Attraction & desire are different things.
Attraction draws us to some people over others. It brings us into *relationship* with human beings.
Desire drives our motivation to *possess.* It brings our *wants* into reality.
Being attracted to someone doesn’t mean you desire them.
Attraction draws us to some people over others. It brings us into *relationship* with human beings.
Desire drives our motivation to *possess.* It brings our *wants* into reality.
Being attracted to someone doesn’t mean you desire them.
It is possible to be attracted to another human being without desiring to do something sinful with them.
Failing to understand this very basic principle leads many to conclude that they have no control over their sinful nature and can’t help but engage in sexual sin.
Failing to understand this very basic principle leads many to conclude that they have no control over their sinful nature and can’t help but engage in sexual sin.
It creates a domino effect in which mostly men blame the people they are attracted to for supposedly leading them into worse and worse manifestations of sexual sin, harassment, and abuse.
After all, if they sin just by being attracted to someone, they clearly don’t have control over themselves. The idea that we do not have control over our own sinful inclinations leads to rampant abuse in the church.
Rest assured, the overture being debated this week over whether same-sex attraction is a sin is rooted in much larger and more widespread issues concerning human sexuality in the church. If Christians can’t fix the way they think about attraction, these problems will persist.
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