No Pride #7 - No One Beyond Redemption

As mentioned earlier in this series, one of the greatest issues with the Pride movement is how it makes imagined gender and sexuality central to a person's identity. In other words, sin becomes a core part of who someone believes they are. And for this reason, many within the Pride movement see themselves as beyond redemption. Even if they acknowledge that their sexuality or gender expression conflicts with God's design, they believe there's nothing they can do—they're condemned from birth because this is who they are.

Some branches of Christianity have tried to address this by either affirming people in their confusion or by encouraging celibacy while still affirming LGBTQ identity. This has led to categories like "gay Christians," where the desire is unacted upon but still claimed as part of one's identity.

But this is where the Apostle Paul's warning to Timothy is deeply relevant. In 2 Timothy 3:5, he describes people who have "the appearance of godliness, but deny its power." They profess faith and keep religious traditions, but their lives are untouched by the transforming power of the gospel. Their version of Christianity manages sin—it doesn't conquer it.

But the true gospel doesn't just clean up the outside—it makes us new from the inside out. It doesn't just offer new ideas—it creates new people. True Christianity isn't a man with better behaviour. It's a new man with a new heart.

Without Christ, we are all sexually immoral—whether heterosexual or homosexual. We all carry false, broken identities—whether straight or LGBTQ. But no one is beyond redemption. No sin is too deep. No identity is too ingrained. The gospel is powerful enough to save and transform anyone.

The whole idea of "I was born this way, I'll die this way" is a satanic lie. God is mighty to forgive, redeem, and transform sinners like you and me.

Nino Marques