David Prince, Longtime professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, SBC Pastor, and Trustee for the ERLC, in an article on his website, "Temptation, Jesus, Sin, and Same-sex Attraction," argues that same-sex attraction is not sin unless you act on it. But is his heresy biblically correct? No. *This is heresy for at least two reasons: 1) It's blatantly unbiblical. 2) Both Roman Catholics (to the 1700s) and Protestants (to the 1900s) for most of church history argued that original sin and all that comes from it is morally culpable sin. Same-sex attraction is produced by original sin. How can something produced by sin be anything but sin?
Furthermore,
1) Christ’s temptation cannot be used to justify same-sex attraction. Jesus was tempted and did not sin (Luke 4:1-13); however, Jesus’ temptation remains distinct from the temptations of sinners after the fall of Adam in at least 2 ways: First, Jesus was only tempted from without not from within. In order for Jesus to be tempted from within, He would have to choose to desire the Devil’s gifts, because He had no original sin from Adam. Second, Jesus was tempted by an objective desire for a good thing that the Devil then claimed was his to give. He desired the objects the Devil offered because they belonged to God and they were intrinsically good, but He did not desire them from the Devil. He was tempted to receive what His Father had already told Him would be His during His ministry and/or after the cross. Yet, He did not desire to submit to the Devil’s will, only His Father’s will. Same-sex attraction is an inward desire for something evil. Jesus has never had an evil desire. Being perfect, He would have to will evil desire for it to be in His heart. *Also, it’s crazy how pastors want to use Jesus being tempted by food, angels protecting Him, and being King of creation, all things His Father was going to give Him during His ministry or after to the cross. They want to use Jesus’ desire for these good things to justify a desire to have gay sex!!! Are you kidding me?!
2) Hebrews 4:15 does not mean that Jesus was tempted with every sin of man under the sun. Rather, the author of Hebrews is saying that Jesus is our Truly Human High Priest, & that as Truly Human, He was really tempted, yet without sin. Thus, Jesus is a better High Priest than the Old Testament High Priests who were sinners. Otherwise, Prince has to argue Jesus was tempted with atheism, abuse, adultery, bestiality, murder, etc., if He was tempted with every sin under the sun.
3) Prince presents a Modern Roman Catholic view of sin here. Jesus said we must love God with all our heats, souls, & minds, & love our neighbors as ourselves. Same-sex attraction neither loves God nor our neighbors. Modern Roman Catholics teach that evil desire from original sin only becomes culpable sin if you act on it. But the apostle Paul says his flesh is sin in Romans 7. And the 10th Commandment says, “You shall not desire.” Prince does not have a biblical view of sin. He grounds sin in man’s will like Modern Roman Catholics rather than in its lack of obedience to God. Sin is not sin because man chooses it. Sin is sin because it’s contrary to God. Anything in us that is against God is sin. Praise God for Christ who takes away all our sin & gives us His righteousness!
Prince's article: https://www.davidprince.com/2014/12/20/is-same-sex-attraction-sinful/
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