looking to Jesus and clinging daily. Thank you for sharing your story.
Not one ex-gay became heterosexual via Christ since 1973, admitted ex-gay leaders who'd kept the records of "change" claims. Every major decades-old ex-gay ministry from the US to Australia closed.
As a 19 year old, I've been raised with the idea that people are born gay and it is their identity. I believed and went along with this for most of my life, because I knew I didn't hate these people, and it didn't occur to me that I could reject someone's actions without hating them. I was also raised a Christian, but like many young people there was a separation between what I'd learnt from my family, and what I learnt from the other people around me. Only recently, when I started reading the Bible and building a stronger relationship with God, did I realise that His word is perfect, and He gave us these guidelines for a reason. We don't need to alter them to fit with societal norms. We're taught that true satisfaction and contentment comes from accepting and embracing who you are with all your urges and flaws. This is only partially true. When we ACCEPT that we are broken and sinful and powerless without God, we can begin to appreciate how incredible it is that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us, giving his life in exchange for our freedom (from our own sin and shortcomings). And when we accept this, we can make Him our ultimate focus point. We don't have to embrace sin to accept and love ourselves. Think about Jesus. He LOVES us in spite of our sin, but He wants better for us; He wants us to reject the bad and embrace the good. Homosexuality should not be your identity. No sexuality should be your identity. Anyone who's been around for a few years, whether they know Jesus or not, will tell you that sex cannot heal or fulfil you. Nothing that you can find here on earth--food, sex, drugs, money--can heal or fulfill you. There is only one thing that can do that, and that is a relationship with the Lord,which transcends any of the superficial vices we turn to. Children aren't born gay, because children haven't yet been tinted by these worldly desires. A child isn't sexual at all. Hetero, homo or otherwise. Don't demean yourself by making your whole life revolve around your sexual desires. There is more love in Jesus than you will ever find with another person, especially when the two of you arent united in Christ, which you can't really be if you're both ignoring His word.
What a beautiful testimony, thank you for having the courage to speak about your redemption story! All who are saved are redeemed, forgiven and no longer slaves to our flesh. We belong to God the Father.
Thank you Christ Jesus for Becket's story. You are telling my story!!!!!! Pray for me. It's a struggle daily but I am winning with Christ Jesus!! Blessed is his name!
One time a thing occured to me... Why was it that the earliest attractions I had to women have shifted to change into what I see as a 'type' that I like today? Why do I not find Jessica Alba at all attractive when I once found her to be so breathtaking. I also suffered from an identity disorder, and I spent the better part of five years deeply confused and depressed. I spent time with myself even still, looking for a notable, definite answer to define who I really was. I had friends who were gay and bi who nudged me in their direction. I gained a special feeling about myself entertaining the idea that there was something special about me, even though deep down I WAS, and I knew it was so. It was were my confidence came. It was instilled in me through my upbringing as well as my devotion to something. To my art. There was another though: My sex drive was a part of me, but I am ME. My movement of my body, the use of my voice, these are what drives women toward me. What women do in those standard, universal terms when they apply their mind to the way they walk, the same way I apply mentality to my own stride, will draw the body others were born with. I spent so much of my life focused on the way I conducted and communicated in my daily life. Enhanced my own identity. One last thought. Men, women, we are made of shapes. We are all shaped a little differently. Designed for ourselves, and yet it is what we do with that when we use our minds that matters. Shapes are only attractive when we apply feeling to them. That's that. The entire process that goes on before that happens behind the mind has to do with other things entirely. You are always in control. You are not a slave to your own impulses and your own desires. Your lack of self-esteem, the way others see you. Trust me the only ones who are capable of speaking on the matters of true self, of destiny ARE the spiritual ones. Those who blast their opinions today...take away natural identity, nagging and wearing down morale...they correct language/create proper pronouns and titles for us all to use...or they break down what is sacred for the sake of being revolutionary...they tell people to completely ignore what I am saying and just ACCEPT! ACCEPT!...when people like me speak up to raise the idea that the human mind and the human spirit must be atested...we instantly run out of the debate... these folks care more about the way they are seen by others more than any selfless devotion to improve the lives of others. We are much more than pronouns. Much more than the clothes, class, priveleges and languages we abide by. We are carpenters, models, patrollers and policers. Entrepreneurs, teachers, drifters, guides, writers and actors. Choose God. He will show you the love you need and the life you were made to live, and that's truth
God bless you for finding your true self, you are a Christian, and a man. If you are truly born again in Christ nothing is impossible, God will continue to change your heart and shed light on your life. Welcome aboard.
Des Troya Are you serious? LOL. This video is nothing other than a propaganda video created for the homophobic agenda. One of the most important lessons we can get out of this is not to believe every bit of bullshit on the internet. Sexual orientation is a gift from God, whether it be gay or straight or any other sexual orientation. To reject it is an insult to God.
When our desire for sex takes over- when our appetites demand whatever they wish without care or commitment to Gods plan- our sexual longings step beyond their natural role. Sexual passions make wonderful servants but terrible masters. When we give authority to them, their rule over us is untamed. Lust is handing control of our bodies and minds over to illicit cravings. At its core, lust wars against the community we ought to share with one another- distorting duties, confusing friendships, breaking up marriages, betraying children, creating false intimacy, turning us away from the pleasure of another person toward mere self-gratification. With the lusts of passion, we have darkened the beauty of our souls and turned our whole minds entirely to dust. It is a form of greed. Sins of the flesh seek to destroy your soul. It is the most popular widespread sin and it is a problem to society. In the days of Noah, the entire world was involved in sins. Not just lust, but others too. God judged the world by getting rid of the people. Noah and his family were the only ones who had faith in God and obeyed him. That's why they were spared, to start the world over. Jesus took lust seriously. He wants us to take back control from lust that seeks to send us to be separate from God. Those who think that being gay is normal are incorrect. They are deceived because of how the world is now beginning to tolerate it. We are on our way to becoming as it was in the days of Noah, but this time God is not going to send a flood. This time it will be fire. He will not regenerate the world again after this round. This time he will squash evil and death through Jesus and we will reign with him forever. Too many people who make the choice to follow their own minds and desires will be put to death by Him. That is not hate speech. That is truth and it is in black and white in the bible. Whether you believe it or not, it will happen.
"Are you seriously trying to tell me that feminine men and macho women don't have functioning reproductive organs?" You can read into the comment anything you want apparently. Functioning organs, but being improperly used out of line with said functions (obviously). "Yes, I agree. Let's look at the perversion spectrum to understand. People obsessing about other people's sex lives is a perversion" I agree that your perversion leads you to obsess over this other man's sex life, but no I'm not on about that, I'm obsessed with conversion "The reason for the high levels of poor mental health within the LGBT+ community is the direct result of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia" Everyone else's fault, as usual. "What kind of an idiot actually thinks the murder of a transgender person is that person's own fault? " You are doing great against strawman arguments, but what about what I actually said? "Exactly what fetishes are you talking about and assuming I consider them to be dangerous?" There are plenty. Repeated sodomy at bath houses didn't do a whole lot of good for the gay community did it? Alred Kinsey tied a rope around his junk and nearly killed himself trying to attain orgasm. It is obvious the safe and proper use of sex organs is a male with a female's. That is the inherent design which you yourself seemed to already acknowledge (or was I mistaken?). "In what way have gay people got out of line with their nature? " Man's reproductive organs are designed for women. Women's for men. That is what all the science shows us. Sodomy is a poor attempt to recreate the experience with a women for men who don't find women appealing. It still is a poor substitute and one that causes damage to an organ that isn't designed for said activity. A vagina on the other hand is obviously designed for that with a man
My God, what an idiot you are. What's the point of your first two paragraphs in your first reply? What on earth have they got to do with sexual orientation? They have absolutely got nothing whatsoever to do with the subject at hand. That being the existence and reality that there are more God-given sexual orientations other than heterosexuality. "Those who think that being gay is normal are incorrect." Really, and what evidence have you got to support that? Gay people exist as long as mankind have existed, they exist now will continue to exist. Homosexuality has been found in every species known to man. Homophobia is only found in one. And you think that it is homosexuality that is not normal. News for you Einstein it is you who is not normal. It is the 1600 year oppression persecution and murder of millions of gay people in the name of religion that is not normal. Prior to 1600 years ago homosexuality was accepted as perfectly normal and natural throughout all recorded history. Even the early Christians blessed same-sex marriage. If it was not sinful back then to those who lived at the time of Christ and the subsequent generations after that it is not sinful now. The arrogance of modern day false Christians to assume that they know better than they who lived in those times. www.christianity-revealed.com/cr/files/whensamesexmarriagewasachristianrite.html Are you seriously trying to tell me that you believe in the story of Noah, A 500 year old man who built a boat in the Middle East that two penguins walked the entire way from the Antarctic to get on it all because God was going to send a flood? The story is not meant to be taken literally it is either One of two things. Firstly, it may have been an analogy to explain how mankind can destroy ourselves. Told in a manner in which people of that time would understand. At that time natural occurrences as we know them today, such as earthquakes and volcanoes erupting, tsunamis et cetera would have been considered a means by which God punished people. Secondly, if such an occurrence literally did happen, it was most likely a tsunami that took the lives of everybody bar Noah's family in the vicinity of what the people of the time considered to be the entire world. If you were a true Christian you would know from the message of Christ given to us when he was here himself on earth as a man is an all loving God that would never do such a wicked act. Do you not realise that Christ dismissed all the evils of the old Testament as to be things of the past. When he gave his disciples and new commandment. John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another." If you consider such a wicked act as the story of Noah and your predicted fire that God will inflict upon mankind and expression of love for mankind by which we should take example from you neither have no idea of what love is nor can you claim to be a Christian because you clearly have no idea of what Christianity is about.
Toby Brewer "You can read into the comment anything you want apparently. Functioning organs, but being improperly used out of line with said functions (obviously). This is what you said and I quote."However, when a man becomes too effeminate he loses access to making use of those functions. When a woman wants to be too macho she loses her God given functions in reproduction." How on earth is that not saying that effeminate men and macho women lose access to making use of the reproductive organs. Are you really that stupid that you think that all gay men are effeminate and all lesbians are macho and that there is no such thing as a straight feminine man or a straight lesbian woman? Even if those stereotypes really did reflect reality. Gay people can still avail of sperm donation, egg donation and surrogacy. By your logic planned parenthood by using condoms et cetera is also "rejecting the very intricate machinery of reproduction with a woman" And That would be ‘a clear sign of something not quite right.’ Women are not just baby making machines for men. Reproduction is not the only function of sex. It is also an expression of the intimate love between romantic loving couples. Your logic, if it were strictly enforced, would deny fertile men and women from ever expressing their intimate love for one another through sex in loving romantic relationships. "I agree that your perversion leads you to obsess over this other man's sex life, but no I'm not on about that, I'm obsessed with his conversion to Christ's love and God's mercy." What are you on about? I most certainly do not obsess about other men's sex lives. Unlike you with your homophobic agenda you and your kind are clearly and evidently obsessed with the sex lives of gay people. I am only interested in my own sex life within my romantic loving relationship with my husband. Unlike you I do not consider the sex lives of anybody else my business. You are obsessed with who's conversion to Christ's love and God's mercy? If I were you I would be more worried about your own conversion to Christ's love and God's mercy. I'm pretty sure he won't be best pleased with those of you who promote the homophobic agenda by portraying love as evil. " Everyone else's fault, as usual." No, not everybody else's fault. It is only the fault of those who promote the homophobic agenda. Don’t assume that includes everybody. True Christians don't contribute to it only the false ones like you. You false Christians emotionally and psychologically abuse your gay children by raising them to believe that they are intrinsically evil. You teach them that who they were born to be is evil. You teach them that the only channel by which they can ever find a romantic loving relationship is evil. You teach them that such relationships have nothing to do with love and are entirely based on lust alone. You teach them that their sexual orientation is a choice and something that they can change to spite the fact that such attempts to change a person's sexual orientation has been proven not to work and have a detrimental negative effect on the mental health and well-being of those who have been subjected to such torture. You throw them out and make them homeless and the evidence of that is clear by virtue of the fact that 40% of all homeless children in every major city in the United States are LGBT children. And you have the neck to seriously try and tell me that the evil homophobic agenda will not lead these children to grow up not accepting themselves, not believing that they are evil, not becoming depressed because they cannot change who they are. They cannot even tell another person who they are. Your evil agenda drives them to believe that they will live a life of isolation without ever knowing what love is. And you have the neck to tell me that all of that doesn’t psychologically and emotionally do irreparable damage that so often drives young gay people to self-harm and take their own lives is all their own fault. Shame on you. Shame on you. Shame on you. If there is a hell I have no doubt but you and your kind will end up there. What coward you are to deny that you are not part of the problem. What kind of person actually believes that the constant threat of oppression persecution and murder of gay people will have no negative impact on their mental health And that they have known one to blame other than themselves. " You are doing great against strawman arguments, but what about what I actually said?" What exactly did you mean when you are blaming transgender people for their own mental health issues that resulted in, and I quote " (high suicide rate and high murder rate) "? Hardly a strawman argument when that is exactly what you did say. "There are plenty. Repeated sodomy at bath houses didn't do a whole lot of good for the gay community did it? Alred Kinsey tied a rope around his junk and nearly killed himself trying to attain orgasm. It is obvious the safe and proper use of the sex organs is a male with a female's. That is the inherent design which you yourself seemed to already acknowledge (or was I mistaken?)." Yes you are mistaken. You ignore the fact that the bathhouses were born from the homophobic agenda driving homosexuality underground. If you weren't a false Christian you would be able to relate to that as throughout the history of Christianity there are quite a few places where it was driven underground. For example, in the mid-1500s. Catholicism was banned by Japan's military rulers. In modern times Saudi Arabia allows Christians to enter the country as foreign workers for temporary work, but does not allow them to practice their faith openly. Items and articles belonging to religions other than Islam are prohibited. The religious police prohibits the practice of any religion other than Islam. But as we all know those involved in the homophobic agenda know nothing of empathy. You are making the assumption that the vast majority of gay people used bathhouses when the reality is it is only a tiny percentage do. You ignore the fact for every equal harmless fetish and dangerous fetish that gay people may engage in, there is also the same equally harmless fetish and dangerous fetish that straight people may also engage in. This has absolutely nothing whatsoever got to do with a person's sexual orientation. But of course the homophobic agenda always ignores the reality that doesn't suit their agenda and only focuses on the negative things that only some homosexual people may engage in and do their best to promote the ideology that such practices are a direct result of their sexual orientation even though similar practices are carried out by heterosexual persons. But of course the hypocritical homophobic agenda will always consider the negative sexual practices that heterosexual people may engage in as having nothing whatsoever got to do with their sexual orientation. Talk about having double standards. You couldn't make this shit up. "Alred Kinsey"???????????? So what? Are you really that stupid that you think just because Alred Kinsey allegedly tied "a rope around his junk and nearly killed himself trying to attain orgasm" makes it obvious that the only safe and proper use of the sex organs is a male with a female's. The alleged sex act of one man is all the evidence you can come up with to justify your homophobic agenda? Do you think that just because he done some research into sexual orientation and sexual practices that he is somehow the father of homosexuality? Face palm. The next thing you will be trying to tell me is that none of his research is valid. It is your assumption that "It is obvious, the safe and proper use of the sex organs is a male with a female's." Only. " Inherent design" One function only??? LOL. You need a class or two in sex education? " Man's reproductive organs are designed for women. Women's for men. That is what all the science shows us." "Reproductive organs" ???. In context to this discussion you mean sex organs. Sex organs are not solely and exclusively for the purpose of reproduction and they are not just designed for to engage in sex with the opposite sex. There is absolutely no science whatsoever to suggest that that is the only thing they are designed for. That is, your assumption and your religious brainwashing that has led you to believe so. "Sodomy is a poor attempt to recreate the experience with a woman for men who don't find women appealing. " First of all, do you think that "sodomy" anal sex is the only sexual practice that gay people engage in or that anal sex is not practised by many straight people? Secondly, It is your assumption that anal sex is an attempt to recreate the experience with a woman for men who don't find women appealing. That is not the reality. Again, you need to take some classes in sex education. "It still is a poor substitute." What makes you think it is meant to be a substitute? It is not. Again sex education. "And one that causes damage to an organ that isn't designed for said activity. " If it's causing damage to your organs you are doing it wrong. "A vagina on the other hand is obviously designed for that, with a man." And this is also designed for lesbian women. Again sex education. I can't stress it enough. You need to take sex education classes. If you think that sex has no other purpose other than reproduction you are an extremely naive person.
Thank you Becket for being so real and transparent with your story. The way you articulate this journey in words is helping so many Christians and non Christians alike understand the complexity and depth of this issue. See you in the Kingdom!
I was bisexual, the Lord Jesus helped me. I am delivered now, I wish that all my brothers and sisters who are struggling with same sex attraction as they read this comment know that Jesus Christ loves the, He is the only one who can redeem them. I have struggled for more than 10 years but it took just one look at Jesus. I was converted.
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Lindani, Bishop Tutu said it best: "We struggled against apartheid in South Africa, supported by people the world over, because black people were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about - our very skin. It is the same with sexual orientation. It is a given. I could not have fought against the discrimination of apartheid and not also fight against the discrimination that homosexuals endure, even in our churches and faith groups. I am proud that in South Africa, when we won the chance to build our own new constitution, the human rights of all have been explicitly enshrined in our laws. My hope is that one day this will be the case all over the world, and that all will have equal rights. For me this struggle is a seamless robe. Opposing apartheid was a matter of justice. Opposing discrimination against women is a matter of justice. Opposing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a matter of justice. It is also a matter of love. Every human being is precious. We are all - all of us - part of God’s family. We all must be allowed to love each other with honor. Yet all over the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are persecuted. We treat them as pariahs and push them outside our communities. We make them doubt that they too are children of God. This must be nearly the ultimate blasphemy. We blame them for what they are. Churches say that the expression of love in a heterosexual monogamous relationship includes the physical - the touching, embracing, kissing, the genital act; the totality of our love makes each of us grow to become increasingly godlike and compassionate. If this is so for the heterosexual, what earthly reasons have we to say that it is not the case with the homosexual? The Jesus I worship is not likely to collaborate with those who vilify and persecute an already oppressed minority."
I love LGBT people. All I am testifying about is that Jesus helped me, I am not saying it to oppress our brothers and sisters, all I'm saying is Jesus loves them too and He desires the them all to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth being reconciled to God in all manner. We all know God doesn't change from His truth and His principles. Sin is a sin no matter how we can define it with our constitutions of this world, God punishes it. 1 Timothy 1:10 read it. Unless if we want the misleading gospel as 1 Timothy 4:1- 2 speaks. But if a man comes to Christ irrespective of the lifestyle or orientation they are made new. All things of the old man passes away 2 Corinthians 5:17. I am convinced most pastors speak contral to the bible they carry. Love warns! and love speaks truth only. All of us must run to Christ who has all power to save and judge accordingly than trusting words of men.
@ I will never go back to the life I lived. What you're saying is your point of view and isn't the truth. Impossibilities in yourself should not be generalized as the living truth to everyone. That is why I reference using the bible because that's where my life stands now. And I'm not saying by my power LGBT can be converted but through Jesus because I've seen him working in me. I'm glad you share what you think. On my testimony I stand I won't change. I love my self by the way. For point of correction I am a man not a woman Jerry.
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Every medical assn said sexual orientation is not a choice, and cannot be changed at will. Every major, decades-old ministry closed after leaders admitted not one "ex-gay" became hetero.
Death anxiety, failing in finding a suitable partner, and unable to find meaning outside of Christianity (or in it whilst still being able to accept being gay) are points that he should consider.
Thank you 🙌🏼 this is helpful! I need to focus less on my sexuality and put my identity in Christ first, the rest will follow xxxx see you in heaven brother
@@liam.4454 they aren't gay if they randomly choose one day that they are now heterosexual. The people who experiment their sexuality are called curious. He found out that he is straight and good for him. But he doesn't have a right to say that he was gay if he wasn't really..you know...gay !
This video is presented in a pristine manner that I believe has what it takes to penetrate the barriers that natural humans erect to keep God out of our lives, because of our fears and being uninformed concerning the truth of His love, and what He wants do for us. As I witness to the gay community in Indianapolis, I think I may be better equipped, because of this video, to empathize with them and present the liberating truths of the Gospel of Christ, and His fulfilling love. Thank you!
I once hated myself for being gay, after years of constant prayer I decided to go to conversion therapy and even started taking hormone blockers in hope for change. I thought being with my one true (gay) love was wrong. I was alone and so depressed. I felt so guilty, desired to burn in hell for eternity and didn't want to be forgiven because this feeling of sinfulness felt unforgivable. I thought I was so sinful that I didn't deserve forgiveness and I was okay with burning in hell for that. My will had already been broken. After three more years I decided to end my life a second time (first time I failed). I was prepared to go to hell for my sin. But something unexpected happened: Jesus appeared to me, told me that he loved me and that love isn't something to feel ashamed of. He told me how should I love my neighbor as myself if I hate myself. I woke up right next to the tree I hung myself from seeing the branch, on which I had tied the rope around, broken off. It was a very thick branch as well so it was a miracle and I knew that Jesus had saved me and he had given me a second chance to live my life according to his will. From that day on I wasn't ashamed to be gay anymore and I strted to love my neighbors - and until today I love all people. That's what following Jesus is all about. Jesus himself told me that. Without him I would have never gotten over this wrong guilt for love. Jesus showed me that, in fact, he condones gay love just like any other love. I'm so thankful for Jesus who saved my life. Today I'm happily married to another man and I'm not ashamed of it. We're thinking about adopting children - and there is really nothing wrong with that either. Jesus himself has told me that - not some pastor who professes to be wise and to know Jesus. If you deny gay love, you denie Jesus's love. Don't reject Jesus!
@Kobe Lambert But you have to keep in mind that not all gay people are like that. Some gay people if not most are actually in loving relationships with their partner. People can be lustful no matter sexual orientation, I know tons of girls and guys who have meaningless and lustful sex with the opposite gender which is just as wrong, it all depends on the person.
@@brionyfrater4279 yes, that's why I specified that this is just how I feel personally. But it still doesn't seem right regardless, idk, maybe I'm in denial but I what can I say.
That's beautiful that the Lord appeared to you. He tends to do that right when we need Him to. Have you received the baptism of the Holy Spirit yet? If not, you must! Holy Spirit will help you to follow Jesus even more. I promise you won't regret it. 💕
It must have been a false Jesus because the real Jesus wouldn't tell you something that is against his Holy Word in the Bible. He wouldn't contradict himself. The real Jesus is actually God, who doesn't lie. See Romans 1 and many other scriptures that warn against any kind of sexual immorality. Jesus said there would be many false messiahs and the devil himself can appear as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). How do you know it was Jesus?
God fearfuly and wonderfully created a man and a woman identified each of its purpose that compliments with each other.. He is delighted in His creation. Satan is rebellious and envious with God and want to mess with God's creation especially the human beings doing his best to destroy them one of those is to destroy and confuse their real identity to lose it's purpose and power. Pray, read your Bible and desire a personal relationship with God so that you can obey Him with all your heart! Sending you Hugs! God Bless!
Amen I had this struggle for only three years before God showed me His plan for my life I thank God for saving my soul from eternal death and 2 and 1/2 years ago saved me from this homosexual lifestyle
@Leah Diamond I am grateful that there's someone like you who have this kind of testimony. I've been thinking a lot that I'm the only one having a hard time with sexual impurity. Thanks be to God 🙏 it's a great encouragement for me. 😭 knowing that I am not alone.
I am literally sitting here in my bed, crying. I had just recently pulled myself out of the homosexual lifestyle, and it has been so hard. It's not hard because I want to go back because I don't. It's hard because I had made friends completely with gay and transgender people and one by one I can just feel them slipping away from me. Even if it really hurts me, I know it is
God's plan to give me new friends that are going to be there to help guide me all the way back onto the right path.
Armin Arlert You need to know one thing, the people whom you love, the people whom you trust, the people whom you confide in don't affect your religious standing at all. If you have homosexual urges don't force yourself to not act on them.
You are a human being, don't let a religion control you. God shouldn't care what person you love. It's extremely dangerous to force yourself to be a heterosexual when you're a homosexual in reality. You need to sit down and think to yourself, what do I REALLY want as a human being?
What do I REALLY want in my intimate relationships? Does it hurt your chest when you force yourself to sway to the other direction?
It's important to love yourself first before you love God. Be the best version of yourself, but more importantly, be the version of yourself you want to be.
You can be strong with God's help Armin Arlert. The friends who love you for you will remain and new friends will come.
@@notpublic8519 Jesus is the way. The truth and the life. You must put the Lord your God before all ( including yourself.) To take up your cross and walk with Jesus means you must deny yourself and deny the pleasures of the world. You Don't matter. Only God does. Only Jesus does. Because everything you are given is God given. Whether you believe so or not. Don't just love the creation but you must love the Creator also. Don't just love the gift but also love the Gifter. I'll pray towards for a revelation for u.
Love God and trust Him! Of course, we should learn to be kind and friends with people who are not Christian, but you and only you know if that's good for you in the current situation. But don't worry. Your heart will heal and new friends will come to your life. You're really strong.
Armin Arlert Amen! Trust in the Lord your God. He is great and all mighty!
I am crying right now...my pillow is wet by tears. Pls God deliver me from that life style. I want to born again and testify ur powerful name.
@Ken Raihan, God loves you and desires to deliver you. His promise is for you, "Whoever calls on the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved." (Romans 10:13). Also, 1 Corinthians chapter 6 gives a litany of sinful lifestyles (not just homosexuality, but also adultery, robbery, etc.) and promises a clean slate by calling out to the Lord for help. It says in verse 11, "Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." God the Lord hears your cries and sees your tears. He loves you and is ready to answer your prayer. He loves you, Ken.
Amen. I believe.
God please hear the prayer of your child. You are mighty to save!
May God's loving hands surrender your life, deliver you from evil,and protect you for eternity with Him.
God will do it for you. God loves you dearly. I believe this with you that if you open your heart to Jesus Christ and ask him to fill you with his Holy Spirit and you truly believe this in your heart without any doubt you will began to experience new affections.
Beautiful testimony. Love how it’s centered on our identity. Even us heterosexuals we often center our identity on a significant other (whether we realize it or not) or even in a job or social role. Our true identity is indeed in Christ, and when you realize it and accept it, that’s when you experience true freedom. One of CS Lewis quotes say: “Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose”. I associate that quote so much with our identity. When we anchor our identity in Christ, nothing can take that away. Not even death. Like Romans 8:38-39 says ❤️
So true. Lovely comment ❣️
YES!!!!! Say that!!
Well said! Amen
Good point.
What a great testimony. I'm going through a deep time of rejection. His testimony has helped to lift me.
I don’t understand how someone can dislike these types of testimonies. This is beautiful and shows Gods power and how he can remove any sin from our lives and change us completely to be “born again” in Christ.
because i think its BS
because they love their sin more than they love God. They don't wish to acknowledge God in their hearts
@@destroya3303 really ? like you would know.
@@cloroxbitch2491 Its written in the Bible (Romans) that sinners can be changed like this, and it happens daily all across the globe. That is why Christianity grows, people experience the truth of Christ's message
It might be the super loud annoying background music they are disliking
The best testimony ever ! I’m gay. I don’t know why or how it happened. I struggle with the feelings every day as I try to obey God’s teaching. Eventually, I will win with the love of Jesus Christ.
That's the best decision to make. With God, nothing shall be impossible!
Pray to the Lord, he'll break your chains, will free you from the devil's bondage, Jesus-Christ is real Love, He is your personal Savior, He is eternal Life in Bliss, He is forgiveness, and nothing is too hard or too difficult for Him, so ask, beg and pray to Him, and He will set you free!
As long as u re fighting you are already a winner. It's not the result that counts, as u may never be able to get rid of the desires and temptations. However, if you actively fight them rather than helplessly succomb, you are a hero 🤗
S M you will brother, Jesus loves u enough He died for you, your identity is in Christ Jesus ! Pray to God to receive the spirit of God then He is the one who do the change, you dont have to struggle to change yourself He does it for u through your Trust in Him, faith!
Struggle?
im crying deep, deep tears of connection and joy. thank you
This testimony is awesome! Jesus Christ has won the victory over sin for us! Amen!
Brandon Burrell Amen
Jesus was gay
What would you do if your son tried to kill himself because he was gay and thought you wouldn't love him anymore?
A beautiful story. I am just now going through the same thing with repenting my homosexuality. It's a very overwhelming revelation.
in order for me to inherit the kingdom of my Father, I must turn away from that sin. Gays who are not willing to give it up and continue to live that lifestyle are playing a dangerous game with God. He did not create us to be gay. We were deceived by Satan into believing that we could be and we gave into those desires. For most practicing homosexuals, they do not know the truth. They can open their bible and just read and pray for understanding and pray that the Lord will open their eyes to his truth. He did for me. He peeled these scales away from my eyes and I can finally see that truth. Evil did this to me and I let it. I too believed that I was born this way and that no one could change me. But I did not understand. I understand now. I can see it.
Behr Smith yes, I was washed by the blood of the Lamb. I now have a peace in my heart and now know where I am going when I die. Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth. I will not be deceived by anyone. Jesus changed me because I asked him for the truth and he gave it to me, not the ones you call "homophobic Christians". It's all about my relationship with Jesus my King, not about the relationship with any human or this world. Once you find the truth, it will set you free.
@@tobybrewer1 You go, Toby. Great testimony.
You are my brother Toby. LCMS is with you.
@@tobybrewer1 can I ask you this- did the attraction towards same sex remain or totally gone since you're born again?
I used to be Transgender female to male but God has made me new.
+WarriorOf God -- And my next-door neighbor also used to be "Transgender female to male"-- but then switched back again. Fortunately he/she had the foresight to have his/her doctor save all the body parts-- it made the transition back less costly.
@@michauxbours Make a video please.Pleaseeeee
@@holya69 - I've already made numerous videos
Interesting! God made me trans :) was born a girl, but it’s been 8y now of living as the man God created me to be!
storm window Thank you for informing me of my typos. You are truly doing the Lord’s work.
Do not let this one issue, keep you from spending an eternity with God. I Love this powerful statement, because it applys to any SIN that holds us captive.
Thank you for this reminder
I just want to say that I am so inspired by how Jesus transformed your life Beckett Cook. Watching your testimony also led me to testify publicly that I am no longer gay and that my identity is in Christ. Your testimony had such a profound impact in people struggling with same sex attraction.
Neither Jesus or God care who you love! God/Higher Power made mankind and there have always been differing sexualities! To say any are wrong is to say God is wrong for creating them that way. It is something you are born with not a lifestyle choice. The Bible was written by men, not by God. They decided what to include and revised it over hundreds of years. I do think they care about our capacity to hate and to kill each other and to constantly be at war. That Bible clearly says Thou Shall Not Kill but that is perfectly acceptable to society in many circumstances. That is ignored. That is certainly worse than who you love. They also would not be for judging and hating other people. If you study all of the current religious texts you will find much the same message just told in a different way by culture. God/The Higher Power created EVERYONE! There are not only going to be mostly white Christians in the afterlife for God's sake! That same Bible says ALL are welcome in my father's house. If God or Jesus don't like anybody it's the murderers of this world and the people that chose to hate other people because they are different than them. But I assume if you ask for forgiveness for being hateful and judgmental then God will likely forgive you.
@@marniekilbourne608 He does actually care. It was ever designed that relationship, marriage is espoused in the unity of man and woman, a unity in difference. And this was Gods absolute truth and since the beginning of time, its always unchanging.
The bible was written by man as they are led by the Holy Spirit to write it. Gods moral law is unchanging still and just because we live in a modern day we like to think that these moral standards are not applicable nor redundant. Homosexuality is still and always will be a sin through and through. But there is hope, when we accept Christ, we are no longer identified by our sinful past. Thats what makes the gospel the best news ever.
Amen. The most loving thing to do is speak truth that sets people free IN Christ.
Amen!
It was hard to leave my homosexual identity. A part of me died. But oh what I have gained through living a life surrendered to the Will of God! Thank you Jesus.
Dear were you a gay?? How did you lose your homosexuality?? Im also suffering from same condition i dont want to live this gay life ...please tell me
@@shikhartripathi5505
Put your trust in Jesus.
What do you need help in, May I ask, if I can/able to help?
The bible says every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord! You will too one day! God bless you my brother. Welcome to the Kingdom, You are in my prayers. Let God continue to use you for his glory. You have much work to do in the kingdom.
the bible says when a woman is raped she must marry her rapist. that weasles give birth thru their mouth, That bats are birds.
Thank you Becket for your honesty. It has blessed so many people. May God continue to use you for His kingdom.
I am an African teenager where homosexuality is really hated and I felt so isolated when I couldn't say anything. I knew it is a sin but I just couldn't help myself. Thank you for this video it has helped me see that I am not alone and that there is hope for me in Christ
There is always hope for you my friend , God does miracles infact there is a verse in the bible that you should read
Luke 18:27
27But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
So my friend call out on Jesus christ and ask him to heal you and deliver you from this homosexual demon belive me brother God will set you free he will renew your mind and your ways and put in you new desires that is pleasing to him.. God bless you my friend remember we true christians love you and if you need to chat send me a message im always here for a talk.
@@heewatamsuen7252 Thank you so much. Please pray for me I have been struggling with this thing for 5 years now and I have kept it a secret from everyone especially some Christians who condem and actually beat people like me. Please pray for me
@@heewatamsuen7252 Thank you for everything
@@rodneytumwesigye3423 you welcome
Rodney, how are u doing today?
Just remember that you can have the LOVE OF JESUS when you feel all else fails to love you back.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.
Thank you, Becket for standing up for God’s truth and love. You are an inspiration to others to follow Jesus. Blessings.
"Do you want this temporary pleasure right now? Or do you want eternity with God?" - A question everyone is asked. A choice everyone has to choose. No other options. Nothing else in between. And of course, Id say, I want eternity with God. It's something that will never ever deplete unlike the temporary happiness in this world.
No I'll take the "temporary pleasure" because I don't believe it's temporary and I don't believe such a God exists, because nothing is black-and-white, it's all a grey area
@@sindelscat9336 hello! 👋🏼😃
Can you tell me why you don't believe God exists and why you said it's all a grey area?
@@vambinigreich3655 because the things I have found out about people, nature, society and other certain things is that nothing is black and white, no one is truly good and no one is truly evil.
You have to demonstrate a God exists first..That hasn't happened yet
@@sindelscat9336 Jesus and His word have changed the world forever. History bears out his followers who could have left all died for him. Just in this generation alone two to three billion walk with or follow him...The greatest art ever painted is to Him -Salvator Mundi (saviour of the world) sold for $450 million US dollars. Mozart, Bach, Handel, Beethoven etc etc all wrote for His honour ...Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael etc etc all painted incredible art to honour his life, death and resurrection ..he has changed Kings, Queens, the poorest, the richest, the most broken of humanity and continues to do so all over the world in the most amazing places and ways-it would pay to get out and around the world a little more after the pandemic there is so much he is doing outside of your current experience that is breathtaking.
Western democracy where everyone wants to immigrate too our laws and freedoms are based on the bible, also charities, care for the poor, hospitals were inspired by followers of his bible-florence nightingale (a Christian inspired by the word of God) so any treatment you have had in a hospital is because of him-Care for the dying, care for the widow, orphans, chaplaincy around the world etc etc had their start through Him...Unfortunately cant find any major organisation of the atheist community setting people free (oh abolition of slavery william Wilberforce who studied the bible) Reality-your name and your life will soon pass and will be Forgotten (except by a few for a short time) and the reality mine too. He and His word the Bible however will live on forever on every continent. So it turns out that it looks like its you who in fact (and me) who may be a Myth ..oh and there is an incredible mathematical pattern found in the Bible and also the quotes of those confirming the Bible”s authenticity are never ending could I go on all day...This is the God who saves and touches the lives of the humble daily all over the world -by the way he spoke for ONLY three years and (some still haven’t got their driving license in that length of time) CHANGED the world and continues to do so- beyond incredible hey!!! He is really worth seriously investigating and chasing…
When he said"we wanted two things in life
1) success in life
2) finding true love
Was very true!
I recently heard this brother on a podcast interview. He has such an incredible testimony. He is a trophy of grace.
Thank you for sharing your story. Same thing happened to me from a very young age and eventually I accepted it as my identity for several years. During that time God was pursuing me, although I didn't know it. One day out of no where I said, "God if you are real, show me." A little bit of time went by and then God did just what I had asked Him to do. He revealed Himself to me in a vision and told me I was not living to be what He created me to be, but what the world had shaped me to be. (psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.) I began to hear God speaking to me from that day forward and developed a real relationship with the Creator. He delivered me from meth addiction and supernaturally healed my body of an incurable disease called HIV. Today I am so on fire for God and going forward in ministry to fullfill my true God given purpose and destiny in the earth. He has taught the way of healing and deliverance from strongholds. Be blessed in this year of complete victory brother and dont be moved by what people say. Keep speaking the truth.
So....why are you so bothered by these testimonies that you would be compelled to go through and add a negative comment on anyone who supports it and loves Jesus? It's ok, know that you are loved and above all you are loved by the Lord more than you can ever imagine. You were worth going to cross for and you are a valuable person. No matter what you've ever done, God still deeply loves you and will forgive you, love you, and accept you if you ever decide to turn to Him.
Stop tagging the name of Jesus to this hate. Jesus never spoke a word against gays during his life in the bible. Follow his example.
TrulyLatino: You are too toxic to open your mind, but your grandkids will have no problem with LGBTQ people. PS stop using the name of Christ to promote prejudice, hate and bigotry. You are the moral equivalent of the KKK. Racists and gaycists blame Jesus.
The bible is NOT infallible. It got the entire solar system wrong. It got humanity's biggest moral issue wrong (slavery). The bible says to stone a woman to death on her wedding night in front of her father's house if she can't 'prove' she is a virgin. Deut 22, which shows us the medical knowledge was that of men of the time who assumed a broken hymen could only happen if a woman had intercourse. We know now that is very wrong. The bible can't even get the resurrection story straight. Who did Jesus first appear to? In which city? to men or to angels? One or two? Thousands of contradictions in the bible. And there are multiple translations which contradict one another. If you want to say you believe in 'THE ORIGINAL WRITINGS OF THE BIBLE' then you already believe in something that doesn't exist. The bible evolved over time. Jewish leaders, Roman leaders, Catholic leaders, Protestant leaders all had big fights over what was in and what was out. Over 4 dozen gospels and many, many epistles were written. Most of 'the bible' was tossed in the trash to make it the way you know it now.
the book of Jude is ONE chapter long and sums it up real good.
Scaring people into hating their sexuality. But with an acoustic guitar and light piano in the background, it sounds very great
Loving people into eternity
You do know this guy was sexually molested by his friend’s father, do the math💕
Excellent testimony. I have to say the person who made this film is super talented, very professional high level work, from the camera shots the lighting the music the way this person's story was told its top level stuff.
Jesus is Gay
Saptak Mukherjee
Educate yourself
#walkaway
@@youareright4600 Educate in lies?No thanks.
@@saptakmukherjee3051 you are all the place about this I am so convinced that you have been convicted of you your homosexual sin.
Just repent God will surely forgive you , you too can be set free like the guy in the video. It's that simple.
I am a gay christian woman. These things do not contradict, but merely coexist. If you would like to talk about this more, please contact me. Have a blessed day
So do you believe that change is possible?
Noah I'm not sure what you mean. If you're referring to the fact that sexuality is fluid, then yes I do. But you can't just "change" being gay"
tyler with all due respect:
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
"Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God"
How do you justify this? They can't coexist; you either surrender all of you to Him or you live lukewarm. God says he's going to spit out lukewarm people from his mouth because you deny His power to change n transform ones life.
Jen my God is an accepting and loving God, no matter your sins. He sees everything and will decide what He allows. We have no place telling others how He thinks; we can only pray that those we believe, from our interpretation of His prophets' letters and teachings, have sinned will find themselves.
tyler He already tells you what He allows through His word, which is the Bible because He is the Word. When you love someone you don't take their forgiveness for granted n continue to hurt that person; God is the same way. There's no place for sin to stand in His presence, He's too perfect n Holy n you'll feel so ashamed n terrified standing before Him that you'll want to hide but there will be nowhere to go. Yet He offers you a way out through trusting in Jesus n you reject it for temporary lust n fleshly satisfaction. Your sin amongst others killed Him n put Him on a cross. You really think that there will be great enough of an excuse when you stand before Him n try to plead your case? How you loved partaking in the very acts that He died for? The ones He died for, just to set you free from its grip n death ? Don't deceive yourself, it's either you believe in what He says n you believe that He has the power to change your desires to match his or you continue to keep sinning like the devil. When you begin to spend time with Jesus in His word n speaking with Him, there's absolutely no way that you cant be transformed in your thinking n how you see sin N how God perceives it. Anything you put higher than God is idol worship n He should always be first in our lives, that's where fulfilling, unexplainable joy comes from, not in temporary pleasures. Are you all in? Cus you can't be lukewarm, it won't work. That's the most loving thing I can do is tell you the truth.
Ps. This is coming from someone who used to practice bisexuality. Things that are impossible when man is possible with God; It's a matter of if you believe that.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what SOME of you WERE. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
Ugh I’m dealing with homosexuality and I can’t seem to get out of it... my body wants more but my heart says to run from it.... I still so confused... I need help....
Javier Castaneda except your self for who you are. God will love you no matter what. He is the most loving being to ever exist. Just because someone who claims to know what god want because he read it in a book thousand and thousands of years old doesn’t mean that its true. Dont be lead by those who cant see the love in your heart for what it is, it is beautiful, it is you. Follow it no matter what and God will repay you. 👫❤️👭❤️👬
California Dreaming bs. The only thing that will lead to self destruction is repressing who god made you to be.
I'm praying for you. All you need to do is repent and give it all to God. Fighting fleshly desires by yourself in your flesh is impossible. But with God everything is possible. He will give you the strength to fight back eventhough your flesh is weak. Just keep in mind that what God can give you is so much greater than what you ever could get with your own fleeting pleasures. May God bless you!
Create a routine, wake up by greeting God, like - Good Morning Father God/Jesus/Holy Spirit - declare a word , like - this is the day that the Lord has made, read the inspired Word of God, praise and worship (pray in tongues). Wake up one hour before you start anything else. Put an alarm and do so. Show how much you want to know your Father. More you draw closer, you will experience His living presence all around you. Ask Him questions and doubts you have. You will hear Him. Filter all you watch and hear that which is demonic, ungodly (fruitless in your life), let it go and say "God help me and I need your help". Pray immediately for help when you struggle. Then before you sleep, pray over your room, bless your bed, sleep, praise, ask for dreams and visions. Thank Him for the day and that you are still breathing and alive. Ask Him to show you more about His Kingdom. Amen... cultivate this routine for 6 months and add other healthy routines like gym, eating healthy, listening to good word, surrounding yourself with positive people, pray for others needs... You may like Sidroth interviews with great men and women of God. Increase your talents.
Jesus Bless you my friend.
He will never give up on you.
He wants you. He is a good good Father. He knows all your feelings and temptations. Just let Him in to help you, so you can live by Spirit breath Word and be lead by Holy Spirit.
It's just pleasure see
I was brought up in This kind of church! I Knew I was different as a young boy! I gave my life to christ at a very young age. No amount of Prayer; Confessing the word healed me from being gay! Eventually I had to step away from the church ! Just to save myself from Suicide! Thankfully I accepted myself as I am. And made it through: I am now happier then I Ever been! I'm sure god does not want us to be suicidal and unhappy! I now know that I am one of a kind ; God made me as i am! That old testament of Hell fire and brimstone have no place in my life; I've been set free from the old church thinking. I Hope everyone find peace and love in there lives
I learned so much from this glorious testimony. I would love to hug this young man because he gave me hope for my daughter who is in a same sex relationship. I pray for her every day and I know that the Lord God loves her and is bringing her out of that darkness. I love hearing the testimonies of Christians who have had encounters with Christ and they immediately say, "Yes, God, I am yours." But with some it takes a little longer. Thank you for sharing. You're spreading truth, light and hope. God bless you.
Tamara Bradshaw if she doesn’t accept Jesus now she’ll have the millennium to learn about him. Christianity at least false Christianity has this “accept Jesus or go to hell”. This is not God’s Plan.
An excellent book about homosexuality well written and compassionately presented is People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue by Preston Sprinkle.
I’m transgender, but it’s not who I am, it’s what I am. It does not define me as a person. I do not introduce myself as a transgender person. I am a woman, a veteran, a sister, a daughter, a friend. Being transgender is simply one of MANY things that defines me as a person.
Rusty Writer, I think people in these stories are shamed into denying their true selves simply because their friends and family can’t accept them. They use religion as an excuse to hide their sexuality and live a lifestyle which is acceptable to their family. They are not truly happy. They are living someone else life, not their own life and their truth.
I love hearing about your joy and sorrow at the same time. Isn’t that how God is? Showing love and mercy at the same time as knowing how sinful you are. It is all of Him. Love your testimony. ❤️
One of the most powerful testimonies I've ever heard.
I want eternity with God!
Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Say, "Father in Heaven, I believe that Jesus died for my sins." And Godwill impart eternal life to your spirit.
Blessed In Gods Love if you repent of your sins and believe that Jesus Christ died for your sins you will be saved!
Be specific lol
Idk seems kinda gay to me lol
I don't because he doesn't exist lol
I enjoyed watching this video about your testimony. My daughter came out 2 years ago and I continue to show her grace. My family and I continue to pray because there is power in the name of Jesus.
I really enjoyed this because it's true that many of us feel that same-sex attraction is someone's identity. I believe we as humans have all kinds of temptations. whether it's lust, greed, idolatry or struggling with homosexual thoughts... the Lord can and will provide a way for us to conquer through Him! He won the victory... we just fight the battle (the good fight of faith) EVERYDAY until He ultimately conquers as the returning KING!!! Then all of our sinful struggles will come to an end! we love you Lord Jesus (Yeshua) May we work for your kingdom everyday as we await your return!
Come back when you can prove your god exists dear.
Funides, we get it, you hate gay people and think verses from the Buy-bull make your hate seem holy.
hmm...none of the straight people I have met have ever had any temptations or feelings about the same sex. I feel sorry for you if you think you can change who you innately love, you're just a product of society pressures to be straight, so you force yourself to be something you're not. Here, have some virtual hugs and kisses so you know you're not alone and that a massive community will support you if you follow who you truly are.
Even if there were no religious people, gay people by and large have the worst lives.
Let me know when you prove he doesn't, sweetie.,
Great video! You are brave and spoke the truth. Life here is temporary , we should invest at the next life that is forever.
I sincerely thank you for making and posting this video. Your sensible truth really touched me. I have been struggling with being gay my entire life.
Oh dude....
I will pray for you.
Create a routine, wake up by greeting God, like - Good Morning Father God/Jesus/Holy Spirit - declare a word , like - this is the day that the Lord has made, read the inspired Word of God, praise and worship (pray in tongues). Wake up one hour before you start anything else. Put an alarm and do so. Show how much you want to know your Father. More you draw closer, you will experience His living presence all around you. Ask Him questions and doubts you have. You will hear Him. Filter all you watch and hear that which is demonic, ungodly (fruitless in your life), let it go and say "God help me and I need your help". Pray immediately for help when you struggle. Then before you sleep, pray over your room, bless your bed, sleep, praise, ask for dreams and visions. Thank Him for the day and that you are still breathing and alive. Ask Him to show you more about His Kingdom. Amen... cultivate this routine for 6 months and add other healthy routines like gym, eating healthy, listening to good word, surrounding yourself with positive people, pray for others needs... You may like Sidroth interviews with great men and women of God. Increase your talents.
Jesus Bless you my friend.
He will never give up on you.
He wants you.
What would you do if your son tried to kill himself because he was gay and thought you wouldn't love him anymore?
Just be gay and Christian because you’ll always be gay
@@nibumammoottil861 What did doing those things do for you??? Did u start to receive supernatural encounters from Jesus Christ, or visions, or dreams or something???
What God has for us is so much better than any sin or pleasure of this world. #home
Is God real?
What are gay people supposed to do? They can't become straight and please don't make me pull up all of those studies. Remember Exodus International? It was a scam.
So do you want gays to marry, have children and live a lie, or should they live a lonely loveless life? Well ... I guess they have Jesus ...
Fundamentalists have so little compassion for other people ...
Lazy Spark yed
Lazy Spark yes
Right Sarah, because all people can just live in lifelong loneliness without a spouse to come home to or a family of their own. You go first. #moron
Why cant I stop crying listening to this. Such a beautiful transparent testimony. Thank you
💗 love this! So powerful! Praise God! 💕
Thank you so much for your testimony!!!! Since I saw it a couple of days ago I have hope!!! Praise our immeasurable and wonderful Jesus. ✝️🙏❤️
According to my experience, after l decide to give God everything l got, HE was able to deliver me. I was pulled out of the desire of wanting to become another gender. Surrender all is the key. In HIM, l am content to be who l am. In HIM, l have no regret over my life. One day, all will kneel before Jesus and admit Jesus is God. I just hope it won't be too late for that person.
Thank you for sharing. Our God is a mericle God🙏❤️
What a beautiful testimony, Becket! I first heard of you on Eric Metaxas' show and just watched it today. I rejoice with you that 1 Corinthians 6:11 describes your new life: "And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
I was set free now; m a mother of two wonderful young adults, I'm a WOMAN of God, not a SINFUL bathing; n that sin
@ana Lazcano. So What made it SIN? Please be SPECIFIC! For it is Written: SIN is a VIOLATION of *THE LAW*...NOT of your EMOTIONS for or against an activity. And what LAW prohibit female Homosexuality? PLEASE be SPECIFIC as GOD is PURE & SPECIFIC & MAN ...a SLOPPY LIAR! otherwise you are NOT of HIM [GOD] & THAT is what you must take care of FIRST, for only THAT problem will send you to HELL!
HINT [A CLUE for the CLUELESS]
1/2 Verse in Romans 1:26 by PAUL is NOT *THE LAW*. for *THE LAW* even as JESUS spoke of it is THE TORAH 1st 5 Books of MOSES. Moreover, Paul was describing HETERO-sexual ANAL intercourse. The LIKEWISE was ANAL IntercourseS [plural[ partaken by the MALES who followed after what "their" females were doing [ALSO having ANAL intercouseS [plural] which is CONTRARY to "Procreation fertility" [PHUSIS - to GENERATE offspring]
GOD is WEARY of the STUPID, & UNLEARNED & UNWILLING to LEARN [of this they are WILLINGLY IGNORANT] who use their EMOTIONS of how they FELT being in a LIFE-STYLE to Substitute for a GOD given Definition of SIN!
YOU feel better? GREAT for YOU. YOU "turned" HETERO? If you are HAPPIER GREAT. But do NOT confuse that which is SIN unto YOU & your sensibilities with what GOD calls SIN - for HIS is SPECIFIC & in HIS UTTERED WORDS ONLY! & NOT yours --our else you have NO CLUE what being a Woman of GOD is!
I AM a MAN so I have AUTHORITY over YOU & have told you TRUTH!
IF you are a TRUE woman of GOD, You will REJOICE in this!
The CURE for a SAD "Homosexual" Life-Style is the DAME cures for a HETERO-sexual Life-Style: COVENANT RELATIONSHIP because our GOD is a COVENANT GOD. If ANY be "of GOD" then this should be EASILY RECEIVED!
@@byron5151 What are you trying to say in all of this??
There is power in every testimony. Power to break every chain and shackles.👊🏿⭐️❤️🙏🏿
There’s no arguing with people who believe in fairytales.
Exactly
His story, not everyone’s. Don’t let someone’s experience erase your own. You might not change and you don’t have to want to. You can be a gay Christian. Being gay/calling yourself gay won’t set you apart from God. It won’t put you under his wrath. It’s definitely not a question of salvation. Be authentic and don’t forget to love yourself ❤️
Amazing. Thank you soo much. I needed to hear this from someone going through the same issues.
Just be gay, it's fine!
@@derhafi these people dont think its fine. just read the comments. very sad to see such blatantly wicked indoctrination..
A heterosexual man that decides to become a monk, is he an "ex-hetrerosexual"?
Thank you, it gave me hope. God bless
U still gay?
So is that a yes or no?
So ur not straight if u havent slept with a straight person. Ur straight when u do that, right?
What truth?
I always thank God for Becket's testimony. God can restore anyone. The Bible says that even I make my bed in the depths of hell, He is there. Therefore Christ will go to any length to bring one soul to Him. All glory be to Christ!
goosebumps @" joy over the fact that I had just met God, the King of the universe" :')
@ I just hope that one day you gonna meet Him
People have an inner compass. Many call that their god. You don't need gods, though; they are merely idols of your mind.
@ well I think you haven't meet Him then:)
Hey just know that if they are slipping away from you because of the decision you have made to change your life they really are not your friends so please do not worry about them they are not real friends and friends you should have around you! X
Thier is not a thing God cannot do. All things are possible through Christ.
The world can't understand it. They think sexual perversion is stronger than God himself. How absurd!
How riveting! Thank you for your power, your testimony, and your faith in an amazing Jesus.💜
Hearing your testimony puts me to tears. Thank you for your honesty!
Look up the word gullible dear.
It makes me sad that he jumps from one extreme to another just to fill a void that can never be filled without the help of a professional.
You are the light & hope for many people over the world🙏🏻💫 much love & respect God bless you 🙏🏻🌸 keep shining ⭐️
Thank you for this deeply moving testimony. May the Lord continue to inspire and encourage you brother.
I'm gay and I know my Lord loves me.
You're just scared of girls, you think they're totally different creatures and you can't stand them..
Admit it buddy, you're a coward who convinced himself that he's something he's actually not.
I went through the same thing and I grew out of it the moment I got exposed to porn, been straight as Hugh Hefner since that day..
MF Rex But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 12:36 NKJV
@ your ridic. Jesus loves all. He forgives his children. He will prevail. To the op you are loved!
I’m a lesbian, and I know God loves me too xx
Awesome video. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I believe Jesus can do anything. I'm currently reading the Gospel of Matthew, which talks about all of Jesus's miracles. Jesus calmed a raging storm, fed 5000 with only a few loaves of bread, healed the sick, and raised a girl from the dead. If he can do such amazing things as that, than he can definitely help someone who identifies as homosexual. Christ knows change isn't easy, but he's here to help everyone of us with our own individual sins. He loves us all equally no matter what our sins are. I hope all homosexuals reading this comment know that the Gospel is for everyone, so please don't let anyone stop you from reading it! God bless everyone
Yes, so it says....but what has God or Jesus done lately? Have they retired? That book was written by MAN not by God!! It has also been heavily edited over hundreds of years by men. It also has things that make zero sense and it contradicts itself. It contains some good morality tales for those who don't know how to be decent human beings on their own. God/Jesus/The Higher Power gave US as individuals the power to do our best and lead a kind and loving life. Sexuality is something you are born with and if God created you then you are just the way you are meant to be! What I do think they are likely not happy with is our capacity to judge and hate other people. For there always being a war going on in the world. Those are choices, sexuality is not.
This is so sad to just watch . I hope he’s doing ok wherever he is. He isn’t sick or needs to be fixed and this just hurts me to see someone like this
Your comment is just false and downright sad. BTW, Becket Cook is doing amazingly well 👌
@@misstramaine1981 justifying homophobia are we ?
I am just starting To find my way from everything he described. And I Felt so dead and empty for so long. Never being enough!
An excellent book about homosexuality well written and compassionately presented is People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue by Preston Sprinkle.
Keep going brother! Christ will show you the way. He loves you. My life is a testimony of what He can do!
That is what happened to me a lot when I was absent from church, I would involuntarily feel overwhelmed by bawling. I absolutely could not control it. I have a military background a crying seen as weakness . At the time I was still following military doctrines and so I felt very embarrassed and weak. I came to realize that this was the Holy Spirit and I was being cleansed. I too felt the cleansing and sorrow at the same time and I still feel this often times. I also since I began seeking deliverance heard an involuntary voice in my soul saying something like free me. Thank you for sharing your testimony it is very moving; it got me crying not out of sadness but your testimony is moving. I meet so many gay people and we seem to hit off as friends yet I feel I should somehow to tell them the gospel...but I try to figure out how to do it and help them receive it. Perhaps this video could help them. Testimonies can help reach them.
One billion likes from me.
Conversion is the result of God's apocalypse to the souls that, deeply and with honesty, are seeking for the truth.
May God be with you brother.
I have a friend that came out gay and his father was my cross-country and track coach at the Christian high school that I ran for. I pray that he will change. I told him that I love him even though he is gay and he is welcome to my church.
There is Nothing wrong with being gay.
Powerful testimony. Praise Jesus Christ.
Praise God for the depths of His great love. Who can fathom? My Jesus, My Saviour, how great Thou art!
I'm so glad Becket made the right choice, I can't wait to meet him in heaven.
Same
This is actually so sad he needs to understand that he is gay and that’s amazing.
@James coaches15 this is a sad comment, I hope you are ok
@James coaches15 I'd say that the thing that doesn't feel right is imposed on queer ppl from the outside(in many cases by religion)... once you truly come up to terms with being gay and ideally have an accepting environment then it becomes easier being yourself and that internalised homophobia disappears.. hope you're fine and find happiness
@James coaches15 I just stated my opinion from my experience which I'vefound to be not uncommon... besides I'm a bisexual and in a homosexual relationship.. I never felt like something is wrong with it.. whenever I find myself thinking that there might be something wrong it is only bc of ppl who say that homosexuality is bad..
@James coaches15 I'm sorry if I in any way offended you.. it wasn't my intention but rather to say that ain't nothing wrong with being yourself and you should do whatever makes you happy (as long as no other ppl are harmed of course)
Say yes to the gay ✨🏳️🌈🥰🏳️🌈✨
I’ve been battling homosexual desires since I was very young. I was molested by one of my uncles school friends...I didn’t know it was wrong, I asked him what he was doing and he stopped...I became obsessed with that moment from that point on...didn’t have a father growing up so when my body reached sexual maturity I confused the longing for a relationship with my dad and sexual desires together.....so I wanted the love of my dad but was looking for it in other men. I got fulfilled seeing guys lust over me and tell me how bad they wanted me to please their sexual hunger....I thought it was showing love. It wasn’t, I ended up in an abusive relationship and got heavy into drugs and contracted HIV.....so now I’m kindling the relationship and leaning on Jesus to be everything I need and want.
wow welcome to the family
amazing testimony
praise the Lord
the Lord will be with you every step of the way
this testimony is very moving to me even as a straight male.
That is because he is tapping into something almost all people feel and is trying to blame his sexual orientation rather than deal with his real issues. He is just trying to seek validation in a group of Christians rather than sexual promiscuity. That is something heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual face. He is not dealing with his real issues and the end result will be more wasted years until he realizes he has not dealt with his real mental health issues.
+Behr Adebahr sir let me tell you something we all know that we do not fight against flesh and blood, we fight against
Spirits and principalities in the high.
Windy, I appreciate you sharing your mythology with us.
Behr Adebahr it's OK if u don't believe in what he's saying he experienced ,but ur belief doesn't make it true or false. If you're rly skeptical, and u wanna know the truth, then check with his family and friends he talked about in this video, and find evidence. Or u can hold the belief that whatever he's saying is false with no evidence; that would be "blind faith." skeptics look for evidence, and deniers hold belief that is opposite with no evidence.
Danny, I believe based on his accounts and that of others that he is blaming his sexual orientation for his problems rather than dealing with his real problems.
To me he sounds bisexual, but never knew it. That's why he was able to become straight. I could never imagine having sex with the opposite sex, they're reproductive organs don't appeal to me. I still believe in God and worship him everyday even as a proud homosexual.
I think that some times people are taught by our society to believe they are attracted to the same sex. Obviously I am not saying that was the case with you but I had an experience which can only be described as social conditioning. I am heterosexual and have always been. In fact its a family joke that when I was 5 I told my mom I loved George a classmate and was in love with the singer of "Tears for Fears" lol. Fast forward decades, I met this girl who is a lesbian and she came onto me at some point. For a split second I thought "maybe people are right, maybe we should have same sex relationships as sexuality is fluid". Now, I wasnt attracted to her but this thought popped into my head. And it was based on social conditioning. The rhetoric they use nowadays influences people. I believe many young people are going to start dating people of the same sex believing it is "normal". I am beginning to think that this homosexual identity is being thrust upon.
Ayla - I think that's a really good point. When anything gets socially normalized, we're more apt to give in to it. It doesn't even have to be sexual.
2 years late but I agree. And the way it's advancing now , people who preach against homosexuality will be labeled as haters or as assaulted . A whole agenda .
These testimonies are so necessary
ayla19791 ..it’s an intentional conditioning through the media!!
Now, i understand that it's a sin or sickness or whatever, but i just wanna say for people who may missunderstand. At the end of the day, he's still into male and is not into female, but no matter how painfull life of celebacy is, u should still do it for JESUS, cause at the end of the road there's eternal joy waiting for u, but if u give unto these things there's eternal pain and sorrow waiting for u, because u gave ur self into a life of half happiness, cause no lgbt person no matter how happy he is with his life he knows that if things were not the way they r, he would be happier. In other words, guve ur happiness to jesus and he'll returm it to u in multiple times that u can't even imagine. Amen💗💗
I'm a heterosexual, and the idea that a god exists that does not love homosexuals, is, and always has been ... an obnoxious idea. I'm now an Atheist, but when I was religious, I learned that scribes were paid big money to write that they were receiving messages from on "high" ... so, of course they would write "whatever came into their minds" ... and then scribble "down" their own hallucinations, as being truth from "God."
Wow, powerful! Inspirational! I subscribed because of this guy testimony!
Powerful testimony! Thank you so much
Thank you for your bravery and sharing your testimony! :)
Amen, Amen! Wow. Powerfully and beautifully told testimony, my brother in Christ! Keep looking to Jesus and clinging daily. Thank you for sharing your story.
Amen.
Ah, men.
Not one ex-gay became heterosexual via Christ since 1973, admitted ex-gay leaders who'd kept the records of "change" claims. Every major decades-old ex-gay ministry from the US to Australia closed.
As a 19 year old, I've been raised with the idea that people are born gay and it is their identity. I believed and went along with this for most of my life, because I knew I didn't hate these people, and it didn't occur to me that I could reject someone's actions without hating them. I was also raised a Christian, but like many young people there was a separation between what I'd learnt from my family, and what I learnt from the other people around me. Only recently, when I started reading the Bible and building a stronger relationship with God, did I realise that His word is perfect, and He gave us these guidelines for a reason. We don't need to alter them to fit with societal norms. We're taught that true satisfaction and contentment comes from accepting and embracing who you are with all your urges and flaws. This is only partially true. When we ACCEPT that we are broken and sinful and powerless without God, we can begin to appreciate how incredible it is that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us, giving his life in exchange for our freedom (from our own sin and shortcomings). And when we accept this, we can make Him our ultimate focus point. We don't have to embrace sin to accept and love ourselves. Think about Jesus. He LOVES us in spite of our sin, but He wants better for us; He wants us to reject the bad and embrace the good.
Homosexuality should not be your identity. No sexuality should be your identity. Anyone who's been around for a few years, whether they know Jesus or not, will tell you that sex cannot heal or fulfil you. Nothing that you can find here on earth--food, sex, drugs, money--can heal or fulfill you. There is only one thing that can do that, and that is a relationship with the Lord,which transcends any of the superficial vices we turn to. Children aren't born gay, because children haven't yet been tinted by these worldly desires. A child isn't sexual at all. Hetero, homo or otherwise. Don't demean yourself by making your whole life revolve around your sexual desires. There is more love in Jesus than you will ever find with another person, especially when the two of you arent united in Christ, which you can't really be if you're both ignoring His word.
Berendjen H. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
So, having a romantic relationship with someone of the same sex without practicing sex is ok?
What a beautiful testimony, thank you for having the courage to speak about your redemption story! All who are saved are redeemed, forgiven and no longer slaves to our flesh. We belong to God the Father.
Thank you Christ Jesus for Becket's story. You are telling my story!!!!!! Pray for me. It's a struggle daily but I am winning with Christ Jesus!! Blessed is his name!
This story was very very beautiful!
One time a thing occured to me... Why was it that the earliest attractions I had to women have shifted to change into what I see as a 'type' that I like today? Why do I not find Jessica Alba at all attractive when I once found her to be so breathtaking. I also suffered from an identity disorder, and I spent the better part of five years deeply confused and depressed. I spent time with myself even still, looking for a notable, definite answer to define who I really was. I had friends who were gay and bi who nudged me in their direction. I gained a special feeling about myself entertaining the idea that there was something special about me, even though deep down I WAS, and I knew it was so. It was were my confidence came. It was instilled in me through my upbringing as well as my devotion to something. To my art. There was another though: My sex drive was a part of me, but I am ME. My movement of my body, the use of my voice, these are what drives women toward me. What women do in those standard, universal terms when they apply their mind to the way they walk, the same way I apply mentality to my own stride, will draw the body others were born with. I spent so much of my life focused on the way I conducted and communicated in my daily life. Enhanced my own identity. One last thought. Men, women, we are made of shapes. We are all shaped a little differently. Designed for ourselves, and yet it is what we do with that when we use our minds that matters. Shapes are only attractive when we apply feeling to them. That's that. The entire process that goes on before that happens behind the mind has to do with other things entirely. You are always in control. You are not a slave to your own impulses and your own desires. Your lack of self-esteem, the way others see you. Trust me the only ones who are capable of speaking on the matters of true self, of destiny ARE the spiritual ones. Those who blast their opinions today...take away natural identity, nagging and wearing down morale...they correct language/create proper pronouns and titles for us all to use...or they break down what is sacred for the sake of being revolutionary...they tell people to completely ignore what I am saying and just ACCEPT! ACCEPT!...when people like me speak up to raise the idea that the human mind and the human spirit must be atested...we instantly run out of the debate... these folks care more about the way they are seen by others more than any selfless devotion to improve the lives of others. We are much more than pronouns. Much more than the clothes, class, priveleges and languages we abide by. We are carpenters, models, patrollers and policers. Entrepreneurs, teachers, drifters, guides, writers and actors. Choose God. He will show you the love you need and the life you were made to live, and that's truth
God bless you for finding your true self, you are a Christian, and a man. If you are truly born again in Christ nothing is impossible, God will continue to change your heart and shed light on your life. Welcome aboard.
Des Troya
Are you serious? LOL. This video is nothing other than a propaganda video created for the homophobic agenda. One of the most important lessons we can get out of this is not to believe every bit of bullshit on the internet. Sexual orientation is a gift from God, whether it be gay or straight or any other sexual orientation. To reject it is an insult to God.
When our desire for sex takes over- when our appetites demand whatever they wish without care or commitment to Gods plan- our sexual longings step beyond their natural role. Sexual passions make wonderful servants but terrible masters. When we give authority to them, their rule over us is untamed. Lust is handing control of our bodies and minds over to illicit cravings.
At its core, lust wars against the community we ought to share with one another- distorting duties, confusing friendships, breaking up marriages, betraying children, creating false intimacy, turning us away from the pleasure of another person toward mere self-gratification. With the lusts of passion, we have darkened the beauty of our souls and turned our whole minds entirely to dust. It is a form of greed. Sins of the flesh seek to destroy your soul. It is the most popular widespread sin and it is a problem to society. In the days of Noah, the entire world was involved in sins. Not just lust, but others too. God judged the world by getting rid of the people. Noah and his family were the only ones who had faith in God and obeyed him. That's why they were spared, to start the world over.
Jesus took lust seriously. He wants us to take back control from lust that seeks to send us to be separate from God.
Those who think that being gay is normal are incorrect. They are deceived because of how the world is now beginning to tolerate it. We are on our way to becoming as it was in the days of Noah, but this time God is not going to send a flood. This time it will be fire. He will not regenerate the world again after this round. This time he will squash evil and death through Jesus and we will reign with him forever. Too many people who make the choice to follow their own minds and desires will be put to death by Him. That is not hate speech. That is truth and it is in black and white in the bible. Whether you believe it or not, it will happen.
"Are you seriously trying to tell me that feminine men and macho women don't have functioning reproductive organs?" You can read into the comment anything you want apparently. Functioning organs, but being improperly used out of line with said functions (obviously).
"Yes, I agree. Let's look at the perversion spectrum to understand. People obsessing about other people's sex lives is a perversion" I agree that your perversion leads you to obsess over this other man's sex life, but no I'm not on about that, I'm obsessed with conversion
"The reason for the high levels of poor mental health within the LGBT+ community is the direct result of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia" Everyone else's fault, as usual.
"What kind of an idiot actually thinks the murder of a transgender person is that person's own fault? " You are doing great against strawman arguments, but what about what I actually said?
"Exactly what fetishes are you talking about and assuming I consider them to be dangerous?" There are plenty. Repeated sodomy at bath houses didn't do a whole lot of good for the gay community did it? Alred Kinsey tied a rope around his junk and nearly killed himself trying to attain orgasm. It is obvious the safe and proper use of sex organs is a male with a female's. That is the inherent design which you yourself seemed to already acknowledge (or was I mistaken?).
"In what way have gay people got out of line with their nature? " Man's reproductive organs are designed for women. Women's for men. That is what all the science shows us. Sodomy is a poor attempt to recreate the experience with a women for men who don't find women appealing. It still is a poor substitute and one that causes damage to an organ that isn't designed for said activity. A vagina on the other hand is obviously designed for that with a man
My God, what an idiot you are. What's the point of your first two paragraphs in your first reply? What on earth have they got to do with sexual orientation? They have absolutely got nothing whatsoever to do with the subject at hand. That being the existence and reality that there are more God-given sexual orientations other than heterosexuality.
"Those who think that being gay is normal are incorrect."
Really, and what evidence have you got to support that? Gay people exist as long as mankind have existed, they exist now will continue to exist. Homosexuality has been found in every species known to man. Homophobia is only found in one. And you think that it is homosexuality that is not normal. News for you Einstein it is you who is not normal. It is the 1600 year oppression persecution and murder of millions of gay people in the name of religion that is not normal. Prior to 1600 years ago homosexuality was accepted as perfectly normal and natural throughout all recorded history. Even the early Christians blessed same-sex marriage. If it was not sinful back then to those who lived at the time of Christ and the subsequent generations after that it is not sinful now. The arrogance of modern day false Christians to assume that they know better than they who lived in those times.
www.christianity-revealed.com/cr/files/whensamesexmarriagewasachristianrite.html
Are you seriously trying to tell me that you believe in the story of Noah, A 500 year old man who built a boat in the Middle East that two penguins walked the entire way from the Antarctic to get on it all because God was going to send a flood? The story is not meant to be taken literally it is either One of two things. Firstly, it may have been an analogy to explain how mankind can destroy ourselves. Told in a manner in which people of that time would understand. At that time natural occurrences as we know them today, such as earthquakes and volcanoes erupting, tsunamis et cetera would have been considered a means by which God punished people. Secondly, if such an occurrence literally did happen, it was most likely a tsunami that took the lives of everybody bar Noah's family in the vicinity of what the people of the time considered to be the entire world.
If you were a true Christian you would know from the message of Christ given to us when he was here himself on earth as a man is an all loving God that would never do such a wicked act. Do you not realise that Christ dismissed all the evils of the old Testament as to be things of the past. When he gave his disciples and new commandment. John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
If you consider such a wicked act as the story of Noah and your predicted fire that God will inflict upon mankind and expression of love for mankind by which we should take example from you neither have no idea of what love is nor can you claim to be a Christian because you clearly have no idea of what Christianity is about.
Toby Brewer
"You can read into the comment anything you want apparently. Functioning organs, but being improperly used out of line with said functions (obviously).
This is what you said and I quote."However, when a man becomes too effeminate he loses access to making use of those functions. When a woman wants to be too macho she loses her God given functions in reproduction."
How on earth is that not saying that effeminate men and macho women lose access to making use of the reproductive organs. Are you really that stupid that you think that all gay men are effeminate and all lesbians are macho and that there is no such thing as a straight feminine man or a straight lesbian woman? Even if those stereotypes really did reflect reality. Gay people can still avail of sperm donation, egg donation and surrogacy. By your logic planned parenthood by using condoms et cetera is also "rejecting the very intricate machinery of reproduction with a woman" And That would be ‘a clear sign of something not quite right.’ Women are not just baby making machines for men. Reproduction is not the only function of sex. It is also an expression of the intimate love between romantic loving couples. Your logic, if it were strictly enforced, would deny fertile men and women from ever expressing their intimate love for one another through sex in loving romantic relationships.
"I agree that your perversion leads you to obsess over this other man's sex life, but no I'm not on about that, I'm obsessed with his conversion to Christ's love and God's mercy."
What are you on about? I most certainly do not obsess about other men's sex lives. Unlike you with your homophobic agenda you and your kind are clearly and evidently obsessed with the sex lives of gay people. I am only interested in my own sex life within my romantic loving relationship with my husband. Unlike you I do not consider the sex lives of anybody else my business. You are obsessed with who's conversion to Christ's love and God's mercy? If I were you I would be more worried about your own conversion to Christ's love and God's mercy. I'm pretty sure he won't be best pleased with those of you who promote the homophobic agenda by portraying love as evil.
" Everyone else's fault, as usual."
No, not everybody else's fault. It is only the fault of those who promote the homophobic agenda. Don’t assume that includes everybody. True Christians don't contribute to it only the false ones like you. You false Christians emotionally and psychologically abuse your gay children by raising them to believe that they are intrinsically evil. You teach them that who they were born to be is evil. You teach them that the only channel by which they can ever find a romantic loving relationship is evil. You teach them that such relationships have nothing to do with love and are entirely based on lust alone. You teach them that their sexual orientation is a choice and something that they can change to spite the fact that such attempts to change a person's sexual orientation has been proven not to work and have a detrimental negative effect on the mental health and well-being of those who have been subjected to such torture. You throw them out and make them homeless and the evidence of that is clear by virtue of the fact that 40% of all homeless children in every major city in the United States are LGBT children. And you have the neck to seriously try and tell me that the evil homophobic agenda will not lead these children to grow up not accepting themselves, not believing that they are evil, not becoming depressed because they cannot change who they are. They cannot even tell another person who they are. Your evil agenda drives them to believe that they will live a life of isolation without ever knowing what love is. And you have the neck to tell me that all of that doesn’t psychologically and emotionally do irreparable damage that so often drives young gay people to self-harm and take their own lives is all their own fault. Shame on you. Shame on you. Shame on you. If there is a hell I have no doubt but you and your kind will end up there. What coward you are to deny that you are not part of the problem. What kind of person actually believes that the constant threat of oppression persecution and murder of gay people will have no negative impact on their mental health And that they have known one to blame other than themselves.
" You are doing great against strawman arguments, but what about what I actually said?"
What exactly did you mean when you are blaming transgender people for their own mental health issues that resulted in, and I quote " (high suicide rate and high murder rate) "? Hardly a strawman argument when that is exactly what you did say.
"There are plenty. Repeated sodomy at bath houses didn't do a whole lot of good for the gay community did it? Alred Kinsey tied a rope around his junk and nearly killed himself trying to attain orgasm. It is obvious the safe and proper use of the sex organs is a male with a female's. That is the inherent design which you yourself seemed to already acknowledge (or was I mistaken?)."
Yes you are mistaken. You ignore the fact that the bathhouses were born from the homophobic agenda driving homosexuality underground. If you weren't a false Christian you would be able to relate to that as throughout the history of Christianity there are quite a few places where it was driven underground. For example, in the mid-1500s. Catholicism was banned by Japan's military rulers. In modern times Saudi Arabia allows Christians to enter the country as foreign workers for temporary work, but does not allow them to practice their faith openly. Items and articles belonging to religions other than Islam are prohibited. The religious police prohibits the practice of any religion other than Islam. But as we all know those involved in the homophobic agenda know nothing of empathy.
You are making the assumption that the vast majority of gay people used bathhouses when the reality is it is only a tiny percentage do. You ignore the fact for every equal harmless fetish and dangerous fetish that gay people may engage in, there is also the same equally harmless fetish and dangerous fetish that straight people may also engage in. This has absolutely nothing whatsoever got to do with a person's sexual orientation. But of course the homophobic agenda always ignores the reality that doesn't suit their agenda and only focuses on the negative things that only some homosexual people may engage in and do their best to promote the ideology that such practices are a direct result of their sexual orientation even though similar practices are carried out by heterosexual persons. But of course the hypocritical homophobic agenda will always consider the negative sexual practices that heterosexual people may engage in as having nothing whatsoever got to do with their sexual orientation. Talk about having double standards. You couldn't make this shit up.
"Alred Kinsey"???????????? So what? Are you really that stupid that you think just because Alred Kinsey allegedly tied "a rope around his junk and nearly killed himself trying to attain orgasm" makes it obvious that the only safe and proper use of the sex organs is a male with a female's. The alleged sex act of one man is all the evidence you can come up with to justify your homophobic agenda? Do you think that just because he done some research into sexual orientation and sexual practices that he is somehow the father of homosexuality? Face palm. The next thing you will be trying to tell me is that none of his research is valid.
It is your assumption that "It is obvious, the safe and proper use of the sex organs is a male with a female's." Only.
" Inherent design" One function only??? LOL. You need a class or two in sex education?
" Man's reproductive organs are designed for women. Women's for men. That is what all the science shows us."
"Reproductive organs" ???. In context to this discussion you mean sex organs. Sex organs are not solely and exclusively for the purpose of reproduction and they are not just designed for to engage in sex with the opposite sex. There is absolutely no science whatsoever to suggest that that is the only thing they are designed for. That is, your assumption and your religious brainwashing that has led you to believe so.
"Sodomy is a poor attempt to recreate the experience with a woman for men who don't find women appealing. "
First of all, do you think that "sodomy" anal sex is the only sexual practice that gay people engage in or that anal sex is not practised by many straight people? Secondly, It is your assumption that anal sex is an attempt to recreate the experience with a woman for men who don't find women appealing. That is not the reality. Again, you need to take some classes in sex education.
"It still is a poor substitute." What makes you think it is meant to be a substitute? It is not. Again sex education.
"And one that causes damage to an organ that isn't designed for said activity. " If it's causing damage to your organs you are doing it wrong.
"A vagina on the other hand is obviously designed for that, with a man." And this is also designed for lesbian women. Again sex education.
I can't stress it enough. You need to take sex education classes. If you think that sex has no other purpose other than reproduction you are an extremely naive person.
Jesus Christ came for the Lost...he is the way..truth and the life...may God keep you.
Thank you Becket for being so real and transparent with your story. The way you articulate this journey in words is helping so many Christians and non Christians alike understand the complexity and depth of this issue. See you in the Kingdom!
I was bisexual, the Lord Jesus helped me. I am delivered now, I wish that all my brothers and sisters who are struggling with same sex attraction as they read this comment know that Jesus Christ loves the, He is the only one who can redeem them. I have struggled for more than 10 years but it took just one look at Jesus. I was converted.
Lindani, Bishop Tutu said it best: "We struggled against apartheid in South Africa, supported by people the world over, because black people were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about - our very skin. It is the same with sexual orientation. It is a given. I could not have fought against the discrimination of apartheid and not also fight against the discrimination that homosexuals endure, even in our churches and faith groups.
I am proud that in South Africa, when we won the chance to build our own new constitution, the human rights of all have been explicitly enshrined in our laws. My hope is that one day this will be the case all over the world, and that all will have equal rights. For me this struggle is a seamless robe. Opposing apartheid was a matter of justice. Opposing discrimination against women is a matter of justice. Opposing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a matter of justice.
It is also a matter of love. Every human being is precious. We are all - all of us - part of God’s family. We all must be allowed to love each other with honor. Yet all over the world, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are persecuted. We treat them as pariahs and push them outside our communities. We make them doubt that they too are children of God. This must be nearly the ultimate blasphemy. We blame them for what they are.
Churches say that the expression of love in a heterosexual monogamous relationship includes the physical - the touching, embracing, kissing, the genital act; the totality of our love makes each of us grow to become increasingly godlike and compassionate. If this is so for the heterosexual, what earthly reasons have we to say that it is not the case with the homosexual?
The Jesus I worship is not likely to collaborate with those who vilify and persecute an already oppressed minority."
I love LGBT people. All I am testifying about is that Jesus helped me, I am not saying it to oppress our brothers and sisters, all I'm saying is Jesus loves them too and He desires the them all to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth being reconciled to God in all manner. We all know God doesn't change from His truth and His principles. Sin is a sin no matter how we can define it with our constitutions of this world, God punishes it. 1 Timothy 1:10 read it. Unless if we want the misleading gospel as 1 Timothy 4:1- 2 speaks. But if a man comes to Christ irrespective of the lifestyle or orientation they are made new. All things of the old man passes away 2 Corinthians 5:17.
I am convinced most pastors speak contral to the bible they carry. Love warns! and love speaks truth only. All of us must run to Christ who has all power to save and judge accordingly than trusting words of men.
The issue of race and apartheid isn't what we talking about here. We tesifying about Christ the power of God saving a man from their ways
@ I will never go back to the life I lived. What you're saying is your point of view and isn't the truth. Impossibilities in yourself should not be generalized as the living truth to everyone. That is why I reference using the bible because that's where my life stands now. And I'm not saying by my power LGBT can be converted but through Jesus because I've seen him working in me. I'm glad you share what you think. On my testimony I stand I won't change. I love my self by the way.
For point of correction I am a man not a woman Jerry.
Every medical assn said sexual orientation is not a choice, and cannot be changed at will. Every major, decades-old ministry closed after leaders admitted not one "ex-gay" became hetero.
Beckett Cook, you are a brave man, a bright light on the lampstand shining in the darkness.
He decided for himselhave to have no sex anymore, where is the bravenes?
Death anxiety, failing in finding a suitable partner, and unable to find meaning outside of Christianity (or in it whilst still being able to accept being gay) are points that he should consider.
why? did you hear the joy and peace in his voice, see him when he felt the holy spirit? anyway, why you suppose must he?
Thank you 🙌🏼 this is helpful! I need to focus less on my sexuality and put my identity in Christ first, the rest will follow xxxx see you in heaven brother
For all times: Homosexuals Can Change
There is no problem: They can change!
Because maybe they want to!?
That not okay for you?
@@liam.4454 they aren't gay if they randomly choose one day that they are now heterosexual. The people who experiment their sexuality are called curious. He found out that he is straight and good for him. But he doesn't have a right to say that he was gay if he wasn't really..you know...gay !
Job
The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God, and fleeing from sin is understanding.
May God bless you all.
Thats the Holy Ghost!
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Thank you so much for sharing your story
This video is presented in a pristine manner that I believe has what it takes to penetrate the barriers that natural humans erect to keep God out of our lives, because of our fears and being uninformed concerning the truth of His love, and what He wants do for us. As I witness to the gay community in Indianapolis, I think I may be better equipped, because of this video, to empathize with them and present the liberating truths of the Gospel of Christ, and His fulfilling love. Thank you!
I once hated myself for being gay, after years of constant prayer I decided to go to conversion therapy and even started taking hormone blockers in hope for change. I thought being with my one true (gay) love was wrong. I was alone and so depressed. I felt so guilty, desired to burn in hell for eternity and didn't want to be forgiven because this feeling of sinfulness felt unforgivable. I thought I was so sinful that I didn't deserve forgiveness and I was okay with burning in hell for that. My will had already been broken.
After three more years I decided to end my life a second time (first time I failed). I was prepared to go to hell for my sin. But something unexpected happened: Jesus appeared to me, told me that he loved me and that love isn't something to feel ashamed of. He told me how should I love my neighbor as myself if I hate myself. I woke up right next to the tree I hung myself from seeing the branch, on which I had tied the rope around, broken off. It was a very thick branch as well so it was a miracle and I knew that Jesus had saved me and he had given me a second chance to live my life according to his will. From that day on I wasn't ashamed to be gay anymore and I strted to love my neighbors - and until today I love all people. That's what following Jesus is all about. Jesus himself told me that. Without him I would have never gotten over this wrong guilt for love. Jesus showed me that, in fact, he condones gay love just like any other love.
I'm so thankful for Jesus who saved my life. Today I'm happily married to another man and I'm not ashamed of it. We're thinking about adopting children - and there is really nothing wrong with that either. Jesus himself has told me that - not some pastor who professes to be wise and to know Jesus. If you deny gay love, you denie Jesus's love. Don't reject Jesus!
@Kobe Lambert But you have to keep in mind that not all gay people are like that. Some gay people if not most are actually in loving relationships with their partner. People can be lustful no matter sexual orientation, I know tons of girls and guys who have meaningless and lustful sex with the opposite gender which is just as wrong, it all depends on the person.
@@brionyfrater4279 yes, that's why I specified that this is just how I feel personally. But it still doesn't seem right regardless, idk, maybe I'm in denial but I what can I say.
That's beautiful that the Lord appeared to you. He tends to do that right when we need Him to. Have you received the baptism of the Holy Spirit yet? If not, you must! Holy Spirit will help you to follow Jesus even more. I promise you won't regret it. 💕
This is the most untrue thing I have ever read
It must have been a false Jesus because the real Jesus wouldn't tell you something that is against his Holy Word in the Bible. He wouldn't contradict himself. The real Jesus is actually God, who doesn't lie. See Romans 1 and many other scriptures that warn against any kind of sexual immorality. Jesus said there would be many false messiahs and the devil himself can appear as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). How do you know it was Jesus?
God fearfuly and wonderfully created a man and a woman identified each of its purpose that compliments with each other.. He is delighted in His creation.
Satan is rebellious and envious with God and want to mess with God's creation especially the human beings doing his best to destroy them one of those is to destroy and confuse their real identity to lose it's purpose and power.
Pray, read your Bible and desire a personal relationship with God so that you can obey Him with all your heart! Sending you Hugs! God Bless!
Amen I had this struggle for only three years before God showed me His plan for my life I thank God for saving my soul from eternal death and 2 and 1/2 years ago saved me from this homosexual lifestyle
Is there someone by any chance who can pray and who can reach out to me about my struggle against homosexuality. God Bless
@@74Ahma Thank you so much. 😭 this is really a difficult battle for me.
@@74Ahma Thank you. Those are the words I need to hear. Thanks be to God for your life.
@Leah Diamond I am grateful that there's someone like you who have this kind of testimony. I've been thinking a lot that I'm the only one having a hard time with sexual impurity. Thanks be to God 🙏 it's a great encouragement for me. 😭 knowing that I am not alone.
Jesus loves you brother. Be filled by His Holy Spirit.
Amen
What’s so wrong with being gay....